Credit Tightening Seen Under New Wisconsin Consumer Act
Critics warn the Wisconsin Consumer Act, now in effect, may tighten credit for marginal borrowers while others see little immediate change. Executives and lawmakers debate effects on lending, interest rates, collateral rules, and enforcement, with some predicting a gradual shift in credit supply and quality.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Stanley Waldheim Jr
Milwaukee
Waldheim
John McKenzie
Appleton
Wisconsin Consumer Finance Association
Edward Heiser
Fire damages Sylvester Newburg residence in La Crosse
A second floor bedroom and dormer were damaged in a 2 11 alarm blaze at 112 S 11th St. Ai-fing Beck a foreign exchange student reported the fire after seeing smoke. Firefighters extinguished the fire by 2 41 p.m. No residents were home at the time and the origin is undetermined with a delayed alarm.
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Sylvester Newburg
la Crosse City
James Dayton
Ai-fing Beck
Miss Beck
Red Cross
Main St
Dayton
Newburg
Mary
Patty
Debby
Eileen Traynor
Pearl Buck Dies at 80 Nobel Laureate and Author
Pearl S. Buck, Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning author of The Good Earth, died at her Danby Vermont home at 80. She had underwent gall bladder surgery last fall and had been in failing health for a year. Buck, born in West Virginia in 1892, spent early life in China shaping her distinctive writing style and continued to publish three books yearly while running humanitarian efforts including an Asian child foundation and Welcome House adoption work.
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Danby
Pearl S. Buck
China
United States
Miss Buck
Pai
Louise Rainer
Paul Muni
Pearl Sydenstricker
Hillsboro
W.va
John Lossing Buck
Richard J. Walsh
The
John Day Co
Walsh
Buck
Welcome House
Bucks County
Bar Asks Freedom To Sue Under No-Fault Insurance
Wisconsin lawmakers heard arguments on whether no fault auto insurance should allow victims to sue for damages beyond the plan. James D. Ghiardi for the State Bar argued suits protect victims’ finances, while critics warn premiums would rise. The hearing aims to shape a future no fault framework.
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Bar
Freedom
Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
James D. Ghiardi
State Bar of
Ghiardi
Marquette University
State Senate
Judiciary and Insurance Committee
State Bar
William Bablitch
Stevens Point
Stanley DuRose
Harout Sanasarian
Milwaukee
Governor’s Insurance Study Commission
Allen Gruentsen
Madison Insurance
Two Teens Sentenced in Boots Theft Case
Raymond Fisher 18 of Sparta and Richard Carlo 18 of Burlington Kan received 15 day jail terms from Monroe County Judge James W. Rice after pleading guilty to stealing a pair of boots from Arena Shoe Store in Sparta. Carlo will serve his 15 days consecutive to a 30 day sentence for stealing a guitar. Carlo wore the boots during arrest.
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Sparta
Wis
Raymond Fisher
Richard Carlo
Burlington
Kan
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Arena
Carlo
Jury Trial To Be Scheduled In Rape Case
A La Crosse Circuit Court jury trial is to be scheduled for Charles W. Misch 18 of Holmen charged with raping an 18 year old woman Feb 18 at the Yerly Corp coal docks near Copeland Park. Misch pled innocent as Judge Peter Pappas kept his $2000 cash bond in place and set a hearing on the admissibility of a police statement.
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la Crosse
Holmen-area
Charles W. Misch
William Skemp
Peter Pappas
Yerly Corp
Copeland Park
Pappas
Misch
Dist
Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Births in St Francis and surrounding areas
Birth notices from LACROSSE St Francis list a March 2 son for Walter Hundt and a March 2 daughter for Richard Thompson. Several other births and names appear with addresses in Onalaska Bangor Tomah Sparta Hillsboro and West Salem. Names include Christine Amundson Nellie Daffinson Vicky Lynn Snodgrass Lynda Jepson Janice Kattestad Sandra Matecki Diane Anderson Barbara Kueter Alicia O Rourke and Sylvia Murphy.
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Lacrosse St. Francis
Walter Hundt
State Road
Christine Amundson
Richard Thompson
Ettrick
Nellie Daffinson
Gerald Collins
N. 23Rd St
Sally Hutton
Raymond Howell
Onalaska
Vicky Lynn Snodgrass
Legislators Reach Probate Reform Compromise in Wisconsin
The two bills developers say a substitute amendment is bipartisan and aimed at speeding acceptance of probate reform. Rep. Sensenbrenner and Rep. Berger, with lawyer and non lawyer backing, outline informal estate administration changes to cut legal fees for heirs. A separate case notes a battering suspect pleading innocent, with trial set and release conditions.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
James Sensembrenner Jr
Shorewood
David Berger
Milwaukee
Sensenbrenner
Berger
Probate Notice for Estate of Mary L. Urban
Wisconsin La Crosse County Court Probate Branch orders will and heirship hearing for Mary L. Urban at the La Crosse County Courthouse on March 13 1973. Creditors must file claims by May 16 1973 and claims will be examined May 22 1973. Hale Skemp & Skemp attorneys address listed.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County Court
Mary L. Urban
19Th Street
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Eugene A. Ti
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Kenyon Giese
Bsank City
Lems
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John Shabaz
New Berlin
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Assembly
Thomas Crandall
Pearl Buck
America
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Black River Falls
David J. Mayer
Rapper Falls
Waupun State
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Mayét
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Daniel F Goettl 4 Falls and Escaping Feb. 20 From the Correctional Institution
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James Schwalbach
Iowa County
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Schwalbach
Milwaukee County
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