The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • 1

Helmetless Cyclists Protest Law Ijip gbpvtm- gt VV MADISON, 1 MADISON, Iktdki it i ttyl Monday, June SO, 197S eydiata Iran Ibraaahaat the atate nSfed at a park at Ika edge e( lam and paraded fftemSet la Capital topart ta hear speeches IKI helmet law. High Court Sets Up 14 Judicial Districts prime promoter of the rully, amd arreNta for refuaing to wear hel met were few, "The police haw been real cool except for a few rookies, he uid. Cyclist circled the square scwral times, and bunged in ef figy officlul whom they blunxd for the helmet law, including Guv, Patrick Uiccy and Carl Zutz uf the State Transportation Department, Some cycles were ridden up steps outside the Capitol, and beer-drinking demonstrator sprawled on luwns to hear spctikcni cull the law a violation of their constitutional rights lo freedom, Some culled them a safety huzurd. "You cun see and hear better without a helmet," motorcycle club member Jim Wugmun said, "If we can muke enough noise, we cun make the bureaucrat wish they never heurd of hel mets," The helmet stututc has been upheld by the Sluto Supremo Court, and its foes arc also bucking federal rule that encourage states to enact helmet requirement. In Washington, a spokesman for tin National Highway Traffic Sufcty Administration secretary can withhold federal highway sufety uid to states which lack helmet luws, and cun withhold III per cent of the governments shure of roud construction money.

Hundreds of baro-hcadcd m-: torcycliNt rallied at the atate Caoitol building Sunday to pro tew a atate law which require them to wear aafety helmet. Batons of policemen patrolled 1 the denxmstratiun, curbing aome of the cyx-lists who flaunted the Ktatutc by shedding their head near. Police mode no immediate report on whether citutlon were ailuully written. Obaarvara said abaal 2, IN Cvi ym 1 fare 4 it. rfe Harsat Suauriaa effect in Milwaukee, Waukesliu, und Dune Counties where the existing Judicial circuits will In an mlministrulive district.

Court critics assailed the proisisal at a ixihllc kurtng May 29, Stute Rep. Ihirout Sunusurlun (D- Milwaukee) sultl 11 proposed administrative reorganization represented a "willful, knowing violation of the constitutimi." Ik urgid enuctment of the iKlininisIrutlon setup "cun only Smith called the rally generally peaceful and successful dcinmstrutiun. "This ceuld be the largest gatberlag ef hikers there has ever here." he dcrlured. This tklag was se well ergaalied we teeld have dsae It wltheel ti pwet' Wngntun, also of Madison, called the helmet rules "a collective utteniit to harass und subvert bikifs." "A of us don't like to lie told something," Put ONeil said, Hrad Jungbluth, 21, of Mudison said odists would lie Inriined lo weur gttggles, if not helmets, If the law is repealed. "Nobody likes to get bugs in his eyes," he sukl.

(iury (iollefson, IK, said that if the law is repeuled, "I would still wear my helmet most of the tin'." Smith suid most of about 411 mujor motorcycle clulw in Wisconsin were represented, and tluit there were a few delegates from Illinois und Minnesota. lag the area, partlcilarly the wvedtd (Sale-ewied) area to the Kant." Ik explained that all of the village's existing parkland has been donated to thi village. The village is simply not in the liubit of buying lund for purk but we I(jc the county can see its way ckar to buy and preserve the area," he sukl. Presny and Martin noted that in othrr communities, options on such hind were bought by people in thi community. County park eonauisskmcr Ik-rb Kincrson of Mt.

Ikireb noted that the county must have the options in hand when applying for state or federal aid. Village President Curtis Witte, serving as chairman of the plan commission, noted that the village has cooperated with the county in the past concerning Stewart fttrk. lie pointed out that the village extended water and Ml Horeb Dane County Meet Over Parkland FBI Investigating Grain Exchange Bankruptcy Action The throng then dispersed, muny returning to parka to drink beer while police kejK an eye on the affair. Richard Smith, owner of Smith' Cycle Shop, toil WilliamNon Mudiaon, the 4 hi it too small assessing salts hindered hath prsfmliiillini and fair treatment at property tax- vo papa Ihe governor called the state's assessment laws "antiquated," and said they are the "weak link in the administration of property taxes. "Wisconsin and many other tines, then held wtare they heard tan.

Several Isr the Ilwto) By MATT RUMMER Ot TS. CreM TSM, mo Thi' Stute Supreme Court today divided Wisconsin into 14 judicial administrative districts und directed the election of chief judge for ouch district, Iho chief Judges will he elected from existing Judiclul manpower by tlie Judges serving in the district. The electloif will occur on tlie first Monduy In Qctoiier. Coder the order signed tisluy, tlx chief Judges will be responsible fqr directing and supmising the administration of the court, including assignment of Judges und supervision of vucutmn scheduK The uction will have the least sewer lines when the county decided to Uslide Its luiulorics und tluit village ilicc Nitrol the county rood tiinsigh the pork. If the village is not eager to cxnd funds for tl county park expansion, neither is it necessarily oiqsisisl to the county mi-dertukinp the project.

