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...socially and academically, Loegering's decision was prompted by an anxiousness to get involved in politics in some way, 1976 being a presidential year. Loegering's original goal was to gain experience working in an interesting campaign, although he had no particular campaign in mind, and went home to Edina, Minnesota in June without a job, planning to look around. Had this year not been an elections year, Loegering thinks he would have remained in school, but summers spent as an intern and aide in Governor Wendell Anderson's office gave him an interest in politics, a few contacts...
Arriving back in Edina, a new idea began to crystalize in his mind. A Minneapolis magazine had rated the Republican state senator from his district, a career politician named Otto Bang, one of the 10 least effective legislators in the state. Bang would seek reelection in November, and as of June no serious effort to unseat him had gotten underway. Loegering sought the official endorsement of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party that month and it was his practically for the asking. Primary day was September 14, but Loegering, on the strength of the party endorsement, was unopposed. Since June...
Judith Guest, 40, housewife and mother of three sons, living in Edina, Minn., sat down one day like a lot of other housewives to write a novel. The only difference is, her self-addressed brown envelope did not keep coming back. After two tries it became the first unsolicited manuscript to be published by the Viking Press since...
...Edina, Minn...
Christmas Gift. In some wealthy suburbs, where the need for services and facilities is slight, revenue-sharing cash will build swimming pools and tennis courts. Edina, Minn., will use part of its $160,000 to carve out bicycle paths. Less affluent North Little Rock, Ark., is badly in need of improved drainage and sewerage facilities, but its mayor, William Laman, is determined to invest part of the city's $500,000 in Christmas decorations. In Los Angeles, which gets a $35 million share, Mayor Sam Yorty wants to use some of the money to build a huge maintenance center...