Tasteless Bad Taste Awards Highlight Luckenbach Bicentennial
In Luckenbach Texas a satirical awards day mocked Bicentennial excess with a Bad Taste ceremony. Urban sponsors like Falstaff, Jackson Casket, and Midwest Breeder's Cooperative drew headlines for red, white and blue branding and a controversial semen sale ad. Mayor Hondo Crouch and judge Jack Harmon led the event while New Buy Centennial shirts were refused sale.
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Luckenbach
Tex
Texas
Hondo Crouch
Jack Harmon
Omaha
Falstaff Brewing Co
Jackson Casket Co
Jackson, Miss
Hugh Best
Lansing
Mich
Bob and
Betty Sanders
WBBM
Chicago
Hondo
National Football League
NFL
Midwest Breeder's Cooperative
Shawano
Wis
George Washington
Harmon
February Fourth Warmest In City
February proved the fourth warmest since 1891 with an average of 29.1 degrees and well below normal precipitation. Records show 61 and 60 degree highs on February 26 and 27, while the coldest days were February 1 and 2 with 10 and 17 below zero. March outlook predicts lower 40s highs and lower 20s lows with caution about snow removal.
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National Weather Service
The
Weather Service
la Crosse
Rabid Dog Stirs Concern In Trempealeau County
In Galesville Wisconsin a coon hound owned by Kenneth Vance tested paralytic rabies after a Feb 20 examination. Dr. L J Larson urged vaccination for dogs and cats and explained exposure protocols including quarantine and post exposure injections. He noted rabies is more common in wildlife and counted 15 to 20 cases statewide last year.
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Galesville
Wis
L. J. Larson
Kenneth Vance
F. D. Douglas
Larson
Lason
Douglas
Trempealeau County
Trempealeau Farms Eligible For Loans
Trempealeau County farmers are eligible for FmHA Emergency loans after drought losses from July 5 to August 20, 1975. Willis Capps, state director of Wisconsin FmHA, noted the disaster caused the losses and loans assist eligible farmers to recover.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Trempealeau County
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Willis Capps
Wisconsin
Striking Anheuser Busch Plants Narrow Budweiser Output
About 8 000 workers at nine Anheuser Busch breweries nationwide walked out while 4 000 at the St Louis plant joined picket lines from Columbus and Jacksonville bottlers. Union bottlers there authorized but did not call a strike as talks in Chicago collapsed over job security automation and arbitration procedures.
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ST. Louis
Anheuser Busch
Columbus
Ohio
Jacksonville
Fla
Teamsters Union
Chicago
Grants Fund UW L Students for Master’s in Physical Education
Nine full time UW La Crosse graduate students will receive $9,000 in grants from the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. Selection based on references GPA and related experience. Each recipient works at least 10 hours weekly with the Motor Development Recreation Program or the Therapeutic Activity Program for Handicapped Adults.
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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Bureau of Education For the Handicapped
Office of Health, Education and Welfare
Lane Goodwin
Hearst Defense Winds Up Case In Bank Robbery Trial
In San Francisco AP reports the Hearst trial heads toward a verdict week as the defense closes its case disputing Hearst’s taped vow. Bailey plans final witnesses while prosecution prepares rebuttal and hints at a surprise. If convicted she faces up to 35 years.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Margaret Singer
Hearst
SLA
Los Angeles
Albert Johnson
Johnson
Patty
James L. Browning Jr
Presidential delegate counts shift amid uncommitted votes
Wallace leads with 27.9 percent and Carter 23.7 percent as large uncommitted blocs loom in Oklahoma South Carolina and Mississippi. Carter secures the largest committed delegate bloc in Oklahoma. Puerto Rico Republican delegates stay united for Ford while Frank Church plans a Boise news conference and Idaho City candidacy announcement in about three weeks.
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Wallace
Carter
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Fred Harris
Mississippi
Shriver
Frank Church
Boise
Idaho
Oregon
Nevada
California
Church
Idaho City
The Tribune Address and Subscription Rates Notice
Call 782 9710 for missed papers and 782 0060 for classifieds. The Tribune publishes afternoons and Sunday mornings at 401 North 3rd Street La Crosse Wisconsin 54601 with second class postage paid. City carrier price is 2.06 every two weeks. Mail subscription within 75 miles of La Crosse is 42 dollars per year.
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Tribune
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Lockheed Allegations Link Payoffs to US Officers
Former Lockheed official Ernest Hauser alleges christmastime cash payoffs and post retirement jobs to US Air Force colonels tied to steering foreign military business. Hauser cites unnamed names and notes Lockheed has admitted paying officials abroad but claims officers here also received bribes.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Air Force
Lockheed
Ernest F. Hauser
Nixon Returns to San Clemente After China Visit
Former President Richard Nixon lands back at his San Clemente home after an eight day trip to China that drew praise from hosts and some criticism at home. He met with Hua Kuo Feng and Mao Tse tung and may be debriefed on his return. Kissinger was on the West Coast and did not plan to conduct the debriefing.
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Los Angeles
Richard Nixon
San Clemente
China
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Palm Springs
Kirk Douglas
Ford Administration
State Department
Kissinger
Hua Kuo-feng
Hua
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
March Storm Sweeps Rockies to New England
The Associated Press reports a March cyclone bringing heavy snow and high winds to the northern Rockies with showers and thunderstorms extending from the Midwest to New England. Winter storm warnings and travel hazards span Montana Wyoming Utah and the Colorado Rockies while rain and freezing drizzle affect Iowa Illinois Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. Chicago records almost an inch of rain.
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Rockies
Midwest
New England
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Continental Divide
Colorado Rockies
Dakotas
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Great Lakes
Chicago
Ford seeks 3.3 billion education block grants
President Ford asked Congress for 3.3 billion dollars in federal education block grants aimed at helping the handicapped and educationally deprived. The plan would replace 24 aid programs and push more local control while guaranteeing each state at least its 1976 final-year funding level, with elementary and secondary aid rising by 200 million annually through 1980.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Italy Currency Test Sets Tone for Moro Government
Italy reopens its foreign exchange markets in a pivotal test for Premier Aldo Moro's Christian Democratic administration. The lira has fallen about 12 percent since the Bank of Italy halted support, trading unofficially at about 770 to $1, as Italy boosted reserves to roughly $2 billion with a $750 million loan from the New York Fed and $500 million from West Germany.
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Rome
Italy
Aldo Moro
Christian Democratic
Bank of Italy
New York Federal Reserve
West Germany
Weather map canceled due to technical issues
Wisconsin and Minnesota weather notes indicate snow likely in the north and central regions with potential freezing rain or sleet in central Wisconsin. Southern areas face rain sleet or snow, while Minnesota remains cloudy with snow possible tonight and Tuesday. Ohio Valley section notes partly cloudy skies and warmer Tuesday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
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Tri-State
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Weather records show high and low swings with dates
The report lists extreme temperatures with record high 59 and record low 28 from 1878 and 1962 respectively. It also notes yesterday night and today’s temperatures, along with sunrise at 6.41 am and sunset at 5:54 pm.
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