Carter warns he may veto economic plan
President Carter warned he could veto changes to his economic stimulus plan if Congress makes drastic alterations. Democrats work on a public works jobs bill twice the size of his request as debate over tax rebates and arms negotiations with the Soviet Union continue.
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Washington
Congressional Democrats
Carter
Congress
Congres
Capitol Hill
Soviet Union
Paul Warnke
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Warnke
Senate
House
Senate Public Works Committee
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
White House
Randolph
Alderman Kaufmann Plans Paycheck Use For Beer Money
Alderman Frank Kaufmann noted two January paychecks of 65 and 66 cents from the City of La Crosse. He avoids taxes but participates in the city health plan costing about 123 dollars, leaving him with beer money. The Common Council’s Committee of the Whole voted to file an ordinance that would have raised aldermen salaries, risking change by the full Council.
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Frank Kaufmann
Dist
City of
la Crosse
Kaufmann
Common Council
Committee
Alder
John Flanagan
Dennis Kaufmann
Baldus to chair energy safety subcommittee in House
Third District Congressman Alvin Baldus was unanimously named chair of the new House Small Business subcommittee on the Impact of Energy Problems and OSHA. He said the panel will tackle small business issues and energy challenges including fuel shortages and prices within its jurisdiction.
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Alvin Baldus
D-Menomonie
New House
Small Business
Baldus
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Lichtie may not seek chief job in La Crosse
The La Crosse Police and Fire Commission will not promote acting chief Ray Lichtie to permanent police chief. It voted to advertise the position and seek applicants, with the process including a study by Arthur Young and Co. to establish required qualifications. Lichtie indicated he may apply but his response depends on the commission’s action and internal candidates.
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la Crosse
Commission
Robert Hackner
Hackner
Harold Erickson
Rex Ritchie
Marguerite
Ronald Wold
Erickson
Rutter
Police Management Study Committee
Lichtie
Patrick Zielke
Young and Co
James Brieske
Brieske
City Hall
Department
William §. Fries
Vernon J. Pishaw
Super slurper boosts absorption far beyond earlier tests
In Peoria Illinois scientists unveil super slurper a starch polymer that absorbs 5300 times its weight in distilled water up from 300 in 1973. Developed by five chemists for the USDA the patented material holds promise for agriculture oil recovery cosmetics and diapers with 20 times the effectiveness of cellulose in absorbency and potential seed coating applications.
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Peoria, Ill
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research Service
William Doane
Doane
USDA
Roger A. Eisenhauer
Inter Seeding Co
Arcola
Jim Hall
Northern Research Laboratory
Peoria
Association For the Advancement of Invention and Innovation
Arlington
Mass Transit Survey Planned by La Crosse Committee
The La Crosse Area Planning Committee will launch a three week telephone survey starting Thursday to residents in Onalaska Shelby and Campbell. Project director Ronald Braggirdle says the study assesses the need for mass transit in these communities.
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la Crosse Area
Central defeats Aquinas Blugolds for city basketball crown
Central edges the Aquinas Blugolds 58 to 43 to claim the city basketball championship as reported on page 27. Also noted is a visit to a Sparta livestock auction captured by Tribune cameras and a Common Council Committee of the Whole action on opposing the Medary sewage plant resolution on page 19.
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Sparta
Tribune
Step Toward Harmony Common Council
Medary
Central
Aquinas Blugolds
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D-Mass
Walter F. Mondale
Frank Moore
O'Neill
Jimmy Carter
Energy, Safety Subcommittee
James Shoger
Council
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Mann
Frank
Curtis Storck
14Th Dist
Board of Education
Ferdinand Sontag
Iscop
Crise
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Steve Noftke
The
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Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Walter Chilson
Wausau
Wisconsin
Joe McCarthy
Gene McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Shawano
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Chilson
Dale McKenna
D-Jefferson
Ray Lichtie
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