Educators resist strike urge as locals seek clout
At CESA 11 in Hoffman House, officials backed raising the drinking age to 19 and opposed teacher strikes while urging local boards to have greater say in policy. State leaders including Offner Early and Kazmierczak pressed for stronger state aid links and closer boards of education ties.
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Cooperative Educational Services Agency
CESA
Hoffman House
Rose St
Offner
Michael Early
River Falls
D-30th
Dist
Assembly
Trempealeau County
Frank Kazmierczak
Independence
Boards of Education
State School Board Association
DPI Chief Thompson Seeks Re-Election
Barbara Thompson head of the state Department of Public Instruction announces candidacy for re election. She outlines a 1977 budget plan with a small rise to include two districts Janesville and Delavan. She notes federal education aid has doubled in three years and handicapped students receive 85 percent of that aid.
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DPI
Thompson
Barbara Thompson
State Department of Public Instruction
McFarland
Cooperative Educational Services Agency
CESA
Patrick Lucey
Department of Public Instruction
Janesville
Delavan
Wisconsin
Three Stores Burglarized On State Street In La Crosse
Police report three burglaries in the 1800 block of State Street, La Crosse. Sound Ideas at 1806 State St had inventory incomplete at 10:30 a.m. Sanitary Barbershop at 1804 State St missing $135 from a jar. Clinton Hair Styling at 1808 State St missing $15 to $20 from a soda machine. Entries came via rear windows or doors between 3 and 4 a.m. investigators say the incidents may be related.
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la Crosse
State Street
Sound Ideas
State St
Clinton
Drought Aid Denied Reflects Farm Credit Constraints
Officials say PCA lending policies remain but credits hinge on need. County and state agriculture leaders describe drought driven cash flow stress, emergency loan limits, and a lack of major disaster programs while noting record cranberry, wheat, and potato crops offset some losses.
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Herbert Aleckson
West Salem
Sparta Production Credit Association
PCA
Ralph Williams
la Crosse County
Fmha
Gary E. Rohde
Agriculture Department
Carroll Spencer
State Department of Agriculture
Strikers Ordered Back To Work At Fontainebleau
Workers at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach obeyed a court order and returned to bed making and food service. Picket lines remain in front of six other major hotels hit by a five day strike affecting guests who have carried luggage and cleaned rooms. Federal mediators meet with union negotiators and the Southern Florida Hotel and Motel Association to seek a new contract.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fontainebleau
Florida
Dade County
Francis J. Christie
Southern Florida Hotel and Motel Association
Carter’s advisers warn against quick changes after election
President elect Carter vows to keep campaign promises but aides stress caution on swift shifts. Advisers at a preinaugural retreat temper expectations on defense cuts, welfare reform, and budget timing as Carter emphasizes personal word and cabinet accountability. Mondale warns the vice presidency carries heavy history.
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Carter
Jody Powell
Harold Brown
Walter F. Mondale
Ity
White House
Mondale
Correction Note: Margaret Mead Obituary Residency
Last Friday's obituary for Mrs. Margaret Mead should list her residence as Norfolk Nebraska not Norfolk Virginia. Her husband Harry is a former general manager of Ray Hutson Chevrolet not Low Motors.
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Margaret Mead
Norfolk
Neb
Public Hearings Scheduled on Crawford County HUD Funds
Crawford County in Wisconsin will hold two HUD required public hearings on its preapplication for 275000 in community development funds. Hearings are at 1 30 p m Eastman Community Hall and 7 30 p m Soldiers Grove American Legion Hall. County seeks mix of loan and grant to improve housing for low and moderate income groups across the county excluding Prairie du Chien city and Eastman village and town may apply separately. A housing counselor position would be funded from HUD funds.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Eastman Community Hall
Soldiers Grove
American Legion Hall
Wayne Vandre
Eastman
Professor Otto Kowalke 98 Dies in Madison
Prof. Emeritus Otto L. Kowalke who led the University of Wisconsin chemical engineering department for 37 years died Monday in a Madison hospital at age 98. Services are planned for Thursday. Kowalke retired in 1952 after a long career at UW.
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Madison, Wis
Otto L. Kowalke
University of Wisconsin Chemical Engineering Department
Kowalke
Madison
Leading economic indicators up in November
The government's index of leading economic indicators rose 1 percent in November, with revisions showing declines in July August and September. The November rise follows a 0.6 percent gain in October and may influence President-elect Carter's approach to economic policy as he weighs future growth prospects.
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Washington
Carter
Board appointments stir contention in La Crosse redevelopment talks
Aldermen rejected Zielke selections by 18 to 3 amid claims of special interest influence. Medinger and Mrs. Imes criticized the process while Storck and Roellich urged broader citizen representation. Council postponed cross examination and discussed governance rules as the panel faced criticism from residents. In Minnesota, Steven Sandberg was sentenced to up to 20 years for attempted first degree murder following a July incident involving a 15 year old newspaper boy.
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Medinger
Imes
Kelly
Duane Ring
First National Bank of
Curtis Storck
Roellich
Murphy, Hancock and Ring
Trane Co
First National Bank
Gateway
Zielke
Fellows
Redevelopment Authority
City Hall
Charles Parrott
Storck
Joseph Gohres
S. 16Th St
Harborview
Ring
Chamber of Commerce
Murphy
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Gohres
Wadena
Minn
Steven Sandberg
Minneapolis
Benton County
Charles Kennedy
Landberg
St. Cloud State University
What 4 Going On in the Coulee Region
Skate A Thon for leukemia runs from 9 a m to 6 p m at Harmony Recreation Center sponsored by the Mabel Canton area Mrs Ja y cees. New Years Eve costume ball sponsored by the Bicentennial Committee at 9 p m in the American Legion Club Rooms Melrose.
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Coulee
Harmony Recreation Center
Mabel-Canton Area
Jaycees
American Legion Club Rooms
Melrose
Rain And Snow Across The North With Cold Southern Shift
Weather outlook shows rain and snow in the northern half of the nation while the south from the southern Rockies to Texas remains mild. Wisconsin and Minnesota face very cold nights with possible snow flurries. OVA expects light snow tonight, clearing by morning. Dresbach Lock and Dam reports a steady flow of 8 800 cubic feet per second.
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Rockies
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dresbach Lock
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D-32nd Dist
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Early
Henry Hendrickson
State Board of Control
Hendrickson
Steven Gunderson
Osseo
R-91st
Virgil Roberts
Holmen
John Medinger
Thomas Harnisch
Neillsville
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Michael P. Early
Wauzeka
John Hurda
Hurda
James Degnon
LaCrosse Tribune
the Tribune
N. Ird
St. Crosse
Ons Ua
la Crosse Tribune
Tribune Insurance Department
the Insurance Service Department
The
Lou R. SchmiDt, M.D
ST. Mary’s Hospital
Sparta
Charles le Grand
State Agricultural Department
Stintzi
Lee
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Health, Education and Welfare
General Mills Inc
Honesty Patrol
United States
General Mills
Lauderdale Place
Circle M Outfitters
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Tri-State
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