Fischer Becomes World Chess Champion in Reykjavik
Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky in the 21st game to clinch the world title in Reykjavik. The match, refereed by Lothar Schmid and adjourned overnight, yielded Fischer 12.5 points to Spassky’s 6.5 with 11 draws. Fischer, 29, from Brooklyn, earns about 156000 dollars plus royalties and faces defenses in 1976. Spassky, 35, receives around 100000 as runner up.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Max Euwe
Lothar Schmid
Spassky
Paul Charles
New Orleans
Fischer
Brooklyn
Schmid
Euwe
Wisconsin toll tops 700 as new deaths noted
The AP brief reports Wisconsin highway toll reached 729 with deaths of a New London man and a Menasha woman. Other items include Marvin Smith's five year federal sentence for conspiring to use interstate travel in a prostitution case linked to a Monona sauna, skunk population issues in Rhinelander, a recall drive extension for Governor Lucey, the Kickapoo Dam environmental appeal, and a Milwaukee airport bomb probe with FBI leads and tightened security.
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Associated Press
New London
Menasha
Wisconsin
Smith
Madison
Marvin Smith
Minneapolis
Monona
Brookfield
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin Legislative and Research Committee
Theodore Meves
Sierra Club
U.S. District Court
Army Corps of Engineers
Citizens Naturalisirces
James E. Doyle
Corps
Milwaukee
FBI
Rice Lake Teachers Strike Delays Public Schools
Rice Lake teachers began a second day of strike action with eight campuses picketed and 138 teachers absent. A tentative contract deal was reached in Watertown, cited as a 5 percent raise, though language remains to be finalized.
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Rice Lake
Watertown
Don Leach
Watertow
Wisconsin
Watertown Education Association
Racine
Hayward
Somerset
Wisconsin Education Association
Wausau
West Salem
Random Lake
Maple Dale
Indian Hills
Fox Point
Bayside
River Hills
Milwaukee
Ratifi
Wet August brings mixed troubles to Green County farms
Wet August gave 9.80 inches at Monroe station with spotty heavy rains across Green County. Early corn remains safe from frost, but late plantings suffer blight with leaf loss. Hay shortages loom as second crop is half made and fields rot. Oats are poor due to late planting weeds and difficult harvest. Lawns and permanent pastures grow.
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Green County
U.S
Monroe
Jerry — Ellefson
Nixon Tanaka summit backs one shot dollar aid plan
President Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka wrap a mid Pacific summit agreeing to a one shot Japanese push for over 1 billion dollars in American goods paid in advance. They leave space for longer term trade talks while planning a possible Tanaka visit to the United States next year.
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Nixon
Kakuei Tanaka
U.S
Japan
Tanaka
Henry A. Kissinger
Nobuhiko Ushiba
Washington
Kasjima
Oahu
United States
San Clemente
Calif
John S. McCain Jr
The
Pacific
Adm
Noel Gaylor
China
Peking
Labor market rises as jobs grow while unemployment ticks up
The Labor Department reports employment up to 83.5 million Americans with job gains, yet unemployment climbs from 5.5 to 5.6 percent. The release covers the latest BLS figures across the nation.
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Washington
Labor Department Today
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wisconsin braces for Labor Day camping influx on highways
Wisconsin highway patrols mobilize 75 patrolmen in southeastern Wisconsin for the Labor Day travel surge as campers from Chicago area flood north. Helicopters join the effort to handle traffic incidents along U S 41, I 90 and I 94 while temps stay normal and showers are unlikely. State forest and park units report high campground demand, with Brule River, Pattison and Amnicon Falls parks among recommended northwestern sites and numerous state sites in central Wisconsin’s fishing regions.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Chicago
State Highway Patrol
Army National Guard
U.S. 41
Interstate 94
Lake Michigan
Brule River
Pattison State Park
Amnicon Falls
American Legion
Rib Mountain
Council Bluffs
Mississippi River
Veterans Dominate 35th Wilhelm Tell Pageant Cast
The 35th Wilhelm Tell Pageant in New Glarus features many veteran performers across German and English casts. Ernst Thierstein marks his 32nd year as Walter Fuerst, while Hans Anderegg Sr. enters his 15th year as German Tell. The article notes longtime roles, family collaborations, and the pageant's multilingual shift with two English performances and a Sunday German show, highlighting decades of participation and dedication from actors, directors, and volunteers.
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New Glarus
Ing
Ernst Thierstein
Walter Fuerst
Melchtal
Unterwalden
Hans Anderegg Sr
Mechtild
Walter Streiff
Elsbeth
Ital Reding
Schwyz
Clayton Streiff
Wilhelm Tell
Gilbert Ott
Tell
Dennis Streiff
Gessler
Dennis
Waldo Freitag
Paul Grossenbacher
Gottlieb Brandli
Monroe
Grossenbacher
Ernest Wieland
Werner Stauffacher
Herman Burkhardt
Gertrude Stauffacher
Waldo Freitage
Waldo
Russell Monroe
Stuessi
Armgaard
Gilbert Hoesly
Charles (Kelly) Kammer
Fronvogt
Henry M. Sehmid
Tell Guild
Frank Schiesser
Henry M. Schmid
Fred Haldiman
Gordon — Stower
Milwaukee
Hart
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Wisconsin
Edward Wills
The
Baron von Attinghausen
Ed Wills
Joshua J. Hoesly
Ray Meythaler
Leo Gempler
Monticello
Ann Luethy
Jenni
Fisherboy
W. W. Stauffacher
Richard Rettig
Richard
Rettig
Thierstein
Hedwig
Helen E Zimmerli
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