Governor Not Opposed to DNA Takeover of PCA
Gov Wendell Anderson reportedly tacitly supports a bill to abolish the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and merge its functions into the Department of Natural Resources. The plan targets PCA director Grant Merritt, with bipartisan sponsors led by House Speaker Martin Sabo and Senate sponsor Baldy Hansen.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
PCA
Department of Natural Resources
Wendell Anderson
Grant Merritt
House
Martin Sabo
DFL
Irvin Anderson
Senate
C.R
Baldy” Hansen
Austin
Merritt
Anderson
Environmental Quality Council
EQC
Henderson
Thomas Helm
Neil Haugerud
Preston
Haugerud
Robert Herbst
Chamber backs STEM campaign to curb shoplifting in Minnesota
Bemidji area joins statewide anti shoplifting drive led by STEM Inc. with a $500000 display at a press event in Minneapolis. The program emphasizes prevention, education, and consequences for offenders affecting careers and loans. Local coordinators Jack Erickson and Dorothy Naramore lead Bemidji efforts.
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Bemidji
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Stem, Inc
Minnesota
Bemidji Area
Sheraton Ritz
Minneapolis
National City Bank of Minneapolis
W. John Bertram
STEM
Jack Erickson
Dorothy Naramore
Beltrami County Plans Public Shoreland Talks
Jack Snively, chairman of the Beltrami County Planning Advisory Commission, invites groups to discuss the proposed Shoreland Management Ordinance. Contact Snively at 751-3923 to set meeting details. Limited copies of the ordinance are available in the County Zoning Administrator Bill Parnaude’s office in the courthouse basement.
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Jack Snively
Beltrami County
Bemidji Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Preview
Reports from Park Superintendent James Cameron and Recreation Director Dan Haluptzok outline tonight’s Bemidji Parks and Recreation Commission meeting in city hall. A 7:30 pre meeting will set 1973 goals followed by an 8 p.m. regular session discussing naming the park on the Ramon property, Jaycees funding for two ball fields, arena maintenance, arena use for tennis and a rabies clinic, and a proposed summer recreation program.
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James Cameron
Dan Haluptzok
Bemidji Parks and Recreation Commission
Ramon
Bemidji Jaycees
Winston Naylor
Naylor
Ted Cornelius
Planning Advisory Commission
Donald Fruede
Ita-Bel-Koo
Northome
Beltrami
Itasca
Koochiching
Three Island
Pine Tree
Clarence Ferdig
White House signals bigger aid to South Vietnam
The White House expects increased economic aid to South Vietnam after Nixon’s summit with Nguyen Van Thieu. Ziegler said aid would likely exceed current levels, which he said total more than 500 million dollars annually. Four Watergate defendants plead guilty and face sentences tied to cooperation, Sirica hints at weighing cooperation in final sentences.
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San Clemente
Calif
White House
South Vietnam
Nixon
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Ronald L. Ziegler
Washington
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Wounded Knee talks near end as agreement seen
federal negotiator says nine of ten AIM demands resolved and a peaceful conclusion to the 36 day occupation of Wounded Knee may come Wednesday. AIM lawyer Ramon Roubideaux and Assoc. Atty. Gen. Kent Frizzell note progress but stress one point remains unresolved. Armed AIM members would lay down weapons once a signed accord is reached.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Kent Frizzell
Frizzell
American Indian Movement
Roubideaux
AIM
Oglala
Commissioners Back State Rail Tax Change Plan
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners voiced support for state legislation to switch railroad taxation from gross earnings to ad valorem. Soo Line representatives urged the change, suggesting it could add about 75000 annually to Beltrami County rather than feeding the state general fund.
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Beltrams County
Beltrami County
Minnesota House nears passage of adult rights bill
The Minnesota House prepares for final passage of a bill granting full adult rights to 18 19 and 20 year olds and lowering the drinking age to 18 after a 92 24 preliminary approval. The measure moves toward final action in the chamber.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Weather and legislative updates from LUCAUT DY region
Variable cloudiness tonight and Thursday with lows in the 20s and highs in the 40s. Minimal precipitation. Lawmakers consider a bill to require drug stores to post prices of their 60 most sold prescriptions. price advertising provision removed 77 to 48. Senate Finance Committee reconsiders Vietnam veterans bonus at 2 p.m. A subcommittee to approve a 5 cent beverage container deposit at 2 p.m. House transportation subcommittee to hear bills to tighten drunken driving laws at 7:30 p.m.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House Transportation
Indians oppose closing of Ponsford School
Residents of Pine Point on the White Earth Reservation urge state officials to allow an all Indian school to remain. They argue the local school should stay under tribal control and resist busing to Park Rapids schools. An Indian education advocate pledges to seek a path to keep an Indian school.
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Ponsford, Minn
Old Reuben Rock
White Earth Indian Reservation
Rock
Ponsford
Minnesota
Pine Point
Park Rapids
Jerome Buckanaga
Harvard University
George Conzemius
Cannon Falls
Dfler
State Indian Affairs Commission
Howard Casmey
William Antell
Department
Bids Sought for Scrap Vehicle Removal on Red Lake Reservation
The Red Lake Tribal Council solid waste officer Roger Jourdain seeks bids for labor equipment and services to collect abandoned motor vehicles and other scrap metal within the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Bids must be postmarked by April 13 and submitted on bid proposal forms per contract documents available at the solid waste officer’s office.
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Red Lake Indian Reservation
Red Lake
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