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To               some               he               was               Frank,               to               others               Fran,               but               Francis               R.

McGovern               (Francis               Raymond               Albert),               owner/editor               of               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American,               was               an               icon               when               it               came               to               old-time               fiery               newspaper               editors,               publishers               and               owners               who               believed               in               digging               behind               the               scenes               to               report               the               news               factually,               with               no               holds               barred.

His               drive               to               stop               wasteful               government               spending               and               over-taxation               never               ended.


               Even               more               important,               Francis               R.

McGovern               showed               me               how,               rather               than               being               objective,               most               newspapers               have               their               own               slant;               their               own               ideologies.

By               asking               specific               questions,               reporters               can               gear               their               articles               to               reflect               only               what               the               paper's               owner               wants               the               public               to               know,               and               only               one               side               of               an               issue.

(Read               later               about               Minneapolis'               Metrodome               costs               and               McGovern's               "MN               Taxpayer               PowerBloc.")               The               Minneapolis               Daily               American's               purpose               was               to               break               the               newspaper               monopoly               in               Minneapolis,               MN               and               give               "the               other               side               of               the               story,"               so               readers               could               learn               both               sides               of               important               issues,               and               thus               make               their               own               informed               decisions.
               Yet               as               I               write               this,               Fran               McGovern's               name               doesn't               pop               up               on               any               search               engines.

Like               many               others               who               influenced               the               lives               of               multitudes               besides               making               an               impact               on               taxpayers,               politicians               and               reporters,               Francis               McGovern,               best               known               for               his               newspaper,               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American,               died               before               computers               became               a               news               medium.

So               now               there               is               only               hard               copy               available               of               his               publications               and               his               history,               mostly               on               microfilm               and               in               a               student               term               paper               at               the               MN               Historical               Society.
               As               a               reporter               for               the               Mpls.

Daily               American               from               1973               to               McGovern's               death               in               1990,               I               intend               to               rectify               that.

This               historical/biographical               article               will               include               not               only               McGovern's               Mpls.Daily               American,               but               other               publications               that               relied               on               him,               such               as               Air               Scoop,               the               Minneapolis               Annals,               the               East               Minneapolis               Argus,               and               the               Minneapolis               Daily               Herald,               besides               some               people               featured               in               his               paper,               and               some               "name-dropping"               throughout.
               Perhaps               it's               Francis               R.

McGovern's               life               history               that               drove               him               to               start               the               Daily               American               and               persist               in               keeping               it               alive,               because               the               writing               bug               struck               him               at               an               early               age.

Born               in               Watertown,               Wisconsin,               he               originally               studied               to               become               a               foreign               missionary               during               high               school               and               college.

But               during               high               school               at               St.

Paul's               Mission               House               (now               known               as               Divine               Word               Seminary)               in               Epworth,               Iowa,               he               was               their               sports               editor,               and               before               graduating               from               Sacred               Heart               in               Girard,               Pennsylvania,               he               was               the               college's               news               editor.
               Because               his               father               died               when               he               was               eight               years               old,               McGovern               was               raised               by               his               mother               (Mary               Elizabeth               Weimer)               along               with               siblings               Hugh,               Robert,               Cletus               and               Gertrude.

During               the               depression,               McGovern's               odd               jobs               included               working               on               a               railroad               section               gang,               being               a               bus               boy,               fry               cook,               selling               Watkins               products               door-to-door,               and               selling               newspapers.
               World               War               II               and               Air               Scoop:               In               1943               Francis               R.

McGovern               signed               on               as               a               naval               air               cadet,               but               in               his               own               words,               he               "washed               out."               But               at               this               time               he               also               started               Air               Scoop,               a               Naval               Air               Force               paper.

I               recall               McGovern               telling               me               he               taught               himself               the               style               of               writing               for               newspapers,               honing               his               skills               by               meticulously               copying               other               newspaper               articles               longhand               onto               sheets               of               paper.
               For               the               rest               of               his               stint,               McGovern               served               as               a               deep-sea               diver               aboard               a               sea-going               rescue               tug.

(They               disarmed               mines               and               tugged               disabled               carriers               and               other               ships               to               safety.)               McGovern's               eldest               daughter,               Mary               Helen,               recalls               him               telling               her               that,               "this               little               wooden               tugboat               was               one               of               80               that               went               out,               and               only               five               returned.

At               one               time               during               an               ordered               blackout,               while               they               were               in               mined               waters,               a               school               of               dolphins               appeared               and               led               them               through               safely."               She               also               recalls               that,               "when               the               captain               learned               that               my               dad               could               cook,               he               made               him               head               cook               on               the               tugboat."
               Navy               Days               &               Meeting               Kaye:               When               McGovern               was               stationed               in               London,               he               had               an               internship               with               the               London               Times.

According               to               Bill               Hamm,               who               wrote               a               term               paper               in               1966               entitled               "Francis               McGovern               and               his               struggles               against               a               monopoly               press,"               McGovern               also               spent               much               time               "conversing               with               Lord               Beaverbrook,               publisher               of               the               Daily               Express,               the               world's               largest               newspaper."               Hamm               wrote               his               term               paper               for               Professor               Edwin               Emery's               History               of               Journalism               class               at               the               University               of               Minnesota.

