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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1972
Page
1
Edward Oehler aged 79 of Whitefish Bay was killed when his car left a Milwaukee road and struck a tree. The incident raises Wisconsin traffic fatalities to 861 for 1972, up from 850 a year ago on the same date.
AP reports wholesale, industrial, and manufactured prices rose an average 0.3 percent last month, with a 4.3 percent annual rise under wage price controls, compared to 5.2 percent prior. Senate again blocks end to filibuster on Consumer Protection Agency bill. Pension increase approved for 900,000 retired railroad workers. House to vote on spending ceiling. welfare reform debate to a decision. Haig returns from Saigon with briefings. McGovern criticizes Nixon policy as isolationist and calls for internationalism. Viet Cong says peace talks stalemate. U.S. fighters cleared for missions over North Vietnam. Briefs continue on swift votes in Washington.
President Nixon stated there will be no presidential tax increase citing congressional overspending as a possible trigger. He spoke 40 minutes in the Oval Office and said Vietnam peace talks are in a sensitive stage and his hunt for a quick settlement will not be influenced by the upcoming November 7 election.
School will stay in session on Columbus Day and Veterans Day with three day weekends for some workers. Oct 11 is an in service day for teachers and Nov 2 and 3 are no school days for teachers to attend a state convention. The first quarter ends Oct 27.
Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey announced a no tax increase policy for the 1973-75 state budget. He urged agency heads to trim requests, warned against a 40 percent rise in next biennium spending, and pledged a balanced general fund budget with no tax increase.
At the 47th annual dinner in Monroe High School M Room, Green County Farm Bureau named Gordon L. Prien to a new director seat, re elected four directors, and crowned Miss Green County Farm Bureau 1973 Janice Chesebro. Outstanding 4-H Boy Gary Hartwig received his award, with August Burgi and Donald Deininger honored for agricultural leadership.
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