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Crosse Tribune, Tuesday, July 15,1975 budget Passage Unsure Despite Demo Majority By USA C. BERMAN MADISON. Wis. (AP)-The $3.2 billion state budget faces life or death this week as the Wisconsin Assembly tackles the 1975-77 spending package thrown into its ring last week by the Senate But although Democrats command a 63-35 majority in the lower house, the bill proposed by Democratic Gov. Patrick J.

Lucey and revised by a Democratic conference committee will probably not receive automatic approval. Assembly Speaker Norman Anderson. D-Madison, is optimistic, however. will pass the budget this he said. it takes one day or two days or three days remains to be Anderson's prediction is good news for legislators, whose business will be finished until September with adoption of a budget.

The bill now before the Assembly is an unamendable compromise drafted by a conference committee. State lawmakers must either vote for the bill or knock it down and send it back to the committee for redrafting. Assembly Democrats will caucus get a pretty good notion of where we Anderson said, and then move to take up the bill immediately. The budget ultimately served up to Wisconsin citizens will not necessarily be a twin to the one passed by the legislature. Eeven after legislative approval.

the bill still has to be signed by Lucey, who has the right to line-veto portions of it. In the words of Sen. Henry Dorman. D-Racine. Lucey is a at the art of the line veto, and will perform scalpel-like operation on the bill, eliminating provisions with which he does not Included in the bill are a revised shared tax formula, with an $8 5 million sweetener for communities that lose state aids under the plan; permanent limits on local property tax increases; ceilings on school district cost increases; a four per cent sales tax on cigarettes, and continued operation of state institutions at Mendota, Winnebago, Oregon and Sparta.

Although many lawmakers object to some of the provisions, most notably the school and tax limits, Anderson says its compares favorably with past budgets. have never seen a budget in my 19 years in the legislature that people were happy he said. budget is a compromise of all kinds of conflicting ideas and I think this budget is no City Collects $10,000 In Room Tax Since April By RICHARD MIAL Tribune Staff Writer A 3 per cent tax on city motel rooms has generated about $10,000 in revenue since it went into effect April 1, a convention bureau official said Monday. Peter J. Chapman, executive director of the La Crosse Area Convention and Visitor Bureau, Inc told a meeting of the city Room Tax Commission that the city could expect about $21,000 from the tax by Dec.

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54601 i ntlemen: Please Send Information, Give Cost Estimate IE STATE ZIP PHONE------- Meanwhile, he has estimated receipts based on an average 55 per cent occupancy rate for the 950 hotel and motel rooms. The La Crosse Common Council approved the room tax in March. Of the money collected, 10 per cent goes for administration of the tax, and 45 per cent each goes to the city general fund and the convention bureau. Chapman told the commission federal aid to hire a convention coordinator is no longer expected. The bureau had hoped to re ceive funding under the Compre hensive Education and Training Act.

The commission will present a budget of about $33,000 to the Common Council Aug 14, Chapman said. At that time, exact proceeds from the room tax will be known, he added Among the upcoming conventions in the La Crosse area are the Elks Club Fall Conference, Sept. 5-7, with an estimated 600 delegates and the Wisconsin Credit Union League Sept. 19-20. with an estimated 2,400 persons involved.

The largest convention scheduled for 1976 is the State American Legion Convention, with an estimated 3,000 delegates, and a possible total attendance of 8.000 legionnaires and family members. That meeting is set for June 15-17. 1976. but Chapman said he expect it to be as large as anticipated. He said he is figuring on two persons to a motel room.

With only 1,250 hotel and motel rooms in La Crosse County, the overflow could spill over into surrounding counties, Chapman said. realize there is a certain limit as to what the city can Chapman said. Alderman Thomas Roellich (12th Dist.) was named chairman of the commission. On List Two Sparta residents, Mary Lahm and Margaret A. Roush, have qualified for the spring semester List at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Rosenberg Sons Battle In Court To Clear Parents WASHINGTON (AP) The sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are going to court in their battle to prove their innocence 22 years after the Ro- senbergs were executed Robert and Michael Meero- pol, who go by the name of the family that adopted them, filed suit Monday in U.S. District Court seeking a court order requiring the federal government to turn files on the celebrated espionage case. The Rosenbergs were convicted of passing secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. Michael Meeropol. 32, and his brother.

28. claim their parents were victims of the desire for a political victory at a time when anti-Com- munist sentiment in the United States was strong. The suit also sought an injunction barring any further destruction of government records in the wake of a recent disclosure that the U.S. attorney in New Mexico had records on David Greenglass. a key prosecution titness in the case.

Drown Victim Found STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) The body of Joseph Shimek, 56, of rural Junction City, was recovered from the Wisconsin River Sunday near an industrial dam here. Authorities said Shimek, whose boat was found adrift in the river Friday, apparently drowned while fishing Thursday. Where Rheumatism Pain Strikes Rheumatic and Arthritic Pain can strike the joints in any of the indicated areas (see arrows on chart) Tribune Photo by Nora Magelee Bike Is Therapeutic For Man, 91 Fred C. Meyer.

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