Men drafted for Revolutionary War shown in wartime notes
An Associated Press piece on Continental Army drafts after 1776 notes Massachusetts man John Sail receiving a draft notice under penalty of twenty pounds. It details enlistment practices, Steuben’s training, Brown Bess muskets, bayonet use, drummer signals, and desertion pressures shaping Washington's forces.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Sail
Massachusetts
Baron Frederick William von Steuben
Steuben
Valley Forge
Sail
Women from 100 nations open UN Conference in Mexico City
Thousands of women from 100 nations gather in Mexico City for a two week UN International Women's Conference the first devoted to women's issues and part of International Women's Year. Delegates include men and officials like Kurt Waldheim and Luis Echeverria. Helvi Sipila urged a new era of women joining in shaping futures.
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Mexico City
United Nations International
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Luis’ Echeverria
Mexico
Helvi Sipila
Finland
Minnesota Bar Association elects George C Mastor president
George C Mastor of Edina was elected president of the Minnesota Bar Association. He is a partner at Mastor and Mattson in Minneapolis and a native of Bemidji.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Humphrey cites slow recovery in recession
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey says signs of recovery exist but the economy will stay on a long tough road. He remarks unemployment remains high for blacks and teens with 14.7 percent overall, 21.8 percent for teens, and 39.9 percent for black teens.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
National Federation of Independent Business Inc
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Mondale Opposes Latin American Nuclear Plants
Mondale introduces a Senate resolution opposing France and West Germany aiding Brazil and Argentina with nuclear weapons capability. He warns danger to world peace from potential plutonium diversion and the lack of safeguards against theft by terrorists or criminals.
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Washington
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Brazil
Argentina
Mondale
Senate
France
West Germany
Latin America
Rules for Preparation of Environmental Impact Statements
The article outlines federal guidelines for creating environmental impact statements. It details agencies responsible for assessing effects, public notification processes, and the scope of analyses required for major projects. It notes procedures to ensure thorough consideration of ecological and community impacts.
CIA Texts of Foreign Broadcasts Now Available to Public
The FBIS monitoring service offers daily translations of foreign broadcasts in eight world regions for 1000 per year or 125 for a single region. Public access via the National Technical Information Service expands to news organizations, universities, libraries and Congress.
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Central Intelligence Agency
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Sub-Sahara Africa
People’s Republic of China
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union
Latin America
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Congress
EQC Revises Policy to Shift Review Duties
Minnesota environmental quality council plans new rules to require agencies to decide on the need for environmental impact statements. John Robertson said the changes would speed processes by removing wait times for EQC decisions and require earlier consideration of environmental concerns by agencies.
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EQC
John Robertson
Robertson
Minneapolis Fine Arts group weighs theater's independent status
The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts explores making the Children's Theatre Company an independent associated enterprise. The plan could allow use of the $6.5 million building while the theater runs its own budget, board, and fundraising. The theater proposed a $758,000 1976 budget. the society warned it would create a deficit over $300,000, prompting staff opposition to further budget cuts.
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Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
Children’s Theatre Company
Surprised survivor linked to 1911 Nevada massacre tale
Yakima resident Mary Jo Estep, 75, learned she is one of the last survivors of a 1911 Shoshone massacre in Nevada. Author Dayton Hyde traced her family, including her grandfather Shoshone Mike, from a canyon near Twin Falls to Winnemucca, where a monument is sought at the massacre site.
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Wash
Mary Jo Estep
United States
Nevada
Miss Estep
Dayton O. Hyde
Mike
Twin Falls
Idaho
California
Sierra Nevada
Winnemucca
Nev
Ft. Hall
Mary Jo
Hyde
Farm population decline slows since 1970
Prairie Farmer reports that fewer people are leaving farms for cities, with the U.S. farm population down only 0.8 percent from 1970 to 1975, compared with a 4.8 percent average annual drop in the 1960s.
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Prairie Farmer
U.S
Minnesota Senate rejects expense account regulation plan
DFL leaders decide not to implement a proposed rule allowing lawmakers to collect 33 per diem for official business, potentially boosting salaries. Senators Coleman Conzemius Olson Borden and Davies discussed the move by phone with House leader Anderson, expecting broad committee support to block the measure.
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Spicer
Winston Borden
Brainerd
Jack Davies
Minneapolis
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