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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
1
A blaze charred about 250 acres of Menominee County forest Wednesday afternoon but was controlled within three hours. No injuries were reported and state officials said no buildings were involved.
An informational East and Northside PTA meeting on next year’s school restructuring devolved into grandstanding and personal attacks. The plan shifts K 2 students with learning disabilities to East open classrooms and moves 3 6 graders to Northside, with the primary special education class also relocating to East. Supporters defer to the school board and educators to decide, praising their expertise.
The Tass statement harshly criticizes the United States for mining North Vietnamese ports while stopping short of urging cancellation of the Nixon-Soviet summit set to begin May 22 in Moscow. It urges return to Paris talks and demands end to US actions, while pledging continued Soviet support to Vietnam.
About 3 000 protesters gathered on the University of Wisconsin campus Wednesday night. Nineteen taken into custody and two injured as clashes erupted during a split into small groups. Police reported extensive property damage and pepper gas used during the march toward Bascom Hill.
Madison AP reports five utilities plan a mammoth nuclear generating station to supply 10 percent of Wisconsin electricity in the 1980s. The plant would operate between 1980 and 1982 on a site three to six miles square in southern Wisconsin. John G. Quale of Wisconsin Electric Power Co. said the firms aim to inform environmental groups and others and clear roadblocks before construction.
Fire crews probing the burned Sunshine silver mine report 11 additional deaths as they push to locate 22 more missing miners amid smoke and gas fears and limited communication. Protests erupt nationwide against U.S. mining of harbors in North Vietnam as National Guardsmen patrol campuses including the University of Minnesota. House action looms on a $2 minimum wage while debates over coverage and funding intensify.
Several freighters including at least one flying the Soviet flag pulled from Haiphong harbor before Nixon's safe-passage deadline. US forces continued intense air and naval bombardment of North Vietnam with many strikes, downed pilots, and claims of enemy losses as the war escalates.
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