Billboard controls show Minnesota signs number up but shrink
The Minnesota Highway Department has bought over 6100 billboards in three years while planning to remove about 7700 more in three years under a federally funded program. The aim is to space signs, not erase them, with zones guiding placement and distances from highways.
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Gerry Nelson
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Highway Department
Minnesota
S‘anley Peacon
Highway Department
Jay Dybdahl
Dybdahl
Maple Grove
Minneapolis
Rock Creek
Pine City
Four Israeli soldiers kill four guerrillas near Mit
Four Arab guerrillas from Lebanon were killed by Israeli soldiers who breached a barbed wire fence near Mitad, about six miles from the Mediterranean. One Israeli was wounded in the ensuing close-range clash. A bazooka and explosives were found on the bodies amid ongoing Lebanon frontier fighting.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Israel
Adamit
Mediterranean
Irish youths arrive for second summer in Midwest
About 32 youngsters from Northern Ireland arrived in Winnipeg and flew on to Minnesota communities for a six week visit. The children ages 9 to 12 travel with host families who covered transportation costs. They will stay in Minnesota towns Moorehead Alexandria and St Cloud with new and returning hosts as part of a peaceful holiday program.
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Wineg (Ap
Northern Ireland
U.S
Winnipeg International Alert
Sarah Hughes
Belfast
Hughes
Air Canada
London
Dave Grosz
Moorehead
Minn
Bradley
Cynthia
Grosz
Catherine Lenaghan
Catherine
Frankie
Minnesota
Alexandria
St. Cloud
Wounded Knee may see 2 sites
In Council Bluffs Iowa a dispute over where federal trials for the Wounded Knee takeover will be held surfaced. Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Uhl said remaining cases will be tried in South Dakota while Victor Aronow challenged Judge Andrew Bogue to move the site describing the move as improper.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Wounded Knee
S.D
U.S
Keith Uhl
Des Moines
South Dakota
Victor Aronow
US District Court
Andrew Bogue
Chestnut Faces Up To Two Years In Campaign Case
New York AP Minnesota lawyer Jack L. Chestnut, a former Humphrey campaign manager, faced sentencing for arranging an illegal $12,000 contribution to the 1970 Humphrey campaign. Judge Edward Weinstein noted substantial evidence of his role, with potential imprisonment up to two years and a $10,000 fine.
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New York
Minnesota
Jack L. Chestnut
Hubert H. Humphrey
Chestnut
Edward Weinfeld
Humphrey
Associated Milk Producers Inc
AMPI
Gandhi declares emergency in India as opposition jailed
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi proclaimed a state of emergency and ordered arrests of more than 100 political opponents to deter a nationwide civil disobedience campaign. Censorship was imposed on news dispatches and publications, with some papers not distributed due to power cuts or confiscation.
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Myron L. Belkind
New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Free India Movement
Jayaprakash Narayan
Indian
Inde
Mrs. Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
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