Endurance vote tests tax redistribution in Wisconsin Assembly
In a 15 and a half hour session Democrats pushed a tax redistribution bill toward preliminary passage. The plan would distribute 318 million dollars yearly to local governments, with Republicans seeking more study and time to block the measure. The session featured partisan rounds as the two thirds rule blocked immediate final passage.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Assembly
New Four Lane Bridge Planned Between Superior and Duluth
A four lane steel bridge will replace a 50 year old wooden span linking Superior Wisconsin and Duluth Minnesota across the St Louis Bay portion of Lake Superior. It will connect U S 2 and U S 53 with Interstate 35. State funding from Wisconsin and Minnesota will pay most costs with completion planned for 1975.
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Superior, Wis
Superior
Duluth
Minn
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Louis Bay
Lake Superior
U.S. 2
U.S. 53
Road death toll reaches 778 in Wisconsin traffic toll
The death of 86 year old Frank Volkman of Eau Claire after being struck while crossing U S 12 to his mailbox raises Wisconsin's 1971 traffic fatalities to 778, down from 823 on this date last year.
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Associated Press
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Frank Volkman
U.S. 12
Wisconsin Assembly delays tax plan to clear calendar
Democratic leaders cleared the Assembly agenda to pursue a tax redistribution plan, putting many important bills at risk. More than 200 measures were tabled during 5.5 hours of debate, with Senate proposals on boundary review and annexation reform among those awaiting action.
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Madison, Wis
Assembly
Senate
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Salmonella Found in Lake at UW Madison Beach
UW researchers led by Dr David Claudon found disease causing salmonella at Lake Mendota Willows Beach causing no outbreak. They traced sources to a storm sewer and campus animal barns feeding a creek draining into the lake.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Elliot Dick
David Claudon
Lake Mendota
Willows Beach
Parochiaid Debate Ties Up Wisconsin Tax Bill Fight
Assembly Democrats seek to clear their calendar to press tax redistribution a move that could revive a controversial parochial school aid proposal offering tax credits to parents of private and parochial school students. The measure was the first bill tabled in the partisan tax battle, and resuming it could limit delays on redistribution.
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GOP
Madison, Wis
Assembly Democrats
Wisconsin foresters oppose bill barring non mature tree cutting
LA CROSSE Wis AP A measure would ban cutting of any trees not mature, forcing restricted forestry and impractical forest management according to Robert Petry of the Society of American Foresters. The Wisconsin Michigan section opposed Sen Lee Metcalfs proposal which would force governors to reveal commercial forestry areas and limit logging to those zones.
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Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Robert Petry
Secretary of Agriculture
Perry
Weekend Wisconsin Weather: Cool, Cloudy Skies Expected
The forecast for Wisconsin notes cool temperatures and cloudy skies on Thursday with similar conditions anticipated through the weekend. Strong winds are not mentioned and no precipitation is forecast.
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Associated Press Fair
Wisconsin
Merger plan moves toward passage of UW system union
After heated debate Governor Lucey’s plan to merge the state university systems nears a passage vote in the Senate. Sponsors aim to finalize the bill today and send it to the Assembly. Two Republican amendments to elect regents or the UW president were defeated, preserving the governor’s merger proposal.
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Madison
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Senate
Assembly
University of Wisconsin
Regent
Lucey
Boards of Regents
Nixon wins key draft vote in Senate clash over extension
The Senate defeated a move to table the compromise two year draft extension and pay raise bill, 47 to 36, a setback to opponents and a win for President Nixon who argued the action kept negotiations intact for East West arms talks. The fight over the draft and Mansfield end the war amendment will continue as critics vow to filibuster.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
Senate House
Nixon signals selective wage price restraints post freeze
President Nixon says post 90 day wage price freeze on November 13 will be followed by selective restraints aimed at major industries. He pledges Phase 2 will be strong with teeth and expects controls to remain in effect indefinitely for key sectors. The Cost of Living Council shapes the plan with Connally leading.
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Washington
Nixon
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
Red China
Peking
United Nations
Vietnam
Attica State Prison
New York
Saigon
Paris
U.S
St Clare Hospital opens new addition in Monroe
Open house for the St. Clare Hospital addition invites the public to tour the new $82 million facility this weekend from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Eight operating rooms will be viewable during the open house, with other departments featured as in a special edition of the Monroe Evening Times.
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St. Clare Hospital
Monroe Evening Times
Monroe
Midwest
Times
Dina Speich
Radke Studio
Harold Snively
Brugger farm clean-up continues after big fire
The Brugger farm near Monroe Albany area proceeds with cleanup and rebuilding of a milking parlor after a 214 foot dairy barn with pipeline milking burned Saturday. Eighty workers were fed as they labored with heavy equipment, silos footings and a new milk house planned.
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John Brugger and Sons
Home Farm
Wis
Monroe
Albany
Brugger Farms
Edith Heads Into Alabama Diminished Tropical Low Threat
The hurricane Edith weakened to a tropical low as it moved into Alabama. It still could spawn tornadoes or flash floods across the Appalachians from western Pennsylvania to eastern Ohio. Edith had 100 mph winds at landfall on the Louisiana coast, leaving scattered damage but no reported deaths or serious injuries amid high tides and multiple tornadoes in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Edith
Alabama
National Weather Service
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Louisiana
Mississippi
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