Daily Tribune, The (Newspaper) - May 5, 1972, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin THE DAILY TRIBUNE Fifty-Seventh Once-Over THE DAILY TRIBUNE the real Sometimes is seems that everyone has to get into the act these days On Wednesday the religion editor of the Daily Tribune received a letter from the Bethlehem Lutheran Church Nekoosa On the back of the envelope was a red cular seal with while letters Jesus Christ He's the real thing Please don't squeeze fhe check MILWAUKEE AP The Milwaukee police ment decided Monday a tissue check may be flimsy but probably won't bounce And so the department accepted the check for a parking ticket written on a roll of bathroom tissue A Milwaukee hank at which the offender had an account told a police clerk the tissue check was legal tender if it were written in ordinary check form and the writer Judith V Schneider of Milwaukee had enough money in her account to cover it Police sadd the sent in by was written on the outside layer of a roll of bathroom tissue and the ticket was stuffed inside the core Legendary sword swiped STIRLING Scotland AP A sword that legend says struck terror into the hearts of English soldiers nearly seven centuries ago has been stolen for the cond time from the national Wallace Monument in Stirling The Scottish nero Sir William Wallace was reputed to have wielded the swoid when his army cut down the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 Scottish students stole the sword 36 years ago It was found a few months later at the bottom of a well Hurrah for WASHINGTON AP The House has joined the Senate endorsing family vegetable gardens It sent to President Nixon without a dissenting vote a Senate resolution urging that each American family where practicable plant a vegetable garden to fight in- save money get exercise and have the fun and pleasure of family vegetable growing Wet but warm weather is expected this showers tonight Saturday and Sunday with warmer temperatures Lows tonight should be in the 40s highs Saturday in the 60s Sunday will be slightly cooler with lows in the high 50s Lowest cranberry bog temperatures in Central consin will be between 34 and 38 degrees tonight be- tween 32 and 40 degrees Saturday night The high in Wisconsin Rapids Thursday was 67 the low 38 the same reading as at 6 today BERRY'S WORLD INFORMING THE SOUTH WOOD COUNTY AREA OF WISCONSIN Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin 54494 Friday May 5 1972 1972 hy NEA Inc T pot Iho inspiration from Navy I spent the money I'd saved from my allowance so you wouldn't Rcl the idea I could pel alons for Maternity leave rule postponed until Sept MADISON Wis AP The effective dale of a slate lalion aimed al providing en on maternity leave with the same benefits as persons other temporary disabilities is being postponed until Sept 1 The state Industry Labor and Human Relations sion which had passed fne rule to lake effect June 1 decided Thursday to postpone its cation and attempt to work out a compromise proposal with the critics The commission acted after the Legislature's Rules Review Com- held a hearing on the matter and its chairman state Sen Wayne Whitlow demanded the modification said the committee which voted to take no im- mediate action would vere and suspend the rule un- less the commission acted Many industries have the proposal because they claim it will substantially in- crease their costs But Philip Lerman sion chairman said the rule would do nothing more than eral rules forbidding tion against pregnant women He said the regulation was posed by the department under responsibilities given it by the Wisconsin Fair Employment Law Sanguine in Texas is called ideal WASHINGTON AP A Texas site for the Project uine communications system which has been tested in ern Wisconsin was described Thursday by Sen Lloyd sen of Texas as possibly ideal Bentsen said in a news re- lease that Mason and Llano Counties might be the best place for the project because ot their sparse population and un- rock The system would consist of an underground grid of widely dispersed transmitters and an- tennas on 500 acres he said with rights-of-way across private land obtained to im- plant antenna cables Between 300 to 500 persons would be required to operate and maintain it upon its com- he said The senator said the Navy has found no adverse mental effects in connection with the which he said would make a major im- provement in the ability of Navy communications systems to withstand attack jamming and blackout in a post-attack environment Wisconsin Gov Patrick cey testified in Washington lier this week against the Navy has already spent million on Sanguine in his state He said he wouldn't change his mind until he was convinced it will not harm the environment or economy of Wisconsin and that it will work Luccy said Ihc area of consin planned for Sanguine gels about million annually from tourist trade The ernor said the system's possible on the area's plants and wildlife deier tourists and reduce Ihc area's appeal in sportsmen who provide Ihc major source of tourist dollars LCI man told the hearing he was sick and tired of the ar- gument advanced by the copsin Manufacturers ation that the rule would huit economic development in state Some figures on the cost lo employers of the rule are leading ne said because they are based on up to 25 weeks of disability leave for pregnancy The commissioner said the regulation only requires