Brezhnev Visits U.S. Pressure on Trade and Exits Visas
The article contrasts Brezhnev's calm, polished approach with Khrushchev's Earthy style. It notes his push for a new era of peaceful coexistence, most favored nation trade status, and liberal credits, while skeptics ask what the Soviet leader offers in return for exit visas and freer emigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Communist Party
U.S. Senate
Brezhnev
Blair House
Sen
Henry Jackson
Jackson
High Cost of State PR Tactics Highlight Wisconsin Spending
The Wisconsin State Journal questions public relations spending in 1971 totaling at least 2.8 million dollars. The University of Wisconsin tops agencies with 90 PR staff costing 323 085 dollars annually. The Legislature and other state offices employ PR staff and produce press material, including at least one representative using state resources to publicize his son's California industry. The piece argues reform is unlikely due to beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
State of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
California
State Senate
A Man Like Dean and the Watergate Testimony
Washington columnist debates John W. Dean III's credibility and the political impact of his Watergate testimony. The piece argues impeachment remains unlikely without strong new evidence, cites Dean's money transactions, and notes Senate and House attitudes toward the witness and the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Alsop
Washington
John W. Dean III
Congress
Dean
Senate
United States
White House
John Dean
Maurice Stans
Stans
Nebraska Supreme Court Buoyed Fore Warning Duty
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld damages for an injury on a golf course, ruling a golfer must give adequate timely notice before hitting when others are close to the ball’s flight. The decision notes a loud fore shout would satisfy warning duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
Emerson well adds 3 million gallons daily to city water
Twenty years ago reports note Emerson well west of Interstate Fair Grounds completed adding 3 million gallons per day to La Crosse area water supply. Also listed are wartime fronts, local politics, and regional events from 1953 tribune files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Interstate Fair Grounds
Seoul
la Crosse
U.S
Sales
Wisconsin
Wiley
R-Wis
FBI
Endorsing a Graft of Welfare Reform in La Crosse
John Gfrover of La Crosse Welfare Rights Organization condemns a Tribune editorial praising the WIN program now seen as forcing welfare recipients into minimal wage work. He argues the plan strips mothers of rights, reduces benefits, and resembles slavery by compelling AFDC mothers to accept near poverty jobs to keep aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
WIN
AFDC
Kenosha
American Motors
Webster
John Gfroever
la Crosse
Sins of The Fathers tv special spurs plea on orphans
A viewer letter urges U S Senators Nelson and Proxmire to push U S government aid for American fathered orphans in Vietnam and for mothers left by servicemen. The writer calls for sharing burden with Vietnam and requests constituent action from Wisconsin readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.V
U.S
Vietnam
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
William Proxmire
Senate
Washington, D.C
Harry Hunt
Pewaukee
Wis
Kennedy seeks new federal probe of Kent State shooting
Senator Edward Kennedy pushes Attorney General Richardson to reopen a federal inquiry into the Kent State University shootings. He cites past actions by John Mitchell and a pending request for all DOJ files, aiming to uncover potential political influence and national security issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Scott Washington
Edward Kennedy
D. Mass
Kent State University
Elliot L. Richardson
Justice Department
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
White House
Department
J. Stanley Pottinger
Pottinger
Sen. Kennedy
Senate Judiciary
Kennedy
FBI
Richardson
Att
Att. Gen. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Sen
Peter W. Rodine, Jr
D. N.J
House Judiciary Committee
Justice Department Ac
Nixon
Senate
Rodino
Robert Kennedy
Don Edwards
D. Calif
Kent State
Edwards
Rtt
William O'Connor
Ohio National Guardsmen
O’connor
Massachusetts
L. Patrick Gray, III
U.S
Writer uses space for explanations excuses
Sydney J. Harris uses a general round up tone to apologize for quiz errors and misstatements. He cites misidentified constellations and the Mercedes name story, then discusses pronunciations and Standard English versus permissive dictionaries. He acknowledges reader corrections while noting the difficulty of daily column writing and references a biblical verse for emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daimler
Jellinek
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Fred Fielding
Time Magazine
Herman Talmadge
Martha Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
Reagan
Roosevelt
Salonika
Sicily
Sardinia
Germany
John P. Murphy
Pine St
Henry Friedman
Salzer Memorial Church
First Methodist Church
Eau Claire
Norman L. Meir
la Crosse County
la Crosse City
Schmedeman
Upper Midwest
Winona Elks
Galesville
Teddy
By Sydney J. Harris
Shakespeare
Charles
Joel
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