Leetrile clinic victim improves as care shifts to U S hospital
Kimberly Cox an 8 year old leukemia patient who left a Milwaukee hospital for a Mexican Laetrile clinic is improving after a bleeding episode. Doctors say University Hospital San Diego will continue her care and monitor potential relapse. The case echoes similar custody battles over Laetrile treatment amid FDA opposition and state bans.
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San Diego
Calif
Kimberly Cox
Milwaukee
Ernesto Contreras
Tijuana
Daniel Cox
University Hospital
Cox
Kimberly
Faith King
Ballston Spa
N.Y
Joseph Hofbauer
John
Mary Hofbauer
FDA
Milwaukee Children’s Hospital
Janice
Zachery
Mexico
King
Barge fleet faced ice as subzero plunge tightens Mississippi stretch
About 140 barges and 22 tows crawled through six inch plus ice between Winona Minnesota and Guttenberg Iowa as temperatures near zero. Corps of Engineers crews worked through the night to move river traffic with several barges taking on water near La Crosse Wisconsin and ice buildup hampering locks.
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St.paul
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Guttenberg
Rosemarie Braatz
Corps’ District Office
Coast Guard
Upper
Mississippi
Tristate
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
National Weather Service
la Crosse
Wis
Braatz
Genoa
Keokuk
Jack Frost
ORC Centers Win DoD Contract for Shelter Halves
La Crosse ORC Industries wins a Department of Defense contract to produce 69 000 shelter halves for the Army with a potential 34 000 more, totaling about 1.5 million if expanded. Work starts mid January with 55 new jobs and 25 sewing machines. ORC employs handicapped and senior workers and runs plants in La Crosse and Winona serving 384 employees in 1977.
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Department of Defense
James Holton
ORC Industries
Commerce St
la Crosse
Winona
ORC
Holtan
Coulee Sites
Terry Gillette
la Crosse Garment Co
Army
Onalaska Set For 631 Lot Mobile Home Park
Midway Wisconsin developers Franklin Neitzel and Larry Ryan propose a 631 lot mobile home park along U.S. Highway 53 in Onalaska. The $2.5 to $3 million project would be built in five to six phases over about 10 years, with initial work possible by April. Plans include underground utilities, a recreational building, tennis courts, and a pool, and would require rezoning and possible annexation to Holmen.
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Onalaska
la Crescent
Minn
la Crescent Mobile Homes
Neitzel
Coulee Park Estates
R.3
Neitzel Enterprises
Neitzel Construction Co
Mobile Home
Highway 53
Holmen
Walden Acres
Marge Hagel
Oak Hills
Mobile Home Park
Ryan
Audit ordered of UW travel writing fees
The Legislature's Joint Audit Committee directed the Legislative Audit Bureau to audit University of Wisconsin spending on administrators travel report writing and public relations. Rep. Sharon Metz sought data on staff positions and PR costs after a UW Board of Regents president’s October complaint.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
UW Central Administration
Sharon Metz
D-Green Bay
UW Board of Regents
Gordie Howe nets 1000th goal in Whalers win over Bulls
hockey star Gordie Howe scores his 1000th NHL goal as the Hartford Whalers defeat the Birmingham Bulls. The game marks a milestone for Howe on page 19 of the edition. Separately, Rev Rex Humbard extends his worldwide religious outreach via television on page 27.
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Gordie Howe
Whalers
Birmingham Bulls
Rex Humbard
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