Nixon defense on tapes clashes with Haldeman disclosure
The editorial contends President Nixon keeps White House tape contents strictly controlled while H R Haldeman revealed he held and listened to crucial tapes for about two days. The piece argues a discharged aide steering the version to investigators undermines Nixon's stance and raises questions about access and interpretation.
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Nixon
White House
Executive Office
Archibald Cox
Secret Service
H. R. Haldeman
John Dean
Haldeman
Ervin Committee
Chilling clash over compulsory unionism in media era
The piece traces Cecil B. DeMille’s Lux Radio Theater stand against paying union dues and connects it to a broader fight over compulsory AFTRA membership for broadcasters. Bill Buckley’s Firing Line suit and rulings cited pressure on commentators, with civil liberties groups opposing forced dues and state agency shop trends expanding into public jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. DeMille
Lux Radio Theater
Radio Actors’ Union
Washington Post
Radio-Tv
Bill Buckley
AFTRA
National Right To Work Foundation
Wisconsin
Menomonee Falls
Right TO Work Foundation
Net Hentoff
New York
Village Voice
The
Civil Liberties Union
Buckley and
Buckley
Union
Brieant
Buckley Case Tests Journalist Union Membership Rights
The Buckley Evans suit targets AFTRA claiming forced union membership before broadcasting violates First Amendment rights. Judge Brieant sided that the policy chills free speech, with appeal to the Second Circuit and broader Right to Work aims.
Wisconsin lawmakers approve historic pay raise in 1974 budget
The 1974 Wisconsin biennial budget includes a bold nearly 60 percent pay increase for legislators plus added benefits. The move makes Assembly and Senate seats far more financially attractive, despite past debates and anticipated public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Oklahoma dream ballet sparks reader defense
In a Tribune letter, a dancer defends William Zenker's Oklahoma review praising the production while disputing the critique of the dream ballet. The note argues the ballet exists in the mind of a woman and reflects universal hopes and fears beyond a single time period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
William Zenker
Oklahoma
Prokofiev
Curly
Laurie
Judd
Carl N. A. Swanson II
la Crescent
Minn
Rain halts plowing as July rainfall soaks area
Tribune notes twenty years ago heavy rain totals 18 days in July and three in August halt heavy field work. East Berlin radio reports clashes in Soviet zone communities as police bar crowds seeking West aid. Eisenhower leads Taft rites. Augusta set for national plowing contest with entrants nationwide. Four hundred Allied POWs, 19 Americans, freed by North Koreans.
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East Berlin
Red Radio
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Augusta
Public comment on adding tennis courts in La Crosse
A reader requests the Park Department install more tennis courts on La Crosse's north side due to high demand in good weather. The writer thanks for allowing public opinion and highlights the need for afternoon or evening court access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Department
la Crosse
Judy
Governors plan to close three Wisconsin institutions blocked
Governor Lucey faced a setback as lawmakers rejected phasing out Green Bay Reformatory Central State Hospital at Waupun and the Sparta Child Care Center. The dispute centered on jobs with 660 staff at stake and political leverage in Republican districts.
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Arthur L. Srb
Associated Press
Madison
Reuben la Fave
Oconto
Thomas Petri
Fond du Lac
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Raymond Johnson
Eleva
Everett Bidwell
Portage
GOP
Lacey
Robert Dunn
Lucey
Senate
Green Bay Reformatory
Central State Hospital
Sparta
Reformatory
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TV Radio Newsmen’s Union
Robert C. Maynard
Wire
Washington
Supreme Court
William F. Buckley Jr
National Review
M. Stanton Evans
Indianapolis News
U.S. District Court
Charles L. Brieant
Evans
Firing Line
CBS News
Buckley and Evans
Evans and
By John Wyngaard
Beech
Hagar St
Kathy Kaldunski
Avon St
Henry J. Taylor
United Nations
United States
U.N
Congress
C. C. Moseley
Glendale
Calif
Peaceniks
Ernie Tande
S. 17Th St
U.S
Sicily
Catania
Etna
Peter Niedercorn
Annce Keir
Mormon Coulee
Albert Wolfe
la Crosse County
NRA
Calvin Coolidge
Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Kansas City Star
Harding
North Side Tennis
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