Park Terrace Sale Plans Stir Wisconsin Health Agency
The Western Wisconsin Health Systems Agency endorsed selling Park Terrace Nursing Home to Bethany St. Joseph's Corp for 4.203 million. The deal includes a 1.05 million seller loan at 10 percent, with opposition over potential profits and cost data. Bishop Freking backed the interfaith purchase for 75 percent of local churchgoers. Park Terrace currently houses 169 residents with 40 more to move in by January 15.
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Park Terrace Nursing Home
Western Wisconsin Health Systems Agency
WWHSA
Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization
WWHPO
Park Terrace
Shelby Road
Hiawatha Health Care Centers, Inc
California
Bethany Lutheran Home
St. Joseph's Nursing Home
Bethany-St. Joseph's Corp
Hiawatha Health Care
Decker
Cumberland
Lyle Anderson
National Bank of Wisconsin
la Crosse
Anderson
Bethany Home Corp
Jerome Lynch
Bethany St. Joseph’s
Joseph Becker
Lynch
Becker
Hiawatha
Frederick Freking
America
Bernard Orella
Eau Claire
Washington
Congress
Wisconsin
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Saudi Oil Minister Quits OPEC Meeting in Doha
Saudi Arabia's oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani abruptly left the OPEC conference in Doha after fellow members rejected his six month price freeze proposal. He said he was returning home to consult with King Khaled, amid reports Iran's Shah favored a 15 percent price increase from the current $11.51 per barrel.
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Doha
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Yamani
Khaled
Hospital Plans Expansion With $14 Million Project
Laird outlines two studies by Madison and Minneapolis firms reviewing St. Francis needs and plant layouts. Total project cost is about 14.01 million including construction, renovations, site work, elevators, and equipment with 6 percent contingency. A letter of intent to proceed will be drafted to WWHSA for review, aiming for approval by March.
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John J. Flad *& Associates
Madison
Laird
James A Hamilton
Gilmore rushed to hospital after alleged overdose
Convicted killer Gary Gilmore was rushed to a hospital today with a condition described as critical after a suspected drug overdose. A hospital spokesman gave the update as authorities investigated the incident. Milk production in November totaled more than 9.23 billion pounds, up 4.6 percent from the year earlier, per Agriculture Department data.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Washington
Agriculture Department
Autos Lead Industrial Upswing in November
The Federal Reserve index shows industrial production rose 1.2 percent in November led by auto production as Ford’s labor strike settled and output for consumer goods, business equipment, and clothing rose. The unemployment rate increased to 8.1 percent while the labor force grew faster than hiring.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Ford Motor Co
Wisconsin weighs plan for veterinary school at UW
A legislative subcommittee recommended moving forward with planning a University of Wisconsin veterinary school at a projected cost of 24 million dollars. The proposal faces mixed signals from veterinarians and taxpayers with debate over need and funding, as Minnesota invites Wisconsin to fund joint use of its veterinary program.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Gerald Kleczka
Milwaukee
Kleczka
Joint Finance Committee
University of Wisconsin
University of Minnesota Veterinary School
Minnesota
Clemency Proposal Expands to Include Ex-Servicemen
President-elect Carter's aides narrow the plan to extend clemency beyond draft violators to as many as 250,000 Vietnam era servicemen. Houston attorney David H. Berg indicated the program could cover military offenders and those with less-than-honorable discharges.
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Washington
Carter
David H. Berg
Houston
Ford Foundation Report Warns Funding Decline Hinders Male Pill
A Ford Foundation sponsored study warns that shrinking funding for contraception research may delay developments including the male birth control pill, a vaccine to prevent pregnancy, womb implantation inhibitors, and a monthly contraceptive. The report cites over 200 recent advances in fertility control observed at a Wednesday seminar.
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New York
Ford Foundation
Wife Learns of Possible Second Wife At Funeral
A former St Paul woman returned for her husband's funeral after learning he may have had additional wives. J Gordon Sharp in his 50s died in a Huntington Indiana plane crash Friday night. Investigators found multiple licenses under different names and credit cards with a third name. Sharp worked for Docutel a firm supplying automated bank tellers.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
J. Gordon Sharp
Huntington
Ind
Grosse Point Park
Mich
Columbus
Ohio
Joseph G. Sharp
Gordon Sharp
Michigan
Jay Gordon Sharp
Sharp
Docutel
Mild regional forecast with scattered rain and sun
Mostly clear and mild conditions expected nationwide with rain in parts of the Northeast and Northwest. Wisconsin to see partly cloudy nights and warmer Fridays, Minnesota and Iowa mild and partly cloudy with occasional snow flurries in the Northeast, Dresbach Lock Dam reports steady flow at 1700 cubic feet per second.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Dresbach Lock & Dam
Weather Extremes and Daylight Timings Noted
Last year 1952 1953 or similar figures show 1959 record high 58 and 1932 record low 21. Normal annual high and low values around 2073 and 1952 suggestions. Sunrise 7 34 a m and sunset 4 29 p m noted for the period.
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Shelby
Dale Decker
State Division of Health Policies and Planning
Sheik Abdulaziz bin Khalifa al Thani
Ken Wesely
the Tribune
Lewis Valley Lutheran Church
Mindoro
Yvonne Johnson
Locat
Stevenstown
Holmen
LaCrosse Tribune
Tribune
N. 3Rd St
Lacrosse
LA CrosSe County
Rockland
Bangor
West Salem
Medary
Alaska
North LA Crosse
Newburg Corners
ST. Joseph Ridge
Tion
Meanwile
Commerce Department
Department
Lion
Federal Reserve
USDA
la Crosse Montessori Society, Inc
Cass
Onyx
FBI
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Kax
Cammere
Tri-State
LA Crosse Dresbach
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