Medary Sewe rs Pay Debate on June 26 Vote
Medary residents face a June 26 meeting at Fauver Hill School to decide if they will fund sewer and water services through town taxes. Officials warn annexation issues and extra costs for police, roadwork, and traffic signals if the city cannot annex the shopping center area. Hemker proposes a compromise: sewer service without annexation to enable later annexation of adjacent lands.
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Fauver Hill School
US. Highway 16
Dayton Hudson
Medary
Mediary
la Crosse
Shiftar
Hemker
City of la Crosse
Lawmaker Immunity Issue In Sex Case
A Louisiana congressman faced a vice squad probe over alleged solicitation in a sex case. Reports note Washington immunity from arrest for misdemeanors during sessions, while others claim possible cover‑ups and no formal charges. The incident ties to a suit against Rep Wayne Hays.
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Washington
Louisiana
Congress
New York Post
Joe D. Waggonner
D-La
Washington, D.C
Post
U.S. Atty
Earl Silbert
Silbert
Maurice J. Cullinane
Wayne L. Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Open Meetings Bill Faces Mixed Support In Assembly
Assembly Democrats and several Republicans supported final passage as open meetings measures were debated. Critics argued the bill lacked teeth and would not fully open caucuses or bargaining sessions to the public, while some Republicans aided the measure.
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Assembly
Gary Barczak
West Allis
David Clarenbach
Madison
George Molinaro
Kenosha
Paul Sicula
Milwaukee
Louise Tesmer
St. Francis
Richard Matty
Crivitz
David Opitz
Saukville
Senate
House
Ernest Keppler
R-Sheboygan
Timothy Cullen
Janesville
Gary Goyke
D-Oshkosh
Goyke
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Chilsen
Chilson
Wisconsin
Senate Confirms Grover As Regent
The Wisconsin Senate confirmed Herb Grover 30 to 2 to join the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents for a term ending May 1, 1983. Grover, 39, is Niagara superintendent of schools and former five term Assembly member.
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Board of Regents
Sensenbrenner
Grover
Assembly
Department of Public Instruction
University of Wisconsin
Old Wisconsin State Universities System
Everett Bidwell
Portage
Pact Ends Strike At Parker Pen
Machinists at Parker Pen Co in Janesville Wisconsin voted 42 to 23 to accept a contract ending a three month walkout. Local 1266 IAM said the pact was ratified and members were told to resume work this week. United Rubber Workers local also ended a 64 day strike on May 19 and the plant resumed operations.
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Janesville
Wis
Parker Pen Co
International Association of Machinists
Oma Pfeiffer
United Rubber Workers
Offner in Good Condition After Wrist Hand Surgery
State Rep. Paul Offner remains in good condition at Lutheran Hospital following wrist and hand surgery performed by Dr. Richard Fink. The operation, rescheduled from Friday, occurred Wednesday after a June 9 construction-site injury on Isle la Plume. Offner is a candidate for the 32nd District Senate seat as Milo Knutson retires.
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Paul Offner
Lutheran Hospital
Richard Fink
Offner
D-La Crosse
Municipal Services
Isle la Plume
Milo Knutson
Bond Bid Accepted To Remodel Caledonia Clinic
Caledonia Minnesota city council accepted a 153000 general obligation bond bid from Caledonia State Bank for remodeling the city clinic at 5.72516 percent interest and a net cost of 78678.10. Second bid by F J Prescott Co. of Minneapolis offered 5.7689 percent at 79279.12. The council also reviewed a minicomputer demonstration by Burroughs Co for city billing and approved resurfacing 18 streets and sealing 58 streets at an estimated 38000. Jim Cooper of Mormon Seed Co donated a hand winch extractor for ambulance use.
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Caledonia
la Crosse
Jim Cooper
Mormon Seed Co
Vernon Dairy Princess Contest Draws 13 Entrants
Thirteen contestants from Westby Viroqua La Farge Readstown Chaseburg De Soto Hillsboro and Soldiers Grove vie for the Vernon County Dairy Princess title to be chosen Thursday. Morning interviews at State Bank of Viroqua run 10 a.m. to noon followed by impromptu speeches at the courthouse. ETTRICK Wis Orrin Helstad named dean of UW Madison Law School with a $45700 annual salary. Helstad, 54, is a UW Madison law graduate and former UW La Crosse student.
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Viroqua
Wis
Wisconsin
Vernon County Fairgrounds
Gene Schroeder
Schroeder
Vernon County Dairy Princess
Lori Overbee
Debra Leis
Shelly Erlandson
Westby
Karolyn Buhr
Naomi Lothen
Marla Ames
Jenny Ostrom
Sue Melvin
la Farge
Jayne Ostrom
Chaseburg
Tammy Giese
de Soto
Shirley Cox
Hillsboro
Rhoda Alexander
Readstown
Mary Parr
Soldiers Grove
State Bank of Viroqua
Ettrick
Orrin Helstad
University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
Helsted
French Creek
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marth Helstad
Blair
Bar Association elects new La Crosse leaders
Bar President Leon Sheehan of La Crosse is elected head of the La Crosse County Bar Association to succeed James Bannen. Robert C. Skemp becomes president elect and Janet A. Jenkins is named secretary.
