Airport security bids spark concerns over contractor qualifications
An opinion column questions the award of airport security to Tri-State Security Inc valued at 2.90 per hour for 1973, noting ties to local sheriffs and possible deputization issues and criticizing the bidding process as casual and insufficiently scrutinized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
la Crosse
Aviation Board
Tri-State Security, Inc
Tristate
Pinkerton
Johnson Security Service
Tri-State
Tax relief outlook as lawmakers weigh surplus use
Wisconsin lawmakers face choices in distributing a state budget surplus. Governor Lucey and a split legislature may boost the state property tax credit, fund school aid, or expand elderly tax relief. Foreseeable outcomes include three or four targeted channels and potential restraint as treasury conditions become clearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wyngaard
Madison
Patrick Lucey
Lucey
Christmas Day Scattershots and TV Blackout Quarrel
A Christmas week column notes exhausted families and gifts like wallets. It jokes about the White House quarrel with Pete Rozelle over 75 mile TV blackouts of playoff games and teases Henry Kissinger could have bought two tickets if he tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Pete Rozelle
Henry Kissinger
Fertility Rate Drops Below Replacement in United States
The United States sees its fertility rate fall below 2.1, signaling potential long term population concerns. Projection suggests 320 million by 70 years if the rate holds, with questions on housing transport food clothing employment education and governance amid slow growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
United States
Wisconsin theater fire destroys auditorium and more
In 1952 a fire gut the Wisconsin theater complex destroying the auditorium along with stages and offices. Firemen faced the blaze as apartments and stores were saved by a firewall. Muriel Suttle of Galesville wins the national Lutheran award as the first Wisconsin girl to receive God Home and Country honor. Corky Reynolds, 14, begins duties as a U.S. Senate page, aided by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Eisenhower and McCarthy wins noted with UW football Rose Bowl selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Theater
Muriel Suttle
Galesville
National Lutheran Church Council
Wisconsin
James
Corky’’ Reynolds
Milwaukee
U.S. Senate
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Senator McCarthy
University of Wisconsin
The Eagleton Affair and the Computerized Nomination
Sydney J. Harris argues the Eagleton episode exposed a flawed process in which Democrats selected a running mate by checklist rather than substance. He says the system favors public relations image over truth, and Eagleton was a mask chosen to balance a ticket rather than fit the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney J. Harris
George McGovern
Teddy Kennedy
Eagleton
Eastern College
St. Louis
McGovern
GOP eyes repeat bids for big state governorships in 1974
Nine of the ten largest states held by Republicans in 1973 74 hint incumbents may seek another term. Sargent Milliken Rockefeller Cahill Reagan discuss potential bids as California and Texas offer pivotal opportunities while Florida holds for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
Washington
Texas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Florida
Richard Ogilvie
Illinois
Massachusetts
Francis Sargent
William Milliken
Michigan
Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
U.S
Sen
Charles Percy
GOP
Rocky
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Sargent
Milliken
Cahill
Reuben Askew
Reader letter on medical ethics in La Crosse Tribune piece
Dr John B Weeth argues that the La Crosse Tribune misrepresented controversial medical experiments. He cites Willowbrook hepatitis research and New York cancer cell injections, praises ethics guidelines, and urges balanced expert commentary alongside public coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Jean Heller
New York
Willowbrook State Hospital
Staten Island
American College of Physicians
Atlantic City
Board of Regents of
la Crosse
Quotable Quotes on Soviet Power Growth
General Andrew J. Goodpastor notes the Soviet Union speaks softly yet wields a growing threat. He views Moscow as building military strength and influence across Europe, signaling potential future pressure on allied positions and strategy.
Busy and accessible Kunming showcases China's change
Joseph Alsop describes Kunming as a transformed wartime exile city into a modern industrial and university hub. Highway expansion and new factories replaced squalor with infrastructure, electricity, and sewage improvements, while eight provincial universities and major steel growth reshape Yunnan's economy.
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Dane County
Richland County
Tribune
Conservation Commission
Chippewa
Pepin County
Stalingrad
Buna
New Guinea
Tunisia
Sousse
Farmers of State
Frank H. Grebner
Common Council
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Columbus
State Board of Health
Roosevelt
Marshfield
Elks Club
Frank Harrington
Burlington Railroad
Chicago
Dty
New Jersey
William Cahill
John B. Weeth
King St., la Crosse
Andrew J. Goodpastor
Europe
Kunming
China
Joseph Alsop
Yunnan Province
Yunnan
Burma
Nationalist China
Kweichow
Peking
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