The               MN               Historical               Society               in               St.

Paul               has               a               copy               on               file.

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               While               McGovern               was               on               leave,               he               went               to               a               USO               dance               in               Washington,               D.C.,               where               citizen               volunteers               were               teaching               military               personnel               how               to               dance.

McGovern               became               enamored               with               Kathryn,               the               young               woman               who               paired               with               him.

She               had               left               her               family's               farm               when               she               was               18,               and               moved               to               the               District               to               work               as               a               secretary               in               the               White               House.

Soon               the               two               were               inseparable.
               The               Annals               and               the               Argus:               Francis               McGovern               continued               serving               overseas,               while               Kathryn               (Kaye)               continued               working               in               D.C.,               but               they               corresponded               regularly,               and               he               proposed               to               her               by               mail.

After               he               returned               to               the               U.S.,               they               got               married               in               1945               in               Minneapolis,               MN,               and               that               same               year               he               published               and               edited               the               Minneapolis               Annals,               a               weekly               shopper               on               the               East               Side.
               In               1950,               McGovern               was               first               a               reporter,               then               was               promoted               to               editor               of               the               East               Minneapolis               Argus,               a               weekly               community               paper               owned               by               Emmet               Duemke.

At               the               same               time,               McGovern's               brother               Cletus,               who               worked               there               from               1950               to               1960,               worked               on               circulation               before               being               promoted               to               business               manager.

According               to               Bill               Hamm's               paper,               when               Francis               McGovern               began               at               the               Argus,               its               circulation               was               2,000.

When               he               resigned               in               1960,               not               only               had               circulation               risen               to               27,000               during               those               ten               years,               but               the               Argus               had               become               Minneapolis'               largest               weekly               newspaper.
               Afterwards,               during               1960               and               1962,               McGovern               published               13               Twin               City               neighborhood               shoppers               and               two               magazines.

He               also               wrote               freelance               articles,               for               the               Catholic               Bulletin               and               national               magazines,               on               two               topics               he               knew               first-hand:               newspapers,               and               how               to               raise               children.

During               this               time,               Fran               and               Kaye               also               ran               their               450-acre               riding               ranch,               Fort               Cody,               in               Big               Lake,               MN,               with               help               from               their               children.

(Their               nine               children,               beginning               with               their               eldest,               are               Francis               C.,               Mary               Helen,               Patrick,               Theresa,               Kathryn,               Michelle,               Debbie,               Angela               and               Michael.)               I               still               remember               Fran's               fond               memories               of               how,               when               they               had               the               ranch,               they               taught               handicapped               children               how               to               ride               horses.

And               McGovern's               daughter               Kathryn               says               that               charitable               groups               and               Catholic               nuns               and               priests               regularly               came               to               ride.
               Minneapolis               Daily               Herald:               All               along,               Francis               McGovern               had               yearned               to               have               his               own               paper               in               order               to               compete               with               Minneapolis'               only               daily               newspaper,               the               Minneapolis               Star               in               the               evening,               and               its               morning               companion               paper,               the               MinneapolisTribune               (they               merged               in               1982).

Newspapers               were               basically               the               only               way               to               get               the               news               in               those               days.

There               were               no               news               stations               like               CNN               on               TV,               radio               news               was               limited,               and               there               was               no               internet.

But               McGovern               was               financially               strapped.
               Then               on               April               12,               1962,               opportunity               arose               when               the               presses               for               the               two               papers               suddenly               came               to               a               screeching               halt.

According               to               Hamm's               term               paper,               "a               strike               was               called               by               the               fleet               driver's               union,               and               they               were               joined               on               the               picket               lines               by               members               of               the               mailers'               and               typography               union."               The               combined               circulation               of               both               papers               was               500,000               at               this               time,               he               wrote.
               On               April               27,               1962,               McGovern               presented               a               proposal               for               a               new               Minneapolis               paper               to               Mpls.

businessman               Maurice               McCaffrey.

Hamm               explained               that               not               only               was               McCaffrey               the               founder               and               director               of               a               local               ad               agency,               and               formerly               an               advertising               manager               for               the               Dayton's               department               store,               but               he               was               committee               head               of               many               civic               organizations.
               McCaffrey               agreed               to               back               the               new               paper,               whose               offices               would               be               in               the               Delmac               Building               on               4th               St.

and               East               Hennepin,               and               "...within               96               hours,               the               Minneapolis               Daily               Herald               was               rolling               off               the               presses               under               the               guidance               of               its               publisher,               McCaffrey,               and               its               editor,               McGovern,"               Hamm               wrote.

"Front               page               congratulations               appeared               in               the               first               issues               from               such               political               dignitaries               as               Mayor               Naftalin,               Congressman               Walter               H.

Judd               and               Congressman               Clark               MacGregor."
               The               Star               and               Tribune               strike               lasted               116               days.

Meanwhile,               Hamm               said               that               after               five               months,               the               Mpls.

Daily               Herald,               "...had               managed               to               achieve               a               peak               circulation               of               over               159,000.

