Inflation bites as schools face funding cuts across states
Inflation and taxpayer resistance to new levies push districts toward closures and cutbacks from Ohio to Washington. Chicago borrows to stay open. Kansas City voters consider a 54 cent tax hike for 1971 to avert further cuts, while California confronts tax equity limits and major districts warn of possible spring closings.
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Ohio
Missouri
Wisconsin
California
Washington
West Warwick
R.C
Philadelphia
New York City
Montana
Massachusetts
Chicago
Board of Education
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Cook County
Kansas City
Associated Press
Laurence J. O'Connor
R.I
Supreme Court
Edwin H. Harper
Council delays flood ordinance over Hormel impact
The Austin City Council postponed the flood plain ordinance hearing to December 15 after Hormel Co. representatives warned the measure could bar plant modifications, signaling potential hardship and possible phasing out of the operation. The panel also addressed Oak Tower Addition low income housing plans, proposing city buyouts of three lots to relocate units and protect surrounding property values.
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Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Austin
Planning Commission
Cedar River
Turtle Creek
Hormel Meat
Byron Crippin
Hormel Co
Hormel
Crippin
Oak Tower Addition
Bryan Baudler
Oak Tower
Baudler
Bustad
Baudier
H Authority
Cition
Area
India claims big victories in the India Pakistan clash
The United Nations General Assembly opened debate on a cease fire as India reports sweeping gains in East Pakistan with the Pakistani army retreating and calls for surrender. In Kashmir, India admits setbacks near Chamb while Pakistan claims advances in other fronts.
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India
East Pakistan
Jessore
Tan
Subcontinent
Pakistan
Poonch
United Nations
N. Y
U.N. General Assembly
Associated Press
Kashmir
Chamb
Jammu
Sam Maneckshaw
Township group calls for session on remap crisis
The Minnesota Association of Township Officers urged a special session to adopt a court ordered redistricting plan. Executives Dan Holtz and Irvin Strandquist sent Telegrams to Gov. Wendell Anderson and legislative leaders, warning rural Minnesota will lose representation if not allowed to address the remap themselves. The panel ordered cuts from 135 to 105 House seats and 67 to 35 Senate seats, affecting 1,800 township members in 80 of Minnesota’s 87 counties.
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ST. Paul
House
Aubrey Dirlam
Stanley Holmquist
Nicholas Coleman
Martin Sabo
L. J. Lee
Minnesota
Senate
Snow Storm Hits Dakotas and Minnesota Weather Alert
Heavy snow fell in northern South Dakota with warnings of snow reaching much of Minnesota and the two Dakotas as a cold front moved southeast. The system may cross Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa tonight. A fire at Cascade Motor Hotel in Duluth damaged the third floor but caused no injuries. Fire officials paused to determine the cause.
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South Dakota
National Weather Service
Minnesota
Two Dakotas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Duluth
Minn
Cascade Motor Hotel
Schedule of Pages Editorial 4 Sports 8-9 Society 6 VS-Mkts. 10 Area News 7 Comics
Page layout note: editorial on page 4, sports coverage pages 8 and 9, society page on 6, markets on 10, area news on 7, comics and classifieds on pages 12 and 13. Indicates a traditional newspaper issue structure.
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Society
Senate weighs Rehnquist for Supreme Court seat
Washington AP report notes the Senate, after Powell’s 89-1 confirmation, moves to consider William H. Rehnquist for a second Supreme Court vacancy. Rehnquist, an assistant attorney general, is expected to be approved by many, though Sen. Birch Bayh leads the opposition and has not fixed a vote date.
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Washington
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Senate
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Soviet Mars 3 Capsule Lands Safely on Mars
Tass reports an uncrewed Soviet Mars 3 descent capsule soft landed on Mars after parachuting from the mother ship Mars 3 satellite. The craft sent signals to Earth between December 2 and 5 as Mars 3 completed a 188 day flight. Mars 2 remains in a distant orbit with no landing attempt announced.
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Mars
Tass
Earth
Soviet Union
United States
House votes on six billion poverty programs and child plan
The House schedules a pivotal vote on a 6 billion dollar bill to extend antipoverty programs for two years and launch a major child development program. The plan faces White House opposition and possible veto. Senate passage last week eased GOP resistance.
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House
Washington
White House
Carl Albert
Senate
Sixteen UM Regents committees include nonvoting student members
An ad hoc committee named sixteen nonvoting students to eight University of Minnesota Board of Regents committees. Names cover Budget audit and legislative relations, Contracts gifts and grants, Educational policy and long-range planning, Faculty staff and student affairs, Health sciences, Physical plant, Public affairs, and Investment insurance and retirement with students from Crookston Duluth Morris Twin Cities and Waseca campuses.
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Minneapolis, Minn
University of Minnesota Board of Regents
University Senate
Regents
Michael Dean
Duluth
Peter Cannon
Morris
Terry Gerba
Carol Dillon
Michael Derosier
Mor
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Philadelphia Board of Education
O'Connor
U.S
Kabui
Karachi
Tohore
New Delhi
Wist
Miles
China
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Rives
Bhutan
Rangpur
Rajshahi
Cokwtton
Bengal
Peni
Sylhet
Shmir
Jam Churian
Bombay
Arabian Sea
Radio Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Nurul Amin
East
Zulfika Ali Bhutto
People’s Party
Dacca
Hilli
Rawalpindi
Sialkot
Jammu and Kashmir
London
West Germany
Japan
RUSS
Moscow
Earl L. Butz
Secreta
American Farm Bureau Federation
UM Regent
Harold Olson
Crookston
Richard Koln
Manuel Guzman
Twin Cities
Curt Watson
Waseca
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