A local service club is currently circulating petitions to determine theumisint uf sutport preserving the area would have among village rosiik-nts. Should the area be uddisl to the park, the village woukl stand to lose some of thi money it has invested' in 3000 fret of sewer and watre imjirmements running the kngth of tlie valley. Martin said the county park commissioners would proluibly consider information gleaned from the session in Mt. Iloreb during a July nxvting. a Richland Center hospital where dkd of k-ad injuries.

The accident occurred about 1:13 Sunday morning. Tk other people involved were not Injured. In a Dane County crash Saturday. the drivers of two cars were kilkd, and four passengers, three of them children, were seriously injured. The dead were identified as Russell Rcttenmund, 32.

Black Earth: and Genevieve E. Schulcnberg, 34. Rt. I. Mazomanie.

The fatal crash occurred at about 2 a m. on Highway 14. about two miles west of Black Earth and just south of Highway 78. According to reports, the vehicles were traveling in op V. 14 Three Killed in Area Crashes i af hrinstlm Mtsrcydats leave Warier fork Saaday en ronte In a rally on CapM Spare.

The niy was In pretestsftte state Ini ntpHK cycBsts In tnenr protective iV HKH QRIN WWII a rally on the Capitol lawn spenkers densnnee the helmet stale dDthh believed to he re-toMdhle law were hong ta effigy. lrl-stein result in a confrontutiun of a significant magnitude." Tlie high court's order toduy suit) it was uction "under its inherent and implied power and also under the provisions uf article 7, section of the stale Constitutimi, 11 term of chief judge will be two years, and a Judge can serve only two consecutive terms. A two-third vote uf the Judiciary in Hie district cun remove him a chief Judge, It also provide for divlslmt presiding judges In areas where then are more than one Judk-iul circuit, Hie administrative orgumzu: lion place eight southwestern counties including LaCrosse, Monroe, Vernon, Richland, Crawford, Grant, la Payette, and Iowa Into one district. Green und Walworth, and Rock Counties compromise another district. Columbia, Sauk, Marquette! Waushara, Juneau and Adams Counties cotiirixc another.

d'd. It is concerned with alleged sakw irf tk assets of Evansville k'forc bankruptcy procedures have k-en complete, Aspin explained. The FBI, by agreeawat fl Ml tavarttatt to nte ta the Cmratfty Orem Carpmlto the ISDA li Ihe Evaasvllle Mtare. Aifta aatol Ik Wisconsin Democrat today critklzed the federal government for ink amMg ta vest! gators (ki HMMai A aLa wpffaiiNnMPM prwc by them. "The at itarttog aspect ttas ntke caw toe cever-qp tf the toatage Ip UBDA to prevrat thhatfreca I gkh the FBI cmM lamtlgato this craetol aggie tl toe me," Aspin said.

Aspin has accused ISDA of covering-up the shortage to make sure that all government owned corn was removed front Evansville before the bankruptcy took place. "Evaasvllle Grail accepted farmers' can kaewtag tall eD that Ihe can ina bnM to caver the shafts federal grata aid that the farmers weald aever ha paid hr Mr can, Asin contended. At present, internal investigators from the USDA are prolong that agency's role in the bankruptcy and earlier shor-, tages. (fl" 1 1 wheroaprnte ta There are repurtsiftnflbtoen.hanehaeh OAm. -h nun, wKftmm mis Iralta ta the rortag WASHINGTON The PHI has entered into the investigation of tl konkruptcy of Ik Evansville Gram Exchange, Rep.

Ixs Aspin (D-Racine) disclosed today. Last Noiemkr, tlie Kv ansi die Grain Exchange went bankrupt resulting in (2.1 million worth of losses for more than 100 area faniK-rs. Aspin said. The FBI Is interested in investigating possible violations of fiskral bunknicy laws, he said. "The FBI Is etadactiag a preHmteary taqairy.

Asn ad posite directions when the cars collided nearly head-on. Schulcnkrg car rolled over onto its hnri after impact. Two survivors of the crash were still in the hospital today but were reported as improving. Six-year-old Daryn Schulen-berg, Rt. 1, Manmanic, was listed as still critical" but improving.

He remains under intensive care at St. Marys Medical Center. Thomas C. Roystan, 32, Mazomanie, was listed as "fair" and out of tlie intensive care unit at St. Marys.

