Wisconsin lawmakers push to rehouse top officials in Capitol
The five member Joint Committee on Legislative Organization voted 4-1 to move the secretary of state and state treasurer offices to rented quarters. Douglas LaFollette and Charles Smith would occupy the East wing per the Constitution. The state building commission was set to decide today, with critics urging a firm no.
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Madison
Joint Committee On Legislative Organization
Douglas LaFollette
Charles Smith
State Building Commission
Bergland Seen As Favorite For Agriculture Post Choice
Carter selects Rep. Bob Bergland of Minnesota for Agriculture secretary amid debate over price supports and balance between free markets and farm protection. Bergland advocates higher supports for grain and milk, challenging conservatives while contending with world export pressures and trade balances. A Midwest observer calls the job “a magician’s task.”
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Jimmy Carter
Agriculture Post
Bob Bergland
Minnesota
Bergland
The
Farm Bureau
Soviet Union
China
U.S
Midwest
Griffin Bell as Attorney General Candidate Faces Scrutiny
The next attorney general may be Griffin Bell, a Georgian and former federal appeals judge. Critics worry about ties to Carter and handling of desegregation cases while supporters call him fair. The President-elect emphasized independence at a press conference amid debate over qualifications.
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United States
Griffin Bell
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Griffin
NAACP
Carter
Bell
Atlanta
Charles Kirbo Bell
Justice Department
Public Service hikes La Crosse bus fares in 1956
The Public Service Commission approves a fare increase for La Crosse Transit Co. from four rides for 55 cents to 15 cents per ride. Student and child fares rise from 12 rides for $1 to 10 cents each.
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Public Service Commission
la Crosse Transit Co
Galbraith backs Sadlowski fundraisers alarm USW politics
A Boston fundraising event for Ed Sadlowski, candidate of the USW in a February election, draws Galbraith support and liberal scrutiny. The piece questions why chic liberals back Sadlowski, citing Victor Reuther and Joseph Rauh, and urges Steelworkers to judge candidates by union performance.
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Boston
John Kenneth Galbraith
Galbraith
Ed Sadlowski
Chicago
United Steel Workers
USW
Lloyd McBride
St. Louis
Sadlowski
George McGovern
Idi Amin
McBride
Palisades
California
New York City
Victor Reuther
Walter
United Auto Workers
Joseph Rauh
Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Walter Reuther
UAW
Victor
Joe Rauch
Galbraith and Co
Carters plan meets satire in Rootin Dolphin crisis
Art Buchwald satirizes Jobs economy through Rootin Motors where Glutton Machinery sells a five million dollar annual saving, 1000 laid off workers including Laidlaw. As new robots replace many, demand collapses, revealing systemic recession effects and the paradox of layoffs amid growth. The piece ends with Carter's problem drifting away from corporate hands.
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Washington
Carter
Rootin’ Motors
Glutton Machinery
Rootin
Glutton
Laidlaw
Streeter
Feldman
Presidents and God in the Middle Years religion piece
The piece surveys 19th century White House occupants and their faith. It notes varied devotion, with seven presidents joining a church in office or after, and eleven Episcopalians or Presbyterians among 37, while Lincoln never joined a church. It profiles Jackson, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, Grant, Coolidge, Eisenhower, Adams, Madison, Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore, Polk’s baptism, Buchanan’s doubt, and others, ending with Cleveland and McKinley. Tomorrow: The Faith of Lincoln.
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Polk
Pierce
Buchanan
Grant
Coolidge
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Wilson
Cleveland
Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
John Adams
Madison
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Garfield
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Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
John Quincy Adams
Harvard
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Rachel
Lord Jesus Christ
Martin van Buren
Dutch Reformed Church
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
New York
Taylor
Know-Nothing” Party
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Allan Nevins
Presbyterian Church
William McKinley
Young Men’s Christian Association
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Frank Knox
John D. M. Hamilton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Holtzhammer
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Marie Hoff
St. Louis City Hospital
St. Michael's Orphanage
Clara Olson
King Features Syndicate
Art Buchwald
Robot Tool Co
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Hewlett
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James K. Polk
Franklin Pierce
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