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The Minnesota Daily

Gov. orders National Guard to campus

by Delores Lutz
Published June 4, 1996

Gov. Wendell Anderson Wednesday night activated two Minnesota National Guard Military units in response to Minneapolis Mayor Charles Stenvig's request for assistance in quashing demonstrations in the...

Armory holds memorial for McKinley

by September 20,
Published June 4, 1996

The drill hall at the Armory was crowded yesterday morning with students, faculty and east-side residents, who met for the one purpose of doing honor to the memory of the nation's beloved chief. As the...

Does Depression affect enrollment?

by Oct. 5,
Published June 4, 1996

The depression which has so seriously affected all businesses the world over is apparently having little effect on the enrollment of the University of Minnesota. The registration this year will be only...

Hibbing’s heroes:Mic and Mac

by Lisa Harris
Published June 4, 1996

Editor's note: This article appeared shortly before Kevin McHale -- now Minnesota Timberwolves Vice President -- finished his four-year career with the Gophers. In 1995, he was voted Minnesota's player...

Women hoopsters win first home game in Big Ten

by Marci Brown
Published June 4, 1996

Editor's note: The Gophers women's basketball team played its first home game as a member of the Big Ten Conference on Jan. 14, 1983, against Michigan. Minnesota had previously played teams which would...

This spring’s fina…

Published June 4, 1996

This spring's finals edition of The Daily reprints important and interesting stories that have run in the newspaper since it was first published in 1900. Reporters dug through old issues of the paper and...

Prof’s work central to atomic bomb’s creation

by Aug. 8,
Published June 4, 1996

"We must remember that Japan can end the atomic bombing in a moment by surrender; the destruction caused by such bombing is not wanton," said George P. Conger, professor and chairman of the philosophy...

Challenger explodes following perfect lift-off

Published June 4, 1996

(AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Following an apparently flawless launch, a catastrophic explosion blew apart the space shuttle Challenger 74 seconds after lift-off Tuesday. The explosion occurred about the...

Gene McCarthy praises antiwar efforts of students

by May 11,
Published June 4, 1996

Wednesday's rioting turned to rhetoric Thursday as over 6,000 persons massed before Coffman Union, listening to a parade of speakers including Gene McCarthy, who said he supported the barricading of Washington...

Senate proposes bill to weed out Communists at University

by March 30,
Published June 4, 1996

A bill that would require all employees of the University to sign a loyalty oath was introduced Friday in the Minnesota Senate. Sen. A.O. Sundet (Faribault), the bill's author, specifies in the bill that...

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