Fire of undetermined origin destroys nine shops in Rochester center
An early Sunday fire at the Miracle Mile shopping center in Rochester caused about 1 million dollars in damage to nine stores. Firemen controlled the blaze after four hours, halting spread to 13 other shops. The blaze started near Frerichs Hardware, with a downed wire found at the rear. origin under investigation. No injuries reported.
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Rochester, Minn
Miracle Mile
Orville Mertz
Frerich's Hardware
Toy Box
City of
NORAD warning system repeats faulty signal glitch
Washington officials demand an explanation as NORAD, the Defense Department and the FCC pledge closer review after a second day of warning system malfunctions. A technician error on Saturday sent a false emergency message via AP and UPI wires, while Sunday’s failure stemmed from a teletype network issue.
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Federal Communications Commission
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Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Colo
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United Press International
UPI
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Mankato Free Press Wins Inland Daily Award
CHICAGO AP The Mankato Minnesota Free Press is among six daily newspapers earning first place in the Inland Daily Press Association's 32nd typography and design contest. Winners include Akron Beacon Journal Aurora Beacon-News Coshocton Tribune Bloodington Daily Student. A record 272 newspapers entered, sponsored by Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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Chicago
Mankato
Head and Truhn to form Minneapolis law firm
MINNEAPOLIS Minn AP Former Atty Gen Douglas Head and Jerome Truhn the Solicitor General when Head was attorney general will establish a law firm in Minneapolis. Head the Republican party's unsuccessful candidate for governor of Minnesota last fall said Saturday he has returned to private practice and is preparing to establish the firm.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Douglas Head
Jerome Truhn
Head
Minneapolis
Republican Party
Minnesota
No-fault auto plan eyed by Minnesota lawmakers
Minnesota drivers could gain a $55 million annual profit from a no-fault auto insurance bill led by Sen. Jack Davies. The measure aims to shift injury payments to buyers own insurers, cutting legal costs, with a 1972 start date if enacted. Davies predicts Senate support but House uncertainty remains.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Jack Davies
Minneapolis
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House
Stanley Holmquist
Holmquist
Harold Kalina
Kalina
House Insurance Committee
Howard Knutson
Burnsville
Heavy fighting stalls Saigon Laos assault drive
Saigon reports heavy North Vietnamese attacks stall the Laos operation for the fifth day as 16,000 Saigon troops move toward the border. Vietnamese sources say enemy truck traffic doubled to about 2,000 per day and a ranger battalion faced heavy losses in a three day siege with 130 dead and 108 wounded. US helicopter crews aided air strikes while two more helicopters were shot down with four missing and two wounded among crew.
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Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Panhandle
U.S
Dennis Fujii
Hawaii
Fuji
Quang Tri
Snowmobile crash raises state road toll in Minnesota
The Blomkest elementary principal Gary L. Heida 23 of Raymond Minn was killed when his snowmobile struck a parked car on a Kandiyohi County road near Willmar. Minnesota's 1971 traffic toll rose to 75, while Andrea A Lepp 19 of Minneapolis died after being struck by a car on I 35 W near 46th street.
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Associated Press
Blomkest, Minn
Minnesota
Gary L. Heida
Raymond
Minn
Kandiyohi
Willmar
Heida
Blomkest
Andrea A. Lepp
Minneapolis
Highway Patrol
Mia Olsen
Nominations for Oscars contest between love, war
Nominations for the 43rd Academy Awards highlight Airport and Patton with ten nominations each. Love Story follows with seven, MASH and Tora! Tora! Tora! with five apiece, plus strong acting nods for emerging talents and veteran Melvyn Douglas.
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Airport
Jane Alexander
Glenda Jackson
Ali McGraw
Sarah Miles
Ryan
Carrie Snodgrass
Melvyn Douglas
Douglas
James Earl Jones
Jack Nicholson
Ryan O'Neal
George C. Scott
Patton
M-A-S-H
Richard Castellano
Chief Dan George
Gene Hackman
John Marley
John Mills
Karen Black
Lee Grant
Helen Hayes
Sally Kellerman
Maureen Stapleton
Tornado Toll Rises Across Mississippi and Louisiana
Dozens of tornadoes struck the Mississippi Delta Sunday night leaving 74 dead and hundreds injured. Sixty eight in Mississippi and six in Louisiana. Deaths also reported in Oklahoma Kansas Missouri from a winter storm. National Weather Service cited 40 to 50 tornadoes across a 100 mile strip. National Guard and Red Cross deployed, federal disaster aid sought.
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Louisiana
Texas
Midwest
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
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Inverness
Miss
Willie Young
National Weather Service
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Humphreys County
Little Yazoo
Rome
Bovina
Pugh City
National Guard
Red Cross
James Eastland
Dmiss
Nixon
University of Mississippi At Oxford
Shopping coupons in check book form ad campaign
A Toronto firm promotes shopping coupons printed as check book style to persuade housewives to use the Austin Daily Herald Classified Ads. It urges readers to list sellables, contact 433-8851 for an Ad Writer, and enjoy a six day rate of 5.40 with pay only for days used and cancellation on results.
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