Both               the               New               York               Herald               Tribune               and               the               London               Times               labeled               that               feat               'journalistic               genius'."               (McGovern's               eldest               son,               Francis               C.,               who               was               sports               editor,               also               worked               with               the               news               division               on               rewrites,               copy               editing,               headline               writing,               photo               assignment               and               layout.)
               "Nevertheless,               rather               than               fighting               the               newly               resumed               Star               and               Tribune,"               Hamm               said,               "publisher               McCaffrey               decided,               against               McGovern's               wishes,               to               close               up               shop;               the               combined               payroll               costs               of               the               Star               and               Tribune               amounted               to               over               $15,000,000               yearly,               a               figure               that               the               conservative               McCaffrey               did               not,               even               if               he               could,               want               to               compete               with."
               Mpls.

Daily               American:               McGovern's               daughter               Mary               Helen               recalled               that               when               the               Herald               was               shut               down,               "My               father               cried.

But               he               became               determined               never               again               to               be               anything               but               the               full               owner               of               his               own               paper."               As               a               result,               McGovern               again               sold               articles               to               national               magazines,               besides               publishing               travel               guides               and               "shoppers"               for               Minneapolis               and               St.

Paul,               but               now               his               focus               was               on               organizing               what               he               would               eventually               call-The               Minneapolis               Daily               American.

The               Star               and               the               Tribune               monopoly,               which               had               reigned               since               the               1940's,               would               be               broken.

Minneapolis               would               no               longer               be               a               one-newspaper               town.
               According               to               Bill               Hamm,               "In               November               of               1964,               McGovern               began               to               make               over               200               speeches               in               a               six-month               span               in               an               attempt               to               sell               charter               subscriptions               as               a               means               of               capitalizing               his               proposed"               newspaper.

The               subscriptions               were               to               be               paid               in               advance               of               publication.

Although               McGovern               raised               extremely               less               than               his               desired               goal,               his               dream               became               a               reality.

According               to               his               notes               and               the               MN               Historical               Society's               library               catalog               records,               he               put               out               four               "preview               issues"               of               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American               in               1964;               during               May,               June               and               July.

The               first               issue               was               on               April               30,               with               the               last               on               July               18.
               By               January               of               1965,               McGovern               had               acquired               printing               equipment               and               installed               it               at               the               old               Emrich               Bakery               Building               at               26th               and               Bloomington               Ave.

On               Jan.

12,               the               Daily               American               resumed               daily               publication               with               a               24-page               format,               and               was               hailed               with               acclaim.

Hamm               wrote               that               McGovern               received               "letters               of               'well-wishes'               from               such               men               as               Wheelock               Whitney               and               J.

Edgar               Hoover."               Publications               such               as               "Editor               &               Publisher               and               Ad               Age               featured               in               their               pages               the               Daily               American's               climb               to               reality."
               Unfortunately,               Minnesota               suffered               a               record-breaking               harsh               winter               in               1965,               and               on               April               19               the               paper               was               again               forced               to               cease               publication.

Hamm               wrote,               "Out               of               700               carriers               recruited               to               deliver               the               Daily               American,               only               70               showed               up               on               the               first               day;               the               temperature               that               day               was               -17               below               zero.

The               Daily               American               had               over               27,000               subscribers               at               its               onset,               but               the               distribution               problem               reduced               that               number               to               12,000               by               the               time               the               paper               was               suspended."
               The               McGovern               children               will               never               forget               how               their               newsstands               were               knocked               over,               the               papers               yanked               out               and               strewn               along               the               streets,               all               in               the               name               of               competition.

Daughter               Mary               Helen               recalls,               "The               six               unions               bled               us               dry,               and               the               theft               from               and               desecration               of               the               corner               newspaper               boxes..."
               Furthermore,               Francis               McGovern               was               a               man               of               principles,               who               refused               to               cater               to               causes               he               didn't               believe               in,               and               he               forthrightly               reported               the               news.

According               to               daughter               Kathryn,               who               was               quoted               in               his               obituary               in               the               Dec.

26,               1990               issue               of               the               Mpls.

Star               Tribune,               "He               ran               into               many               problems-a               monopoly               press,               union               contracts,               newsstands               being               ripped               off,               the               worst               weather               in               the               state               in               years.

But               what               really               killed               the               newspaper               was               a               story               he               ran               about               money               passing               hands               between               liquor               lobbyists               and               manufacturers.

After               that,               he               kissed               all               of               his               liquor               ads               goodbye."
               McGovern               went               back               to               making               speeches               and               sending               out               letters.

When               publication               resumed               on               Jan.

1,               1966,               it               was               as               a               four-page               newsletter,               until               he               could               raise               enough               capital               to               return               his               paper               to               its               24-page               format.

In               April               of               1967,               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American               was               again               full-sized.

This               time,               according               to               Hamm,               "the               first               four               successive               issues               sold               24,000,               32,000,               40,000               and               76,000               issues               respectively."
               But               McGovern's               obstacles               remained               as               tenacious               as               he               was               to               overcome               them.

He               originally               had               a               three-year               lease               at               the               Emrich               Building,               and               was               actually               able               to               stay               there               for               six               years,               but               then               he               was               forced               to               leave,               and               that               was               disastrous.

At               this               time               the               Daily               American               still               had               everything               necessary               for               their               major               press               operation,               including               their               Linotype               press,               other               machines,               and               tables               for               laying               out               the               page               plates.

McGovern               had               to               abandon               his               big               printing               equipment.

