Soviet dissidents riseundevout voices defy confinement
In Moscow a Friday night recital by dissident songwriter Pyotr Starchik proceeds in his absence as supporters gather in a crowded apartment. His wife Saida says he is being held in a psychiatric hospital and drugged with haloperidol to silence him. The event echoes broader protests by figures like Pyotr Grigorenko as they challenge use of psychiatric detention to suppress dissent.
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Moscow
Pyotr Starchik
Saida
Saida Starchik
Leonid Plyushch
Starchik
Pyotr Grigorenko
Red Army
Grigorenko
Wisconsin Voter Referendum Expands Residency and Debt Powers
A proposed measure would allow voting by residents who have lived in Wisconsin for ten days before an election, aligning with federal rulings. It also seeks to broaden state debt and appropriation powers for transportation facilities. Certified by La Crosse County Clerk Russell L. Fiedler on October 18, 1976.
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Board of Election Commissioners
Wisconsin
Assembly
Russell L. Fiedler
la Crosse County
Secretary of the State Elections Board
Facsimile Ballot Notice of General Election 1976
General election notice for La Crosse County on November 2, 1976. Details ballot procedures, voter verification, marking rules, and assistance options for disabled or visually impaired voters. Includes instructions on vote counting, ballot handling, and sequencing of polling place actions.
Official Presidential Ballot Instruction Card
Official ballot guidance instructs voters to place an X or mark in the square opposite the chosen candidate or to write in a candidate's name in the space provided. Vote in one square only.
Official ballot voting directions from party column
Instructions explain how to cast a straight party ticket by marking the circle under the party designation and how to vote for individual candidates by marking the square beside each name or writing a preference in the space, applicable to state congressional and county offices.
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Osip Mandelshtam
Marina Tsvetayeva
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LA Crosse
of la Crosse
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Gerald R. Ford
Robert Dole
Lester Maddox
William Dyke
Peter Camejo
Socialist Workers Party
Willie Mae Reid
Gus Hall
Communist Party
U.S.A
Jarvis Tyner
United States
William Proxmire
Lyndon H. Larouche, JR
U.S. Labor Party
Ronald W. Evans
Julius Levin
Socialist Labor Party
Constance Blomen
Margaret Wright
Peoples Party
Benjamin Spock
Frank P. Zeidler
J. Quinn Brisben
Mark J. Leinfelder
Edmund A. Nix
Michael J. Mulroy
Register of Deeds
Everette B. Runge
Stanley York
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Civil Liberties Economic Freedom
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Magdalene R. Downey
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Congress
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Paul Offner
Virgil Roberts
William Monsoor
Merlin J. Bauer
William R. Black
Adolf L. Gundersen
Douglas Farmer
Fred Schomberg
Keith D. Ellison
Lucille M. Nohr
Sheriff Mark A. Smick
Walter M. Gardner
John A. Frost
Robert Schwarz
William O. Hart
Democratic Socialist
Robert E. Nordlander
Michael A. Maclaurin
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John D. Medinger
Charles R. Whaley, Jr
Lacrosse County
Onalaska
Masonic Temple
Main St
Onalaska City Hall
Barre
Burns
Bangor
Pertzsch
Holmen
Campbell
Town Hall
Burns Town Hall
Bainbridge St
Farmington
Mindoro
Greenfield
Rockland
Rt. 1
Coon Valley
Hamilton
West Salem
Village Hall
Leonard St
Shelby
Washington
Hamilton Town Hall
West
Salem
Fauver Hill School
Midway
Village
Ward Ave
Town
Newburgs Corner
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