Inflation Fears Ease Yet Housing Market Accelerates
Inflation fears ease as investors see steady economic signals while housing remains buoyant. May mortgage rates tick up slightly to 8.96 percent amid strong resale activity. April sees 310,000 existing home transactions valued at over 14 billion dollars, with national annual rate near 3.3 million units and many homes above 50 thousand dollars.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
West
California
National Association of Realtors
Women candidates eyed for Wisconsin local affairs post
Four women are named as potential executive secretary picks for Wisconsin Department of Local Affairs and Development. Sen. Michelle Radosevich says she is not interested. other names include Rebecca Young Mary Lou Munts and Judith Karofsky amid party leadership talk. The move coincides with Gov Lucey preparing to step aside for an ambassadorship. The second item notes Minnesota faculty senate voting 112 to 22 against an academic exchange with Chile over concerns about the Chilean military junta.
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Madison
Wis
Martin J. Schreiber
Department of Local Affairs and Development
Michelle Radosevich
Dhudson
Schreiber
State Administration
Rebecca Young
Mary Lou Munts
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Chile
Senate
University Austral
Department of Rural Sociology
Urban affairs post heats up in Wisconsin and beyond
William R Bechtel is vacating the urban affairs post named by President Carter as federal co chair of the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission. Ed Johnson considered as successor with Rep Joseph Looby and Rep Robert Behnke among others showing interest. The AFL CIO backs Joseph A Gruber. In Raton New Mexico police display a confiscated marijuana plant in a window leading to a brick theft by teenagers. they were stopped by a passing motorist and juveniles arrested.
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William R. Bechtel
Carter
Upper Great Lakes
Spinal injuries linked to sudden forceful movements
Slipped discs often accompany vertebral subluxation. Sudden forceful spine movements from a fall auto crash lifting or a blow to neck or back commonly cause this injury.
Minnesota cattle tally hits five year low in 1976
Minnesota farmers held four million head of cattle on January 1, the lowest total since 1972, as liquidations rise amid losses and bad weather. The survey covers milk and beef cows, calves, feedlot cattle, and marketing activity with a July release due for inventories and feed on July 18 and July 25 respectively.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Minnesota Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
United States
Zoo exemption from rabies tag rule for Tigers at Apple Valley
Apple Valley council exempted the Minnesota Zoological Gardens from a rabies tag ordinance after zoo officials promised detailed vaccination records. The move avoids tagging captive tigers and leopards despite general rules for domestic animals.
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Apple Valley, Minn
Minnesota Zoological Gardens
Apple Valley
Egg prices dip but rise again later this year
Washington AP reports that consumer egg prices have fallen from winter peaks as the Agriculture Department notes production has resumed after severe cold. Prices are expected to climb again later this year though.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sidewheeler restaurant theater project in limbo near Riverside Park
Progress on the Sidewheeler of La Crosse Inc restaurant theater near Riverside Park is in limbo though owner Paul Sayther of Holmen says it will be built one way or another. He notes some progress and promises more construction details in the coming weeks in the former Torrance foundry at 328 S Front St and credits the city for assistance including a lease of a small stretch of park-area property. The original opening date was April.
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Sidewheeler of la Crosse, Inc
Riverside Park
Paul Sayther
Sayther
Holmen
Big
Indian Boat Lines
John Torrance and Son, Inc
Front St
Snuther
Torrance Building
Park Area
Arson Suspected in Sharp Rise in Wisconsin School Fires
Wisconsin officials report a dramatic rise in arson related damage to public schools in 1976 with about 2 million paid by the State Property Insurance Fund, more than half of the 4 million in total school fire claims that year.
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Madison, Wis
John Tinglun
State Department of Public Instruction
State Property Insurance Fund
Bill Hogeboom
Wisconsin
Hogeboom
Harold Wilde
University of Wisconsin
Sterling Hall
Vet Affairs Board may resume meetings
A lawsuit blocking meetings of the Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Board was dismissed as moot. Acting secretary Clifford Wills said the board will hold a meeting next Friday in Wausau after a prior challenge claimed Thomas Goodwin of Racine was a member.
