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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1973
Page
5
Opinion notes fuel supply tightness as bids for a year long contract vanished. Producers limit allocation and station owners face rationing while some price cutting proves unwise. Shortage could worsen and motorists should know their station managers.
The awards salute investigative reporting of crime and scandal and public service by Washington Post reporters on Watergate. Chicago Tribune team exposed vote fraud in Chicago with William Mullen as a key figure, underscoring trust breaches in high places and the ongoing right to expose wrongdoing.
Mary Jane Nelson of Holmen Wisconsin urges readers to support bill A 537 lowering blood alcohol content to .10 percent citing federal safety plans and alarming crash statistics. She argues driving is a privilege and drunk drivers deserve punishment. David Reinders of La Crosse condemns abortion as a modern moral wrong in a separate letter.
Twenty years ago in 1953 a freighter carrying iron ore sank in Lake Superior. Rescue ships lifted up 16 crew members from the storm-laden vessel while torrential winds caused nine fatalities, including six from a single family in Hollandale Minnesota.
History teacher at Aquinas High School writes to reflect on past injustices and the lessons they teach students today, urging critical study of difficult episodes to foster understanding and progress.
Mrs. Robert E. Rhea of Warrens Wisconsin says a USDA test branded her veal calves as containing streptomycin and other inhibitors, though she denies fault. After a year of testing and losses she outs of business and seeks hearings and a polygraph to clear their name.
A reader laments policing quality linking better enforcers to cruder criminals while sharing reflections on civic topics. The column references a variety of social issues from education to dieting groups and historical flood myths, weaving social critique with anecdotes and quotes.
Governor Patrick Lucey lauds William Gerrard as the best head of Wisconsin's Democratic party apparatus he has known. The piece notes Gerrard's fiscal stewardship, skepticism of liberal budgeting, and family ties to trucking, while contrasting Lucey’s earlier strained Nelson relationships and hinting at a new Wisconsin pattern under Knowles.
Acolumnist compares the Nixon White House crisis with a Marseilles police corruption arrest. He argues the tale exposes moral pretensions and the work ethic rhetoric while blaming Nixon for trusting aides too deeply, likening the saga to Greek tragedy and Nemesis.
Mrs Stockard voices frustration over SEATO and a 1954 treaty limiting U S actions in Southeast Asia. She argues the nation endures a paper war where no side wins and vows that Congress should focus on people and economy rather than partisan mudslinging.
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