Minnesota rains ease drought with widespread showers
Rain drenched Minnesota with heavy showers across the southwest and scattered downpours elsewhere. Holland recorded 5.9 inches and Tyler 4.23 inches in 48 hours, helping farmers relieve subsoil moisture deficit while warnings of flooding and erosion stood in southern regions. Rudy Boschwitz headed to Washington to discuss a possible U S Senate bid as he weighs political moves.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Don Baker
Holland
Pipestone
National Weather Service
Tyler
Springfield
Tracy
Redwood Falls
New Ulm
Marshall
Granite Falls
Canby
Baker
University of Minnesota Soils Science Department
Southwest
Wally Nelson
Lamberton
Worthington
Twin Cities
Rochester
Business on the boulevard features Gibson family booth partners
Shannon Gibson Troy Breitzman and Jennifer Jackovick run a booth with Michelle and Todd Gibson as business associates in a Herald photo by Brian Ojanpa.
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Shannon Gibson
Troy Breitzman
Jennifer Jackovick
Michelle and
Todd Gibson
Herald
Brian Ojanpa
Brezhnev Replaces Podgorny as Soviet President
Leonid Brezhnev, 70, becomes president and remains general secretary in a Kremlin reshuffle the first time a Soviet leader holds both posts. Nikolai Podgorny retires after removal from the Politburo, with Brezhnev tied to a new constitution draft and possible deputy handling routine duties.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Lenin
Stalin
Khruschev
Podgorny
Communist Party
Evidence reveals little in scout investigation
Authorities seek fingerprints and a footprint to identify the killer of three Girl Scouts at Camp Scott as detectives work to link a burglary, a missing purse, and large tennis shoe prints to the suspect. Victims Lori Farmer, Doris Milner, and Michelle Guse were buried in Tulsa area funerals.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Sid Wise
Lori Lee Farmer
Tulsa
Doris Denise
Water rationing hits Warning Iowa as 30 gallons allowed
In Warning Iowa residents face water rationing with a 30 gallon daily limit for each person. Excess use costs five times normal and over-allotment water runs about a penny per gallon.
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Corning, Lowa
Gulf linked to uranium price fixing by Gulf Oil and affiliates
Documents reviewed by the House subcommittee show Gulf Oil Corp and Canadian subsidiaries actively participating in an international cartel to fix uranium prices and supplies dating to 1972. The papers include cartel meeting minutes and internal memoranda among Gulf officials and Canadian and U S authorities.
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Washington
Gulf Oil Corp
House Investigations
Gulf
Canada
United States
House Commerce Committee
Government of
Jerrold McAfee
Lost dog found via Herald want-ad in NW area
A Black male cocker spaniel was returned to its owner after a man who found the dog placed a low-cost Herald want-ad in the lost and found section. The ad ran in the NW area for one day, though it was scheduled for three days.
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Herald
Garrison Diversion Project Wins Full Funding Support
Senate Public Works subcommittee approved 18.66 million for the Garrison Diversion Project for fiscal year 1978. The panel also funded the Burlington Dam near Minot and municipal water projects at Dickinson and Williston, with over 1 million for engineering work and related expansions.
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Garrison
Senate
Burlington Dam
Minot
Dickinson
Williston
Burdick
Dickinson Dam
Patterson Lake
Corps of Engineers
Irish election race tight as Cosgrave edges Fianna Fail
In Dublin voters headed to a close Irish general election with Fine Gael and Labour leading over Fianna Fail led by Jack Lynch. Inflation and unemployment top the campaign while IRA links are raised as the count begins.
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Dublin
Ireland
Liam Cosgrave
Fine Gael-Labor
Northern Ireland
Cosgrave
Jack Lynch
Fiana Fail
Fine Gael
Fianna Fail
Laborites
Irish Republican Army
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Post and Telegraph
IRA
Suarez coalition wins Spain first free elections 41 years
With three fourths of votes counted Spain's center coalition led by Adolfo Suarez is projected to win 170 of 350 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 106 of 207 in the Senate. Socialist Workers Party of Felipe Gonzalez gains 115 seats in the lower house and six in the Senate. Communist party and Catalan allies win 20 lower chamber seats and eight Senate seats. King appointed senators support Suarez giving a working majority in the Senate.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Center
Rodolfo Martin Villa
Suarez
Chamber of Deputies
Cortes
Senate
Socialist Workers Party
Felipe Gonzalez
Martin Villa
Communist Party
Austin Post Office Drives Local Economy and Jobs
The Austin Post Office supports the city economy with over 58 employees and annual payrolls surpassing $1 million. It operates 22 vehicles, pays $35,948 yearly in lease, and serves more than 9,000 residences and 908 businesses via five rural routes, with annual revenue about $873,000.
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U.S. Postal Service
Austin Post Office
Postal Service
Post Office
Austin
Oliver Herrick
Water committee seeks compromise over Carter bill
Senate subcommittee narrows 17 water projects to nine and halves funding for one, aiming to satisfy President Carter. Leader Stennis says the move could avert a veto on the $10.2 million public works bill, but full Senate doubts remain as Carter pushes back on cost and environmental concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
John Stennis
D-Miss
House
Stennis
Congress
Administration
Robert Byrd
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Plywood
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Scout
Grand Rapids, Minn
Grand Rapids
Itasca County
State Crime Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Stanley Grant
NW Bell
ST. Paul, Minn
Bernard Singer
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Singer
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Water Committee
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Syracuse
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