Minnesota Faces Gas Shortage Despite Rich Resources
Minnesota relies on natural gas for about half its energy while lacking gas, oil or coal deposits. Minnegasco plans to last 100 years with 350000 customers and 51.5 percent of the market, while NSP serves 28.3 percent. Northern Natural Gas supplies 92 percent of Minnesota gas with Canadian gas via Midwestern. Peat could emerge as a future source. 54 percent of homes heat with gas now.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Minnesota Energy Agency
James Schlesinger
United States
Minnesota Gas Co
A.L. Pooler
Minnegasco
Northern States Power Co
Theisen
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Neb
Midwestern
Tenneco
Eau Claire
Wis
Moorhead
East Grand Forks
North Dakota
Fargo
Grand Forks
Pooler
Northern Natural Gas
State Department of Natural Resources
Nature
New York Gunman Fred Cowan Kills Five at New Rochelle Warehouse
New Rochelle New York AP authorities piece together a dual personality a gentle man and a Nazi worshiper as they seek motive for 33 year old Fred Cowan who shot and killed five people at his workplace after a 10 hour siege ending with his suicide during a standoff with 300 police and federal agents coworkers say Cowan was suspended over two weeks from his job and appeared driven by revenge but made no major demands inside the warehouse.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Fred Cowan
Army
Cowan
Park Rapids Sign Rule Sparks Merchants Clash At Council
At Park Rapids City Council, merchants again pressed to repeal a 1970 sign ordinance requiring removal of overhanging signs within a block of Main Street. Chamber supporters urged enforcement, while 24 business owners backed repeal. council planned further talks at March meeting. The session also heard a milder pitch from Hubbard County Senior Citizens Council seeking funds or a building for a senior center, with Title V funds noted for renovations.
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Jerry Doggett
Park Rapids
Main
Schultz
Retail Trade Commission
Clyde Zirkle
June Holk
Gene Kinkel
Chamber
Hubbard County
Senior Citizens’ Council
Russell Moore Akeley
Hubbard County Board of Commissioners
Senior Citizens Center
Moore
Council
Vance visits Azores on mission to restart Middle East peace talks
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance makes a brief refueling stop in the Azores en route to Israel and the Middle East to press for concessions on the Palestinian issue and to resume the Geneva peace conference by year end. He cautions on bridging 30 years of hostility while pledging the Carter administration’s aim for a just enduring peace. Also notes weather outlook with increasing clouds and light snow chances.
Born seeks inclusion in 7th District debate over government power
American Party candidate Jim Born of Clearbrook urges DFL and Republican rivals to include him in a weekend debate. He says the main issues are government size and dictatorial power, citing emergency powers and unlawful regulatory agencies, and argues for less government and fewer bureaucrats. The remarks come amid the 7th District special election race.
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American Party
Jim Born
Clearbrook
DFL
Born
Bemidji
Arlan Stangeland
State university faculties form strike committees
The Inter-Faculty Organization representing 1900 faculty members in the Minnesota State University system announced that strike committees had been formed on all seven campuses including Bemidji. They warned that if the State University Board refuses to agree to contract binding arbitration, actions may escalate.
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Minnesota State University System
Bemidji
State University Board
IFC
Fran Voelker
St. Cloud
IFO
Bureau of Mediation Services
Voelker
Garry Hays
Charles Austad
Bemidji State University
Perpich outlines Minnesota crime and justice reforms
Governor Rudy Perpich urged reorganization of the courts, tougher crime controls, and a new 400 bed Stillwater prison with a 200 bed medium facility. He called for determinate sentencing, faster court processing, and stricter handling of violent crime while preserving juvenile facilities and certain camps.
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Rochester
Minn
Rudy Perpich
Minnesota
Perpich
Stillwater State Prison
Stillwater
State Corrections Department
Willow River
Shakopee Women’s
Sauk Centre
Red Wing Training School
Thistleden Forestry Camp
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Pioneer
Chris Mattison
Arvid Sether
Vance
Israel
Southeastern Minnesota
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