Judge Jails Two for Refusing To Lower Court Thermostat
Santa Monica judge Oliver Feifer jailed two county workers for contempt after they refused to lower a thermostat during a energy saving pilot. Supervisors condemned the action as abuse of judicial power and called for investigation while heat problems were cited as justification.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Los Angeles
Oliver Feifer
Kenneth Hahn
Feifer
Matt Olko
Ray Broome
Hahn
Commission
Arthur G. Will
Hearing On Info Center On French Island I 90
A public hearing is set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the La Crosse County Courthouse auditorium to review a tourist information center and rest area for French Island along I 90. The plan shifts the entrance ramp from the floodway to a parallel route. Project cost is about 600000 dollars. DOT and DNR engineers will host an open session Monday 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and answer questions Tuesday from noon until the hearing.
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French Island
la Crosse County
Tist
Department of Transportation
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Eau Claire
Madison
Black River Falls
Mississippi River
Round Lake
U.S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Defense Ministry
Carlos Altamirano
Laura
Congress
Uruguay
Brazil
Chile
Allende
Santiago
Rene Carrasco
Mann Ae
Beaver Dam Gone but Next One May Stand
Beaver dam built by Paddy Beaver between Round Lake and Mud Lake is blown out. If he or kin rebuild, it would likely stand, despite the recent breach as described by Tribune Staff Writer Kenneth G. Brown.
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Beaver Dam
Kenneth G. Brown
Tribune
Round Lake
Mud Lake
Council OKs Committee Study of Country Club
La Crosse aldermen vote to have the highways and properties committee study if public necessity exists for city taking over the Country Club. The committee of the whole delayed action after a lengthy debate over which panel should study costs and lease terms.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Country Club
Country Club
Loren
Wardwell
9Th Dist
W. Peter Gilbertson
Gilbertson
Eugene Fry
Lee Foley
Dist
Road To Top Is Easier For Men Three Women Say
Three prominent women in technology say they would advance higher if they were men. Esther Williams of Lockheed Missiles in Sunnyvale Cynthia Pruett of IBM San Jose and Sandra Hawley of ESL Sunnyvale discuss barriers to women reaching top management in science and tech careers.
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San Francisco
Women’s Liberation
Esther Williams
Lockheed Missiles & Space Co
Sunnyvale
Calif
Cynthia Pruett
IBM
San Jose
Sandra Hawley
Information Sciences
ESL, Inc
William
Pruett
Hawley
James Hitchcock
Pacific Telephone
Williams
R.C. Pruett
R. Cynthia Pruett
Weather Outlook With Showers Midweek
Cloudy with showers possible Wednesday night. Lows around 52. Thursday brings more showers and thunderstorms with a high near 68. Winds light and variable. Precipitation chances 40 percent Wednesday night and 60 percent Thursday. Friday sees variable cloudiness and a chance of showers with a low near 55 Friday morning.
Key Congressmen Asked To Help Draft Budget
Washington AP report says the Nixon administration invited key senators and House leaders to help draft next year’s federal budget. Budget Director Roy L. Ash sought meetings to gain the congressional sense of priorities, prompting quick approval at a Senate Democratic gathering.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Roy L. Ash
Senate
Ash
Dale Waived by Packers as Dale considers new role
Green Bay placed veteran wide receiver Carroll Dale on waivers. Coach Dan Devine offered a special assistant position with field work, scouting, and other duties. Dale, 35, will decide his future after possible claim by another club. Perry Smith was acquired from Oakland in the waiver move.
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Green Bay
Wis
Carroll Dale
Green Bay Packers
Dan Devine
Dale
Devine
Packers
Perry Smith
Oakland Raiders
Smith
Colorado State
Oakland
Parking Fine Boost Moves Forward in La Crosse Council
The La Crosse Common Council Committee-of-the-Whole approved raising fines from $1 to $2 for most parking violations, excluding overnight parking. The panel also rejected overnight inclusion, debated harbor plaza parking support, and sent the measure to the full council with other actions: ambulance fee hike to $20, Harborview Plaza contracts, pistol range funding, street work contracts, and a public utility stock sale proposal.
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la Crosse
Harborview Plaza
Harold Swanson
Sontag
Committee-Of-The-Whole
Swanson
Committee - of - the - Whole
la Crosse Telephone Corp
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
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Tremperleau, Wis
Paddy Beaver
Oks
Foley
Curtis Storck
Zielke
See
Council
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Trempealeau Lakes
Board of Natural Resources
Arthur A. Oehmcke
DNR West Central District
George Meyer Madison
Joseph Becker
Elmer Sprick
William Drazkowski
Winona
Roger Amundson
Drazkowski
Eugene Kohlmeyer
DNA
Oehmeke
Trempealeau County Conservation Congress Committee
THE
Associated Press
Salvador Allende
Argentina
Carrasco
Augusto Olivares
Augusto Pinochet
Gustavo Leigh
Adm
Jose Toribino Merino
Cesar Mendoza
National Police
Ann Landers Hy Gardner
House
Gressmen
Detroit Bullet Trap Corp
Schaumburg
Ill
Fowler and Hammer, Inc
Eugene Dally
Boyd Dacey
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