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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1972
Page
1
Deaths in weekend crashes push Wisconsin traffic toll to 911, with one Southern Wisconsin fatality: 18 year old Dean Zwieg of Watertown. Governor Lucey pledges to use surplus funds to ease property taxes next biennium.
Israel announced a new policy to hit guerrilla bases first in Lebanon and Syria with five air strikes targeting locations in Sinik Dakifa Dier el Ashayer and a Ras el Naba naval base near the Litani Delta and a Syrian training camp. Britain criticized the raids as counterproductive to peace talks with no casualties reported.
Mrs. Jeanne Tregoning, wife of Green and Lafayette County state Representative, is in critical condition at St Mary's Hospital Mayo Clinic Rochester after a traffic accident near Fairmont Minnesota. The camper was sheared from the pickup. she suffers a base neck fracture and severed spinal cord with paralysis. The representative and family were en route to Wyoming for a hunting trip.
President Nixon made an unannounced appearance at the League of Families of POWs MIAs convention in a Washington hotel. He pledged he will not abandon prisoners or missing personnel and warned draft dodgers face consequences while reaffirming no Communist government in South Vietnam. He cited his support for hard measures and thanked the families for backing him.
Congress heads into extended debate over two major measures, a social security compromise and a plan granting Nixon expanded spending powers. Byrd predicts lengthy floor fights as conferees push payroll tax hikes, retirement rule changes, disability coverage, and Medicare expansion while limiting presidential spending powers.
Gunmen killed three Catholics in Belfast over the weekend as Protestant militants vowed to disrupt December elections. The toll raised Northern Ireland’s death count to 606 after more than three years of sectarian violence.
Wisconsin dairy outlook shows cheese production approaching one billion pounds for 1972 with milk sales expected to top one billion dollars. Output is about 10 percent above 1971, aided by exports to regions with feed shortages and flood or drought impacts nationwide.
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