Santa Claus special rolls through coal towns on Clinchfield route
In Kingsport Tennessee the 31st annual Santa Claus special carried gifts along a 93 mile trek from Elkhorn City Kentucky through Virginia to Kingsport. Over 112 tons of candy plus toys books and stockings were donated by local merchants for the event led by Clinchfield Railroad and the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce with Santa aboard old No. 1 the Rosebud steam engine. Children gathered along the single track as hands reached from the crowd and candy landed on the rails amid cheers and stockpiled loot. Coleman of the Kingsport Chamber noted the crowd’s size and the journey’s longtime run, now in its final years of the tradition.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Appalachia
Clinchfield Railroad
Clinchfield
Rosebud
Tom Moore
Santa
A.B. Coleman
Kingsport Chamber of Commerce
Coleman
Minnesota law updates expand unemployment benefits and coverage
The 1973 Minnesota Legislature changes raise weekly benefit from 64 to 85 dollars and allow earnings up to 25 dollars while retaining full benefits. Coverage expands to political subdivisions, nonprofits with employees, and larger form employers, adding about 4 300 employers. The booklet also clarifies employer tax rates and funding rules under the Minnesota Employment Services Law.
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Minnesota
Emmet J. Cushing
Minnesota Department of Manpower Services
Minnesota Department of Employment Services
Cushing
Market Report From St Paul Livestock Auction Table
Cattle and calves 4500 head with slaughter steers and heifers active up to 50 higher and cows bulls strong to 50 higher. Hogs 7500 head with lighter weights steady to 50 lower and demand narrow after early rounds. Sheep 1800 head all classes steady with most lambs 34.5 to 35.0.
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South ST. Paul, Minn
USDA
Wisconsin man charged in Merrill waitress murder
Wayne L. Smith, 30, moved from Rochester, Minnesota, is charged with first degree murder in the slaying of 28 year old Merrill waitress Mrs. Andrew Hawke. He is jailed on 50,000 bond with preliminary hearing set for December 19. Investigators link the Hawke case to the earlier killing of 18 year old Miss Katherine Schmidt, found stabbed in her Merrill apartment July 14.
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Merrill, Wis
Rochester
Minn
Andrew Hawke
Merrill
Wayne L. Smith
Lincoln County
Donald Schnabel
Schnabel
Smith
Hawke
Katherine Schmidt
Hanke
Schmidt
Russell Nelson
State Criminal Investigation Division
State official says taconite tailings pose no health hazard
A Minnesota Health Department assistant director testified that dumping taconite tailings into Lake Superior does not create a health hazard. The Reserve Mining Co case in U S District Court in Minnesota entered its 20th week as Judge Miles Lord limited testimony and struck portions of the official’s remarks.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minnesota Health Department
Lake Superior
James R. Coleman
The
Health Department
Reserve Mining Co
U.S
Miles Lord
Coleman
Silver Bay
Minnesota
Lord
Reserve
Raymond Erickson
Duluth
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