UWL phone rules debated by Wisconsin officials
Madison wrestles with how to police state telephones in the UW system as administrators propose plans. Regents and campus leaders discuss central administration oversight, budgeting roles, abuse reviews, and monitoring of calls amid skepticism about enforcement.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Herbert Grover
Niagra
Central Administration
Donald Smith
Uw-La Crosse
Kenneth Lindner
W-L
Robert Voight
College of Arts, Letters and Sciences
Shaw
Harold Shaw
Uw-L
Telecommunications and Security
Ody Fish
Hartland
Fish
Simple phone policy eludes UW system official
UW Regent Ody Fish condemns taxpayer funded personal calls yet UW La Crosse faculty staff and students run up over 2500 in personal and questionable charges totaling the campus telephone use. The Tribune reports on the dispute and campus response.
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University of Wisconsin
Ody Fish
Hartland
Uw-La Crosse
Tribune Special Report on Questionable Calls Since 1976
Tribune Special Report examines calls from January 1976 through last October, focusing on disputed telephone decisions and the rule that seems elemental to the issue. The piece highlights patterns, officials cited, and potential implications for fairness and policy.
UW centers ordered to return telephone credit cards
Administrators at 14 University of Wisconsin center system campuses were told to turn in their telephone credit cards. Chancellor Edward Fort traced the decision to monitor- ing issues and asked cardholders to return cards for destruction by December. A December 15 deadline was set for center campuses to submit monitoring plans.
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UW Center
University of Wisconsin Center System
Edward Fort
Fort
West Bend
Bermuda asks Britain to deploy troops to quell riots
Bermuda appealed for British troops after rioting over the execution of two black inmates. A company of about 100 soldiers would likely depart Sunday morning, joining about 900 police and the Bermuda Regiment on alert. Curfew remained in effect as clashes plagued Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
James Callaghan
London
Britain
Peter Ramsbotham
David Gibbons
Bermuda Regi
National Guard
Court Street
Parliament Building
Erskine Burrows
Larry Tacklyn
Burrows
Sir Richard Sharples
Tacklyn
Sharples
Inmates Sue Over Wisconsin Release Program Rights
Three Wisconsin prison inmates filed a class action in Madison Circuit Court alleging their constitutional rights were violated by the prisoner release program. They claim the parole board refused to negotiate and gave no reason for denial of their contracts to guarantee release dates.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Madison
Parole Board
Egypt recalls ambassadors as Tripoli summit meets
Hard line Arab leaders push a resistance front against Sadat as he seeks peace with Israel. Al Ahram reports Egypt recalls ambassadors to the Soviet Union and four Arab states Algeria Iraq South Yemen and Syria for urgent consultations. A separate Milwaukee item notes a masked gunman robbed a Wauwatosa pharmacy seeking sleeping pills.
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Tripoli
Libya
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Cairo
al Ahram
Sadat
Egypt
Soviet Union
Algeria
Iraq
South Yemen
Syria
Bassador
Moscow
Middle East
Christmas craft ideas and vehicle rides for seniors
Inside content highlights include creative Christmas ideas for making and hanging ornaments on page 17 and a report that county minibuses provide free rides to the elderly on page 27. An athletics note covers Aquinas defeating Marshfield Columbus 71 to 28 on page 29.
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Aquinas
Marshfield Columbus
Page
Drunken driving crackdown in La Crosse County
Wisconsin state troopers conducted selective enforcement of implied consent laws in La Crosse County. A Friday to Sunday operation led to a drunken driving arrest after a chase on U S 16. The suspect tested 0.15% BAC and faced the breathalyzer procedure, with officers documenting each step and the alcoholic influence report.
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Wisconsin Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
la Crosse County
State Highway Safety Coordinator
Wisconsin
West Salem
Interstate 90
Spurgin
Tribune
Dave Schumacher
Schumacher
Wisconsin Patrol District 5
Tomah
Monroe
Vernon
Juneau
Crawford
Jackson
Trempealeau
Buffalo
U.S. 16
Ronald N. Irish
Onalaska
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Dennis Chaptman
Scott Hildebrand
Regent Ody Fish
Tribune Special Report
the Tribune
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Atlantic
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Raeli
Menahem Begin
Muammar Khadafy
Khadafy
Hafez Assad
Assad
Gunman
Milwaukee
Tosa
Wauwatosa
Edward Stein
Stein
Saudi Arabia
Geneva
Jerusalem
Building Page
State Patrol
Harold J. Spurgin
Irish
Guy Fitzgerald
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