A third victim, Dohn D. Dunks, was listed in "good" condition at Mudison General Ikispital Saturday. Lucey Pushes Plan For County Assessor Three persons were killed in area cradles over the weekend, imp in Sauk County Sunday, and two in Dune County early Saturday. Tl Sauk County fatulity, its llth of the year occurred early Sunday wk-n a Richland Center man was killed in a one-car crash in the Town of Bear Creek. Dead is Cyril R.

Louis. 21, Rt. 2. Richland Center. Louis was one of two passenger in a car driven by Dennis E.

McFJwre, 23. rural Spring (irein that went nut of control on Highway I.W about a quarter mile fnn tl intersection with County Think N. Officials said Louis was thruwn fnsn tlie vehicle. He was taken to By (EXE PATENAUDE MTHOREB-MonikTsoftk Dam County Park Commission' and the Mt. Iloreb Ptun Commission have held a preliminary sparring session on a county proposal hi add 32 acres of village lund to Stcwurt ('minty Purk.

The lund, 21 acres owned by Alvin Henze and 31 acres owned by Randall Sale' and others forms a steep vatky running to the east between the 100-acre county purk and the village. The County recently hud the land appraised at just under (2.000 per acre. A subdivision boom in the village in recent years has led to concern on the part of the county for the purity of Stewart Lake. The county group initially approached the village three years aw with a proposition that the county purchase one or the parcels uf land and Mt. Iloreb the other, but the vllktge never took actum the matter.

Dane County Park Director Richard Presny and members of the park commission renew ed contacts in April which led to the meeting with local planners. Dune County Park Commission Chairman Carlos Martin told the group that the county is particularly interested in preserving the Henze property because it is there that the springs feeding Stewart Lake originate. Ik said the Sale land is aLso very desirable but of a lower priority because county funds for parkland purchases are nearly gone. Both sides were cautious in their dk-sussion on how the land could be prraerved. Village planner William Vil-berg admitted that "There Is talmsl ta the village ta print rv- professors and studentp Is one of tk larger chunks of expense that comes out of tk annual budget, because tk communities are so scattered.

In addition to tk interns, any teacher in tk five communities participating in tk teackr corps is eligible to take the graduate courses, too, with a tuition waiver. The teacher corps is one of about 80 across tk country and one of 10 that' serves American Indians. Tk only otkr one in Wisconsin involves tk Madison campus which concentrates its efforts on the Menominee Indian Reservation. A total of 35 persons have finished Ikir college education as (caching specialists well equipped to work in any district where tkrc are children from bw-lnconw families. UW-Stevens Point Gets Grant For Indian Teacher Corps WAlSAU Gov.

Patrick Lucey today defended his proposed county-wide assessor program to civic groups here, claiming more uniform assessing procedures would mean "a fairer shake for each property tax-paying farmer." I Lucey compared Wisconsin, with its 1,829 assessment districts. to Iowa, which has 117. In Iowa, he claimed, farmers get a fairer shake. Opponents of the proposal, chiefly local officials in rural areas, have maintained countywide assessments will result in higher taxes for muny residents in those areas. Under the proposal, the state would assume 73 per cent of the costs of assessment if a county elects to go to a county-wide system.

Lucey cited three national studies which concluded that "to poor or Chiropractor Die Edna C. Norton, 88, of 5309 Tolmun a former practicing chiropractor in New Glarus for 33 years until retirement, died Sunday in Madison General Hospital after an extended illness. She had resided here in recent years with a daughter, Viola. STEVENS POINT The University of Wisconsin-Stevcns Point announced today it has received a federal grant of (218,000 to administer the Wls-cotwin Indian Teacher Corps for a fifth cnuecutive year. The appropriation from the UX OSke af Edacattsa wtif be acd to ghe gfectol prtparaltoa tofeachera lateresled la taktag their edacatlea careen lata cemmaaiUet when there la a targe perteatoge af lew-lacame taaCfes, partiraUfly Americas irrirtag to Dr.

Tmaacc at UW-Sfcvem Pitot, wha faU-Bmedbwctor at Bm carps. 3N .4 tf' states have streamlined and professionalized the cojlection and administration of sales and income taxes." he said, and yet. while we still collect more than (1.3 billion in property taxes in Wisconsin, we continue to tolerate a system of assessment with outrageous administrative ive northern communities in the state are involved: Ashland. Bayfield, Bowler, Danbury and Hayward. Each has a large American Indian population.

A new thrust in the program Is to involve existing teachers and persons pursuing master's degrees instead of bachelor's degrees as had ken tk policy in earlier years. Four recent graduates of state institutions have ken selected as interns from among 500 applicants across (he country. They are Kristen Allen of Rt. 3. Stevens Point, and formerly of Wausau, who has a degree from UW-Stevens Point, assigned to Hayward: John Henry Dill of Fembinc, graduate of UW-Grecn Bay, to Bayfield: John Powvrs, Rt.

