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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1971
Page
1
Wisconsin GOP host Art Linkletter at a $100 dinner to energize youth voters. Atty. Gen. Robert Warren accused Gov. Lucey of shortchanging drug control funds while Linkletter warned about social pressures and youth drug abuse across high schools and colleges.
Mark K. Nelson, 22, a former Milwaukee cosmetics salesman, was found guilty of attempted murder by a Dane County Circuit Court jury for the January 20 Madison intersection shooting that killed Richard Brettingen, 23, of Middleton. Co-defendant Thomas Schmitt, 29, originally charged with first degree murder, pleaded guilty to reckless use of a firearm and testified against Nelson. he received six months in jail. Judge Richard Bardwell scheduled Nelson's sentencing for Wednesday.
Henry L. Ahigren comes back to the University of Wisconsin as director of the extension after a year in the Nixon administration with the Agriculture Department. He resigns as deputy chief of agriculture and acknowledges a tight budget limited his Rural Development Service plans.
Governor Lucey was told that fewer than half of the minority hires expected by Sept. 30 are on the state payroll. A report shows 274 minority positions remain open while several agencies meet quotas and the state universities add eight minority staff, still far from their 26 goal.
At Madison Wisconsin the World Dairy Expo opens with a debate linking dairy farming and women’s liberation. Judith Brown Fond du Lac editor of Associated Milk Producers, Inc. introduces a documentary claiming dairy farming is more complex than understanding liberated women and jokes a cow will swing back with her tail.
Janis Ann Tinnell, 18, of Fond du Lac was crowned Wisconsin Snow Queen on Friday night succeeding Janet Pfeifer of Fond du Lac. Karen Merth, 19, from rural Turtle Lake, placed second. Connie Wege, 20, Clintonville third. Susan Claringdole, 18, Eagle River fourth among 11 contestants.
Longshoremen walkouts from Louisiana to Maine and West Coast closures idle major ocean trade. Port activity remains resilient in Houston and Great Lakes regions as negotiations edge toward a settlement. President Nixon defers emergency action while farmers worry about depressed prices.
The UMW and Bituminous Coal Operators Association stalled negotiations after a nationwide walkout by 80 000 workers halting soft coal output in 20 states. A National Scale and Policy Committee meeting is set for Monday in New York to approve any new contract while Labor Secretary Hodgson plans talks Tuesday.
The 1971 United Fund in Monroe names Roger Severson of Frito-Lay and Gene Summ of First National Bank as co chairmen for the business and industry phase. Severson has deep local ties through Moose Lodge sport clubs and Chamber committees. Summ, a banking loan officer, joined Monroe in 1967 and has led Jaycees and CROP activities.
Britons were detained in a Scotland Yard security sweep aimed at uncovering civilian spies tied to KGB agent Oleg Lyalin. The raids followed Lyalin’s defection and led to possible charges under the Official Secrets Act. Authorities cited Lyalin’s files as prompting 105 Soviet diplomat expulsions.
Tropical low Ginger lingered near Raleigh driving heavy rain across central North Carolina and beyond. Rain totals reached 2.60 inches in Raleigh Durham and 2.85 in Rocky Mount while NSCU expert estimates crops including soybeans, peanuts and corn suffer multi million dollar losses. No serious injuries reported in coastal Morehead City New Bern area.
An AP analysis notes IMF progress toward a substitute dollar or SDRs that would ease world payments without altering individual pocketbooks. SDRs could be defined by gold value and mixed currency units, with a working group to present plans by November and a potential rollout by Christmas.
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