Menominee marchers press land issue near Baraboo
Badger briefs report 220 mile DRUMS marchers from Keshena toward Madison halted south of Baraboo as they demand the Legend Lake project be abandoned and the land restored. Isaacson refused to sever ties with Menominee Enterprises noting current land in the county remains largely natural. The group plans to meet Gov. Lucey this week to discuss Menominee County development and related concerns.
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Baraboo
Wis
Keshena
Madison
Menominee County
Justice
N. E. Isaacson
Reedsburg
Isaacson
Legend Lake
Menominee Enterprises, Inc
Determination of Rights and Unity For
Menominee Stockholders
DRUMS
Patrick J. Lucey
Biggie Munn in Critical Condition After Stroke
Clarence Biggie Munn MSU athletic director remains in critical condition after a stroke last week. The MSU sports publicity office reports his condition as stable with slight overall improvement and more awareness.
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Lansing
Mich
Clarence “Biggie
Munn
Michigan State University
Michigan State Sports Publicity Office
Trempealeau County Sheriff Stanley Amundson Dies in Madison
Trempealeau County Sheriff Stanley W. Amundson, 43, died in a Madison hospital after reportedly choking on fondue at an East Side restaurant. A former Milwaukee police officer, he was to attend a police training institute at the University of Wisconsin. He is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Madison
Wis
Trempealeau County
Stanley W. Amundson
East Side
Amundson
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Peshtigo Fire Centenary Noted With Memorials and Parade
Peshtigo Wisconsin closed a three day centennial observance of North America s deadliest fire with a service in the high school gym led by Rev Axel Pearson 88. The memorial flame at the mass grave for about 350 victims was extinguished as 500 attended the service. A 120 unit parade and various events drew about 20 000 spectators despite cold rain and drizzle.
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Peshtigo
Wis
Wisconsin
North America
Chicago
Axel Pearson
Henry Drees
Madison Alderman Urges Moving Air National Guard
Madison Alderman William C Offerdahl urged relocating the Air National Guard from Truax Field to Northern Wisconsin and asked Sen. William Proxmire for help. He doubts City Council or Airport Commission support, says the move could save runway repair costs, and notes the 115th fighter group accounts for about 25 percent of jet flights.
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Madison, Wis
Madison
Air National Guard
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
D-Wis
William C. Offerdahl
Truax Field
Airport Commission
Offerdah
Proxmire
Offerdahl
Airport
James Dawson
Wisconsin records two weekend crashes yield multiple deaths
The Associated Press reports two major weekend crashes in Wisconsin killed five in Portage County and four in Dodge County, with 21 statewide traffic deaths this weekend and 873 for the year. Victims include Anton Golla and Miss Valeria Schultz, among others, with several injured.
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Wisconsin
Portage County
Dodge County
U.S. 51
Stevens Point
Anton Golla
Schofield
Valeria Schultz
Judith
Minneapolis
Gary Miskowiak
Wausau
Zanetha Schultz
Kay Krueger
West Allis
Weimerskirch
Frederick Ulrich
Horicon
Paul Doerr
Avon Lake
Ohio
Gary Kreuz
Ozaukee County
Javits seeks labor backing for Phase 2 economic plan
Sen. Javits sent telegrams to Meany UAW head Woodcock and Teamsters chief Fitzsimmons urging labor cooperation on the Pay Board and Price Commission. Meany did not endorse the program, planning a Tuesday executive board conference to discuss discrepancies between preannouncement briefings and later interpretations. McGovern condemned the plan as ignoring unemployment.
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Washington
Jacob Javits
R-N
United Auto Workers and
Teamsters
Cost of Living Council
Javits
Meany
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Frank Fitzsimmons
Price Commission
Pay Board
Tripartite Board On Pay
Commission On Prices
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
George McGovern
Dl.d
Nixon
Nixon plan aims to tighten school lunch program controls
The Nixon administration works on a plan to overhaul the school lunch program with tougher state and district oversight to curb mishandling of lunch funds, per the assistant secretary of agriculture. The move signals a broader push to reform administration and funding safeguards amid political sensitivity.
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Washington
Nixon
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Agnew Starts Mideast Visit to Turkey Iran and Greece
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew began a 13 day trip to Turkey Iran and Greece with a NATO pledge and opposition to a Greek aid ban. He met Turkish leaders in Ankara and stressed NATO stakes in regional security while noting concerns over Greece aid policy. He plans Iran for the 2 500th Persian monarchy celebration and Greece afterward. A separate report notes Oscar L. Anderson drowns after a boat capsized on Carroll Lake near Woodruff Wisconsin.
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Ankara
Spiro T. Agnew
Turkey
Iran
Greece
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Agnew
Nihat Erim
NATO
Erim
Congress
U.S
Washington
Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Lake Woodruff
Wis
Madison
Carroll Lake
Woodruff
Oneida County
Oscar L. Anderson
POW exchange raises hopes for more American prisoners
In a reciprocal move, the United States and South Vietnam released a North Vietnamese lieutenant in Cambodia in response to last week’s release of American sergeant John C. Sexton Jr. Sexton, 23, Warren Michigan, walked eight hours to Loc Ninh after 26 months in Viet Cong custody. He said captors gave no reason for his release or messages for him. Sexton was to be flown to the United States after hospital care.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Fish Hook
John C
Sexton
Loc Ninh
John C. Sexton
Warren
Mich
John Jr
Five Die in Sunday School Boiler Explosion
In Marietta Ohio a boiler room explosion tore through a church Sunday killing five people including four ninth graders and a teacher. Diane Slaughter witnessed debris rain down as the basement classroom beneath the boiler room was crushed.
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Marietta, Ohio
Diane Slaughter
Diane
First Baptist Church
Michael
Marietta
McGovern Sees Likely Byrd Supreme Court Confirmation
Liberal Sen. George McGovern says the Senate probably would confirm Robert C. Byrd if Nixon nominates him to the Supreme Court. Sen. Fred Harris criticizes Byrd’s civil rights record, while Rogers says Nixon hasn’t offered a seat. Byrd, 53, is a Judiciary Committee member allied with the administration on many votes.
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George McGovern
South Dakota
Senate
West
Harris
Byrd
Meet the Press
NBC
McGovern
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Supreme Court
American University Law School
Senate Judiciary Committee
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