Marshfield News-Herald from Marshfield, Wisconsin • 6

Poge 6 Marshfield News-Herald Saturday, June 30, 1979 0 ft Tavernkeepers aren't liable MADISON (AP) Tavernkeepers are not liable for damages caused by drunken drivers who drank at their establishments, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision Friday. The court, which reached a similar conclusion in a similar split decision in 1970, said the fact that there might be more drunken drivers on the road now did not change the legal principles involved. "The responsibility for the act remains with the person whose voluntary intoxication resulted in the injury," Justice Connor T. Hansen wrote in the majority opinion. "The possibility that an accident will occur if an intoxicated person continues to drink may be forseeable, but the act of serving the liquor is nonetheless a remote cause of any resulting harm." In a dissenting opinion.

Justice Roland Day said traffic death statistics, the frequency with which alcohol is" involved and the tragedies that underlie thestatistics argue for changing the common law. "To call remote the link between a fatal automobile accident and the serving of alcohol to an intoxicated person is to ignore reality," he wrote. "Until those who furnish alcohol to one who has obviously had more than he can handle are made to share responsibility the list of innocent victims will continue to grow." The court's decision overturned a 1977 decision by Circuit Judge George A Byrnes Jr. of Milwaukee County. Byrnes ruled that John Q.

Copeland, operator of the Parkland Tap, was liable in connection with the death of DeAnna D. Olsen, a mother of five, in a collision with a car driven by John C. Jensen. Hansen said legislatures in several states in which courts have recognized a liability for subsequent accidents by someone who served liquor commercially or socially have since removed that liability by statute. Lindner wins recipe contest GREENWOOD Clark County June Dairy month activities ended Wednesday evening when Joan Lindner, Loyal, won first place in the "Hot Meatless Main Dish" recipe contest.

Her "Sunrise casserole" topped 40 other entries and will represent Clark County at a regional bake-off Aug. 1. Other top winners were Lisa Helm, Granton; Marilyn Slipek, Thorp; Bonnie Krultz, Greenwood; Sandy Helm, Granton; Florence Garbush, Loyal; Connie Dix, Chili; and Vicki Slark, Granton. Mary Mittag, American Dairy Association home economist presented "New Ways With Dairy Products" while the 41 entries were being judged by Pat Brecke, Owen; Merle Bartsch, Granton; and Marge Appleyard, Neillsville. Awards presented to the winners, judges and contestants were made available by contributions from agribusiness firms.

Copies of the top eight recipes may be obtained from the University of Wisconsin-Extension office at the courthouse in Neillsville. Cook if quick If cooked quickly and briefly in a small amount of water, cabbage does not develop a strong flavor or odor. This funnel cloud which caused extensive damage and cost two persons their lives was Algona, Iowa. A photographed Thursday evening by John CuIIen seconds before it demolished this motel in to safety to the woman (lower left) runs for shelter. CuIIen made the picture and scurried basement of a nearby restaurant.

(Copyright Algona Publishing Co. via AP Laserphoto) product prices drop Clark Circuit Court NEILLSVILLE Gregory A. Becker, Route 1, Medford. was fined $200 and costs by Judge Michael Bren-nan in Branch 2 of Clark County Circuit Court on two charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors. He entered pleas of no contest to both counts.

Oliver H. Olson, Route 2, Owen, entered a plea of guilty to a drunken driving charge and was fined $180 and costs. Thomas W. Deline, New York Mills, was fined $180 and costs after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Randy L.

Polzin, Racine, forfeited a bond of $227 on a speeding charge. His driving privileges were suspended for 15 days. Jean M. Przybylski, Route 2, Withee, forfeited $42 for operating a motorcycle without the proper endorsement on her driver's license. Virgil E.

Ailport, St. Paul, forfeited $51 for speeding and Dale A. Block, Curtiss, forfeited $40 on a speeding charge. Clark County marriage license Roger D. Young, Loyal, and Sandra Kay Farrow, Route 1, Loyal, June 29 at Loyal.

Tornado hits Algona eluding hikes for oranges, lemons, strawberries and pears. That index was 11 percent below a year ago. Prices of soybeans and other oilseed crops averaged 4 percent higher and 12 percent above year-earlier levels. Average farm prices have dropped twice since December last month and 1 percent in April. The first four-month bulge was a key factor in a sharp boost in retail food prices in the first quarter of this year.

But the department says marketing costs and profits now are responsible for any more increases in what shoppers pay. Over-all feed-grain and hay prices were 3 percent higher than in May but 9 percent above a year ago, forcing oats and barley out of the farmer-held grain reserve this week. Food-grain prices together increased 15 percent to a point 26 percent above May 1978 averages. The June parity ratio for farm commodities was 73 percent, down from 74 in May. It was 75 percent a year ago, the board said.

At 100 percent, the in- 75 are indicted for welfare fraud CHICAGO (AP) Seventv-five Der-sons, including 42 present of former public employees, have been indicted by a Cook County grand jury on welfare fraud charges involving more than $1 million. The indictments Thursday resulted from an extensive investigation by the state's attorney's office. They list charges ranging from official misconduct to theft and conspiracy. Several state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Illinois Departments of Law Enforcement.

Revenue and Public Aid, also were involved in the investigation. Among those indicted were 15 state employees, five Postal Service employees, four Cook County employees, five City of Chicago employees and 13 Chicago Board of Education workers. Those indicted reportedly used multiple identities to get public aid while still employed. in May dicator would mean, theoretically, that farmers have the same buying power they had in 1910-14. Growers of oranges, lemons, grapefruit, calves, beef cattle, sheep and sweetpotatoes, however, received prices close to or exceeding parity.

