1968 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

Hail to St. Paul with events of a special kind!
Salutations and greetings to those of curious minds!
With the holiday season the old year dies.
At Carnival time the new year arrives.

Come hunt a treasure and enter the race.
The cities alone will disclose the place.
Try going in orbit not snowmobile traction.
Any method of travel is part of the action.

With shops, school homes and church creeds,
The site suggests order supplying man's needs.
There's beauty of landscape with sparkle of snow.
Find a hidden medallion excitement will glow.

There is a machine used to hoist and to raise;
In operation a clue to our mystery phase.
The material used is in form of freight.
Particles hard, collectively adding much weight.

Working occupants in a blend of black and white.
Skills of hand and mind to gratify the sight.
A process of print a science of design.
Plans of construction and creative services align.

Cathedral bank and Capitol in the distance seen.
Symbols of stability toward better values lean.
A curb on affluent society is advised by LBJ.
Legislation to balance the budget and higher taxes pay.

On public property the prize will be found.
Respect all property this advice is sound.
Find a word that describes container or storage place.
Apply in great number add color, design, and space.

Sunset on the river is a choice the poet makes.
Flying sled on snow is what a soaring spirit takes.
Many are the places that offer food and rest.
Snug and quiet stations where to contemplate the best.

Guess a noun that pertains to noses and a game.
A part of a ship and a violin using the name.
This word that you guess is found in doubles.
To know one is old and one new will simplify your troubles.

There is frost in every thicket and berries on the bough.
Hunters seek the treasure while through the snow they plough.
Find a playground area that vies every sport a place.
Where scenery is the greatest including sky and earth and space

Choose a part of Kentucky where horses graze.
It's the name of a street in the puzzle maze.
Relate Expo '67 with above clue for an answer.
Our game makes the winner act like a prancer.

The numeral after six is the one to use twice;
Where signals light a street with other streets that splice.
The camouflaged medallion in sheet of stony matter.
Hides in brush and leaf some nest egg to make fatter.

At Montreal & Lexington in Highland Park, lie there.
High ground above intersection many seek with care.
Toward a small plateau two stairways lead.
Either approach is sure to succeed.
On a stretch of highland three tall oaks stand.
The buried treasure is 16 paces downhill south of this land.