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Engineers Vow Kickapoo Study in terminating contracts. And that's taxpayers' money." Iiteey's request followed a similar plea from the President's Council on Environmental Quality which also asked a halt to land acquisition and construction on tlie dam and lake. The Council on Environmental Quality, headed by Russell Peterson, a Portage native and former governor of Delaware, asked the corps engineers to consider alternative approaches. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) has recommended dry dam for controlling floods and a national (wrk to conserve the natural area and boost the economy of the area.

Lueey said his earlier conditional approval of the project was being reassessed in light of environmental and economic questions, including quality of water in the proposed lake, raised by recent reports. By JOHN KEEFE Of The State Journal Staff A top Army Corps of Engineers spokesman in Washington pledged Friday to take a "Rood, hard look" at Gov. Patrick J. Lucey's request for a moratorium on construction at the federal I-aFarge Lake project on the Kickapoo River. However, Maj.

Gen. J. V. Morris, chief of civil works, said that is difficult to consider altering a project once it is well underway. Morris said his office had not received Lucey's request.

He said the division on whether to halt construction would require careful consideration, but did not indicate when it might Ih made. Morris agreed that a request from any government always is considered carefully. He said, "If a governor asks us to stop before a project is started, we would. But when construction is well along, it's more difficult. There are costs involved mm State Journal, Saturday, Dec.

21, llllM MM A OBITS I 19 Vf il Winfer's Here in All Its Trappings Winter's cold front has laid siege of the area, lone man wanders through the field bordering High- pires in about three keeping the snow cover as crisp as the brittle corn way near Cambridge. Today's calendar makes shocks. The muted sun does little to warm the air as a winter's presence formal, a seasonal license that ex- a i 1 I I a Audited Dodge The handling of hunting and fishing license fees by the Dodge County clerk's office will get a complete audit by the State Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) early in January, it was announced Friday. Dodge County Clerk Walde vjtiiBiriSrii 1974, 4 OPS ZEL RICE John Reynolds.

In 1969, he was re-appointed by Republican Gov. Warren Warren Knowles. Rice's appointment as Transportation Secretary, as well as that of Torosian to the WERC, will lie subject to Senate confirmation. Torosian will fill Rice's unexpired term, but will get a full six-year appointment in March, Lucey said. items we need and have planned for." Waldo Freitag, bank president, said the loans are not for frivolous items or unnecessary trips but do include automobiles, household appliances, and needed items.

He said such loans are not new, the rate of interest is not much lower than usual, and the ad will stimulate business. News 2 Markets 4 Want Ads 512 it I 'U4 i xM NORMAN CLAPP possibility that was being suggested. He was not in line to take any post in the Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR), he said. DNR Secretary L.

P. Voigt has been under heavy criticism in some quarters recently, but Clapp definitely ruled out any job in this area. Rice has been a WERC member since 1963, when he was appointed by Democratic Gov. yffef Price Decline to license accounts by Jan. 20 or be denied, credit for their 1975 licenses.

Tlie effect would be to eliminate those clerks as collectors when they fail to send in the fees on time. In a separate resolution, the board directed the DNR to "rigorously enforce" the law regarding collection of fees. The action stemmed from reports that many county clerks were not prompt in sending in the fees, and sometimes deposited them in personal accounts where interest could be built up. Donald Mackie of the DNR told the board about the Dodge County audit in the course of discussing the feasibility of conducting audits of all the counties. He noted that a two-man team would spend three days in early January making a complete audit of the Dodge County clerk accounts.

He added that the DNR couldn't do this in every county, but had specifically been requested to do so in the case in Be Is Warning to Dairymen New Glarus Bank Promotes Loans ounty Mueller has been under fire for his practice of depositing license fees collected in personal savings accounts, instead of promptly sending them to the state. The state announcement came during a report to the Natural and the Friday decline in butter prices. Equivalent price declines are not expected in the retail market. Market operators are using the lower wholesale prices to cover higher wages and the increase in energy, transportation, afld packaging costs. This decline means that dairy farmers will feel the effect in their milk prices paid for deliveries this month.

