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Kenosha Newsi
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iUrti -v t- 4j -X' 4V JW i i 4 J4 "4 Primary election results in Kenosha GEORGE Bush's New Hampshire win rejuvenates his presidential campaign Story page IS 1 School Board Cari Podella Thomas Harvey WUUam Neiman Irwin Stengert Salem Town Board Shirley BoenlngMMMmw2SS Estelle Bloss 18t Peter Tremonte183 Richard Stetson 131 Anthony Johnson (out) 90 On April ballot 74a MIS MIS MSS Mtt 1114 3071 Francis Madsen Zfaneri Cox Roger temnus (out) On April ballot WARD-BY-WARD vote totals in primary election Page 722 Campaign '83 Lr Paddock Lake Board Norman Krueger 223 Gerard WydraI8t William Labbe 141 Mary Jane Greenwaldlll Marlene GoodstmMMMMltl Joseph Rlesselmaim 1M Jack Wiegand (out) 91 On April ballot only Kenosha Wis Wednesday February 17 1988 35C a copy Home delivered $245 Weekly Kenosha trust fund a beginning By Dennis A Shook Staff Writer Mayor Pat BiwmHiBwwiiiin jJ77 Eugene 4CC2 Michael Stancato (out) 1901 Jeffrey Wolkimir (out)' 401 Henry Kanecki (out) 145 Michael Rasmussen (out) 127 On April ballot 66 I movement But I stilt have my card on the table I want five years of work for the L-body and three years for the M-body Tommy Thompson Wis governor said that would come quickly enough when workers began to use up their Chrysler benefits for health and other areas is not Collins said of the trust lists are not withdrawn from the table I suspect they will be dealt with on That is when Thompson said he will fly to Washington' DC to meet with Iacocca and Aspin Dorff added of the trust fund proposal want It clear In my mind before I say it is great-! am a little cynical at this Thompson said it might be a' bit too cynical to believe only motivation for suggesting a trust fund tied to car sales was to revitalize flagging Wisconsin car sales in the wake of the Chrysler announcement Thompson said he would know better if cynicism is warranted after session Meanwhile Collins said press conference today was Iacocca at his best But not Aspin today characterized new offer as a positive first step but he said more would be discussed at the meeting Thursday "What we said Aspin jobs the number-one priority The city county and state are all working to find jobs But I expect Iacocca and Chrysler to help out there At meeting in Washington agenda will be longer than the trust fund Iacocca has spoken said Aspin Gov Tommy Thompson County Executive John Collins Mayor Eugene Dorff and Rep Les Aspin all welcomed news that Chrysler Corp would be' establishing a trust fund for the 5500 workers to be laid off this fall But all quickly added it would not affect what the city and county are seeking in their reparation lists drawn up last week cautiously said Dorff lists have to be discussed and he has to address the issue of jobs with the local Collins said Iacocca press conference is part of a process But not the end It is a step forward by Chrysler I was interested to see that Iacocca is interested in helping us with economic Gov Tommy Thompson said Tuesday in a telephone interview after the speech movement But I still have my card on the table I want five years of wwork for the L-body and three years for the Thompson said simply because Iacocca offered profits Lee Iacocca announces Tuesday in Milwaukee the set announces set up up of a Chrysler trust fund conference at the "Red Carpet Inn felt that to be a good citizen we had to help in some Iacocca rejected the notion that the trust is a response to a threatened lawsuit by the state or that the automaker is trying to repair its tarnished image in Wisconsin sales are up in he said Iacocca said he received thousands of letters from Kenoshans that made him realize Chrysler had a moral obligation to the community of the letters have a lot of pain in them have a lot of he said are long Iacocca By Dave Engels Staff Writer MILWAUKEE Chrysler will establish a Kenosha trust fund to help dislocated workers meet housing education and other expenses Chairman Lee Iacocca announced Tuesday The trust fund to be based on Chrysler profits from car sales in Wisconsin in 1988 could total $20 million of sales this year are the same as in 1987 Iacocca also said he would consider other forms of assistance when he meets with Gov Tommy Thompson and Rep Les Aspin D-Wis in Washington Thursday 0 tops mayoral primary WEATHER from state 1988 calendar year sales to the trust fund now is not the time to lessen local resolve "Our only chance of gaining concessions has been by using this full-court said Thompson want the people to know that we had to be tough And we have to keep standing up like this or we are not going to get The governor said Iacocca called him Tuesday morning to alert him to the press conference Collins and Dorff said they were not told of the press conference by Chrysler and I had a very decent phone Thompson said "It was the first decent one we have had in As for the state contributing to the trust fund Thompson said the entire package of what goes in the fund would have to be examined first could do other things with our money such as he said Collins said as far as any county contributions went he Moran By Dave Engels Staff Writer Alderman Patrick Moran established himself as the frontrunner in the race for Kenosha mayor Tuesday The first-term representative gathered 428 percent of the 12553 votes cast in the mayoral primary election to top interim incumbent Eugene Dorff and four other candidates According to unofficial totals Moran finished 775 votes ahead of Dorff who will be his opponent in the general election April 5 At his campaign headquarters at Restaurant 1800 60th St Moran said Tuesday night that he was "pleasantly thought it would be nip-and-tuck Our initial surveys early in the campaign showed that Geqe would edge me out by a small The unofficial results show Moran with 5377 votes to 4602 or 366 percent Moran won 11 of the 17 aldermanic Kenosha News photo by John Sorensen to aid Kenosha of fund touching hand-written letters that talk about making house payments and providing for the education an instinctive reaction from are trying to take the big worries off their shoulders until they can get Iacocca said he has no doubt that offer will be greeted with skepticism in southeastern Wisconsin has been raked over the coals for the last two weeks and been unfair understandable but he said a lousy time to comment SEE IACOCCA PAGE 2 Tonight: Fair tonight Lows around 20 Light southwest winds Thursday: Mostly sunny Highs md to upper 30s Conditions: At 11 am at the Kenosha News it was 33 with a rising barometric pressure of 3023 INSIDE Advice v10 Area News 2526 Business 21 Classified 27-32 Comics 13 Deaths 0 Entertainment 12 Kenosha Life 9-11 Local News 312223 Opinion 67 People 27 Sports 17-20 Television 14 66 are trying to take the big worries off their shoulder until they can get adjusted Lee Iacocca Chrysler chairman is a unique situation given the size of the workforce in relation to the he said at a press I VC Moran said he believes Chrysler assembly shutdown announcement had an im-act on the campaign events following that announcement allowed voters to look more closely at the can- SEE MAYOR PAGfe 2 Kenosha News photo by Brian Passino votes not the erroneous number on the chalkboard Pat Moran received 5377 districts Dorff the rest Eliminated from the race were Michael Stancato with 1901 votes or 151 percent Jeffrey Wolkomir with 401 or 31 percent Henry Kanecki with 145 and Michael Rasmussen with 127 Moran 41 7823 39th Ave and Dorff 57 8045 19th Ave both predicted a tight race for the April contes) had to overcome strong name recognition and the fact that he is the Moran said knew I would have to advertise myself and get my name out UNITED States and Soviet Union face off in Olympic hockey tonight Story page 717 i Mw 4Uirf (An mi.

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