Wisconsin Legislators Protest Mink Imports
Wisconsin lawmakers urge Congress to back a bill to freeze mink pelts imports from foreign producers on a quota basis. The resolution cites 2.78 million pelts last year and a $45 million impact, noting duty-free imports have hurt U.S. mink ranchers and that 40 percent have left business.
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la <E Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wisconsi
U.S
House
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Risser
Leonard
McKay
Huber
Washington
Dairy Co-Op Hires New Director in Union Center
Earl Brancel, newly appointed procurement director for Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative, says realigning milk routes across a 14 county area will reduce duplication and cut costs. He works from the Reedsburg plant and comes from Hill Point merger leadership. Brancel has held roles with Dairyland Cooperative Pure Milk Association Land O Lakes and the National Milk Producers Federation. He notes plans to provide producers more help with quality problems.
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Union Center
Wis
Earl Brancel
Endeavor
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative
WDC
Brancel
Reedsburg
Hill Point Cooperative Dairies
U.S. Chemical Corp
Dairyland Cooperative
Juneau
Pure Milk Association
Chicago
Land O’ Lakes Creameries
Minneapolis
National Milk Producers Federation
Washington, D.C
Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives
Madison
First National Bank
Portage
Cattle Rules Tightened For Fairs
Madison officials enforce a new rule from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture effective June 1 barring exhibition of cattle infected with mango scab or ringworm at fairs and livestock shows. Inactive past ringworm may be exempted if a veterinarian deems the lesion non transmissible.
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Madison
State Department of Agriculture
From County To Attend State 4-H Club Week
Fifteen La Crosse County 4-H members attend state 4-H Week in Madison June 13 to 16. Eleven serve as delegates. names include Curtis Berg Michael Hall Dennis Schmieder Bonita Nuttelman Christine Olson Sandra Timm Elizabeth Brye Theresa Krachel Ruth Mashak Julaine Piske Terry Nicolai. Karla Manke Betty Halvorson Elizabeth Manke in state 4-H band. George Hesselberg in state chorus. Mrs Elton Heinze advisor. La Crosse and Monroe counties join for bus trip.
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la Crosse County
Madison
Curtis Berg
Michael Hall
Dennis Schmieder
Bonita Nuttleman
Christine Olson
Sandra Timm
Elizabeth Brye
Theresa Krachel
Ruth Mashak
Julaine Piske
Terry Nicolai
Karla Manke
Betty Halvorson
Elizabeth Manke
George Hesselberg
Elton Heinze
la Crosse
Monroe County
Ex Kenosha Bar Owner Convicted Of Murder
Lloyd Rice, 35, former Kenosha tavern owner, convicted by a Circuit Court jury of first degree murder for the May 29 slaying of William Nichols of Winthrop Harbor Illinois after a dispute. Post-trial motions and sentencing set for June 23.
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Kenosha AP
Lloyd Rice
Kenosha
William Nichols
Winthrop Harbor
Ill
Walnuts to Grow in Australia from Decorah Nursery Stock
Decorah Iowa walnut trees from the Decorah Nursery will be planted in Australia. About 20,000 sprouted nuts were sent to Melbourne by air for a 200 acre reforestation project by Plantation Management Proprietary Ltd. John Hall of Australia negotiated purchase. Australia currently has only a few black walnut trees at the Canberra governor’s grounds. Daubendiek’s earlier shipments included Spain, Germany, Italy and Japan.
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Australia
R. W. Daubendiek
Decorah
Iowa
Melbourne
Daubendiek
Lowa
Air Express
Plantation Management Proprietary Ltd
John Hall
United States
Canberra
Spain
Germany
Italy
Japan
Johnny
Indiana
Ohio
4 H Leaders to Be Honored at Wisconsin Week
Madison AP. Wisconsin 4 H Club Week to honor Frederick Lueders and Earl Hammen for outstanding contributions to 4 H and their communities. Lueders an Ozaukee native and agricultural missionary in Narassaropet South India will receive an inscribed plaque. Hammen a pure bred cattle breeder from Ripon also to be cited.
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Madison
Wisconsin
College of Agriculture
Frederick Lueders
Ozaukee County
Narassaropet
South India
Earl Hammen
Ripon
Lueders
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary
Minnesota
Hammen
Retirement Plan Seen For Dairy Farmers
An inde pendent program of retirement annuities for dairy farmers to supplement their Social Security may become a reality. Vernon Struck of the Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives said the Madison Milk Producers Association is pioneering the plan and could lead other producer groups statewide. The plan aims for maximum benefits at low cost with personalized retirement planning and processor cooperation.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Vernon Struck
Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives
Madison Milk Producers Association
Struck
Statewide Council
Big Madison
James McMichael
Governor’s Commission On the
Milk Quality Tops Revised U S Code Adopted by La Crosse
La Crosse officials adopted a revised milk code based on the model code from the U S Public Health Service. It sets raw milk bacteria limits at 100 000 per milliliter and 30 000 per milliliter for certain checks, with no required periodic TB herd testing. Schroeder notes local producers already meet the standards and TB incidence is very low.
