Winter Ice Storm Hits Minnesota Causing Massive Outages
Winter stretched across Minnesota with freezing rain and sleet forcing schools to close and utility crews to work nonstop. NSP reported about 60 000 Minneapolis Saint Paul area customers without power as three generating units failed, while Duluth endured its worst storm of the season with winds up to 85 mph. Weather disrupted travel across the state and left towns from Benson to Sherburne County facing outages and arcing lines.
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Byme Assureu
Minnesota
National Weather Service
Minneapolis
Duluth
Park Point
Lake Superior
Righitmate
Northern States Power Co
NSP
St. Paul
Monticello
Sherburn
Benson
Otter Tail Power Co
Sunbury
Appleton
Morris
Milan
Clarkfield
Ortonville
Spanish premier targeted by rightist threats in Madrid
Reports in Diario de Barcelona and Mundo Diario say an extreme right group called Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance threatened Premier Adolfo Suarez after a crackdown on ultrarightists. The callers claimed credit for five Communist deaths in Madrid last month and warned blood would run in the streets if elections proceed.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Barcelona
Diario de Barcelona
Mundo Diario
Apostolic Alliance
Light snow ends tonight with frigid Friday highs
Light snow tapers this evening with a few lingering flurries possible Friday. Lows tonight range from 16 to 24 degrees as a cold front moves through. Highs Friday are forecast between 30 and 35 degrees across the region.
Stimulus plan gains Senate and House backing
Congress approves budget amendments to enable tax cuts and spending boosts to spur the economy. The Senate passes 72 to 20 and the House 239 to 169, with the House proposing up to 16.4 billion in stimulus and favoring a one time $50 rebate over permanent tax cuts. Democrats clash with Republicans over tax policy and economic theory.
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Jim Luther
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Carter
John Rousselot
California
Ways and Means Committee
Plane crash near Harrisburg kills secretary and 7 others
A twin engine plane exploded in flight and crashed into a house near Harrisburg, killing Pennsylvania transportation secretary William Sherlock and seven others. A.H. Childs confirmed Sherlock and his chief of staff William Smith among the dead.
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Pennsy
Harrisburg, Pa
Pennsylvania
A. H. Childs
Transportation Department
Bureau of Aviation
William Sherlock
William Smith
Energy Department would unite 19 agencies under one roof
President Carter proposes a Cabinet level Department of Energy to consolidate functions from 19 agencies and absorb programs from the Interior Department. The plan eliminates the Federal Energy Administration and Energy Research and Development Administration, with a joint session appearance anticipated around April 20 to outline a broad energy policy. Leasing programs on federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf may shift to the new department.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Department of Energy
Congress
Federal Energy Administration
Energy Research and Development Administration
Det
Interior Department
Howevever
Carter seeks fewer officials with CIA access amid push for House intelligence panel
President Carter and Vice President Mondale urged narrowing who can see CIA secrets. Speaker ONeill and Rep Zablocki favored creating a House intelligence committee to centralize briefings. Senate leaders oppose locking information to a single chamber. committee members discussed consolidating access while reviewing covert operations andTurner nomination.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Thomas P O'Neill Jr
Clement J. Zablocki
International Relations Committee
O'Neill
Zablocki
Senate
Appropriations, Armed Services and
Foreign Relations
Mondale
CIA
Hussein Wf
Jordan Carter
Congressional
Executive Branch
Wisconsin
Crat
House Intelligence Committee
Senate Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Appropriations
Senate Intelligence Committee
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Inouye
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Labor unions clash with PBS over Shakespeare on TV
In Miami Beach AFL-CIO President George Meany denounces CPB funding a British Shakespeare series for U S public television. The union worries about foreign content and corporate sponsorships shaping prime time, and will seek congressional limits on corporate gifts to public TV.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George Meany
U.S
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Congress
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Britain
Exxon
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Meany
Afl-Cio
CPB
Henry Loomis
Rabin appeals for Labor unity before tough election fight
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin re elected leader of the Labor Party by 41 votes urged unity to confront the May 17 election. Rabin won 1,445 to 1,404 for Shimon Peres amid party divisions. Analysts say the split could hurt the party against Likud and the Democratic Movement for Change.
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Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
Tel Aviv
Rabin
Labor
Israel
Labor Party
Unity
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Congress
Likud
Democratic Movement For Change
Peres
Mrs. Meir
Yigal Yadin
Yadin
Tanker strikes bridge sending cars into James River
A tanker hit the Benjamin Harrison Bridge near Hopewell Virginia before 7 am tearing out a 150 foot span and sending four cars into the James River. Divers searched the river as authorities noted steering trouble and possible loss of power aboard the ship Marine Floridian headed to Newport News.
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Hopewell
James River
Benjamin Harrison
W. W. Townsend
Coast Guard
Struc
Ture
Newport News
Desirable furnished two bedroom home for rent
Classified want ad offers a two bedroom furnished house with no pets and references required. Lease terms include $250 monthly plus utilities. Ad ran under houses for rent for three days and was scheduled to run six days in the Herald.
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Herald
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Central Intelligence Agency
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Albert Quie
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PBS
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Joplin
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