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MN Governor Proposes Medical Research Endowment With Settlement Money
Date: 07 Jan 1999
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Abstract
A portion of Minnesota's $6.1 billion settlement with the tobacco industry should create a permanent endowment for medical research at the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura announced Wednesday. "I want this endowment to be used year after year after year," Ventura said during a state Chamber of Commerce dinner. However, Steve Sviggum, Republican Speaker of the House, wants the first installment returned to taxpayers.
Source: Ashley Grant, "Ventura Proposes Permanent Medical Research Endowment With Tobacco Money," MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE (on-line), January 6, 1999.