25 May 1971
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1971
Page
1
University of Pittsburgh administrator Leland P. Deck says starting salaries depend more on height than brain content. He notes a 1967 Pitt business school graduate survey showing 4 percent higher starting pay for men over six feet, rising to about 10 percent for 1970 graduates.
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott says the current election reform bill favors incumbents and wealthy candidates. He urges flexible media spending ceilings and candidate choice across radio television newspapers magazines and billboards, warning against congressional dictation that shapes an incumbent bill.
Sen William Proxmire accuses the FDA of violating law by allowing DES residues to reach consumers. He urges an immediate ban on the artificial hormone linked to cancer in animals and potentially in humans. He cites Agriculture Dept checks estimating 100000 to 150000 cattle with residues slaughtered last year.
William E Branen urged change through love persistence and work as 22 Monroe High School seniors in the top 10 percent of their class received plaques at a First National Bank of Monroe honors dinner in the M Room.
Congress weighs Nixon plan to merge Peace Corps VISTA and other volunteer programs into a new Action Corps. If approved, agency would receive about 180 million dollars yearly and about 1,600 fulltime staff directing roughly 56,000 volunteers.
Monroe based 2d and 3d Light Truck Platoon 1158th Transportation Company prepares for summer maneuvers at Camp McCoy. About 90 guardsmen depart Wednesday and Saturday with convoy routes via Hartford Oak Creek and Ft Atkinson. Training includes convoy operations supporting 128th and 127th Infantry units. Roster release paused to protect families.
Green County Ag Chest discusses using fresh bulk cheese for Dairy Day promotion at New Glarus with Arleigh Frautschy leading. Tickets for the Dairy Breakfast at St Johns Church Monroe on June 1 show 119 sold. Mr Moo program to visit towns weekly. cream puffs eyed for Green County Fair. In Milwaukee a car crash into steel barrels on I 94 saves two men with minor injuries.
Explosions at Camp Humphrey, 35 miles south of Seoul, injure one American and three Koreans. Blame falls on Black soldiers amid racial tensions. U S military later reports theft of grenades and a reward offered for recovery.
About 500 personnel clashed at Travis Air Force Base in California with arson and violence linked to racial tensions. At least 70 arrests and several injuries were reported, including a fireman who died from smoke inhalation and another hospitalized with burns. Police from Solano and Napa counties aided as the base prepared for further incidents.
President Nixon travels to Mobile and Birmingham Alabama on a nonpolitical swing aimed at courting Deep South voters. He attends the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway ceremony with Wallace and governors, funds-welfare reform, and discusses revenue sharing. He then visits editors in Birmingham before returning to Key Biscayne. Ensign Eisenhower prepares for Mediterranean duty aboard Albany, while Julie Eisenhower plans to teach in Atlantic Beach next fall.
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