Wisconsin 1969 Legislature Opens With Storm Warnings
Wisconsin lawmakers opened the 1969 session amid proposals on birth control open housing and reapportionment. Sen Holger Rasmussen urged ending the ban on contraceptives for unmarried people while Sen Gerald Lorge proposed a constitutional amendment to shrink the legislature. Open housing expansion and measures on fingerprinting juveniles and strike breakers were also introduced. About 15 Madison Resistance members demonstrated in the gallery as lob yists.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Holger Rasmusen
R Spooner
Legislative Council
Rasmusen
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Senate
Assembly
Lorge
Norman Sussman
D-Mil
Waukee
Sussman
Madison Resistance
Secretary of State
Ten Die as Floodwaters Sweep Amphibious Tractor Crew
Ten people fleeing a tropical storm in Los Padres National Forest were swept from an amphibious tractor stalled in Sespe Creek and are presumed lost. A survivor, Scott Eckersly, a teacher at Live Oaks School in Ojai, was rescued by helicopter. Gov Reagan declared a state emergency as Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley rivers raised flood concerns. levees broke near Sherman Island and Starvatter Flats residents evacuated.
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California
Sacramento
Sherman Island
San Joaquin
Santa, Paula
Calif
Canoga Park
Santa Paula
Scott Eckersly
Live Oaks
Ojai Valley
U.S. Weather Bureau
Ronald Reagan
San Joaquin Valley
Cosumnes
Stanislaus
State Capitol Security Force May Be Expanded
Madison UPI reports lawmakers and capitol employees discussed boosting the Capitol security force amid ongoing demonstrations. Deputy secretary Glen Pommerening said no decisions were made, though a proposal to increase security was noted. Leaders at the meeting included Madison Police Chief Wilbur Emery Lt Governor Jack Olson and Governor Warren Knowles officials cited recent disruptions at the Oshkosh university board meeting and other protests in the Capitol.
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Madison
UPI
Capitol
Glen Pommerening
Administration Department
Pommerening
State University Board of Regents
Oshkosh
Wilbur Emery
Jack Olson
Paul Hassett
Senate
Robert Knowles
Ernest Keppler
Warren Knowles
Eleven Nixon Cabinet members sworn in at White House
Chief Justice Earl Warren administered the oath to 11 department heads at an East Room ceremony with Budget Director Mayo and UN Ambassador Yost also taking it. Alaska Governor Hickel did not participate due to Senate delays on his interior secretary nomination. Nixon and Warren’s frosty history noted amid coffee chats before the oath. The National Security Council held its first meeting as Nixon plans regular council sessions and broader cabinet use.
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Washington
Nixon
Earl Warren
White House
Robert P. Mayo
Charles W. Yost
United Nations
Walter J. Hickey
Alaska
Interior
Senate
Warren
Long
California
Supreme Court
Waller J. Hickel
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Johnson
Security Council
Hts Oval Office
Galo Plaza
Organization of American States
Wisconsin lawmakers seek outright DDT ban in state
Two Wisconsin assemblymen, Norman C Anderson and Lewis T Mittness, will introduce a bill to ban DDT nationwide in the state. They cite a Natural Resources hearing on a petition by conservation groups to ban DDT, urging a complete prohibition due to environmental and potential human harms. The measure faces political hurdles, with support from environmental groups and scientific testimony about wildlife impacts and persistence.
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Madison
UPI
Wisconsin
Norman C Anderson
Lewis T. Mittness
Janesville
Anderson
Mittness
Natural Resources Department
Department of Natural
Conservationists
Envi
Ronmental
Izaak Walton League
Citizens Natural Resources Association
Environmental Defense Fund
New York
Pueblo sailor reveals White House message priority during Pueblo siege
Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher testified at a Navy court of inquiry that he used a direct channel to the White House and to Navy superiors in Japan after North Korean gunboats surrounded the USS Pueblo. He raised the message precedence from flash to critical to ensure immediate delivery, while aboard the stricken ship and under threat from torpedo boats and a pursuing subchaser.
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Coronado
Calif
Uss Pueblo
White House
Japan
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Navy
Bucher
Pointblank
Sea of Japan
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van Duzer River
Sierra
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Mics Eee
Pueblo
Walt W. Rostow
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert S. McNamara
CWO
Gene Howard Lacy
Wonsan Harbor
ER Petre
Security
William P. Rogers
Council
Defense
Melvin Laird
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