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Hold That Line, August 26, 1979, Pope County, Minnesota

Hold That Line, August 26, 1979, Pope County, Minnesota
The August 26, 1979, issue of Hold That Line reports on projections of electric demand and revenues, status of the Coal Creek power plant and power line energizing, geologic studies in the area, an update from Southern Landowners Alliance of Minnesota, SLAM, upcoming local events, updates on court cases and advise on encounters with private security workers. Names mentioned in this issue include: Sheldon, Bob; Anderson, Charlie; Tilsen, Ken; Bartos, Tony; Kaufman, Sidney; Perdue, James; Drawz, John; Barsness, Ron; Ehlers, Darus; Nelson, Dwight; Hoium, Mark; Hansen, William; Wernick, Mark. 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.
1979-08-26
English
HTL-08261979
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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.