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Proxmire Walking Through Wisconsin in Winter
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Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside the post office in De Soto.
December 22, 1972
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