Wisconsin Faces Traffic Toll Rise and Miscellaneous News
The 1972 Wisconsin traffic fatalities reached 816 with elderly couples and a young man among the dead in separate Friday accidents. State fiscal updates show shared tax distributions near 279 million, up about 10 million from earlier estimates, with counties and municipalities receiving increases. Dr. Morris G. Caldwell, 79, prominent criminology authority, dies in Alabama after long career. A lake trout fishing ban on Lake Superior takes effect, lasting to Nov. 15. Roy Ullius resigns Wisconsin State Fair post to join Future of America Fairs.
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Monroe
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Morris G. Caldwell
Caldwell
Arlington
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University of Alabama
Ohio
Missouri
Kentucky
Stillman College
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Patrick Lucey
State Department of Natural Resources
Ullius
Milwaukee (Ap
Roy Ullius
Vernon Wendland
Wendland
Future of America Fairs Inc
Arlington Heights
Ill
Future of America Fairs
Farmers seek sun as rains flood Wisconsin farms
Wisconsin farmers face soggy fields and rising losses as frequent rainstorms flood acres. John Kincaid, an 800 acre potato carrot onion operation owner in Oconomowoc, warns crops may be ruined. County agent Donald Tripp says four or five dry days are needed to move equipment, with average losses now between 1000 and 2000 dollars per farmer.
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Dennis C.ross
Associated Press
Milwaukee (Ap
Wisconsin
John Kincaid
Oconomowoc
Winnegahe County
Donald Tripp
Wisconsin Agriculture Department
Marvin Heiser
Heiser
Philippines declares martial law amid unrest and floods
The government orders martial law, shuts major newspapers, seizes radio and cuts outside communications as floods trigger the worst disaster in memory and a wave of bombings and the attempted assassination of the defense secretary intensify turmoil.
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Philippines
Islands
U.S
Task force backs tax rate slash in education financing plan
The Governor's Task Force on Educational Financing endorsed a formula to cut the statewide full value property tax rate by four or five mills. It would let schools at or below 90 percent of the state average raise budgets up to seven percent, 90 to 110 percent up to five percent, and above 100 percent up to three percent, with an appeal process for hardships.
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Secretary of Revenue
Edward Wiegner
Wiegner
Keeping up with itses and the Cheesemakers game
A brief sports note highlights the Cheesemakers matchup and related standings while directing readers to page 5 for all sports content. It mentions updates across other sections including editorials society news and page 5 coverage.
Wonderful Wisconsin Week Celebrated at Lincoln School
Lincoln School observed Wonderful Wisconsin Week with varied activities across grades. Students visited Cassville and Little Norway, studied state symbols and Wisconsin Indians, created poems and art, tasted Wisconsin cheese, and heard from Wendy Hartwig of Green County Dairy Queen.
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Norway
Little Norway
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Little Red
America
Wendy Hartwig
Green County Dairy Queen
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Herbert D. Goecks
Cave of the Mounds
Mt. Horeb
Madison Zoo
Capitol
Oscar Mayer
Bowman Dairy
Coca- Cola
Madison
Stonefield
Gov. Dewey
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