Ford Carter spend day seeking Illinois votes
Ford and Carter campaigned in the Chicago area for Illinois votes ahead of next Tuesday's balloting. Ford criticized Carter's foreign policy while denying any White House push for a Playboy interview. Carter defended his plans, denounced a Ford pamphlet, and urged cooperation between president and Congress. Mondale and Dole also campaigned, with Dole retracting remarks on World War II being a Democrat war. Playboy disputes circulated as officials described timing and access inconsistencies.
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Barre Reassessment Gets Another Chance
Barre Wisconsin residents push new petition for property reassessment to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue in Madison after early filing was rejected. State confirms the package appears correct this time and will be reviewed by Barre Town Clerk before a potential hearing in December.
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Department of Revenue
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Vernon Board Will Challenge State Valuation
Vernon County board defers formal budget action until mid November and to challenge the state revenue department figures on equalized valuation. The panel notes a 1976 county valuation of 346.57 million with a 63.6 million rise since 1975 and asks for a revenue department representative at the November 16 hearing.
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Medicare Returns $31,000 To City
The La Crosse Health Board reports Medicare reconciled 1975 records and will return $31,000 to the city general fund. The board also notes strong use of a venereal disease detection clinic with 20 examined and five positives. The clinic operates 4 to 6 p.m. at City Hall and keeps patient identities confidential. The council may bill the water and sewage departments for lab analyses starting Jan. 1, though no money will change hands, only ledger adjustments. The hepatitis detection program is suspended and unused grant funds returned. 25 tested, two positive.
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George Baldwin
State Health Department
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Convicted Iowa Murderer Back In Jail After Escape
Gary L. Frazer 26 of Oelwein is jailed at Fort Madison under heavy security after a life sentence for the Dec 3 1975 murder of Sheila Foley 16 of Hazelton. He fled while awaiting sentencing. captured in Denver Colorado after a car stop. His wife Julie aided the escape and returned to Oelwein. She awaits sentencing while Frazer’s new trial motion was denied.
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Hazelton
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Allamakee
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Oelwe
Pentagon to boost Air Force jets in Europe with F15 deployment
The Pentagon announced a major rise in Europe fighter strength, sending a wing of 72 F15s to West Germany and stationing 84 F111 fighters in Britain. The move, aimed at countering Soviet MIG23 threats, increases total Western European aircraft to about 550 and starts next spring.
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Pesticide Control Plan Backed by Madison Committee
A Madison committee endorsed steering authority for the Wisconsin Agriculture Department over part of the pesticide control program. The move faced opposition from environmentalists including Lloyd Lueschow of the DNR and Elisa Tilly of Environmental Decade. The Pesticide Review Board must approve rules, while the committee urged state law changes to grant the department sole jurisdiction over operator certification rules and standards.
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Department of Natural Resources
Elisa Tilly
Wisconsin
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Lions Escape Kill Zoo Animals Near Ringgold Georgia
Six 400 pound lions escaped from a private zoo near Ringgold Georgia, trapping the owner in her house and killing other animals. Officers killed four lions, with two still at large in a 35 acre fenced zoo near the Georgia Tennessee border. Linda Keown and her husband Vernon Keown ran the zoo and said vandals may have opened the gate. Neighborhoods were advised to stay indoors as authorities pursued the remaining lions.
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Here
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Vernon
Rhodesians Reject Demands at Geneva Conference
White Rhodesian leaders rejected black nationalist demands ahead of the Rhodesia future conference. They refused calls for immediate release of about 600 prisoners and a stop to military actions against guerrillas. Britain backed freeing political prisoners as black leaders argued for unity amid rivalries.
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Switzerland
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Britain
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Abel Muzorewa
Ndabanngi Sithole
Happy Twirlers Dress Up Halloween Square Dance
Concordia Hall hosts a Halloween event with round dancing from 8 to 8 30 and square dancing from 8 30 to 10 30 p m Participants bring a pie for Pie Nite in a community square dance night.
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Concordia Hall
Piano duo to open La Crosse season at Viterbo Center
Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz will headline the 1976 77 La Crosse Community Association season at Viterbo College Fine Arts Center. Doors open 7 30 p m with the performance starting 8 15 p m in the Coulee region.
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Norman Horowitz
la Crosse
Rainy Day Weather Across Regions With Cold Inland Outlook
Forecasts show rain inland from the Gulf coast and in the Pacific Northwest with snow flurries in the upper Great Lakes. Florida and the Pacific coast stay mild, while most areas remain cold. Wisconsin sees cloudy north with light rain snow mix, south partly cloudy and warmer. Minnesota clears Thursday with 15 to 30 mph winds. Mississippi River notes at Dresbach Dam show higher flow and upriver towboats. Temperatures yesterday low 2 high 38, today 19, precipitation none. Sunrise 7:36, sunset 6:01.
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