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2C Daily Times, St. Cloud, Minn. Feb. 9, 1987 Localstate news comments are "all behind me," the new FrOlfl page 1 sheriff said. Behind Rogers is a considerable leg- Hoaers end with psitive and negative Applications up at private colleges Lewenstein, representative for the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board.

"Everybody's up. They were supposed to be down." Some officials said the upward trend is a result of an increasing number of status-conscious parents pushing their children to apply to more prestigious schools. Others cited recent national publicity for Minnesota private colleges as a possible explanation. Some attributed the growth to a rise in the percentage of Minnesota high school graduates attending college 50 percent of public school graduates in 1984, compared to 37 percent in 1975. Others pointed to an increase in college attendance among older, non-traditional students.

Whatever the reason, many of the state's private colleges have become choosier as a result. Applications to St. John's University, College-ville, and the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, are up about 3 percent over last year, said Dick Mander-feld, executive director of admissions for both schools.

The two schools expect to admit about 960 the Twin Cities might be attracting more students from out of state. Manderfeld said applications might be up at the state's private colleges because many students apply to several colleges in a kind of "musical chairs," he said. "There is no way to check overlap. One person may have applications in to five colleges." In the end, he said, there is a "finite number of people to fill number of spaces." The new increase is not as great as the one in the late 1970s when more women began attending college, Manderfeld said. The largest class ever at each school had about 520 students, he said.

Freshman applications to St. Olaf increased to 2,200 last year from 1,700 in 1976. Selectivity the percentage of applicants accepted has tightened accordingly, to 64 percent last year from 71 percent in 1976. Macalester College in St. Paul accepted 66 percent of its freshman applicants last year, compared to 83 percent three years ago.

Augsburg College in Minneapolis accepted 80 percent of its freshman applicants last year, compared to 92 percent 10 years Staff and wire reports Despite a widely touted shrinking pool of 18-year-olds nationwide, high school graduates in Minnesota are finding that an unexpected increase in applications has made admission to many of the state's private colleges tougher, not easier. "About four years ago, I'd have bet my last dollar that we wouldn't see a waiting list for 10 years," said John Ruohoniemi, admissions director at St. Olaf College in Northfield. "We've had one every year since." The state's 24 private, four-year colleges saw a 7 percent rise in enrollment between 1982 and 1986, according to figures from the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board. At the public colleges, enrollment increased by only 5 percent in the same period.

But the number of high school graduates in Minnesota has declined sharply, from 70,768 in 1975 to 56,149 last year. The reason for the increase in applications to most metropolitan-area private schools is the subject of speculation. "That's the unanswered question," said Phil It was one of the few major conflicts "He was real gta ork involving Rogers that did not land in a and when he started nmeUung he courtroom didn't back down. could get them To this day Rogers is paying off to talk," Huschle said 000 in damage awards and attorney's Rogers grins when asked about his fee8thatstemmedfromal9761ibelsuit interrogation talents, filed by Hirman, another Litchfield of- Td just talk to them and, you know ficer and a former sheriffs department you had your different ways. You dispatcher watch ett neck and you Ke their Rogers had publicly accused the neck start pumping" when they lied, three of attempting to break into his Rogers said, office and tamper with records.

He But, Rogers came in for questioning basedtheallegationonataperecording hiniselffor some prartices particularly in which, he said, the three could be when he hired his son, Mike, to work as heard trying to pick the door's lock. a deputy 1972. The difference was People in the county still dispute that, unlike the nervous suspect, what really was on "the Rogers tapes," Rogers never wavered when quizzed by but a Meeker County jury ruled that the county board he just fired back. Rogers had defamed the three. "They hollered nepotism but I just In an appeal, damage awards of figured he was doing his job and I kept 000 to Hirman and the other officer him on Rogers said, were disallowed.

But, under a second The family always had helped out lawsuit filed in federal court by the dis- Rogers' dirt-hauling business before he patcher, Ruth Johnson, Rogers and the became shenff and, when Rogers had a heart attack in 1972, it seemed natural treshman compared to 940 last year, but neither school has a waiting list. He said private colleges in ago. Perpich wants end to 4-state tax arrangement The mm niloH that RnTOrs for Mike to assist as deputy. nfoii ka inknonn fniinuHnn This sra-ine. the ex-sheriff will be iiau uiuaii i 111 cu uuuuovu iviiu i tv, hack in the dirt-hauhne business, and U1C i ll Tka fx oWiff Mmo no Hofinnt hell navemeniv oi warsionesro leu as about the incident.

He still savs he was he travels around the area. He's croud of his Die battles and "hn nn Wkhnn small victories. He never yielded to the people in Michigan were expected to be affected by the proposal. Minnesota residents who work in the other states also would be affected. For each of the past three years, Wisconsin has paid Minnesota about $20 million, a rough estimate of how much income Minnesota is losing, official said.

One aspect of the switch would require residents to file income tax returns in both states, as they do now when Iowa and South Dakota are Rnaove aaiA a woo illflt Hnincr hisinh state's reauest that a television be ST. PAUL AP) Maintaining Minnesota isn't getting its proper share of a deal with other states, Gov. Rudy Perpich wants to terminate an income tax reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin, North Dakota and Michigan. The group most affected would be at least 25,000 Wisconsin residents who earn income in Minnesota, according to revenue department statistics. The agreements with North Dakota could also affect thousands of people who live in border areas and cross the stateline to work in Minnesota.

Few change would result in more inconvenience than anything else. Initial contacts with Wisconsin officials have not produced strong objections to the proposal, Haynes said. Wisconsin and Minnesota have similar state tax systems, Haynes said. A system of credits would still be used to give credit for taxes paid in each state, Haynes said. But some people may have to pay more taxes if Perpich's plan is approved by the Minnesota Legislature, Haynes said.