Also Friday, the Foreign Agricultural Service said meat imports during the first four months of this year jumped 18 percent over the same period in 1978. About 647.3 million pounds of beef and veal, 123.6 million pounds of pork and 23.2 million pounds of other fresh, frozen or chilled red meat came in. WASHINGTON (AP) The price-support loan rates for 1979 rice range from 10.43 cents a pound for short-and mediumgrain to 12.18 cents a pound for long grain, increases from last season of almost 7 percent to slightly more than 8 percent. The Agriculture Department said it was widening the differential between long-grain and the other two classes to reflect price relationships in the market. Rates by classes were announced Friday, based on the national average rate of $6.79 per hundredweight for rough rice grading No.

2 or better, a 39-cent increase announced Jan. 29. Officials also increased the premium for lots grading U.S. No. 1 from 5 cents to 8 cents a pound and hiked discounts to cover higher transportion costs between smaller production areas and milling facilities.

WASHINGTON (AP) Production of butter and total cheese output both increased 7 percent between April and May to slightly exceed May 1978 levels, but production of canned milks, cottage cheese and frozen desserts were all off, the Agriculture Department says. The Crop Reporting Board also said Friday prices for manufacturing-grade milk generally held steady at levels $1.39 to $1.53 a hundredweight higher than a year earlier. Roses fop tulips Holland is famous for tulips but, according to annual sales figures, the nation's top blooms are roses, followed by freesias. Tulips are in third place. But that doesn't fully reflect a boom that began in early June after reports of problems with the Russian crop on top of already brisk export sales elsewhere.

Exporters reported sales of 1.14 million metric tons of wheat and tons of corn later Friday, but the destinations weren't immediately disclosed. A metric ton is almost 2,205 pounds. Corn sold for an average $2.47 a bushel nationally, up 12 cents in a month. Grain sorghum rose 25 cents per hundredweight to $3.91 closing in on its newly announced target price of $4.18. The 6.5 percent decline in live beef-cattle prices, from $71.50 per 100 pounds to an average $66.90, was the second consecutive drop after five months of record levels.

They still averaged 31 percent higher than the $51.10 a year before. The price index for meat animals for June was down 7 percent from May but averaged 19 percent above a year earlier. Hogs averaged $39.70 per 100 pounds, compared to $43.60 in May and $47.60 a year ago. Broiler chickens were 26.4 cents a pound, compared to 29 in May and 30.5 cents a pound last year. Prices paid to fruit growers were up 4 percent from the May index, in- charged of fall protection" when installing insulation on a valve atop the tank.

Savage said. The OSHA official said Grunau "had knowingly let the employee work in a hazardous environment" without safety precautions. Savage noted that the OSHA investigation confirmed that Brown had refused to wear a safety belt, as workers had said. But OSHA said Grunau was responsible either for providing protection for workers or removing them from the hazardous environment. "The worker doesn't have a choice as to whether he will wear a safety belt," Savage said.

The workers who protested safety conditions returned last Friday after Doughtery County Superior Court Judge Asa Kelley issued a temporary restraining order to prevent them from picketing, stopping work or interrupting work. Raw arm WASHINGTON (AP) A 7 percent drop in meat-animal prices more than offset a 15 percent boost for food-grain prices and a 3 percent rise for feed grains in June, the Agriculture Department says. That result was a decline in average prices for raw farm products of 1 percent from May. But the Crop Reporting Board said farm prices were still 12 percent higher than a year ago. The prices farmers paid for production items and family living costs rose 0.5 percent to a level 13 percent higher than June 1978, the Crop Reporting Board said.

Using a 1967 starting point, the preliminary figures showed expenses now outrunning returns by 2 percentage points. All year the two have shifted back and forth by such small amounts and that should continue, with grain prices booming but fuel prices taking off as well. The board said lower prices for cattle, hogs, broiler chickens, calves and hay contributed most to the decrease in prices from May to June. Higher prices were reported for wheat, corn, soybeans and oranges. Wheat prices were up 16.6 percent, or 53 cents, for a $3.73 a bushel average compared to $2.81 a year ago.

Contractor ALBANY, Ga. (AP) A prime contractor at the Miller Brewery site here has been charged by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration with willfully violating safety rules following an investigation into the death of a workman. OSHA's action comes on the heels of last week's walkout staged at the site by workers of Grunau Construction the contractor named in the citation. The workers had been protesting safety conditions.

The citation against the Milwaukee-based construction firm carries a fine. OSHA officials said. Grunau has 15 days to contest the ruling. The charge was issued in connection with the June 15 death of James M. Brown.

44, of Miami, who was fatally injured in a 12-foot fall from a carbon dioxide storage tank at the construction site, said Ed Savage of Macon, an OSHA area director. Brown was not using a safety belt, lanyard or "other appropriate means Starts Saturday are sold. OPEN SUNDAY la yt I Zi NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Common Council of the City of Marshfield, Wood-Marathon County, State of Wisconsin, wili hold a Public Hearing with reference to the following changes in the official map (Master Street Plan) of the City of Marshfield, on Julv 24, 1979, at 7:45 P.M., in the Council Chambers of the City Hall: (1) The deletion from the Master Street Plan that street, presently unnamed, shown as a shaded area on Exhibit attached hereto and made a part of this notice by reference. (2) To add to the Master Street Plan of the City of Marshfield that area shown in white within heavy lines and marked "proposed street" on Exhibit attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. NURSERY w-.

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