Wisconsin Death Toll Rises After Weekend Accidents
Weekend Wisconsin accidents claim six lives raising 1973 traffic deaths to 356, with drownings of Arthur Hernandez 18 and Edward Pulh 7 at Kenosha County lake and Fox River respectively. A Milwaukee restaurant shooting ends in death of assailant George Cunningham. Also reports shield law support, Melvin Laird political stance, a farm tractor fatality, a Minnesota collision, and a state building trades pact.
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Wisconsin
Arthur Hernandez
Chicago
Kenosha County
Edward Pulh
Milwaukee
Fox River
Omro
District Demos approve resolutions at Madison convention
The 2nd Congressional District Democrats convened in Madison and passed resolutions on newsman shield laws the Watergate affair and possible impeachment of President Nixon. Marian Baumann won unanimous election as district treasurer and Larry Crume lost the secretary bid. Representative Robert Kastenmeier spoke on reform and press access to truth.
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Marian Baumann
Robert Baumann
30Th Ave
Wis. Dem
Larry Crume
11Th St
Madison
Nixon
Washington Post
Sam Ervin
John Sirica
Robert Kastenmeier
Kastenmeier
Congress
Southeast Asia
Democratic Party
President's wish cited to press CIA on FBI in Watergate case
Senate witnesses describe Haldeman telling CIA officials it is the presidents wish to approach the FBI to discourage the Watergate inquiry. Richard Helms confirmed a memo by Walters reflecting the White House directive after a June 23, 1972 White House meeting. Symington disclosed the memo, noting Walters' report that Ehrlichman and Gray were involved.
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Washington
Senate
White House
H. R. Haldeman
CIA
FBI
Richard Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vernon Walters
Walters
L. Patrick
Haldeman
Helms
Mexico
Gray
Nixon
Iran
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Court denies desegregation method of judge
The Supreme Court, in a 4 to 4 divided ruling, affirmed an appeals court decision against a Richmond Virginia district judge who sought to desegregate inner city schools by linking Richmond with Henrico and Chesterfield counties. The decision leaves metropolitan desegregation unsettled with similar suits in Detroit and Atlanta.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richmond
US. District Court
Robert Merhige Jr
Richmond City
Henrico
Chesterfield
Merhige
Detroit
Atlanta
Nixon Watergate probes unlikely to hear from Nixon
Sen. Sam Ervin said his committee is unlikely to seek an oral or written statement from President Nixon on Watergate. He noted the lack of competent evidence linking the President and voiced earnest hope there will be none. The hearings resume Tuesday on television.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin
Nixon
ABC
America
Brezhnev
Bonn
United States
Skylab 1 crew rehearse to salvage damaged station
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP astronauts rehearse the first two days of the mission to free jammed solar panels and deploy a sunshade for Skylab 1. If the shade can be erected the crew led by Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz could pursue a full mission with Earth resources experiments curtailed. Friday launch remains tentative with a Thursday decision and a potential postponement.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
Space Agency
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Percy remarks set well with GOP delegates
About 1 400 delegates at the Wisconsin GOP convention in La Crosse heard leaders say the party should keep Watergate out of its ideals. Sen. Charles Percy urged distancing from Nixon aides while praising Republican aims and urging support for party unity amid controversy. A statewide debt and primary endorsement questions were discussed as resolutions passed. A separate measure approved bus and bike lane bills for Madison and statewide application.
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Charles Percy
Washington
Watergate
Nixon
Wisconsin
Percy
Adolf Gundersen
GOP
Gundersen
Illinois
Robert W. Warren
Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Green County
Republican Party
Robert Warren
James Beer
Green Co
Charles Meus
Richard Anderson
Donald Witte
Brodhead
William Rollins
Monroe
Beer
Maddie Stauffacher
U.S
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Janesville
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Marshfield
Defense
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Dean Schremski
Here
Lima Township
John Kitzke
Department of Administration
Demos
Sports Society
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond School Board
Capitol Hill
AP News
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Kissinger
Tho
Harvard University
Archibald Cox
Cox
John F. Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
NEW York
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Robert L. Vesco
Mitchell
Stans
Vesco
New Jersey
Barry D. Sears
West Germany
Leonid Brezhnev
London
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