It               would               have               cost               nearly               $20,000               to               move               it,               and               he               couldn't               raise               the               money.

Therefore,               in               1971,               the               Daily               American's               offices               moved               to               2909               Nicollet               Ave.,               where               the               paper               was               run               off               on               a               Gestetner               mimeograph               machine               during               various               periods               of               time.
               When               I               was               hired               on               as               a               reporter               in               February               of               1973               and               joined               the               other               staff               members,               the               paper               contained               24               pages,               was               being               published               weekly,               and               cost               50               cents               a               copy.

Running               it               was               still               a               concerted               family               effort,               with               Fran               and               Kaye               at               the               helm.

Kaye               still               primarily               handled               the               bookkeeping               and               circulation,               while               other               family               members               lent               their               own               particular               capabilities.
               Besides               still               being               News               Editor/Managing               Editor,               daughter               Mary               Helen               had               a               column               called               "Minnesota               Heartbeat,"               which               Fran               described               as,               "a               column               that               is               supposed               to               catch               the               feelings               and               emotions               of               people               in               this               state."               On               the               opposing               end,               there               were               McGovern's               probing               editorials,               later               called               "Editor's               Scratchpad."
               Staffer               Cheryl               Baker,               who               filled               various               capacities               at               the               paper,               also               wrote               a               chatty               yet               insightful               column               called               "Letter               to:               Cheryl."               Subscribers               often               called               her               "the               blond               bombshell."               She               and               McGovern               used               to               intrigue               me               with               stories               about               how,               in               the               "old               days,"               members               of               the               Hell's               Angels               would               drop               by               the               office,               plop               into               our               chairs,               prop               their               legs               up               our               desks               and               chat               with               them.

Despite               the               outfit's               notoriousness,               they               had               quite               an               amicable               relationship               with               Fran.
               Then               there               was               the               "Night               Prowl"               column               by               the               ever-elusive               Patrick               Cunaard,               who               cruised               the               back               streets               at               night               and               insightfully               reported               both               the               gritty               and               heart-rendering               night               life               that               most               of               us               never               see.
               We               also               ran               a               column,               "Inside               Pro               Wrestling,"               by               a               young               wrestling               reporter               named               Mick               Karch,               who               went               on               to               become               an               AWA               Announcer.

After               1992               ,               Karch               hosted               the               cable               access               show,               "Slick               Mick's               Bodyslam               Revue,"               for               about               seven               years,               and               he               has               been               known               as               "The               Voice               of               Minnesota               Wrestling"               since               1988.

I               still               have               a               copy               of               the               issue               sporting               a               picture               of               Mick               Karch               shaking               hands               with               Nick               Bockwinkel               in               1973,               when               Mick               was               president               of               "The               Bockwinkel               Brigade"               fan               club.
               In               each               issue,               there               also               were               hard-hitting               "Letters               to               the               Editor"               from               our               subscribers,               advertising,               news               and               human               interest               articles,               and               then               the               grit.

For               instance,               when               attacks               were               made               against               public               officials,               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American               quickly               investigated               and               uncovered               the               truth.
               As               an               example,               the               Sept.

14,               '73               issue               of               the               Daily               American               reported               how               mayoral               candidate               Gladys               Brooks,               as               a               means               of               getting               elected,               was               challenging               then-Mayor               Charles               Stenvig's               bid               for               re-election               by               criticizing               his               handling               of               the               Mpls.

Police               Department.

Calling               the               department               inefficient,               she               basically               accused               Stenvig               of               letting               it               fall               apart.

In               rebuttal,               Stenvig               clarified               her               accusation               by               pointing               out               that,               "The               FBI               report               on               the               seven               major               crime               areas               show               we               are               3               to               1               better               than               the               national               average               this               year."
               When               Brooks               charged               that               the               public               needed               more               visibility               of               police               on               the               street,               Stenvig               again               set               the               record               straight:               "The               previous               administration               took               foot               officers               off               their               beats               before               I               came               in.

We               put               them               back               into               the               loop               area;               we               added               the               canine               corps.

Mrs.

Brooks               sat               on               the               Ways               and               Means               Committee...that               refused               to               give               us               more               manpower.

She               was               in               a               position               to               help               the               police               force,               and               she               didn't."
               The               article,               an               exclusive               to               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American,               ran               a               small               notation               at               the               end:               "When               Mrs.

Brooks               made               her               charges,               the               Star-Trib               said               the               Mayor               was               unavailable               to               comment.

However,               the               Daily               American               experienced               no               problem               in               reaching               the               Mayor."
               Francis               McGovern               was               a               staid               proponent               for               free               enterprise,               as               shown               in               an               Oct.

5,               '74               article               concerning               George               Holter,               owner               of               the               Richfield               Bus               Co.

Because               Holter               had               refused               to               comply               with               a               Metropolitan               Transit               Commission               (MTC)               ruling               that               his               company               could               not               raise               its               bus               fares,               Henn.

Co.

Dist.

Court               Judge               Donald               Barbeau               had               ruled               that               Holter's               company               was               in               contempt               of               court.

Holter               felt               the               authority               to               regulate               such               matters               as               bus               fares               should               revert               back               to               the               Public               Service               Commission,               to               give               independent               owners               like               him               "a               fairer               shake."               Holter's               response               was,               "I               don't               think               a               competitor               should               have               the               right               to               tell               me               how               to               operate.