em- with existing disability programs to extend the to women for the period of time they are incapacitated by childbirth A medical evaluation of how long a woman should be ex- cised from work because of physical effects of pregnancy would be the determining tor he said Tne hearing had to be moved from a Capitol hearing room to more spacious Assembly chambers because of the ber of representatives from business and women's groups who attended Milw mayor to file protest on election coverage MILWAUKEE AP Mayor Henry Maier said Thursday he plans to file an action against two Milwaukee television tions for their coverage of the last mayoral campaign Maier who has been feuding with The Journal Co over of his programs for eral years told a news ence he would file the action against and Both outlets along with The Milwaukee Journal and waukee Sentinel are owned by The Journal Co The mayor did not specify what the charges would deal with He said he would meet day with Dean Burch man of the Federal Commission because there are some questions 1 must clear up The station feels it covered the campaign in compliance not only with its own journalistic standards but the legal tions of the fairness doctrine as George Comte general manager of The Journal Co stations said Thursday Nonresident quota of for state MADISON Wis AP A nonresident student quota of 25 per cent was approved by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Thursday for all 13 campuses in the student UW system The UW's Madison campus currently has a 15 per cent quota that can be stretched to IS per cent by children of alumni the other campuses ready have a 25 per cent quota But the new policy also c- consistent academic arris to admission of and nonresidents Today's chuckle Wonder if the increase in Social Security tax makes anybody Icel more CANADIAN RESCUERS Members of a Canadian mine rescue learn adjust their air masks before en- tering the Silver Summit portal of the Sunshine mine Kellogg Idaho Eight more casualties were discovered in a shaft hoist room bringing the estimated death toll to 32 AP Wirephoto Single Copy 15 Rescuers approaching miners Idaho API Smoke seeping through seals today blocked furls of rescuers seeking to reach 50 missing miners in the Sunshine silver mine where a flash fire took 32 lives I he persistent smoke almost as deadly as carbon monoxide gas in a mine leaked out at the head of an elevator at the foot level the only access to deeper area where the men are believed to be One rescue crew which worked its way down the Silver Summit to the No 10 shaft hoist room Thursday night had hoped to go down to about a mile early this morning A second crew came down the parallel Jewell Shaft with another hoist room as its tive Sunshine general manager Marvin C Chase reported the new dilemma but still optimism the missing men would be rescued There has been no voice con- tact with the men since day The crew had first to test whether tne hoist would work after being out of action since Tuesday's flash fire Food prices decline Jobless rate remains at WASHINGTON AP The government reported today the biggest drop in wholesale food prices in eight months for April due largely to a sharp decline in meat prices In another report the Labor Department said the nation's total employment and ployment remained virtually unchanged last month with the jobless rate holding steady at 5.9 per cent nf work force The report on wholesale prices said the average cost of meats poultry and fish de- 2.9 per cent in April This was major factor in an over-all decline of of one per cent for all farm and processed foods Wholesale food prices are generally reflected fairly soon al the supermarket The report said a broad range of prices of wholesale and products rose of one per com All wholesale pines of food industrial commodities out to 1 rise of of cine per conl boosting the Wholesale Price Index In 117.5 of its of 100 This meant U 50 nn the for wholesale goods fivo years agn The index was 3.7 per cent above a year ago The nn lobs said the number of Americans rose some to million and dropped mine than half a million tn 1 7 lion But developments are expected for April and the Bureau of Labor Statistics ured no change in both ment and unemployment on a seasonally adjusted basis The report also said average earnings of nearly 50 million i a n than half Ihc nation's work two cents per hour to and increased 51.10 per week to The average weekly check was or 7.1 per cent above a year ago After tion for the 3.5 per cent rise in living costs over the same od the gain in purchasing er was a In tie over per week The report on wholesale prices listed declines of nf one per cent for dairy products for ar and confectionary two per cent for animal fats and oils ana of one per cent for vegetable oils and products There were increases of two- tenths of cent for real and products 1.4 per cent for processed fruits and vegetables of one per cent for beverages 2.9 per cent for crude vegetable oils and of one per Failure of talks leaves U.S with no options WASHINGTON AP The of all diplomatic efforts private and public to make any progress toward a Vietnam settlement has left the States with virtually no options thai could the course of the war according 10 U.S officials These sources acknowledge a likely of American an raids against battlefield in the South as well as strategie in nam bul they say these are not expected 10 be decisive in