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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1975
Page
4
The newspaper announces Robert S Gallagher as editor and Sanford Goltz as opinion page editor. It notes their roles in guiding editorial content and page direction.
The Army Corps of Engineers hosts an informational meeting at 7 30 tonight at the Holiday Inn in La Crosse to discuss replacing and enlarging the locks and dam at Alton Illinois. The project could cost about 500 million and take 10 years or more with opposition from railroads environmental groups and courts.
The FCC prohibits airing Ronald Reagan's old movies on television from now until nomination time next summer. The former California governor, aged about 65, began film work in 1937 and ended two decades later, with critics often labeling him a second-rate actor.
William Bush longtime NASA aerospace engineer at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville saw his pay fall from GS-14 to GS-12 dropping from about 34000 to 25200 as a result of voicing concerns about being underutilized. The piece faults the center director for a punitive downgrade amid space program cuts and inefficiency worries.
Twenty years ago crews of thirty two barges and nine towboats scrambled to pass through the Dresbach lock and dam on the Mississippi. The winter navigation season closed for the river, while Shelby residents were told to prepare for area changes to city delivery.
The article notes ongoing speculation about bright young state legislators after long service as incubators for higher office. Prominent figures are discussed at luncheons, cocktail bars, and among lobbyists as Capitol chatter grows.
A guest editorial in this newspaper criticizes the push for a 12 foot navigation channel on the Upper Mississippi centered on Locks and Dam 26 at Alton. It accuses the Corps of Engineers and commercial users of masking broader aims and urges rejection of the plan to protect the river’s multi use future.
Letter writers attack Governor Lucey for a supposed no tax increase while urging defeat of AB930 to protect highway funds from being diverted to railroads and buses. They argue public opposition and constitutional issues, and discuss food stamp program abuses and liberal guidelines with mixed citizen concerns.
Economists at Brookings push for incomes policies to curb inflation warning traditional tools will cost jobs. George Perry argues wage changes stem from income shares battles rather than cost of living, while Arthur Okun proposes non inflationary guideposts and targeted subsidy ideas. The group notes flat Phillips curves and strong inflation inertia, with mixed views on wage price controls and fiscal measures amid oil shocks.
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