Job-killer min wage debate pits higher pay against work availability
The May 17 1973 opinion argues a $2.00 per hour federal minimum with staged increases would cover 4.4 million workers and raise farm pay within three years, while warning a higher rate could reduce entry jobs for youths and the unemployed. It notes Nixon favors faster steps but rejects the 16 to 17 year old provision.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
House
Albert Quie
R-Minn
Why Gold Keeps Shining In The Global Market
The piece notes gold’s heaviness durability and uses while questioning why buyers fund purchases by the ton despite guarding costs and no yield. It recalls 1971 dollar gold convertibility ending and the dollar’s decline as gold rises on the world market amid inflation and a growing U S trade deficit.
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United States
U.S
Gold Push Hikes Price. Dollar Fails to Hold Ground
A global surge in gold demand drives prices to record highs as fears over the dollar’s strength loom. Traders in London’s gold room fix daily prices, while buyers include banks, industries, and Middle East traders.
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London
South Africa
Soviet Union
Steppes
China
Peking
Persian Gulf
America
Europe
Detroit
Poland
Hungary
New York
Middle East
Washington
Open season on office-holders and press fairness
John P. Roche argues for an independent national news council to review accuracy and fairness in U.S. reporting amid Watergate anxieties. He critiques trial by press, libel law erosion, and calls for private bodies to curb unsubstantiated public charges while noting biblical reflection.
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John P. Roche
Twentieth Century Fund
National News Council
United States
America
Paris
Time
Newsweek
Department of Justice
Alaska
McCord
Liddy
Dean
Supreme Court
Alabama
New York Times
The
Times
John Roche
White House
Eisenhower
John Birch Society
Joe
West Fork Kickapoo flood project gains funding
The 1953 note reports state appropriations sub committee approving construction of a conservation flood control project on the West Fork of the Kickapoo River. It also records La Crosse investment brokers Shearson Hammill opening a temporary office, and local honors for McKillip and Ferce to assume pastoral duties.
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West Fork
Kickapoo River
Charles O. Larson
Bernard DeCheine
la Crosse
Shearson Hammill and Co
van de Steeg
N. 4Th Street
Robert H. McKillip
Copeland Ave
Loras College
Dubuque
Arthur M. Ferce
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
West Avenue
Division Streets
Warren E. Schdller
la Crosse State College
University of Illinois
Letters to the Tribune Highlight Election Coverage Debates
Readers praise The La Crosse Tribune for informing voters and publishing profiles forums and registration drives. They urge improved registration systems and discuss Watergate era politics and Democratic strategies in 1972.
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la Crosse Tribune
the Tribune
National Municipal League
East 68Th St
New York
N.Y
Norene Goplen
la Crosse
Brezhnev presents Nixon as top partner after Kissinger talks
Joseph Alsop notes Kissinger’s visit signals Soviet belief Nixon will survive Watergate and continue to be the go between with Moscow. Brezhnev hosted four days for Kissinger at Zavidovo, a Soviet retreat, signaling readiness for prolonged U.S.-Soviet engagement. Brezhnev’s invitation suggests future high level meetings in a favorable atmosphere.
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McGovern and
Muskie
Nixon
White House
Joseph Alsop
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Leonid Brezhnev
Kissinger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
United States
Brezhnev
Zavidovo
Soviet Empire
Dr. Kissinger
Brezhnev-Kissinger
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
India
Switzerland
St. Paul’s Cathedral
N. M. Rothschild & Sons
France
Dubai
Britain
Indian Subcontinent
Yorkshire
Israel
Tribune
Rome
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Eder
North Vietnam
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Attu Island
Red Cross
John M. Holley
State Bank
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
Prairie du Chien
Graf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
North
South America
Thomas Freeman
City
Ruhr Valley
General Pershing
Wisconsin
R. W. Davis
Madison
Senate
Wisconsin Automobile Clubs
Brownie
Milwaukee Journal
Trempealeau
la Crosse County
McGilvray Road
Richard A. Mancuso
Winona, Minn
Bernard L. Crogan
Green Bay St
4Th and
Cass St
Wis
Sirs
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Republican Party
Zavidova
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