State Rejects Campbell Incorporation Petition
The state planning function rejected a petition to incorporate Campbell as the Village of French Island, citing it as an integral part of La Crosse and predicting fragmentation of services. The decision notes unusable river bottom land, inadequate tax base, and lack of full-time police fire and water services, with residents mostly employed in La Crosse. Annexation remains possible but not guaranteed.
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Campbell
French Island
la Crosse Circuit Court
City of
la Crosse
Common Council
George James
Clinton Street
Island
Weather Outlook: Warmer Tuesday Night Then Cooler Near Week’s End
Partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday night with a low near 45. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy conditions with a 40 percent shower chance and highs around 65. Tuesday night winds from the west to southwest 8 to 18 mph shifting NW on Wednesday. A 10 percent rain chance Tuesday night and 40 percent on Wednesday. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cooler with a low about 38.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Asked for Mental Competence Standard
The Wisconsin Supreme Court was asked Monday to adopt a legal yardstick to determine hospitalization for criminal suspects deemed mentally incompetent for trial. The Justice Department also sought stronger tools for prosecutors in congressional corruption cases.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Republicans Propose Cash Refunds Say Wyngaard
John Wyngaard urges a tax relief package in the Wisconsin legislature that would send cash refunds to individual taxpayers. The report questions whether voters are listening.
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Wisconsin
John Wyngaard
Get 25 Years Each Still Face Charges Here
Two men Roy H. Gallington and Wilbur R. Streeter were sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for kidnapping Austin Minnesota gun dealer James P. Goergen. They face further La Crosse and Vernon County charges, with prior California parole violations and explosive devices found in suitcases tied to the case.
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Austin
James P. Goergen
Goergen
Rochester
la Crosse
Highway 14
Troffic
Dennis Polestad
Gallington
Streeter
Vernon County
John Farrell
Mormon Coulee Road
Tolvstad
Farrell
Dist
Burleigh Randolph
Devitt
California
Folsom
Theodore Lisota
Minnesota
James K Mannion
Lisota
Mannion-Streeter
Ickes
Charles B. Branch
Chicago
Stock Prices Rebound After Early Losses In Narrow Dow Rise
New York reports stock prices recovered much of the morning drop as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from below 900. At 11:30 a.m. the Dow stood at 905.18, down 4.21, after earlier trading near 898.40. Analysts cited bargain hunting and technical factors as investors nibble at attractively priced issues.
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New York
Skylab Faces Heat, Power Crisis Amid Launch Delays
Skylablogged temperatures reached 100 degrees inside the 85-ton lab while two solar panels failed to deploy, halving power. Flight director Neil Hutchinson warned the situation could be unmanageable, as engineers race to solve heat and gyro scope problems before a Sunday linkup mission.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Neil Hutchinson
Hutchinson
America
Space Station
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab
Ently
Houston
Johnson Space Center
William C. Schneider
CIA Deputy Walters testifies on Watergate coverup effort
CIA Deputy Director Vernon A Walters testified in secret before the Senate Armed Services Committee about Haldeman Ehrlichman and Dean allegedly seeking CIA help to cover up Watergate. The hearings come ahead of the Ervin committee vote on use immunity for Dean and Roy H. Sheppard amid related revelations.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
CIA
Vernon A. Walters
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
D.o
Walters
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dean
FBI
L. Patrick Grayel
Senate
Associated Press
White Iouse
Democratic
Peter H. Wolf
Nixon Campaign Committee
Wolf
Ervin
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Federal
Common Cause
Mary McGrory
Washington Star- News
C Church
John
Gray
FBIC
Hhrlichman
Nixon Gray
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Ann Landers
Martin’ S. Goodfriend
Bruns, Norgeman & Co
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Schneider
Mission Control
Star-News
Oval Office
John W. Dean
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