The cheese market at the Wis-coasin Cheese Exchange in Green Bay continued some declines as both the cheddar cheese styles of single daisies and longhorns fell. This cheese and butter price decline will hit dairy farmers with an estimated 70 cents a hundredweight drop, which is about V-k cents a quart in consumer terms. The current drop is At the Port Huron Times-Herald, Louis J. Dunn, executive news editor, is taking over Findlay's responsibility for direction of the editorial department. The Racine Journal Times is owned by Lee Enterprises Davenport, which also owns The Wisconsin State Journal.

Clerk Resources Board on steps being taken by the state to tighten up collection procedures of all county clerks. Under a resolution adopted to back up a letter sent to all county clerks, they will be required to close out their 1974 fishing in the price of milk used in making cheese and butter. Fluid milk prices for bottled milk are expected to decline over the1 next three According to dairy managers, the decline in the bottled milk price will take place because it is no longer possible to block the increase with premium prices. Another Wisconsin example of the weakening and near-collapse of food market prices is in potatoes, where declines have continued the past several weeks. The price of U.S.

No. 1 Wisconsin potatoes leveled out in the $3.25 to $3.50 a hundredweight range, more than $2 a hundred less than the price paid a year ago. This means that No. 1 burbanks are 3,4 to 3'6 cents a pound, but because of high overhead in the markets the selling price has been close to last year's levels about four times higher than shipping point prices. Cartons of 80 to 100-count bur-banks used mostly in restaurants leveled out at $6 to $8 a hundred pounds.

Six weeks ago, the price was $12 a hundred and a year ago it was $10 to $10.25 a hundred. Offerings are limited because growers were reluctant to sell at the lower prices. By ROBERT C. BJORKLUND State Journal Farm Editor The butter market that has been one of the strong points of the dairy business for the past few months fell cents a pound Friday. The sharp decline, which further complicates the milk price outlook for dairy farmers, came as the butter trade wanted to make further assessment of current market conditions.

Much of the food trade is anticipating a weak market as consumers go through the holiday period in fair position and then are expected to make severe food purchase cutbacks. However, because consumers of dairy products may' not become aware of the 1 cent a pound decline in cheese prices NEW GLARUS The Bank of New Glarus is accenting the positive this week in a newspaper ad telling its customers they may apply for as much as $4,000 in loans at a reduced rate of 8 per cent and 49 months to pay. The ad, drafted by the bank staff, says, "It is difficult to maintain a cheerful attitude these days with all the news on TV presenting nothing but depressing items." It urged "Ijet's fight back by saying 'you can't do this to us. The U.S. is still the best place in the world to live.

We are going to keep it that way by purchasing confidence in the U.S. and by purchasing the months, State Journal Photo by Edwin Stein volving Mueller. He added about 20 county clerks could be audited a year, but these would be spot checks and not complete surveys. In other action, the board proposed that the hearing examiners' office be moved out of the department. Board member Thomas Fox said the proposal, to lie submitted to the 1975 Legislature, would place the examiner under the state court administrator's office.

He said it was hoped that examiners from other departments would also be included in such a move. Under the present setup, Fpx said, there is no conflict of interest but there is an appearance of one, which has reduced public confidence in the hearing process. The board deferred until Jan. 10 a decision on whether the proposed refined products terminal of the takchcad Pipeline Co. in Superior must submit an environmental impact statement.

