Withdrawal From MARPC Invalid Board Is Told
Vernon County Board learned its August move to withdraw from the Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission was legally invalid requiring a two thirds vote. Attorney General's Office ruling. Westby Coon Valley Whitestown resolutions to reconsider. County home operation discussed with possible private firm and $1.5 million private financing note. Also budget for child support program approved with $20,000 expected reimbursement.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission
Chester Erlandson
Attorney General's Office
Commission
Erlandson
Dist. Atty
Larry Sieger
Attorney General’s Office
Westby
Coon Valley
Whitestown
Sieger
W. D. Bartel
Sioux City
Iowa
C.M. Corp
Galesville
Abbotsford
Mt. Horeb
Muscoda
Spring Green
Evansville
Bartell
C.M
Norman Corenon
Channel Newnam Securities Co
Board of Trustees For the Home
Department of Social Services
Reinhart Begins Construction of New Quarters
Reinhart Institutional Foods starts building a 9000 square foot facility at St. James and St. Cloud Streets to house offices and meat processing areas. Expected completion in early 1976 with about 50 jobs. contractors are Peter Nelson & Son Mutch Electric Schomburg Refrigeration and Smith Plumbing.
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Reinhart Institutional Foods
James Stoll
St. James and
St. Cloud Streets
Stoll
la Crosse
Peter Nelson & Son
General Contractors
Mutch Electric
Schomburg Refrigeration Co
Smith Plumbing
Mayor considers new probe as graft and morale debate rages
Mayor Zielke says he may reopen an investigation into police morale amid the Tumaniec incident and a charge that Det. Capt. Ray Lichtie threatened another officer. The Judiciary and Administration Committee considers creating a seven member Public Safety Committee to probe issues not covered by the Police and Fire Commission or the finance panel.
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Zielke
Police and Fire Commission
Ray Lichtie
Common Council
Franco Pressed Toward Transfer as Franco Rested in Grave State
Madrid reports Franco rallied briefly but remained in grave condition. Government leaders, led by Premier Arias Navarro, prepared a plan to transfer power to Prince Juan Carlos as Morocco and Mauritania talks continue and unrest in Sahara region looms. The aging dictator’s health fluctuates with lucidity returning and internal bleeding slowly responding to treatment. Supporters vigil outside El Pardo while courtiers coordinate with the prime minister’s office.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Pardo Palace
Carlos Arias Navarro
Juan Carlos
el Pardo
Franco
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Spanish Sahara
Morocco
Mauritania
Arias
Alfonso XIII
Economic Leading Index Dips First Time in Seven Months
The Commerce Department reports the leading economic indicators index fell 0.9 percent in September, the first decline in seven months, while most items were not yet available and revisions may occur. Separately, the trade balance shows a 2.3 billion quarterly surplus for the period ending September, down from 3.3 billion prior quarter, with September's monthly surplus at 976.4 million excluding military trade.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
LaCrosse Tribune Classifieds Contact Info and Rates
The LaCrosse Tribune lists phone numbers for missed papers and classifieds 782 9710 and 782 0060. It notes publication hours and address at 40 N 3rd St La Crosse Wisconsin 54601, carrier price two dollars biweekly, and mail subscription rate within 75 miles of La Crosse one year thirty five dollars.
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Tribune
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Unified Board Faces Challenge Over Mental Disability Coverage
Miss Smith earns a public health nursing masters and has disability work, while Pryor argues qualification fails due to past involvement with the mentally retarded. Robertshaw, a special education expert, says the county board erred in forming the Unified Board. Both petition to protect the mentally disturbed interests.
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Page
Miss Smith
Ex-Deputy Clerk Charged Over Court Fund Shortage
Dist. Atty. Edmund Nix announced charges against Helen Schwinefus former County Court Branch II deputy clerk for a shortage of funds in the court bank account. Schwinefus 54 of 3811 Cliffside Drive was suspended June 12 and later resigned. she and her lawyer are to appear in County Court at 4 p.m. November 10.