Where               do               they               (the               MTC)               need               justification               for               such               a               small               fare               increase               (between               12               ½               cents               and               30               cents)?"               According               to               Holter,               the               MTC               had               already               reached               the               point               where               their               taxes               were               higher               than               his               fares.
               "I               could               have               raised               my               fares               years               ago,               before               the               MTC               came               into               power,               but               I               didn't               because               the               government               said               that               private               enterprise               had               to               help               fight               inflation.

We're               guilty               of               saving               the               taxpayers               money.

And               the               MTC               will               still               have               to               raise               its               fares,               even               if               they               are               subsidized,               if               costs               continue               to               go               up.
               "The               MTC               is               saying               they               want               to               take               us               over,"               Holter               added.

"But               I               can               guarantee,               if               they               took               over,               they               might               put               on               more               buses,               but               they               wouldn't               be               nearly               as               dependable               as               we               are.

And               that's               what               people               want,               dependability."               The               Richfield               Bus               Co.

is               still               alive               and               living               up               to               its               dependability.

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               Francis               McGovern's               features               also               covered               the               lives               of               many               prominent               Minnesotans.

In               an               article               about               Bernard               Casserly,               former               reward-winning               editor               of               the               renowned               Catholic               Bulletin,               the               Daily               American's               June               29,               '73               issue               explains               how,               since               grade               school,               Casserly's               life               ambition               had               been               to               become               a               reporter.

After               graduating               from               the               U               of               M               in               1939,               he               spent               five               years               as               a               merchant               marine.

In               1947               he               became               a               reporter               for               the               Mpls.

Star,               moved               on               to               other               newspapers,               and               then               worked               his               way               up               from               a               reporter               at               the               Catholic               Bulletin.

Twelve               years               later,               he               became               their               editor.

Now               known               as               the               Catholic               Spirit,               there's               an               online               obituary               about               Casserly,               who               died               Sept.

18,               2008.


               http://thecatholicspirit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=473&Itemid=27
               As               for               human               interest,               the               Mpls.Daily               American               ran               articles               on               many               "average"               local               folks               who               were               just               starting               their               mission               in               life,               and               have               since               "made               it."               For               example:               Back               in               Feb.

of               '73,               we               ran               a               spread               on               6-year-old               Jeff               Lee,               who               idolized               Mark               Spitz.

Jeff's               story               begins               when               he               was               two,               flapping               his               arms               in               the               family's               pool,               determined               to               tread               water               like               everyone               else.

By               the               time               he               was               4,               he               had               developed               his               own               overhand               stroke.

Admiring               the               success               not               only               of               Spitz,               but               of               his               sisters,               who               swam               competitively               with               the               Tonka               Swim               Club,               self-taught               Jeff               joined               the               club               when               he               was               six               so               he               could               compete,               too.
               Shortly               thereafter,               a               swimathon               was               held               so               club               members               could               raise               money               to               attend               a               meet               in               Indiana.

The               number               of               laps               allowed               was               limited               to               200,               but               6-year-old               Jeff               blew               it.

Instead,               he               swam               3               miles,               or               265               laps               of               the               pool-65               additional               laps-in               2               hours.
               After               that,               Jeff               swam               competitively               for               17               years.

He               was               1984's               Minnesota               Swimmer               of               the               Year,               a               5-time               All-American,               State               Record               holder               and               held               every               record               at               Richfield               High               when               he               graduated,               besides               winning               titles               from               the               U               of               Wisconsin-Madison.

In               1987               he               qualified               for               the               USA               Olympic               Trials,               and               then               coached               competitive               swimming               for               high               schools               such               as               Richfield               High,               Mpls.

Southwest               High               (where               he               was               voted               Section               5AA               Coach               of               the               Year)               and               Bloomington               Jefferson.
               In               1998               he               became               head               coach               for               the               Barracuda               Aquatics               Club,               a               USA               Swimming               Club               that               trains               and               prepares               beginning               competitive               swimmers               to               national               qualifiers               for               competition.

In               2007               he               became               president               and               head               coach               of               the               club,               where               he               now               devotes               his               time.

http://www.offtheblocks.org/barracuda
               Charlie               Wiederholt,               22,               from               Miesville,               MN,               had               already               won               various               medals               in               bronco               riding               when               the               Daily               American               ran               an               article               on               him               in               1973.

Because               his               father               had               recently               passed               away,               he               stopped               riding               to               help               take               over               the               family's               restaurant.

Now               Charlie               not               only               is               a               heavily-medaled               circuit               rodeo               champion,               but               he               still               owns               Wiederholt's               Supper               Club,               in               Hastings.

http://www.equestrianmag.com/news/charlie-wiederholt-swrha-non-pro-10-08.html
               That               same               year,               Fran               McGovern               also               ran               a               feature               on               young               Minneapolitan               Harold               Berglund,               who               had               quit               his               job               in               the               U               of               M               Wilson               Library's               circulation               department               to               become               an               artist,               particularly               to               work               on               the               surrealistic               tradition.

Berglund               now               lives               in               Sweden               and               is               a               highly-accomplished               painter,               mostly               working               on               still-lifes.

