Congress Near Midtown Budget Plan and Foreign Aid Shifts
Congress moves toward a 1977 budget ceiling aimed at job creation and economic stimulus. A private report says the Soviet Union stopped funding major non Communist Third World nations. A Senate subcommittee subpoenas 14 in a probe of Pentagon meat purchases. Ford vetoes a 4 billion foreign aid bill over constitutional concerns. A revenue sharing renewal faces House floor fights over civil rights provisions. The House committee approved the 33 month renewal.
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Soviet Union
Senate
Pentagon
House
Government Operations Committee
Wave of racial attacks targets Los Angeles woman
Melva Wright, a 29 year old Black resident in a white neighborhood, awoke to an orange glow at her window as a cross burned on her lawn. The incident marks the latest in a series of racially charged attacks targeting residents.
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Los Angeles
Melva Wright
Monroe FFA land judging team takes third at national event
Monroe High School FFA land judging team finished third in the national contest in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. They also won the North Central Region title among 14 states. Coaches John Emmons and Ken Allen led seniors Jim Becker Bill Ludwig Steve Gobels Marlene Cordes Kim Diedrick. The group traveled from Monroe with plans to sightsee in St Louis after the event.
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Monroe High School
FFA Land
Oklahoma City
Okla
North Central
North Carolina
Monroe
Ken Allen
FFA
John Emmons
Jim Becker
Bill Ludwig
Steve Gobels
Marlene Cordes
Kim Diedrick
Emmons
St. Louis
Beloit man held in contempt at murder trial
A Beloit man and key witness Thomas Stanton were central to the murder trials of Ronald S. Schilling and Robert Zelenka. Stanton was held in contempt for five unanswered questions under oath, while a judge ruled his prior July testimony be admissible.
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Sparta
Beloit
Ronald S. Schilling
Horicon
Robert Zelenka
Madison
Monroe County
James Rice
Thomas Stanton
Bruce Rosen
Robert Christensen
Stanton
Schilling
Zelenka
William K. Cook
Reeseville
Dodgeville
Green Bay State Reformatory
Michael Posthuma
Sun Prairie
Cook
Posthuma
Rice
Wayne Rusch
Yusuf Bin-Bella
Oil spill in Fox River nearly cleared by Coast Guard efforts
About 500 gallons of oil spilled into the Fox River in Green Bay Thursday, dissipating by late afternoon as Coast Guard crews cleaned sections and planned further work to locate the spill source. Local authorities monitor containment and follow up.
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Green Bay
Fox River
Coast Guard
Jobless rate holds at 7.5 percent in April
The United States unemployment rate remained at 7.5 percent in April, ending a five month decline. Employment rose by 700000 to 87.4 million while 720000 sought work, pushing the civilian labor force to 94.4 million and leaving about 7 million unemployed. Inflation and policy forecasts cited caution about future gains.
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Washington
Labor Department
Festival schedule and events for Spring Fine Arts Festival
The Spring Fine Arts Festival features a an 11 a.m. dance performance by Julie Fraad and troupe at Monroe High School gym, 2:30 p.m. children’s theatre by Kinder in a Dramatic Society, and an 8 p.m. Evening of Jazz with Monroe High School ensembles and guest Bobby Lewis. Cafes run after each event. admission ranges from 50 cents to $1. The schedule also notes a student and staff art show from 7 to 8 p.m. and an FHA sponsored cafe in the M-Room.
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Julie Fraad
Monroe
FHA
M-Room
Bobby Lewis
Chicago
Monroe High School
Lewis
Montreux
Switzerland
National Endowment For the Arts
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Tax Freedom Day Falls Six Days Later
Madison reports that Wisconsin reaches tax freedom day six days after the national average. The Public Expenditure Survey notes Wisconsinians pay state and local taxes 12.6 percent above the U.S. average, delaying when earnings become truly their own.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Public Expenditure Survey
Monroe Jayvee Track Invitational domination by Brodhead noted
Meet records fall as Brodhead dominates the 2nd Annual Monroe Jayvee Track Invitational. Details on sports, plus Abby and Dateline 1776 features and a community calendar across Monroe and surrounding area pages.
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Brodhead
Monroe
Abby
Strong earthquake rocks northeast Italy and beyond
A powerful quake struck northeast Italy near the Tagliamento River, killing about 300 people and injuring many as dozens of towns were devastated. Tremors were felt in Yugoslavia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, with emergency crews, military trucks, and air helicopters deployed for rescue amid collapsing buildings and damaged pipelines.
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Italy
Yugoslavia
Austria
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Tagliamento
Rome
Maiano
U.S. Air Force
Vicenza
Forgaria
Buia
Osoppo
San Pietro di Ramagna
Collaredo
Francesco Cossiga
Udine
Taliamento
Trieste
Adriatic
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