Governor opposes larger legislature and reapportionment
Minnesota Governor Wendell Anderson says he will not support expanding the Legislature beyond 140 members and will not call a special session to address reapportionment unless lawmakers accept 140 or fewer seats. He notes the court ordered cuts to 140 and 105 and says the issue is not partisan. He favors housing driven integration and supports mandatory desegregation plans for schools.
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Minneapolis
Anderson
Twin Cities
Sigma Delta Chi
Fism
State Board of Education
Paycheck delay hits Action agency workers before Christmas
Federal workers at least 1300 in Action the agency uniting Peace Corps VISTA and smaller programs face a two day pay gap next Tuesday due to expired stopgap funding. Officials say the missing two days will not be paid until after Christmas as Congress negotiates continuing funding. The Berlin travel pact between East and West Germany aims to ease isolated travel but awaits final protocol. In Florida Nixon voiced grave concern over the Cuban seizure of the freighter Johnny Express and its captain Jose Villa. Humprey challenged rural GOP support at the NFC meeting in Kansas City as Dole faced boos. South Vietnamese offensives sparked fighting in Cambodia and Vietnam with multiple casualties. Interior announces Bloomington artist Arthur M. Cook won the 1972 federal waterfowl stamp design contest.
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Peace Corps
VISTA
House
Senate
Key Biscayne, Fla
United States
Havana
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Florida White House
Jose Villa
Villa
Chilren
NSP Discharge Delay at Monticello Plant
Northern States Power Co. NSP agrees to delay a discharge of radioactive water from its Monticello plant until Monday. The original plan was set for today, but the postponement shifts timing while authorities monitor the action.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northern States Power Co
NSP
Monticello
Weather outlook and UNColorado dormitory note
Five day forecast shows fair to partly cloudy skies from Sunday to Tuesday with small temperature shifts. Highs range from 12 to 24 in the north and 20 to 32 in the south on Sunday and Monday, then 18 to 28 north and 26 to 34 south on Tuesday. Lows span 5 below to 12 above in the north and 4 to 18 in the south. The University of Northern Colorado operates a 13 story high rise dormitory.
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University of Northern Colorado
Nixon dollars confiscated by Secret Service in Michigan
The Secret Service seized thousands of oversized Nixon dollars circulated by Michigan Democrats as a spoof of President Nixon and his economic policy. The bills, about one third larger than normal, feature Nixon flashing a victory sign with crossed fingers and the slogan God Help Us. Each bill bears signatures attributed to M. Mitchell and John Con Lee.
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Detroit
Secret Service
Michigan
U.S
President Nixon
God
M. Mitchell
Cookie Jar
John Con Lee
Secretary of the Treasury
Regents Budget Process Criticized For Closed Meetings
Sen Edward Gearty condemned the University of Minnesota budget hearings held in closed session while students and junior faculty urged openness. The consultative committee questions departments about 1972 73 budget items and plans to forward its findings to the administration and then the regents.
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ST. Paul
Regents
Carl Auerbach
Two New Supreme Court Justices Sworn In January First
Supreme Court will swear in Lewis F. Powell of Virginia and William H. Rehnquist of Arizona on January 7. Powell succeeds the late Hugo L. Black as the 99th justice and Rehnquist succeeds retired John N. Harlan as the 100th. Powell, a Richmond lawyer confirmed December 6, is the seventh Virginian on the court. Rehnquist, an assistant attorney general confirmed December 10, is the first Arizonan on the high court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell
Virginia
William H. Rehnquist
Arizona
Powell
Hugo L. Black
Rehnquist
John N. Harlan
Richmond
Senate
U.S
Commission mulls shakeup in bank supervision and checking accounts
A presidential panel drafts sweeping changes to U S bank oversight proposing a new state bank administrator office and an expanded role for savings and loan associations. The plan envisions mandatory Fed membership for state banks and a renamed national bank administrator office.
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Washington
Savings and Loan Associations
Presidential Commission On Financial Structures and Regulations
Associated Press
Comptroller
Federal Reserve System
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp
Office of the Administrator of
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of the
National Bank Administrator
Treasury Department
Federal Deposit Guarantee Administration
Cred
Snowmobiles Banned From Hennepin Wild Parks
The Park Reserve Board bans snowmobiles from 16 000 acres of wild parks in Hennepin County. Snowmobiles may use designated trails, but none exist now. Park Superintendent Clifton French refused to predict if any could be built before spring. Washington became U S capital in 1799 under President John Adams.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Hennepin County
Park Reserve Board
Clifton French
Washington, D. C
United States
John Adams
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