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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Tobacco negotiations draw deal proponents, foes

Published May 28, 1997

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tobacco talks take on new urgency this week: Not only do attorneys have just 40 days before the first state lawsuit against cigarette makers goes to court, they'll find out on Wednesday...

Caught…in the act!

Published May 28, 1997

"What a miserable day for visiting the zoo," Elma stated. "Since it's cloudy and it looks like rain, we better go back to my place," Elma said to Primo. After a light snack, they decided to watch some...

Students design concrete canoe

Published May 28, 1997

The tabloid press, specifically the Globe, has been under fire for questionable ethics in enticing Frank Gifford into a sex scandal with a woman whom the Globe had paid beforehand. The Globe does not consider...

Men’s swimming recruits have big hole to shore up

by Ryan Schuster
Published May 28, 1997

The Gophers men's swimming and diving team has signed four new recruits this spring. Minnesota signed two swimmers and two divers to try to help replace departing senior swimmers Matt Schlessman, Mitch...

Esteemed professor of mathematics dies at age 60

by Tracy Ellingson
Published May 28, 1997

Mathematics professor Eugene Fabes' colleagues remember their peer as a caring man with a talent for bringing fun to his teaching and an international flavor to the University's School of Mathematics. Fabes,...

NBC’s Albert gets booked, pleads innocent to sex charges

Published May 28, 1997

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Marv Albert was booked, fingerprinted and photographed on Tuesday after appearing in court, where his lawyer made of point of telling a judge that the sportscaster will plead innocent...

Parking rates to increase

by Lynne Kozarek
Published May 28, 1997

Commuters will need to carry a little more change starting this summer. The cost of parking on campus is increasing again. Parking and Transportation Services on Tuesday afternoon announced the decision...

WWII pilots honored with monument

Published May 27, 1997

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) -- Eugene Richardson Jr. spent his Memorial Day at the Walterboro Airfield where 52 years ago he was the pilot of a P-51 Mustang -- one of the Tuskegee Airmen who broke military aviation's...

State park is home to research station

by Kamariea Forcier
Published May 27, 1997

While tourists flocked to the headwaters of the Mississippi River to kick off Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, Daniel Traun sat on the front porch of his Lake Itasca State Park home, feeding jelly and...

New news channels slow out of the gate

Published May 27, 1997

NEW YORK (AP) -- The launch of two more all-news cable channels last year gave Americans more chances than ever to watch news whenever they want. So far, the reaction is a huge ho-hum. There are 97 million...

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