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10 Stevens Point (Wis.) Journal Monday, July 21, 1986 Congress is picking up the pace Sunshir Iawr ard lea $24.2 billion in budget savings mandated by the fiscal 1987 spending blueprint Congress adopted last month. The House is tentatively set to vote Tuesday on whether to impeach Harry E. Claiborne, the chief UJS. district judge in Nevada, who is serving a two-year prison term for his conviction on two counts of income tax evasion. Dole indicated the Senate also may take another vote this week on the nomination of Indiana lawyer Daniel A.

Manion to a seat on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. overhaul the federal tax code. In two days of meetings last week, the 22 bargainers did little more than stake out positions on the critical issues of increasing relief for middle-income taxpayers and increasing taxes for corporations. "By about Thursday, we ought to start making major philosophical decisions," said Sen.

Bob Packwood, leader of the Senate negotiators. While the negotiators ponder tax issues, various committees in the House and Senate will be working to come up with a three-year package of Member P.L.C.A.A. administration policy of "constructive engagement" that emphasizes quiet diplomacy to pressure the South African government but shuns economic sanctions, which Reagan says would just inflict harm on South African blacks. "We really need to know and we support the president by and large just what is constructive engagement What has it accomplished and what will it accomplish in the next, let's say, six to eight months," Dole said on CBS-TV's "Face the Nation." He hinted that the administration might send a representative to meet with the outlawed African National Congress, which has communist ties. "I'm not certain who will meet or if there'll be a meeting, but I have a feeling that may be one of the areas that may be revealed" when Secretary of State George Shultz testifies before a congressional committee on Wednesday, Dole said.

On the domestic front in Congress, House and Senate tax writers are resuming work today on a compromise version of sweeping legislation to WASHINGTON (AP) Congress' midsummer pace is heating up as legislators push on with an overhaul of the federal tax code, continue the battle against federal red ink and move toward a possible confrontation with President Reagan over UJS. policy toward South Africa. Republican senators, wary of election-year fallout from Reagan's refusal to impose economic sanctions against the white minority government of South planned to meet with the president today to discuss the issue. "We want to make it clear to the president on Monday that there's a lot of bipartisan concern," Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, said Sunday. The president is due to make a speech Tuesday that aides are calling a major statement of U.S.

concern about South Africa's system of apartheid under which that country's 5 million whites retain power and privilege and dominate 24 million blacks. At Issue on Capitol Hill is the Disclosure issue raised for state Ethics Board IK Committed to the idea of a healthy lawn through personalized service! Milwaukee federal court rated among the slowest board if they hold official positions with companies or have interests of 10 percent or more of a corporation's equity. George told an interviewer that the company was entirely his operation, but he said he was not required to disclose it to the board because "my company never had an organizational meeting," no shares were issued and no officers or directors were elected. Records filed with the secretary of state and county register of deeds showed the company was incorporated by George Feb. 6, 1984, and he was listed as the sole owner.

According to court records, Milwaukee Broadcasting is the general partner in a partnership owed $60,000 by TV 58 an investors' group that has won the Federal Communications Commission's approval to build a station. The payment was agreed upon in exchange for having Milwaukee Broadcasting withdraw from the application process. George said the money would cover costs of consultant studies, engineering work and filing fees connected with his application for a license. MILWAUKEE (AP) A State Ethics Board official says an incident involving U.S. Senate candidate Gary George is causing him to consider whether lawmakers should inform the board of interests in Inactive or valueless private businesses.

George, a state senator from Milwaukee seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, submitted a letter to the board last Tuesday disclosing his controlling interest in Milwaukee Broadcasting Corp. But he called later the same day to ask that the board disregard the disclosure because the company was inactive, had no value, had not issued shares and had not elected officers. R. Roth Judd, executive director of the Ethics Board, said he advised George that he would disregard the information but could not have the letter removed from the file.

"I can't give away or destroy records of the Ethics Board," he said. He said he would make his decision soon whether interests in valueless or loosely organized businesses should be disclosed to the Ethics Board. Legislators are required to file annual disclosure statements with the Serving Portage County for 8 years Guaranteed results Practical pricing Call now for FREE lawn evaluation: 344-8321 civil cases was said to be the increase in filings. The number of those cases filed in Milwaukee doubled between 1978 and 1984. The study said it took an average 19 months for a case to reach trial in the Milwaukee court, or about five months longer than the national median.

The Milwaukee court rated among the slowest 25 percent of federal districts nationwide in getting civil disputes to trial. By contrast, the Madison-based court for western Wisconsin posted a median time to trial of nine months, which was the fifth fastest time among the 93 federal districts nationwide. Nedilsky cautioned that the figures did not reflect factors such as complexity of cases and levels of judicial staffing. He said there was no need now for additional judgeships or major changes in the management of cases. However, he said he would be concerned if there is any trend toward the backlogs of the middle and late 1970s, when the district recorded median trial times of 25 to 35 months.

MILWAUKEE (AP) The case backlog of the U.S. District Court for eastern Wisconsin has grown to the point where the Milwaukee-based court is among the slowest 25 percent in the nation, a study shows. Clerk of Courts Sofron Nedilsky said one reason may be that, during the time period covered by the study, the court was required to spend much of its time on major criminal trials. They included the cocaine trials of Tony Peters and Anthony F. Pipito, as well as the trials of Frank P.

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