Minnesota Legislature faces packed agenda with 40 major bills
In Saint Paul the 1977 Minnesota session aims to finish by May 23 with about 40 major bills moving through both chambers. Lawmakers anticipate smoother endgame, with debates on hospitals closures, tax relief, stadium site, litter laws, minimum wage, energy measures, and prison funding, plus potential interim studies for several items.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
House
Senate
Sen
Winston Borden
Dfl-Brainerd
Borden
Irv Anderson
Anderson
Dflers
Hastings State Hospital
Anoka State Hospital
Rudy Perpich
Taconite
Reserve Mining Co
State Parole Board
Bill
U. S. Senate
Experts try to stop North Sea oil spill
American experts prepared to cap the runaway well 180 miles off Norway as crews worked under favorable weather. Phillips Petroleum and Red Adair teams planned a capping with a Christmas tree device while Antipollution boats readied cleanup crews.
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North Sea
Stavanger
Norway
Phillips Petroleum Co
Norwegian
Phillips
Hans Bugge
Supreme Court lets stand ruling on state power over dredging
The Supreme Court denied Minnesota and six other states an appeal seeking judicial review of an 8th Circuit ruling. The court found no jurisdiction to hear the case, which argued dredging by the Army Corps of Engineers endangered water quality. Justices Stevens Marshall and Rehnquist voted to hear arguments, urging postponement for review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Army Corps of Engineers
Minnesota
8Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John Paul Stevens
Thurgood Marshall
William H. Rehnquist
Carter Receives King Hussein at White House in Working Visit
President Carter welcomed King Hussein of Jordan to the White House and urged caution about optimism for Middle East peace. Hussein expressed Jordan’s readiness to help reach a just settlement as talks, dinners, and further meetings were arranged, with expresses of strong U S–Jordan ties and concern over U S Arab communications.
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Washington
Carter
Hussein
Jordan
White House
Middle East
United States
Oval Office
Andrews Air Force Base
Cyrus R. Vance
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pakistan opposition marches as Bhutto expands arrests
Police arrest 48 more PNA leaders as Nasrullah Khan is jailed. PNA names Pir Pagaro acting head and plans a march on the National Assembly in Islamabad to demand Bhutto resignation and new elections amid martial law in major cities and curfews.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
National Assembly
Bhutto
Pakistan National Alliance
PNA
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
Pir Pagaro
Karachi
Lahore
Hyderabad
Sialkot
Lyallpur
Bahawalnagar
Rawalpindi
Maulana Fateh Mohammed
Alliance
Governors back Alaska oil flow through Washington port
A conference of Western and Midwestern governors urged delivering Alaskan crude via a Washington port and a northern tier pipeline to keep oil under U.S. control. Gov. Dixy Lee Ray pressed a Canada-minimizing gas route, while Montana’s Judge echoed fears of Canada supplying Arctic energy.
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Olympia
Wash
U.S
Washington State
Washington
Dixy Lee Ray
Carter
United States
Alaska
Canada
Ray
Montana
Thomas Judge
Judge
Jay Hammond
John; Evans
Idaho
Arthur Link
North Dakota
Scott Matheson
Utah
Ed Herschler
Wyoming
Atlantic Richfield Co
Cherry Point
Zaire army advances toward Mutshatsha in Shaba
Zaire forces push west one mile beyond the Lubudi river and loom within 19 miles of Mutshatsha as Katangani rebels mine the dirt road, hindering progress. About 250 government troops advance along a 250 yard front, with Moroccan units guarding flanks and rear.
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Lubudi River
Zaire
Shaba
Mutshatsha
Beltrami County Board to Meet in Regular Session
Beltrami County Commissioners convene at 9 a.m. in the courthouse board room with a full agenda. The Rev. Luther Abrahamson discusses an abandoned cemetery near Calvary Lutheran Church at 9 15, followed by a law library fee resolution request at 9 30 and final plats for Bardwell Addition and Maplewood Hills at 10.
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Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Luther Abrahamson
Calvary Lutheran Church
Jay Petterson
Bardwell Addition
Maplewood Hills
Len Bergstrom
Bemidji
Mike Port
M.A. Reed
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Dave Chekel
Gretchen Clark
Mideast
Geneva
Pakistan People’s Party
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Indiana
Michigan
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Northern Tier Pipeline Co
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Warren G. Magnuson
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