Rights Commissioner presses labor leaders on human rights
Minnesota human rights commissioner Frank Kent urged State AFL-CIO leaders to promote equal opportunity and active minority recruitment in unions. He praised labor for backing the state’s strong rights law and warned that voluntary action is needed to prevent national backlash. An unscheduled Black Pride speaker urged compliance with federal contracting laws while AFL-CIO President David Roe moderated the session. Mondale missed a speech due to a food stamp vote.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Frank Kent
Afl-Cio
Kent
Evan Anderson
Anderson
Summit University
David Roe
Roe
Presentaw Kent
Los Angeles
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Senate
Gas tanker explodes on I 94 near U of M exit
A gasoline tanker exploded in a spectacular pileup on Interstate 94 near the University of Minnesota exit, blocking traffic through the night. No fatalities or severe injuries were reported.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Twin Cities
Hinkley predicts Dems lineup for 1970 Minnesota race
St Paul AP Hinkley on Gov LeVander staff foresees the Democratic-Farmer-Labor slate for 1970 naming Donald Fraser to oppose LeVander Hubert Humphrey unlikely to run for Senate Eugene McCarthy to seek a third term Coleman for lieutenant governor Wendell Anderson for attorney general Karl Rolvaag for secretary of state
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ST. Paul
Robert Hinkley
Harold LeVander
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Donald M. Fraser
LeVander
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S. Senate
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hinkley
Humphrey
Senate
McCarthy
Nicholas D. Coleman
DFL
Wendell R. Anderson
Karl F. Rolvaag
Supreme Court hears malpractice case in Minnesota
The Minnesota Supreme Court heard an unusual malpractice case in which Charles Christy, a used car salesman, sued attorney Samuel Saliterman for malpractice after the original malpractice action against Dr. Robert Cranston and Glenwood Hills Hospital expired. Christy, who burned himself after smoking while sedated, initially sought damages from the doctor and hospital.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Samuel Saliterman
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Charles Christy
Christy
Robert Cranston
Glenwood Hills Hospital
Saliterman
Lost Americans Found After Moose Hunting Trip
Two Americans Red Anderson of Minneapolis and Ed Tuddle of Chicago were located at Bertha Lake, 70 miles north of Sioux Lookout Ont, after a search for their overdue chartered aircraft. A Defense Department spokesman said they were in good condition but needed food and fuel. A Canadian forces helicopter was to aid.
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Defense Department
Bertha Lake
Sioux Lookout
Ont
Ontario Central Airlines
Red Anderson
Minneapolis
Ed Tuddle
Chicago
Northwind first U S ship to traverse Northwest Passage both ways
In Juneau Alaska AP confirms Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind became the first U S vessel to travel the Northwest Passage in both directions aboard escorting tanker SS Manhattan. Engine trouble forced replacement by Staten Island for the return east bound voyage.
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Juneau
Alaska
Manhattan
Coast Guard
Northwind
U.S
Northwest Passage
Staten Island
Pay boosts major factor in district 492 budget
Austin School Board presented a 1969 70 proposed budget of 3 335 122 for the year an increase of 510 497 from 1968 69. The hearing drew about 25 attendees as officials noted a 31 mill rise bringing the mill levy to 257. Costs cover maintenance administration instructional salaries transportation and operating expenses with busing for parochial students mandatory without state aid.
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Judy McDermott
Austin School Board
Austin Public Schools
Austin State Junior College
John Sperry
Gerald Wilson
Food Service
Library & Vis
Nixon plans to keep troops through 1971 in Europe and Korea
The Nixon administration intends to maintain current U S troop levels in Europe and Korea through at least 1971 with possible trimming of support forces in Europe. About 320000 U S service members are in Europe and 55000 in Korea, with NATO and South Korean defenses core.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
South Korea
Pentagon
NATO
United States
West Germany
Manhunt Under Way For Two Questioning in Slaying
Cincinnati authorities intensified a manhunt for two men wanted for questioning after a Cabinet Supreme Savings and Loan heist left four women dead. A third man in custody was questioned, revealing leads to the two companions. The Wednesday robbery netted 275 dollars and the victims included a policeman's wife Lillian DeWald and three customers Henrietta Stitzel Luella Stitzel and Joseph Huebner.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Herbert Vogel
Hamilton County
Cabinet Supreme Savings and Loan Association
Lillian DeWald
Cincinnati
Walter DeWald
Joseph Huebner
Henrietta Stitzel
Luella Stitzel
Czech government tightens security as Dubcek purge looms
Prague tightens border controls and steps up security as the 181 member Central Committee meets to decide the fate of Alexander Dubcek and other reformers. Prague Radio attacks leaders while the Prague municipal committee purges 16 members. Visas at the Vienna border are halted until further notice. Police and plainclothes detectives double presence at party HQ and Prague Castle.
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Prague
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Prague Radio
Vienna
Prague Castle
Presidium
Central Committee
McGovern push liberalizes food stamp program in Senate
Senate backed McGovern proposals to broaden food stamps with a 54 to 40 vote, sending the measure to the House. It would authorize 1.25 billion this year, 2 billion next year, and 2.5 billion by 1972, making stamps available to all poor families and mandating county participation, while administration plans favored slower expansion and state certifying.
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Washington
Senate
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Agriculture Committee
South Dakota Democrat
House
House Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Lion
Three charged in Milwaukee antiwar protest incident
Three persons were charged with violating an incinerator ordinance after a fire was set in an imitation coffin to mark the Milwaukee 14 anniversary. About 200 demonstrators gathered at a World War I memorial park where 14 members were arrested in 1968. The trio faced open fire charges as flames consumed newspapers, while police detained two men and a woman amid ongoing federal cases surrounding the protest.
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Milwaukee
Selective Service
Vio
Michael Cullen
Milwaukee 14
Marquette University
War Memorial Park
Cullen
Boston
New York
Washington
Minneapolis
Winona
Minn
St. Cloud
Stoughton
Mass
Meir seeks U.S. arms boost to Israel amid talks with Nixon
Prime Minister Golda Meir arrives in Washington with a shopping list including 24 Phantom and 80 Skyhawk jets and a plan for closer economic ties. She aims to persuade President Nixon to expand arms sales as Israel faces regional tensions and pursues a nuclear desalination grant of 30 million dollars.
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Washington
Golda Meir
Israel
Nixon
United States
Milwaukee
Middle East
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Congress
Admaipistrata
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Space Center
Houston
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James A. McDivitt
Manned Spacecraft Center
Air Force
Bemidji, Minn
Northern Pacific Transport Co
Little Falls
International Falls
AMC
Detroit
American Motors Corp
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
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Edmund Muskie
Warren Spannaus
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Supreme Court
Ontario
P.E.R.A
Robert Seamans
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Czech
H. L. Schwartz
IIL
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James Tate
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Ence Hall
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