Road Funds For Bus Aids OK With Lucey
OSHKOSH Wis AP A plan to use surplus highway funds to cover a 3 million deficit in state aids for local bus systems has Gov Patrick J Luceys support The Wisconsin Alliance of Cities endorsed the plan McGown deputy secretary said the state would seek Joint Finance Committee approval in December to reallocate 3 million in surplus highway revenues The alliance also sent a letter to the Wallace Commission voicing concern over proposed abolishing shared taxes and property tax relief for new local taxes including a local income tax The commission rejected that idea but will continue study Beyer criticized the proposal saying it would revive income tax rich municipalities at others expense
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Oshkosh
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
McGown
Department of Transportation
Alliance
William Beyer
Wallace Commission
Commission
Beyer
Nun on Matsu Island Finds Paradise Amid Shelling
Sister Stella Smith of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration returns from a five year mission on Matsu Island near the Chinese coast. She recalls a curious paradise amid a fortress landscape where soldiers outnumber civilians six to one and propaganda shells fall at twilight.
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Matsu
Stella Smith
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
FSPA
Stella
Belgium
Sister Stella
China N-Cloud Passes U S Over Washington State
A large cloud of nuclear debris from a four megaton Chinese test is passing over the United States this weekend. NOAA estimates the mass traveled over Washington state around 6 a.m. CST and will leave for New Jersey by Monday afternoon. Ground contamination depends on rainfall, with the Northeast most at risk. Officials monitor milk and other foods for fallout.
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Seattle
United States
California
People’s Republic of China
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Washington State
New Jersey
Delay in Logan High site purchase halts plan
La Crosse Area School District debates final contract terms for buying Midwest Foundry site at 1500 Prospect and city land in Interstate Industrial Park. Corps of Engineers permit questions, marsh and flood plain status, and a longer 18 month occupancy for owner Samuel Trendoy slow progress, delaying final site approval for a new Logan High School.
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Corps of Engineers
North Side
John Flanagan
la Crosse Area
Flanagan
Nancy Gerrard
Letitia Bingham
Gerrard
Bingham
Corps of Engineers Board
Louise Claflin
Thomas
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Midwest
la Crosse River
Mississippi River
Corps
Balts
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Samuel Trendoy
Trendoy
Logan High School
Patricia Hearst Home on $1.5 Million Bail
Patricia Hearst, freed on a $1.5 million bail with strict conditions, is living with her parents in San Francisco while appealing a federal bank robbery conviction and facing January state charges. Judge Orrick ordered home confinement, restricted travel, and regular contact with a probation office. her release follows decades of public dispute with the Hearst family and a high profile kidnapping case.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Nob Hill
Miss Hearst
Federal Building
Catherine
San Francisco Examiner
Randolph A. Hearst
Hearsts
Symbionese Liberation Army
William H. Orrick
Los Angeles
Orrick
California
San Fancisco
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Millersburg
Ohio
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Heart
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U.S
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la Crosse
Claflin
Caledonia
Minnesota
Patty
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