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Hold That Line, February 4, 1979, Pope County, Minnesota

Hold That Line, February 4, 1979, Pope County, Minnesota
The February 4, 1979, issue of Hold That Line outlines a proposal to Governor Al Quie for a public forum to investigate six elements of the powerline: health and safety, cost, need, social repercussions, alternative energies, and other factors discovered during the investigations. This issue also reports on the meeting with the governor in St. Paul, a meeting of rural electric cooperatives in Willmar, progress of condemnation hearings, and DREAM progress at Runestone Electric Association. Names mentioned in this issue include: Quie, Albert; Vosberg, Duane; Arceneau, Dean; Pederson, Steffen; McCrory, Henrietta; Quinn, Gene; Thurk, Kenny; Lovine, Amory B.; Carmichael, Dr. Robert; Nolan, Representative Rick; Villard Three. 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.
1979-02-04
English
HTL-02041979
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Use of this document is governed by U.S. and international copyright laws. Include the following credit line: "Hold That Line" is a publication of GASP, General Assembly to Stop the Powerline, made available through the Pope County Historical Society and the Minnesota Digital Library.