North Dakota Methanol Plant Could Reshape Midwest Economy
Wentworth Bros. proposes a giant coal to methanol plant in western North Dakota aiming to begin production by 1982. The facility would produce 7.5 million gallons daily with potential to power two million homes for two decades, using lignite coal and pipelines to Minneapolis Duluth and Great Lakes industries. Construction costs are projected at about 1.5 billion dollars after a 450 thousand dollar feasibility study.
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Robert Langeorge
United Press International
Cincinnati
North Dakota
Upper Midwest
Cincinnati Design Engineering
Wentworth Bros. Inc
Val Habian
Wentworth Bros
Habian
Minneapolis
Duluth
Minn
Wentworth Engineers
Readers Sound Off on Idaho Taxes and Game Birds
Letters criticize Idaho sales tax usage and public disclosure, defend hunting culture, and attack corporate tax plans. Debates include dumping a pregnant dog case and a long critique of Dwight Crowell’s views on corporate profits and taxes. The mix includes local residents from Sandpoint and Bonner counties.
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Dwight Crowell
General Motors
Bell Telephone
Idaho Power
Dwight Old Pal
Wild Kingdom
Crowell
Idaho
Supreme Court
Cabinet Gorge
Dwight
Chrysler
General Electric
Panama Canal Treaties Bring Billions and Bankers’ Pressure
A readers’ letter argues the Panama Canal treaties would hand over the canal and canal zone by 2000, with billions in payments and down payments to Panama. It accuses banks led by Chase Manhattan and First National City of profiting, notes Torrijos’s government debt, and warns of defense and neutrality costs. The piece cites Sol Linowitz’s ties to banks and Pan Am, urges readers to contact Senators, and notes public opposition estimates.
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United States
Canal
Canal Zone
Omar Torrijos
Congress
Panama
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Sol Linowitz
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
First National City Bank
First National City
Manhattan
State Department
New York
Miami
Switzerland
Banker’s Trust
Bank of America
Rockefellers’ Chase
First
National“of Chicago
Security ,Pacific
Pracific Intraamerican
L.A. Marine Midland
First National of
Boston
Pimco International
Marine Midland Bank
Torrijo
Pan American Airlines
Communist Party of
Chile
Government of
Colombia
Pan Am Airline
Panama Canal and
North Korea
Vietnam
Cuba
Panama Canal
William B. Petty Sandpoint
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Adaho Fish and Game Ponies
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Baldy Road
Matt
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Humane Society
Ahumane
Debbie Jeffres
Matt Janish
Jim Stoicheff
P.S
Bonner County
G.L. Amnett
City
Forestry Department
Cabinet
Fr. Kelly
Oak and
Sixth
Bonner County Historical Society
Sandpoint Daily
Pend Oreille Printers, Inc
Church Street
Sandpoint
P.O. Box
Pete Thompson
Herb Offermann
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