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State Wisconsin State Journal, Wednesday, January 8, 1986 Section 1, Page 5 CyDDesm diispxujtfes weDfaire siiofifi)S solve to lake Your Wisconsin digest Money Earn More! By Arthur L. Srb Associated Press ATTEND A FREE FINANCIAL SEMINAR Tuesday, Jan. 14, 7-9 p.m. Waunakee Library Thursday, Jan. 16, 7-9 p.m.

Sheraton Monday, Jan. 20, 7-9 p.m. Sheraton Advocate jailed for selling pot Marijuana advocate Robert L. Kundert has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for selling 19 pounds of the drug to undercover agents. Kundert, 63, was sentenced by U.S.

District Judge John Shabaz. Kundert, of rural Cambridge, pleaded guilty to the charge in November. A zealous promoter of marijuana, which he calls the "herb," Kundert was arrested Aug. 8 in Tomah and indicted on charges of distributing marijuana and hashish. Before pleading guilty, he dropped claims that he had been entrapped and singled out for prosecution because of his outspoken views supporting legalization of marijuana.

U.S. Attorney John Byrnes said Tuesday he believes the sentence reflects the court's view that selling drugs is a serious offense. "There arent any insignificant dope dealers," Byrnes said. "Mr. Kundert isn't the biggest guy who ever came down the pike, but, at least as far as I'm concerned, any case of a person selling drugs is a serious case." Kundert faced a possible maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Justice Bablitch to marry Feb. 15 Straight talk on: Tax Planning Investments Money Management Louise Googins Certified Financial Planner Reservations 833-5500 1-800-362-8268 ext. 208 Beverly Hicks Financial Planner southeastern Wisconsin where unemployment has reached 13.7 percent. Cullen said he produced comparative AFDC benefits to help legislators study the situation. He said 11 percent of the families migrating from northeast Illinois move to Wisconsin, where AFDC monthly benefits for a family of four are $649.

Three percent go to Missouri, where AFDC benefits for a family of four are $308; 1 percent go to Iowa where benefits are $419; 10 percent go to Michigan where benefits are $518; 5 percent go to Indiana where benefits are $316, and 2 percent go to Minnesota where benefits are $611, he said. Cullen said 11.3 percent go to other counties in northeastern Illinois, 6.4 percent go to areas of Illinois outside northeastern Illinois, and 49.8 percent go to other parts of the United States. The senator said many factors "contribute or stimulate this occcur-rence." He said they include the fact the baby-boom generation is progressing through its child-bearing years, the divorce rates between 1966 and 1981 rose 349 percent nationwide, and births to unwed mothers increased 219 percent nationwide during the same period. Also, he said, more women decided to keep babies that were born out of wedlock. Cullen said Wisconsin has adopted a number of changes to improve collection of child support in Wisconsin, "which should in turn impact on the necessity for AFDC and other government assistance." He said the steps include increased efforts to stop welfare fraud, and the ability of counties to establish paycheck assignments for child Wisconsin provides greater benefits to people on AFDC than do some other states, but is not the "welfare magnet" some claim it is, Sen.

Timothy Cullen said Tuesday. Cullen, D-Janesville, released figures he said showed a Wisconsin family of four gets $131 more in monthly AFDC (aid to families with dependent children), food stamps and child support than it would in Illinois. "There is a clear discrepancy between benefits for the two states, but not as high as previously reported," the Senate's majority leader said. Cullen released comparative figures on welfare benefits provided in Wisconsin and neighboring states as he and fellow Democrats went into a closed-door caucus to decide where state spending cuts should be made. Gov.

Anthony Earl has asked state agencies to cut $53 million from their current budgets because of an anticipated shortfall in state tax revenue. In 1985, the Legislature provided a 2-percent annual increase in benefits to AFDC recipients. That boost likely will be among programs targeted for cuts as the Legislature reconvenes later this month. Sea Joseph Andrea, D-Kenosha, who spearheaded the attack last session against Earl's proposed 3-percent increase in AFDC benefits, said more welfare recipients from Illinois are settling in his Kenosha County district than the area can handle. "They're laughing at us in Illinois" and in other states because of Wisconsin's appeal to welfare recipients, Andrea said.

