Solar Habitat 1 proves heated by sun with little fuel
In Amherst Massachusetts Mike Edds and his wife live in Solar Habitat 1 an experimental 1500 square foot home at the University of Massachusetts. The house uses triple glazed windows heavy insulation and copper solar collectors plus a wind powered furnace. Early readings show heating one quarter as much as a typical home of the same size.
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Amherst
Mass
Mike Edds
Edds
University of Massachusetts
Peggy
Weather outlook with clouds haze and mild Friday
Mostly cloudy tonight with haze and fog then partly sunny and mild Friday. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph tonight and Friday. Low tonight around 30 and high Friday near 50. Partly cloudy and slightly cooler Saturday. Details on Page 2.
Telephone strike at La Crosse Telephone continues
Workers at La Crosse Telephone Corp began a strike at 11 a.m. After voting down the latest contract, they oppose retroactive pay and firings for crossing picket lines. Pickets at 5th Avenue and Jay Street cite union busting and cite Century Telephone Enterprises as the parent company using southern tactics.
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la Crosse Telephone Corp
Bruce Michalke
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 953
5Th Avenue
Jay Street
Michalke
Employes
the Tribune
Century Telephone Enterprises
Monroe, la
la Crosse
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telephone Company
5Th and
Jay Streets
Dusty Rhodes
R. 2
Holmen
Butch Hass
Union negotiator cites class divide amid strike at Telco
A union negotiator questioned South conditions saying there is no middle class and service must be provided. Striker says company officials value scabs over workers. PSC could act if service fails. Michalke and the Telco union plan a later statement while Haag and Sleik were unavailable for comment.
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Public Service Commission
PSC
Michalke
Telephone Corp
Leo Haag
Thomas Sleik
Continental to make 25 million Coca Cola cans
Continental Can Co plans to produce at least 25 million Coca Cola cans as part of a Coca Cola contract that may revive 16 of 20 laid off workers at the La Crosse plant. Initial output centers on 12 ounce cans with a future eight ounce line, amid market-driven production decisions.
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Continental Can Co., Inc
St. James St
Coca-Cola Co
William Protz
Continental Can
Joseph Eckman
Omaha
la Crosse
Indus
Try
Protz
Coca-Cola
International Association of Machinists Local 1115
Eckman
Conti
Nental Can
U.S
West Coast
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Russell Cleary
Heileman
Gunman Uses Immunity Talks In Indianpolis Hostage Crisis
Anthony Kiritsis, a 44 year old man, holds Richard Hall hostage in a booby trapped Indianapolis apartment as lawyers study a prosecutors immunity offer. Police and negotiators monitor the scene while Kiritsis discusses the deal and demands.
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Indianapolis
Anthony G
Tony” Kiritsis
Kiritsis
James
WIBC
Fred Heckman
Sheriff's Department
Richard C. Hall
George Martz
Martz
A Victor ia flu case confirmed in La Crosse Wisconsin
A 67 year old La Crosse woman is the states only reported A Victoria flu case. William Schatz says she had a bivalent vaccine in October and fell ill in December, with confirmation from blood tests two weeks apart. The patient has recovered and hospital officials note she has not been notified of the positive result.
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la Crosse
State Division of Health
William Schatz
Madison
Wisconsin
St. Francis Hospital
Schatz
Michael Muenzberg
Superior classes resume as Wisconsin teachers return
In Superior and Racine schools, teachers ended strikes after court ordered arbitration. The Superior Federation of Teachers sent 380 members back to work amid talks on salaries and calendar realignment. Arbitration will decide salaries while days lost are made up to June 23 with no Saturday classes.
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Superior
Mike Verich
Verich
Racine
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
Superior Federation of Teachers
Reserve Circuit
Lewis Charles
Ashland
Charles
Sky High
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
C. Richard Nelson
Warnke stance questioned as SALT talks loom
Paul Nitze and other opponents pressed for a hard line from President Carter on SALT negotiations. Nitze testified against Paul Warnke's nomination to direct arms talks, arguing the issue is as much the American position as the man. He warned Carter could drift from national interests.
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Washington
Paul Warnke
Soviet Union
Carter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paul Nitze
Nitze
Nesses
Warnke
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Defense
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
United States
Safety helmets called unsafe in helmet repeal protest
Protesting motorcyclists urge state legislators to repeal mandatory helmet use. A separate item notes Grandview One La Crosse county supervisor addressing logistics of taking over an office building. In sports, Onalaska Luther girls win 38 to 36 to advance in tournament.
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la Crosse County
Onalaska Luther
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