Wisconsin Labor Day toll and crashes reported
Reports show twelve traffic deaths over the Labor Day weekend in Wisconsin raising the 1972 toll to 10744 with multiple crashes across counties including Racine Dane Grant. Separate items note a Stoughton motorcycle fatality and a Madison car crash, plus a child in Milwaukee area among drownings.
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Ly Ann Associated Press
Wisconsin
Racine County
Steve Quamn
Stoughton
Larry Hass
Madison
Dane County
Grant County
Helen Feakes
Fennimore
Terrorists attack Olympics as Israeli team held hostage
At Munich 1972 the Israeli team quarters were stormed by five masked gunmen hours after the Games began. Two Israelis were killed, others captured as police and troops moved to storm the village. A memorial service was planned amid protests and tensions as deadlines passed. Mark Spitz withdrew from competition and events were suspended.
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Munich
Moshe Weinberg
Olympic Village
Israel
International Olympic Committee
Olympic Committee
West Germany
Olympic Stadium
Mark Spitz
Spitz
United States
Will Grimsley
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Uruguay
Hong Kon
Give Blood Through Red Cross National
A national call invites eligible volunteers to give blood via Red Cross channels. The drive seeks to bolster blood supplies across regions, urging donors to schedule appointments and share this lifesaving appeal with communities.
Congress Eyes Cash Aid for Families of Fallen Police Firemen
Senate to vote on a cash award for families of officers and firefighters killed on duty while the House weighs antipoverty program changes National issues intertwine with local events as districts return from recess for urgent legislative action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nominees Enter Main Campaign Stretch
President Nixon and challenger George S. McGovern entered the main campaign stretch with confidence. Nixon, in San Clemente, planned a San Francisco meeting on environmental quality then a Washington trip, while McGovern toured Seattle Portland and Los Angeles with running mate Shriver in Boston Portl Maine Springfield Albany on Labor Day.
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Nixon
George S. McGovern
San Clemente
Calif
San Francisco
Citizens Advisory Committee On Environmental Quality
McGovern
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
Sargent Shriver
Boston
Porti Maine
Springfield
Mass
Albany
N.Y
Golden Gate National Recreation
California
Boeing Co
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Labor Day crashes mar Green County with 13 accidents
The Green County Sheriff's Department reports 13 traffic accidents over Labor Day weekend. Seven people were injured, including Frank Mills 18 in critical condition at St. Clare Hospital after a single vehicle wreck near Albany. Debra Best 14 sustained a head injury and possible skull fracture in an Oregon crash. Multiple other drivers and passengers suffered cuts and bruises in incidents across Monroe Orangeville New Glarus and surrounding roads.
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Green County Sheriff’s Department
Frank M. Mills
St. Clare Hospital
Mills
Wis
Carl ¥Annes
Albany
William Best
Clarno Road
Mark K. Patterson
Orangeville
Monroe
Advance Road
Patterson
Donald A. Rahorn
Leona E. Reinmann
Rt. 1
Reimann
Haddinger Town Road
Albert Reinmann
Roland E. Graff Jr
Freeport
Kenneth L. Suess
Red Oak
Ill
Suess
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