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775 blizzard state's top news for year By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Stenvig's upset victory over incumbent Two deadly and destructive blasts of Democrat Al Hofstedc in the Minneapolis weather -- the "Super Bowl", blizzard and mayoral race was a huge surprise to most the Red River Valley rainstrom -- have everyone, including Hofstede. Stenvig. the been selected as Minnesota's top news police officer who ran as an independent, stories of 11*75 by The Associated Press. returns to the office he held for iwo terms. The vote by the news cooperative's 3M's legal troubles over political newspaper and broadcast members in contributions continued in 1975. The.firm Minnesota, gives the top spot to the winter and two former officers were handed blizzard and second place to the summer charges for failing to pay federal.income storm. ' taxes on the money illegally contributed to Rounding out the top 10. in order, were politicians. the Reserve Mining Co. environmental Residents of Fertile were evacuated as tnal: Sen. Hubert Humphrey's ascent as a railroad workers cleaned up derailed tank presidential contender; violence cars carrying highly combustible propane. Stillwater Prison; teacher strikes; No one was hurt, but a lot of residents were Charles Stenvig's return as Minneapolis scared. mayor; the 3M Co.'s illegal political The state GOP decided at its convention contributions; the derailed prnpane that the name "Independent-Republicans" tankers in Fertile, and (he Republican might attract more voters, so it adopted party's name change. that new name. Leading the list, though, was the Close behind the top 10 stories were a blizzard that hammered the state from handful'of others that attracted a lot of Jan, 10 to 12. Dubbed the "Super Bowl" votes. They included the earthquake that blizzard, since it occurred while the rattled dishes across central Minnesota; Vikings were meeting Pittsburgh in the the visit of Norway's King Olav; passage football extravanganza at New Orleans, of the handgun registration bill and its the winter storm paralyzed thestoie. enforcement; discovery of high levels of Upwards of a dozen deaths were blamed, fish taken from Like Pepin and directly or indirectly, on the blizzard. l.i Mississippi River; Buhl's fiscal Hundreds of travelers were stranded, and problems that almost meant a winter cattle were buried in drifts so deep that without coal to heat its homes and some carcasses weren't found until the businesses; the canning lid shortage, spring thaw. solved partially by a distribution plan Not so deadly but even more damaging centered in Minneapolis, and the Internal was the rainstorm that deluged Revenue Service's decision not to allow northwestern Minnesota over the Fourth Humphrey to use his vice presidential of July holiday. Fertile farm land was papers as o tax write-off. . covered by more than a foot of water, and crops were ruint d. Losses were estimated in excess of $100 million in Minnesota done, and were even worse in North Dakota. The Reserve case named top story of 1974 in Minnesota was in the news most of { this year again as U.S. District Judge Miles Lord ordered the Silver Bay firm to shut down rather than continue dumping tacomtc tailings into Lake Superior. Lord was overruled by an appeals court, WORTHINGTON, MINN. GL03E however, and as the year ended the P. 2G.3UO appeals court was ^deciding whether to allow Lurd to continue on the case. Humphrey, vowing all the way he wouldn't enter any presidential primaries I JAN 2 1976 $** but would accept a draft by the Demotrutic National Convention, picked . up considerable support as the new year approached. Humphrey apparently will be in (he middle of his party's election of a presidential candidate. Outbreaks of violence at Stillwater Prison, including the stabbing death of one . inmate during a fight and the strangling of another who allegedly was an informant, prompted a legislative investigation that is continuing. _ ' MONS 032977 The teacher strikes came in a flurry in December. Walkouts occurred at Winona, Roseau. Howard Lake-Waveriy, Luverne