Harborview Plaza hotel funding faces Wisconsin securities scrutiny
Local investors face a costly registration hurdle as the Wisconsin Securities Commission weighs a $1,000 per person contribution toward financing a Harborview Plaza hotel. The group worried about potential $30,000 registration costs while aiming to raise $100,000 for a proposed $4 million Sheraton project, asserting state regulation is excessive for a targeted, informed investor group.
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Wisconsin Securities Commission
Harborview Plaza
Sheraton
Ford faces panic as Reagan widens lead in Gallup poll
The piece notes Ford campaign anxiety in 1976 as Ronald Reagan leads in Gallup polls with independents and Republicans favoring him. It argues voters want decisive leadership over campaign theatrics and warns Wallace remains a Democratic favorite. The article concludes that effective governance beats political theater.
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Ford
David Broder
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
George Wallace
Window dressing tax cuts frame a lame endgame
The piece notes a Republican President and a Democrat Congress likely extending 1975 income tax cuts. Congress quickly approved budget-cut placeholders to match further tax relief, avoiding a veto showdown. The President signaled readiness, leaving voters wary of promises kept in the next year.
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Congress
Ford
Wisconsin wetlands loss flagged as acute wildlife issue
Twenty years ago Wisconsin faced an acute wildlife problem as wetlands disappeared through destruction by man. The piece notes President Eisenhower's two week Key West vacation and editors naming Ike illness as 1955 top news story. It mentions first driver license exams outside Milwaukee and Madison.
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Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Key West
Sun
Nation
Ike
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Madison
Zionism defined as race by Arab scholars
Arab scholars in Beirut challenge Zionism as racialist while noting Zionist aims and Jewish nationalism differ from Judaism. They cite Weizmann and Herzl, contrast Law of Return with Palestinian rights, and argue U N condemnation blends politics with Semitic identity. The debate frames Zionism as state policy complicating Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Beirut
Chaim Weizmann
Britain
Palestine
Louis Brandeis
Weizmann
Zionist Movement
Theodor Herzl
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Daniel P. Moynihan
U.N
Hakam Darwaza
Palestine Studies Institute
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
Europe
Israel
Saab
U.N. Special Political Committee
Abyssinia
Sayegh
Zionist Congress
England
Time runs out on the President
Washington political analysis notes that polls swing quickly and that momentum matters more than one survey. It cites Ronald Reagan gaining on President Ford in Gallup like private forecasts warned, and Ford aides fearing erosion of credibility while conservatives seek a deferential vote to counter Reagan.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Kevin Phillips
Gerald Ford
Gulf Stream
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Reagan
Gallup
Fords
Lyndon Johnson
Peking
White House
Congress
Bryce Harlow
Melvin Laird
John Byrnes
William Scranton
Carla Hills
William Coleman
David Matthews
Elliot Richardson
John Dunlop
Clark Clifford
George Elsey
Harry Truman
Arctic Gas Pipeline Sparks Congressional Push
Environmentalists vow a last ditch stand against one of two Arctic Gas routes to the U S Midwest as shortages loom. Congress weighs quick approval amid FPC shortages and debates over route through Alaska and Canada ending in Montana to Wisconsin.
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Wilderness Society
Alaskan Coalition
Society
Frank Berry
Alaska
Canada
Mackenzie River Valley
U.S
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Federal Power Commission
Arctic Natural Wildlife Range
Stewart Brandberg
Beall
And
Berry
Mike Gravel
Commission
Gravel
Philip E. Ruppe
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
Senate
Library of Congress
Christmas Town Echoes Bravery and Landmark Loss in La Crosse
Reader Harold Ristow recounts helping an elderly man with a walker at Fifth Avenue crosswalk amid Christmas bustle. He laments drivers and pedestrians who ignored the moment of need. Rick Przywojski protests landmark demolitions, praising leveled structures and calling to save La Crosse’s heritage, noting editor’s note about regional preservation battles.
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la Crosse
Omaha
Works Progress Administration
General Motors
U.S
Fifth Avenue
Main
Jay Streets
Wisconsin
America
Harold Ristow
Front Street
Cargill
Fifth
State Streets
City Hall
St. Michaels
Harold
Rick Przywojski
George St
Przywojski
Ser
Sunday Tribune
Winona
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Richard Nixon
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George §. Patton Jr
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Normandy
Czechoslovakia
OPA
L.C. Colman
S. 15Th St
Frank A. Munsey
Munsey’s Magazine
Dies
Harold E. Brown
N. 3Rd St
Congressman Philips
Joe Alex Morris Jr
The
Los Angeles Times Wire
Hassan Saab
Lebanese University
United Nations
Communist Bloc
Midwest
Arctic Gas
Jim Beall
Senate Commerce Committee
Cook
the Monitor
Arctic Gas Co
United States
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