Wisconsin voters face choice for state superintendent
In Wisconsin the April 3 final pits Ernest Korpela backed by the Wisconsin Education Association against Barbara Thompson. Korpela led Tuesday with about 87 000 votes while Thompson trailed with roughly 30 000, as voters narrow the field to a leader for the million student public school system.
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Wisconsin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Madison
Ernest Korpela
Wisconsin Education Association
Barbara Thompson
la Crosse
Dragnet subpoenas target Washington Post figures in Watergate case
Joseph Alsop argues the civil dragnet subpoenas against Katharine Graham and Post staffers threaten press freedom. He notes the probes arise from Maurice Stans suit against Lawrence OBrien and aim to pull back the curtain on newsroom sources amid the Watergate fallout.
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Joseph Alsop
Washington
Washington Post
Katharine Graham
Post
Supreme Court
Dragnet
White House
Kenneth Parkinson
Washington Post Company
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Bebe Rebozo
George Smathers
Florida
Rebozo- Smathers
Federal Communications Commission
Nixon
Supreme Court opens door to districting flexibility in Wisconsin
The court upheld that district population variation up to 16 percent can be acceptable, allowing lawmakers to consider community interests and traditional local boundaries in redrawing maps rather than strict arithmetic equality. It signals renewed challenge potential in state courts and raises questions about partisan influence and press freedoms tied to political power.
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John Wyngaard
Madison
United States Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Nixon
Virginia
Wisconsin lawmakers weigh state police powers for patrol officers
A Madison hearing on a bill to grant peace officer powers to Wisconsin State Patrol troopers drew opposition from sheriff and deputy sheriff groups and county traffic police. They warned of state police authority overlapping local enforcers, while supporters called it a cost-free crime-fighting expansion, preserving traffic enforcement duties. Sheriff William Black backed the bill's aims, while Crawford County Sheriff Ray Childs led opposition.
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Madison
Wisconsin
la Crosse
William Black
Herbert S
Crawford County
Ray Childs
State Sheriffs’ Organization
City weighs beer outlets reduction in study
Tribune notes Common Council examining beer and liquor outlets with aim to cut their number. Also reports on global tensions and local college faculty opposition to a single state board for colleges. A2C James Soller named airman of the month in Korea. tuberculosis survey planned for Wisconsin teachers.
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Common Council
Free World
Stalin
State College
University of Wisconsin
James Soller
John Soller
Copeland Ave
Korea
State Medical Society
Wisconsin
Readers praise Irish plays in Trempealeau letters
Letter writer Marlene Steffes of Trempealeau praises The Irish Experiment and Yeats plays staged by college performers. She credits the cast for entertaining while provoking thought and commends John Ham Jr. and the troupe for presenting Irish drama in Wisconsin.
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Lady Gregory
William Butler Yeats
Yeats
John Ham Jr
Wisconsin
Marlene Steffes
Trempealeau, Wis
Reds see talks as weapons system analysis of Soviet diplomacy
Column argues negotiations with the USSR are misread as cooperative while Moscow treats talks as a means to gain strategic advantage. It cites UNESCO and MBFR contexts, quotes Van Cleave on SALT approaches, and warns of divergent American and Soviet mindsets in Europe.
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John P. Roche
Washington Monument
Soviet Union
Unesco
Resolutions Committee
U.N. General Assembly
Helsinki
Conference On Security and Cooperation In Europe
ESC
Moscow
Vienna
Europe
Sen
Henry Jackson
William R. van Cleave
U.S
van Cleave
Pat Dahlby
Dennis
Rita Bennett
Satan
Jesus Christ
Marge Lakey
Trempealeau, Wis
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Bill) Bonadurer
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Will Ott
Rommel
8Th Army
Navy
Knox
Treasury
Voss Cab Co
Woodin
the Treasury
John N. van der Vries
North Carolina
North Central Bureau
U.S. Chamber
Robert M. la Follette
Huber
Winona
W. R. Montague
Montague Cracker
R. F. H. Schultz
American Legion
120Th Field Artillery
Canada
Duluth
Fort William
the Tribune
4Th and
Cass St
Wis
U.S.S.R
Radio Liberty
Judi Knudtson
Onalaska
Francis Dummer
Holmen
United States
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S. 21St St
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Michael Cordes
Hintgen School
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Fry
Gappa
Hintgen ‘School
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