Federal kickback probes widen across United States
Investigations into architect and engineer payoffs to public officials spread to at least eight federal prosecutors as U S attorneys probe contracts for housing highways and other projects. The drives aim to expose a pattern of corruption likely tied to campaign contributions and contract awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
George Beall
Baltimore
Agnew
Maryland
New Jersey
Gerald J. Gallinghouse
Southern District of
Louisiana
Gallinghouse
Thornburgh
Delaware
Ralph F. Keil
Jonathan Gladstein
Herbert Stern
Stern
Newark
N.J
Bealls
La Crosse Tribune Dedicates New Building in 1973
The La Crosse Tribune marked the 401 North Third Street facility dedication in October 1973. William T. Burgess publisher emeritus and James E. Burgess, former Tribune publisher and new Lee Enterprises vice president for newspapers, unveiled the bronze plaque in the main foyer.
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la Crosse Tribune
N. 3Rd St
William T. Burgess
The
Tribune
James E
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Burgess
James E. Burgess
George Reedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
James
Tribune Building Dedication Reflects Press Freedom
The 4th and Cass Street Tribune building was dedicated in 1938 with Gov. Patrick Lucey among dignitaries. George Reedy warned that threats to press freedom arise from economics and outmoded equipment, noting modern plants free reporters to cover news.
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the Tribune
Frank H. Burgess
4Th and
Cass Street
Patrick Lucey
Reedy
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sinai Battle Rages as Kosygin Rumors Circulate
Fierce clashes unfold in the Sinai central Bitter Lakes area with Egyptian claims of heavy Israeli losses and Israeli reports of tank and air actions. Syria reports gains on the Golan Heights as diplomatic efforts and a supposed Kosygin visit back Cairo circulate amid wider Middle East war developments.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
Syria
Golan Heights
Egypt
Suez
Bitter Lakes
Canal
Cairo
Israel
Sinai
Washington
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
New York Times
Beirut
Algeria
Yemen
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Movement
Middle East
Lebanon
Europe
Kuwait
United States
United Nations
Haim Herzog
State Radio
David Elazar
Sinai Front
Sirica Dismisses Nixon Tapes Suit
U S District Court Judge John J Sirica dismissed the Senate Watergate Committee request for a civil judgment to compel access to the White House tapes. He ruled the committee lacked authorization to sue the President and did not decide the case on its merits.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate Committee
Sirica
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Federal Grand Jury
Cox
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Congressional
Reporter From Italy Hit By Car Dies in Wisconsin Town
Italian reporter Virgilio Crocco 21 of Rome dies at Lutheran Hospital after being struck by a hit and run car on Mormon Coulee Road. Companion Eugenio Malgeri 23 is in serious but stable condition with head injuries and a fractured leg. Police seek witnesses. car described as light-colored, about a 1965 model, traveling southeast.
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Italy
Mormon Coulee Road
Virgilio Crocco
Rome
Lutheran Hospital
Eugenio Malgeri
Crocco
Oktoberfest costs total over forty three thousand in La Crosse
Winter costs for city and state law enforcement tied to the Oktoberfest period run to more than 43 000 with about 18 000 offset by fines. Police overtime and jail boarding push city costs higher while state patrol expenses add to the total. Fines collected in Municipal and County Courts offset part of the expense.
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Robin Thompson
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Wisconsin Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
State Patrol
Weather Outlook: Mild Thursday Night Through Saturday
Fair and mild Thursday night with a low near 45. Partly cloudy and warmer Friday with a high near 70 and winds under 10 mph. Saturday brings variable cloudiness and little temperature change, with a low near 40.
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Judy Nicol
Bill Richards
Beall
Donald A. Buzzell
American Consulting Engineers Council
ACEC
William Slayton
American Institute of Architects
US Attorney's Office
District
Pennsylvania
U.S. Attorney's Office
Department of Transportation
Chicago
Wheeling Township
Pittsburgh
U.S. Attorney
Richard Thornburgh
Keil
Samuel K. Skinner
Eek
4Th and Cass
James KE
Marquette University School of Journalism
Kosygin
Damascus
Messaggero
Pines
Bridgeman Food and Ice Cream
Ann Landers
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