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...values embraced by the residents of Lake Wobegon. But those values exist in real life, in hundreds of small towns and dozens of large cities in Minnesota. We welcome the rest of the nation to our well-kept secret: Minnesota is a great place to live and work. Rudy Perpich Governor, Minnesota St. Paul...
...announcement of the winning site will be the climax of a contest that bore a passing similarity to the 1849 gold rush. More than 20 Governors made pilgrimages to Detroit to woo GM, offering all sorts of land deals, tax breaks and worker-training grants. Minnesota's Rudy Perpich said his package of inducements was worth $1.3 billion to the company. To remind GM's executives of its lures, Missouri erected a billboard in downtown Detroit that read GIVE US A RING. Another sign said CHICAGO WANTS YOU. Celebrities were enlisted as well. Boxer Ray ("Boom Boom") Mancini touted Youngstown...
DIED. RUDY PERPICH, 67, Governor of Minnesota, 1977-79, 1983-91; from colon cancer; in Minneapolis. His record 10 years in office mixed a knack for making headlines (with notions such as selling the Governor's mansion) with a yen for making history: the nation's largest mall, a state arts high school, unprecedented opportunities for women and minorities in government...
Carlson's jump-started campaign was boosted by the fact that incumbent Rudy Perpich, Minnesota's longest-serving Governor, had outlasted his welcome after 10 years in the statehouse. Carlson, a defender of abortion rights, also attracted pro-choice voters who would have had nowhere to turn in a contest between Grunseth and Perpich, both of whom oppose abortion. Observes Kris Sanda, a Carlson adviser: "When they were faced with Rudy Perpich and Jon Grunseth, people started saying, 'Good Lord, is this all there is to choose from in Minnesota...
Democrat Rudy Perpich trailed Arne Carlson in a tough Minnesota race marked by Republican turmoil. Carlson was on the ballot only because Jon Grunseth dropped out in late October over allegations of sexual improprieties...