thwarting the invasion can say the will be determined on Hie ground one said and while i lie American bombing will help and perhaps slow the Northerners it's not really going to change the out- come Although the can position is thai President Nixon is keeping all options open short of using nuclear weapons and U S around troops the officials said the most likely and immediate actions will be of the air strikes against the North units in the South strong effort to cut the oil and gasoline supply lines fiom the North including a pipeline originating near the area of the for any sign of a possibilities This last point was edged by the officials as ably beating a dead in light of the U.S Thursday that the negotiating efforts both at the public table in Pans and in private channels were entirely fruitless It was learned that a try at obtaining Soviet intervention to convince Hanoi to negotiate had ended with no re- sults n development that led officials to assessments of the situation II it is true outcome is going 10 be determined by the South Vietnamese 10 light off the attack officials 2 cent for refined vegetable oils The report listed price in- creases for industrial goods in- of one per cent for textiles 3.4 per cent for hides and leather tenths of one per cent for fuels of one per cent for chemicals per cent for ber for paper and pulp products for metal products for machinery for lure and of one per cent for mineral products There was a decline of two- tenths of one per cent for ber and plastic products the only major category of al prices to show a decline The report said the over-all wholesale price increase on a seasonally adjusted basis was of one per cent The on jobs said the unemployment rate for men edged up from 4.1 to per cent with a total of a little over two million The jobless rate lor women remained un- i hanged at 5.4 per cent with a of 1 6 million And the unemployment rate for igers edged down from 17.9 to per cent with n total of n over one million In a racial breakdown the said jobless rate for while inched up from 5 lo 54 per i cut while the rale for other from 10.5 lo 96 per cent There was n of unemployed white workers and a total of jobless among other races Wood County fourth highest in state in factory jobs provided report says By Dave Nelson I Staff Wood County in June was fourth in the slate in the number of factory for each of population A Map Slory of Wisconsin just issued by the Division of Development shows Thorn were 168 factory jobs for county residents placing Iho behind only S n 11 k County with with 177 and with average was 118 or well above the national of 100 jobs per On the same population basis Ada ins County had 22 77 55 nnd Marathon 116 During the same month manufacturing employ men I the was close to while that in Wood C was turing employment in surrounding counties Adams 200 nnd Using information from Iho 1907 Census of Manufacturers the report notes lhal Wisconsin Mien had manufacturing establishments with 107 In Wood County 12 in Adams 15 In 59 in and 181 in Marathon By averaging unemployment rales for nnd 1970 it was found Iho stale ployment rale was per cent Wood County shared with Portage and Marathon counties a relatively low rate of between 3 nnd 4.99 per cent while Adams County one of the highest rales in Iho slate 7 per cent Ihc rate County wan high from I lo per cent report shows Quoting information provided ny the Office of Business of the U.S ment of Commerce ho report also shows thai Iho in had nn estimated personal income of billion nnd of lhal amount Wood County's share was million Adams County's was million County's million Portage County's and Marathon County's million During the same personal income per capita in Wood County was JIM below stale average of bul above the in comes of the surrounding Adams Portage nnd Marathon The report notes somo county figures were bv college students in the population as wris done in County The national average per income in Wood County's per capita income of was therefore per cent of the national average Other percentages of national average 50 per cent VI per cent Portage 75 per tent and Marathon 85 per 1959 lo total personal income in Wood and Portage counties increased by 75 to 100 per cent while Adams and Marathon ICIK ed UK leases of over 100 per cent During the same per income in Wood and Marathon i ii c r e 1 s e I by 75 lo 100 pel oni Adams County again had a 100 per met ease while County had a to 75 per cent increase supplied by Wisconsin State show it in the estimated work foue in Wood County was while the work forces in the surrounding Adams luneau Portage and The report lhal the includes em- ployed and unemployed on the assumption that the 1 a I I e r were seeking em- ployment 1 in the was helped by new industries and plant expansions estimated number of new jobs created during 1968 and 1970 i come to statewide with Wood sharing 222 of these jobs In Adams County new came to luneau County 4J Portage County 60 and Marathon County 894 In 1967 the average wages of production workers in manufacturing in Wood Connry weie higher than in all the surrounding counties highest in the slate nnd just iwo cents under the stale average of I he wage rale in Wood at that lime wan per hour compared to In Adams in in Portage and in Marathon only counties where tho hourly wage exceeded thill for Wood County were- Milwaukee Racine and ami Rrown 11 All of counties are heavily In- NEW R
