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Toot-toot for the tomboys Study shows some later life benefitsC-1 Young pitcher on the rise y2ChtA-13 Up, down Congress hikes tax, reduces spendingA-4 Friday's forecast Pleasant HighLow 7656 Wuthar on B-15 Friday's Tlpoff: Heritage Festival opening event, Riverside Ballroom, 8 p.m. One Baldschun is taking after anotherD-1 Thursday June 28,1984 A Gannett newspaper 60 pages Four sections 25c jy 11 mm. I I- 20 f'e3 sinkin9 i .1 Reagan gets the bill to sign, states get a strong message Drinking bill irks Loftus MADISON (AP) Assembly Speaker Thomas Loftus, D- Sun Prairie, says he is unhappy with federal legislation requir- ing states to raise the minimum drinking age to 21. 1 He says the mandate is "just one more example of Congress pre-empting states." "I guess what sticks in the craw of Wisconsin is that we never got the federal transportation aid we were scheduled to get in the last year," Loftus said. "I think it amounted to $40 million and we had to use money from our own gas tax to pay for that deficit." Loftus said Wednesday that Wisconsin will raise its minimum drinking age to 21 to comply with the proposed federal law.

"My guess is that we will raise the drinking to 21 before the two years are up," Loftus said. "The threat is sufficient to -do that. The U.S. Senate voted 81-16 Tuesday to withhold highway construction funds from states that refuse to enact a minimum drinking age of 21 by 1987. Both of Wisconsin's U.S.

senators, Democrat William Proxmire and Republican Robert Hasten, voted to raise the age. Wisconsin is one of five states with an 18-year-old minimum drinking age. That age changes to 19 in Wisconsin Sunday. enact a 21-minimum law. From that date to Sept.

30, 1987 which is fiscal 1987 5 percent of a state's construction allocation would be held back. From Oct. 1, 1987, through Sept. 30, 1988, the percentage would jump to 10 percent. The figures are based on highway construction authorization for fiscal 1986, which begins Oct.

1, 1985. If the authorizations are increased for 1987 and 1988, the sanctions would be proportionately higher. States enacting the minumum age during the two-year period would receive retroactively any money withheld, according to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, chief sponsor of the drinking age bill.

States that failed to act by the end of the penalty period would not get Please see 21 A-2 the incentive program by voice vote. The Senate included the incentive Tuesday when it passed the bill 81-16. After the House vote, Candy Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said, "It means a lot of lives saved. It's a big victory for Americans and it means hard work pays off. This was the last step." Congressional passage virtually was assured when the Senate defeated a proposal that would have rejected the penalties for state governments but retained the incentive money.

Under the bill heading to the White House, Texas, New York and Florida would be the big losers if they fail to raise the legal drinking age to 21 by Oct. 1, 1986, according to Department of Transportation statistics. Wisconsin could lose as much as $7.2 million in 1987 and $14.5 million in 1988 if it doesn't WASHINGTON (AP) Acting past the midnight hour when many intoxicated teenagers are on the road, Congress today sent President Reagan a bill that would make states pass a 21-year-old drinking age or lose some of their highway funds. Reagan already has announced he would sign a national drinking age bill, and his continued support is expected despite the addition of an incentive program for states taking additional steps against drunken drivers. The incentive consists of extra highway safety money for states that enact automatic jail terms and license revocations; establish computerized traffic record keeping systems; and take steps against those caught driving under the influence of drugs.

The House gave the bill its final congressional approval early today when it accepted 1634 I- tf- --vf a tJtv it City may probe old Back Forty By Mike Dauplalse 0 the Press-Gazette Upon the urging of Alderman Guy Zima, the Green Bay Protection and Welfare Committee will make an effort to revoke the liquor license for the former Back Forty tavern. Margaret Anderson, who was murdered Dec. 27, spent the lust night of her life at the Back Forty, 618 Bodart Way. The tavern is now called Schnooky's but remains under the ownership of Mark Lukenwmeyer. HERITAGE TML lifll i si 32 sister city visitors in town By Dave Barstow Of the Press-Gazette A group of tired but excited Dutch residents from Green Bay's sister city in the Netherlands arrived here Wednesday afternoon wearing wide smiles instead of wooden shoes.

The 32 citizens of Delft, a 738-year-old city of 90,000 near Rotterdam, were met at the First Presbyterian Church by host families who will show them the sights and sounds of Green Bay for the next two weeks. Much of their stay will be spent at Heritage Festival events, although some of them have no idea what all the fuss is about. "Jean Nicolet? Is he not a (soccer) star in France?" asked one woman with a smile. Nevertheless, the group is eager to learn about America and explore Green Bay. "When I think of America, I think of McDonalds and a department store atmosphere," said Gerda Dykhuis, 42, a domestic science teacher in Delft.