His               website               is               at               http://www.hberglund.com
               Wasteful               Spending:               Examples               of               Francis               McGovern's               articles               on               wasteful               spending               included:               "Local               freeway               ramp               built               16               years               ago               at               cost               of               $185,000               never               opened               to               traffic;               rebuilt               at               cost               of               $480,000,"               and               "$151,000               of               taxpayers'               money               used               to               build               fence               around               private               junkyard."
               Finding               enough               space               with               affordable               rent               continued               to               challenge               McGovern               throughout               the               years.

After               2               ½               years,               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American               again               had               to               move,               this               time               because               McGovern's               rent               had               been               raised               for               the               third               time               during               their               short               stay,               combined               with               a               lack               of               air               conditioning               and               vandalism.
               Over               time,               the               now-adult               McGovern               children               left               the               paper               to               pursue               their               own               quests.

Since               my               specialty               was               writing               human               interest               articles,               when               daughter               Mary               Helen               left               in               1974,               I               took               over               her               "Minnesota               Heartbeat"               column,               too.

Eventually,               Cheryl               Baker               also               left.

We               were               then               at               1513               E.

Lake               St.
               Soon               the               grown               children               of               original               subscribers               were               subscribing               on               their               own.

Members               of               the               Armed               Forces,               such               as               Kevin               Goplin,               even               subscribed               while               serving               overseas.

After               Kevin               returned,               he               eventually               became               our               printer               and               mailer.
               NEWSLETTER               format:               In               Oct.

of               1980,               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American               switched               to               a               4-page               newsletter               format               published               five               days               a               week.

Francis               R.

McGovern               was               now               60-years-old.
               METRODOME               STADIUM               (RealCost):               The               MN               Vikings               and               MN               Twins               originally               played               outdoors               at               the               Metropolitan               Stadium               in               Bloomington.

In               1979,               when               proposals               were               underway               to               build               a               new,               indoor               domed               stadium               in               downtown               Minneapolis,               Francis               McGovern               began               warning               taxpayers               that               the               cost               to               build               it               would               soar               well               over               $100               million,               rather               than               the               $55               million               authorized               by               the               legislature.
               To               prove               this,               McGovern               kept               a               tally               using               two               sets               of               books:               the               one               publicized               by               the               media,               besides               another               one               he               kept               that               delineated               additional               expenses               accrued               in               building               the               stadium               that               weren't               factored               in               as               part               of               the               stadium's               cost.
               "No               one               has               admitted               that               the               cost               of               installing               electricity,               phones,               plumbing,               etc.

will               be               borne               by               the               taxpayers,"               McGovern               wrote.

"And               the               cost               of               additional               traffic               control               downtown               will               also               come               out               of               the               taxpayers'               pockets."               He               added               that,               "Everybody's               forgotten,               but               the               taxpayers               gave               away               500               acres               on               a               land               deal               for               the               stadium,               and               they'll               pay               to               build               a               new               juvenile               detention               center               to               replace               the               one               which               now               sits               on               the               stadium               site."
               McGovern's               forecast               proved               true.

As               of               April               21,               1981,               the               "Official               Book"               released               to               the               public               (covered               by               city               bonds)               totaled               $55,400,000.

Meanwhile,               McGovern's               Second               Book,               the               "real"               tally               in               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American               showed,               for               example:               an               additional               $16,400,000               paid               by               Mpls.

property               taxes               for               the               Center               Village               Ramp               (from               Mpls.

property               taxes);               $491,000               for               sewers               and               water               (from               Mpls.

taxpayers);               and               $12,100,000               for               the               Gateway               Ramp,               Bus               Terminal               and               Skyways               (from               taxpayers               and               federal               grants).

Also,               part               of               a               7-county               area               liquor               tax               and               Mpls.

liquor               and               hotel/motel               tax               went               to               cover               $8,601,072               for               the               Debt               Service               Fund.
               "They               never               mention               that               the               land               on               which               the               dome               sits               would               be               collecting               $25               million               a               year               if               free-enterprisers               were               operating               in               the               misnamed               area-Industrial               Square,"               Fran               McGovern               wrote               in               Dec.

'83.

"They               tore               down               the               juvenile               detention               center.

Now               you're               spending               $17               million               to               build               another               one.

Yet               that's               part               of               the               cost               of               the               stadium."               McGovern's               book               showed               $16,300,000               for               the               Juvenile               Center               ($12               million               from               businessmen,               $6               million               from               Mpls.

taxpayers,               and               $8.2               million               from               County               taxpayers).
               Construction               of               the               Metrodome               began               in               Dec.

1979               and               it               was               completed               in               April               1982.

According               to               the               Daily               American's               accounting,               the               final               cost               came               to               $166               million-not               $55               million,               as               reported               by               the               major               media.
               CHILDREN               in               the               WORKPLACE:               The               McGoverns               believed               in               children               being               raised               by               their               parents               during               their               formative               years.

In               addition               to               theirs               growing               up               at               the               Daily               American,               staffer               Cheryl               Baker's               delightful               daughter,               Shamara               Baker,               grew               up               there.

And               seven               years               after               I               was               hired,               my               husband               Mark               and               I               had               our               daughter,               Shira               Ariel               Levenson,               who               grew               up               there,               too.

