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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1968 PAGE 6, SECTION 1 WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL mm MEW 3 Each House, a Judge Legislator Ethics Code Is Advanced OF2N DAILY 9 to 9 SATURDAY 9 to 5 12 5 rv A proposed ethics code for state legislators was moved ahead one step, to the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, by a Subcommittee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest Tuesday. The proposed code would allow each house of the Legislature FURNITURE APPLIANCES J1 1 11 1 i I 1 WW to judge its own members and punish by censure or expulsion. signed, presumably by the ac- TV STEREO No criminal penalties are in cusser, although the proposal doesn't make this clear. cluded. ONE RULE would allow a leg A The code proposal states, "It is the right and privilege of the public to have confidence in the integrity of the Wisconsin Legislature and its individual mem islator to take compensation for aspeaking engagement but bers.

would require him to make a public disclosure within 39 days. If the legislative organization committee approves the propos 'To maintain the excellent reputation of the Legislature, it al, the Legislature will consider is essential that legislative decisions be reached by lawmakers who are impartial and independ ent. It is equally essential that legislative office shall not be it in the 1969 session. Any charge of a code violation would be investigated in a closed hearing. UNDER THE proposal, if an accused legislator or legislative employe is cleared by the committee, a court, or a jury, the used for private gain.

"THE EXPRESS purpose of this code of ethics is to recog' nize certain standards for con duct of legislators without over house to which he belongs must pay the expenses incurred in his defense. Any complaints of violations must be verified by sworn state looking the fact that Wisconsin lawmakers are citizen-legislators entitled to exercise their special talents to maintain eco ments which, if proved false, nomic interests wnicn do not could lead to a charge of false with the public inter WITH PURCHASE OF ANY COLOR TV, STEREO OR APPLIANCE swearing. est" THE ACTION on an ethics THE CODE states, "A legisla tor or legislative employe, shall not accept any gift, favor, or service which may reasonably code is a direct result of two court cases involving legislators accused of accepting money for speeches in favor of a bill which was being considered by the tend to improperly influence him in the discharge of his duties in or for the Legislature." He also may not try to use his official position to get special Legislature. They were Assemblymen Paul Alfonsi (R-Minocqua) and Willis Hutnik (R-Ladysmith). Alfonsi FURNITURE APPLIANCES TV STEREO Dress up, pep up your home the modern way! No need to shop around.

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The council asked the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) to If IS investigate the marking prob lem. Dec 7 to hear the state and the airlines requests for expanding COLOR TO Three men in a private plane were killed Sunday near Rhine- air service to the state. "We're very pleased with the substantial proposals from the lander when their plane crashed into the transmitting tower of television station airlines," Schwann said. NORTH CENTRAL Airlines WAEO-TV, and the council acted in reaction to that crash. "A HIGHER priority must be given to a daytime marking sys proposes three new Madison flights in its program, including a flight to New York.

Only a small part of the runs tem," said Fritz Wolf, adminis NEW BULL HORN STEREO FREE would be approved by the CAB, if any at all, because there are many duplications in the pro grams. Schwann said, "We as 500 pre-selecfed musical selections with the purchase of any consolestereo sume the carriers intend to fulfill a 1 but the CAB doesn't require fulfillment." The list of carriers is Alleghe Of course with prices this low it's possible to be sold out of various items! Therefore we recommend you shop early for the best selection. ny, Mohawk, Alaska, Braniff In trator of the State Division of Aernautics. "We've known about this, and we've been studying the matter," he added. "We have had cooperation from WISC and WMTV in Madison and from Green Bay.

Transmitting towers are very difficult to see under daytime conditions. Even in a i in good conditions, we've proven that sometimes you can't see the towers from a mile away." WOLF SAID there "must be a national system of light towers," and suggested that the council ask the FAA to pursue the matter. -EXCLUSIVE AT AMERICAN FURNITURE ternational, North Central, Northwest, Northeast, Eastern, Ozark, Trans World (TWA), United, and Western. G. H.

Bakke, state secretary PORTABLE TV of transportation, said that the state should inquire from each carrier about intent to schedule the flights if the CAB allows them. He said it would be im ROCKER-RECLINER portant to the state to have the new runs installed as soon as He said that the FAA has out incandescent lights in I cii I 1 possible. Crashed Station Off Air 4 Months RHINELANDER Television $00 95 station WAEO-TV will return to the air in about four to six req. S139 NOW 7 7 months, station officials an nounced Tuesday. MdlmircsL The station was knocked off Oklahoma City, but these have not been any improvement over present lights, usually red blinkers.

One possibility for improvement, he said, would be to use strobe lights for marking the towers. A strobe light is one capable of producing an extremely short, brilliant burst of light. This light would be repeated at intervals of two to three seconds. Wolf said an 800-foot smoke stack owned by the Northern States Power Co. at St.

Croix has strobe lights to mark it. "The visibility is excellent, he the air Sunday when a small plane crashed into its transmit ting tower. The three men in the plane were killed in the crash. The tower will be rebuilt at the same location, but the sta tion's studio will be in downtown Rhinelander for safety reasons, the officials said. The studio be said.

HE CITED the Channel 6 tele HOTPOINT SPECIAL low the tower was heavily damaged. The station is owned by Rep Alvin O'Konski (R-Mercer). vision tower in Milwaukee as an 'i if I BLACK, TAN, OXBIOOD, AVOCADO, COLD example of a well planned tow er. No guy wires are required for the tower, which has tome bulk to it, too, he laid. Guy Pontiff Renews Plea for Christian Unity VATICAN CITY (UPI) Pope Paul VI expressed re newed hopes for Christian unity PORTABLE DISHWASHER wires which often extend diagonally from towers to points a quarter mile away also are hazards.

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But he received the non-Catholic leaders later and chatted in- held bv the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) in Washington on formally with them. t..