Bible debate over death penalty in Wisconsin
Madison AP The Wisconsin Assembly hearing on a referendum to restore capital punishment drew on scripture from both sides. James Lewis argued Eden and divine sanction. opponents and officials noted no deterrent effect and recalled the 1853 bungled Kenosha hanging. William Gorham Rice of the UW and the Civil Liberties Union backed the critique.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Garden of Eden
James Lewis
West Bend
Lewis
Janet Mielke
D-Milton
Chicago
Kenosha
Powers
William Gorham Rice
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union Foundation
South Viet soldiers advance to lift siege near Saigon
South Vietnamese troops with tanks and bomber support moved to relieve the Rach Bap post about 30 miles north of Saigon. The operation, launched late Monday, neared the outpost within half a mile amid reports of ongoing artillery duels at Tong Le Chan 30 miles farther north. The military said more than 100 casualties at the two outposts, with Rach Bap besieged since March 11 and Tong Le Chan since Feb 26, while Hanoi was accused of massing forces southward through the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Saigon
Man
Rach Bap
Tong le Chan
Tong
le Chan
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Oshkosh urged to switch from incineration to landfill
Northwestern staff writer reports Oshkosh environmental advisory committee backs shutting the city incinerator and switching to landfill disposal. A consensus favors immediate closure over upgrades to meet air standards, with final data and formal recommendation pending chairman William Sloey and James Hoffman’s report. one member urges immediate action.
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John Combellick
Northwestern
Oshkosh
Common Council
William Sloey
James Hoffman
James Ames
Sloey
Court upholds local taxes for financing public schools
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that local property taxes to fund public schools do not fall under explicit constitutional rights. The decision holds that education is not guaranteed as a fundamental right, allowing continued tax funding via local levies.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Hawaii
Justice Powell
Last POWs to be freed Saturday
Viet Cong announced the 32 American prisoners in Hanoi would be released Saturday with a Thursday handover of their names, clearing the way for the weekend release at Gia Lam airport. One South Korean prisoner to be freed Sunday at Duc Pho, while 146 Americans remain held.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Joint Military Commission
JMC
United States
Phuong Nam
Gia Lam
Nam
Duc Pho
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnamese Foreign Ministry
South Vietnam
Hexachlorophene linked deaths in US through cleansing agents
Federal records tie 15 US deaths to external use of hexachlorophene containing products, mainly pHisoHex at 3 percent. FDA banned nonprescription HCP in September but cited international and study data for safety concerns. Sterling Drug disputes the link, while FDA notes fatal reactions and nonfatal events from HCP exposure.
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Washington
United States
Food and Drug _Administration
U.S
FDA
Winthrop Laboratories
Sterling Drug, Inc
Monroe Trout
Sterling
Plan to Sell Unused Wisconsin Prison Faces Scrutiny
Washington AP reports Wisconsin's plan to sell an unused Oxford County prison to the federal government drew questions from House Appropriations Subcommittee members. Norman Carlson of the Bureau of Prisons said the facility could help relieve crowding, but the sale would require about 20.8 million to cover bonds, and lawmakers warned against future federal funding for more prisons.
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Washington
Wisconsin
House Appropriations Subcommittee
John M. Slack
D-W. Va
Norman A. Carlson
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Oxford
Adams County
Patrick J. Lucey
Carlson
Elford A. Cederburg
Michigan
Congress
Cederburg
Midwest
Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
Fate of Laos POWs uncertain in ceasefire clash
The State Department says nine Americans and a Canadian are listed by the Communists as Laos prisoners of war with release timing unclear. Viet Cong pledge to free all American POWs by Sunday, North Vietnam by March 28. Laos timing may hinge on Provisional Government formation. seven U.S. service members, two Americans, and one Canadian civilian named by Pathet Lao. About 310 Americans unaccounted for in Laos. cease-fire requires prisoner release within 60 days of government formation by March 23, stalled talks continue.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Laos
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Government of National Union
Pathet Lao
U.S
Defense Department
Souvanna Phouma
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Cambodia
Congress considers Nixon power to ration oil supplies
Washington AP reports Congress weighing authority for Nixon to allocate petroleum products and ration them to distributors and consumers amid fuel shortage fears. Senate kept allocation power in a wage restraint bill, with House hearings likely. Eagleton proposal would create an emergency board to distribute oil nationwide, opposed by Tower who favors market pricing.
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Congress
Nixon
Washington
House Banking Committee
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Eagleton
Petro
Leum
John Tower
R-Tex
Tower
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Theaters Society
Winnebagoland
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Demetrio P. Rodriguez
Edgewood Independent School District
San Antonio
Hexachlorophene
Senate
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