At               first,               Shira               relaxed               on               various               staff-members'               desks               in               her               infant               seat               and               jabbered               with               them.

Fran               and               Kaye               helped               change               her               diapers,               and               Kaye               encouraged               me               to               drape               a               blanket               over               one               shoulder               and               discretely               nurse               Shira               so               I               could               stay               in               the               office               area               instead               of               going               into               an               empty               room.
               As               a               toddler,               Shira               sat               on               Fran               McGovern's               knee,               learning               to               spell               short               words               besides               beginning               addition.

Once               she               could               walk,               she               became               our               "copy               girl."               Subscribers               called               her               "the               office               baby,"               and               just               before               turning               three,               she               began               opening               our               MN               Taxpayer               PowerBloc               conventions               (covered               below).
               Occasionally               Fran               and               Kaye               left               work               early               and               brought               Shira               home               with               them               so               I               could               stay               and               work.

Shira               already               loved               musicals               and               plays               from               watching               them               with               Mark               and               me,               but               the               McGoverns               sealed               her               love               for               the               theater.

At               their               house,               the               three               often               made               up               little               plays               and               performed               them               until               I               picked               her               up.

Now               she's               an               actress,               but               like               most               creative               people,               still               has               her               day               job.
               When               Shira               was               9,               she               had               her               own               column               in               the               Daily               American,               called               "Shira's               Scratchpad."               Subscriber               Robert               Stein,               a               cartoonist,               did               an               illustrated               rendition               of               one               of               her               "stories"               so               she               could               see               it               in               comic               form.

It               was               printed               in               the               Dec.

13,               1989               issue,               and               Mark               and               I               still               have               a               framed               copy               hanging               on               our               wall               at               home.
               The               MINNESOTA               TAXPAYER               POWERBLOC               (a               revolt               against               MN's               tax/spend               politicians):               In               Sept.

of               1983,               Francis               R.

McGovern               founded               the               non-partisan               "MN               Taxpayer               PowerBloc"               as               a               Mpls.

Daily               American               promotion,               in               anticipation               of               the               Nov.

'84               elections               to               the               MN               House               of               Representatives.

Because               Minnesota               was               among               the               highest-taxed               states               in               the               U.S.,               the               purpose               of               the               PowerBloc               was               to               enlighten               taxpayers               as               to               why               and               how               they               could               vote               only               for               State               Representatives               who               vowed               to               "cut               back               and               maintain               Minnesotans'               taxes               at               the               per               capita               average               of               all               50               states,"               which               included               "meat-axing"               reckless               spending               to               the               same               extent.
               To               achieve               this               goal,               McGovern               held               monthly               PowerBloc               Conventions,               urging               everyone               throughout               the               state               to               attend:               DFL'ers               and               Independent               Republicans,               subscribers               and               non-subscribers;               even               House               candidates               and               those               up               for               re-election.

Guest               speakers               showed               taxpayers               that,               to               quote               McGovern,               "they               have               the               power               to               control               their               own               income               and               paychecks,               rather               than               to               leave               the               control               in               the               hands               of               arrogant               politicians               who               have               achieved               and               maintain               power               by               confiscation               of               taxes               to               pass               around               and               buy               their               constituencies."
               Congressmen               such               as               Vin               Weber,               Representatives               including               Dennis               Schulstad               (Minority               Leader),               David               Jennings,               Cal               Ludeman,               Don               Valento               ,               and               Gaylin               Den               Ouden,               and               Senators               such               as               Charlie               Berg,               Don               Storm               and               Pat               Kronebusch               lent               their               advice               and               support.
               Back               in               the               80's,               local               precinct               caucuses               were               held               in               March.

Prior               to               the               '84               elections,               McGovern               also               urged               everyone               to               attend               their               caucuses               so               they               could               introduce               and               urge               others               to               vote               for               a               PowerBloc               Resolution,               and               become               a               delegate               or               elect               delegates               who               would               support               it.
               To               reach               more               taxpayers,               Fran               McGovern               entailed               a               "pyramid               affect,"               urging               everyone               who               attended               his               conventions               to               bring               2               or               more               people               unacquainted               with               the               PowerBloc               with               them,               and               in               turn               urging               those               people               to               bring               2               or               more               newcomers               to               the               next               convention,               etc.

The               scheme               worked.
               After               200               people               attended               his               initial               convention               in               Sept.

of               '83,               600               gathered               at               his               Oct.

convention               at               the               River               Palace.

One               thousand               taxpayers               braved               a               sleeting               blizzard               to               go               to               the               Prom               Ballroom               in               Nov.,               '83,               and               the               audience               reached               over               2,000               at               the               Leamington               Hotel               in               Jan.

'84.

As               the               crowds               kept               growing,               they               later               packed               into               the               Northrop               and               Mpls.

Auditoriums,               even               coming               from               nearby               states.
               Francis               McGovern's               PowerBloc               Conventions               were               dynamic.

Initially,               audiences               were               entertained               by               the               Dick               Macko               Orchestra.

My               daughter               Shira               became               part               of               the               opening               ceremonies               just               before               her               third               birthday.

