Truckers Protest Sparta Parking Ordinance and City Actions
Six truckers urged the Sparta Common Council to suspend enforcement of a March ordinance restricting parking of long or heavy trucks on Sparta streets. The council referred the petition to the public works committee while other votes covered sidewalk repairs, meter removal, and a $14,482 paving project on Court Street and Rusk Avenue.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Common Council
Public Works Committee
Gerald Donovan
Osborne
Thomas Gomez
James W. Rice
Judiciary Committee
Rice
Math ® Construction Co
la Crosse
S. Court Street
Rusk Avenue
James Richgruber
Jefferson Avenue
City of Sparta
Hardware, Mutual Life Insurance Co
Ray Stewart
Corporations Hold On To Fleet Vehicles In Streak Of Used Years
AVERAGE AGE 6.8 YEARS 18,000 Companies Operate Own Fleets. About 7.3 million trucks are operated by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, with 18,000 firms running fleets of ten or more trucks. Costs rise with older fleets. studies show significant savings from modernizing.
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New York
Northwestern University
Armand J. Schoen
American Automotive Leasing Association
Sheen
Wheels Inc
Vernon County Board approves two union contracts and park plan
Vernon County Supervisors authorized contracts with AFSCME Local 1527 and Local 1667, both non closed shop. They staggered terms for the five member park committee and discussed a potential 180 acre lake in Wildcat Mountain State Park. Farm Progress Days had strong turnout with expenditures $17,367.14 and receipts $17,144.19.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County Board of Supervisors
County Highway Committee
American Federation of State
Vernon County Hospital and Homes
Wildcat Mountain State Park
Don Jones
Ontario
Robert Fredrick
David Holcomb
FPD
Morris Moon
Vernon County
Fredrick
Board of Supervisors
Chester Erlandson
Wey
Farm share at 36 cents marks 20 year low in food dollar
The farm share of the consumer food dollar fell to 36 cents in the second quarter the lowest in over two decades. Retail prices rose one percent from a year ago while consumers spend about 19 percent of income on food and farm-produced foods total around 65 billion dollars a year.
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Washington
Kennedy
Department of Agriculture
Kennedy Returns Home With Children After Birth
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy is back at Brambletyde in Hyannisport with Caroline and John Jr and seven dogs, recovering from a Caesarean birth. Doctor advised no official duties until after the year, likely staying five months away from White House events and pausing social duties.
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Frances Lewine
Hyannis Port
Mass
Jacqueline Kennedy
Washington
Caroline
John Jr
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Kennedy
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
John W. Walsh
Washington D.C
Mrs. Kennedy
White House
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Afghanistan
Pierre Salinger
Brambletyde
Hammersmith Farm
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Newport
R.I
Atoka
Virginia Hunt Country
Kennedys
Chamber Chief Attacks Federal Fund Immorality
Edwin P. Neilan president of the U S Chamber of Commerce renewed his criticism of what he called wide spread public immorality in federal spending. He compared it to the Profumo scandal and said political pork barrels are a larger problem than the British sex spy case. He warned the issue could not topple Cabinet members.
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Board of Review
Anson Jackson
Wayne Merow
Harold Vandervort
Warren Isbell
Albert Burrows
Jaycees
Industrial Development Foundation
Industrial Foundation
Chamber of Commerce
David McFall
Vern
Mary Hobson
Lloyd Squires
Dinner Bell Cafe
Squires
James de Gracie
Police and Fire Commission
E. J. Trainer
Washington
Edwin P. Neilan
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
Neilan
Area Redevelopment Administration
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