Merger Talks Advance Between Disability Centers in La Crosse
Medary School and Riverfront Activity Center discuss uniting under a Unified Board to coordinate services for the mentally retarded. The plan, debated since September, envisions a combined board with representatives from both centers and consumer family members to run adult day services.
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Medary School and Workshop, Inc
Riverfront Activity Center
Medary School
Riverfront
Medary
la Crosse County
Medary School and Workshop
Unified Board
Medary School Board
James Birnbaum
Riverfront Board
Judge Set Execution Date For Gilmore In Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore faces a possible firing squad within days of his 36th birthday after Utah paroled board confirmation. He pressed to speed up the date, awaiting a Provo hearing before Judge J Robert Bullock to set a new execution date. Gilmore chose the firing squad and has resisted appeals while his hunger strike continues.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Mark Gilmore
State Pardons Board
Gilmore
4Th District
J. Robert Bullock
Provo
George Latimer
Utah State Prison
United States
Calvin L. Rampton
Pardons Board
Tom Jones
Utah Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
State Supreme Court
Nicole Barrett
Icebound Towboats Slow Mississippi River Traffic
Unseasonably cold weather thickens ice on the Upper Mississippi causing tows to move slowly or be stranded. Lockmasters report four to eight inch ice in pools and tailwaters, delays at locks, and plans for repairs to Lock No. 1. A warming trend could ease the logjam, with some boats still moving upriver and barges aiding southbound tows.
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Mississippi River
Burton Morris
Dresbach’s Lock and Dam No. 7
Jim Braatz
Public Affairs Department
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Paul
Minn
Mississippi
Morris
Alma Lock and Dam No. 4
Wabasha
Alma
Genoa Lock
Unseasonably Cold Grip Continues With Record Threats
The forecast calls for continued cold with no relief until Friday. Morning lows drop to 3 below, with Thursday expected to exceed that by 10 below, matching the 1940 record. Dec 1 records show 12 below in 1893, while 60 degrees was the 1962 high. Degree day totals reach 1,918 today, well above the 1,466 normal. Last year, 1,383 degree days occurred on this date.
Patrol union sales pitch draws local criticism in Wisconsin
Local businesspeople report being pressured by calls promoting a patrol union fundraiser yearbook. Officials say the solicitation is union activity not state patrol policy, and rules require a script approved by the attorney general. The 55 Local president notes the incident and defends the union role.
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Wisconsin State Patrol Union Local 55
Madison
la Crosse County
State Patrol
Vernon
la Crosse
Patrol
Kenneth Miller Tomah
District 5
Wisconsin State Patrol
Miller
State Department of Justice
Justice Department
Hanson
Woman's Estate Aids Hundreds Of Students
Anna M. Kuhl, who worked as a secretary from age 17 and never married, died in 1965 at 83 but left a substantial trust for college scholarships in St Paul and surrounding areas. Since 1967 the fund has paid over 330,000 in grants averaging 300 to 1,000 annually, benefiting about 400 students. Administrators host triennial dinners to honor beneficiaries and discuss her legacy of education for local youths.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Anna M. Kuhl
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Anna Kuhl
City of
William Klein
Anna
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Paul Zei
Charles Redel
Redel
Yei
George Weathers
Brownsville
St. Louis
Genoa
Braatz
Upper
Fountain City Lock and Dam
Coon Valley
Jeff Jansen Madison
The
Association of State Troopers and Police Communication Officers
FBI
Harborview Plaza
Nelson
Ecstatic
Buck
Orono
Teekenen
Ann Landers
Otal
Woman's Estate
Clara
Commodore Hotel
Meier
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