Minnesota Schools Face Budget Crunch and Layoffs
Minnesota public schools confront tight budgets with rising layoffs as enrollments fall and funding limits bite. About 309 non-tenured Minneapolis teachers and 51 administrators receive notices while boards plan cuts to athletics, buses, bands, clubs, and field trips amid pressure to boost aid and consolidate districts.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Associated Press
Bernard Kaye
Birmingham Boy Found Dead after Abduction in Oakland County
In Birmingham Michigan police search for a white male kidnapper 20 to 35, well educated and trusted. The 11 year old Timothy King was taken March 16 and found dead in a Livonia roadside ditch. Detectives believe the suspect injured others in the series of abduct-and-kill cases.
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Birmingham
Mich
Timothy King
Oakland County
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Toilet paper theft at Grand Forks County Courthouse
County officials in Grand Forks North Carolina report several toilet paper rolls missing from the third floor women's restroom. County Commissioner Tim Matteson says theft is suspected though heavier demand could not be ruled out. A courthouse source cites three to four rolls missing. No action was taken though a one roll at a time policy was floated.
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Grand Forks
N. C
Grand Forks County
Donald
Tim’’ Matteson
Matteson
Stangeland to visit Bemidji for county convention
Congressman Arlan Stangeland will return to Bemidji for the Beltrami County Independent Republican Convention at the V F W rooms starting 1 30 p m Saturday. A Meet Your Congressman dinner costs 3 per person and reservations are advised.
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Arlan Stangeland
Bemidji
Donna Kunz
Beltrami County
I R
V.F.W
Stangeland
Kunz
Rudy Boschwitz
Congress predicts quick action on Carter drought relief
Rep. Morris Udall says the House Interior Committee supports the drought relief plan unveiled by President Carter despite concerns over a 5 percent loan interest for farmers to buy water. Udall stresses urgency amid severe drought.
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Carter
Congress
Morris K. Udall
Dariz
House Interior Committee
Desai Sworn In as India Prime Minister
Morarji Desai, 81, of the Janata party, takes office as India's fourth prime minister after the Janata coalition toppled Indira Gandhi's Congress in last week's elections. Desai calls the change a noviolent revolution and is known for firm administration and neutralist foreign policy.
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New Delhi
India
Morarji Desai
Janata Party
Janata
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Desai
Congress to decide fate of federal water projects
Washington AP reports amid President Carter’s objections to 30 water projects, Congress appears set to push the dam reservoir irrigation and flood control proposals back into the federal budget with final say on their fate.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Minnegasco peat gasification study forecasts thousands of jobs
MRI projects 1 217 permanent jobs from operation and 1 050 new positions during construction for a peat gasification plant in northwestern Minnesota. The study, covering Beltrami Lake of the Woods Itasca and Koochiching counties, notes 668 new residents during operation and 1 068 during construction.
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Koochiching
Beltrami
Lake of the Woods
Midwest Research Institute
MRI
Minnesota
Midwest
Minnesota Gas Company
Itasca
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