"They're not coming from Texas to Wisconsin because of our weather," he remarked. He said the influx is creating special problems for the Kenosha area in i 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice William Bablitch and Ann Milne of Madison will be married Feb. 15 in a ceremony in Madison, his office said Tuesday. Bablitch, 44, former Portage County district attorney, served in the state Senate from Stevens Point from 1972 until his election to the Supreme Court in April 1983. He was the Senate Democratic majority leader in the 1977, 1979 and 1981 sessions.

It will be the second marriage for Bablitch, who was divorced several years ago from Martha Bablitch. Googins (SjJo. member SIPC William Bablitch January FUR SAKE Insurance break studied rates assumed in valuing plan liabilities, higher than the rates of salary increases for state employees and higher than the rate of growth of the plan." "In combination with other experience factors, this has resulted in 'excess' interest earnings in comparison to the earnings required for attainment of funding goals." Wisconsin newspaperman dies EAU CLAIRE Declan "Dec" Whelan, 61, city editor of the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, died Tuesday at Sacred Heart Hospital Whelan had entered the hospital in October and underwent surgery for a brain tumor in November. Whelan attended UW-Madison after service as a combat infantryman in World War n. He joined the newspaper's sports staff in 1947 and became wire editor in 1951.

He was appointed city editor in November 1982. Services will be Friday. Arrangements were pending at the Prock Funeral Home. Public-school enrollment rises Wisconsin public-school enrollment is up by 692 students for this school year over 1984-85 for the first such increase since 1971-72, the state Department of Public Instruction says. Figures announced Monday put 1985-86 enrollment at 768,234, a 0.1-percent boost from the 767,542 a year ago.

But the DPI said combined public and private school enrollment decreased 0.25 percent from 921,203 to 919,474. Private-school enrollment was listed as down 1.6 percent from 153,661 to 151,245. Private-school students make up 16.45 percent of the state's elementary and secondary students. Department statistician Donald Russell said the increase in public-school enrollment had not been expected. He said the primary reason for the boost was increases in pre-kindergarten enrollment, from 9,189 to 10,681, and kindergarten, 59,894 to 62,068.

Enrollment should continue to increase until the 1990s, although the increases won't be anything like we had in the 1950s," he said. "A lot of people are calling this another baby boom, but I think all I it is is a miniboom." Associated Press More than 100,000 Wisconsin public employees may get a four-month break from paying life-insurance premiums because of low death rates and high interest earnings on premiums, a Minnesota insurer said Tuesday. The proposal was put forward by Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance which provides insurance coverage for 108,119 in the Wisconsin Public Employers Group Life Insurance Program. The program covers Wisconsin public employees, including state and many municipal employees. The total amount of life-insurance coverage provided by the policy exceeds $3.2 billion, the company said.

Under the proposal, neither employees nor employers would pay premiums for basic-term or supplemental life insurance from September through December. The plan must be approved by the state Group Insurance Board, which meets Jan. 16. In a report to the board, the company said: "Interest earning rates have been higher than the interest 7 An award-winning cable TV channel that provides positive entertainment for children ages 2-1 1 Nickelodeon is growing almost as fast as they do. A study shows that NICK viewing households spend more money on children's clothing, toys and games, and visit more fast food, drive-ins and family-style restaurants than the average U.S.

household. Call a Madison Cable Network representative at 252-6000 and target your child- and family-related TV advertising. Cable is where television is growing. Coal-contract study expected A Washington, D.C., firm has been awarded an $87,500 contract to consider whether the Wisconsin Public Service Corp. acted prudently in renegotiating coal contracts with suppliers.

Unless a member of the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee objects by Friday, the contract with ICF a firm with expertise in coal contracts, will be signed, Sandy Rowe-Goderstad of the Department of Administration, said. The contract has been approved by Gov. Anthony Earl and other state officials. Public Service Commission auditors had questions about the coal contracts, but could not say whether the company's action was wise or not, Barbara James, a PSC attorney said. She said if the utility were deemed to have been imprudent, it could result in a rate cut for customers of the Green Bay-based utility, rather than a rate increase pending before the PSC.

Gene Mathews, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. senior vice president, said the utility believed the buyout of the contract for about $16 million would be offset by the savings realized. State Journal staff, AP In Our January 8th ad on page 4, the KMC 521 Digital Clock is described as a clock radio. This is a Digital Clock with snooze alarm only, there is no radio in the KMC 521. Our Reg.

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