New federal laws boost women’s access to credit in 1970s
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act and related rules expand women’s credit rights. Lenders may not ask marital status or require a husband’s signature for separate accounts, must report dual names, and consider reliable part time income. By 1976 14.4 million women held Master Charge cards, and 28 percent more women had Diners Club cards in 1977.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Diners Club
Master Charge
Andrea Ann van Houten
Visa
BankAmericard
Associated Credit Bureaus, Inc
Commercial Credit Corp
Baltimore
George Morrison Art Exhibit Tops Summer Arts Calendar
The Chippewa Tribe artist George Morrison, born 1919, showcases 40 works in a June 27 July 14 Talley Gallery show limited to prints and rubbings created in the last two years. Morrison's career spans teaching at Cornell Penn State and Minnesota and features 21 solo exhibitions across 18 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Russell
George Morrison
Morrison
Talley Gallery
Grand Marais
Minneapolis School of Art
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Arts Students League
New York
University of Aix-Marseille
France
Cornell
Penn State
University of Minnesota
BSU
Kent Smith
Grand Portage Indian Reservation
Education Art
16Th St
Birchmont Drive
Paul Bunyan
Popular barbecue chicken grows as outdoor season starts
A USDA survey shows Americans ate 41 pounds of poultry per person in 1976, up from 23.4 in 1960, with chicken served in about half of homes weekly. Tips include cooking on ash gray coals, turning often, delaying tomato sauce until the last 30 minutes, basting after each turn, and testing doneness with a fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Grilled Chicken for Large Groups Tips and Sauce Mix
Backyard barbecuing grows as energy concerns push home recreation. Clemson extension shares a no-cook sauce recipe yielding half a gallon to serve 100 chicken halves or a full season for a family. Ingredients include vinegar corn oil mustard onion salt Worcestershire sauce sugar salt catsup and pepper. Store airtight.
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Clemson University Extension
National Broiler Council
Sundresses Demand Snug Fit For Comfort In Heat
University of Minnesota extension specialist Lois Goering explains sundress patterns require less bustline ease than most garments to prevent gaping. She advises pattern choices matched to bust measurements, notes fabric type dictates appropriate interfacing, and suggests elasticized shirring as an easy option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Goering
University of Minnesota
Goering
Bemidji Teen Program Selections Announced for Morris
Gregg Drury, a 1977 Bemidji High School graduate, is chosen to represent Bemidji in the 1977 Minnesota Teen Program to be held in Morris from August 11 to 13. The eighth annual event honors outstanding youths based on school and community achievement, athletic record, teen image, grooming, and personality.
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Gregg Drury
William Drury
Bemidji High School
Bemidji
Minnesota
Morris
Lynn Norum
Jaycees
Bunny Howe
Minnesota graduates tally spring commencement at U of M
More than 4 500 students earned degrees across the University of Minnesota campuses in spring ceremonies. Schools honored range from Nursing to Pharmacy with dozens of programs and multiple ceremony dates in May and June.
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University of Minnesota
Twin Cities
University
School of Nursing
School of Public Health
College of Agriculture
Institute of Technology
Minneapolis
Dudley Riggs
Brave New Workshop
College of Business Administration
Bemidji
Barbara Jean Peterson
BS College of Education
Marge Sue Liapis
BA College of Liberal Arts
Leif John Thorson
B.C.E. With Distinction Institute of Technology
John David Pro
B.E.E. Institute of
Cadet Thorson in Air Force ROTC encampment finalizing training
Michael R. Thorson, son of Arvin and the late Arvin Thorson of Bagley Minnesota, attends a U S Air Force ROTC field training encampment at McConnell AFB Kansas Cadet Thorson a Concordia College Moorhead Minnesota graduate of Bagley High School 1975 gains survival small arms aircraft indoctrination and career observation opportunities
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Witchita
Kan
Michael R. Thorson
Arvin O. Thorson
Rt. 1, Bagley
U. S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
McConnell Afb
Air Force
Thorson
Concordia College
Moorhead, Minn
Bagley High School
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Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Information Center
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Pueblo
Colo
Credit Bureaus
Southwest
Houston
Tex
American Express
American Express Co
N.Y
Che Pioneer
North Country
Paul Bunyan Playhouse
Bonnie Faber
Polly Browne
PBP
Broadway
Phoebe Roberts
Anne
Gerald Koch
Tom Stewart
Carl Eastman
Virginia
Pioneer
Jerry Doggett
Pat Trihey
Eastman
Bemidji State Univeristy
Uof
School of Dentistry
College of Home Economics
Medical School
College of Pharmacy
College of Liberal Arts
College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Forestry
Law School
University College
College of Biological Sciences
Timothy Joseph Schmerbeck
Jeffery Steven Gill
College of Bus
Richard Scott Schwartz
DDS School of Dentistry
Robert Cates Gillespie
AA General College
Donald F. Bradel
William E. Dessert
Patricia Jean Bellino
Pamela
Kenneth E
Emma Erickson Coleman
Port Hope Township
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