Wisconsin voters face two strong rivals for state school chief
Wisconsin residents 18 and over voting next Tuesday face a primary with two strong finalists for state superintendent of public instruction. The field includes Barbara Thompson, Sara Berkow, Gordon Kniskern, Gilbert Anderson, Leonard Brittelli, and James B. Dickson, with debate over strikes, funding, and local control shaping the race. Kniskern and Brittelli challenge the Wisconsin Education Association and its candidate head on, while Dickson proposes community integration and mixed teaching roles.
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Wisconsin
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wisconsin Education Association
Ernest Korpela
Washburn
WEA
William Rogers
D-Kaukauna
Barbara Thompson
State Department
Madison
Sara J. Berkow
DPI
Gordon Kniskern
Medford
Gilbert Anderson
Antigo
Leonard Brittelli
Unified School System
Waupaca
Kniskern
Brittelli
Anderson
Thompson
James B. Dickson
Neenah
Israel Pays Families After Libyan Plane Shootdown
The article recounts Israel offering compensation to families of 106 victims after a Libyan airliner was shot down over Sinai while en route to Cairo. Arab governments largely reject the gesture, and critics blame a mix of confusion and misjudgment for the tragedy amid fragile Mideast peace efforts.
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Mideast
Israel
Cairo
Sinai
Suez Canal
U.S
Ancient shipwreck treasure off France found by Nat Geo team
The National Geographic Society uncover 2,200yearold wines and pottery in a seabed off the French coast. The find promises insight into an ancient world.
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National Geographic Society
France
Don Hutson
General Motors
Chevrolet Agency
la Crosse
Checkoffs Come Under Scrutiny In Wisconsin Campaign
Madison raises questions as Wisconsin voters show scant support for the $1 campaign fund diversion. Only about four percent of early 1972 tax filers chose to redirect a dollar to party coffers. Critics warn of independence erosion and privacy concerns while lawmakers weigh realignment, spending fears, and state campaign plans.
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Sion
Chicago
Madison
Common Council
H. W. Hunt
la Crosse Business Men’s Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Wisconsin
Health Department
O’malley
Capitol
John Wyngaard Madison
Internal Revenue Service
M. William Gerrard
la Crosse
State Democratic Organization
National Party
Internal Revenue
Assembly
Milwaukee
Letters on traffic safety gambling and sportsmanship
Three readers from La Crosse area communities write about highway hazards at Night on Highway 157 to Main Street and the need for a warning light or better guard rails. A third letter condemns gambling legalization and urges readers to contact lawmakers. A Onalaska High School cheerleader reports heckling and rocks thrown at a Logan Junior High basketball game, calling for better sportsmanship.
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Main St
Linda Comeau
Onalaska High School
Sirs
Logan Junior High School
Onalaska
Logan
Frances Crary
Letter prompts on smoking, abortion and cold relief funding
A trio of reader letters critique cigarette sales to minors and public cigarette machines, urge action against abortion, and urge increased funding for cold and flu research. Arla Sandeson, George R. Gish, and Wilfred Beaver weigh in from Wisconsin addresses, urging legal concern, pro life messaging, and federal research support respectively.
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Everett Dirksen
United States of America
Nazi Germany
George R. Gish
P.O. Box
Wisconsin
la Crosse
U.S. Supreme Court
la Crosse-Onalaska
Wilfred Beaver
Sparta
Wis
U.S. Public Health Department
U.S
City school gains truly exciting
Wisconsin education official praises La Crosse district for progress in instructional materials centers and in shifting public attitude toward education. He commends teachers, administration, board, and community for positive change and support.
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City School
la Crosse
State Department
Wisconsin
North Central
Logan High School
Logan
New CIA leadership may alter its estimating hierarchy
Joseph Alsop notes the appointment of James Schlesinger as CIA director signals potential upheaval in the agency’s vast system of analysts and estimators. He argues that the top personnel shifts could redefine how the CIA interprets Soviet capabilities and regional threats, amid partisan and institutional tensions.
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Joseph Alsop
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
James Schlesinger
CIA
Richard Helms
China
Henry A. Kissinger
State Department
Nixon
Helms
Vietnam
Congress
Schlesinger
Defense Department
Senate
Millenia
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Roy F. Lasser
15Th St
Shreveport
Jean Belote
Caledonia
Minn
Queen of MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Wisconsin Highway Commis
J. B. Murray
State Senate
A. E. Heyer Co
Goodwillie Co
Bill Gerrard
the Tribune
4Th and Cass Sts
Samuel L. Ward
Stiles
Mike Abraham
Copeland Ave
Cancer Fund
Arla Sandeson
Charles St., la Crosse
Donald 0. Prasser
M.D
Bakersfield
Calif
Board of National Estimates
John Huizenga
Hungary
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
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