Cuts in La Crosse budget mask net increase for schools
Reader’s Digest article cites La Crosse Wisconsin cutting the school budget by 10 percent while noting the total education spending still rose by about 875000 from the prior year. Critics say headlines mislead by separating cuts from overall budget growth. The piece compares state finance debates and Governor Knowles’ budget to show similar framing issues.
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Reader’s Digest
la Crosse
U.S. News and World Report
US. News
Wis
Board of Education
Joint Committee On Finance
Knowles
Nixon calls critics isolationists amid defense policy clash
President Nixon defends Southeast Asia stance while Senate critics accuse him of stifling dissent and promoting a military industrial complex. He rejects the charge as counter to American tradition and cites Hoover and Lindbergh era warnings.
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Senate
New York Times
Nixon
Prominent figures arrive for Republican convention here
TWENTY YEARS AGO Sen Alexander Wiley and Sen Joseph McCarthy arrived from Washington to attend a one day Republican convention. Don Yolton calls a strike at Swift and Co. plant over wage demands. President Truman flies to Little Rock for a World War I reunion. Rep Arthur Miller urges live TV coverage of sessions. Dun and Bradstreet notes high retail trade. Truckers oppose speed limits to speed trips. THIRTY YEARS AGO subitems include zoning approval for Burlington depot and King's World’s Fair visit. Rural Electrification approves Genoa plant site. Anton Melby dies. Northwest Airlines seeks a Duluth to St Paul airmail route.
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U.S
Alexander Wiley
Joseph McCarthy
Washington
Don Yolton
Swift and Co
Truman
Little Rock
Ark
35Th Infantry Division
Nebraska
Arthur Lewis Miller
Congress
House
Senate
Dun and
Bradstreet
Common Council
Burlington Railroad
26Th
State Streets
New York
King and Queen of England
Rural Electrification Administration
Genoa
Anton Melby
John C. Melby Bank
Holmen
Northwest Airlines
Chicago
Duluth-Superior
St. Paul
Isn t It The Truth Making It Possible
The piece reflects on marriage with Shaw s view that temptation and opportunity enable it and quotes Halliwell Phillips on a man s troubles beginning after marriage. Carl Riblet Jr. frames this note as a witty aside on marital dynamics.
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George Bernard Shaw
J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps
Carl Riblet Jr
Plan to import foreign volunteers for U S cities stalls in Congress
Nixon administration proposals to recruit Peace Corps volunteers from abroad to work in U S ghettos face opposition from House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations committees. Key figures such as Rep Wayne Hays and Rep John Rooney say the plan is dead or unneeded. Blatchford defends concept, while some back UN backed international Peace Corps.
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Washington
Nixon
Peace Corps
U.S
House Foreign Affairs and Appropriation Committees
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Joseph H. Blatchford
Peace
Congress
Hays
State Department
Blatchford
Rooney
White House
America
VISTA
Kennedy
Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
Foreign Service
OEO
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
Mechelle Mosse’s Lion Causes Casualties in Santa Cruz
Poundmaster Hollis Worley of Santa Cruz explains Mechelle Mosse’s pet lion occasionally knocks people down and rips clothing. He seeks affection, but the animal sometimes becomes overly enthusiastic.
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Hollis Worley
Santa Cruz
Calif
Mechelle Mosse
Readers Decry River Habitat Loss From Barge Channel Cuts
Gar Larson of La Crescent Minnesota warns that low water periods on the Mississippi, caused by barge traffic, flood muskrats and mink while favoring river navigation. He recalls 1968 impacts and urges conservation education ahead of a proposed 12 foot channel with the Corps of Engineers funding.
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Great River
Winona
Corps of Engineers
Gar Larson
la Crescent
Minn
Olson Poised As Top Contender In 1970 Wisconsin Governor Race
A detailed profile of Lt. Gov. Jack B. Olson as the likely Republican frontrunner for Wisconsin governor in 1970. The piece notes his early 1960s campaigns, 1968 comeback, and rising chances amid Warren Knowles' retirement and Attorney General Robert Warren's potential challenge. It weighs Olson's strengths and possible hurdles, including debates and Tours of tourism in the state economy.
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Madison
Jack B. Olson
Olson
Jack
John
Republican
Warren Knowles
Knowles
Robert Warren
Warren
Wisconsin
Repub
Lican
Industry Can Top Bureaucrat Boners
Sidney J. Harris argues that private industry mimics government bureaus in waste and incompetence. He notes CEOs pursue vanity projects while profits mask mismanagement and warns not to defend government failures by praising private sector efficiency.
Unprecedented Meddling In Nixon's Peace Efforts
In the midst of Paris peace talks President Nixon faces Senate critics led by Mansfield Gore and Fulbright who challenge his approach and hint at possible withdrawal strategies. State Department and White House officials insist on fair elections in Saigon and urge no fixed regime, while critics’ comments threaten confidence in U S policy.
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Elmer Erickson
Mabel
Minn
South Avenue
Erdman Olson
Clara Olson
Rising Sun
Hoover
Senate
Thomas A. Edison Technical School
Washington
United States
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Thieu
South Vietnam
Albert Gore
The
United
Pacific Ocean
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Senate Foreign Relations
Congress
North Vietnam
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Saigon
America
Air Force Academy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Midway
U.S. Senate
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Their Patience Is Amazing Look Out If Quiet Majority Revolts
Eric Hoffer argues that nonviolence by victims in a violent age enables crime and warns that a silent, compliant majority may trigger a revolt. He cites Berkeley campus tensions and broader social cowardice, noting mobs, muggers, and rioters prey on tame enemies while predicting a day of wrath if restraint ends.
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Eric Hoffer
Hitler
Stalin
La Crosse Tribune Publisher and Editor Details
La Crosse Tribune published in La Crosse Wisconsin lists W T Burgess as publisher and Sanford Goltz as editor. The paper is a member of Lee Enterprises and the Associated Press. AP retains exclusive rights to local news republication and AP dispatches.
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la Crosse Tribune
W. T. Burgess
Sanford Goltz
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Associated Press
Wisconsin
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Herbert Hoover
Charles Lindbergh
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Betty Adler
Davenport
Iowa
Stanley Gordon
Berlin
la Crosse County
Germany
League of Nations
J. S
Dresbach
Accion
Ohioan
John J. Rooney
D-N.y
Paul Scott
Tribune
the Tribune
la Crosse State University
Mississippi River
Jack Olson
By John Wyngaard
Sidney J. Harris
Nev
David Lawrence
Berkeley
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