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Madison
Wis
State Veterans Affairs Board
William Sachtsen
Clifford Wills
Veterans Affairs Department
Wausau
Sachtjen
Thomas Goodwin
Racine
Goodwin
Minnesota puts New Sweden on map
New Sweden in Nicollet County returns to Minnesota highway map after a petition drive led by town clerk Paul Bjorklund. Residents feared losing their town name as the unincorporated hamlet with 8 residents was omitted from the 1979 map.
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New Sweden
Minn
Highway Department
Nicollet County
Paul Bjorklund
Rudy Perpich
City grapples with missed pickups as Refuse Disposal faces hours cut
City officials debate fining Refuse Disposal for each missed garbage pickup while acknowledging ongoing problems. Residents complain of late collections and four day old garbage as contractor cites reduced landfill hours and equipment issues. Attorney Phillip Arneson notes the firm was unaware of the 40 hour weekly landfill schedule when signing a contract extension.
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Young
S. 29Th St
Rod Bess
26Th St
la Crosse County
Phillip Arneson
Isle la Plume
Arneson
Three Girl Scouts Beaten to Death at Camp Scott
Three young Girl Scouts ages eight to ten were found beaten to death in their sleeping bags at Camp Scott near Locust Grove Oklahoma. Investigators, led by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and State Bureau of Investigation, offered few details on the case as staff and campers were present at the week-long camp operated by the Magic Empire Council.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Camp Scott
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Rob Pyron
David Boren
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Mayes County
Highway Patrol
Magic Empire Council of Girl Scouts
Beer Can Swap Planned in Tomah
The Tomah Beer Can Collectors Federation will hold a beer can collecting and trading program Saturday June 18 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the downstairs meeting room of Tomah Savings and Loan Association at 909 Superior Ave. Admission is free. a free will offering will defray costs. No buying or selling allowed at the meeting though trading is permitted. The group is entering its third year by the end of June.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah Beer Can Collectors’ Federation
Tomah Savings and Loan Association
Superior Ave
Carl Cox
Cox
Two Onalaska Girls Injured When Car Reverses in Driveway
Lori Wilson and Beth Borchert, both nine, were behind a car at the Wilson home when Richard Wilson backed up. Both were taken to St Francis Hospital by Tri State Ambulance. Borchert suffered fractured ribs and abrasions. Wilson had leg injuries and was treated and released.
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Lori Wilson
Beth L. Borchert
Wilson
Lori
Richard
Tri- State
St. Francis Hospital
Miss Borchert
Miss Wilson
Schreiber alters stance on gubernatorial term limits
Lt Gov Martin Schreiber told Badger Girls State that his view on how long a governor should serve has changed after Gov Patrick Lucey was named ambassador to Mexico He will be acting governor during Luceys departure and is seen as a strong 1978 gubernatorial candidate About 624 high school girls attend the UW Madison program to learn state and local government.
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Gates
State
Democratic Party
Oshkosh
Schreiber
Patrick J. Lucey
Mexico
Schrei
Madison, Wis
Martin Schreiber
U.S
Lucey
University of Wisconsin
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Lori Storlie
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New Albia
Iowa
Team of
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Hokah Commercial Club
John Cunniff
New York
Ket
DLAD
LaCrosse Tribune
la Crosse Wine
Enterprises
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wed
FBI
Wolter Chiropractic Center
Charles D. Walter
D.C
Steve Wiegers
D.C. 10Th and State Sts
DIAL
Mindoro
Campbell
John Schultz
Bainbridge St
Kenneth Whitewater
Sperbeck St
Copeland Ave
Kent Smith
NME
Eau Claire Agency
North 6Th Street
Universary
Vet Affairs Board
New
Sweden
Bjorklund
Flint
Flint Enterprises
la Crosse Area
Galesville
Onalaska
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commers
New England
Lansing
C. P
Guttenberg
Owa
West Salem
Houston
Dresbach
Winona
Mississippi River
Dakota
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