Carl Mario D'Aquila (August 1, 1924 – September 9, 2005) was an American politician. journalist, and advertising agent. D'Aquila was born in

Hibbing, Minnesota Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At th ...

and graduated from

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in 1946. He went to

Hibbing Community College Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At th ...

and to

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. D'Aquila served as an overseas civilian expediter for the

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during

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. He was involved with the advertising and newspaper businesses and was a radio commentor. D'Aquila served in the

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from 1947 to 1950. In 1962, D'Aquila lost the

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nomination for the office of

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. He served on the Minnesota Metropolitan Airports Commission from 1996 to 2004. D'Aquila died from

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at his home in

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. The funeral and burial was in Hibbing, Minnesota.'Iron Range legislator Carl M. D'Aquila dies at 81 (obituary),' Minneapolis Star Tribune )Minnesota), Ben Cohen, September 14, 2005, pg. B8

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