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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1975
Page
8
An editorial discussion unfolds on the roles of Robert S. Gallagher and Sanford Goltz as editors shaping the opinion page. The piece weighs the responsibilities of opinion writers, readers, and the paper’s stance on controversial topics.
A large audience filled a riverside hall to hear the Corps discuss a project with environmental and economic impact. Spokesmen noted tougher public hearings and cost analyses, praising recent moves to reduce dredging and improve spoil disposal while urging balanced cooperation among agencies and citizens.
The former system guaranteed admission to any high school diploma holder with an eighth grade reading and math level, flooding CUNY with unprepared students and costing about 30 million a year in remedial courses. Kibbee proposes restoring standards by limiting automatic entry to top two thirds and requiring entrance tests. The policy led to wasted time and 700 million dollars annual cost and left the system with poor outcomes.
Eight months after a publicity seeking county supervisor urged the district attorney to press charges against three Tribune employees, Edmund A. Nix has yet to decide. He says he does not want to act impulsively and spoke to a reporter yesterday.
Tribune recalls 1955 actions as the Board of Education sets machinery in motion for a Logan High School addition while the Common Council delays for 30 days on a right of way purchase for 7th Street extension and votes down compulsory rabies shots.
Governor Lucey weighs a sensitive appointment to replace Richard Cudahy on the Public Service Commission. Nominees Matthew Holden and Norman Clapp, with Sen. Fred Risser considered, face keen scrutiny as Cowffer contends with regulatory challenges and potential national appeal for Cudahy.
The piece argues Ronald Reagan would be 66 at inauguration in 1977 making him the oldest would be president aside from Harrison and Taylor, with age restricting career prospects across sectors. It notes Harrison died shortly after taking office and Reagan would enter a rare age threshold for the presidency.
Letters praise Elizabeth Gundersen and Sandra Fletcher for leading efforts to protect Lake Onalaska boathouses. Other readers discuss bicentennial trail work by La Crosse groups and praise community volunteers while noting national and presidential reflections.
Langley CIA officials discuss drastic ideas to neutralize Santa Claus including a taped scandal, poison pen schemes, Mafia hits, and mail tampering. The plan centers on a covert tape exposing Santa’s private life to force his retirement before Christmas. The men approve a clean yet dirty tactic aimed at forcing Santa to jump.
Governor Patrick Lucey continues to favor youth in state government selecting Anthony Earl to head the Department of Natural Resources replacing Lester Voigt. Robert Dunn is named among the new top appointees in his reshaped staff.
The article notes brief bios of several new appointees: Em Young 31 to succeed Earl as administration secretary, Manuel Carballo 34 to become secretary of health and social services, Harold Wilden 29 named state insurance commissioner, Charles Cicchetti 32 as director of the Emergency Energy Office, and Gary Rohde 37 as secretary of agriculture replacing Donald Wilkinson who moved to the U.S. Agriculture Department.
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