Enlightening Visit with Chou in Peking
Peking dispatch recalls a detailed interview with Chou En-lai at the Great Hall of the People. The premier discusses Sino Soviet tensions and China’s domestic priorities while offering sharp insights into Beijing’s view of global power dynamics.
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People
Chou En-lai
Mao Tse-tung
China
Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
William I
Peking
Washington-Moscow
Europe
Japan
Open Letter to Governor Lucey on DNR Sand Permit and Waste Policy
A reader criticizes Governor Lucey and the DNR over a sand permit denial for a bank project on the South Branch Embarrass River. The letter also argues for repeal of the 1967 Reorganization Act and returns to local control, urging a public hearing and condemning current waste disposal with incineration as the future solution. It cites costs, landfill concerns, and energy potential, calling for action and public involvement.
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DNR
Wisconsin
Donald Minniecheske
Fairbanks
Tigerton
Wis
City considers annexing Campbell amid town referendum
The La Crosse Common Council weighs a plan commission recommendation to show willingness to annex the Town of Campbell. A 359 resident petition seeks a referendum on village status, with court decisions and negotiations shaping the outcome. The piece argues annexation could benefit both communities in the long run.
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Hoover
House
Senate
Police and Fire Commission
Verdota
Roellig
Nation
Common Council
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Plan Commission
Campbell
Circuit Court
French Island
Dr Max Jacobson case highlights drug abuse links in elites
A New York Times report on Dr Max Jacobson links his injections of self made solutions, sometimes with speed, to famous figures including Kennedy, Capote and DeMille. A Senate inquiry flags barbiturate abuse, illegal sales, and over prescription. calls for tighter control and even saliva tests for leaders.
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New York Times
Max Jacobson
New York City
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Jacobson
the Times
Truman Capote
Cecil B. DeMille
Claude Pepper
Florida
Eddie Fisher
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Vienna
Nikita Khrushchev
Times
Senate
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
U.S
Feds
Dr. Jacobson
Wisconsin's voting patterns show Nixon win but not historic landslide
The Madison analysis notes Nixon carried Wisconsin with 53.3 percent while McGovern earned 43.7 percent, 7-point gap from national trend. It compares past landslides in Wisconsin from Roosevelt to LaFollette, and questions turnout and youth enfranchisement despite Nixon’s state lead.
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John Wyngaard
Madison
Wisconsin
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
McGovern
George Wallace
American Party
Wallace
Schmitz
Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Harding
Hoover
FDR
Calvin Coolidge
Robert M. LaFollette
Nature warns against a single genetic type
Sydney J. Harris argues that ecological diversity and crossbreeding enhance survival. He warns against eugenic aims for a uniform “superman” or uniform crops to avoid universal blight. Diversity guards against new diseases and environmental challenges.
Incineration as a remedy for local waste disposal
Sirs La Crosse families and businesses face growing waste volume at Isle La Plume dump. The writer argues for modern enclosed incineration plants to burn waste cleanly, reducing air and ground pollution, odors, and fire risk, with only water vapor and carbon dioxide exiting the stack.
Viewers feel insulted by TV ads and urge tests
A business writer argues stockholders should require executives to view their own commercials and vote on ad spending. He recalls feeling insulted during a Michigan Purdue game by car ads and beer pitches, suggesting tastier, restrained advertising could foster obligation to buy.
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J. A. Livingston
Michigan
General Motors
XYZ Corporation
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Chou
Tribune
General MacArthur
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Eisenhower
Wake Island
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Board of County Judges
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Orland S. Loomis
Madison, la Crosse College
Interstate Commerce Commission
Paul
Acts
Finland
Eagle Hotel
B. E. McCormick
University of Wisconsin
Constance Talmadge
Rivoli
Lewis Otto
Onalaska
North Western
Crossing
Joseph Alsop
Tenterhooks
Henry A. Kissinger
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Lucey
Herbert Grover
87Th
L. Kuehl
S. 33Rd St., la Crosse
Peter Pappas
Sydney J. Harris
Chevrolet
Securities and Exchange Commission
Fran Tarkenton
Vikings
Tarkenton
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