Editorial: cease fire hopes amid two front Middle East war
Editorial notes two front fighting in the Middle East with Israel and Egypt showing acceptance of a cease-fire Though Iraq rejects and Jordan leans toward acceptance Red China denounces the move from its UN seat The piece questions Soviet aims and the chance of a stable peace without outside imposition
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Hord
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Iraq
U.N. Security Council
Jordan
Red China
Security Council
Moscow
Washington
Airlines cut flights to save fuel amid shortages
After two days of talks American United and Trans World Airlines agreed to remove 82 daily departures mainly on east west routes and shift 19 flights to smaller aircraft. Four more carriers will discuss cuts this week. The plan aims for at least 60 percent load factor and saves about 178 million gallons yearly.
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U.S
American
United
Trans World Airlines
Skylab Photographs Upset Earthbound Photo Peers
Skylab 2 astronauts Bean Lousma and Garriott return after a long space mission with 77600 sun shots and 16800 earth images. Public interest in their color slides overshadows typical travel photos as scientists plan years of study from the sun and earth images.
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Bean, Lousma
Garriott
Earth
Skylab
Eiffel Tower
Spanish Steps
Acropolis
La Crosse Physician Dr Eugene Herbert Town Dies
Dr Eugene Herbert Town, 62, of 230 South 21st Street, a well known La Crosse physician and surgeon, dies after a long illness.
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Eugene Herbert Townsend
S. 21St St
la Crosse
Atomic Energy Commission
Wyoming
Area Lutherans
la Crosse Transit Co
South Avenue
Moscow involvement in Middle East war urged by Alsop
Washington columnist Joseph Alsop argues Soviet arms and influence drove the Arab attack on Israel. He notes deliveries of T-62 and T-55 tanks, SAM missiles, RPGs and wire guided weapons to Egypt Syria and Iraq, plus Brezhnev letters pressuring Arab states to aid Syria and Egypt. He cites Soviet foreknowledge and participation via technicians and advisers remaining in Syria.
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Washington
Israel
Pentagon
Sinai
Egypt
Syria
Leonid Brezhnev
King Hussein
Jordan
King Hassan
Morocco
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Brezhnev
Kissinger
Europe
Hungary
Latakiah
Alexandria
United States
Soviet aim to reopen Suez Canal via Egyptian control
The article outlines a Soviet plan to push for a cease-fire that lets Egypt keep a bridgehead on the east side of the Suez, enabling the canal to reopen under Egyptian control. Kissinger privately notes Soviet leverage over Sadat. Israel faces high losses and may accept a cease-fire in place with U.S. air-tech support.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Israel
Soviet Union
Paul Scott
Middle East
Washington
Russia
Henry Kissinger
United Nations
New York
U.S
Nixon
Kissinger
Sadat
Vietnam
Europe
Black Sea
India
China
Kremlin
Peking
Readers condemn university talk and La Crosse golf plan
Readers attack a Stevens Point sociology talk by Erica Carle as biased against traditional values. They urge Wisconsin schools to fund broader recreation, including swimming, warning against prioritizing golf at La Crosse Country Club. A third letter protests Pentagon beagle experiments and urges public pressure.
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Sirs
Arnold Maahs
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Erica Carle
P.O. Box
Milwaukee
Wis
la Crosse
Central High School
Logan High School
Chris Craft
John B. Custer
17Th St. la Crosse
Pentagon
Les Aspin
Air Force
Congressman Aspin
McLucas
Washington
Jim Sweeney
Teacher strikes defy solutions in Wisconsin
Stateshouse observers seek how to end teacher walkouts as 13 districts joined this year and about 4 000 teachers were involved, despite Wisconsin law prohibiting public employee strikes and prior similar actions last year.
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Arthur L. Srb
Associated Press
Madison, Wis
Statehouse
Wisconsin
Joint Finance Committee
GOP
Mel Cyrak
Lake Mills
Cyrak
Wisconsin Education Association
Bloomer
WEA
Moral in a hospital gag and the teacher strike debate
The piece recalls a hospital wake up gag during recovery and laments depersonalized systems. It then discusses mass education, mass technology, and the push for binding arbitration in teacher contracts with a proposed voter approval mechanism.
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10Th Army
la Crosse Tribune
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