"This is a chance for me to see the real life of American families," she said. "The way of life here is so totally different." One difference, she noted, was the wooden houses she noticed around Green Bay painted in "childrens' colors." Houses in the Netherlands are usually made Please see VisitorsA-2 1 lU Protection Committee wants new laws for transient merchants doing business In Green BayB-3 Tavern licenses, including one for Schnooky's, were renewed for one year by the City Council June 5. The committee voted unanimously Wedmaday to have Assistant City Attorney James Kalny attempt to review files on the Anderson murder case to see if there are grounds to revoke the license. The files would have to be provided by Brown County District Attorney Peter Naze. Kalny said today he will not net on the request until after the City Council meets Tuesday.

Zima, in making his motion, said Kalny would "make a recpniendation to us as to whether or not he believes there was conduct there that might require a quasi -judicial hearing by this committee. "Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do (without proof)," committee Chairman John Kyba told Zima. "We have no proof of anything. We cannot invoke license on an alleged crime," he said. "As far as this committee knows, we better treat them like an ordinary bar." Green Bay Deputy Police Chief Richard Hice said police have never cited the bar for any ordinance violations and have only been to the bar to investi-gate the murder.

"I feel that the community after six month; should have some kind of answers uboiit that," Zima said. "I don't think we should just sit here and have the blinders on. "I think as long as wc did it in cIowk! session so the details of the case didn't become public knowledge before the trial, we'd be perfectly in the right," he said. "I feel very uncomfortable sitting here month after month putting everyday citizens practically on trial for their life here as far as their livelihood goer for what seems like minor violations compared to the type of allegations that are said to go on in that bar," Zima said. Alderman Roger Vanderleest SHid any action by the committee could prejudice public opinion before the trial.

Margaret Anderson, 35, was last seen alive at the Back Forty tavern the night of Dec. 26. Several houre Please see ProbeA-2 Press-Gazette photo by Ken Behrend Visitors welcomed: Ann Dauer, 536 Chick- Netherlands. Van Heest is one of 32 people adee Lane, right, greets Anneke Van Heest from that city visiting Green Bay for the next from Delft, Green Bay's sister city in the two weeks. Egged obi: Cooking up jobs for Hmong By Tom Murphy Of the Press-Gazette It is all very much in the embryonic stage, but if Charlotte Freedman of De Pere has her way, there will be a Hmong egg roll "factory" in operation here by September.

The operation would help reduce the 69 percent unemployment rate among the 760 Hmong-Laotian refugees in 138 families here. Of those employed, a majority still receive some form of welfare assistance and only three families are completely independent, Mrs. Freedman said. The egg roll manufacturing idea has been a dream of Mrs. Freedman's since January 1983, when she helped organize The Hmong Association of Brown County Inc.

The association operates from the former North-side Branch Library, 617 N. Irwin Ave. It was organized to help Hmong Laotian refugees become literate and economically independent. Mrs. Freedman said commercial production of egg rolls is "a natural" for the Hmong refugees who have resettled in this area from their native Laos.

"They are excellent cooks and have the know-how and patience it takes to produce egg rolls in quantity, she said. Egg roll contents vary with individual tastes but whatever vegetables are prepared require almost minute dicing, which takes patience. Purists consider use of mechanical food processors inadequate to retain vegetable consistency. Mrs. Freedman said sales at the recent Bay Fest- netted $235 on a gross of $675.

A University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student will complete a market feasibility study in July, she said. She admits she has "several significant hurdles to overcome" before her idea becomes reality. "Our immediate problem is funding, as you might expect for a shoestring operation," Mrs. Freedman said. She has potential donors including private, quasi-public and public sources but is reluctant to disclose them prematurely.

"We also are actively pursing a location for the so-called factory," she said. A small, vacant restaurant or another building with wiring and ventilation suited for cooking would be ideal, Mrs. Freedman Please see Hmong A-2 Homeward bound Inside today 1 "wn. 3 $T- if i v(- Vf ity 1 Around Wisconsin B- 2 Bombeck column C- 3 Business C-11 Classified ads D- 6 Comics C- 6 Crossword puzzle D- 9 Deaths, tunerals D- 7 Entertainment C- 1 Gerds column C- 7 Health column C- 2 Horoscope C- Kid bits C- 9 Landers column C- 3 Larson column B-18 Leckey column C-11 Metro regional state B- 1 Opinion page B-14 Porter column C-11 Scene C- 1 Showtimes C-10 Sports D- 1 Spotlight B- 1 Television listings C- 8 Weather M5 1 Hiiifnn in Ti i Ar Larphotos Faces of freedom: Darla Wertz, left, of North picture is next to the phone. Johnson, who has prisoners Ignatio Castellano and Les McElveen Miami, talks to a friend about her brother, spent three years in prison after being picked up listen to the Rev.

Jesse Jackson explain plans Robert Dana Johnson, who is expected to be re- for scuba diving in Cuban waters, is shown on for their departure from Cuba. The story is on leased soon from a Cuban prison. Her brother's the left in the picture at right, as he and fellow Page A-2. li: VJo'II yen kzsli to old railroad clayo.