Wisconsin reaches 888 traffic deaths in 1971 toll rise
Three dead in LaCrosse County crash and one in Waukesha County push Wisconsin 1971 traffic fatalities to 888. Victims include Herbert and Cora Noel of Caledonia Minn and Charles Tremmel of La Crosse, with Celia Tremmel in critical condition. Howard Olson survives with injuries after his car burst into flames. passerby Robert Cassidy rescues him. Foster Hannaford Jr. dies in a separate crash at U S 18 and Wisconsin 67 in Waukesha County.
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U.S. 16
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Herbert Noel
Cora
Caledonia
Minn
Charles Tremmel
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Tremmel
Celia
Olson
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Lake Bluff
Ill
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Wisconsin Senate reapportionment bill fails in Assembly
A 59 to 37 vote fell short of the two thirds needed to schedule the reapportionment bill. Democrats also failed to agree on immediate consideration as party leaders suggested postponing action until lawmakers study implications.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Wisconsin
Robert Huber
Norman Anderson
Alvin O’konski
O’konski
Davis Obey
James Azim
R-Muscoda
Vernon Thomson
Rwis
Madison panel calls for nursing home reform bill
A conference committee was urged in Madison to consider a bill allowing state court injunctions to shut substandard nursing homes. The Assembly rejected a Senate funding amend to finance a Milwaukee County program and named reps Baldus Azim and Czerwinski to the panel.
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Wis
The
Assembly
Senate
Milwaukee County
Robert Huber
Alvin Baldus
Dmenomonie
James Azim
Muscoda
Joseph Czerwinski
Milwaukee
Fredric March at Oshkosh theater dedication
Hollywood great Fredric March presided at a press conference in Oshkosh before the dedication of the Fredric March Theater in UW Oshkosh's new $7 million Arts and Communications Center. The 74 year old Oscar winner walked with a cane and spoke warmly about his career and retirement with wife Florence Eldridge.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Fredric March
Hollywood
March
Pioneer Inn
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Racine
Frederick McIntyre Bickel
University of Wisconsin
Florence Eldridge
New Milford
Conn
Local revenue group urged for tax reform plan
GOP lawmakers on a tax redistribution conference committee proposed a local government revenue resources committee to study state distribution, local government needs, and potential new local taxes. They also urged a state supervised uniform municipal accounting system for uniform cost comparisons.
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Madison
Wis
GOP
Assembly
Revenue Resources Committee
Two Die in Beloit Apartment Fire
Beloit Wisconsin AP two persons died in a late Thursday fire that swept an apartment. The victims were identified as retired Air Force major William S. Robbins and his wife who had moved to town about a week earlier. The blaze caused about 4000 dollars damage to the living room and spread to an attic as smoking material may have started the fire.
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Beloit
Wis
Air Force
William S. Robbins
Mississippi
Hearing Planned on Lower St. Croix River in Scenic System
A congressional hearing is set for Oct 23 in St. Croix Falls Wisconsin before the Senate Interior Committee to consider a bill by Nelson Mondale adding the lower St Croix River to the National Scenic River System. Additional hearings are planned in Washington after local input.
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Lower St. Croix River
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D-Wash
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
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Mondale
Scout troop wins Parents Magazine Youth Group Award
Girl Scout Troop 217 of Monroe receives the Parents Magazine Youth Group Achievement Honor Plaque for 1970 71 for outstanding recycling efforts in Monroe and Green County. Led by Mrs. Joseph Urban and sponsored by the Monroe Legion Auxiliary, the group works with the Green County Recycling Center and Kiwanis Club to promote bottle and can recycling and educate local groups.
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Monroe
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Katy Blum
Linda Walsh
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Nixon aides urge Senate to back consumer protection plan
Virginia Knauer urges Senate to adopt a consumer protection bill despite critics calling it weak. The House has approved the measure as part of broader stabilization efforts under Nixon.
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Virginia Knauer
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Historical Museum Preparing For Dedication In Monroe
Ground cleanup at Green County Historical Museum site proceeds with Monroe Jaycees and Street Department clearing old shrubs and stumps. Ten loads of topsoil to be spread on Oct 26 followed by seeding. Stauffacher Construction Co. laid a sidewalk from church walk to the school. Dedication of the 110 year old Universalist Church building set for 2 p.m. Oct 31 with Allan F. Barnard providing the band.
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Annual leaf pickup begins in city
The Monroe Street Department will start its annual leaf pickup Monday. Crews will work from the north and east sections near East School and move south until all leaves are down. Residents should rake leaves into the gutter.
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Monroe Street
Wisconsin school aids bill doomed by shared tax plan
In Madison, GOP Senate leader Keppler warned that Assembly moves adding shared tax proposals jeopardize the school aids bill in the Senate. Democrats hope moderate Republicans can swing votes to send the measure to Gov. Lucey, amid tax redistribution and a liquor tax rise to fund aid.
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Democratic Assembly
Senate
Ernest Keppler
Sheboygan
Fred Risser
Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Risser
Keppler
Assembly
GOP
Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded to Kuznets
Nobel Prize in economics goes to Simon Kuznets of Harvard at age 70 for empirically grounded interpretation of economic growth. The award, worth 88000 dollars, honors his work on national income measurement and the structure of economic and social development since the mid 19th century.
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Simon Kuznets
Harvard University
Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences
Kharkov
Russia
Kuznets
Earl Sutherland
Vanderbilt University
Swedish Academy
Fire sirens to be serviced Saturday in Monroe
Monroe fire sirens will be serviced Saturday morning weather permitting and may sound briefly during maintenance. Fire Chief Josef Benkert announced the biannual testing and noted any unusual blaring will result from the service work.
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Peking
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
China
Monroe
Josef Benkert
Growing with America Sea to Shining Sea
National Newspaper Week runs October 10 through 16 highlighting rapid growth in high speed presses photo engraving and sensational journalism shaping late 19th century papers.
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National Newspaper Week
Jaycees Visit WCI Chapter in Wisconsin
Monroe Jaycees led 17 members with six from New Glarus and affiliates from Fitchburg Waterloo Mc Farland and Columbus to Wisconsin Correctional Institution near Fox Lake. The visit included a presentation by an inmate on H I P and a one on one talk with W C S Jaycee members plus Toys for Toys efforts totaling over 4000 dollars in gifts.
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Glarus Jaycees
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Jaycee
Wisconsin Correctional Institution
Fox Lake
H.I.P
W.C.S. Jaycee
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