Wisconsin Senate blocks quick vote on tax revenue sharing plan
Republicans push a new tax redistribution formula after mayoral briefings while Democrats seek their own plan. The panel delays action 18-14 as Gov. Lucey presses a budget reform, with city leaders wary of impact on funds to Milwaukee Madison Kenosha Fond du Lac.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
GOP
Ernest Keppler
R-Sheboygan
Keppler
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Joint Finance Committee
Hollander
Patrick J. Lucey
Senate Assembly
Jack Steinhilber
Roshkosh
Alliance of Cities
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Fond du Lac
Wallace Burkee
Alliance
Burkee
Racine
Kenneth Huck
Raymond Tobiasz
Lucey
Fred Risser
Advertising hearing opens on bogus price claims
In Green Bay the state Agriculture Department began hearings on deceptive price advertising. Claire Jackson of the Trade Division urged merchants to prove that sale and reduced prices are genuine as the FTC tightens rules. Hearings run to Thursday with sessions in Milwaukee Madison and Eau Claire to follow.
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Green Bay
Wis
State Agriculture Department
Claire Jackson
Department
Federal Trade Commission
Chambers of Commerce
Milwaukee
Madison
Eau Claire
Longshoremen Extend Unauthorized Walk-Out at Milwaukee Harbor
Milwaukee boat traffic paused as 350 longshoremen and 150 warehousemen idled nine vessels in port. Local 815 of the International Longshoremen's Association voted to keep the work stoppage pending a settlement with terminal operators over dock assignment disputes. A bullet damaged the union hall front window as police investigated the incident.
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Milwaukee
Lakeeeeee
Wisconsin Assembly Spares Counties Mandatory Bottle Center
The Wisconsin Assembly sent a diluted version of an environmental bill to the Senate on a 85-9 vote. The measure would have required county bottle and can collection centers but was amended to make them voluntary. Representative Edward Nager urged reinstating mandatory provisions and state funding.
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Madison
Wis
State Assembly
Wisconsin
Senate
Edward Nager
Milwaukee youth sentenced to life in prison in sniper case
Larry G. Campbell was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of aiding and abetting in the first degree murder of Lee F. Seward who was fatally shot while sitting in his car as a patrolman wrote a ticket. Prosecutors said a planned sniper squad aimed to kill a Milwaukee police officer.
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Milwaukee
Larry G. Campbell
Lee F. Seward
Theodore Hodan
Wisconsin officials urge stronger fight on venereal disease
Dr. H. Grant Skinner, head of the state health division’s communicable diseases office, criticized lawmakers for defeating bills that would let physicians treat minors for venereal disease without parental consent. He noted a 174 percent rise in gonorrhea since 1965, with ages 15-19 and 20-24 most affected, urging schools to improve teen VD education and family involvement. The remarks came at a forum by the State Medical Society of Wisconsin.
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Nadison
Wis
State Division of Health
H. Grant Skinner
Wisconsin
Skinner
State Medical Society of Wisconsin
GOP drafting remap plan in Wisconsin Senate
Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate draft a legislative reapportionment plan they say will be as partisan as the Assembly version under Democratic authorship. Rep. Frederick Kessler, sponsor of the Assembly plan, denies bias and challenges the Senate to improve the plan.
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Madison, Wis
Senate
Assembly
Frederick P. Kessler
Milwaukee
Kosygin Holds Up Under Ottawa Demonstrations
Premier Alexei N. Kosygin endures constant harassment in Ottawa while Canadians show calm indifference. Unlike Khrushchev he offers little fiery response, with security guiding his motorcade to a gala concert and a restive, Maoist-led crowd. His eight day Canadian tour goes on to Montreal Edmonton Vancouver and Toronto with organizers promising more demonstrations.
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Ottawa
Alexei N. Kosygin
Canada
Kosygin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
United States
Montreal
Edmonton
Vancouver
Toronto
Soviet Union
Parliament Hill
Giza Matrai
The
Toronto Star
Brandt Wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 Oslo
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt won the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize, receiving about 88 000 dollars. Danish Socialists and German Social Democrats praised his moves to ease East West tensions and improve relations with Poland and the Soviet Union.
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Oslo
Norway
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Alfred Nobel
Brandt
East Europe
Earl W. Sutherland Jr
Vanderbilt University
Simon Kuznets
Harvard University
Stockholm
Poland
Soviet Union
Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Willi Stoph
Erfurt
Stoph
Kassell
West Germany
Germany
Nobel Committee
Norman Borlaug
Scaffold Collapse Kills 19-Year-Old Kip Brandes
Kip K. Brandes, 19, of Boscobel, died when a scaffold gave way and sent him 72 feet into a silo under construction in Southern Eau Claire County. Officials reported the fall occurred Tuesday as crews worked at the site.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Kip K. Brandes
Boscobel
Eau Claire County
Monroe council approves tax levy rise for Blackhawk Tech
The Monroe City Council announced an $80,098.77 levy for Blackhawk Tech and Vocational School next year, up from $69,765.92 last year. A public hearing on a proposed excessive noise ordinance set for Nov. 2. fines range from 20 to 200 dollars with up to 60 days in jail for nonpayment. Re-advertisement for bids on the 16th Avenue bridge and for gas and fuel oil was authorized. Licenses granted to Larry G. Hoover, Richard A. Coplien, and Joe Highes. Idle Hour Mansion may stay open until 1 a.m. for the Southwestern Wisconsin Tavern League meeting. Annexation near Belle Elliot and Sunny Ridge rezoning hearings set for Nov. 2 and 16. Emergency operations plan approved for civil defense cost-sharing. Parade and fireworks funding approved. Mauerman reappointed to the water board. Wahl’s employment continued.
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Monroe
Blackhawk Tech and Vocational School
16Th Avenue
Jerry Coplien
Larry G. Hoover
Rt. 2
Richard A. Coplien
15Th Ave
Joe Highes
18Th Ave
Rabies Treatments Begin For Sager Children
In Orangeville Randolph 10, and Donna 8, children of Darrell and Mrs. Sager, start a rabies shot series after a pet puppy they owned tested rabid. The mother dog had died five weeks earlier.
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Orangeville
Randolph
Donna
Darrell Sager
Kissinger Arrives in Peking for Nixon Visit Planning
Henry Kissinger landed in Peking with a 14 member party and was greeted by Yeh Chien ying and other Chinese officials. He will spend four days in China arranging Nixon’s trip while Chinese media focus on anti imperialist messaging and Taiwan issues.
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Tokyo
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Nixon
Red China
Radio
Kissinger
Party of 14
Yeh Chien-ying
Communist Party
Shanghai
China
Seng Kuo-shu
Failing nursing home fire kills fifteen in Honesdale
AP reports fifteen elderly residents died in a Tuesday night fire at a private nursing home in Honesdale Pennsylvania many bedridden victims perished from smoke with only one licensed practical nurse escaping.
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Honesdale
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Associated Press
Steinhilber
Sens
Milo Knutson
la Crosse
Myron Lotto
William Dyke
Wayne Whitton
Reuben la Fave
Roconto
Henry Maier
Badger
Idle Hour
Southwestern Wisconsin Tavern League
Belle Elliot
Sunny Ridge
Chamber of Commerce
George Mauerman
Water Board
Orpha Wahl
Water Department
Sheriff's Department
Elaine
Tanjug
Peking Press
People’s Daily
Taiwan
AP News
Washington
House
Senate Public Works Committee
U.S
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Vatican
Vietnam
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Synod
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