Portrait of American Legion Officers, Butch Dalby, Dr Ouimette, Don Saboe, at podium of American Legion, located at 118 Railroad Avenue NE, Mora, Minnesota.
Children in front of signage at Temple Israel alerting the public to the plight of Soviet Jews denied the opportunity of migrate to Israel. The local Jewish community sent hundreds of people to Washington D. C. for a rally that drew thousands of people and directed the nation's attention to the issue.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Large crowd on south plaza of Hennepin County Government Center waits for political rally with Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president.
The Hillel Israeli folk dance group gathered in front of Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota Campus to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president, speaks at a political rally on the south plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center. On her jacket is a political button promoting Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Growe, who is partially visible behind her.
Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president, speaks at a political rally on the south plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center.
Vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro speaks from podium outside the Hennepin County Government Center, applauded by Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Andrew, left; Lieutenant Governor Marlene Johnson, second from left; Hennepin County Commissioner John Derus, right of Ferraro.
Geraldine Ferraro, first female major-party candidate for vice president, speaks at a political rally on the south plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center. Behind her are Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Growe, left, and Hennepin County Commissioner John Derus, right.
Governor Rudy Perpich delivers his State of the State Address in the House of Representatives Chamber, St. Paul, Minnesota. For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: Diessner, Ardell William: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10144 ; Dieterich, Neil: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10145 ; Frederick, Mel: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10192 ; Reichgott Junge, Ember D.: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=10301
The March 1980 issue of Hold That Line is labeled Volume 2, Number 10. It reports on response to an Environmental Quality Board survey, a general meeting of GASP, Dakota Electric Association's exclusion of women from co-op member votes, resignation of Al Johnson as Minnesota Energy Agency director, a list of protest arrests, and news from around the country. Names mentioned in this issue include: Quie, Albert; Sidner, Art; Johnson, Al; Kingrey; Mason; Satterlee, Juanita; Parish, Richard; Wartz, Tom; Woida, Gene; Arceneau, Dean; Mueller, Richard; Broker, Vicki; Bowers, Nancy; Cooper, Judy; Pick, Deborah; Shaw, Daniel; Olnstead, Chris; Lundebrek, Kay; Randall, Kate; Olson, Calvin; Anderson, Wayne; Johnson, Sandy; Pollard, Bruce; Hanson, Dick; Rudell, Phil; Folger, Mike; Zwieg, Joe; Hoium, George; Bartos, Tony; Bartos, Darrel; Kluver, Vern; Pawlitschek, Dave; Olson, Don. Hold That Line was the newsletter of the local movement to protest the construction of an 800 kilovolt direct current powerline across rural Minnesota by the United Power Association (UPA) and the Cooperative Power Association (CPA). The newsletter is known to be published from August 1978 to June 1983.
This was an interview conducted on February 11, 1990 by Richard Olson. Albert Wedell was born September 29, 1911 in Milaca, Minnesota. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and trained in California. He was assigned to the repair division of the U.S.S. Louisville, on which he served in the Aleutian Islands and the South Pacific. He discussed the armaments of the ship, the conditions aboard, men he met in the crew, and some of the attacks on the ship by Japanese ships and aircraft. While in the Navy, Wedell married Velma Swenson on March 14, 1945, and was honorably discharged on October 27, 1945. After the war, he ran a dairy farm near Milaca for 45 years and served on the Chase Brook School Board, the local telephone and creamery boards, and the county ASCA. Wedell passed away on March 16, 2000 and was buried in Borgholm Cemetery in Bock, Minnesota. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
This was an interview conducted in the late 1980s to early 1990s by John Carter. Bohn E. Fawkes was born on September 2, 1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was part of the ROTC program when World War II began, and was called to active duty initially in antiaircraft battery, but he took up the opportunity to attend flight school and be a pilot. Fawkes was a B-17 pilot with the 8th Air Force and participated in bombing raids on a manufacturing facility at Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, and Hamburg in Germany. He flew 25 missions before returning to the United States. Fawkes was stationed at Rapid City Airbase in South Dakota as a B-17 flight instructor, and eventually transferred to a B-29 training instructor in Fairmount, Nebraska. Fawkes left the military in 1962 to become a stock broker. He passed away on February 17, 2007 and is buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
