Wisconsin Driver Retraining Program Proves Effective
Wisconsin's driver retraining program shows measurable results after eight months. Analysts in nine districts targeted problem drivers with counseling, on road instruction, and interviews to reduce demerits and prevent license loss.
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la Crosse Tribune
Wisconsin
Madison
Dean van Gorden
State Motor Vehicle Department
West Bend
Tomah
Antigo
Rice Lake
Green Bay
Elkhorn
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Mabel Cub Scouts Award Winners Highlight Local Honors
In Mabel Minnesota the Cub Scouts awarded Bobcat badges to Martin Adams Terry Blagsvedt Andrew Dahlen Karl Hagen Blake Lee David Gorham Chris Tranaas and Steven Wickett Wolf Badges went to Michael Erickson and Jeff Remick. Larry Adams notes 62 percent drop in violations for the new cabmaster.
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Mabel, Minn
Mabel
Martin Adams
Terry Blagsvedt
Andrew Dahlen
Karl Hagen
Blake Lee
David Gorham
Chris Tranaas
Steven Wickett
Michael Erickson
Jeff Remick
Gold Arrow
Earl Erickson
Larry Adams
Supreme Court Takes Up Three Redistricting Appeals
The Supreme Court will hear three reapportionment cases to extend one man one vote to county groups and school boards. Kent County School Board and Houston County Governing Board rulings kept districts from reapportionment, while Suffolk County Board of Supervisors allowed federal input and ordered a weighted plan. Hawaii is noted for 650 fish species around five major resort islands.
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Suffolk County
N.Y
Board of Supervisors
Federal Judiciary
Hawaii
World Book sets offered to Rushmore Elementary students
Uncle Ray presents a World Book Encyclopaedia prize for a Sixth Grade class in Dayton Ohio with a call for teachers to submit five question sets from any grade. He promises a 20 volume World Bowl Encyclopaedia for best question groups, and explains star movements are due to Earth's rotation not real stellar motion.
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Rushmore Elementary
Dayton
Ohio
Uncle Ray
The
la Crosse Tribune
Barnard Star Motion Compared To Sun And Other Stars
The article notes that no star remains fixed and that spectroscopic studies of over 40 000 stars reveal diverse motions. It highlights American astronomer Barnard and his detailed study of a star that showed it was moving much faster than the sun and other nearby stars.
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Barnard
Barnard’s Star Named for Discoverer Ahead of Its Time
A science scrapbook item notes Barnard’s Star named in honor of a discoverer for remarkable speed. It states galaxies have radial speeds of one to twenty miles per second, with Barnard’s Star moving at 67 percent faster. An offer for a free illustrated leaflet on the Seven Wonders of the World invites readers to send a self addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray at The La Crosse Tribune.
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Uncle Ray
la Crosse
Jayne Mansfield Develops Pneumonia in California
Actress Jayne Mansfield contracted viral pneumonia while caring for her son Zoltan Hargitay in Conejo Valley Community Hospital. Zoltan, who survived a lion attack with spinal meningitis, skull fracture, and spleen removal, remains in satisfactory condition. Mansfield is ordered to rest at home.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Jayne Mansfield
Miss Mansfield
Zoltan Hargitay
Conejo Valley Community Hospital
Zoltan
Trempealeau Man Heads Bowl Down Cancer Drive
Walter Hanson of Trempealeau chairs the Trempealeau County unit of the American Cancer Society for a bowling tournament from December 5 to 11. Bowlers from Arcadia Independence Whitehall and Galesville compete for prizes at state and local levels.
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Galesville
Wis
Walter Hanson
Trempealeau
Trempealeau County
American Cancer Society
Arcadia
Independence
Whitehall
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