1, Gresham, UW-Slcvcns Point graduate, to Bowler; and Muriel Prcmo of Danbury, graduate of Mt. Scnario College in Ladysmith, to Ashland. Danbury will not receive a permanent intern during the next year. Dariwg the next two years, the lateral will receive weekly sBpoMk af (131 ptaa (IS fer say depeadeats. They alse will receive a waiver if torir taMtoa.

Working in schools in Ik five communities, the Interns will receive academic credit for that participation plus courses they will take through the university in an unusual arrangement. Professors (Tom Stevens Point will go to the Interns at least twice each month to hold sessions concerning the various courses king taken. Occasionally during tk two years and two summers, tk interns will come to camiHis. Consequently, travel for Ihe Span Takes Shape at Mazo Portage Considering Downtown Mall Plan Ihe wew Hghway 14 bridge ta the cwtsklrts ef Maunuaie hrghmtag to take shape with strectwral weit row hi progress. The wew spu hetag wwstreefed to toe worth if toe firmer bridge which has hero detertontfig rapidly ta meat yean.

Staff Photo by Connie Thompson Stoughton Adds to Snowmobile Trail PORTAGE The City Council is pondering construction by a private firm of a downtown mall on the site of the old city hall, but financing of the proposal has left some officials cold to the idea. Slrmg Ftotasrs, af Madksa has presented a plan to hatold a (TCta baBdiag hr ntol parpeeea, tart waits to leaae the had far (I per year tor 31 ytwrt. The pwpaaal was eaittaed by Jeha Kaapp, a represeatottvt a toe firm. Parking Commission memkr Frank Rhyme asked again for authority lo build a parking mall, which would include a considerable public parking area. He said Ik area "would landscaped and enhance downtown Portage." But.

added: "Ntwaywflwi give ap toe la ad far (I per year. We wata Ihe (IIMN have ta B. Eawr eu we pay for ether had far ivteSMrt ttt Maty But, Rhyme conceded: "II Strang Partners would really put up a (Tno.nnn building with a ready retailer, we agree it weuld ihe thing to do." 130-Mile lYunk past tk county garage off County Trunk to the country club, and south across Highway 51 by Arnold Granrud's farm to Roger Gunnelson's property on Highway 138 and south to Leo Ihatn's property on Starr School Road. This segment of the county-trail will be included in (he proposal developed by Presncy whidi must submitted to the DNR for its approval. Presncy said the county wide trails are king linked to those In Columbia County this year.

The long-range plan is for a state network of trails in which it wiwild possible, for example, to travel from here lo Stevens Point on public trails. and construct the trails. The county will tk financial agent. Enfiireiment will provided by the Dane County Sheriff's Drpartnwnt. Standards set by the Department of Natural Resources and the Governor's Snowmobile Commission require a lfi'i foot casement for ihe trail.

Tk trail itself must be eight fort wide and In. a wooded area It must be brushed another two feet on each side. Other safety precautions include prohibitions against any 99 degree turns or steep grades. Dave Stronach, trail director for the local club, said the Stoughton run will begin at County TYunk and the 1-90 Intersection, travel south to the VKW hall, out west from Country By KATHY SOCCXSLOOM STOUGHTON The Viking Snowdrifters Snowmobile Club is cooperating with Dane County in establishing a public trail here which will part of a 130-null countywide nrtwork. Tk trail, funded from snowmobile license fees collected by tk state, will for the exclusive use of snowmnbllers.

Richard Presncy, Done County parks director, is administering the program for tk county. He said that 19 of tk 29 snowmobile clulis in tk Dane County Snow mobile Association arc participating in the county trail program this year. Each club contracting with tk county to xreure easements All costs of the program are financed from tk state licensing fees. Presncy said, which amount to (9 per snowmobile every three years. He explained that there are 8.790 snowmobiles registered in Dune County.

We caa'I ctase ror eyes to lie fact that they are here," he said, "Aid If we provide place fee toes to pc He views the county trails as minimizing the environmental impact on (he land, providing safer trails, and reducing the amount of vandalism, trespassing, and general harassment lo property owners. --a 1-- -a 9IVJMKI Ml UR RttM CHI IM received cemplalits Irem Ik casements, Stronach saM. are annually renewed by thet snowmobile dub and Iky do no! extend beyond the winter months. Farmers have reported danwsje to their crops from trait bikes and threatened to ask the sheriff's department to apprehend the trespassers. When the county trail Is es- tabhshed.

Presney said gates wltf 6e constructed at each property-line. The gates will be opened) from December through March If there I sufficient snow aitot. closed at all nthrr times, 41 Tk Council decided to give Knapp 90 days to negotiate a plan, with more Information ready for tk July meeting. In the meantime, the parking commission was given authorization to borrow up to (35,000 to raze the old city hall and adJkenl buildings on tk properly In question, with Ik guarantee that they will reimbursed should tin city decide to go along with Strang iurtnrrx' roiusltlon..