17 Aug 1976
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1976
Page
1
Reported dead reached 811 with 249 missing and 251 injured as two major quakes rocked Mindanao. Unofficial counts rose to 917 dead with 500 plus injured and 400 missing, leaving 1,290 families homeless and 315 structures destroyed.
Campbell residents may see cuts in police and recreation services if $40,000 in state shared tax revenues is lost. Town leaders plan a financial review with Don Jobe of UOP Norplex. findings due by September 15. A referendum could fund services to avert cuts.
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions continue tonight into Wednesday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows near 65 tonight and a high around 90 on Wednesday, winds from the south at 5 to 15 mph. Pollen counts include ragweed 7 and alternaria 6. Weather details on Page 2.
La Crosse City Employee Union Local 180 ask for a 1.60 per hour across the board raise plus a cost-of-living adjustment and the abolition of the City Employment Relations Commission. The union proposes shifts incentives, a quarterly CPI linked raise, and shifting grievance handling to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. Additional demands include continued health and life insurance for retirees, six months full coverage after layoff, and expanded vacation time after seven years.
Two area lawmakers join seven in charging the Department of Health and Social Services with dodging legislative review. They petition to convert guidelines into administrative rules, increasing oversight over welfare eligibility criteria asset values and personal resources, a move seen as a power struggle with the agency.
About 140 National Farmers Organization members in Blair Wisconsin heard Robert Manke outline a ratified price milk plan. Farmers pool milk into truckloads as a bargaining unit with 30 day renegotiations aimed at higher prices, while not affecting federal orders.
Ford trails Reagan by 13 votes in AP tally as delegates prepare to vote on pivotal rules and platform planks. Reagan seeks the right to name a running mate before balloting and to amend foreign policy implications.
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