Wisconsin TAA Strike Shows Some Progress in Talks
The Teaching Assistants Association at the University of Wisconsin reported signs of progress in contract talks on health benefits grievance procedures and TA performance evaluation. Pickets by students have dwindled while slow progress remains on broader demands including greater TA involvement in curriculum planning.
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Madison
Wis
Teaching Assistants Association
University of Wisconsin
TAA
U S Air Attache Kidnapped in Dominican Republic
In Santo Domingo police and the U S Embassy report Lt Col Donald J Crowley air attaché seized on a polo field near the El Embajador hotel by four or five gunmen at 7 40 a m A hotel informant described a white car used by the assailants marking the third American diplomat abducted in Latin America since September.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Latin America
Donald J
Polo Field
el Embajadorotel
Crowley
Gambino Charged In Armored Car Hijack Conspiracy
Carlo Gambino a reputed Cosa Nostra boss is arrested by the FBI and charged with conspiracy to hijack an armored truck carrying $6 million. He allegedly provided cars and a means to dispose of the money and was freed on a $75,000 bond after arraignment before U.S. Commissioner Earle N. Bishopp.
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New York
Carlo Gambino
Cosa Nostra
FBI
Gambino
U.S
Earle N. Bishopp
Eagleton votes against Carswell for Supreme Court
Senator Thomas F. Eagleton announces he will vote no on G Harrold Carswell's Supreme Court confirmation calling him pedestrian and mediocre. His stance lifts the publicly announced opposition to 28 while 39 votes are in favor.
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Washington
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Eagleton
Carswell
Marine helicopter shot down in Laos panhandle
A U S Marine helicopter was hit by enemy fire and exploded over the lower panhandle of Laos last Saturday, killing four aboard. A Skyraider fighter was shot down over the upper panhandle the same day. The mission was not disclosed and the air war targets North Vietnamese troops moving along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Saigon
Lower Panhandle
Laos
U.S. Command
U.S
Laotian Panhandle
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
U.S. Skyraider
Upper Panhandle
Israeli forces kill eight Arab infiltrators on Golan Heights
Israeli troops reported eight Arab infiltrators killed in two clashes on the Golan Heights near Quneitra. No Israeli casualties were announced. One infiltrator died near Buquata in the first encounter and seven were killed near Birket Ram in the second.
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Tel Aviv
Golan Heights
Syria
Quneitra
Buquata
Birket Ram
Brandt Reports East German Talks To Nixon Pompidou and Wilson
Bonn chancellor Willy Brandt sent brief reports to the United States France and Britain after his meeting with East German Premier Willi Stoph. A spokesman offered no details of the letters but said Brandt kept Nixon Pompidou and Wilson informed before the planned May 21 follow up meeting.
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Bonn
Willy Brandt
Willi Stoph
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
France
Harold Wilson
Britain
Brandt
Steph
Call Up Compromise Bill in Senate Education Fight
The Senate today called up a $23 billion education bill opposed by Southerners who protest a weakened national school desegregation policy. Senator John Stennis of Mississippi sponsored the amendment, watered down in conference, prompting the Dixie bloc to oppose. Stennis did not discuss strategy but may seek committee redirection to strengthen the provision.
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Washington
Senate
John Stennis
Dmiss
Stennis
Wisconsin DNR criticized for slow lake cleanup plan
A public report criticizes the Department of Natural Resources for slow pollution cleanup in Wisconsin. Attorney General Robert Warren notes a paperwork smokescreen masking lack of progress and sends comments to DNR secretary L. P. Voigt. The findings are to be discussed by the Legislative Council's conservation committee.
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Madison
Robert Warren
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Wisconsin
Warren
L. P. Voigt
Natural Resources Department
Legislative Council
Conservation Committee
Wisconsin Democrats urged to run governor poll
Milwaukee AP reports the Wisconsin Democratic organization was advised Monday night to conduct a poll to gauge voter preference for the party nominee for governor.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Democratic Organization
Nixon unveils plan for federal aid to racially impacted schools
President Nixon announced a two year $1.5 billion program targeting racially impacted schools in both regions. He aims to ease desegregation, raise standards in black schools, and promote interracial contact while opposing compulsory busing. He cited progress and urged local control with good faith enforcement of the law.
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Washington
Nixon
Students Hold March After Pair Charged
In Whitewater Wisconsin a student march followed charges against two freshmen Michael R Cowlisk and Edward M Fitzgerald both 18 for criminal damage to property and criminal trespass to a dwelling after a raid on the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority house. Police said a group of fraternity members broke in Friday night and damaged the house while fourteen English teachers signed a petition decrying university involvement. About 150 students marched past President Carter’s house shouting for his resignation.
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Whitewater
Wis
Whitewater State University
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Chicago
Michael R. Cowlisk
Edward M. Fitzgerald
Walworth
Elkhorn
Milwaukee
William Carter
Tri-Sigma Sorority
Sigma Tau Gamma
Troops Sorting Mail as Postal Strike Sparks Emergency
Federal troops began sorting strikebound mail in New York City after Nixon declared a national emergency. About 30,000 troops were involved nationwide with New York first to receive unarmed soldiers as the strike entered its sixth day and Milwaukee voted to resume work amid the walkout.
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New York City
Nixon
General Post Office
New York
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Branch 2
National Association of Mail Carriers
Pentagon
Sihanouk Declares Move To Reclaim Cambodian Power
Prince Norodom Sihanouk says he will form a government of national unity and a national liberation army to win back power in Cambodia. He reportedly seeks support from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, prompting questions about possible foreign intervention.
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Tokyo
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
Sihanouk
National Liberation Army
North Vietnam
Japan
Ashai
U.S
William P. Rogers
Washington
United States
China
North Korea
Former Monroe Man Pleads Guilty to Murder
Michael Sharer 22 formerly of Monroe pleaded guilty to second degree murder in New Mexico. He was sentenced to ten to 50 years with credit for time in jail and transported to the state penitentiary after arrest January 9. Clifton Potts 62 was found stabbed in a burned trailer in Tucumcari.
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Albuquerque, New Mex
A.P
Michael Sharer
Monroe
Victor Breen
Sharer
Quay County
Tucumcari
N.mex
Clifton Potts
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Santa Fe
New Mex
Shultz Warns Delays Could Trigger Rail Shutdown
Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz warned that further delays in a railroad contract settlement could spark a nationwide wildcat strike. He urged Congress to act to prevent a stoppage as 45 000 shopcraft workers risk a powder keg collapse. the moratorium ends April 11.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
Shultz
House Commerce Committee
William W. Winpisinger
Congress
Nixon
Sheet Metal Workers Union
J. W. O’brien
Winpisinger
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