Wisconsin budget eyes Nixon cuts as funds shrink
Revised figures show Wisconsin could lose 56.7 million under Nixon plans. Budget officials cited University of Wisconsin losses of 27.7 million and welfare agency cuts of 15.9 million. Local governments face 362.8 million in CAP program reductions. A state takeover of CAP funding was discussed with Governor Lucey. Republican lawmakers defended impoundment as a long standing prerogative.
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Nixon
Harry Schmidt
Joint Finance Committee
Charles Hill
Hill
Department of Administration
Tary
Joe E. Nusbaum
Patrick J. Lucey
Social Services
Wilbur Schmidt
Department of Public Instruction
Flooding continues as ice moves on Partridge Lake
Waupaca County sheriff reports few evacuations and a bridge holding steady while ice on Partridge Lake near the Wolf River raises flooding concerns. Officials ordered 1500 more sandbags to protect riverbanks as Portage River crests near flood level. Families evacuated on Sunday returned home. Eau Claire’s Chippewa River sits about a foot above flood level with expected fluctuations through the next day.
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Wolf River
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1St Ward
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National Weather Service
Weather Elsewhere Brief From The Associated Press
The Associated Press reports on weather elsewhere with partial data. The item notes unsettled conditions in various regions and potential temperature shifts. No specific locations or figures are provided in the readable text.
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Vietnam Pullout Resumes Amid POW Release Pressures
The United States restarts the military withdrawal from South Vietnam after a two day halt to accelerate POW releases. About 1 000 troops will depart over three days with a holding pattern to follow as Hanoi lists release details. South Korea completes its 844 year withdrawal with 2 065 troops remaining to pack and ship, while Thieu thanks the force for defending freedom and the bond of friendship between the two nations endures.
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Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Kalaupapa finally gets resident doctor for leprosy colony
Dr. L. Charles Koch left California practice to serve Kalaupapa on Molokai Hawaii becoming the first resident physician since 1971 for about 150 residents. He and his wife moved into the cliffside settlement once notorious for isolation of leprosy patients and now a quiet coastal community with tours allowed.
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L. Charles Koch
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Los Angeles
Santa Cruz
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Department of Health
Broadcast license renewal reforms proposed by Nixon administration
The White House proposes FCC policy shifts to bar categories or quotas, lengthen renewals to five years, and drop automatic hearings amid hearings by the House Commerce Committee. The plan, drafted by the Office of Telecommunications Policy, requires stations to be substantially attuned to public needs and offer reasonable opportunities to discuss public issues.
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Torbert H. Macdonald
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Dmass
POW release list includes 5 civilians and 27 servicemen
The Viet Cong said five civilian POWs from Hue era capture 1 Feb 1968 near Hue would be freed in Hanoi Friday. Civilians Henderson Alexander Page Russell Spaulding and Weaver. five others held by the Army and Foreign Service, plus 27 military POWs listed with ranks and home towns, including Maj. Floyd J. Thompson and Col. Theodore W. Guy, captured between 1967 and 1969.
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Fla
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Branchh
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Long Beach
Chenoweth
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Portland
Ore
Restored death penalty urged amid crime plan remarks
President Nixon urged restoring the death penalty and mandating stiff sentences for narcotics cases, while opposing marijuana legalization. He pledged a thorough revision of the federal criminal code, tougher penalties, and new penalties for detaining a carrier pigeon, plus increased federal aid to law enforcement and faster trials.
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Nixon
United States
Brushed by Car Collision Injures Woman in Winneconne
A 38 year old rural Winneconne woman, Marlene Verhagen, was advised to seek medical attention for bruises to the knee and wrist after a two vehicle mishap at 3 52 p m Tuesday on County Trunk 6 in Winneconne Town. Verhagen’s eastbound car pulled into the path of Paul Neuman 17, of 227 S Third St Winneconne, whose northbound car sustained left side and front damage.
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Marlene T. Verhagen
Rt. 1
Paul M. Neuman
S. Third St
Neuman
Verhagen
Wisconsin lawmakers clash over welfare probe in Assembly
In Madison two Republican legislators fought on the Assembly floor over a resolution to probe Milwaukee County Welfare. Rep F James Sensenbrenner charged misuse reports spurred by a Milwaukee Sentinel story while Rep Kenneth Merkel accused the move of publicity. The quarrel mirrored broader disputes over process and public scrutiny of welfare funds.
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Shorewood
Milwaukee County Welfare Department
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Kenneth Merkel
Brookfield
Sensenbrenner
Merkel
Russell Olson
R-Bas- Sett
Sembly
Lam Quick
Anthony S$. Earl
Assembly Wausau
Health and Social Services
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