Kastenmeier introduces 20 percent Social Security increase
Congressman Bob Kastenmeier proposes a bill to raise Social Security benefits by 20 percent starting June, aligning Social Security and Medicare provisions with welfare reform measures but delivering a larger increase than the 5 percent in the omnibus bill. FENNIMORE AP Wisconsin Vocational Board seeks legal counsel after a ruling blocks merging Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids districts, saying the plan is illegal and halting progress.
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Washington, D.C
Bob Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Kastenmeier
House
Fennimore
Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education
Robert Warren
Wausau
Wisconsin Rapids
Warren
Eugene Lehrmann
Wisconsin toll reaches 337 after St Croix County crash
The death of 22 year old William P Koosmann of Glenwood City in a St Paul Minnesota hospital lifted Wisconsin’s highway fatality toll to 337, up from 293 the year prior. The October 28 accident near Hudson also killed Ronald Anderson of rural New Richmond.
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St. Croix County
Wisconsin
William P. Koosmann
Glenwood City
St. Paul, Minn
Hudson
Ronald Anderson
New Richmond
Demonstrators Try to Expand UW Antiwar March
About 125 protesters clanged pots and pans hoping to extend an antiwar march from the University of Wisconsin to City Hall. They built a symbolic soap from 40 cardboard cartons and set it afire before the march ended outside City Hall with police guarding entrances. A delegation attended a City Council meeting.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
City Hall
Autogiro crash kills pilot in Wisconsin Rapids
A homemade kit-built autogiro crashed at South Wood County Airport killing 28 year old Ted Meier of Wisconsin Rapids. Meier was a former disc jockey and record shop manager. Cause of the crash was not determined. Witness Ed Voigtman described seeing a puff of white smoke before the craft went down.
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Wisconsin Rapids
South Wood County
Ted Meier
Ed Voigtman
Grand Rapids
Madison Police Face Beating Claims After Officer Shootings
Acting chief Herman Thomas vows serious punishment if officers are found guilty of beating youths after shootings that injured three officers. He says investigations found no mistreatment. underground paper Take Over reports youths beaten after custody. Steinberg charged with attempted murder. others face conspiracy to commit arson.
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Madison
Herman Thomas
Thomas
Steinberg
Wisconsin Atty General seeks overturn of inmate mail ruling
Atty. Gen. Robert W. Warren asks the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a Doyle Court ruling granting inmates easier mail privileges. He argues the decision threatens orderly penitentiary operation and notes this is his second appeal in a month regarding Doyle rulings on inmate privileges. The latest challenge centers on access permitting inmate Jan G. Morales to correspond with his sister in law.
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Doyle
Warren
Jan G. Morales
Conferees approve diluted desegregation busing pause
Conferees reach a compromise delaying court desegregation orders on busing for 18 months as part of a $20 billion higher education bill. The pact softens antibusing measures and sets a Jan 1 1974 expiration, hoping Supreme Court guidance arrives by 1973. George Wallace improves after gunshot wound. Bremer remains jailed.
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House
Senate
National Institute of Education
Supreme Court
Denver
Nixon
Kontum airfield attack kills seven Americans in Vietnam
North Vietnamese shells hit a U S Air Force transport at Kontum destroying ammo and gasoline stores and killing seven aboard with two injured. Pleiku ammunition dump blown up. Da Nang Hue highway cut. fighting near Hue continues with moderate casualties.
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Saigon
Kontum
Rooftree Inc Plans 80 Unit Elderly Housing in Monroe
Rooftree Inc a Rockton Illinois firm represented by Tom and Bill Larson told Monroe City Council after the regular session Tuesday night of plans to build an 80 unit elderly housing project. The complex would include two or three garden style buildings offering about 100 dollars per month including utilities with FHA financing and no city input. Larsons said land is under option and site selection is ongoing. A resolution on the project is expected at the next council meeting.
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Rooftree Inc
Rockton
Ill
Tom
Bill Larson
Monroe
Larsons
Federal Housing Authority
Amish Education Ruling Praised By Temple Professor
Dr John A Hostetler of Temple University comments on the Supreme Court 7 0 decision upholding Amish schooling rights after eight years He notes the ruling ends state harassment and urges educators to reassess public policy toward minority cultures He cites Amish vocational training and their school system as effective and culturally appropriate.
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Green County
John A. Hostetler
Temple University
Philadelphia
Monroe Evening Times
U.S. Supreme Court
Hostetler
Jonas Yoder
Monroe City Council Declares City Hall Emergency
The Monroe City Council approved a resolution declaring an emergency in the heating and air conditioning units at city hall. A bid of 1,790 from Johnson Service Co Madison was noted for repairs and 1,012 for a yearly service contract, but the motion to accept bids failed 4-3. The meeting also covered park fund reinvestments, traffic parking rules, licenses, bids for gravel and asphalt, water main work, sewer assessments, park board reappointments, and summer recreation plans.
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Monroe
E.B. Lux
Johnson Service Co
Madison
Johnson
Council
Robert Tschudy
Gene Dawson
Robert Rieder
Walt Wilzewske
Rieder
Shirley Mitchell
Lux
Jerry Coplien
Clifford Reasa
William Bauman Sr
Lee Mitchell
Park Board
Doug Hirsch
Urban Renewal Authority
al Henning
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