Garrison Diversion project eyed in public works debate
North Dakota senators Burdick and Young will be asked to outline benefits of the Garrison Diversion Project as part of debate on a $10 billion Public Works bill. The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District cited benefits including $53 billion in flood-loss prevention and a $50 billion rise in regional gross farm income. The Senate bill Forks in $18.6 million for 1978. Separately the Bureau of Reclamation invites bids for baying work on 14 parcels totaling 365 acres along the McClusky Canal right of way in McLean Sheridan and Burleigh counties. Bids open July 11 with cutting around July 15.
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Carrington
N.D
North Dakota
Quentin N. Burdick
Milton R. Young
Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Public Works
Garrison
Bureau of Reclamation
McClusky Canal
McLean
Sheridan
Burleigh
Warren Jamison
Bismarck
Fatal shotgun attack in north Minneapolis
A man fired a shotgun outside a north Minneapolis apartment building killing three year old Marianne Wofford and seriously injuring her pregnant mother Janice Wofford while the father Lloyd White remained unharmed. Police seek a relative of the mother as a possible link to the attack.
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White
Jeans price war hits Mankato as Levi jeans go on sale
In Mankato Minnesota a jeans price war sparks tension but benefits shoppers. Dealers report price cuts by County Seat Minneapolis lowering corduroys and denim to 11.99 and 12.50 from 15.50 and 16.00. Wilson's Lon Coulter blames County Seat and Target stores for undercutting after federal fair trade law changes.
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Mankato
Minn
Brett Taylor Jr
Brett
Minneapolis
Levi’s
Lon Coulter
Wilson’s Men’s
Target Discount Stores
Levi's
Coulter
Pillsbury reports record earnings for 1977 year
Pillsbury Co. in Minneapolis says fourth quarter and fiscal year end May 31 showed record sales and earnings. It marks a sixth straight year of record profits with 21 percent annual growth. Fiscal 1977 earnings from continuing operations reached 57.9 million, up 17 percent from 49.5 million, and per share earnings rose to 3.58 from 3.25.
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Minneapolis
Pillsbury Co
Drowning at Lake Crystal Beach claims Mankato man
A 23-year-old man from Mankato, Daniel Abbe, drowned at the public swimming beach in Lake Crystal on Tuesday after disappearing in the afternoon. Lifeguards Al Davis and police officer Richard Schwartz attempted resuscitation for about 30 minutes, but Abbe could not be revived.
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Lake Crystal, Minn
Mankato
Lake Crystal
Blue Earth
Daniel Abbe
al Davis
Richard Schwartz
Abbe
Mondale links rising costs to health care crisis
Vice President Walter Mondale warns that real health care reform hinges on tackling ever rising costs. He cites tripled federal health spending in eight years, hospital care consuming 9 of 12 cents, and personal bankruptcies rising from medical bills. He forecasts hospital daily costs reaching 640 dollars in a decade and urges support for the Hospital Cost Containment Act of 1977 to curb annual cost increases to 9 percent and rein in new capital outlays.
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Washington
Walter F. Mondale
U.S
Minnesota
Mondale
French Riviera
White House
United States
General Motors
Ford
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Interstate cigarette bootlegging grows into major crime activity
Washington AP report cites the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations as saying interstate cigarette smuggling funds organized crime and other crimes, costing states about 391 million yearly. It urges federal crime designation, tougher state penalties, cross-state cooperation, and restraint on tax hikes to curb profit incentives.
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Washington
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
United States
North Carolina
New York State
New York City
Commission
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
New York
Texas
Florida
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
New Hampshire
Duluth Heiress and Nurse Slayings Linked by Fingerprint Clue
Police disclosed a fingerprint on a bloody candlestick as a major clue in the Duluth murder case of Elisabeth Congdon, 83, and her nurse Velma Pietila, 67. The 39 room mansion and 7 acre grounds on Lake Superior are under sweep as officers probed possible multiple attackers.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth
FBI
Washington, D.C
Elisabeth Congdon
Miss Congdon
Velma Pietila
Congdon Mansion
Lake Superior
Minneapolis
MPCA and North Dakota official clash over Moorhead odor
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says odors from the American Crystal Sugar Co sugar-beet plant in Moorhead are not severe enough to warrant emergency action. MPCA will continue talks with the company while addressing complaints from Fargo Moorhead residents cited by North Dakota health official Dr. Jonathan Weisbach who urged immediate plant shutdown over reported nausea vomiting and respiratory issues.
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MPCA
North Dakota
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Moorhead
Minn
American Crystal Sugar Co
Jonathan Weisbach
Weisbach
Fargo-Moorhead
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Pietila
Ernest Grams
Grams
Chester Congdon
Congdon Estate
Mrs. Pietila
Mildred Garvue
Q.C.S
Chee
WEN Gas
USA
Incorporated
PO Box C
Wilkes-Barre
Mayryunnstere Vo Homemaker
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