Minnesota Braces for Severe Blizzard After Snowstorm
The storm system moves from Colorado and Kansas into Minnesota bringing 4 to 8 inches of snow in the north and up to 4 inches in the south, with freezing rain and possible thunderstorms later. Winds gusting to 40 mph create near zero visibility and drifting snow, prompting travel advisories and road closures statewide.
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Weather Service
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Kansas
Dakotas
North Dakota
Rochester
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minnesota Highway Department
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Minn. 95
Washington County
Afton
U.S. 61
Highway Department
Bemidji Civil Defense outlines blizzard plan and safety rules
Civil Defense Director Jerry Moen says a plan exists to aid stranded motorists with food shelter and rescue operations using snowplows fire department and National Guardsmen. Schools and Bemidji State College could serve as shelters. funding would follow need. He urges avoiding trips and carrying a winter car kit with blankets maps food and emergency gear.
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Bemidji
Moen
Bemidji State College
Civil Defense Department
Drop in oil imports yields record monthly U S trade surplus
The Commerce Department reports February imports fell 18.2 percent while exports dropped 6.6 percent, producing a $917 million U S trade surplus the largest for a single month on record. The February surplus surpasses prior highs even under the old measurement method.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Rhodes predicts Ford vetoes large tax cut package
House Republican leader Rep. John J. Rhodes after talks with President Ford says a veto is likely and that Ford is reconsidering tax cuts. Congress approved a $24.8 billion package to ease recession with rebate checks and reduced withholding beginning in 1974 and 1975.
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Ford
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Congress
U.S
Senate
White House
Ron Nessen
Rhodes
Tax bill highlights from congressional compromise
Highlights of the Senate House conferees tax bill include a 10 percent refund for 1974 with a top $200 and $100 minimum rebate, higher 1975 standard deductions, a $30 per person credit, a 10 percent earned income credit up to $400, and a 5 percent home buyer credit up to $2,000.
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Washington
Senate House
South Vietnamese opposition seeks full power amid Viet Cong drive
An opposition group including ex Premier Nguyen Cao Ky formed a committee in Saigon to urge President Nguyen Van Thieu to cede full powers to a new government. The move followed Ky allies’ arrests as a large U S airlift of refugees continued in Da Nang amid panicked crowds and clashes at the airport. Meanwhile Khmer Rouge forces exchanged artillery fire near Phnom Penh as U S aid persists.
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South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
da Nang
U.S
Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Minnesota House advances presidential primary bill
The Minnesota House General Legislation Committee approved the presidential primary bill 16 to 4, with support from Eleven DFLers and five Republicans. It would require party registration on election day, color coded ballots, and records for four years, at an estimated cost of about 300000 dollars.
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DFL
Steve Wenzel
Little Falls
Dflers
Tad Jude
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Senate Tax Committee
George Conzemium
Cannon Falls
Senate Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee
Winston Borden
Brainerd
Borden
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