GOP seeks new push for special legislative session
A GOP spokesman urged Democratic support for a pre election special session to act on surplus redirection. Rep. John Shabaz said 12 more Assembly signatures are needed for a brief one day session proposed for October 25. Democrats call it campaign propaganda and wasteful in a lame duck year.
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Madison
John Shabaz
New Berlin
Assembly
Shabaz
Patrick J. Lucey
Senate
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Commission On Community Relations
Commission
Plane Vanishes With Boggs During Alaska Campaign Flight
A light plane carrying House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and three others disappeared on a 560 mile Juneau to Anchorage leg. An air search with about 30 private planes and an HC130 continued through poor weather as officials said the aircraft was down and fuel was limited.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Air Force
Juneau
Boggs
Gary Hymes
Washington
Jonz
FAA
Begich
Eveleth
Minn
Madison Board approves 42.4 million 1973 school budget
Madison board of education approved a 42.4 million dollar 1973 school budget, 250000 over the superintendent’s proposal, and sent it to the city board for action. The panel added 408000 for junior high renovations, tied to a now-dead November referendum vetoed by Mayor Dyke.
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Associated Press
Madison
Madison Board of Education
Douglas Ritchie
City Board
William Dyke
Kissinger Resumes Paris Talks With North Vietnamese
President Nixon's adviser Henry Kissinger returns to Paris to resume negotiations with Xuan Thuy after a five day pause. It is his 20th trip to Paris and 25th day of private talks aimed at settling the Southeast Asia conflict.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Xuan Thuy
White House
Kissinger
National League of Families of Prisoners of War
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Civil Defense Warning Tests Announced Schedule
Ervin Goecks says no tests tomorrow for Civil Defense warning systems. Sirens will be tested only on the first Wednesday each month in fall and winter, with testing twice monthly resuming in spring as tornado season approaches.
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Civil Defense
Ervin Goecks
Nixon to sign revenue sharing bill in Philadelphia
President Nixon plans a Friday signing at Independence Hall for the revenue sharing bill. Invitations go to 50 governors, Congress members, about 100 city mayors, and state and county officials for a 12 30 p.m. ceremony.
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Washington
Nixon
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Congress
Monroe High School Homecoming Week Events Planned
Homecoming activities include poster making float building and dance decorations at Monroe High School. The 3 15 p m Friday parade starts at the high school and travels via 15th Avenue 13th Street 16th Avenue and the square before returning to the parking lot. The 7 45 p m Friday game vs Monona Grove Silver Eagles features halftime court introductions Queen Julie Erickson and attendants Chris Benkert and Dee Olson. The Saturday dance runs 8 to 11 30 p m in the M Room with theme Saturday in the Park.
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Monroe High School
Julie Erickson
Chris Benkert
Dee Olsen
Monona Grove Silver Eagles
Monroe Cheesemakers
Steven Mitschele
15Th Avenue
16Th Avenue
13Th Street
14Th Avenue
Dan Benkert
Dee Olson
Art Olson
Calvin Erickson
Mroom
United Fund drive enters residential phase at UF
Monroe merchants are reminded the current United Fund drive has entered the residential phase. Co chairmen Dave Babler and Gene Lumm urge businessmen to wrap up collections and return packets to United Fund team representatives promptly. The goal is 34,175 dollars benefiting 20 community and health organizations and operating costs.
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Monroe
United Fund
Dave Babler
Gene Lumm
Arctic cold front brings first winter bite to Wisconsin and Great Lakes
An Arctic cold front sweeps across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes with high winds near Sault Ste. Marie and a barge grounding off Charlevoix. Three men are rescued from the grounded vessel as lake freighters anchor to weather the storm. Temperatures plunge to the teens in the north and 20s in the south, with snow flurries and wind gusts up to 60 mph.
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Great Lakes
Upper Peninsula
U.S. Weather Bureau
Sault Ste. Marie
Grand Traverse Bay
Charlevoix
Fisherman's Island
Sault Locks
Land O Lakes
Eagle River
Weather Service
Communists seize villages in central highlands action
In the central highlands Communist forces captured six government hamlets five inhabited by Montagnard tribes and one by Vietnamese. Government troops withdrew under pressure but retook one hamlet by dusk. Reinforcements faced stiff resistance near Kontum Pleiku and Phu Bon as a new Resolution X10 called for Viet Cong flags in villages.
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Saigon
Kontum
Pleiku
Phu Bon
Book resale sale to fund Monroe Arts Workshop
The Woman's Club of Monroe will sell over 2000 donated books at the Community Center to finance an elementary Arts Workshop with PTA Cultural Arts Committee. Five Churchill volumes including The Grand Alliance and The Gathering Storm will be offered among a wide range of categories. Co chairmen are Mrs John Kundert and Mrs Lee Olsen. Hours: 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
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Monroe
Winston Churchill
Grand Alliance
Alvin Livingston
John Kundert
Lee Olsen
PTA Cultural
Mmes
Arthur Chandler
John Callahan
Robert Keith
Richard Newcomer
Walter Ekum
John Reese
Joe Schwarzenberger Jr
Richard Maze
George Wells
Anton Portman
William Halverson
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