40 Percent Tax on Tobacco Would Hurt Wisconsin Sales
Wisconsin state representative Bernard Lewison warns Gov Luceys 40 percent tobacco tax would harm local tobacco growers who supply cigars and pipe tobacco not cigarettes He says the tax could raise consumer prices curb demand and derail market progress for Wisconsin tobacco crops in Viroqua and beyond.
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Lewison
Madison
Wis
Bernard Lewison
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Viroqua Republican
Viroqua Council Sets Hearing on TV Cable Franchise
The Viroqua Common Council schedules a July 7 hearing at 7 30 p m on the Roger Turnmire cable franchise over alleged tax, maintenance and map failures. Telecable Signals operates under a temporary franchise and seeks a permanent one as Turnmire faces possible revocation.
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Viroqua
Wis
Telecable Signals, Inc
Turnmire
Barron TV
Maynard Jarvin
Barron
Jarvin
James Schipper
Coliform Counts Safe At 8 Of 9 City Sites
La Crosse health officials report eight of nine water sites meet safe standards for swimming. The La Crosse River mouth exceeds fecal coliform limits at 600 per 100 ml, with other site counts ranging from 24 to 160 per 100 ml.
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la Crosse City
la Crosse River
Black River Beach
Black River Railroad Bridge
Misssissippi River
West Channel
Holiday Inn
EPA sets final auto emissions rules with both cold and hot starts
EPA chief William Ruckelshaus announced final standards aiming for a 90 percent reduction in auto emissions. The rule includes tests for both cold starts and hot starts, giving greater weight to hot-start results to better reflect real driving conditions.
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Washington
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckelshaus
EPA
Farmer Dies Of Burns In North Dakota Barn Fire
Fred Johnson, 77, a McIntosh Minnesota area farmer, died in a Grand Forks hospital ten days after a barn fire. Authorities said a tractor gasoline line explosion sparked the blaze, igniting his clothing.
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Grand Forks, N.D
Fred Johnson
McIntosh, Minn
Grand Forks
Johnson
GIs Begin Biggest Vietnam War Cutback in 1965 Withdrawals
The U S Army announces 40 units totaling 6095 men withdrawn from Vietnam as part of Nixon's phased troop reductions. The move targets the 1st Brigade, 5th MIB and the 173rd Airborne, with completion expected by August. Casualties and bombardment figures accompany the broader disengagement pattern.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
173Rd Airborne
Bien Hoa
U.S. Command
Sparta area youth admits setting seven fires
A 15 year old rural Sparta boy admitted to causing seven fires in the Sparta area. He was ordered to Mendota State Hospital for a 30 day mental and psychological exam after a Juvenile Court hearing. Other local cases and dispositions were noted.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Ray Harris
Mendota State Hospital
James W. Rice
Charles D. Ambelang
Robert McCoy
Charles Edmison Jr
James Kimpel
Chippewa Falls
McCoy House
Pet
Flossie Brown
Milwaukee Railroad
Lawrence J. Bauer
Beloit
Tomah
Lonnie Gebhardt
Black River Falls
Joseph A. Johnson
Allen Noble
R. 3
Rice
Harris
Noble
Angelo Bridge
George A. Crawford
Madison
Norwalk
Wilton
Glen Brunner
Bonnie
Rhodes) Schaitel
Leonard Joseph Schaitel
Strike Delays Tomah Sewer and Water Project
Workers strike by La Crosse District of Building and Trades Union halts some labor on the municipal sewer and water installation in Tomah Wisconsin. Nonrepresented crews continue replacement and grading on the approximately 75 percent finished project.
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