Smear it is SPIRO AGNEW defense amid bribery talks
Opinion argues Agnew has right to defend himself as media and politicians push rumors of bribery and extortion. The piece notes unnamed sources claim cases against him grow stronger, yet no indictment or evidence is disclosed midweek. It warns against presuming guilt before trial and defends due process.
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Spiro Agnew
Maryland
Baltimore
New York
Agnew
Time Magazine
Justice Department
Washington
Grand Jury
Upside Down Electricity Rates Stir Debate
Environmental thinkers propose charging more for low usage and less for high, arguing wasteful consumption should be discouraged. At a Madison Gas and Electric rate hearing, critics say large users like dairy farms with many machines should not pay more simply due to scale, urging a fairer, volume based structure.
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Madison Gas and Electric Co
Lyman McKee
Associated Milk Producers
Nixon's Positive Polarization Sparks Public Rift
George F. Will argues Nixon uses the bully pulpit to claim government paralysis from Watergate while asserting most government functions remain intact. He cites budget rigidity, economic policy, and Senate votes as evidence the administration is not immobilized. Will questions Nixon's motives and predicts continued divisiveness if the pattern repeats.
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George F. Will
Washington Post
Washington
Nixon
Nebraska
Senate
Robert Byrd
Sen
Lowell Weicker
Peoria
Congress
Senate Watergate Committee
Ervin
Senator Baker
St. Augustine
God
Arms control debate risks U.S. strategic power
In a Washington column Joseph Alsop argues that Soviet MIRV tests threaten America's Minuteman deterrent. He criticizes Scoville and anti defense lobbies for exaggerating fears and warns the Soviets now possess the tech and will to gain a large strategic advantage within eight to ten years.
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Washington
Arms Control Agency
Herbert Scoville
Minuteman
Scoville
America
Soviet Union
Brookings Institution
Council For A Livable World
Federation of American Scientists
U.S
Department of Defense
Jeremy Stone
George Lansbury
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Twenty Years Ago in Tribune Highlights and Recaps
Tribune notes from 1953 include POW releases by the Communists Panmunjom updates and Shah of Iran’s return to Tehran. Wisconsin Elks state convention hears religious freedom plea by Charles E. Broughton. Florence Lawson, Sparta teacher, dies.
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Carl J. Gunderson
Onalaska
Wayne Hotson
la Crosse
Panmunjom
Shah of
Iran
Wisconsin
Elks In
Charles E. Broughton
Sheboygan
Mr. Elk. C. L. Ringquist
Trane Co
Wesley Methodist Church
Florence Lawson
Sparta
LAAR House Hosts Third Anniversary Open House
Readers submit notices as LAAR House in La Crosse invites the public to its third anniversary open house on Thursday August 23 with sessions 2 to 4 PM and 6 to 8 PM. The letters also discuss newspaper readability and costs at the La Crosse Tribune.
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C. A. Harper
Mississippi River
A. C. Wiprud
Valley Association
la Crosse American Legion Auxiliary
Janesville
Whitman Dam
Ninth Reserve District
la Crosse
Laar House
Robert L., Shimanski
la Crosse Area
S. 4Th St
Tiny
Doerflinger
Alan Anderson
Box
Butte Des Morts
Wis
la Crosse Tribune
Washington
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Milwaukee Sentinel
Sonnenfeldt nomination under fire in Nixon era
Washington editorials critique President Nixon for pressing Helmut Sonnenfeldt's under secretary of treasury nomination despite an FBI file full of wiretap evidence alleging leaks. Senate scrutiny grows as calls mount for access to the file and background checks amid Kissinger influence.
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Washington
Nixon
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Treasury
White House
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Sonnenfeldt
FBI
Justice Department
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance
Russell Long
State Department
Otto Otepka
Long
Otepka
Atty
Elliott Richardson
Richardson
Treasury Security
Finance Committee
Moscow
Peking
U.S
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Gallup
U. S
Joseph Alsop
Tribune
Berlin
Italy
Sicily
Solomons
New Guinea
New Georgia
Salamaua
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Coolidge
The
Industrial Commission
San Francisco
Camp Randall
University of Wisconsin
Laar’s Open House
Ward Phelps
S. 20Th St
By Paul Scott
Watergate
Spiro
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