TANCK I 'i -i Wisconsin ysic Norman Clapp's resignation Friday as State Secretary of Transportation triggered two quick appointments and a lot of speculation about his own future. Gov. Patrick Lucey, in announcing Clapp's resignation, simultaneously named Zel Rice, 52, Sparta, a member of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC), as Clapp's successor. Later in the day, Lucey appointed Herman Torosian, 33, 4330 Upland a WERC arbitrator and mediator since 1967, to succeed Rice on the Commission. The speculation about the future of Clapp, who has headed the Transportation IX'pt.

since Lucey took office four years ago, was prompted by his own letter of resignation to the governor. In it, Clapp spoke of "our recent discussions of the possibility of a new assignment for me in state service." Lucey also said there would be another appointment "in the near future." Neither Clapp nor Lucey's press secretary, Jeff Smoller, would elaborate on what the "new assignment" would be. However, speculation centered on the Public Service Commission (PSC). Its chairman, William Eich, is known to be actively interested in a county judgeship opening up in Dane County when Judge Michael Torphy is sworn in as a circuit judge Jan. 6.

The 1SC regulates utilities. Clapp, fiO, has considerable background with utilities through his previous experience as head of the Federal Rural Electrification Administration (REA) in Washington. His resignation also is effective Jan. 4, only two days before Torphy is to be sworn in as circuit judge. Clapp did eliminate one other Furnace Explosion Damages City Hall in Prairie du Chien PRAIRIE DU CHIEN A furnace explosion damaged City Hall here Wednesday night.

The blast tore the doors off the furnace, cracked the floor and plaster in the building and knocked a large glass window out of the adjacent senior citizens center which is owned by the city and shares the same heating system. The buildings were unoccupied when the explosion occured. Fireman LaVern Jellnek received minor shoulder and hand injuries when struck by part of a falling celling. He was treated at a local hospital. In addition to structural damage there was some smoke damage to the building.

There was no fire with the explosion as the blast apparently put out any flames which may have briefly started. (ily business was carried out from the fire station but returned to city hall Friday. Pilot Survives Plane Crash MILWAUKEE (UPI) Robert Nelson, 45, Jackson, escaped serious injury Thursday when his twin engine' private plane crashed Timmerman Air-, port on the city's northwest side," The crash occurred on takeoff, according to Frank Rehrauer, traffic controller at the field. Nelson said the plane was a total loss and was valued at He was alone in the craft, Dodge Board Orders License Fee Study JUNEAU An in-depth study of the handling of fishing and hunting licenses by the county for the Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) has been ordered by the Dodge County Board.

The action came as a result of criticism of Dodge County Clerk Walde Mueller's practice of depositing funds collected from license fee agents throughout the county in personal savings accounts, Mueller said he did not know about a state law requiring such fees be deposited in a separate checking account with monthly payments made to the DNR. In the past, Mueller has asked the Dfidgc County Board to relieve him of the licensing responsibility. Newly-eloctixl State Rep. Thomas Hanson, Beaver Darn, has called for a legislative audit of all state Fishing and hunting license fee records. Board Chairman W.

II. Tolzman appointed a six-member committee to study problems relating to the license fee collection system. Tlie committee is ordered to report and make recommendations by Apr. 1, 1975. Racine Journal Gets New Editor TATE SCENE PleooD Unit ''Foe Cl.dims- icackirig CCSOD raup aJ RACINE (AP) Ted Findlay, managing editor of the Port Huron (Mich.) Times Herald, has been appointed editor of the Racine Journal Times, effective Jan.

2. Verne A. Hoffman, currently editor of the Journal Times and a 38-year veteran on tlie staff, will become editor emeritus. He plans to retire Apr. 1.

Findlay, 35, is a Grand Rapids, native whose newspaper career started in 1955. Among papers he has worked on are the Miami (Fla.) Herald; Today, Cocoa, and Rockford (111.) Morning Star and Evening Register, where he was managing editor. Van Liere Picked Top Manager of Area AMPI Robert Van Liere of Salem in Kenosha County has been picked as the top management official in the reorganized Mid-Stales Region of Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI). Van Liere, who has been associate manager for the regional group, was named by the regional board in carrying out the new federated concept of AMPI, Paul Affeldt, Sparta, president of AMPI, and Walter Kirchner, associate manager working with Van Liere, were designated by Mid-States directors to represent the region in working out details of the new federation.

