Time to tighten drunk driving laws in Wisconsin
Opinion notes Wisconsin moved from .15 to .10 BAC, aiming to save lives amid 1,000 plus highway fatalities yearly. It urges further reductions to .08 or .05 and calls for reliable chemical tests as conclusive evidence in court. Governors, coroners, and patrol officials are referenced regarding driving impairment.
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Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Denmark
Howard Goetsch
Wisconsin State Highway Patrol
Tomah
Costly security bills for Nixon family questioned
Secret Service and General Services Administration figures show nearly 10 million dollars spent since 1969 on security for the President and First Family, including unusual items such as 89 for decorative pillows, 475 for a pool cleaner, and 6.83 for frame supplies. The article argues taxpayer money is used for home improvements under security.
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Nixon
Secret Service and
General Services Administration
San Clemente den
Key Biscayne
Watergate morality deranged by George F. Will
Washington Post Wire columnist George F. Will argues Nixon aides show a warped but sincere higher morality that justifies criminal acts. He cites John Mitchell and John Ehrlichman to illustrate the administration's asymmetric ethics behind Watergate disclosures and political calculus.
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George F. Will
Washington Post Wire
Washington
Ulaewicz
Nixon
Japan
Tanaka
Mr. Nixon
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Miss Kopechne
Messrs. Mitchell
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Mr. Ehrlichman
Daniel Elisberg
Readers split over editorial mix and censorship drama
A reader letter condemns July editorial spacing and questioned Paul Offner as a local tax expert. Other readers defend Mayor Gilbertson on film censorship and critique Ehrlichman and Nixon era morals, arguing media bias and presidential conduct merit scrutiny.
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Paul Offner
Offner
The
Tribune
Nixon linked to ITT cover up in 1971 pledge
The London Observer reports new evidence suggesting President Nixon could be tied to pressuring the antitrust case against ITT in return for a $400,000 pledge for the 1972 Republican convention. Memo revelations and perjury indictments link John Mitchell and Haldeman to the deal, raising fears of wider political and corporate fallout.
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Anthony Sampson
London Observer
London
White House
International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Nixon
San Diego
Charles Colson
H. R. Haldeman
John Mitchell
Senate
Colson
Haldeman
Department of Justice
Mitchell
Vesco
Richard Kleindienst
Richard McLaren
Dita Beard
Jack Anderson
Beard
California
Sheraton
Justice Department
Hartford Insurance Company
John Tunney
Edward Kennedy
Hartford Company
Britain
Malenkov proclaims hydrogen bomb power in surprise message
Twenty years ago 1953 Malenkov announced Russia possessed the hydrogen bomb and asserted the U S no longer held a monopoly. The U S demanded the release of all American POWs in Korea and urged rapid Senate ratification of a defense treaty. An Army driver with newsmen reportedly wandered into a Red zone in Korea, all freed after an hour. Six West European foreign ministers urged unity and immediate action toward a United States of Europe.
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Malenkov
Russia
United States
U.S
South Korea
Seoul
Korea
Senate
Red Zone
West Europe
Budget could backfire on state shift in local power
Madison commentary argues the budget changes broad state role in local schools and government authority, with tax cuts and new aid creating a lasting, costly shift. It critiques Republican resistance as prudent warnings about future tax burdens and the political peril of reversing the local-state balance.
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Losey Boulevard
la Crosse
George Streets
James Ferrier
Vine St
Hokah
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Lee Smith
Osseo
Wis
Pond
Calif
Bernhard Dockendorff Sr
Madison
Patrick Lucey
Washington
Assembly
Gov. Lacey
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Ramsey Clark
Senate Watergate Committee
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the Tribune
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Johnson St
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Board of Censors
Sparta
Wilfred Beaver
Ulasewicz
John Dean
Eroder
Billy Graham
George Willie
National Review
Solomons
Navy Command
Red Army
Ukraine
Kharkov
Madrid
Sicily
Troina
Woodrow
Woody) Swancutt
Wisconsin Rapids
Army Air Corps
Bolling Field
D. C
Marjorie Palmer
Floral Park
N.Y
Little
State Teachers College
President Harding
Riverside Park
Marion
Harding
Margaret Kopp
S. 6Th St
Arthur Taylor
Small Society
By John Wyngaard
Gov. Lucey
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