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United States Public Health Service
la Crosse
Schroeder
Trempealeau Forage Field Day Rescheduled to June 13
Trempealeau County Forage Field Day has been postponed to Tuesday June 13 at the Edmund Halama farm near Independence. County agent Peter Bieri cited rain as the reason for the change while noting the showers are welcome.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Edmund Halama
Independence
Peter Bieri
Viroqua Man To Manage Elroy Dairy
Elroy Wisconsin Robert Robson of Viroqua has been named manager of the new Elroy Community Dairy announced by president Robert Streeter. The plant reopened June 1 and now serves 40 patrons with 38000 pounds of milk daily and aims to double intake within a month.
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Elroy
Wis
Robert Robson
Viroqua
Elroy Community Dairy
Robert Streeter
Robson
Gateway Transportation Co
la Crosse
Sloane Brothers
Westby
Liberty Polo
Clifford Robson
Elroy Cooperative Creamery
Streeter
Stock Water Pit Constructed Near Spring Grove
A stock water pit for 50 cattle was built in Spring Grove with a capacity of about 275000 gallons. The 70 by 115 foot facility is lined with plastic and covered by one foot of soil to hold water, per U.S. Soil Conservation Service official Harold Dineen and Dawson Ashbacher.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Dawson Ashbacher
Harold Dineen
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Dineen
Wisconsin pageant opens with 14 finalists in Alice in Dairyland
Wisconsin hosts the Alice in Dairyland pageant with 14 finalists, including two named Alice, as Michigan Gov. George Romney visits for a non political address and coronation events. Finalists include Alice Grundahl of Hollandale and Alice Siemens of Tomah, among others from Kenosha to Superior.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Warren P. Knowles
Brown County Arena
JoAnn Cupery
Markesan
Alice
Dairyland
Wisconsin Agricultural Products
State Department of Agriculture
Alice Grundahl
Hollandale
Alice Siemens
Tomah
Jeanellyn Desmarais
Kenosha
Barbara Berg
Plain
Carol Star
Stoughton
Kristin Williams
Colgate
Pat Doberke
Neenah
Constance Wyers
Kaukauna
Judy Henrickson
Beldenville
County Holstein Breeders Plan Twilight Meet
Dr. Terry Howard of the University of Wisconsin will speak at the La Crosse County Holstein Breeders Twilight meeting at the Charles Pierce farm one mile north of the Coulee Golf Bowl in Green Coulee near Onalaska. He will discuss feeding roughages to dairy cattle and judge contests for men, women and youth, with a La Crosse County Bankers Association donated purebred Holstein calf prize for the top junior judge.
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Terry Howard
University of Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Charles Pierce
Thomas E. O'Connell
Pierce
Coulee Golf Bowl
Green Coulee
Onalaska
Howard
la Crosse County Bankers Association
O’connell
Three Friends of 4H to Be Honored in Madison
Three friends of 4H will be cited June 16 for contributions to the youth organization. Recipients are Oscar G Mayer Jr., chairman of Oscar Mayer & Co. Milo Swanton, executive secretary of the Wisconsin 4H Foundation, and Courtland R Conlee, VP and director of public relations for the Milwaukee Journal.
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Madison
Friends of 4H
Oscar G. Mayer Jr
Oscar Mayer & Co
Milo Swanton
Wisconsin 4H Foundation
Courtland R. Conlee
The
Milwaukee Journal
June Dairy Month Unit Plans Meet
The La Crosse County June Dairy Month Committee will finalize plans for a beef burger barbecue at 3 p.m. Monday in the county extension office conference room. The barbecue is scheduled for Friday June 30 in the Montgomery Ward parking lot.
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la Crosse County
County Extension
Montgomery Ward
Gale Man Injured In Car Roll At Garage Door
GALESVILLE Wis Dr S D Cronk a veterinarian is hospitalized in La Crosse with injuries from a car that rolled forward after he backed it out of the garage and pinned him against the door.
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Galesville
Wis
S. D. Cronk
la Crosse
Camp Kenwood Registrations Close Saturday
Blair Wisconsin Mrs Lawrence Clipper publicity chairman Trempealeau County Association for Retarded Children announces Camp Kenwood open to ages 10 to 50 with registration deadline Saturday June 10.
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Blair
Wis
Lawrence Clipper
Camp Kenwood
Clipper
Trempealeau County
Two Wisconsin servicemen die in Vietnam actions
The Defense Department reports Army Cpl. Karl B. Risene Jr. of Milwaukee was killed in action in Vietnam while Marine Cpl. Curtis L. Tremaine of Oconomowoc died from wounds.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Karl B. Riscene Jr
Milwaukee
Vietnam
Curtis L. Tremaine
Oconomowoc
Open House Set by Harpers Ferry Bank Branch
The Harpers Ferry Branch of Kennet Brothers Savings Bank will hold an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at in Harpers Ferry. The event invites customers to tour the facility and learn about banking services offered.
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Harpers Ferry
Iowa
Kennet Brothers Savings Bank
Man Dies in Fire at Minneapolis Rooming House
Walter Klaus, 50, found dead in his burning room at a Minneapolis rooming house. Fire damage limited to a bed and mattress. Autopsy ordered to determine cause of death.
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Minneapolis
Walter Klaus
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