Wisconsin state Rep. Richard Shoemaker, D-Menomonie, said the end of tax reciprocity with Minnesota could jeopardize other interstate agreements. Shoemaker said tax reciprocity is the cornerstone of about 20 agreements between the two states ranging from college tuition reciprocity to hunting and fishing licenses. The agreements could crumble if that cornerstone is removed, Shoemaker said. Minnesota Assistant Commissioner of Revenue John Haynes said the tho nniv nin bnauf anA urnulH nnt nlaced in the county jail or demands have chanced anv of his actions in the from civil libertarians that Playboy cuiuir.

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a damn. If I knew somebody committed tion. a crime, I did everything 1 could to get In brief Seminar looks at trends The lawsuit and Rogers' negative them. Credit taxes. Gov.Rudy Perpich has asked that residents who strongly favor a renters' the renters tax credit be eliminated.

Do credit. you strongly favor, somewhat favor, I An somewhat oppose or strongly oppose i. 3 Cj having a renters credit in Minnesota, or 1 doyou have no opinion on the mater? The boy was taken into custody at his Response Percent home flt hr A Strongly favor 27.7 22-caliber rifle allegedly used in the Somewhat favor 24.8 8hooting was confiscated: vlT 8 7 Authorities do not have a motive for they believe the boy was deliberately The poll wasronductedforthe Times shooti into fr ffi by College of St. Benedict Boaotyog aboutio feet away, Wippler said. analysis.

The resulte are based on tele- Countv Sherbume phone interviews with residents of the a- ti St. Cloud area who are 18 or older. JJ second time in the past two Those interviewed for the poll were weeks that an area youngster has been selected at random from both sets of jested for firing shote into traffic On white pages in the St. Cloud telephone 27 St Joseph police arrested an book. Those requiring long-distance 11-year-old St.

Joseph boy for allegedly calls from St. Cloud were eliminated nnn6 8Jjots, into traffic on Stearns The test will determine a list of eligible candidates for rural carrier and rural carrier associate positions at the St. Cloud Post Office for the next two years. Further information and application forms are available at the St. Cloud Post Office.

Fire destroys historic elevator in Dassel DASSEL Fire destroyed a historic corn elevator and the 3,000 bushels of seed corn it stored in Dassel Sunday morning. Fire was reported at 8:40 a.m. at the building, located next to the Dassel Farmer's Elevator. Firefighters were at the scene until about 5 p.m. Sunday, according to a spokesman for the Meeker County Sheriffs Department.

The building was gutted and the roof was burned off, but the walls are still standing, the spokesman said. A dollar estimate of the damage has not been determined. The 102-year-old building was listed on the National Register of Historic Seat belt penalty gets hearing in panel ST. PAUL (AP) Of the 24 states and the District of Columbia that have mandatory seat belt laws, Minnesota is the only one which has no bite in the law. But a bill introduced by state Sen.

Donald Frank, DFL-Spring Lake Park, that would put a $25 penalty provision into the seat belt law is set for its first hearing today in the Senate Judiciary Committee. His aim, he said, is to boost use of seat belts. "Every other state that has a law has a penalty," he said. Those penalties range from $5 to $50. Under the existing law, which Frank authored, drivers and front-seat passengers are required to wear seat belts along with anyone else in the vehicle under age 11.

However, failure to obey the law is subject only to a warning and that warning may not be recorded on anyone's driving record. Retired ambassador to speak on terrorism COLLEGEVTLLE Retired U.S. Ambassador Talcott Seeyle will speak on 'Terrorism in the Middle East" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Science Hall Auditorium at St. John's University.

Seeyle most recently was the U.S. ambassador to Syria from 1978 until 1981. He also was ambassador to Tunisia from 1972 until 1975; special presidential emissary to Lebanon in 1976; and senior deputy assistant for African affairs from 1976 until 1977. Seeyle's presentation is free and open to the public. Pastor to speak at SJU COLLEGEVILLE The Rev.

Ivan Havener, OSB, will give a presentation titled "An Inquiry into the and the Quest for the Historical Jesus" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in St. John's University Alumni Lounge, Quad 170. Havener is chairman of the St. John's theology department.

The talk is free and open to the public. in human services Summer and permanent employment opportunities, internships and hiring trends in the human services fields will be the focus of the annual Agency Day set for Wednesday at St. Cloud State University. Events will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

in the Atwood Ballroom in Atwood Memorial Center. Agency Day is designed for students, faculty, professionals and people interested in the fields of social work, psychology, gerontology, government, criminal justice, recreation and other human service areas. Representatives of more than 50 agencies will staff booths, answer questions and distribute information. Among the agencies represented will be the Boy and Girl Scouts of America, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the state of Minnesota, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Interior, and Woman House, a St.

Cloud shelter for battered women. Opening the events at 9 a.m. will be David Carr, assistant dean of St. Cloud State's College of Social Science. There is no admission charge.

For more information, contact Rich Murray, St. Cloud State's assistant director of career planning and placement. from the poll sample. U0JPiy a ln JosePn' Statistical analysis indicates that Two vehicles were struck by there is a 95 percent certainty that the ber rifle shots in that incident, and one poll was within 6.1 percentage points of driver was treated for facial cuts caused the true feeling among St. Cloud-area by flying glass.

Places. Community leaders had plans to refurbish it this summer, according to Karen Humphrey, a member of the Discover Dassel Committee. It was the last preserved crib-type elevator in Minnesota, she said. The fire is under investigation by the Dassel Police Department, the Meeker County Sheriffs Department and the state fire marshal. Officials are not saying whether arson is suspected, but Humphrey said the building had received minor damage when it had been set on fire in previous incidents.

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