State economic office opens in Marshall region
Late Economic Development Commissioner James Heltzer announced a regional office of his department will be opened at Southwest State College in Marshall. John D. Peterson will staff the office, one of nine planned outside the Twin Cities, as part of decentralization to spur outstate development. The governor cited $216 million in Minnesota business expansion projects, including a $150 million Hibbing taconite complex, as signs of a rising business barometer.
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ST. Paul
Marshall
Heltzer
Twin Cities
St. Cloud
Mankato
Twin City
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Hibbing
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Pickands Mather & Co
Fergus Falls to host AP confab September 22
Otter Tail Power Co. chief Albert V. Hartl will address the Minnesota Associated Press fall meeting banquet in Fergus Falls. An afternoon news conference with Mayor Barbara Donoho is planned, plus golf, tours of the Fergus Falls Journal building, a business session and a dinner. Journal hosts are Charles Underwood and James Gray.
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Fergus Falls
Journal
Charles Underwood
James Gray
Threat of Bolivian invasion looms over Chile
President Allende met with the national security council amid unconfirmed reports of Bolivian troop movements near Chile. Opposition lawmakers accuse the government of diverting attention from street violence and a general strike as merchants, drivers, and doctors press their demands.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
National Security Council
Bolivia
Adm
Raul Montero
Navy
Allende
Security Council
House of Deputies
Congress
Merchants’ Confederation
Doctors’ Union
Subcommittee to study Minnesota usury law
A Minnesota House subcommittee will study the usury law that caps individual loan interest at eight percent per year. The panel includes seven legislators and six financial industry executives with Rep. Harry Sieben as chairman.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
B.J. Brinkman
Dfl-Richmond
Harry Sieben
Dfl-Hastings
EPA may ease air limits to keep coal power plants running
An EPA source says the agency could ease the secondary sulfur oxides standard for air quality, while primary health standards remain unchanged. Announcement could come soon as states face deadlines. officials note shifts to cleaner fuels strain oil and gas supplies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
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