House Tax Committee backs 65,000-seat stadium plan
Minnesota House Tax Committee approves a 65,000-seat stadium bill costing up to 58 million with a 16 to 10 vote. The plan places the Hubert H. Humphrey Stadium on a site chosen by a seven member Regional Sports Commission and funds from a 10 percent ticket tax on pro teams plus a 2 percent liquor tax.
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Virginia
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Duluth
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Lyle Abern
Bernard Brinkman
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Arnold Kempe
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Maurice McCollar
White Bear Lake
Steve Novak
New Brighton
Victor Schulz
Goodhue
John Tomlinson
St. Paul
Adolph Kvam
Litchfield
Ray Pleasant
Robert Searles
Orono
Jim Evans
Detroit Lakes
Darrell Peterson
Fairmont
Henry Saverhoul
Albert Lea
Floods in Appalachia Leave At Least 32 Dead Across States
Floodwaters from a storm sweeping Appalachia have killed at least 32 people across Alabama Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia. Alabama led with 23 deaths mostly from tornados as residents stacked sandbags to defend towns including Barbourville Kentucky where 15 000 bags protected a floodwall along the Cumberland River.
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Associated Press
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Sadat presses for U.S. aid during Washington visit
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat spends his last day in the United States pursuing economic aid after talks with President Carter and Defense Secretary Brown. He seeks at least 1 billion dollars annually through 1980, and shows interest in arms such as F-5 fighters and TOW missiles while U.S. commitments remain uncertain.
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Gulf of Suez
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Clerks Run Profitable Printing Businesses From Capitol
Two House clerks were paid taxpayer salaries while operating million-dollar printing firms on Capitol grounds. GAO audits show Lankford and Ramage received substantial outside pay and taxpayer subsidized space and utilities, yielding multi million-dollar sales and profits. The arrangement raises questions about public subsidies to private businesses.
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Carter seeks positive action over punitive aid policy
The Carter administration pushes positive engagement to improve human rights abroad while delaying Nicaragua aid. State Department official Patricia Derian cautions against punitive measures, yet Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Bray pauses a $20 million security agreement with Nicaragua over alleged abuses. Congress considers tying World Bank loans to human rights records.
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Carter
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State Department
Patricia Derian
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United States
Charles W. Bray
Bray
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Appropriations
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World Bank
Tom Harkin
Iowa
U.S
Man Lands Job After Herald Want Ad
A service station owner filled a fulltime position by running a low cost Herald want ad. The notice advertised 8 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday and directed applicants to apply in person. The ad ran for two days instead of the planned six.
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Help Wanted
Apparent Arson Fire Damages Vacant Austin Home
A vacant Austin house at 108 4th St SE suffered about 18000 in total damage after a fire reported around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Fire officials cited kicked in basement window entry and gas cans with fumes. no suspects named as investigations continue by the Fire Department and Police Department.
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Austin
Dan Miller
Austin Police Dept
Clarence Madsen
8Th Ave SE
John Villas
Stardust Apartments
Miller
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4Th ST. SE
Auto sales reach one million in March marking four year high
Detroit based auto industry reports March sales topped 1 083 019 cars for the first time since June 1973 with domestic sales at 895 319 and imports at 187 700. GM led with 506 204 cars as small models underperformed.
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Detroit
General Motors
Battles rage for strategic hills in southern Lebanon
In Lebanon and Israel border area fighting erupts over hills around Taibe and Rab Tall ateen as Palestinian and Lebanese leftist forces clash with Christian militiamen aided by Israeli units. Reports claim tank losses and casualties on both sides amid a third day of counter‑offensive.
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Lebanon
Israel
Metulla
Thunderbolt
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Taibe
Rab Tallateen
Carter signs broad reorganization bill for federal government
President Carter signed legislation granting sweeping authority to reorganize the federal bureaucracy to improve responsiveness and efficiency. Other items include disease and weather reports as AP covers outbreaks, crashes, and public notices across cities.
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Washington
Carter
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