Indignant Move To Exhume Winnebago Leader’s Body
The Winnebago community protests a planned exhumation of James Decorah from Decorah Cemetery near Black River Falls Wisconsin. Harold Fanmaker claims the burial violated law and seeks removal within 15 days with burial rights disputed by Eli Youngthunder and LaVern Carriman. Community observers fear religious beliefs prohibit post burial digging and defend the cemetery's open access and $5 per burial upkeep fee.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Decorah
Winnebago
Wisconsin
Berton Sherman
Funmaker
Eli Youngthunder
Youngthunder
Cemetery Association
LaVern Carriman
Carrimon
la Crosse
David Decorah
Carriman
Minnesota faces looming teacher shortage in expanding areas
Minnesota Education Commissioner Howard Casmey warned of a coming teacher shortage within five years, citing a 48 percent drop in teacher training entrants since 1971. He noted growing demand in early childhood, individualized instruction, vocational programs and adult career retraining, while a new statewide projection on teachers and students awaits revision.
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Minneapolis
Casmey
Minnesota
Education Department
Campaign Spending Bill Backed by Governor Anderson
Gov Wendell Anderson supports a campaign financing reform bill and declares it the top priority for the 1974 Minnesota Legislature. He says the bill must be airtight with no loopholes to achieve fundamental reform of the campaign financing system.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Governor Signals Campaign Finance Reforms to Legislature
The governor wrote letters to Sen. Stephen Keefe and Rep. Tom Berg, both Minneapolis DFLers and chief authors of companion bills on campaign financing. The plan includes disclosure of contributions and a voluntary $1 checkoff on state income tax returns.
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Stephen Keefe
Tom Berg
Minneapolis
Dflers
Anderson
DFL
U.S. Senate
Cashton High School Names New Principal and Coaches
Cashton High School in Cashton Wisconsin names Joseph Collingon 38 longtime head basketball coach and athletic director as principal succeeding Paul Keeney who moves to Fenimore High School. Daniel Schwarz 31 becomes head basketball coach and David Milne named athletic director.
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Cashton
Wis
Joseph Collingon
Cashton High School
Michael Healy
Paul Keeney
Fennimore High School
Collingon
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Bangor
Kickapoo High
Daniel Schwarz
Schwarz
Navy
David Milne
Collingan
Farm income seen at 22 billion despite fuel scares
The U S Agriculture Department predicts net farm income for 1973 will top 22 billion dollars, up from 19.2 billion last year. The forecast hinges on higher prices and planted acreages for corn and soybeans, fuel availability, and weather.
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Washington
U.S. Agriculture Department
USDA
Department
Mission Speaker Rev Francis X Pirazzini at St Lukes UCC
Rev Francis X Pirazzini a Minnesota Conference mission festival speaker will preach at St Luke s United Church of Christ Itzen Minn Sunday Aug 5 at 10 30 a m and 2 p m He is a former United Church of Christ executive council member and past chairman born in New York City to a minister who started a city mission for Italian immigrants in East Harlem.
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Francis X. Pirazzini
Minnesota
The
United Church of Christ
Sparta Doctor Joins Staff of VA Hospital
Dr. Edward O. Lukasek from Sparta joins the Tomah VA Hospital staff. A University of Chicago Medical School graduate, he trained in internal medicine at St. Francis Hospital Evanston. He served in the Army 1943 to 1950 in the Far East and holds AMA recognition from 1972.
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Tomah
Wis
Edward O. Lukasek
Sparta
Tomah VA
University of Chicago School of Medicine
St. Francis Hospital
Evanston
Ill
Lukasek
Far East
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Geriatrics Society
State Department of Health
Monroe County
St. Mary’s Hospital
American Medical Association
Tomah To Have Employment Office
The Wisconsin State Employment Service will open an office in Tomah on Monday August 6. Walter Westlund of the Monroe County manpower office will run it with hours 9 a.m. to noon on Mondays and Thursdays. The Greater Tomah Area Chamber of Commerce will handle inquiries on non opening days. The office is at 901 Superior Ave in the Monroe County Guidance Center.
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Tomah
Wis
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Walter Westlund
Monroe County Manpower Office
Westlund
Greater Tomah Area
Monroe Board Raises Non-Union Workers' Pay
Monroe County Board approved pay raises for nonunion staff at Monroe County Hospital and Rolling Hills Nursing Home. Supt. Edwin G. Monick's pay rose to 930 dollars monthly, his wife, Virginia Monick, to 612, and Elmer Carson to 828. Nurses' hourly rates were set, with directors and supervisors earning higher rates. Other staff wages range 2.40 to 4.05. The board also discussed radio equipment for 16 highway department vehicles at 28,274 dollars and a coroner appointment process following Dr. Lukasek's resignation.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County Hospital
Rolling Hills
Edwin G. Monick
Virginia
Elmer Carson
Joanne Scafe
Rebecca Rislove
New Judging Concept Used In Jackson County Fair
Preliminary judging at the Jackson County Fair features face to face discussions between contestants and judges. Entries in foods and photography are evaluated on merit with Danish judging abandoned for most youth entries.
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Jackson Fair
Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County Fair
Jack
Betty Anderson
Speltz
Anderson
Thurmond Stetzer
Melrose
Melrose Satellites
Denis Stetzer
Stetzer
Dawn Stetzer
Coordinator Named At BRF Center
Lon Newman 24 named workshop and recreation coordinator at Jackson County Day Care Center Black He is a June graduate of Winona State College with a psychology major and sociology minor He will secure production contracts for the sheltered workshop through a federal development and disabilities grant Newman a Austin Minn resident edited the Winona College literary magazine and led the Chess Club He counseled potential high school dropouts Day Care Center Director Dorothy Will said Newman will visit sheltered workshop activities statewide in the next two weeks
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lon Newman
Jackson County
Winona State College
Newman
Austin
Minn
Winona College
Dorothy Will
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Pasco, Wash
Rich Meyers Jr
Monroe Board
Harry Hill
Governor's Office
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Sparta Clinic
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Mississippi
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Jefferson
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Wilton
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Robert Quackenbush
Earl Molstad
Gordon Stelter
County Civil Defense
Washington, D.C
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Glen Kenyon
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