Wisconsin truck length debate heats statehouse
Wisconsin lawmakers face the motor carriers demand to permit 65 foot double bottom trucks on divided highways. John Varda, head of the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association, defends the measure against safety fears while opponents argue longer trucks mean more passing time for motorists. The issue, deeply political, highlights public sentiment toward trucks on roads locals feel they financed.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
John Varda
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association
Statehouse
Varda
A Patriarch Defended Against Hair Based Fads
Sydney J. Harris argues against hair policing in religion and law, recalling a New York temple’s rabbi dismissal for shoulder-length hair and beard, then a Boston judge's haircut probation demand. He condemns hair phobia as arbitrary, tied to Biblical imagery, and praises the defendant’s principled resistance.
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Upper East Side
New York
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
God
Boston
Kremlin backs Nixon China policy despite Western doubts
Moscow signals support for Nixon's China moves through Gus Hall and party lines. Hall praises the policy as a minimal but meaningful shift while urging further concessions, including ending the U.S. blockade of People's China at the UN and scrapping the two Chinas approach. Turkish Chinese talks in Paris hint at diplomatic openings, with West Germany and Austria next.
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Hall
Kremlin
Moscow
Peking
New York
China
U.S
Nixon
Paris
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Asia
Albania
Romania
Taiwan
West Germany
Austria
Bus token plan could rescue La Crosse mass transit
The Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce plans a June 1 start for a bus token program to boost ridership. It aims to retain weekday daylight service beyond a year, with city subsidies up to 40000 dollars. The test is whether token discounts convince riders to return, despite prior fare increases.
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Greater la Crosse
la Crosse
Chamber
William J. Mayo
Rochester
Alaska adopts presidential primary for February date
A Washington columnist notes Alaska's new presidential primary on the last Tuesday in February, ahead of New Hampshire. Walter Hickel plans to enter to strike back at Nixon for last year firing, raising questions about voters' views of a regional campaigner. A Whistler quote on loyalty contrasts clubs with the planet, hinting at broader political allegiance.
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Washington
Alaska
New Hampshire
Walter Hickel
Nixon
Helena legislator’s water intake bill in polluted river tale
The Independent Record recalls an Alabama lawmaker proposing a measure to force polluters to place water intakes 100 yards downstream from discharges. The plan aimed to protect the state’s heavy pulp and textile industries but the bill did not pass.
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Alabama
Twenty years ago 1951 wartime defense and wage issues in brief
Tribune items note a ROK defense stand that halted a furious Red offensive killing 10 000 enemy, wage stabilization board freezes wage ceilings and grants nine cent boosts to 200 000 packing workers, and UAW CIO head Walter Reuther vows a fight for guaranteed annual wages while U S rejects a Pacific Four peace plan with Japan.
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Camp McCoy
Wage Stabilization Board
Edwin John Dwyer
Dwyer Funeral Home
Western Fruit Codies
Walter Reuther
Uaw-Cio
U.S
Japan
National Association of Manufacturers
Truman
Street politics and Nixon re election in 1972 piece
John P. Roche argues that antiwar protesters who tried to shut down Washington were manipulated by right wing forces. He contends violence overshadowed peaceful aims, praises government action, and claims militants strengthened law and order support for Nixon's win in 1972. The piece laments arrests and public education costs for innocents amid upheaval.
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Rennie Davis
Washington
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Justice Department
United States
Davis & Co
Chicago
Richard Nixon
Reader letter clarifies infant mortality figures and local progress
Dr David L Morris corrects Lt Gov Schreiber’s statistics on infant mortality, noting the US rate as 1.9 percent rather than 19 per 1000. He cites La Crosse area last year at 0.9 percent, highlights regional newborn center efforts, and praises local care by physicians and nurses.
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the Tribune
Martin Schreiber
la Crosse
United States
State Medical Society
Western Wisconsin
la Crosse Area
David L. Morris
M.D
S. 10Th St
Fishermen Accountable For Clean Water Practices
Letter from Iona Hayter of Sparta Wis commends anglers public fishing but urges proper cleaning of fish away from streams to prevent pollution. Editor notes say no evidence in stories that fish were cleaned in water or refute dumping refuse.
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The
Tribune
Department of Natural Resources
Conservation Department
Iona Hayter
Sparta
Wis
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Heil
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Germany
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Duke of
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Egypt
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Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
Rubin
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Henry Kissinger
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Hanoi
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