Unclear cause for DC8 crash kills 47 of 229
An NTSB team cannot determine why a DC8 charter jet crashed on takeoff near Anchorage killing 47 aboard. Pilot reports a normal takeoff and no brake or preflight fire evidence emerge as investigators examine the ice runway and crew interviews. Dayan states Israel seeks unconditional peace talks but will not give up key territories.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Rudolf Kapustin
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Kapustin
William G. Reid
Napa
Calif
Capitol International Airways
Reid
Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Golan Heights
Gaza Strip
Strait of Tiran
Labor Party
Dayan
Jordan River
Old City of
Jerusalem
Sinai Peninsula
Nixon to press unions and industry on wage and price restraint
President Nixon plans an inflation alert urging labor unions and large firms to curb wage demands and price rises. The notice will reference the United Auto Workers GM agreement after a 67 day strike and ongoing talks with Ford. Corporations are urged not to pass higher costs to consumers following GM price hikes for 1971 models.
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Washington
Nixon
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Pope Paul VI Becomes First Pope to Visit Australia
Pope Paul VI, on a global tour, becomes the first Roman Catholic pontiff to visit Australia. Prime Minister John Gorton welcomes the frail 73 year old at Sydney airport as crowds cheer. He notes his travels across continents and urges unity with Christian churches.
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Sydney
Australia
Far East
Pope Paul VI
John G. Gorton
Paul
Holy See
Antarctica
Brothers of the Christian Churches
Bloodmobile Visit Aids Two Open Heart Patients
Red Cross Bloodmobile stops Tuesday December 1 at Turner Hall Monroe from 1 to 6 pm to collect blood credits for Dr. David K. Bennett and Mrs Betty Dale. Donors learn how to give a unit and have health checks performed by trained staff while aiding others awaiting surgeries.
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David K. Bennett
Monroe
Mayo’s
Rochester
Minn
Bennett
Red Cross
Turner Hall
Betty Dale
St. Luke’s Hospital
Milwaukee
Gene Dawson
Greg Wenger
Jaycettes
Nature
Extensive Farm Home Fire Damages Juda Residence
A Sunday fire caused extensive damage to the Rodney Zimmerman farm home west of Juda on the cut off road past the high school. The blaze was discovered at 11 45 am by Judy Ronspier now of Madison who alerted the Juda fire chief and tried to reach the occupant. No one was home. damage estimate not provided. The fire burned through walls and the stairs to the second floor. water supply was available from a farm pond. The Zimmermans occupy the former Will Norder farm.
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Rodney Zimmermans
Juda
Judy Ronspier
Madison
Duane
Juda Fire Department
Zimmerman Place
Will Norder
Long-Time Postal Employee Retires After 41 Years of Service
Harry R. Grinnell of Monroe retires on Route 2 after 41 years in postal service including 20 years as a clerk and 21 on the road. He started as a contract carrier in 1925 and helped deliver mail by horse and wagon before routes consolidated to cars. He and his wife Mae will enjoy a woodsy retirement home between Monroe and Albany with family nearby.
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Route 2
Monroe
Harry R. Grinnell
Lth Ave
E. A. Odell
John J. Burkhard
Napa
Calif
R. J. Myers
Milwaukee Road
Nellie
Postal Department
Spencer Bowen
Harry
Ed Trickel
Mae
Sylvester Woods
Albany
Ben Abraham
Joyce
Dwight Coplien
Robert
Mineral Point
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Action Urged to Aid POWs in North Vietnam
Madison briefing by Major John Harrison and volunteers urged Wisconsin residents to write personal letters to the North Vietnamese government to pressure better treatment of American POWs. They aim for 30,000 letters and cite Geneva Conventions as grounds for inspections, prisoner lists, and mail freedom.
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North Vietnam
P.o.w.s
Madison
Youth Fellowship of St. John’s United Church of Christ
John Harrison
Reginald Girdharry
University of Wisconsin
Arnold Air Society
Betty Janeck
Angel Flight
Virgil Singleton
Jerry
Wisconsin
University Ave
Harrison
U.S. Fighter Bombers Strike North Vietnam Gun Post
A U.S. F105 Thunderchief conducted a self defense attack on an antiaircraft position 52 miles north of the DMZ after radar detection. The mission, part of strikes on supply routes through Laos to Cambodia and South Vietnam, produced no reported damage to U.S. aircraft. Separately, a Navy raid freed 19 Vietnamese at a Viet Cong camp in the Mekong Delta with no U.S. casualties.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
United States
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Navy
Mekong Delta
Clothes Closet to Help Needy Families Open Wednesday
The Clothes Closet operated by the Woman's Club of Monroe will be open 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday December 2 to aid needy families. Co chairs Mrs Roger Voelkl and Mrs Edward Einbeck announce the event held in the Connard Manor building east of the Commercial and Savings Bank. Donors may bring clothing to the east entrance on the first floor during the open hours.
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Woman’s Club of
Monroe
Roger Voelkl
Edward Einbeck
Con’nard
California Gains House Seats In 1970 Census Shift
The Census Bureau reports a U S population of 204 765 770 as of April 1 1970 including servicemen abroad and federal employees overseas. California adds five House seats moving to 43 while New York loses two to 39. Florida Texas and others gain seats. The 93rd Congress will convene in January 1973.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
U. S
California
House of Representatives
House
New York
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Iowa
North Dakota
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Florida
Texas
New Glarus Amish Case Heads To State Supreme Court
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court will hear the case of three New Glarus Amish fathers—Jonas Yoder, Wallace Miller, and Adin Yutzy—who refused to send their children to high school. The appeal challenges compulsory attendance laws as a violation of religious liberty. Local courts previously ruled the law interferes with Amish beliefs but upheld enforcement until age 16.
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New Glarus
Turkey
England
America
Here
Wisconsin State Supreme Court
Madison
Jonas Yoder
Wallace Miller
Adin Yutzy
Robert W. Warren
State of
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Green County
Roger L. Elmer
Monroe
Arthur L. Luebke
Janesville
William B. Ball
Harrisburg
U.S. Supreme Court
Ball
John A. Hostetler
Temple University
Philadelphia
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Livonia, Mich
Donald A. Erickson
University of Chicago
Robert Frost
Monroe's Square
Times
Tom Mitchell
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