Supreme Court OKs merger of three giant railroads
The Supreme Court ruled 7-4 that the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Burlington railroads may merge forming Burlington Northern Inc. with 26500 miles of track. Headquarters will be in St. Paul. Merger could take effect between March 1 and April 1.
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Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
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Northern Pacific
Burlington
Burlington-Northern, Inc
Great Northern Pacific & Burlington Lines, Inc
Burlington Northern
Chicago
The
Spokane, Portland and
Seattle
Pacific Coast Railway
Louis W. Menk
White GN
John M. Budd
William J. Quinn
City Council approves three changes to charter
The City Council unanimously approved three charter amendments. One aligns the city fiscal year with the calendar year for bookkeeping. The second changes election timing to match state and national schedules beginning November 1972. The third removes need for public vote on improvements over 5000 dollars.
Death of Bertrand Russell Stuns Britain
Bertrand Russell, renowned philosopher and Nobel laureate, dies at 97 at his North Wales home. The Times notes his lasting impact in mathematical logic, philosophy, and symbolic logic, with Edith Russell present as he collapsed after influenza.
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Bertrand Russell
Britain
Lord Russell
North
Wales
Russell
Edith
The
Times of London
Mondale calls for U S ceasefire proposal at Paris talks
Sen. Walter Mondale urged Congress to back a resolution calling the United States to present a ceasefire proposal at the Vietnam peace talks in Paris. He proposed naming a permanent negotiator to lead the U S delegation, citing the absence of a ceasefire plan in nearly two years of talks.
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Washington
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
United States
Vietnam
Paris
Mondale
Philip Habib
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hit-and-run attack by Egyptian planes near Suez
Egyptian warplanes carried out a hit-and-run strike along the Suez Canal hitting Israeli troops. The attack caused no casualties but slight damage to an Israeli emplacement north of Eilat near the Mediterranean end of the canal.
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Israel
Suez Canal
Eltara
Mediterranean
Argentine rail disaster becomes second deadliest ever
Buenos Aires reports the train crash death toll rising to about 236, with 110 people hospitalized. Officials say the figure is provisional as rescue teams continue work and many bodies are badly mangled, leaving many identifications pending.
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Buenos Aires
Ezequiel Holmberg
Interior Ministry
Holmberg
General
Pope orders Dutch hierarchy to revise celibacy stance
Pope Paul VI ordered the Netherlands hierarchy to back away from its stand against priestly celibacy. He insisted celibacy remains a grave, non negotiable law of the Latin Church and urged Dutch bishops to reverse their statements amid ongoing Vatican efforts to maintain the discipline.
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Paul VI
Netherlands
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Jean Cardinal Villot
Paul
Cardinal Villot
Holy See
Goodell Says 300,000 U.S. Troops Likely in Vietnam
Senator Charles E. Goodell said the administration envisions about 300,000 American troops in Vietnam at the start of 1971 with a possible small reduction the following year. He criticized the human and materiel costs of staying in such numbers and prepared testimony for Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Vietnam policy resolutions.
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Washington
Charles E. Goodell
Vietnam
New York Republican
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan signs nuclear nonproliferation treaty in Moscow ceremony
In Moscow diplomats report Japan becomes the 95th nation to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Japanese ambassador Toru Nakagawa signed at the Soviet Foreign Ministry Spiridonov House reception center.
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Warming trend heads toward Minnesota tonight
A warming trend from southwestern Canada is expected to reach Minnesota tonight ending the cold wave that plunged the state to as low as 36 below. Cloudy conditions and light snow will accompany the warmup with southerly winds lifting temperatures into the mild range by Wednesday afternoon. Roseau hit 36 below and International Falls -34 at 8 am with Duluth Hibbing -31, Alexandria -25, St. Cloud and Grand Forks -24.
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Associated Press
Canada
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Sioux City Doctor Found Fatally Stabbed in Motel
Dr George Rowney a 49 year old gynecologist from Sioux City Iowa was found stabbed more than twenty times in his motel room in Overland Park suburb Kansas City. A belt was tied around his neck and his feet bound with an electrical cord.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Overland Park
Kan
George Rowney
Bank housing study shows half cannot afford 20000 home
The House Banking and Currency Committee staff reports 284 million households or 101.1 million people cannot afford payments on a $20 000 mortgage. Chairman Wright Patman and New York Mayor John Lind critique inflation and high interest as obstructing housing amid low availability in federal programs.
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Washington
Congress
House Banking and Currency Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
New York
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Patman
Supreme Court halts Kraft in Betsinger case
Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday issued a writ of prohibition against Austin Municipal Court Judge Fred Kraft. The order requires Kraft to refrain from further actions in Betsinger case except reassigning to another judge and to show cause March 2 why he should not be restrained further. Betsinger was charged with driving after suspension. Meany's affidavit of prejudice was not honored.
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Fred Kraft
Minnesota Supreme Court
Oscar Knutson
Terence Meany
James Betsinger
Supreme Court
Kraft
Betsinger
Meany
Minnesota
Knutson
Philadelphia rat control project aims at two people per rat
Coordinators say there is one rat for every two people in Philadelphia, a city with over 2 million residents. The program began in January 1969 after 91 rat bites were recorded and 16 percent of abandoned dwellings were infested. The project operates under a $2.4 million federal grant.
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Philadelphia
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