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Leon Sheehan
la Crosse
National Bank
Historical Sites Group Is Reborn in La Crosse
The resurrected Historical Sites Commission, revived by a 1973 ordinance and a $20,000 federal preservation grant, will centralize local historical site requests. Carol Gundersen chairs. members include Myer Katz Stan Sims Frank Kaufmann and Albert Funk Sr. Marker funding approved for Spence Park location.
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Historical Sites Commission
la Crosse
Common Council
Patrick Zielke
Carol Gundersen
Myer Katz
State St
Stan Sims
la Crosse County
Kaufmann
Funk
Spence Park
Nathan Myrick
Ross of la Crosse
Front Street
Bus Hours Set For Galesville Pool
Galesville area buses will shuttle swimmers from Ettrick Trempealeau and Glasgow to the regional pool in Galesville. Ettrick lessons run July 5 to 23 with 9 30 a m departure from the high school and 9 45 a m from the Ettrick Hall. return at noon. Open swim runs Tuesdays and Thursdays with 1 15 p m depart Ettrick Hall and 3 30 p m return. July 26 to August 26 service leaves at 8 a m from the high school and returns by noon. Trempealeau bus from Trempealeau Junior High at 8 15 a m for June 14 to July 2 sessions, then 1 p m to 3 30 p m on Mondays and Wednesdays. Glasgow Decora Prairie bus from Glasgow School at 10 a m to Galesville and back by noon.
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Galesville
Wis
Ettrick
Trempealeau
Glasgow
Creamery Hill
Frenchville
Ettrick Community Hall
Centerville
Decora Prairie
Milliken Could Halt Seafarer Cable Project in Michigan
A Navy spokesman said Governor Milliken can end the Seafarer submarine communication system by deciding he does not want it. The plan would place buried low frequency cables under 3,400 square miles of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, enabling submerged submarines to receive signals without surfacing.
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Washington
William Milliken
Navy
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Defense
William Clements
Milliken
U.S
Penisula
Illness traced to dog food in FDA report
A Milwaukee woman and her 3 month old daughter fell ill after the mother touched tainted Ralston Purina dog food. FDA says the dog food Chuck Wagon chunky beef flavor was contaminated with salmonella and a small amount, less than one percent of a week’s production, was withdrawn in early May.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
FBI Pursues Letter Bomber Extortion Case Toward 200 Firms
The FBI seeks the source of extortion notes sent to about 200 companies including Beatrice Foods. Thirteen bombs were mailed. twelve failed to explode and one injuring four at Merrill Lynch in New York. Demands totaled 16 million dollars to be paid over eight or nine months.
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Washington
FBI
Merrill Lynch Inc
New York
Beatrice Foods Inc
Chicago
U N Cyprus Peace Force Mandate Extended Six Months
The United Nations Security Council extended the 12 year old Cyprus peacekeeping mission for six months in a 13 to 0 vote. The mandate was set to expire at midnight with China and Benin abstaining. A Greek Cypriot demand to condemn forced Greek Cypriot migration in the Turkish occupied north delayed adoption.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations Security Council
U.N
Cyprus
Council
China
Benin
Dahomey
West Germans arrested on spying charges in Berlin
Four more West Germans are arrested on suspicion of spying for the Communists in West Berlin. Kathryn Burger, 30, admitted spying for East Germany and named her ex husband Heinrich Burger, 35, plus Kurt and Erna Nickel. Burger, a press spokesman for the Social Democratic party, later repudiated the confession.
Weather Forecast Tracks Cool Plains Warm East Showers North
National Weather Service data show cool conditions across the Plains to the West while the East turns warm. The mid Atlantic region expects showers with rain in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. Wisconsin remains mostly cloudy with showers and thundershowers. Minnesota faces showers and thunderstorms with possible severe storms. Friday brings cooler western areas and continued showers east. River forecasts for Friday to Sunday run around 5.2 to 6.6 for Wisconsin rivers. Dresbach Dam flow about 11 600 cfs with a rising trend.
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National Weather Service
Plains
mid-Atlantic
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Towa
Mississippi River
Winona
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Dresbach Lock & Dam
Weather Extremes and Day Lengths Noted
Last year high 94 degrees and low 42 set records with normals around 7,410. Sunrise is 5:22 a.m. and sunset 8:50 p.m.
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Jerome Gunderson
Democratic Farmer-Labor
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Mabel Canton
Jackie Jones
Canton
Terry Jensen
Mike Smuthey
Harmony and Mabel
Nels Gulbranson
Spring Grove
Peter Dahlen
St. Olaf College
Maxine Gunderson
Parker Pen
Vernon Dairy
Bar President
Galesville Pool
Martin Grabinski
Wirg's Barbershop
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