Badger Briefs From The Associated Press
Wisconsin traffic toll rose to 317 after a Marathon County crash. Disaster centers in Beloit New London Green Bay Milwaukee to close this week handling flood loan info. Armstrong interview denied by jail officials. Tax reform urged to curb real estate loopholes affecting farmers nearby. Driver license photo rules revived with color IDs suggested. SBA flood loan deadline set for July 2. Wisconsin business leaders urged proactive economic development.
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Associated Press
Marathon
Wisconsin
Madison
Beloit
New London
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Armstrong
Karleton L. Armstrong
Capital Times
William Ferris
Dane County
University of Wisconsin
Ferris
ING
Senate
Governmental and Veterans Affairs Committee
Charles Fox
The
People of Wisconsin United For Tax Reform
School spokesmen claim lawmakers resolved budget votes
Milwaukee education leaders said legislators privately fixed votes on the 1973-75 state budget, warning taxpayers may be shortchanged. Ruth B. Doyle cited party caucus certainty and rejected social program cuts, while Richard P. Gousha argued the plan hampers Milwaukee schools and shifts funds from aid to taxpayers.
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Milwaukee
Ruth B. Doyle
Madison School Board
Gousha
Wisconsin Budget Debate Centers on Property Tax Relief
Democrats praise Lucey plan claiming lower property levies after legislature tweaks. Republicans push for direct taxpayer checks to ensure funds reach households and not municipalities. Both sides aim to wrap up deliberations before July 1, with $5 million earmarked for property tax relief amid broader debates over tax and welfare cost shifts.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Joint Finance Committee
Robert Dunn
Lucey
GOP
Dunn
Ervin to open Watergate hearings May 17 with Dean subpoena
Senate Watergate committee plans public hearings beginning May 17 at 10 am and will schedule three days a week. It will consider granting limited immunity to John W. Dean II to obtain his testimony while preserving the possibility of later prosecution on other evidence. The decision hinges on approval by the Justice Department and Chief Judge John J. Sirica.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Watergate — Investigating Committee
White House
John W. Dean II
Ervin
Com
Iitee
Grant
Dean
Nixon
Democratic National
Senate
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
John J Sirica
Proxmire defends Nixon amid Watergate charges
Senator William Proxmire denounces press reports accusing President Nixon of Watergate involvement as unfair and dangerous. He warns sensational headlines threaten due process and suggest McCarthy era persecution, urging restraint until proven.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Nixon
Wisconsin Democrat
Proxmire
Joe McCarthy
United States Senate
Senate
White House
John W. Dean III
Monroe High prom set for Saturday in gym
The Junior Class plans the prom with a Rainbow theme. 104 couples signed up. King and Queen are Steve Erickson and Julie Monanan. Prom runs 9 PM to 1 AM with Grand March at 10 PM. Tom Weig Orchestra provides music. Two pre-prom cocktail parties at Glen Swiggum and Robert Erickson homes. Decorations include murals, a fountain, trees and hedges.
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Monroe High School
Steve Erickson
Julie
Monanan
Iidi Tual
Tom Weig
Coketail
Glen Swiggum
Carol Swiggum
Jim Gempeler
Robert Erickson
John Abbuehl
Wisconsin Faces Wet Spring With Record Rainfall
The ground is saturated as 2.21 inches fall from Saturday to Tuesday, worsening basements and roads. Wisconsin farmers report delayed planting and idle land while rivers rise and sewage plants struggle with overflow. a one day break is forecast only briefly, with more rain likely this week.
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Wisconsin
Kansas
U.S
Monroe
State Agriculture Department
Ken Meyer
Monroe Board drops high school improvement motion
A special Monroe Board of Education meeting withdrew a plan to convert Monroe High School space and add classrooms. The board directed the superintendent to budget Lincoln and Northside elementary improvements next year including window replacement ventilation and roof repairs. Discussions touched on a possible fall elementary referendum and delaying high school plans.
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Monroe High School
Lincoln
Northside
Monroe Board of Education
Lee Olsen
Lloyd Liedschlag
Olsen
Monroe
Allan Holtshopple
Virgil Leopold
Liedschlag
John Brodie
Universal
Brodie
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