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the Minneapolis one XL 1 Corri4 17 Ml.M.po4U Sur aIMj Tritrnw Co. pur ln'' i-L Single copy Oft Thursday, June 28, 1979 pyU A Section, Part I Breams were lost ie 'better life: 2350 chisholm, Minn. The pr Mii 53 ioo the American public. They probably would have been right, and they still may be. But there are three big taconlte plants within a few miles of Chisholm, and all are going full bore.

So the taconlte workers, and the rest of the dwellers, will pay. Summer of our discontent Special report by Jim AlODUCnar when the steam shovels stopped running and the mines died, leaving huge dunes of vermilion slag as their monuments. The transition to taconlte production was painful but successful. The Range towns that survived are economically above water. A reasonable aerenlty (insofar as any serenity is tolerated on the Range) prevails.

And practically nobody challenges the banker's ancestry anymore. Politics is still discussed with a kind of cheerful slander and random ferocity that would do credit to a Turkish fish market. So what is troubling the Iron Range In 1979? "I think it goes deeper than the furor and confusion that have been thrown into our lives by double-digit inflation and the fuel scandal, which is what the fuel crisis Is," the lady said. "It is something that afflicts Americans everywhere, not just here on the Range. I think we've grown so accustomed to having what we want, when we want it, that we just aren't ready to live with less.

I think the American people are groping. For leaders and solutions, yes. But also for something they've lost." The speaker was Veda Ponlkvar, who has been publishing the Chisholm Tribune-Press long enough to stand with the lions of the Range's socio-political menage, a Blatnik, a Pauluccl, a Doc Grahek of Ely, the Perpiches. Some of them speak to each other, some of them don't. Practically everybody speaks to Veda, although some less cordially than others.

She Is both conscience and interpreter of the Range, sometimes its critic but more often its defender and always its unapol-ogetic daughter. "I think people who have experienced the Depression might be aware of what some Americans have lost, and need to find again pretty badly. "We've lost our dreams as a people, some of our drive, our willingness to accept discipline to make it better for ourselves, but mostly for those after us. Some of that was inevitable when we reached that pinnacle after World War II. The good life was here for a lot of us.

The passions and energy we spent Klobuchar Turn to Psge ISA Chisholm Minnesota Twin Cities lng mining location. The streets are clean, at least the streets of the Range towns that didn't moulder Star Photo by Marltn Levieon 77 r- mm'', vi WhS Chisholm newspaper publisher Veda Ponikvan 'We've lost Iran isolating itself in its suspicions of gasoline climbed to a dollar a gallon at one station this week in this fortress of the Iron Range culture and hardball politics. There was no revolution in the streets or the taconlte plants when the symbolic barrier was raised. What barrier? It was an invitation. For a buck a gallon you could pump all you could carry.

They did in Chisholm what eve-, rybody else does. They lined up. Nobody is going to boycott that kind of deal In today's America. Today's Iron Range won't. The old flame-breathers of Iron Range politics would have called a uuuar-a-gBiion gasoline an oppres- sion and a fat-cat scheme to milk doliar-a-gallon gasoline an oppres- Into almost total Isolation, its role as the policeman of the Perisan Gulf states abandoned, its military in disarray, its foreign policy adrift.

It regards the United States as Imperialist, the Soviet Union as interventionist, Iraq and Afghanistan as outright enemies. It has severed relations with Egypt and Israel, cut off oil supplies to South Africa, lectured Saudi Arabia for being SLOVUT Staff Writer least three products containing the gum, which Is taken from the Dean of the locust bean or carob tree. The foods: Bread, which Zavoral has per-' suaded a Minneapolis bakery to supply. Soup, which will be supplied by the H.J. Heinz Co.

Crackers, which he is ordering from Italy. Zavoral said that most diets designed to lower cholesterol levels in the blood fall In part because many people find it difficult to stay on them. In his tests, he said, no dietary Bean Turn to Page 12A new drug recall Includes such widely used brands as Somlnex, Nytol, Exce-drin P.M. and Allerest Time-Release Capsules. Drug manufacturers now are re- Index Paget Pairs Abby SB Movie 2S-1SA Comlea SB Opinion IS-1IA Lata r-enoaala SB Fashion SB Spona Ontario SB IB TV radio IB Morrtaoa SB Weather -ISA Star Tektpbonea Want Ada STS-4241 ClrenlaUoa 171-4341 N.wi 171-4141 Column I 171-4444 Old price -New price New price per by Saudis, by other barrel Qatar, members New OPEC prices a gallon more Star Graphic by Kurt Carlson OPEC's bump likely to be at the pump GENEVA (IP) The price of gasoline and fuel oil will increase about 4 cents a gallon in the United States, experts calculate, because of today's decision by oil exporting countries to raise the price of crude oh.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)ralsed the base price of its crude oil to a range of $18 to $23.50 a barrel. The 13-nation oil cartel set its new base price at $18, up from $14.55. It also said members could add surcharges of as much as $2 a barrel as market conditions permit, but set the maximum price of a barrel of OPEC oil, Including allowances for quality, at $23.50 a barrel. It is the biggest boost In OPEC prices In five years Because of the lag in the transportation system, U.S. consumers are not expected to feel the direct effects of the new boosts until late summer.

