26 Mar 1973
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1973
Page
1
Five weekend fatalities push Wisconsin's 1973 traffic death toll to 173, compared with 179 on the same date a year earlier. The report notes the weekend totals and contrasts with last year's figures.
North Vietnam announced an agreement to release the last 139 American prisoners in Vietnam in a three day sequence at Gia Lam airport starting Tuesday with 32 prisoners, then 40 on Wednesday and 67 on Thursday, alongside a synchronized U.S. troop withdrawal of over 5,600 troops. The Pathet Lao pledged nine Laos prisoners soon, though date remained unclear.
James W. McCord Jr. begins telling Senate investigators what he knows about the Democratic National Committee bugging as part of the Watergate case. Also notes on Badger Girls State selections and other brief items from AP.
Norse Variant, a 541-foot Norwegian freighter carrying coal from Norfolk to Hamburg, sank five minutes after abandoning ship was ordered. Crewman Stein Gabrielsen, 23, was rescued after drifting 120 miles southeast for three days. He reported two holds flooded and two crewmen lost at sea during a fierce Atlantic storm.
Rep. Robert Kastenmeier of Wisconsin says the energy crisis is largely manufactured by oil companies to raise prices and push environmental relaxations. He cites government reports claiming a vast energy resource pool and urges ending oil import quotas and tax loopholes to boost competition.
London secretary confirms renowned British playwright and actor Sir Noel Coward died in Jamaica. The 73 year old star suffered a heart attack at his vacation home and passed away peacefully early this morning.
Cost of Living Council Director John T. Dunlop announced the administration will raise lumber output by selling 11.8 billion board feet this year and freeing trees from national forests. The plan includes more railroad cars and possible price controls, plus voluntary restraints on Japanese log purchases.
Monroe Public School System schedules kindergarten registration for next fall on April 4 at Northside School cafeteria. Assistant Superintendent Bill Halverson says children must be five by September 1. Two sessions 1 p m and 7 p m. Parents attend without children with birth certificate and health/immunization records. One session must be attended for child to begin next year. Times Tuesday will publish a series on kindergarten preparation.
Washington reports indicate farmers benefit from rising food costs and may see changes in acreage programs to encourage more corn and soybeans. The USDA says the February market basket rose 3.2 percent with farm shares up 18 dollars and middlemen up 16 dollars, while the typical four member family would pay 1409 dollars for a year of groceries.
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