Among their finds are a wood-burning stove, slot machine, safe, portable TV, bowling balls, silver spoon and a gold ring with three small diamonds. Though the ring is quite similar, it is not Mrs. Mitchell's. On the same day, Walworth County officials announce that a grand jury has determined that the Old Main fire at Whitewater State University on Feb. 7 was in fact arson. No arrests will be made in the Old Main case. It's the first Women's Liberation Day, and the National Women's Strike Coalition has called on American women to boycott their jobs, including home-making, for a day in their quest for equal pay and treatment.
Local Gals Ask.
Local 95 strike the GM plant in Janesville as part of a national strike. Science Related Materials starts doing business on South River Street and employs eight people. Owner and founder Don Hedberg says his company, originally started in his and wife Gerry's apartment in Evanston, Ill., is the only business in the world devoting itself exclusively to the manufacture of molecular models for colleges and high schools. A new venture for the company is making a chart that lists emergency procedures for those who work with dangerous chemicals. The chart is the kernel from which Science Related Materials grows another business, Lab Safety Supply, that eventually will dwarf the parent company.