Decade of Strife Test May Solve North Crawford School Issue
Soldiers Grove Wisconsin residents face a decade of dispute over the North Crawford School District. A citizens advisory committee is summoned to meet with the school board to craft a plan for a new school site. The district office in Gays Mills hosts the session as discussions hinge on a proposed site between Gays Mills and Soldiers Grove.
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Soldiers Grove
Wis
North Crawford
Citizens Advisory
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Torate
Gays Mills
Highway 131
Cooperative Educational Services Agency 14 Committee
Citizens Advisory Committee
State Department of Public Instruction
Durrant, Deininger, Kramer and Gordon
Davis Dale
Mount Sterling
DILHR
Board of Education
Industrial Safety and Buildings Division
University students run factory for credits at Stout
Eighteen students at the University of Wisconsin Stout work 40 hours weekly in a 10 000 square foot manufacturing lab earning 16 academic credits. The project led by Michael Lies supervises Kenneth Klapperich and aims to prove a national modello for student run industry.
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University of Wisconsin-Stout
Michael Lies
Viroqua
Kenneth Klapperich
New Holstein
Stout
New Applied Arts Center
Jerry Coomer
Department of Industrial Management
Stores Must Follow New Labeling Rules
Minnesota grocery and meat stores have until compliance within two weeks with new labeling rules by the Agriculture Department banning fanciful terms. Violation is a misdemeanor. The rules target misleading labels like family and his and hers steak and other terms such as Manhattan and Hollywood.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
State Agriculture Department
Ben Steffen
Steffen
Family
Manhattan
Hollywood
Texas
Barge Line Diesel Fuel Allocations Cut On Mississippi
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin reports oil dealers informing Mississippi River barge lines they will receive only 60 to 70 percent of their 1972 diesel fuel allotment. The move risks worsening the energy crisis as barges haul the nation’s largest bulk commodities including petroleum products and coal. Rep. Leonor K Sullivan notes reduced fuel could cut fuel oil shipments, creating a multiplier effect on shortages.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Mississippi River
Waterways Journal
St. Louis
Leonor K. Sullivan
Missouri
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Sullivan
BRF Police and Sheriff Study Merger Proposal
Black River Falls may merge its police department with Jackson County Sheriff as a pilot project funded by federal programs if both city council and county board approve. The plan aims to cut service duplication and modernize operations while hearings in January and February will address a youth service bureau and building code procedures.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Lynn de Long
George Johnson
Monroe County
de Long
Robert Meek
Dustin Streambank Improvement Cited
A Monroe County group won the state award for streambank improvement at the Wisconsin Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts annual meeting in Madison. The Dustin Creek group of Daneville received the honor, presented to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Follendorf on behalf of the group.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Wisconsin Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Madi
Dustin Creek Group of
Daneville
Clarence Follendorf
Tomah
Kathryn Nilssen
Warrens
Warren's Community Bank
Tomah City Hall
Ettrick and Viroqua Wis community notices and meetings
Local briefs report officer and committee updates across Ettrick Tomah Viroqua Holmen Alma Center and North Crawford. Highlights include National Guard recruiting hours in Viroqua eight recruits needed and a hospital board meeting at Vernon Memorial Hospital.
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Viroqua
Wis
National Guard
Vernon Memorial Hospital Board
Vernon County
UW L Educator Praises New Educational TV Channel
UW L educators praise Channel 31 as a powerful education tool with $200000 in programs. Transmitter near La Crescent covers 60 miles into WI, IA, MN while cable reception reaches farther. Channel 31 offers school, children, adult, and public affairs programs with no commercials.
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Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Viggo B. Rasmusen
UWL
la Crescent
Minn
Iowa
Minnesota
James Kissinger
State Educational Communication S Board
Marshfield
Channel 31
Wisconsin Educational Television Network
Rasmusen
Ralph Whiting
Cooperative Education Service Agency
CESA
Whiting
Duluth
Roland Solberg
Cesa 11
Western Wisconsin Broadcast Instructional Council
WWBIC
Districts Bypass Educational TV Channel 31 Plans
Sparta Tomah and Hillsboro school districts opt out of Channel 31 educational TV citing priorities and access issues. Sparta and Tomah focus on expanded guided education and Vocation Career programs. Hillsboro needs cable access. Equipment costs cited include 8000 for receiving gear and 2500 for two videotape records.
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Nora Magelee
Sparta
Wis
Tomah
Hillsboro Area
Channel 31
WWLA
Hillsboro
Kenneth Kavanaugh
Keith Martin
Martin
Sparta Opens Book Delivery Service for Shut-Ins
Sparta Wis Mrs Loraine A Boltik of the Sparta Public Library announces a new homebound book delivery service. Readers unable to reach the library may call to request books delivered to their residence. Boy Scout Troop 67 from Trinity Lutheran Church will deliver and collect books twice weekly.
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Sparta
Wis
Loraine A. Boltik
The
Sparta Public Library
Trinity Lutheran Church
New Lisbon Lions Sell Yule Trees
The New Lisbon Lions Club will operate a Christmas tree sale on a lot behind Gambles Store in New Lisbon Wisconsin. Funds raised will support the club’s community efforts and service projects.
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New Lisbon
Wis
New Lisbon Lions Club
Gambles
Veteran Radioman Roger Young to retire after 27 years
Sparta Wisconsin Roger W Young radio operator for Monroe County Traffic Patrol and sheriff s department retires at 60 in 1973 age cut to 55 in 1974 after 27 years with the force. He helped develop the FM police radio system and served under eight sheriffs and two district attorneys. His retirement frees time for hobbyist work restoring old player pianos.
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Sparta
Wis
Roger W. Young
Monroe County Traffic Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Young
Hans R. Biegel
Monroe County
Wisconsin
Norwalk
Wilton
Kendall
Cashton
Tomah
William Gleiss
William J. Gleiss
Leo Goodman
Donald Goodman
Ralph Osborne, Jr
Biegel
Chris Hendrickson
Harry Johnson
Arden Oss
Jacksonville Pass
Putman’'s Ridge
Ridgeville
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la Crosse Tribune
Tri-State News
Kickapoo
Mississippi
BRF Police
Association
Ettrick
Ettrick Businessmen’s Club
Francis Patten
Frankmittee
Virequa
Holmen, Wis
Arthur (Edna) Ames
Ettrick Elementary School
Yale
Alma Center
Lincoln Junior High School
Charles White
Dennis Ruda
Uw-L
New
Electric Co. Carrascalendas
Mr. Rogers
Bellona Club
Lord Peter Wimsey
Dorothy Sayers
Washington
Bill Moyer
Journal
Vince Lombardi
Science
Shun TV
Nixon
TV Guide
Kissinger
Madison
Channel 38
Green Bay
la Crosse
Menomonie
Milwaukee
Wausau
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