Pollsters Say Ford Carter Race Too Close To Call
In the final week before the election pollsters warn margins of error and shifting sentiment make the contest between Ford and Carter unclear. Different national polls show varied leads and regional splits, with debates and timing adding further uncertainty for voters.
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New York
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
George Gallup Sr
Gallup
NBC News Newsday
Louis Harris
ABC News
Eugene McCarthy
Harris
George Gallup
McCarthy
New York Times
CBS News
the Times
Midwest
South
Hart
Times-Cbs
Wisconsin dairy farmers reject milk advertising plan
Wisconsin dairy farmers overwhelmingly voted against a proposed national milk advertising program in a statewide ballot held October 5 to 15. About 22,899 voted no and 9,876 yes, with 2,500 petitioning farmers triggering the referendum. The plan would have funded advertising by a mandatory two cent deduction per hundredweight, needing a 51 percent approval to initiate.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Agriculture Board
Milwaukee
Area High Schools' Publications Cited at UW Eau Claire Meet
In Eau Claire Wisconsin the Chippewa Valley School Press Association recognized Tomah High School Hamet and La Crosse Aquinas News for general excellence. D C Everest Jet won first in the newspaper division while Alma Center Lincoln High School yearbook earned second in small schools. Awards included Debra Fluegher for yearbook layout and multiple writing and photography honors across La Crosse area schools.
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EAU Claire
Wis
Tomah High School Hamet
la Crosse Aquinas News
Jet
D.C. Everest High School
Schofield
Alma Center
Lincoln High School
Chippewa Valley School Press Association
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Aquinas
Tomah Hamot
Lincoln
Barbara Rang
Hamot
Tomah Arrowhead
Bonnie Pickett
Aquinas News
Debra Fluegher
Deb Pampuch
Tomah High School
Sue Schmidt
Tomah
la Crosse Central High School
la Crosse Area
Whitehall Echo
Tomah Hamet
Healthy La Crosse housing market praised by Realtor group
The La Crosse area is described as in a healthy housing market with strong demand and ample financing. Builders and municipalities face the challenge of finding building sites to expand supply. Notable awards and leadership changes were announced at the Wisconsin Realtors Association and Greater La Crosse Board of Realtors events, including Lenser named Realtor of the Year.
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la Crosse
Robert Ripp
Wisconsin Realtors Association
WRA
Great la Crosse
Ing
Ripp
Wauwatosa Realty
Wisconsin
Else E. Lenser
First City Realty
Greater la Crosse Board of Realtors
Milwaukee
Don Johnson
Johnson Realty
District 3
Thomas M. Wheeler
The
Wheeler Company
Motorist Crash Pins Youth To Workbench At Service Station
Richard Fischer 18 of La Crescent drove into the Texaco Station at 7 18 p m for brake work. Charles Slack 18 of Stoddard was directing him to the hoist when the brakes failed pinning Slack between the car and a workbench. Slack suffered a broken left leg and is in fair condition at Lutheran Hospital.
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Charles Slack
Stoddard
Lutheran Hospital
Richard Fischer
la Crescent
Texaco
Rose St
Slack
Fischer
Special Meeting Called To Mall Offer For Hillview
County supervisors plan a Saturday October 30 meeting to hear a 1 million offer to sell Hillview Nursing Home a 168 bed county owned facility from Dr Joseph Geller and George Samardich Harman urged the session to allow a presentation while Chairman Bush favors building a new Hillview at about 3.5 million and keeping the county in the nursing home business
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Hillview
Minneapolis
Madison Area
Donald Harman
11Th Dist
Harman
William Bush
Dist
Bush
Joseph Geller
George Samardich
Madison
Geller
Samardich
Madison-area
Military personnel notes from Sparta area
Dozens of area service members and relatives are listed with base assignments across the United States and overseas. Airman Peter A. Good heads to Mather California with an SAC unit, while Airman Michael A. Peters transfers to Grand Forks North Dakota after training at Keesler Mississippi. Other servicemen include Airman Randy Kleinschmidt at Clark Air Base Philippines and Capt. David L. Schroeder at Ft. Sam Houston Texas, among many linked to Onalaska Sparta and Richland Center families.
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Peter A. Good
Daniel A. Good
Manston
Mather Air Base
Calif
Strategic Air Command
Good
Chanute Air Base
Ini
Michael A. Peters
Fred E. Peters
Viroqua
Grand Forks Air Base
N.D
Keesler Air Base
Marty Bakke
David Bakke
Hickory St
Onalaska
Lackland Military Training Center
San Antonio
Tex
Renee Wood
John T. Wood
Trempealeau
Patrick Air Base
Fla
Miss
Randy Kleinschmidt
Neil C. Kleinschmidt
11Th Ave. No
Clark Air Base
Phillipines
Kleinschmidt
Sheppard Air Base
Tex Prc
Richard Sorenson
Donald Sorenson
Sparta
Army’s Academy of Health Sciences
Ft. Sam Houston
546Th General Dispensary
Mannheim
Germany
Steven J.needham
Harold C. Needham
Bavaria
Hessen
Needham
1St Infantry
Augsburg
Roscoe L. Manning
Roscoe F. Manning
Richland Center
Army
1St Cavalry Division
Ft. Hood
Harlan J. Bergum Jr
Harlan J. Bergum Sr
36Th Engineer Group
Ft. Benning
Peter K. Lukasek
Edward 0. Lukasek
9Th Infantry Division
Ft. Lewis Wash
Marine Pfc
Donald J. Gullickson
Mason Arentz
Caroline St
North Sea
Marine Air Control Group 28
4Th Marine Amphibious Brigade
James EF. McArdle Jr
James E. McArdle
10Th St
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
University of Iowa
Jane
Dorothy Weigel
S. 24Th St
Pet Rock Cemetery Opened In Detroit Bar Lot
Jackie Hopper built a pet rock cemetery across from the bar she and her husband run in southwest Detroit. The lot features artificial turf, white concrete blocks, tombstones with epitaphs, flowers and candles. It holds 23 plots with calls from people seeking free rock burials.
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Jackie Hopper
Crete
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Peter D. Hart
Washington
Asa Crosse Cribune
Gary Rohde
Rohde
Area High Schools
Rang
Joseph Wavra
Wavra and
Jiracek Realtors
Marion Pastor
Gerrard Realty
al Roberts
Else E. Senier
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