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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1977
Page
4
The LaCrosse Tribune announces publisher Kenneth C. Blanchard general manager Sanders Hook and editor Robert S. Gallagher with Sanford Goltz as opinion page editor. The paper, founded in 1904, notes its independent stance.
Closed sessions today's talks between city bargainers and the county landfill committee may yield a compromise on hours and charges. Early figures suggested city costs would rise with longer open hours at the Medary landfill in return for a 25 percent rate increase. As La Crosse's largest customer, the city could bear a larger share, raising costs for taxpayers and potentially undercutting other customers. Regardless of contractor performance, Saturday hours are needed at the landfill, especially in warm months, and the city should not bear all responsibility.
The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill legalizing Lae trile usage on terms seen as a reasonable compromise. The measure now moves to the Senate for consideration before the governor weighs in.
The Wisconsin Senate approved a right to strike bill for public employees excluding fire and police, with final offers bound to arbitration. Amendments for open negotiations and local arbitration were rejected, seen as caving to unions and limiting local control. The piece also notes debate over Laetrile and cancer treatment testing, citing the Wall Street Journal on decriminalization contrasts.
Atomic scientists tell President Eisenhower that the nation could produce a hydrogen bomb with about 95 percent less radioactive fallout. Supreme Court rules obscene literature outside constitutional protection. Middle West Soil Improvement Committee in Chicago reports American farms about 872 acres larger than 20 years ago.
Washington sources say the Carter administration plans a major policy shift favoring full diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China. Vance is expected to outline the approach in New York, while conditions from Beijing include ending relations with Taiwan and withdrawing U.S. forces.
A California reader criticizes a column as not funny prompting the husband to threaten a Hemingway homage. The wife overreacts, hair pulling and kitchen floor moaning follow, then she calms him and urges resilience.
A legislative committee proposes moving law regulation from the judiciary to a new state agency under legislative control. The State Bar of Wisconsin notes lawyers have long served under the judiciary, while lawmakers seek a separate agency to oversee admission and disciplinary processes in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin bar faces a push to move law practice regulation from the courts to a legislature created agency. Assembly Speaker Ed Jackamonis leads a movement seeking a constitutional amendment despite court claims that regulation of law is a judicial power. Supporters say it would shift oversight to the legislative branch, provoking a major revision vote.
In Washington a 32 year old Good Humor man Melvin Young was shot recent afternoon on Congress Place SE. He had worked ten days for the company and left behind a wife Philomena and three children. Police have not caught the shooter.
A reader letter from Wisconsin expresses frustration as Senator Offner and 17 others blocked SB 126 from floor action this session. It urges accountability, cites testimony from officials and citizens urging age 19, and calls for concrete actions to curb alcohol harm.
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