High Court Affirms State Aid to Church Colleges
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that states may grant funds to private church related colleges if the aid is secular and not used for sectarian purposes. Maryland's program, upheld 1971 style, funds 17 colleges and must be audited. Wisconsin officials say impact may be limited but could spur federal aid.
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Wisconsin
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Marquette University
Sankovitz
Marquette
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Loyola
Mount Saint Mary’s
Emmitsburg
Harry A. Blackmun
Warren E. Burger
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Department of Divinity
Relison
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
Nelson criticizes taxes and red tape on farms in Wisconsin
Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson told about 150 people at a $10 dinner in La Crosse that agriculture and small business face continual threats from taxes and regulatory burden. He urged increasing inheritance tax exemptions to protect family farms and small enterprises, noting farm values have risen. Baldus praised, while Mulder warned of dairy district stakes and Dr. Adolf Gundersen eyed as strong opponent in La Crosse County.
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Gaylord Nelson
la Crosse
America
Ramada Inn
Alvin Baldus
Baldus
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Leland Mulder
Illinois
United States
Mulder
Adolf Gundersen
Dist
la Crosse County
Downtown retailers and motel eyed for La Crosse
Two new downtown retail stores are planned for La Crosse late this year. Stanley W. Peterson, spokesman for investors, said the outlets will be in the former Danny’s House of Music building on Main Street between 3rd and 4th. Safeway Foods is considering a cheese factory at the La Crosse Interstate Industrial Park, while an Madison firm Exel Inn looks at an 8.9 acre site south of Bridgeview Plaza for a motel.
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Stanley W. Peterson
Danny's House of Munic
Main Street
Patrick Zielke
Michael Cordes
la Crosse Area
Madison
Exel Inn
Bridgeview Plaza
Rose Street
Peterson
Medary Town
Nixon aide recalls honest broker role and drinking note
In a personal account from November 1968 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, Nixon’s aide Larry Higby describes Nixon as intoxicated after a long day on the campaign trail. The memoir details their relationship, Nixon’s drinking habits, and Higby’s view of his role as an honest broker who ran the president’s staff and protected access to Nixon.
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Century Plaza
Los Angeles
Richard Nixon
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New York
Washington
United States
White House
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Oval Office
U.S
Georgetown
Gen
Alexander Haig
Army
Haig
Cow chip toss leads Prairie du Chien fire fest
Prairie du Chien WI witnesses cow chips tossed during Ye Olde Fire Engine master session. Gary Bergman wins men's division with 134 ft 11 in, followed by Greg Day and Randy Pedretti. Sue Hemmer posts two long tosses in her division and Bergman Hemmer Howe earn state trip spots. Explorer Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps Madison tops drum corps, Blue Stars La Crosse second, trailing Madison Scouts in Dubuque.
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Gary Bergman
Greg Day
Randy Pedretti
Libertyville
Ill
Sue Hemmer
Oklo
Explorer Scouts
Madison
Blue Stars
la Crosse
Dubuque
Iowa
Madison Scouts
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