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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Plane was alerted to approaching jet in India crash

Published November 14, 1996

CHARKHI DADRI, India (AP) -- As a Kazak cargo plane flew head-on toward a Saudi jetliner, controllers told its pilot to watch out for the 747 in the clouds ahead. The pilot asked how close it was. "Fourteen...

Study links suicide and public welfare spending

by Michelle Kibiger
Published November 14, 1996

Put a Republican and a Democrat together in the same room and they will likely argue what role the government should play in people's lives. The debate over the government's role in protecting the public...

Midwest region features top talent in men’s basketball

Published November 14, 1996

(AP) -- Cincinnati, with relentless clawing by its defense and incessant jawing by coach Bob Huggins, has reached the NCCA Tournament's Elite Eight three times in the last five years. Could this be the...

For some Univers…

by Crissy Quinn
Published November 13, 1996

For some University students, there will never be a better time to travel and study abroad than during the college years. According to the staff at the International Study and Travel Center, their office...

Days of Elmo’s Life

Published November 13, 1996

What was Elmo to do? He was stranded with his ex-lover on a desolate island -- just as that smooth-talking model with the European accent had planned. Elmo was supposed to be back in Salem, marrying his...

Corporatization of U? Bring it on!

Published November 13, 1996

With all the secrecy and intrigue of an Ian Fleming novel, a blue-ribbon search committee is finalizing a list of presidential candidates to be presented to the Board of Regents. The arduous process of...

Men arraigned in rape, burglary

Published November 13, 1996

Two men charged with a University-area rape and burglary that occurred more than one month ago were arraigned Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court. Both Antonio D. Burton, 20, and Puiassance J. Andersen,...

Wacker, Tepper bond in tough time

by Tim Klobuchar
Published November 13, 1996

Other than the word "tackle," it's safe to say bass fishing and football have nothing in common. But in this chaotic time in the Big Ten, with four coaches either getting fired or resigning in the last...

Losing not Wacker’s fault, nobody wins in Minnesota

Published November 13, 1996

What did someone say about that Golden Gopher football tradition? It's a tradition alright -- of losing. Minnesota football outlasted another losing era Tuesday with the news that Jim Wacker decided to...

351 killed in airplane collision outside New Delhi

Published November 13, 1996

CHARKHI DADRI, India (AP) -- A Saudi jumbo jet climbing from New Delhi's airport collided with a Kazak plane coming in for landing Tuesday, creating twin fireballs that turned the sky red as dawn and scattered...

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