City approves tentative bids for sewage plant expansion
City Council tentatively awards contracts for the sewage disposal plant expansion totaling 1 171 686 to Grider Construction Cenco Piping and W J Allan Electric. EPA DNR review required before firm awards. Construction could begin March 1973 boosting capacity to serve a 38 000 population.
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Philip S. Davy
Grider Construction, Inc
Minneapolis
Cenco Piping Corp
Janesville
W. J. Allan Electric Co., Inc
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Department
Davy
Azco, Inc
Appletor Mechanical Systems
Madison
Grider
Cenco
Vogel Bros
Welch Plumbing
Gilbert
Orville Madsen
Civil Construction
Freeport
Westphal
W. J. Allan
Pharo
Nelson
Cobb
Ernest Lehr
Juda
William J. Kennedy
Wisconsin Traffic Toll Rises With Fatal Portage County Accident
Badger Briefs reports a Portage County fatal crash and three earlier deaths increase Wisconsin 1972 traffic toll to 1,081, up from 1,062 a year ago. The item lists related public safety notes and regional outcomes.
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Associated Press
Portage County
Wisconsin
Four Sisters Donate 3500 For New Glarus Park Shelter
Four sisters Marie Johnson Sarah Hagerstrom Euphamia Hagerstrom and Felicia Larson donated 3500 to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to build a shelter house at New Glarus Woods State Park. The gift honors their parents Gottlieb and Sabina Zum Brunnen. The DNR will complete the shelter for the 1973 summer season with a commemorative plaque. The sisters reside in Maple Lake Minnesota. The gift announced to the New Glarus Business Association tourism committee. Holiday mail reminder includes Dec 10 for parcels and Dec 15 for cards to reach 48 states.
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New Glarus
Marie Johnson
Sarah Hagerstrom
Euphamia Hagerstrom
Felicia Larson
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
New Glarus Woods State Park
Gottlieb
Sabina Zum
Brunnen
Maple Lake
Minn
Department of Natural Resources
Apollo Moon Flight Lifts Off From Cape Kennedy
Seventeen Apollo astronauts Eugene Cerna Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt prepared for an 8 58 p m CST liftoff marking the final American nighttime moon flight. Weather forecast warned high clouds but officials expected a smooth countdown after a few simulators and minor launch hitches.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla.ap
America
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
City Council Announces 1973 Tax Rate With Small Rise
The 1973 city tax rate set at 51.14 per thousand shows increases across schools vocational and county. City tax portion rises to 6.80 with state credit pending and total public finances outlined by Mayor Clifford Reasa. Astronaut news notes Apollo crews observe historic moon flight with plans for future earth orbit labs and a space shuttle in the late 1970s.
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Clifford Reasa
Belfast slaying raises toll in Northern Ireland violence
Gunmen shot a man in Belfast and left his hooded body on a street. It marked the fifth killing in 24 hours, lifting Northern Ireland's death toll to 654 in more than three years of violence. Paris talks between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho produced no statement after a 5 percent hour session, their third meeting since Kissinger returned to Paris. The United States has accepted a major Cuban plan on hijacking, including a pledge to shield anti Castro refugees from harassment.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Tho
Nixon
Washington
United States
Island
Dent named to head Commerce in Nixon cabinet changes
Sen. Strom Thurmond said Dent, president of Mayfair Mills in Arcadia South Carolina, will be named to succeed Peter G Peterson as Commerce secretary. Thurmond indicated Nixon plans to retain Klein and Butz, and Volpe to resign as Transportation secretary to become ambassador to Italy. Unsecretary James T Lynn to replace George Romney as housing chief.
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Camp David
Frederick B. Dent
South Carolina
Peter G. Peterson
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Dent
Mayfair Mills
Arcadia
S.C
Peterson
U.S
Thurmond
Washington
Nixon
Richard Kleindienst
Earl Butz
John Volpe
Italy
James T. Lynn
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Rogers C. B. Morton
Interior
Truman in Serious Condition at Research Medical Center
Former president Harry S. Truman, 88, was admitted after a fall and treated for pulmonary congestion. Dr. Wallace Graham described his condition as serious with uncertain recovery and possible instability, with a briefing planned for 11:30 a.m. local time.
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Kansas City
Wallace Graham
Harry Truman
Research Medical Center
Truman
John Dreeves
Graham
Creeves
Independence
Monroe Jaycees name Fran Donny Outstanding Young Farmer
Fran Donny 29 of Monroe Route 2 is chosen as the Outstanding Young Farmer for the Monroe area by a panel of judges. He will compete in the Wisconsin state contest January 12 13 and the national OYF event March 18 21 in St Paul. Donny and his wife Babette and three children farm two miles northeast of Monroe, rebuilt after the 1965 tornado, with diversified beef hog operations and a 1000 head hog feedlot and 800 head cattle feedlot.
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Nathan Bloom
OYF Jaycee
Francis Donny
Rt. 2
Monroe Area
Donny
Glarus Jaycees
Wisconsin
Denny
Monroe Jaycees
St. Paul
Minn
Fran
Babette
Monroe
Melchior
Knights of Columbus
Northside Pta
Monroe Optimist Club
Dean Haas
Dean Signer
Roger Stauffacher
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