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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1973
Page
4
The La Crosse opinion column urges Wisconsin voters to participate in Tuesday primaries, noting a six way race for city clerk, contests for mayor and aldermen, and school board and state superintendent races. It emphasizes voting as both privilege and duty and recalls polling hours.
The writer argues President Nixon cannot convincingly frame postwar aid to Germany and Japan as a model for reconstruction funds for North Vietnam. While Nixon is praised for honesty about opposition, the piece contends North Vietnamese leaders remain committed to conquering Indochina and warn that aid will find few allies, yet may be the only way to pressure Hanoi for a few years.
Wisconsin State Journal highlights three contenders James P. Scamman Barbara Thompson and James B. Dickson for state superintendent. Scamman urges a quality audit and closer state role to ease district union tensions. Thompson backs active department leadership while preserving local control. Dickson lacks professional education background but emphasizes businesslike administration and local control.
Tribune notes Moscow hints Marshal Stalin’s health failing while the United States warns against alarming Russia or Allies amid a crisis. Also mentions Cameron Motor Co displaying Studebaker cars and Trane Co setting annual sales records in air conditioning and heating equipment.
Rick Bay of Onalaska Wisconsin writes to withdraw a February 19 letter after rechecking facts. He admits miscounting bus seats and people per seat, finds total 64 passengers two below capacity, apologizes for hard feelings, and vows to verify facts before future complaints.
Otto Scholze of Tomah Wisconsin reflects on prophets and the value of conceding in discussions. A university student in Oslo seeks letters and photos about emigration from Dovre to the United States between 1865 and 1914 for his MA thesis. He asks readers to contact him with any letters or images.
Rudy Jolivette objects to a preacher tying POW welcome to Canadians who opposed wartime actions. He argues speakers should not mix politics with sermons and urges focusing on God rather than personal opinions in church.
The Wisconsin Lucey administration moves to woo industry by easing tax costs and boosting local property tax relief. Officials tout expanded business relief, state control of industrial property assessments, and higher personal tax brackets for higher earners, signaling a Republican friendly shift.
Washington observes a conflict between The New York Times and The Metropolitan Museum of Art over coin sales in Switzerland. The museum sold part of its ancient coin collection for just under $1.8 million and used $1 million to acquire Euphronios’s Greek wine bowl from antiquity, illustrating the heated art market and shifts in museum display.
The piece argues that credential inflation dilutes value from high school diplomas to PhDs, citing bridge lifemaster growth and job market shifts. It cites Berg on credentials, notes armed forces training over degrees, and discusses art-world legality and ethics in acquiring masterpieces amid export controls.
Sen Edward Kennedy faces a split stance on abortion after the Supreme Court ruling. He opposes abortion on demand personally but supports individual conscience, resisting a constitutional amendment while urging solutions to social problems. He has not clarified his position beyond letters to supporters.
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