Vernon Supervisors OK $1.06 Million Budget for 1971
Vernon County Board unanimously approved a 1971 budget totaling 1,055,789.51 dollars, a 2.4 percent rise from 1970. The operations budget excluding highways stands at 699,152.10 dollars, highways at 356,637.41 dollars, with a 10.6 percent valuation rise across 33 districts to 135,671,800 dollars. County institutions workers will get 35 cents per hour more, highway staff 20 cents, with overtime at time and a half.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County Board
County Institution
Highway Department
Representatives from 36 Nations Visit Oakdale REC
Thirty six foreign representatives on a U S cooperative tour visited Oakdale Rural Electric Cooperative in Wisconsin. They met manager Lloyd McCaskey with four interpreters, learned cooperative functions and management, and heard tips on forming cooperatives at home. The group included delegates from 18 Latin American countries, Turkey, Africa, the Republic of China, and more.
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Oakdale
Wis
United States
Oakdale Rural Electric Cooperative
REC
Lloyd McCaskey
South America
Turkey
Africa
Republic of China
White Cane Club Visits Museum in Prairie du Chien
Fourteen members of the White Cane Club visited the Medical and Space Museum in Prairie du Chien where exhibits featured sound track explanations and Braille labels. The club elected officers: President Lillian Obriecht, Vice President Herman Rick, Secretary Dorothy Guanella, Treasurer Harriet Jauch, Directors Ruth Melcher and Orian Page.
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White Cane Club
Medical and Space Museum
Prairie du Chien
Lillian Obriecht
Herman Rick
Dorothy Guanella
Harriet Jauch
Ruth Melcher
Orian Page
Draft War Profits Debate Echoes in Cashton Meeting
CASHTON Wis Ray Short Democratic candidate for Congress told Cashton Veterans of Foreign Wars that war profits should be taxed if troops are drafted and that widows pensions should not be cut when they work to supplement incomes He also backed tuition free state college for resident veterans returning from service abroad and preserving existing monthly support.
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Cashton
Wis
Ray Short
Cashton Veterans of Foreign Wars
Short
Congress
Wisconsin
Sparta Board To Restudy Carpeting Bids
Sparta Wisconsin bids for carpeting in a renovated room and four auditorium aisles were discussed by the Board of Education. No action was taken. a committee will study bids and report at the November 12 meeting. A proposal to hire a full time baker to bake buns in school could save money. Federal aid for a transition room and restitution for vandalism were also reported.
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Sparta
Wis
Angelo
Sparta Board of Education
John Wall
John Hutson
Jennings Breitenfield
Douglas Schroeder
Schroeder
Warren Isbell
George Shiroda
Kent Jacobsen
Monroe County Public Welfare Social Worker
Shiroda
Hearing Continues For Beating Suspect In Faribault
A Shattuck School student, 16 and from Chicago, faces assault charges for beating librarian Sandra Ubl with a chair on October 14. Ubl remains in critical condition in a Rochester hospital. The hearing to decide if the case goes to adult court was moved to November 4 after probate judge presided and a predecessor disqualified himself. Detention and emergency psychiatric care were ordered at Line Lakes Diagnostic Center.
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Faribault, Minn
Faribault
Chicago
Sandra Ubl
Ubl
Rochester
Freeborn County
Rice County
Robert Martin
Martin
Line Lakes Diagnostic Center
Army reports 89 Vietnam drug deaths among soldiers
Saigon AP The Army said 89 American soldiers may have died from drug overdoses in South Vietnam in the past 10 months. Of these, 25 deaths were autopsy confirmed, 64 suspected overdoses. Through September 746 troops were treated for drug-related cases, up from 527 in all of 1969. The Army cited new reporting procedures and increased heroin use, and outlined steps including tougher law enforcement, education, medical and psychiatric treatment, and an amnesty program for users seeking help.
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Saigon
USS. Army
South Vietnam
Army
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Washington
Vietnam
Turkey Rejects Russ Demand For Hijackers
Ankara says Lithuanians who hijacked a Soviet airliner will be handled by Turkish courts under Turkish law. Sunay told Podgorny Turkey will not extradite, case to higher court. Russians allege multiple crimes. two Lithuanian hijackers, one stewardess died. Foreign Ministry notes US plane incident and Sinop hijacking asylum seekers ongoing.
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Ankara
Turkey
Cevdet Sunay
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Sunay
Podgorny
Foreign Ministry
Soviet Union
Sunny
Soviet Armenia
Sinop
Vernon Road Boss Given 2-Year Term
Vernon County Highway Commissioner M. J. Reidt drew a new two year term approved by the County Board at its fall meeting. Reidt plans to retire soon as the term nears its end. Berna Monson was reappointed abstractor for two years, Carl Marx was elected to a three year term as director of county institutions. A hearing is set Monday Nov 2 on Pete Howell’s injury claim. A snowmobile trail will be developed at Sidie Hollow Dam area on county property with about $100 in liability insurance. No surveyor filed for the November 3 posts. one will be hired when needed.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
M. J. Reidt
Reidt
Berna Monson
Carl Marx
Pete Howell
James R. Schipper
Sidie Hollow Dam
Reformatory Escapees Captured Near Paynesville
PAYNESVILLE Minnesota AP Two escapees from St. Cloud Reformatory Ralph Everson Sever son and Charles Giard both 22 were captured near Paynesville Stearns County by a deputy sheriff and local officers. They fled earlier that day in a state owned dump truck while on an outside work detail.
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Paynesville, Minn
St. Cloud Reformatory
Stearns County
Paynesville
Ralph Severson
Charles Giard
Minneapolis
Reformatory
Car Repairman Fined For Zoning Violation
La Crosse man Robert Blomquist was found guilty in municipal court of operating a car repair business in a residential district. He was fined 50 dollars and ordered to pay 25 dollars 40 cents in costs after testifying he reconditioned over 2000 cars yearly at his home. The city argued the area was zoned residential since the county annexation. Judge Leonard Chojnacki condemned the violation after testimony.
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la Crosse
Robert Blomquist
Birch St
Blomquist
Leonard Chojnacki
Proxmire Campaign Ad Authorized by Wisconsin Group
Paid advertisement in Milw welcome group Citizens for Proxmire with Dick Cudahy Co-Chair from Milwaukee Wisconsin. The notice credits authorization and editorial oversight.
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Citizens For Proxmire
Dick Cudahy, Co-Chim
Milw
Wis
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