03 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1972
Page
1
Pottinger says Nixon plan to freeze court ordered busing may spotlight progress in equal rights for women and Spanish speakers and in equal employment by contractors. He argues many civil rights advances occur beyond busing and deserve public attention and press coverage.
United States marshaled its largest air strike force in over three years for planned raids on North Vietnam as DMZ fighting intensifies. South Vietnamese defense officials say the army is doing well but the main test remains ahead. In Belfast Catholic women protest IRA violence while peace initiatives are debated. In Buenos Aires the search continues for Fiat Argentina chief Oberdan Sallustro after his kidnapping.
Harrisburg jury convicts antiwar priest Philip Berrigan of smuggling a letter from a federal prison. Seven defendants face multiple unresolved counts including a Kissinger kidnapping conspiracy. Deliberations continue over remaining charges as trial costs approach $1 million and potential retrials loom.
Fire protection aid for Eckles and Grant Valley Townships is on the agenda along with several items at tonight's 8 p.m. city council meeting in city hall. Also on the agenda is a special use permit request for Don Holmes to relocate two railroad cars to west Fifth Street.
In St. Cloud Minnesota three people died of asphyxiation in two weekend incidents. Archie Ol rich 41 from rural Isanti and Sue Pearson 38 of St. Cloud were found in a parked car near River Road. David Lumley 20 of Clearwater died in his car at Lake George. Passenger Jeanette Walter of St. Cloud was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Five inmates initially escaped from the St. Cloud Reformatory. one, Lynn C. Olsen, was recaptured hiding in a car at a US 10 truck stop near Cable. Three others from the reformatory and two from Stillwater Prison remained at large as of the report. Olsen was nabbed around midnight by a state highway patrolman during a routine stop.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a May three day hearing on U S Asia policy at the start of the Cold War led by Chairman J W Fulbright to examine findings from a Pentagon Papers based staff study. A separate report questions 1945 46 U S recognition of Ho Chi Minh and says no conclusive proof he sought aid from Truman Byrnes.
Cass Lake hosts a meeting on April 5 at 7 30 p m in the American Legion room where Cass and Beltrami County water safety patrols explain new state boating rules. Attendees may face costly equipment requirements and liability changes and will have a Q and A period.
Pope Paul VI told a crowd of about 200,000 in Vatican City during an Easter Mass that Christians under Communist regimes are not forgotten. He appealed for the greeting of peace to reach the church of silence and affirmed solidarity in faith and love.
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