County Board Adopts One Year Election Plan
The Green County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in a special session to hold a spring election for a one year term in response to a District Court order by Judge James E. Doyle. County Clerk Ray Kundert is tasked with declaring the election by the judge’s Monday deadline.
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Spring County Board
James E. Doyle
Doyle
Ray
Kundert
Kenneth Nyland
New Glarus
Joe Viney
Wisconsin
Madison drug raids draw criticism for cost and yields
Madison police and Dane County District Attorney faced alderman criticism over last week’s drug raids. Alderman Paul Soglin questioned the $250,000 municipal cost that netted no major dealers. Police estimate $100,000 in drugs seized and 78 suspects detained, with $50,000 of the drugs identified as amphetamines.
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Madison
Dane County
Gerald Nichol
Paul Soglin
Wisconsin district attorneys reject repeal of old moral laws
The Wisconsin District Attorneys Association distance itself from a citizen study group proposal to repeal statutes against fornication adultery lewd behavior and prostitution. It will poll members to gauge reaction while disavowing responsibility for the task force recommendations. The convention also endorses six member juries and increases felony thresholds for theft shoplifting and receipt of stolen goods.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin District Attorneys Association
Association
Dist
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Richard McConnell
Waukesha County
Wisconsin Flu Plateau Promises Decline Soon
State Health Officer George Handy said influenza has plateaued in Wisconsin and should decline soon. The CDC estimated 843 pneumonia or flu deaths nationwide in the week ending Jan. 15, with Wisconsin among 15 states in regional outbreaks.
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Madison
George Handy
Wisconsin
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Madison Man Pleads Innocent On Prostitution Ring Charges
Danilo Chico Artez 36 of Stoughton pleaded innocent in U.S. District Court to nine counts including Mann Act violations and conspiracy linked to a sauna headquarters for a prostitution ring. Bond set at 10,000. he is jailed on state charges. State Attorney General Warren said about 20 women were brought from Minneapolis in nine months to work at a Monona sauna, with six indicted.
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Danilo “Chico” Artez
U.S
Artez
Stoughton
Dane County
Robert W. Warren
Minneapolis
Monona Sauna
Warren
Wisconsin bill targets hazardous toy sales regulation
A Senate proposal would require the Department of Agriculture to ban hazardous toys after a hearing. Sponsored by Sen. Mark Lipscomb of Milwaukee, the bill lets the department classify toys as hazardous for electrical, mechanical or thermal reasons. The Senate Agriculture Committee is set to hear it Monday.
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Madison
Mark Lipscomb
Department of Agriculture
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Senate Labor Committee
Frank Thompson Jr
Dn.j
House Labor Subcommittee
Nixon seeks quick end to West Coast dock strike
President Nixon sent a bill to Congress to force 13 000 dock workers back to work while an 18 month binding arbitration settles terms. Hearings likely by mid next week as Democrats caution on timing. The move marks his first bid for congressional action in three years on a labor dispute.
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Connally chides labor in speech
President Nixon's chief economic spokesman John B. Connally warned that labor can no longer thumb its nose at the public and take everything it grasps. He urged cooperation from big business as price controls near potential removal while December cost of living rose and output grew at a 6.1 percent yearly rate in the last quarter.
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Nixon
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
New York
Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Postmaster Pay Hikes Trigger Pay Board Skepticism
The $1,000 yearly increases for about 80,000 postal managers exceed Pay Board guidelines and no action is seen from the board or Cost of Living Council. The raises, effective since November 14, are summarized amid broader economic tensions and inflation forecasts.
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Washington
Pay Board
Cost of Living Council
Misty drizzle and fog linger over Green County roads
A misty drizzle and dense fog persisted across Friday night into today. Temperatures stayed just above freezing and no new ice accumulations were reported while most state highways in Green County remained free of ice and snow.
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Green County
Property tax debate looms over Wisconsin school financing
Wisconsin school officials heard that despite Serrano type rulings and state court challenges in California Texas Minnesota and New Jersey the property tax remains alive and could influence local education funding. Dr John Coons UC Berkeley explained that funds and add ons tied to wealth may be altered by new financing systems, while state and local options adjust to court rulings.
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Wisconsin
California
Nixon
John Coons
University of California, Berkeley
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Coons
Buchmiller
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