McGovern               introduced               her               as               "Shira               Levenson,               the               youngest               member               of               the               PowerBloc               movement."               Standing               on               a               chair               onstage,               she               would               rap               a               gavel               on               the               lectern               for               attention               before               saying,               "Everybody               please               stand               up."               Then               Richfield's               Fred               Babcock               VFWPost               color               guard               would               file               in               and               present               their               flags.

Once               they               were               assembled,               Shira               announced,               "We               will               now               recite               the               Pledge               of               Allegiance,"               and               she               led               everyone               in               the               Pledge.

McGovern               chose               Rep.

Kenneth               ("K.J.")               McDonald,               who               put               his               heart               into               promoting               the               PowerBloc               and               its               ideals,               to               be               chairman               and               moderator               of               the               conventions.
               Speakers               were               tax               victims,               experts               and               legislators               who               gave               cutting-edge               testimony               on               the               misuse               and               abuse               of               taxpayer               money               in               Minnesota,               showing               how               taxpayers               could               empower               themselves               to               stop               it.

For               example,               Dr.

Ken               Snell,               who               was               leading               a               recall               tax               revolt               in               Michigan,               spoke               at               the               Feb.

'84               convention.

In               April               '84,               Jack               Ardoyno's               topic               was               "A               Better               Education               for               Less               Money,"               while               Sen.

Marion               "Mike"               Menning               explained               his               "Turn               it               Around               180               Degrees"               drive,               and               Rep.

McDonald               spoke               on               "Accentuate               the               Positive."
               James               Davidson,               founder               &               chairman               of               the               National               Taxpayers               Union,               spoke               on               "The               Taxing               Tragedy"               at               McGovern's               May               '84               convention,               while               MN               Representatives               James               Heap,               Ray               Welker,               and               K.J.

McDonald,               along               with               editor               Don               Larson,               from               Don               Larson's               Business               Newsletter,               covered               "A               Billion               and               a               Half               Spending               Spree."               The               evening               concluded               with               various               legislators               signing               a               PowerBloc               Declaration,               in               which               they               vowed               to               uphold               the               PowerBloc's               intent.
               Allan               Brownfield,               who               was               the               associate               editor               of               the               AIM               Report,               published               by               Washington,               D.C.-based               Accuracy               in               Media,               also               spoke               at               one               of               McGovern's               conventions.

(AIM               is               a               non-profit,               grassroots               citizens               watchdog               group               that               monitors               the               U.S.

media               for               fairness,               balance               and               accuracy               in               U.S.

news               reporting.)
               Meanwhile,               outlying               cities               such               as               St.

Cloud,               Bertha               and               Ham               Lake               held               their               own               PowerBloc               meetings.

"People               who               were               apathetic               about               politics;               taxpayers               who               had               never               voted               before...we               brought               them               into               the               political               process,"               McGovern               noted.
               INSIDE               SECRETS:               Francis               McGovern               swore               that               no               employees,               his               family               included,               worked               as               long               and               hard,               and               for               as               little               pay,               as               his               own.

(He               himself               worked               16-20               hours               a               day               putting               out               the               paper.)               Obviously,               as               our               mentor,               he               was               helping               us               advance               in               our               careers,               but               the               work               was               self-fulfilling.

Also,               we               stayed               because               we               admired               Fran               and               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American.
               Every               cent               possible               was               used               to               keep               the               paper               alive,               and               staunch               subscribers               often               contributed.

Meanwhile,               Francis               McGovern's               principles               ruled.

He               couldn't               afford               to               repair               his               house's               exterior               when               his               neighbors               complained,               yet               later               in               life               he               refused               to               draw               out               Social               Security,               insisting               the               money               should               be               there               for               those               who               truly               needed               it.

When               a               prominent               birth               control               organization               approached               him,               he               refused               to               run               their               ads               because               he               was               pro-life.
               Despite               our               different               religions,               my               daughter               Shira               often               joined               the               McGovern               clan               to               celebrate               Christmas               and               Easter               at               Fran's               house.

She               never               made               it               on               Christmas               Day               in               1990.

Fran               McGovern               died               on               Christmas               Eve.
               Minnesota               Citizens               Concerned               for               Life               (MCCL)               brought               a               large               wreath               to               McGovern's               funeral               service.

An               attached               note               said               they               had               lost               a               dear               friend.
               Francis               R.

McGovern               always               vowed               that               he               would               die               before               he               quit,               and               he               kept               that               promise.

The               last               issue               of               the               Minneapolis               Daily               American,               dated               Dec.

28,               1990,               was               compiled               and               published               by               his               son               Francis               C.

I               did               the               typesetting,               and               Kevin               Goplin               printed               it.

The               front               page               headline               read:
               PUBLICATION               CEASES               WITH               THIS               ISSUE               
               The               Voice               is               Stilled
               In               Memoriam               
               Francis               R.

McGovern:               Jan.

11,               1920-Dec.

25,1990               
               Kathryn               McGovern:               1922-May               25,               2004               
               Cletus               McGovern:               1923-Aug.

21,               2008               
               Mary               Elizabeth               McGovern:               1889-1973               
               Cheryl               Baker:               1945-Aug.

10,               1982
               Feel               free               to               add               your               memories               or               comments               in               the               comment               area               at               the               very               bottom               of               the               pages,               and               please               forward               this               article               to               anyone               you               know               who               might               be               interested.






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