Wisconsin Assembly races in La Crosse County candidates face challenges
The Tribune backs incumbents Gerald Greider in the 1st District and Norbert Nuttelman in the 2nd District, Republicans facing Democratic challengers Virgil Roberts and Buzz Miller. The piece notes Roberts and Miller campaign on tax and budget issues, while Greider and Nuttelman emphasize budget restraint and state program reviews.
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Nobel Peace Prize honors Iowa plant scientist Borlaug
The 1970 Peace Prize goes to Norman Borlaug of Iowa for developing a high yield wheat strain. Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mexican government, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center at Mexico City supports his work.
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McCarthy Attacks Communists in Government Areas of Lace Handkerchiefs
Twenty years ago Sen Joseph R McCarthy spoke at a Stoddard Hotel luncheon warning about Communists in government while a group of Winnebago Indians of Tomah sought millions from the federal government in Washington. Prices and mail volumes were noted and agricultural data released as next year’s cost trends loomed.
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Letters From Readers at The Tribune
Readers write to contest a claim about the New Democratic Coalition and its timing, defend a state attorney general, praise Senator Proxmire, and share a personal note about a missing grandpa’s tricycle. The bulk thanks La Crosse locals for kindness during a cross state trip after a traffic incident.
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City Ladles Law Proposed To Penalize Juvenile Vandalism
Mrs Evelyn Spratt of 1606 Avon Street La Crosse urges a federal law to curb defacement with filthy language. She argues parents and juveniles should be held liable and notes her 50 years as a taxpayer in La Crosse. Proverbs 16 32 is cited.
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Election holds fate of antiwar amendment
Washington PAUL SCOTT reports the Cooper Church antiwar amendment to bar U S troop operations in Cambodia faces a deadlock in House Senate conference. With no current Cambodian forces and Nixon opposing, passage hinges on a Democratic gain in both chambers, otherwise the measure stalls. The fight underscores executive legislative tension over war powers.
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Two kinds of voters The payers and the receivers
Milwaukee lawyer and Republican Wayne McNulty argues the core divide in public debate over budgets. He notes a split between taxpayers who want lower costs and those who seek expanded services, a tension evident in Wisconsin politics and higher education funding.
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Upperclass underground by John P Roche
A column argues that a series of 1970s events reveals an emerging upperclass underground. It cites a Porsche driven protest flyer in Chilmark, Father Berrigan’s arrest, a West 11th Street bombing by Weathermen, and Angela Davis ally Poindexter’s high bail, noting wealthy fugitives evade pursuit with luxury travel and credit, prompting FBI concern.
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Speed kills not always and public risk thoughts
Thoughts at Large by Sydney J. Harris questions speed safety messaging noting most urban fatalities occur under 30 mph and compares murder risk to industrial death rates. He argues religion should integrate with daily life, reviews Alexander Adams Eleventh Hour on pollution, and says reform requires awakening conscience without extremes.
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