Partial payout dispute delays Wisconsin local fund share
The Wisconsin Revenue Department resists Judge Richard Orton's order for an expedited payout of state shared tax money to about 1,800 local units, arguing population estimates must await legislative action. The dispute, tied to city population figures, risks delaying funds totaling over 166 million dollars and accruing daily interest.
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Wisconsin
Grant County
Richard Orton
Lucey
State Revenue Department
la Crosse
Taxes Took Your Raise, Wisconsin Resident Finds
A Wisconsin Department of Revenue study shows that since 1967 the average resident’s tax burden rose 55 percent while personal income grew only enough to offset taxes. Real after tax income effectively stagnant, unlike the 1960s when after tax gains reached 19 percent.
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John Wyngaard Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Revenue
Peter Karkoff
Readers weigh ethics and economic policy in Wisconsin
Tribune readers discuss ethics in government from local to state levels. Letters urge an ethics code for La Crosse County and critique unemployment, tax policy, and economic strategy under Governor Lucey and party shifts.
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Onalaska
West Salem
Gundersen
la Crosse
Jack McDonald
Lucey
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Regents mull open statewide university plan
The UW Board of Regents approved seeking $528 500 in escrow funds to start a statewide open university system. Regents claim existing faculty covers most work with eight new staff over five years, as 13 taxpayer funded universities plus extension services exist in Wisconsin.
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University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
John Lavine
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
Take Five Wordplay From Local Notes
Betty Roney retires leaving a playful column gap with quirky quotes. The piece reproduces ho hum lines from a network announcer a local sports host and a talk show guest about sports luck art shows and word usage.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Betty Roney
Betty
Common Council approves bond issue for sewers and streets
The 1953 city council approves a 630000 bond issue to cover storm sewer and street improvement costs. It also names a new school board member and reelects two incumbents.
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Common Council
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Placement Bureau
Merrill
Wisconsin
Marguerite Teachout
George St
Clarence Rinquist
Melvin Knutson
Madison Capitol Guards See Fewer Threats After Reform
Madison Wisconsin AP guards at the state Capitol number 58 down from the peak of antiwar violence nine fewer than authorized. Since Karleton Armstrong received 23 years for the Sterling Hall bombing protests have waned though demonstrations persist by gasoline dealers tax protesters abortion supporters and impeachment backers.
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Madison
Wis
State Capitol
Robert Hamele
Karleton Armstrong
Sterling Hall
University of Wisconsin
Armstrong
Nixon
Warren P. Knowles
Capitol
Hamele
Portage
Columbia County Sheriff's Office
Distinguishing Knowledge from Opinion in Education
A compact reflection urges honest thought to separate knowledge from opinion and prejudice. It argues truth is terminal while a lie is endless, cites Thurber on politics, and notes punishment works least on the truly recalcitrant. It also considers human duality and the need for variety to steady the soul.
Coal can fight the oil war by PAUL SCOTT WASHINGTON
Nixon faces warnings from CIA and Kissinger about Arab oil as a diplomatic weapon. The piece explains potential shifts to coal, with 400 coal boilers converted to oil, and the FPC estimates many could switch back quickly to reduce dependence and ease the energy crisis.
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Nixon
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Israel
Japan
Western Europe
Central Intelligence Agency
Libya
Muammar Quadhafi
Samson
Henry Kissinger
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Senate
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FPC
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