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Hold That Line, August 12, 1979, Pope County, Minnesota

Hold That Line, August 12, 1979, Pope County, Minnesota
The August 12, 1979, issue of Hold That Line reports on progress by the General Assembly to Stop the Powerline, GASP, court ruling on the Runestone Electric Association election, a challenge to eminent domain by the Southern Landowners Alliance of Minnesota, SLAM, announcement of election of GASP board of trustees to be held in September, CPA board meeting in Sauk Centre, GASP Defense Fund policy, updates on other court cases, a request for support to maintain railroad presence in Villard, and other news from around the country. Names mentioned in this issue include: Tilsen, Ken; LaDuke, Winona; Harvey, Paul; Ehlers, Darus; Nelson, Dwight; Wernick, Mark; Mauzy, Bill; Woida, Gerry; Hansen, William; VanHeel, Roger; Oeltjen, Dean; Oeltjen, Bob; Lindstrom, John; Hoium, Mark; Claeson, John; Newton, Evelyn; Ringham, Jonathan; Tank, Arnold; Villard Elevator Company. 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.
1979-08-12
English
HTL-08121979
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