Economist midyear review sees jobless rate above 7 percent
Washington economists say unemployment may stay above 7 percent by year end despite earlier improvements. Greenspan was to present an outlook predicting modest inflation and GNP gains, with several uncertainties likely dimming the year’s apparent progress.
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Ford Administration
Alan Greenspan
Pesident's
Council of Economic Advisers
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Greenspan
Ford
Willmar Utility Worker Killed Near Power Line
Willmar police report Robert Kyseth, 48, died after being electrocuted while working atop a power line pole at Robins Island in a city park. He left a widow and two daughters. the accident occurred about 4 p.m. and he died about an hour later at Rice County Hospital.
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Willmar
Minn
Robert Kyseth
Kyseth
Robins Island
Sof Rice County
Ford may visit state for Minnesota GOP convention
President Ford may attend the Minnesota Independent Republican Convention in St. Paul June 24 to 26. The Minnesota GOP invites Ford and Reagan, with Ford leading among pledged delegates at 16 to Reagan 4 and 4 uncommitted as delegates to the national convention.
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ST. Paul
Moose Lake teen named regional finalist in Princess Kay contest
Mavis Jusczak, 17, Moose Lake, Minn., is the second of 11 regional finalists in the Princess Kay of the Milky Way contest. She was chosen from eight candidates representing Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake Koochiching, Pine and St. Louis counties. Patti Moon, 17, Gary, Minn., is already a finalist. The winner will be named at the 1976 Minnesota State Fair.
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Duluth, Minn
Mavis Jusczak
Moose Lake
Minn
Princess Kay
Four Drownings Reported in Minnesota Over Two Days
Four people died in separate Minnesota drownings over two days. Romoan LaQuier, age 1, was found dead in a south Minneapolis bathtub after a babysitter checked on him when his parents had left for a shopping trip. In Robbinsdale, 17 year old Michael D Angelo drowned after slipping from a floating cushion on Twin Lakes.
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Minnesota
Romoan LaQuier
South Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Ramoan
Michael D. Angelo
Robbinsdale
Twin Lakes
Conventional home loan rates set at 9 percent in July
ST PAUL AP Conventional home loans will have a maximum interest rate of 9 percent in July says State Banking Commissioner Robert Sampel. The May and June ceiling was 8 percent. A 1976 law lets conventional loan rates fluctuate with the monthly index of long term government bonds. Lenders and builders argued for a higher ceiling to attract mortgage funds.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Robert Sampel
James Ohara Named to Minnesota Boxing Board
James Ohara a former St Paul Golden Gloves champion was named to the state Boxing Board by Gov Wendell Anderson on Wednesday He fills the seat vacated by Fay Frawley who leaves as executive secretary Ohara has 32 years in boxing amateur and professional He won St Paul light heavyweight titles in 1943 and 1944 and boxed professionally 1945 1953 Erwin Dauphin of Minneapolis was reappointed to the Board.
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ST. Paul
Justice Department probes allegations against P O head Bailar
The Justice Department investigates claims that Postmaster General Benjamin Bailar received a cut rate stamp deal to gain $7 million in postal contracts. A House subcommittee staff director says no evidence supports the allegations. Taub denies payoff and offers lie detector test. bailar’s role remains unproven.
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Justice Department
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House
Bailor
Jack Taub
Scott Publishing Co
Postal Service
Taub
Bailar
Bertram
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Gould
House Post Office
Homecoming for Eritrean rebel captive in Mabel
Ronald Michalke of Mabel Minnesota was freed by Eritrean guerrillas in Ethiopia after being kidnapped in Asmara December 21. His sister Kathleen Gaare traveled to Khartoum to secure his release. he praised the Eritrean Liberation Front and international support, noting loneliness and food as his biggest hardships during captivity.
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Mabel
Minn
Ron Michalke
Ethiopia
Michalke
Asmara
Kathleen Gaare
Khartoum
Sudan
U.S. State Department
Eritrean Liberation Front
ELF
Eritrea
Red Sea
Gaare
State Department
Elsie
Banks seeks asylum in California over extradition
Gov. Straub defers extradition of American Indian Movement leader Dennis Banks to South Dakota, citing Banks has relocated to California. Banks faces riot and assault convictions from a 1973 courthouse demonstration in South Carolina and remains in the San Francisco area awaiting Gov. Brown’s decision.
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Salem
Ore
Bob Straub
Dennis Banks
South Dakota
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Straub
Banks
Custer
S.C
San Francisco
Pat Dooley
Multnomah County
Dennis Roberts
Oakland
Calif
Brown
FBI Agent Testifies in Pine Ridge Shootings Trial
FBI agent J Gary Adams testified he joined a gunfight on Pine Ridge last year in which two agents were killed and three bodies were found including AIM member Jack Stuntz. He described seven gunshots and a cease fire that ended the exchange before investigations continued.
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Pine Ridge
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
South Dakota
J. Gary Adams
Rapid City
S.D
American Indian Movement
AIM
Adams
Pine Ridge Area
Kissinger Reports Progress in Panama Canal Talks
U S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told the OAS in Santiago that negotiations with Panama show significant progress toward a new canal treaty. Disagreements remain on treaty duration and base area. current talks began twelve years ago amid hopes for reciprocal good will.
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Chile
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
General Assembly of the Organization of American States
United States
Panama
Americas
Canal Zone
Canal
Aquilino Boyd
OAS
Panamanian
Ronald Reagan
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