Minnesota youths canoe for MS research along Mississippi
Minnesota teens Tom Davis and Dennis Anderson plan a 2400 mile Mississippi River journey from Itasca State Park to New Orleans to raise funds for multiple sclerosis research. They will visit about 15 cities, inviting pledges at each stop and hope to raise five thousand dollars in Bemidji.
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Tom Davis
Dennis Anderson
Mississippi River
Itasca State Park
New Orleans
Davis
Circle Pines
Twin Cities
Anderson
Jon Meyers
Minneapolis
Minnesota Northstar
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Mississippi
Meyers
St. Paul
Minnesota
MS Society
Bemidji
Wendall Andersen
St. Louis
Tornadoes devastate Ankeny area killing two in Des Moines suburb
A series of central Iowa tornadoes struck Ankeny and Pleasant Hill, killing Mr and Mrs Wallace White of Ankeny and injuring at least 10. The Des Moines suburb was described as a battleground with roofs lifted and debris everywhere as the National Guard and state patrol set up an emergency medical center.
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Iowa
Ankeny
Des Moines
State Highway Patrol
National Guard
John Abeltins
Abeltins
Richard Breu
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Polk County
R. C. Wooters
Wallace White
White
Pleasant Hill
Police Club
Elks Club
Milwaukee
Wis
Ron Melver
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
McIver
Michigan State University
Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine
Wisconsin
District 31 approves $100000 three stall bus garage
At the regular meeting the District 31 School Board awarded over $100,000 for a new bus garage and maintenance facility. Christensen Construction won the general bid, Hanny Electric the electrical bid, and Knapp Grover the mechanical bid. The project will be near the Gilfillan Center on 15th Street with work starting this summer.
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District 31
Christensen Construction
Bemidji
Hanny Electric
Knapp- Grover
Park Rapids
William Schwartz
County Highway Department
Schwartz
Gilfillan Center
15Th Street
Housing starts and permits fall sharply in May
Commerce Department data show May housing starts down 38 percent from a year earlier and building permits down 43 percent, signaling the housing market's continued slump. Government moves to aid cattle and hog producers may involve $100 million in beef and pork purchases.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Kenneth Bush
Nixon
Free Portugal vital to alliance says Nixon
President Nixon told Portugal's Spinola that an independent, free Portugal is vital to the Atlantic Alliance and signaled planned economic aid. He met Spinola after a Middle East trip en route to Washington, noting Portugal could be economically on a par with Europe and stressing future cooperation.
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Lajes
Azores
United States
Middle East
Nixon
Portugal
Antonio Sinola
Spinola
Washington
Europe
Lisbon
Amman
Jordan
Miles
White House
Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel intensifies air strikes on guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon
Israeli warplanes hit guerrilla targets in southern Lebanon in a 15 minute raid as Nixon's Middle East tour ends. Beirut reports no casualties today, while earlier strikes killed one Palestinian and wounded five. Tensions rise as Cairo condemns renewed aggression and warns of consequences for peace efforts.
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Jerusalem
Lebanon
Nixon
Middle East
Israel
Jordan
Azores
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Shamir Kibbutz
Shamir
Beirut
Rachaya Foukhar
Arkoub
Cairo
Ismail Fahmy
Woman arrets for false alarm after wake-up fire engine ploy
Bernice L. Jones 43 was arrested in Wilmington after she called in a fire department response to wake her husband. She admitted summoning engines to rouse him following a marital dispute and was charged with filing a false alarm.
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Wilmington
Del
Bernice L. Jones
Nuclear shortage threatens Egypt Israel nuclear aid and plants
Rep. Chet Holifield warned the nuclear fuel shortage could derail Nixon's deals with Egypt and Israel and leave some U S plants without fuel. AEC Chief Erlewine said June 30 is cutoff for new contracts and may limit supplies for domestic reactors, though most plants are already contracted.
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Washington
Nixon
Egypt
Israel
House-Senate Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Chet Holifield
Dcalif
Holifield
John A. Erlewine
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Erlewine
AEC
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George Welt
Welt
Larry D. Cole
L. M. Wangberg
Virginia Wickstrom
Minnesota Council On Quality Education
Wangberg
Solway
Central
Central School
District 31 School Board
Reading Center
Bemidji High School
Moscow
National Security Council
Florida
NATO
Brussels
Zieg
Ler
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