Wisconsin Court Rejects Recount in Carter Victory
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected recount petitions after the official canvass showed Carter winning the state by 35 245 votes out of over 2.1 million. The piece questions registration rules, cites potential fraud risks, and notes the 200 000 on Election Day registrations while urging caution.
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Milwaukee
Waukesha
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jimmy Carter
Carter
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Patrol faces discipline over ad sales scheme
State officials move to discipline patrol members selling advertising in a program book amid a weeks long fundraising scheme linked to a patrolmen’s union and a theater agency. Secretary Zel Rice says violations could lead to discharge. Authorities admit slow response. call for firmer action and public trust protection.
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Wisconsin State Patrol
Zel Rice
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Campbell votes to break budget cap despite voter rejection
Campbell voters rejected a budget levy exceeding state limit by over 9 to 1 last month. The board approved a budget and levy back to the capped figure, with the state tax limit administrator deeming it legal if excess goes to debt payments. The town faces a $40,000 shortfall and disillusioned taxpayers.
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Campbell
Campbell Board
State Department of Revenue
Twenty Years Ago in 1956 Community Chest Short of Goal
Tribune notes a 1956 drive 10 percent below goal with John T Sleik as campaign chairman. Eighty local and area patrolmen attend an FBI conference on automobile thefts, hosted by the Milwaukee FBI office. A Mississippi River packet boat begins its final voyage downstream toward a glamorous Venice retirement.
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John T. Sleik
FBI
Milwaukee
Venice
Vance Named Secretary of State Choice Reflects Policy Role
Washington reports Cyrus R. Vance a veteran diplomat and lawyer, chosen by President-elect Carter as secretary of state. Carter aims for a low key State Department role with Vance as adviser rather than maker of policy, signaling a shift from Kissinger style diplomacy.
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Washington
Cyrus R. Vance
Wall Street
Carter
West Virginia
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
National Security
State Department
Vance
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Carter Calls Robert Vance A Steady, Experienced Choice
Carter described Robert Vance as a level headed, competent manager with broad government service. Vance served as defense counsel, secretary of the Army, deputy secretary of defense, and a negotiator in Cyprus Korea and Paris Vietnam talks while advising Johnson.
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Vance
Carter
Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
Defense
Wall Street
Lyndon Johnson
Cyprus
Korea
Paris
Johnson
Detroit
Proxmire lauds Vance choice for secretary of state
Sen. William Proxmire praised Cyrus Vance as a strong capable team man after Carter tapped him for secretary of state. He forecast fiscal moderation tax cuts and more housing starts while urging restraint on price controls and supporting consumer protection and tax reform. He also urged privacy and nuclear arms policy action and suggested Carter form a blue ribbon inquiry into South Korean influence on Congress.
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Milwaukee
Jimmy Carter
Cyrus Vance
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Vance
Proxmire
Congress
Carter
United States
Washington
House picks a savvy leader for a new Congress
King Features Syndicate analyzes the upcoming Carter era Congress with a young, reform-leaning group. It highlights Tip O'Neill as a capable speaker but stresses the need for a strong majority leader, weighing Richard Bolling and Philip Burton as candidates and noting Burton's intraparty scheming could complicate leadership.
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Congress
House
Tip” O'Neill
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Philip Burton
California
Bolling
Medinger argues for gun policy limits and penalties
John Medinger, 95th Assembly man elect from La Crosse, says he does not support gun registration or banning of rifles and quality handguns. He calls for mandatory sentences for gun crimes, a 96 hour waiting period for purchases, and elimination of cheap handguns, arguing against broader gun-control plots.
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John Medinger
95Th Assemblyman-elect
S. 5Th St
la Crosse
GOP caucus struggles over replacing Shabaz as floor leader
In Madison the Republican Assembly shows frustration and concern as a tardy effort to replace Rep. John Shabaz of Waukesha County as floor leader unfolds. The move signals internal divisions within the party.
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Madison
Republican Assembly
Rep
John Shabaz
Waukesha County
Republican Legisla
Shabaz
Assembly
Mark Catlin
Appleton
GOP
Lucey
Indigestible foods and the call for restraint
A column contrasts a mocked fad of indigestible foods with the need for self-control and fidelity in personal and public life. It argues that choosing what is best, even when painful, builds character and lasting joy.
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United Features Syndicate, Inc
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