Lucey urges aid to help aged stay in own home
Gov Patrick J. Lucey urged using state funds to help elderly remain out of nursing homes, saying modest support can keep seniors independent. He spoke at a Reloit meeting alongside Sen. Timothy Cullen who plans to reintroduce a bill to fund 100 home-help workers. Lucey outlined possible revenue tweaks for highways and transportation while aiming for a no tax increase budget. He invited public suggestions to trim 333 million from agency budgets and urged contact with legislators on welfare abuses.
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Reloit
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Timothy Cullen
Djanesville
Cullen
Lucey
Oshkosh
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Mafia Swindle Network Tied to Gambino Family Exposed
Authorities in six Western states uncover a nationwide Mafia operated fraud scheme bilking businessmen out of millions and seizing their firms. The Carlo Gambino family is a major node in the operation which centers on advance loan schemes and asset takeover after defaults. Detectives say the group also engages in land fraud vending machine tampering and medical malpractice insurance schemes.
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New York
New York Times
Carlo Gambino
Arizona
California
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Times
Jerry Kimmell
the Phoenix
Ariz
Water bills in Westby to rise under PSC rate decision
The Public Service Commission approved rate increases for Westby Public Utility raising average quarterly bills by about 90 percent for small homes and 87 percent for commercial customers. Average residential bills will move from 5.41 to 10.28 dollars for small homes and from 8.47 to 16.10 dollars for average homes. The PSC projects an 11,608 dollar loss in 1976 but says the new rates will yield a 7 percent return and about 45,992 dollars more annual revenue.
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Tribune State Bureau
Madison
Wis
Westby
Public Service Commission
PSC
Commission
Ex-Patient Victor Schwartz Identified From VA Hospital Case
The decomposed body found near Tomah on Thanksgiving Day is identified as Victor Schwartz, a former patient at the Tomah VA Hospital. He was admitted in 1948 and left the hospital against medical advice. foul play is not suspected. Burial arrangements include reinterment in the Waukesha area after initial burial in Sparta.
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Sparta
Wis
Tomah
Monroe County
Gary Winningham
Victor Schwartz
Veteran's Administration Hospital
la Grange
Victor
Veteran's Administration
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Ralph Osborne, Jr
St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery
Waukesha
Whitehall OKs Short Term School Loan and Staff Additions
Whitehall School District will borrow up to 50 percent of anticipated tax receipts to cover about 200000 in short term funds. The board approved a 16 hour per week speech therapist at about 850 dollars for the rest of the year and an estimated 7500 for roofing materials. A high school public address system upgrade was tabled after a Johnson Control Co. bid of 5886.
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall Board of Education
William A. Towner
Towner
Johnson Control Co
la Crosse
Bishop Neumann to Be Canonized in June in Rome
Vatican announced bishop John Neumann of Philadelphia will be canonized on June 19, drawing thousands of American Catholics. Neumann, a 19th century immigrant who helped build U S parochial schools, was born in 1811 and joined the U S priesthood after emigrating from what is today Slovakia.
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Pennsylvania
Rome
America
John Neumann
Philadelphia
Paul VI
Neumann
United States
Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Michael Flanagan
Pope Paul
Mother Elizabeth Seton
John Cardinal Krol
United
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