Tyrone Energy Park reactor unit gains tentative NRC approval
The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards endorsed plans for nuclear unit No. 1 at Tyrone Energy Park near Eau Claire, pending further information on sabotage and fire prevention. The committee noted issues can be resolved during construction, allowing the project to proceed with reasonable assurance of public safety. Northern States Power Co. plans the Chippewa River site about 19 miles southwest of Eau Claire.
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Washington
Tyrone
Eau Claire
Advisory Committee
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Northern States Power Co
Chippewa River
Snowmobiler Dies After Ice Breakthrough In Eden Valley
Fillmore J. Topp, 76, of Eden Valley, died Saturday when the snowmobile he rode broke through ice on Eden Lake. Stearns County authorities are unsure if the death was due to drowning or exposure.
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Eden Valley
Minn
Fillmore J. Topp
Eden Lake
Minnesota
Stearns
Topp
75 Year Old Fatally Stabbed During Robbery in Minneapolis
A 75 year old man was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Minneapolis. Police said the killing appeared to be the result of a robbery. The victim's identity was released after a California niece notified his 84 year old wife in a nursing home.
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Minneapolis
Man hoards 300 thirteen cent stamps in postal bane
A suburban Minneapolis man, unnamed, holds 300 thirteen cent stamps he cannot exchange after the postal rate hike. A clerk cites health regulations. the man jokes the post office bans were made because he might have licked the stamps.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern Bell to convert 5000 pay phones for hearing impaired
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co plans to modify 5000 pay telephones in Minnesota to be usable with hearing aids, part of a nearly $300,000 project. About 15,000 pay phones exist in the state, with the first 5000 conversion to be completed by March 31 and all to be finished by June 30, 1977 under a Minnesota Public Service Commission agreement.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Minnesota
Bell
Minnesota Public Service Commission
Minnesota unemployment rate rises to five percent
Minnesota’s unemployment in November stood at 5.1 percent, higher than the national rate of 7.8 percent. Commissioner Emmet J. Cushing noted the November figure rose from 4.8 percent in October and 4 percent in November 1974, with 91,700 people unemployed in the state.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
State Department of Employment Services
Emmet J. Cushing
Cushing
Iowa plane crash kills state couple and baby
A Minnesota couple Dale Manley 33 and wife Trudy 29 and their 16 month old daughter Karri were killed when a single engine Bellanca crashed nose first into frozen ground near Garrison Iowa. The wreckage lay about 20 miles south of Garrison and required a backhoe to recover remains. FAA and NTSB investigators planned to inspect Monday.
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Garriso
Iowa
Minnesota
Garrison
Benton County
Rhodes scholars named from 23 institutions
Thirty two students from twenty three colleges win Rhodes scholarships to study at Oxford University England. The awards trace to Cecil Rhodes 1902 will.
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Middletown, Conn
Oxford University
England
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford
U.S
William J. Barber
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Rhodes Scholarship Trust
Deaths of Lake City mayor and wife shock community
Lake City Minnesota authorities investigate the deaths of Mayor Wilmer Tony Strickland and his wife Verona. Both were found Sunday night. the sheriff’s office conducts the inquiry with an autopsy to determine exact causes. No suspects are in custody and no comment on any suspected person was provided. The mayor served over a decade in city government.
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Lake City, Minn
Wabasha County
Lake City
Wilmer
Tony’’ Strickland
Verona
Schreiber
Strickland
Mississippi River
Northwoods Notebook—Wilderness Value and Action
Aldo Leopold argues wilderness is a finite resource that cannot grow and must be protected by widespread vigilance across conservation groups and government. He stresses that preservation requires many wilderness minded citizens in all bureaus and ongoing society effort.
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Aldo Leopold
Bill Weller
The
Wilderness Society
America
Sierra Club
Congress
Mexico Hit by Jewish Tourist Boycott Losses
Mexico faces multimillion dollar losses as American Jewish groups cancel tours and hotel bookings over UN votes on Zionism. The industry reports 68 000 hotel cancellations in Acapulco and 60 000 in Mexico City, with substantial convention declines and earlier tour cancellations affecting thousands of travelers and hundreds of tours.
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Mexico City
United Nations
Mexico
Mexican Travel Agents Association
Acapulco
Supermarket robbers escorted out of the state
About 30 people said to be gypsies linked to robberies were escorted out of Minnesota after allegedly stealing around 2500 dollars from a Mankato Penny’s and 1000 dollars from a Jackson market. The group was arrested on U 14 west of Waseca. money and merchandise were returned.
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Waseca, Minn
Minnesota
Waseca
Penny’s
Mankato
Jackson
Don Eustice
Waseca County
Chicago
Sheriff’s Officers
State Patrol
U.S. 14
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Reformed Synagogues
United States
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