Interior signals possible intervention in Chippewa Flowage recap
The Interior Department may seek recapture of the Chippewa Flowage under the 50 year permit, delaying renewal as it studies the case. Morton indicated the department will act to protect Indian rights if warranted, while the Lac Courte Oreilles band seeks restored economic water rights amid state intervention.
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Interior
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Morton
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Indian Affairs
Nixon
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Northern States Power Co
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Gov Lucey Eyes State Agency Shop Expansion
Governor Patrick J. Lucey said state employee unions will likely push for agency shop rights next year after a bill allowed municipal and school unions to bargain agency shops. He awaiting a bill he can support and noted a January legislative return. He spoke with the Milwaukee Federation of Teachers and cited agency shop study by the Administration Department.
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Lawmakers debate Lucey vetoes in possible special session
Rep. Donald Helgeson urged Gov. Lucey to call a Nov 11 special session to review line vetoes in the 1971 73 budget. Lucey declined saying vetoes can be examined when the legislature meets again in January. Helgeson argued the vetoes undermine bipartisan compromise and cited a utility tax amendment altering revenue losses.
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Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
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Park Service eyeing city recreational tracts for parks
National Park Service aims to create federal recreational tracts in metropolitan areas to spare national parks from being overwhelmed by camper trucks boats and buses. Theodore Swemn, deputy director of Urban Programs, urged state and city parks to divert summer traffic from irreplaceable preserves.
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Wis
National Park Service
Theodore Swemn
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Teenager in Dean case talked of inheritance to fuel drug habit
Miss Mary Ann Stier testified that Douglas Dean twice spoke of killing his mother a year ago to access money for drugs. He is charged with five counts of first degree murder in the July shooting of his girlfriend's mother and three Rammer family members in a Sheboygan home.
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Douglas Dean
Dean
Miss Stier
Lakeshore Technical Institute
Holdegrad Dean
Naomi Rammer
Rammer
Laird Signals Faster Vietnam Drawdown Before Christmas
Secretary of Defense Laird told President Thieu that U S withdrawals would quicken with thousands of troops sent home by Christmas. Some units could face cuts up to half in seven weeks as Nixon plans mid November troop reduction to about 40 000 to 50 000 by July.
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Students walk out at WEA panel discussion in Milwaukee
About 300 Wisconsin Education Association delegates gathered in Uihlein Hall for a students rights panel where a teenager from West High School Madison walked out saying he would not debate the attorney general. The convention also featured Gov. Lucey Ramsey Clark and Superintendent Kahl.
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Robert W. Warren
al Nichols
Wisconsin Education Association
Uihlein Hall
Warren
Nichols
WEA
West High School
Madison
Wisconsin Coalition For Educational Reform
Weaver named first president of new Wisconsin university system
Madison Wisconsin AP The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents names John C Weaver as first president of the merged system In a unanimous vote Leonard Haas is approved as vice president and Donald Percy will act as principal executive for central administration with duties as system plans evolve.
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Wisconsin to Improve Wis 69 South of Monroe in 1972
The State Department of Transportation announced a 1972 highway program including a 5.7 mile Wis 69 project from the Illinois line to Monroe. Estimated cost 1.396 million with 1.2 million for structures, base and road, plus 196 thousand for engineering and right of way. The plan covers 64 counties with further upgrades across major routes and bridges statewide.
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Iowa
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Rock
Waukesha
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Jobless rate declines again as October figures show drop
The Labor Department reports unemployment at 5.8 percent, down 0.2 points from September. Employed total reaches 79.8 million while jobseekers fall by 270,000 to 4.6 million, with declines across adult men and blue collar workers and minor changes among women and whites.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Desegregation Bill Passes House With Tight Busing Rules
The House approved a desegregation bill with amendments restricting busing and a $1.5 billion funding request, sending the measure to a House-Senate conference. Also reported are plans for a nuclear test at Amchitka, wage board Phase 2 talks, Rehnquist’s Senate confirmation, and debates over foreign aid funding.
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