Winona Minnesota Teachers Strike After Late Talks Fail
Winona Minnesota teachers in the district walk out after an overnight negotiation failed to yield a contract. Pickets appear at all 14 schools, 380 teachers instruct about 7,000 pupils, and 300 teachers attend a rally at the Legion Hall as subs needed to reopen are in short supply.
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Winona
Minn
Howard Lake- Waverly
Winona Area
Vo-Tech
Carroll Hopf
Winona Legion Hall
Dakota
Winona Education Association
Walter Bartz
Neogitations
Henry Stankiewitz
la Moille
Frank Allen
Allen
Minnesota
Howard Lake-Waverly
St. Paul
Viola Kanatz
Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services
Fred Nus
Nus
Station Wagon Ambulance Plan Faces Assembly Hearing
In Madison Wisconsin a bill to let La Crosse County Traffic Department run station wagon ambulances indefinitely faced strong opposition. Critics say these vehicles provide inadequate care while supporters claim quick inexpensive transport for minor injuries.
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Madison
Wis
la Crosse County
Assembly Health and Social Services Committee
Wisconsin Nurses Association
Robert Pehler
Virgil Roberts
D-Holmen
Pehler
Law Enforcement Committee
West Salem
Bridge fire north of Rockton prompts state probe
A vandalism fire damaged a wood and creosote bridge on Highway 131 one mile north of Rockton Wisconsin. Vernon County officials said replacement of piling and abutment may be needed with a 30 000 to 50 000 repair estimate. Detours stretch 20 to 25 miles and officials warned of continued closure as crews stabilize the structure.
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Rockton
Wis
Highway 131
Here
Ernest Urban
Vernon County
Geoffrey Banta
Urban
la Farge
Bicentennial Hearing Moved to Council Chambers
La Crosse American Revolution Bicentennial Commission moves an old fashioned town hearing to the council chambers from City Hall. Mayor Patrick Zielke cites a large expected turnout and limited space in the 5th floor conference room.
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City Hall
Patrick Zielke
Magnet schools criticized by NAACP leader in Milwaukee
Milwaukee AP report quotes Althea Simmons NAACP education chief saying magnet high schools will not desegregate. She argues such programs attract white students to college prep tracks and Black students to vocational tracks, limiting integration.
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Milwaukee
Lee McMurrin
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Althea Simmons
NAACP
Congress Skirts Tax Veto to Preserve Christmas Recess
Senate leaders seek a quick veto override if Ford signs or rejects the 1976 tax cuts. President Ford maintains he will veto extensions unless paired with spending curbs. A House-passed bill would cut the 1976 taxes for a typical couple earning 17500, reducing their burden from prior years.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Ron Nelsen
Treasury
William E. Simon
Senate Finance Committee
Scott
GOP
Robert P. Griffin
Economic Policy Board
Nessen
Congressional
Max Friedersdorf
Simon
Bill To Cut Tie Of Wet Pension Social Security
Rep. Les Aspin warned that starting Feb 1 federal law will reduce wartime veterans and widows pensions by the full offset of a Social Security 8 percent increase. More than 27,000 Wisconsin veterans and survivors age 65 plus face cuts, with monthly benefits ranging from five to 160 dollars for veterans and five to 108 for survivors. Aspin urged new legislation to stop the offset.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
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