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Dist. Atty
Edmund Nix
Helen Schwinefus
County Court Branch II
Nix
Schwinefus
Cliffside Drive
Board votes to drop alcohol council in budget decision
La Crosse County Unified Board upheld a 3 to 2 vote to end the contract with the Coulee Council on Alcoholism and Other Chemical Abuse for information, referral and outreach services. It will fund Crisis Phone at 7600 dollars, citing reduced duplication and budget tightening.
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la Crosse
Paul Koeshall
Unified Board
Koeshall
Crisis Phone
Coulee Council
Robson
Council
Coulee
la Crosse County
Polk County Sheriff to Take Custody of Unattending Children
Grannis Arkansas Polk County Sheriff A L Hadaway plans to take custody of six children who have not attended school after Juvenile Court ordered removal by force if necessary. The children live in a house where about 40 people await the end of the world in a community of 177. The sheriff will enroll them in school at a Mena couple appointed by the court.
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Grannis
Ark
Polk County
Jesus
A.L. Hadaway
J.B. Stevenson
Mena, Ark
Auto giants show sharp Q3 contrast in profits and losses
GM's third quarter earnings jumped to 243 million, a sharp rebound from a disastrous year-ago period. Chrysler reported a record third quarter loss of 79 million, its fifth straight quarterly deficit since summer 1974, while Ford and American Motors prepare forthcoming results. Separately, a nationwide women’s strike called by NOW is expected to fizzle as few women likely join the walkout and refuse chores.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
American Motors Corp
New York
National Organization For Women
Israeli forces kill two guerrillas on Golan Heights front
Israeli soldiers killed two Arab guerrillas and captured five others after a brief gun battle on the Israeli Syrian border. The raid crossed the United Nations buffer zone near the Golan Heights with no Israeli casualties. The communique identified the raiders as Al Fatah from Syria and said the attack was planned with Syrian army cooperation.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
Golan Heights
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Syria
Spain Alerts Army in Sahara Curfew Ordered in Spanish Sahara
Spain puts its army on alert in El Aaiun Spanish Sahara, imposes dust to dawn curfew, and disarms native troops to avert an uprising backed by Algeria. Government fears terrorist strikes by Polisario Front seeking independence for the phosphate rich territory on Africa s northwest coast.
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Arias
EL Aasm
Spanish Sahara
Spain
Morocco
Mauritania
Polisario Front
Africa
Kidnapped Dutch Industrialist Nears Release in Ireland
Police say the 26 day kidnapping of Dutch industrialist Tiede Herrema may end peacefully as IRA abductors Eddie Gallagher and Marian Coyle appear ready to surrender after securing a no shooting deal. Herrema remains unharmed amid the siege in Monasterevin.
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Monasterevin
Ireland
Tiede Herrema
Eddie Gallagher
Marian Coyle
Irish Republican Army
Herrema
Fighting roils Beirut near major hotels as casualties mount
Street fighting surrounded Beirut’s top tourist hotels with over 100 foreigners and Lebanese trapped inside. Security officials reported at least 91 deaths and 115 injuries in the Christian Muslim civil war in the last 24 hours, though many areas remained unreachable to recover casualties.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Australian budget crisis tightens pay and perks
Australia faces a political crisis as legislators and officials see curtailed free newspapers and travel perks. Parliament hours shortened to save overtime pay. civil servants and armed forces may go unpaid after November. The Senate blocks the 1975-76 budget, demanding early elections despite a 1977 slate.
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Sydney
Australia
Senate
Labor
Gough Whitlam
Hurricane Olivia devastates Mazatlan area
Hurricane Olivia struck Mazatlan at 9 20 p m with winds to 138 mph. At least 25 killed, 25 missing, and 500 injured as 30 000 residents and 14 villages were left homeless in the Pacific coast port’s aftermath.
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Mexico City
Olivia
Mazatlan
Pacific Coast
Ministry of Natural Resources
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Mose Marshall
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Cern
LaCrosse Tribune
Johnson’s
Ater
Eed Johnson
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South Ave
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