The Mid-States region has 18,500 members who produced nearly 7 billion pounds of milk in the past year Mt. Horeb Sewer Bill Hike MT. HOREB A 9 per cent surcharge on Mt. Horeb sewer rates has been approved by the State Public Service Commission (PSC). Under the PSC ruling, the' village will add a surcharge for all meter readings made after last Wednesday.

Tlie commission said the surcharge will bring In about $6,500 annually, raising the utility's rate of return to about 5.8 per cent. The finding cited the obligation of the utility to upgrade its sewage treatment plant under an order from the Dept. of Natural Resources at what is to be a "substantial" cost. i Monroe Man Charged MONROE Bernard Vondraehok, 27, Monroe, has been bound over to Green County Circuit Court on a breaking and entering charge, He appeared before Iowa County Judge James Fiedler, Thursday In a preliminary hearing at the Green County Courthouse. He was arrested Nov.

18 on a burglary charge alleged to have occurred Nov. 15 and involving his presence in the apartment beneath his own. Juneau Well Filter OKd JUNEAU Construction of an iron removal system for one of the city's water wells has received Public Service Commission approval, The approval is contingent upon authorization from the Dept. of Natural Itesources. The filtration system is expected to cost $106,000.

LoCrosse Teacher Pact IA CROSSE (UPI) A spokesman for the Crosse Education Assn, said Friday a tentative contract agreement was reached during the night with the School Board. However, the agreement on the pact by the Union negotiating team was not unanimous and no recommendation will be given to the teachers when they hold ratification balloting Jan. 2. Hit; contract calls for a 111.3 ier cent Increase In base starting salaries to $8,550. MONTKMWOR By ROBERT PFEFFERKORN Of The State Journal Staff Ray Tanck, long a foe of the Dane County Regional Planning Commission, claimed Friday he has the support to ask Gov.

Patrick J. Lucey to disband the commission. However, the commission's executive director, Charles Mon-temayor, continued to call Tanck's efforts regrettable, He indicated there was little chance the commission's existence is in danger, Tanck, Town of Middleton clerk and former County Board supervisor, said he has 31 out of the 60 towns, villages, and cities in Dane County who have noted to withdraw from the planning group. He said, "Under the law we can petition to have the commission dissolved when we get half of the local units of government to withdraw." Montemayor contends County Board approval of any such petition is required, That approval is unlikely, he said. Tanck has been trying to convince rural municipalities to withdraw from the group for more than a year largely because of opposition to the proposed land use plan, Montemayor admitted he is concerned about rural disaffection with the commission, "Right now there's a lot of misinformation, we're tryinfi to work on that, The votes to withdraw are largely a protest, a lot of things we aren't responsible for," he said, "Right now, there are no towns that have withdrawn from the commission," He explained the slate law includes a time lag after any vote to, withdraw, Municipalities that voted before last July I will not be nut until Jan, 1.

Municipalities that voted to withdraw since then will not be out until Jan, 1, 1970. Montemayor asked, "What does withdrawal mean? Our jurisdiction slill covers the county Are they going to withdraw from the county?" He said' withdrawal means, for the most part, that the municipalities are refusing to participate in a process that Is making decisions affecting the entire area. "It's no secret we'd like them to continue to participate," Montemayor said. "It'd be a truly regrettable thing if they all withdraw. There arc a lot of problems that ought to worked out together," Tanck said the governor tun order dissolution even If the Board refuses to approve the petition, but Montemayor disputed thul.

He said he didn't know of any legal way for the governor to dissolve the commission, Tanck also contends the towns and villages that have withdrawn win 'I have to help finance it next year, but Montemayor disputes that also. He said the levy Tanck refers to hasn't been used ut all. The commission relies instead on financing from the County IViurd..