Wisconsin Primary Vote Shapes Democratic Front Runners
Milwaukee turnout soars toward a record as Wisconsin voters cast ballots in a crucial Democratic presidential test. McGovern leads a wide field including Humphrey Muskie and Jackson with 12 Democrats and 3 Republicans on the ballot. Nixon favored in GOP race. Delegates at stake and taxes the major campaign issue.
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Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund 8. Muski
Nixon
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Eldon Hoel
McGovern
Humphrey
Muskie
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
New York
John V. Lindsay
Wallace
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Paul N. McCloskey
California
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New Hampshire
Ashbrook
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Shirley Chisholm
Lindsay
Sen
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Full Slate For CCU Wednesday
A dozen items fill the Ottawa City Commission agenda for Wednesday afternoon. Paving Willow Street from Seventh to Fifteenth would be funded by a citywide storm drain and intersection costs covered by the city, with paving costs assessed to a benefit district. Changes to hold Police Court at 4 p.m. on Thursdays or at the judge’s discretion are proposed. Other items include an annexation ordinance east of Lincoln and north of Rockwood Acres, a zoning change for doctors buildings between Eisenhower School and Ash High, precinct changes, a re sale of electricity cleanup ordinance, Keefer zoning request, and naming streets in South Ottawa. The city planning commission votes on a Spruce Birch land zoning change tonight to R-1 to allow mobile homes.
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Willow Street
Willow
Lincoln
Rockwood Acres
Eisenhower School
Ash
A. L. Keefer
Ottawa
City Planning Commission
Red Jacket
Blackhawk
Cold Blast Delays Wheat Growth in Kansas Report
Kansas farmers saw freezing temperatures slow wheat development with light potential damage, while oats and spring barley seeded ahead of normal. Prices show mid March wheat at 1.31 per bushel, red meat production up 5 percent in February.
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Topeka
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Kansas
State
US Recognizes Bangladesh in Diplomatic Move
The United States extended formal recognition to Bangladesh, the new nation that broke from Pakistan after the 1971 conflict. Secretary of State Rogers said the U.S. looks forward to good relations, joining about 60 other countries in recognizing Bangladesh amid ongoing South Asian postwar reviews.
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Bangladesh
Pakistan
India
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Britain
Soviet Union
Red China
Dacca
Weather County Forecast Mostly Sunny and Warmer Today
Mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon and Wednesday. Tonight not as cold with lows in the mid to upper 30s. Highs Wednesday in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Southerly winds 10 to 25 mph this afternoon diminishing to 10 to 20 mph tonight. Precipitation probability near zero. Tonight and Wednesday.
Two More Viet Bases Fall As Reds Press On
South Vietnamese forces lost two more bases in the northern province as U S air and naval forces hit the invasion. The Saigon north commander said the main invasion had been halted, though fighting continued near Dong Ha and Quang Tri City. U S jets conducted extensive strikes along the frontier and against nearby Laos, with heavy casualties reported on both sides and 50 amphibious tanks destroyed according to sources.
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Demilitarized Zone
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Cua Viet River
Anne
Quang Tri City
Jensen
Hoang Xuan Lam
Dong Ha
Mand
Lam
Dmz
North Vietnam
Laos
7Th Fleet
Buchanan
Pedro
US Snubs North Vietnam Talks Demand in Paris
Paris AP by the United States rejected a North Vietnamese and Viet Cong demand to resume Paris peace talks on Thursday. The U S and Saigon said they would not end the three week suspension under pressure from North Vietnam as they await serious negotiations. The North Vietnamese note accused the Nixon administration of attacking their territory and spreading slander while promising more raids. A formal U S reply to the notes is being prepared.
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United States
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State Department
South Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen Trieu Dan
Saigon
South
IRA and British clash in Belfast district
In Andersonstown Belfast IRA guerrillas fought British troops in a heavily Catholic area where the IRA has lost Catholic support. No injuries were reported. The encounter followed a funeral for a slain mother and a protest against ongoing violence amid British peace moves. Catholic women seeking a truce were met by IRA sympathizers. Easter weekend passed without fatalities.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Andersonstown
Nixon Rules Out Ground Forces in Vietnam War Plan
President Nixon ruled out reintroducing U.S. ground forces to repel the latest Communist push in South Vietnam. He kept open the option of bombing North Vietnam with waves of American aircraft as aides briefed on urgent strategy talks in Washington.
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Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Washington Special Action Group
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Vietnam
Moscow
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Demilitarized Zone
United States
North Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
McCloskey-Ziegler
Docking signs 5 percent cost of living rise for retirees
Governor Docking announced the signing of last Tuesdays bills, including a 5 percent post retirement cost of living adjustment for state retiree systems effective June 30 1971. He did not sign the omnibus pay raise, omnibus appropriations, or property tax lid extension bills and offered praise for the retirement increase as the first of its kind in the Kansas system.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas Public Employee Retirement System
Kansas Police and Firemen's Retirement System
State School Retirement System
Kansas Highway Patrol Pension Fund
Kansas Bureau of Investigation Pension Fund
Kansas Retirement System
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