Economists say the higher OPEC prices will worsen U.S. inflation, heighten the possibility of a serious recession and, in the words of one, make recent increases in fuel oil, utility and gasoline prices "seem quite modest" in comparison. The decision leaves OPEC with a two-tiered price structure, much like the one the cartel had in the Increase Turn to Page 7A needed for an endorsement. The CLUC endorsement wasn't always so Influential. When Moline took the reins in January 1973, the organization was in disarray.

Warring factions had crippled its unity. Years of poor financial management had forced the organization into trusteeship. Membership had ebbed to an estimated 35,000. With a firm hand and an open ear, Moline and the leaders of the various member unions quieted the Internal warring and managed to build membership to 55,000. Moline also has used the weekly labor newspaper (the Labor Review), the sample ballot that Is distributed to union homes prior to elections, and union financial contributions as ef- Moline Turn to Page 6A hX Sthj Star Photo by Roger Nystrom Bo Many or tnem are sons and grandsons of immigrants who uvea line moles lor years, grinding out a few bucks a day in the open pit and underground mines, to be Sueatn a better life to their chil-ren.

The better life is here, at 11 percent interest rates. Television aerials blossom from workmen's homes where 50 years ago the houses were caked ore dust and sagging at the roof in some smell- our dreams as a people' monarchist. It is distrustful of Libya, Morocco and Oman, contemptuous of Mexico, wary of Pakistan. Although relations with Turkey seem fairly normal, the only real ally Iran and its leader, the Ayatol-lah Ruhollah Khomeini, can count on Is the Palestine Liberation Organization. If Iran Is not friendless, it is at least in Umbo between East and West, between right and left, be 1 Dr.

James Zavoral formulating sleep aids with pyrila-mine, an antihistamine almost Identical to methapyrilene. Pyrila-mine has not been tested for effectiveness and critics say it may be unsafe. Some of the reformulated products already are being sold in Twin Cities pharmacies. "The drug companies made $60 million on sleep aids In 1978," said Faye Peterson, an FDA Information specialist. "On something like this they fight us every step of the way.

We try to get as much cooperation as Sleep aids Turn to Page A tween the Islamic and non-Islamic worlds. "Iran certainly gives the impression of being isolated and friendless," said a Moslem ambassador here, "but I think that what has really happened is that Iran has simply withdrawn from the world community for the time being. It Is xenophobic in terms of any past relationships honored by the shah. This is a transitional period and By DAVID LAMB Lot AnciM Tim TEHRAN, Iran For months, Iran has pursued an undirected and defensive foreign policy based more on suspicion and religion than on economic or strategic Interests. Hardly a day goes by without the religious leaders in Qom finding time to lam bast friend and foe alike.

As a result, Iran has slipped Labor's Virgil Moline has clout candidates seek Heart-care hope hangs on a tree By GORDON MiaMapoUa Star The bean of a tree that shades the boulevards of Southern California and provides flour for the poor of the Middle East may unclog the arteries of millions of coronary-prone Americans. An extract of the bean, a tasteless gum consisting of nearly 100 percent fiber, Is a key element In a new diet developed by a pediatric heart specialist at Hennepin County Medical Center. The fiber seems to reduce the absorption of cholesterol and other blood fats that are believed to Increase a person's risk of suffering heart disease. The specialist, Dr. James Za-voral, expects to start testing his diet about Jan.

1 on members of five to 10 families. They will be asked to add to their dally diets at Sleep aids back with eventually, I think, Iran will reassess its friendships and its role in the world." A Western ambassador said, "Iran's foreign policy, if it even has one, is bereft of all logic. It's based on religious considerations, but for a government to think that Iran Turn to Page 7A CIO endorsement in his races for Congress, needs the endorsement to solidify his position as the DFL-endorsed candidate. James Rice, chairman of the Minnesota House Labor Committee, likewise has carried the AFL-CIO blessing in the past. The CLUC endorsement is his only hope of beating Fraser In the primary.

Right now the CLUC seems almost evenly divided between the two, with Rice having a slight edge. Said one CLUC executive board member with dismay, "This is a terrible position for us to be in. I feel a little resentment that it comes down to us." All the speculation on whom the CLUC will endorse will climax July 11, the evening of the next CLUC meeting. A vote of two-thirds of the delegates present is "4 tf. mm.

pills By ROBERT GUENTHER MlnneapolU Star Staff Writer Politicians come into his office on the fifth floor of the United Labor Centre building like devout pilgrims seeking an audience with the king. They come to cajole, entreat and flatter him In hopes that he and his cohorts would bestow the coveted Central Labor Union endorsement on their candidacies. It's a head-swelling experience for a former school janitor, and Virgil Moline, president of the AFL-CIO's Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council, seems to relish the task. This election year, the CLUC's role takes on added Importance: Its endorsement may well determine whether there Is a DFL primary election battle for mayor. Donald Fraser, who carried AFL- Over-the-counter sleeping aid rv-A, mmaf i- a Critics assail 'human testing' t-J)f By CHRISTOPHER COOK MlMMapotli Star Surf Writer Recently recalled non-prescription sleep-aid products are being remarketed with an untested Ingredient that might cause cancer.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials say the drug industry action, though questionable, is legal. A National Cancer Institute researcher says he Is worried. And drug company officials claim they have no alternative. Under pressure from the FDA, drug manufacturers recently recalled sleep aids containing metha-pyrllene, an ingredient found by the National Cancer Institute to cause cancer In test animals.

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