Northwest seeks Japan to Saipan Guam route approval
The Civil Aeronautics Board set a January 4 hearing on Northwest Airlines request to fly the 1,500 mile route between Japan and Saipan and Guam. Three other carriers also filed requests as project depends on Minneapolis providing an underground parking garage and landscaping. The note mentions the University of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium as the orchestra venue.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northwest Airlines
Japan
Saipan
Guam
Northwest
Northrop Auditorium
University of Minnesota
Morgan woman earns bachelor degree after 46 years
Thelma Atkins of Morgan Minnesota completed her bachelor’s degree at Mankato State University commencement Friday, joining 607 graduates. She first enrolled in 1926, left to raise a family and teach, returned part time in 1958, quit in 1965 after her husband’s death, and resumed night classes last summer.
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Mankato, Minn
Thelma Atkins
Morgan, Minn
Atkins
Mankato State
Mankato
William
Waseca Freight Derailment Ties Up Rail Line
Work crews cleared wreckage after an 11 car Chicago and North Western Railway freight train derailed six miles west of Waseca. Officials blamed a broken rail for spilling pulp wood logs and wood shavings on the track.
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Waseca, Minn
Chicago and North Western Railway
Waseca
Minnesota Orchestra Approves Concert Hall Plan
The Minnesota Orchestra board on Friday approved a $6.6 million plan to acquire the former Lyceum Theatre and adjacent building in downtown Minneapolis. They will demolish both structures to clear the site for a 2,750 seat concert hall.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Minnesota Orchestra
Lyceum
Minnesota Briefs Forecast Highlights Light Snow North
Mostly cloudy Monday through Wednesday with periods of light snow in the north and fair to partly cloudy conditions in the south. Colder Tuesday followed by a slight warm trend Wednesday. Lows range 2 below to 10 above north and 7 to 18 south. highs 12 to 22 north and 20 to 28 south.
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Minnesota
Heller Named President-Elect of Economic Association
Walter W. Heller, regents professor of economics at the University of Minnesota, has been named president-elect of the American Economic Association.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Walter W. Heller
Regents
University of Minnesota
American Economic Association
Blatnik criticizes Podesta removal as economic development downgrade
Representative John A. Blatnik, Democrat of Minnesota, denounced the Nixon administration's decision to release Robert A. Podesta from the post of economic development administrator. He said Podesta's removal signals the administration's intent to downgrade economic development programs.
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Washington
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Nixon
Robert A. Podesta
Blatnik
House Public Works Committee
Podesta
Daughter of Romanian poet to stay in Mankato
Doina Vircol sought a 30 day visa to visit her dying father in Chicago and return to Romania. She and her 13 month old son Alexander arrived days before her father Vasile Postenca died. She plans to remain in the United States though her husband Alexis supports her decision.
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Mankato, Minn
Doina Vircol
United States
Vasile Postenca
Mankato State College
Vircol
Zamzira Postenca
Mankato
Kasota
Tom Sims Sage of Calhoun County Dies at 75
Anniston writer humorist Tom Sims known as the Sage of Calhoun County died at home Friday after a long illness. He wrote for Amos n Andy and several radio shows and contributed to The Aniston Star Nashville Tennessean and The Cleveland Press early in his career.
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Anniston
Ala
Tom Sims
Sims
Sage
Calhoun County
Amos 'N Andy
Anniston Star
Nashville Tennessean
Cleveland Press
New Residents At Raymond Home Welcome Grace and Ina Hunter
Grace moved in last week and Mrs Ina Hunter joins at Raymond Home along with relatives in Rapid City and Savage Minnesota. The note lists preferred gifts for residents and mentions seasonal activities including Bible study, carols, and a Christmas program by the Clear Light singers.
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Grace
Ina Hunter
Rapid City
Dak
Hunter
Vivian Johnson
Austin
Muriel Iherson
Savage
Mina
Copenhagen
St. A’s
Robert Ross
Church of the Open Bible
Edna Helland
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Dick Klagge
Hulda Olson
Albert Lea
Clara Finkelson
St. Paul
Anna Olson
Ida Carlson
St. Olaf Hospital
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Rose Creek
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Jesus
Ma & Pa
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California
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Family Center
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