Food Costs Rise as July Prices Climb Across Sectors
The Agriculture Department reports a yearly food basket cost of 1 529 dollars for a 3 2 person family, up 208 dollars from the prior year, while fuel and mortgage costs also rise. HUD and VA announce mortgage rate increases effective today, and rice and feed grain supplies fall to multi year lows.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Veterans Administration
Department
Threat Charge Dropped Against New Orleans Ex-Officer
Edwin M. Gaudet former New Orleans policeman had a threat charge dropped after his lawyer Las Cohen accused federal authorities of fabrication. Gaudet surrendered ending a three day manhunt for allegedly threatening President Nixon during Aug. 15 at a Canal Street drugstore. The government cited a witness recanting her identification.
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New Orleans
Edwin M. Gaudet
Nixon
Gaudet
Lillian Cohen
New Mexico
Miss Cohen
Gaude
Gerald Gallinghouse
Skylab 2 Sets Longevity Record in Space Flight
Skylab 2 crew Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma surpassed the previous mission duration record with a 28 day 50 minute standard and reached 404 orbits and 11.5 million miles. They installed six new gyroscopes during a 4 hour 31 minute spacewalk while maintaining control from orbit 270 miles high.
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AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Mission Control
Earth
United States
Lousma
Garriott
Viroqua Area Man Killed In Car Crash
Patrick Rumsey a 19 year old son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Rumsey of rural Viroqua was killed in a car crash at 835 p m Friday about three miles north of Viroqua on old US 14 Duane Nordrum 19 R 2 Viroqua was injured and taken to Vernon Memorial Hospital with cuts and bruises The Vernon County Sheriffs Department investigated Funeral arrangements are pending at Arneson Thorson Funeral Home in Viroqua
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Viroqua
Wis
Patrick Rumsey
Gordon Rumsey
Old US
Rumsey
Duane Nordrum
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Vernon County Sheriff's Department
Arneson-Thorson
Scientists Fight Mosquitos Without Using Chemicals
In Davis California UC entomologists report synthetic growth hormones disrupt mosquito larvae growth to control pesticide resistant populations. Hormone sprays are environmentally safe but costly and slower than traditional pesticides. Public health officials in California welcome the approach amid rising resistance to organophosphates.
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Davis
Calif
University of California
Raymond Coppock
Emil Dupras
UC Mosquito Control Research Laboratory
Fresno
Don J. Womeldorf
Womeldorf
California
County Seeks Review of Catgut Slough Order
La Crosse County petitions Dane County Circuit Court to review a DNR order requiring reconstruction of the Catgut Slough causeway on Clinton Street and County Highway B. The action seeks delays or changes to the timetable while arguing agency overreach and questioning the order’s evidence.
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Kenneth G. Brown
Tribune
Department of A Natural Resources
DNR
la Crosse County
Catgut Slough
Dane County
John M. Thomas
Clinton Street
French Island
Thomas
State Highway Commission
Public Works Administration
Black River
Catgut
Weekend Weather Outlook With Warm Humidity
Partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 65 Saturday night, highs near 87 Sunday. Winds from the south to southeast at 5 to 15 mph. Monday partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a low in the upper 50s.
Deaths and Classifieds in Today’s News Briefs
A compact hometown roundup lists deaths, church notices, sports snippets, movies, and classified ads alongside business news. Readers find brief notices and upcoming events across local sections.
No Decision On Teacher Transfers
The La Crosse education dispute over transfers for 14 elementary teaching specialists remained unresolved Friday as School Superintendent Balts did not provide a final ruling. LEA officials cited contract violations, including lack of voluntary transfers and failure to call in reasons, as they seek an amiable settlement or potential legal action.
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Carolyn Armagast
Eugene Balts
Armagast
Balts
Evan Lowrey
la Crosse Area
Lowrey
Hintgen
Washburn
LEA
Arlington County Tops U S Per Capita Income in 1970 Census
Arlington County Virginia the Washington suburb leads the nation with a per capita income of 5446 dollars in 1970. Residents average 234 dollars more than Manhattan Borough New York City which ranks second at 5212. Montgomery County Maryland places third with 5183 dollars.
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Washington
Arlington County
U.S. Census Bureau
Arlington
Manhattan
New York City
Montgomery County
Pickets Protest Welfare Work Rule At La Crosse Site
About a dozen members of the La Crosse Welfare Rights Organization picketed the Work Incentive Program office in Grandview Building Grandview Friday. They protested a 1971 Social Security Act amendment requiring AFDC recipients to accept employment or lose aid.
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la Crosse Welfare Rights Organization
Work Incentive Program
WII
Grandview
AFDC
Main St
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Georgia
Norma Goetting
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Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Mary Sciborski
Hoffman Place
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