Wisconsin jobless benefits and other state updates
Wisconsin paid 5.6 million in unemployment benefits for August with 27,959 claimants, down from 34,625 a year ago. North Central hunters report more bear registrations and higher bow deer kills in multiple counties. Lowell Hall purchase fuels controversy over a possible foreclosure price. Snowmobile safety class fees questioned as volunteers teach most materials. Road toll rises with three deaths in Shawano County and statewide fatalities up to 833. Revenue sharing allocates 89.3 million to Wisconsin towns and 44.6 million to the state. Racine considers subsidizing bus service amid 1000 weekly loss. GM strike authorization by Local 95. Milwaukee murder charges filed in the Mattes case.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Rhinelander
Department of Natural Resources
North Central District
Vilas
Forest
Oneida
Langlade
Lincoln
Marathon
Portage
Wood
Juneau
Adams
DNR
Lowell Hall
State Building Commission
Herbert Grover
D-Shawano
University of Wisconsin
Grover
Shawano County
New System Aims to Speed Special Mail Deliveries
Monroe post master R J Myers announced Oct 1 that a nationwide upgrade will add a new system for faster special delivery of air mail first class letters flats and small parcels. Postmaster General F T Klassen had criticized past delays and described plans to fix the program with prompt handling at post offices and stations.
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Monroe
R. J. Myers
F. T. Klassen
Washington, D.C
Klassen
China and Japan to establish diplomatic ties end war
Peking amid banquet, Prime Minister Chou En-lai announces China and Japan will normalize relations and end the state of war. Premier Tanaka says normalization is first step toward broader rapprochement. Ambassadors slated within six months with Liao Cheng-chih and Heishiro Ogawa named as candidates.
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Peking
Chou En-lai
China
Japan
Kakucli Tanaka
Asia
Tanaka
Taiwan
Chou
Chow
Tokyo
Didates
Liao Cheng-chih
China-Japan Friendship Association
Heishiro Ogawa
Foreign Ministry
Foreign Service
Liao
Ogawa
Great Wall
Great Wall of China
Tanka
Chi Peng-fei
Nixon touts four more years as best in US history
AP reports Nixon pledges that reelection would yield four of the best years in U S history. The briefing also notes other items from AP roundups across Washington Paris Saigon and Arlington.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
United States
Green County August 1972 Employment and Unemployment Report
Wisconsin state figures show Green County total civilian labor force at 13 800 in mid August 1972 with 13 300 employed and a 3.4 percent unemployment rate. Manufacturing led gains, durable goods up 9.7 percent, non durable 2.5 percent, food products up 5.6 percent. government payrolls fell 19.8 percent due to school closings.
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Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Green County
Three American pilots return home from Hanoi
Lt Norris Charles and two colleagues, Lt Mark Gartley and Maj Edward Elias, arrive in Copenhagen after four years as prisoners. They fly to New York via Moscow and Peking, urging Americans to press for more prisoners’ release and an end to the war. The group traveled with antiwar activists and avoided U.S. authorities.
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Copenhagen
Norris Charles
Hanoi
New York
Charles
North Vietnam
Navy
Mark Gartley
Edward Elias
Air Force
Denmark
Moscow
Peking
U. S
Gartley
Elias
New Zealand Farmer Visits Wisconsin Dairy Farm
A 21-year-old New Zealand farmer Ross Cottle spends a week on Joe Schwarzenberger Jr. at Wis. farm between Monroe and Juta learning Wisconsin farm life. He left May 12 sailing to England via the Panama Canal and has been in 14 countries. plans to visit Canada Utah California before returning home. He and his brother do custom farm work on the 240 acre New Zealand dairy farm with 80 milking Holsteins and contract milk sales.
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New Zealand
Green County
Ross Cottle
Masterton
Joe Schwarzenberger Jr
Wis
Monroe
Juta
Wisconsin
England
Panama Canal
Canada
Salt Lake City
Utah
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United States
Cottle
Ross
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Badger
SNOMO
Natural Resources Hearing
Herman Smith
University of Wisconsin Extension
Alvin Nelson
Washington
Congress
Milwaukee
Racine
Flash City Transit Co
State Public Service Commission
Jack Taylor
Racine Traffic and Safety Commission
United Auto Workers Local 95
Werneeday
General Motors Assembly Divison
Robert McNatt
Michael Carter
Carolyn Mattes
Tralene Johnston
Miss Mattes
Silver Spring
AP News
Upper Marlboro, Md
Arthur H. Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Paris
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Henry Kissinger
White House
Agriculture Department
Saigon
USS
Thailand
House Rules Committee
Sports Society
Mike Discanni
Valley Forge
Ricky
Green Co
Schwarzenberger Farm
Schwarzenberger
Turner Hall
Munich
Germany
Gehl Co
West Bend
Gehl
Schwarzenbergers
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