No guilt? Agnew resignation and guilty plea spark disgust
The editorial laments Spiro Agnew's fall from grace after his resignation and guilty plea, condemning plea bargaining and noting taxes evaded and large-enough bribes in a scheme that favored insiders. It questions the innocence he claimed and recalls how officials pressed firms for contracts with payoffs, calling the event tragic in history.
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Spiro Agnew
Barry Goldwater
Agnew
Feds
United States
Nixon must vet VP pick with capable seasoned undercutters
The piece argues vice presidential choices often lack job relevance and long view. It cites Eisenhower Nixon Agnew McGovern Eagleton examples revealing the risk of weak underlings. It urges Nixon to select a qualified, credible successor rather than a caretaker before the next election.
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California
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
George McGovern
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
Congress
Supreme Court
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Janet Logan
Milwaukee
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Lausche names Burke to Taft seat amid Senate plans
Governor Lausche taps Thomas Burke a Democrat for the late Robert A Taft’s Ohio Senate seat. Harvard names Nathan M Pusey former Lawrence College head as the first Westerner leader. Lester Johnson wins the ninth district race defeating Merlin Hall. Eisenhower era leadership praised as rising in Europe.
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Lausche
Ohio
Thomas Burke
Robert A. Taft
Nathan M. Pusey
Lawrence College
Appleton
Harvard University
Lester Johnson
Merlin Hall
Black River Falls
Europe
Eisenhower
State land use bill halted amid strong resistance
Madison reports the proposed state land-use bill to override local zoning authority has drawn broad opposition and is considered effectively dead for now. Gov. Lucey expressed disappointment but hopes for a workable version next year after Warren Knowles repudiated the plan he helped develop.
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Madison
Patrick Lucey
Lucey
Warren Knowles
Knowles Commission
Knowles
Arab guerrillas sharpen Middle East conflict
The piece traces how Palestinian guerrillas under PFLP leader George Habash escalated confrontations beyond Israeli soil, drawing in regional and global powers. It notes past defeats in Jordan, hijackings, and the 1970 civil strife, and argues their expansion reshaped the Middle East crisis and Israeli reaction.
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Harold Jackson
Manchester Guardian
London
Hussein
Jordan
Middle East
Israel
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Germany
Munich
Greece
Athens
Monroe County civic groups host Cranberry Festival booths
Tribune readers praise Cranberry Festival organizers for allowing two booths in Warrens on Oct. 6 benefiting the Monroe County Historical Society with 120 adults and a Junior Historian chapter, plus the Monroe County Humane Society.
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Sirst
Monroe County Historical Society
Warrens
Monroe County Humane Society
Sparta Poetry Circle
Heritage Writers’ Round Table
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
Dodgeville
Wis
Don Q Inn
Wilfred Beaver
Sparta
Bluebirds not blue and other surprising facts
Sydney Harris surveys curious misconceptions and origins behind familiar phrases and symbols. He notes optical reasons for blue birds, Zionist timing of the Star of David, demographics of working poor, Swiss languages, thoroughbred versus purebred, vocabulary thresholds, shifting liberal and conservative meanings, Third Reich naming, and beaver behavior misconceptions.
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