Reciprocity deal extends and shifts with tuition growth
The Minnesota Wisconsin income tax reciprocity remains in force after renewal and expansion of the resident tuition exchange. Enrollment pressures ease may remove previous limits on cross state attendance. Wisconsin residents face limited access to Minnesota professional programs like veterinary medicine and dentistry, with barriers easing.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
St. Paul
la Crescent
Uw-La Crosse
WWTI
Winona State
Veterinary Medicine
Dentistry
Marquette
Nixon Endorses Long President Term Idea Reflecting Commission Review
In urging Congress to form a 17 member panel on election law changes President Nixon hints at a longer presidential term. The piece argues four years suits voter accountability and notes the parliamentary alternative. It cautions against six years without re election and reflects on power dynamics in later terms.
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United States
Nixon
Congress
Mr. Nixon
Proxmire
John Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Dean Rusk
State
Justice
Otto Fr. Otepka
Robert Kennedy
Rusk
Harlan Cleveland
Tax receipts trend dwarfs small household shortfall
The Milwaukee Journal notes a $341 tax increase this year, while the Tax Foundation cites a 1960 to 1972 rise in government spending from 151 to 442 billion dollars and social welfare costs tripling, with payrolls up 60 percent to 13 million and paychecks totaling 8.9 billion dollars monthly.
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Milwaukee Journal
Nonprofit
Tax Foundation
Merlin Hull dies at 82. four story infirmary dedicated
Tribune notes Merlin Hull oldest member of Congress dies at 82 in a La Crosse hospital. Four story La Crosse County Infirmary costing 675000 dollars is dedicated in ceremonies. Also John G Weihaupt dies in Green Bay after civic work in the area. Boston ministers apologize to the Queen over McCarthy remarks. Lincoln Neprud honored with Good Government Award.
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Merlin Hull
Black River Falls
Congress
la Crosse
la Crosse County Infirmary
John G
Jack) Weihaupt
Green Bay
Veterans Administration
Boston
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Lincoln Neprud
Stevens Point
Wisconsin Jaycees
Attu
Ridge
Attu Island
Wake Island
Pacific
Germany
Reich
Avery Wittenberger
City
Wisconsin Auto Fee Hike Proposed By State Task Force
Wisconsin transportation task force recommends a two cent per gallon motor fuel tax increase and a two percent annual motor vehicle value tax. The plan would raise a medium priced new car’s annual registration to about eighty dollars, with the $18.15 baseline kept as a minimum.
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John Wyngaard
Madison
Patrick Lucey
State Department of Transportation
Transportation Task Force
Wisconsin
Former FBI men defend Hoover against Sullivan blast
Ex FBI officials who knew both Hoover and Sullivan challenge the accusation that Hoover was mentally unsound. They say Sullivan seeks to justify sharing confidential FBI files with Nixon aides and the press. Rep Rooney backs the ex agents while noting Hoover’s long career despite age.
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Washington
William H. Sullivan
FBI
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Sullivan
White House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John J. Rooney
D-N.y
House Appropriations Committee
Phoenix
Bureau
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Readers debate hypnotism limits and professional standards
A reader profile argues for tighter control of hypnotism while citing experience from La Crosse. He warns against diploma mills and untrained performers and offers safeguards for readers seeking hypnosis. The letter also critiques political figures and FBI history in the Nixon era with references to Otepka and Hoover.
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Chamber of Commerce
Carl §. Weisbrod
Hypnotism Institute
Main St., la Crosse
Can Shakespeare be modernized
Sydney J. Harris ponders if Shakespeare and Chaucer can be made accessible without losing essence. He notes modern dress and language risk falsifying timelessness, since early writers used language ahead of their era, and asks how to convey their vitality to youth. He warns against losing the works’ distinctive flavor in translation or simplification.
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Chaucer
Shakespeare
Globe
Jonson
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Donald Clark
Ely
Minn
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Kane and
Rublee
C. E. Lauder
Viroqua
Vernon County Medical Society
John Mitchell
By Paul Scott
Sirs
Robin Thompson
California
Senate Security Subcommittee
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Subversive Activities Control Board
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Rooney
Mexico
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South Pacific
Bobby
Office of National Narcotics Intelligence
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