Public bids and local favoritism in Lakeview hospital project
The La Crosse County Board awarded phase one of the Lakeview mental hospital to an out of town contractor after a Winona firm bid just 150 dollars less than a local rival. The piece is worth 91850 dollars, and the column argues that while supporting local firms and Buy American are fine, public bodies must secure the best price by keeping bidding competitive.
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la Crosse County
New
Lakeview Mental Hospital
Winona
la Crosse
Connally Takes Part Time White House Advisory Role
Restless Texan John Connally works with no pay on a part time basis after his public switch to the Republican party. Nixon seeks his advice on domestic and foreign issues while Connally maintains private law practice and oil and real estate interests. Appearance of conflict looms despite no illegal act.
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John Connally
White House
Connally
Nixon
Texas
Treasury
Texas Oil and Caribbean
If I Am Elected Opens Modern Fairytales
A Madison father tells his child a bedtime lesson on political starts. The daughter asks if fairytales still begin with Once upon a time. The father replies openings now pivot to political ambition with If I am elected as the line.
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Madison
Pay and protection gaps in U S workmen's comp laws
A presidential commission found state workmen's compensation laws inadequate for wage earners and families. Disabled workers often earned less than two thirds of wages. family benefits often stayed below poverty. Annual figures include about 14 000 deaths 90 000 permanent injuries and over 2 million missed workdays. The report urged federal action if states fail to reform by 1975.
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Los Angeles Times
Congress
South Korea faces armistice dispute tests Eisenhower win
Twenty years ago 1953 observers warned firm measures may be needed as Korea resistance to armistice terms strained the United States. Eisenhower Taft differed on Far East policy while grants moved staff at Central High and local clerics changed roles.
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South Korea
United States
Eisenhower
Gordon Bahr
C. Emmett Ford
Central High School
Lincoln
Longfellow
Taft
Ohio
U.S
Korea
Far East
Louis J. Paquette
St. Mary's Parish
Bangor
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Msgr
Peter Pape
Watergate talk and polio immunization letter mix
Readers discuss the President's knowledge of Watergate while a separate letter praises polio vaccination efforts in La Crosse County. The writer cites executive privilege disputes and Martha Mitchell, then shifts to health officials detailing a county immunization drive and vaccine distribution.
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United States
State Division of Health Statistics
la Crosse County
Lover of the game finally achieves dubious bridge record
Sydney J. Harris recalls Lauritz Melchoir Aspen opera star turned bridge amateur who died at 82. Though famed at the Met, he pursued bridge mastery, never hiring a pro. In retirement Melchoir finally made the Official Encyclopedia by scoring the lowest ever 13 percent in an American Contract Bridge League tournament.
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Sydney J. Harris
Aspen
Lauritz Melchoir
Met
Melchair
Chesterton
Wis. merger savings questioned by Republican leader
Sen. Raymond Johnson raises doubt about proof of cost savings from the Wisconsin state universities merger, criticizing slow progress and urging Senate scrutiny of Lucey budget measures. He notes implementation delays and questions the university establishment’s urgency in completing consolidation, reflecting on prior calls for a unified system and a potential night law classes option.
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John Wyngaard Madison
Capitol
Raymond Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Patrick Lucey
Assembly
Lucey
John Weaver
University of Wisconsin Law School
Sonnenfeldt security breach fuels White House clash
The Sonnenfeldt nomination to a Treasury under secretary post sparks a probe as FBI files allegedly show espionage and leaks to foreign diplomats and the New York Times. Kissinger and Richardson clash over withholding documents, while Senate hearings push for further testimony from Hemenway and others.
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Henry Kissinger
Richardson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Treasury Department
Treasury
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
White House
Kissinger
Sonnenfeldt
Nixon
USS
Russia
China
State Department
Eisenhower
FBI
William Rogers
New York Times
Rogers
Justice Department
U.S
Israel
Department
Research and Intelligence
Treasury Security
Senate
Tion
Senate Finance Committee
Harry Byrd
V-Va
Carl Curtis
Rneb
John D. Hemenway
Hemenway
Otto Otepka
Otepka
Robert Kennedy
President Kennedy
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Office of Price Administration
Rubber Workers
CIO
Indiana
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Borseth
Ebner Drink
St. Wenceslaus School
G. Paul Stowell
Sylvania
City
First Congregational Church
Detroit
Henry Ford
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
Moon Light
la Crosse Country Club
Wisconsin
Martha Mitchell
John
Martha
Democratic
Kay Schmitz
Sparta
Leove
Hiss Suell House
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
John Wyngaard
Washington
Elliot Lee Richardson
Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
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