Drug price advertising bill revived by House action
A Minnesota House subcommittee approved a bill allowing pharmacies to advertise prescription drug prices with limited terms. The measure passed 7-2 and moves to the Health and Welfare Committee, aiming to rebut a prior Senate defeat and challenge current Pharmacy Board restrictions.
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Dflers
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Minnesota Supreme Court
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Local Weather Tonight Through Friday
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Nixon pledges compassion in defense of program cuts
President Nixon defends changes to social welfare in a Congress message. He backs away from a guaranteed minimum income plan, promises tighter management of aid to families with dependent children, and outlines shifts to Cabinet control, health insurance revival, and tribal empowerment. The address reaffirms dismantling parts of the Office of Economic Opportunity and promotes efficiency over expanded federal programs.
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Ball Club man sentenced for hit run death
A Ball Club man, George Tiokasin, 24, was sentenced to up to three years in Stillwater State Prison for criminal negligence in the hit and run death of Janet Marie Hentges, 14, whose body was found near Blackduck on October 1. Tiokasin pled guilty in Beltrami County District Court after a preliminary hearing and a pre sentence investigation.
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Janet Marie Hentges
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Beltrami
Bonus bill begins trek for Minnesota Vietnam veterans
A House subcommittee approved a veterans bonus bill 5-0, moving to the General Legislation Veterans Affairs Committee. Sponsored by Rep. Donald Samuelson the measure would grant up to 300 to non Southeast Asia veterans and up to 600 for Southeast Asia veterans with about 142000 eligible Minnesotans.
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Dollar Under Siege as Bundesbank Intervenes in Markets
U S dollar weakness deepens on European FX markets with the Bundesbank buying over a billion dollars to defend the floor as the dollar slides in Frankfurt and other cities. Democratic state leaders, frustrated by federal assurances, push a declaration at the National Governors Conference criticizing federal budget policy and welfare guidelines.
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Maanum Faces DUI and Disorderly Conduct Charges
Gerald Maanum of Fosston appeared in Beltrami County Court on a DUI charge and was additionally charged with disorderly conduct after becoming loud and disruptive in the courtroom. Trial for both offenses is set for March 7 with a $300 bond posted.
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Militant Indians hold Wounded Knee 11 hostages
About 200 AIM members seizing Wounded Knee S D with 11 captives and threats of rifle fire. FBI says no harm expected and seeking a Senate probe of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Gunfire reported. authorities say no injuries. federal agents and BIA police encircled the town as standoff continues.
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Newsmen slip past marshals to reach Wounded Knee siege
Television newsmen from ABC NBC and CBS entered the Pine Ridge area under cover of darkness to reach Wounded Knee where about 200 AIM militants hold 11 hostages. An Indian guide led them past federal marshals as negotiations falter.
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CBS
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Pilot Admits Cannibalism After Arctic Crash
Martin Hartwell disclosed he ate the flesh of nurse Judith Hill to survive after a plane crash near Yellowknife on November 8. He and two other passengers, a pregnant Eskimo woman and a 14 year old Eskimo boy, died in the crash or soon after. the boy survived 23 days before dying.
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Martin Hartwell
Edmonton
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Hartwell
Judith Hill
David Kootook
Senators to rush to Wounded Knee for hostage release
Sen. James Abourezk and Sen. George McGovern with aides plan to fly to Wounded Knee South Dakota to press for release of 11 hostages seized by Indian protesters. They expect at least one or two hostages to be freed on arrival and say no demands will be negotiated with a gun at anyone's head.
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Arkansas
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Washington
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Abourezk
American Indian Movement
U S and North Vietnam reach nine point peace accord
Paris AP reports both sides agreed on a nine point declaration backing the Vietnam peace plan. The accord allows Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government as a conference participant while Saigon is not guaranteed recognition. POW release prospects were cited as improving as plenary session awaited final drafting.
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Polish Czechoslovak ministers killed in Baltic plane crash
Interior ministers Wieslaw Ociepka of Poland and Radko Kaska of Czechoslovakia perished in a late night plane crash near Szczecin. All aides and crew also died. Kaska was visiting Ociepka. both led departments that supervise police services in their countries.
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