Compromise Moots Health Groups to Unite Wisconsins West
Two Wisconsin health planning bodies in La Crosse and Menomonie reach a Monday night compromise to form a single 75 member agency by mid next month. The merged unit will cover seven counties to the south and ten to the north, oversee grant approvals and facility permits, and may trigger staff reductions as operations consolidate.
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Big Brother
Wisconsin
Congress
House
Senate
la Crosse
Outrage After LaGuardia Blast Kills 11 in Terminal
Reporter laments the deadly LaGuardia Airport blast in New York with at least 11 dead and scores injured. Officials note anonymous claims of credit and ponder motives while warning against a wave of terrorism targeting airports and public spaces.
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LaGuardia
New York
Flying Glass and Steel
Reagan Foes Mock Fake Town South Succotash
In Milwaukee a Reagan budget plan sparked quips about a fictitious South Succotash, a device critics say could backfire in key primary states. The piece notes such invented rivals risk inflaming real local resentments and harming a challenger against the incumbent president.
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South Succotash
Sanity
Calif
Forty-one new State Traffic Patrol officers added
Tribune notes twenty years ago in 1955 the State Traffic Patrol increased to 111 officers from 70. The item also mentions Gallup polling ranking New York City as having the nation’s gayest nightlife with Los Angeles second, and the White House defending peaceful liberation of European peoples in reaction to Soviet criticism.
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New York
Los Angeles
Gallup
White House
Eisenhower
U.S
Stevenson resolution pushes tougher U S stance on Soviet Angola ties
A Senate plan led by Adlai Stevenson proposes strong economic and diplomatic measures against Russia and Cuba over Angola. It would urge U N condemnation of external meddling and call on the President to curb grain trade if Moscow keeps aiding the Angolan factions, aiming to shift Ford administration policy amid detente concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Angola
Soviet Union
Cuba
Stevenson
Russia
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
U.N
Organization of African Unity
Kissinger
Vietnam
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Ford
Humphrey
Congress
Britain faces rising unemployment and mixed holiday sales
The Christian Science Monitor reports one in twenty Britons unemployed as 1975 ends, with 1,163,100 jobless or about 5 percent of the workforce, potentially rising above 1.5 million next year. Yet Christmas sales stay brisk with TVs, kettles, and toasters selling well, and stores like John Lewis noting 130 percent higher TV and hi fi sales than last year.
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Britain
John Lewis Group
Readers debate utilities and public projects in La Crosse
Tribune readers discuss meter readings and fair billing, NSP service plans, harbor views, and fish hatchery costs. Arthur Ames defends regulated utilities. Marci Pederson praises giving arms and hands. British unemployment tales highlight welfare state pressures and inflation challenges for 1975.
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Wilson
Geraldine
Public Service Commission
PSC
NSP
Eau Claire
la Crosse
New York
Seattle
Lake Onalaska
Arthur Ames
Rose St
Sound rules on legislation in Wisconsin debate
The Wisconsin Legislature is praised as well organized yet seen by many as responsive to pressuring interests. Rules require a financial impact analysis for new bills and tax exemptions to be reviewed by the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions. The committee provides objective antiseptic analyses guiding 132 lawmakers, highlighting prudent policy over lobby aims.
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Madison
Commonwealth
Roger
Wisconsin
Legislative Branch
Senate
Assembly
1976 Forecasts Sparkle With Pie Pranks And Space Oddities
The piece humorously predicts high profile gaffes and farcical events for 1976. Gerald Ford trips over a Mars lander pod and a custard pie is involved. Kissinger resigns to write an autobiography. A World Council speaker faces blank stares. A bear and gymnasts enter Soviet wheat talks. A fake impersonator leads a women’s group.
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Hubert Will Humphrey
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
World Council of Churches
God
Secret Service
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