Forest Service opposes BWCA drilling by private rights holder
New York City businessman George St Clair plans mineral drilling in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota using private rights. The U S Forest Service says drilling would violate BWCA regulations and intends to use all legal means to block it, arguing the area cannot resolve the conflict between mining and wilderness protections.
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Duluth, Minn
New York City
U.S. Forest Service
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
BWCA
Minnesota
George St. Clair
Superior National Forest
Craig Rupp
Forest Service
Rupp
Newman
St. Clair
National Wilderness Preservation System
Minnesota Iron Range
Duluth
Gabimichigami Lake
Peter Or
Howard Lakes
Gabimichigami-Peter Lakes
Jerry and Gillis Lakes
Soviet policy gains in strategic Mideast
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports Soviet policy is making important gains in the strategic Middle East, using economic military aid trade and propaganda to shape Arab attitudes while avoiding direct confrontation. Moscow seeks a ring of dependent states with influence over oil flows and to undermine U S leadership as it builds influence in Egypt Syria and Iraq.
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William L. Ryan
Middle East
United States
Europe
Kremlin
Asia
Africa
Tran
Sudan
Algeria
Israel
Moscow
Mediterranean
Persian Gulf
Indian Ocean
U.S
Washington
Nasser
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
LeVander Blames Politics For Calls For Special Session
Gov. Harold LeVander says political motivations drive calls for a special session to tackle urban finances. He notes lack of consensus and warns of endless hearings without broad agreement. Regular session begins January 1971. letters will be sent to Stenvig and AFL-CIO leaders.
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LeVander
David K. Roe
Minnesota
Afl-Cio
Roe
Rolland F. Hatfield
Greyhound routes altered in northwestern Minnesota
The Minnesota Public Service Commission approves Greyhound Lines route changes in northwestern Minnesota ending Crookston service. From January 1, Moorhead to Warren on US 75 will be canceled, while new links will run East Grand Forks to Warren and East Grand Forks to Alvarado on Highways 220 and 1.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Public Service Commission
Greyhound Lines
Minnesota
Greyhound
Crookston
Moorhead
Warren
East Grand Forks
Alvarado
Vo-Tech students to build house for hands on training
Austin Area Vocational Technical School carpentry class will build a house as on the job training for second year students. The project is funded at no extra cost and enjoys support from local contractors and unions. The board also decided to sell Western Holding Corp stock and unveiled a new video tape recorder system for schools at about 3100 dollars.
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Judy McDermott
Austin Area Vocational Technical School
Austin School Board
Morton Carney
Western Holding Corp
Ronald Anderson
Gordon Fogdall
Austin High School
North Viet Nam negotiator boycotts Paris talks again
North Viet Nam’s chief negotiator abstained from the Paris Peace talks for a second week as the United States urged no delay. The exchange touched on North Vietnamese leadership, proposed troop withdrawals, and a call for serious negotiations with clear proposals from both sides.
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N. Viet
Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Xuan Thuy
Col
Ha van Lau
Reindeer Herd Grows at Los Angeles Ranch
Fritz Burns, a Los Angeles real estate developer, keeps 350 white reindeer at his San Fernando ranch, up from 26 in 1949, as holidays pass. One deer munches on grass while another poses for the photographer in this AP wire photo.
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Fritz Burns
Grapher. Burns
Los Angeles
San Fernando
Calif
Burns
House backs strict mine safety bill amid veto threats
The House passed a tough coal mine safety bill 333 to 12 arguing a nationwide shutdown threat outweighed veto risk. A pension-like compensation program for disabled miners sparked debate with estimates ranging from 40 to 385 million annually, and an effort to strike it failed 258 to 83. The Senate must act next.
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Washington
House
John Erlenborn
Blll
Nixon
Erlenborn
Senate
John Sh. Dent
D-Pa
Dent
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Interior secretary predicts $15 billion clean lakes plan
Walter Hickel told reporters after a four state governors conference on pollution in Lake Michigan that it will take fifteen billion dollars and five to seven years to remove pollution from the nation’s streams and lakes. He added, I predict we’re going to do it.
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Chicago
Walter Hickel
Secretary of the Interior
Hickel
Lake Michigan
Nixon administration touts progress under The New Federalism
Washington AP report says after reviewing 1969 the Nixon White House credits a calmer mood in America and reform efforts, including shifting homefront priorities and new councils. It notes fewer voices in national rhetoric, attempts to make government work better on taxes and draft, and broader cross agency problem handling, while acknowledging Congress friction and remaining questions on population policy.
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Washington
Nixon
America
White House
Congress
National Security Council
Rail strike threat renewed after wage offer rejected
The nationwide railroad shutdown threat grows as unions reject the biggest wage proposal in history. Labor Secretary Shultz laments the near two to one vote against the agreement, while unions say work-rule changes sparked the defeat. About 48,000 workers would be affected under the proposed raise timeline.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Nixon
George P. Shultz
J. W. O'Brien
Aflcio Sheet Metal Workers
Aflcio Shepcrafl
John P. Hiltz
Hiltz
William W. Winpisinger
O'Brien
Expansion of food stamp program unveiled by Hardin
Washington AP Agri culture Secretary Clifford M Hardin unveiled an expansion of the food stamp program to let needy families buy more while paying less The plan would raise a four person family allotment to 106 per month from 58 at present and reduce monthly payments within legal limits A four person family with income under 30 currently pays 2 for stamps worth 58 The federal government reimburses the difference as a subsidy to needy families
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Washington
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
Commerce Department
Minneapolis approves $1 million tree program
Minneapolis park board approved a one million dollar plan to remove dead trees and plant replacements grown at the Minneapolis Workhouse site in Plymouth. New maples lindens ashes and oaks will replace elms to fight Dutch elm disease amid about 200000 trees on boulevards and parks.
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Minneapolis
Plymouth
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