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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1985
Page
1
Gov Anthony Earl selected five finalists from twenty designs for the new Wisconsin car and truck plate. The designers’ names are withheld to avoid influencing the vote, which closes December 9.
Wisconsin residents will select the 1986 license plate design from five finalists chosen by Gov. Anthony Earl. Dairy board head Dowaine Giraud urges voters to back a design bearing Americas Dairyland. Ballots must be returned by next Monday.
Voter options for a new Wisconsin plate include five designs featuring Dairyland branding, sailboat and barn motifs, and a green background variant. Ballot requests single selection per person, return to Pick-the-Plate, P O Box 7880 Madison 53707 7880, due by December 9.
Senate and House conferees begin ironing out 1985 farm bill differences in Washington. Dairy policy dominates debate with the Senate favoring price cuts and the House proposing new price support formulas including curbs on surpluses and a possible whole herd buyout, while diversion and buyout proposals fade from the Senate bill.
Signals serving as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Mr. Boschwitz pledged to the White House he would not push another diversion program and he is keeping his word. The buyout and diversion plans were not discussed in committee or on the Senate floor. Senators see these as temporary, unfair subsidies affecting taxpayers and store prices. They prefer a long range, stable dairy program over uncertainty about price levels.
The National Weather Service in Madison reports gradually rising temperatures from Thursday to Saturday with highs in the mid 30s and lows in the teens on Thursday rising to the 20s by Saturday. Snow is forecast for Thursday and again Saturday.
Nettie Rosenow of Buffalo County returns from an eight day stay in El Salvador where she witnesses war, poverty, and displaced peasants. She urges Wisconsin farmers to consider U S policy in Latin America beyond farm prices and government programs. The trip deepens her view on life and questions free market farming and aid.
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