Home Rule Debate Marks Wisconsin Hearing
State panel hears local leaders urge more autonomy and funding as they warn against state overreach. Arson case in Madison adds urgency to discussions of local control and financing for schools and services across the state.
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Governor’s Commission
Sharon Imes
Paul Zei
la Crosse County
Leland Chenoweth
Blair
Chamber of Commerce
General Accounting Office
Chenoweth
Wanless
Leland Mulder
R.J. Onalaska
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Larry Hagar
Department of Social Services
Madison
Paul Soglin
Harold Haldeman
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Anthony Earl
Department of Natural Resources
William Bechtel
Department of Local Affairs and Development
David Larsen
Commission
Harold Lochner
Prairie du Chien
Teamsters and UPS Reach Tentative Settlement
The Teamsters and United Parcel Service reached a tentative settlement after two weeks of strikes. Union locals will vote by mail referendum before ratification. The pact aims to mirror terms of the National Master Freight Agreement and ends a walkout that disrupted four million daily parcels.
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Chicago
Teamsters
United Parcel Service
Sherman J. Warady
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Union Lo
Williams
Iowa
Ohio
Michigan
U.S. Postal Service
Syttende Mai Fest Crowns Olaf Krome in Spring Grove
Hundreds attend the 1976 Syttende Mai observances in Spring Grove and Westby Minnesota. Olaf Krome is crowned King of the Trolls in Spring Grove while Westby hosts fiddlers bee and Nob Norse activities. The parade is set for Sunday at 1 30 p.m. in Westby. Mrs Belle Myhre wins the Mest Hojagtet Dame award. Robert Hillman Sr receives honorary Norwegian recognition.
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Spring Grove
Olaf Krome
Westby
Lori Erlandson
Jesse
Kjome
Norway
Belle Myhre
Onstad Dairy
Robert Hillman
Hillman Clothing
Spring Grove High School
Legion
Legion Hall
Red and Gun Club
Graduation section preview Sunday in La Crosse
The La Crosse Sunday Tribune will publish a graduation section Sunday with local and area graduates. It will cover students plans for after graduation, job outlook, and actions taken. The section lists commencement programs and graduates from city and area high schools UW La Crosse Viterbo College and WW Tech Institute.
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The
la Crosse Sunday Tribune
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Viterbo College
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Wisconsin Job Placement Criticized at Hearing
Milwaukee officials and business spokesmen blasted the Wisconsin State Employment Service at a House subcommittee hearing. WSES administrator F. J. Walsh blamed paperwork and limited federal funds for inefficiency while Rep. Robert W. Kasten Jr. called the record a massive failure. Wisconsin job placement showed 57 percent of openings filled in the current year, versus 49 percent prior year, with regional figures cited as proof of underperformance.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Employment Service
WSES
F. J. Walsh
Wisconsin
House Manpower and Housing Committee
Robert W. Kasten Jr
R-Wis
Kasten
Walsh
Milwaukee-area
Carl Forster
Arson Suspected In Warroad Forest Fires
In Warroad Minnesota 75 percent of recent forest and grass fires are believed set Forestry Supervisor Tom Adams said reducing the threat and prompting inquiries into possible arson in the region continuously burning areas in Warroad and surrounding northern Minnesota communities.
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Warroad
Minn
Minnesota
Tom Adams
Senator Callaway Accused Of Pressing for Ski Resort Expansion
Washington AP Senate panel chairman Floyd Haskell charges Army Secretary Callaway used influence to push Crested Butte expansion onto federal land. Callaway admits discussing ski resort issues with Forest Service and Agriculture officials last July but denies improper pressure.
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Washington
Howard H. Callaway
Colorado
Senate
Floyd K. Haskell
D-Coro
Callaway
Crested Butte
Interior Subcommittee
Haskell
Forest Service
Ford
Agriculture Department
Pentagon
Massachusetts prison work plan introduces time clocks and higher pay
Massachusetts prisons will begin hourly pay for 435 inmates across Walpole Norfolk Concord and Framingham with overtime rules vacation and layoffs. Top earners reach 50 cents per hour under a 62 hour week with pay scales by seniority and role. Longevity pay and furlough options follow after year one.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Dave Brown
State Corrections Department
Correction
Frank A. Hall
Walpole
Norfolk
Concord
Concord and the Women’s Prison
Framingham
Hall
Robert Thomas
Maryland
Idaho
New York
Arizona
Federal
Brown
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Steve Notthe
Joey Melde
Kelly Riordan
Debbie Olsen
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Betty Barstad
Miss Olsen
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Mesa Grande Place
Joey
Joseph Melde
Green Bay St
Kelly
Michael Riordan
Main St
Onalaska
Wis
Dane County
Humphrey J. Lynch
Lynch
Cecil Wanless
Kickapoo Area
UPS
Warady
Roy Williams
Central Conference of Teamsters
Daniel F. McKnight
Kentucky
North and
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Wyoming
Illinois
Indiana
Lowell Thomas
Logan
Logan High
Viroqua
Wena
Syttende Mai
Olaf Kjome
Forster
Lauren E. Miller
Fred V. Gabriel
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