Janet H. Clark Entzel (born June 13, 1941) was an American politician. Clark was born in

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and graduated from

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in Burley, Idaho. She graduated from Westminster College, in

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with a bachelor's degree in education and music. Clark went to

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for graduate work. Clark moved to

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in 1963. Clark was a teacher and owned a daycare center for children. She also worked for the Minnesota Education Council and the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Clark served in the

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from 1975 to 1984 and was a

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. Janet Clark Entzel has written a novel "Aka McGuire" about the criminal mind. She lived with her husband in

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.RMA Publicity-Novel by Retired Minnesota Legislator Explores the Criminal Mind
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