Marshfield Wins School Tax Share Ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a law requiring municipalities to apportion up to 50 percent of shared utility taxes to jointly run school districts when the district spans counties. Six towns including Cameron and Lincoln contested the rule, but the court affirmed Marshfield’s ability to tax up to half of shared utility revenue to support Joint School District 1 within cost limits.
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Madison
State Supreme Court
Wood
Marathon
Herbert A. Bunde
Wood County
Marshfield
Myron Gordon
Gordon
Cameron
Lincoln
Richfield
Rock
McMillan
Firm Ravaged by Fire Needs Financing Help
STEVENS POINT The president of Northern Hardwood Veneers Inc says the Butternut mill destroyed by a Sunday fire hinges on financing. Estimated rebuild cost ranges from 600000 to 1 million, with under insured facilities and insurance possibly covering half. The firm has sought a federal loan for rebuilding the old plant portion for over a year.
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Stevens Point
Northern Hardwood Veneers Inc
Butternut
W. J. Bukolt
Bukolt
Northern Hardwood
Soviet Radio Expands Chinese Language Broadcasts
The Soviet Union increases its Chinese language programming by one third, boosting Beijing aimed content from 42 to 66 percent of weekly hours as part of the propaganda campaign. English service to the U S East Coast is reduced by 90 minutes.
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London
Moscow Radio
Peking
Soviet Union
United States
Busy Ed Begley Breaks Through at Age 62
Ed Begley, long admired and well loved in show business, won his first Academy Award at 62 for Southern boss in Sweet Bird of Youth. He thanked his agent in his Oscar speech and recalled a life spent touring carnivals, radio roles, Broadway hits, and Hollywood films before fame.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Ed Begley
Begley
Friend of Orphans Dies in Korea at 59
Harry Holt, an Oregon farmer who helped place more than 3,000 Korean orphans in American homes, died Tuesday at his orphanage 10 miles north of Seoul. He, 59, apparently suffered a heart attack. Survived by his widow and 14 children, including eight orphans he and his wife adopted, Holt had just become ill after a Seoul trip linked to adoptions for a group of 80 Californians visiting Korea.
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Korea
Seoul
South Korea
Harry Holt
Oregon
Holt
Creswell
Ore
Ko ‘Rea
Monroe County Social Roundup and Regional Notices
Local residents and visitors share weekend visits and family gatherings across Monroe county towns including Browntown, Monroe, Juda, South Wayne, Stevens Point, Freeport, and Milwaukee. Guests include Lehman, Mau, Chapman, VanMeter, Pickett, Gordon, Beck, Hurd, Merritt, Tomlinson, and Swiggum with western Florida sojourns noted. Also a historical note recalls the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht ceding Cape Breton Island to France and King Louis XV’s fortress plan to guard the St. Lawrence.
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Terry
Jimmy Mau
Monroe
Julia Pickett
Marie Chapman
Ann VanMeter
Beloit
Arthur Decker
Milwaukee
Lee VanMatres
Ames
Cora Bock
Theda Mau
Barbara Chapman
South Wayne
Bert Gordee
Stevens Point
Vernie Werren
Cora Beck
Wisconsin Eastern Star
Hermine Schumacher
Juda
Mina Flannery
Ruth Flannery
Roland Cook
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Theda May
Ronald Merritt
Ward Merritts
Myron Hurd
Freeport
Ira Tomlinson
Emma Martin
Woodford
Clifford Swiggum
Neil Swiggum
Cape Breton Island
France
Louis XV
St. Lawrence
Antigo Potato Family Fined for Contempt in Labor Case
Three Langlade County potato grower family members faced a 1500 dollar compensatory fine in U S District Court for civil contempt linked to violations of child labor laws. Dorothy M Kapusta Bernard Kapusta and Steve H Kapusta Jr of Northwoods Farms near Antigo paid the penalty and court costs after failing to comply with records requirements for workers under 18.
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Antigo
Milwaukee
Langlade County
U.S
Dorothy M. Kapusta
Bernard Kapusta
Steve H. Kapusta Jr
Northwoods Farms
Tehan
Kapustas
Copter Crash Kills Nine In Thailand
An air force helicopter crash in north central Thailand on Tuesday left nine dead including an American adviser, military sources said.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Northcentral
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Quentin Curteis
Quentin
Cadaques
Denver
Drapery House
Smartaire
Kerry County
Hartford, Conn
Hollywood
Browntown
Mrs
LaVern Lehman
Brenda, Monroe
Ella Lehman
Darlington
del Monte
Kroger
Rosedale
Kroger Pork & Beans
Nellie
Helene Curtiss
Wisconsin
Packer's
Packer
Bond
Beas
Fancy Kroger
Florida
Oscar Mayer
Armour
Hunt
California
Holland
Armour Star
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