State local relations push for county role and reform
La Crosse officials heard a state agency chief urge more county wide services and a professional county administrator. He warned that forced annexation and high costs harm Medary and nearby areas, urging tighter state oversight and a state local advisory commission while urging legislators to avoid new burdens on taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Joseph Addis
Medary
William Bechtel
Bechtel
Alderman Addis
Treasury
Camera
la Crosse Tribune Pictures
Inland Daily Press
Washington
Federal Agency
Who is a farmer in modern agriculture debate
A service club speaker in La Crosse during Farm City Week notes farmers are a small population yet agriculture dominates employment. Prof. Robert Rieck of UW Madison Extension cites Wisconsin as home to 600000 food and farm related jobs and 200000 people living on farms.
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Service Club
la Crosse
Robert Rieck
Uw-Madison Extension Division
Wisconsin
Paul Offner
King St. la Crosse
Tribune
Donald Harmon
Ed Nix
Wisconsin Council On Criminal Justice
Harmon
Colleen Schubring
S. 35Th St. la Crosse
The
Gundersen
Vernon Thomson
al Baldus
Baldus
AMA
American Medical Association
National Health
Sai
Agriculture Committee
Small Business Committee
Francis Dummer
R. J
Holmen
Wis
Big Foot sighting sparks page one buzz
The Tribune reports a farmer near Cash ton saw a hairy seven foot tall monster with a strong odor over two months. Readers found the piece a humorous break from daily newsroom pressure and debated political overtones. Staff offered playful theories about moonshine and campaigns, ending with a quip about industrial strength deodorant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cashton
Taxicab rate increase inquiry prompts council study
Tribune files review shows Common Council examining a local taxicab company request for higher rates. In 1956, regional plans and debates touch independence timing as legislators question feasibility for an independent plan in this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Bechtel Urges Local Government Reform in Wisconsin
Wisconsin public affairs observer William Bechtel argues against tinkering with local units to cut costs and favor consolidation. He supports strengthening counties, expanding regional service bases, and creating executive county officers, while dismissing countywide school districts as unlikely to gain support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Wisconsin
Bechtel
Madison
Voters wary of big promises in the 1976 race
Public opinion polls show high voter sophistication since Watergate. Harris says 81 percent see politicians misjudging the public as childlike, and that voters will accept tough truths on inflation and recession if leaders acknowledge limits. Debate outcomes unlikely to alter a close race.
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Arthur Unger
Christian Science Monitor
New York
Louis Harris
ABC News
Harris
The
Monitor
John Kennedy
Carter
State Street
Chicago
Daley
Ford
ABC
ABC News Election Center
Readers weigh in on Wisconsin 94th District election and gun stance
Letters from Onalaska and La Crosse voters advocate change in the 94th Assembly race. Contributors attack secretive government, support local control, and defend hand gun access while questioning campaign funding and public safety.
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Virgil Roberts
Secret Seven
Joint Finance Committee
Fred Schomberg
Roberts
F. H. Barge
Court Rd
Onalaska
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Kenneth C. Blanchard
Robert S. Gallagher
Sanford Goltz
Merle Hill
Pat Moore
Opinion Page
Sandy Goltz
Mary Liberte
Glen Ziel
Stoddard Hotel
la Crosse Hospital Ladies Auxiliary
Walter Engelke
C. H. Wartinbee
University of Wisconsin Glee Club
Sparta
Department of Local Affairs and Development
State Capitol
Redalen
Minnesota Senate
Elton R. Redalen
Elton
Lew W. Larson
Mabel
Mina
Trémponent
Roger LeGrand
Alex Fraser Tytler
R.A. Onsrud
Hamlin St
West Salem
Newsweek
Playboy
President
Ford Committee
Jimmy
Republican Party
Jerry
Dole
Jim Frymark
S. 13Th St
Peter Coe Christianson
Barron, Wis
Adolf Gundersen
Congress
Vernon T. Silha
Coon Valley
Claude Deck
Deck
Jeanette Niedercorn
Western Ave
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