Butz blames Congress for inflation and high meat prices
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz told NBC's Meet the Press that the free-wheeling Congress is the main cause of inflation behind rising meat costs. He urged housewives to boycott high spending lawmakers and predicted prices would ease when supplies rise by late summer or fall.
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Meet the Press
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James T. Lynn
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Cost of Living Council
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White House
Senate
Russo gets chance in Papers trial
Anthony J. Russo 36, named first defense witness as the Pentagon Papers case unfolds in Los Angeles. He testified about his role in copying the top secret Vietnam study and his shift from establishment researcher to antiwar activist. Russo says he was indicted for refusing to testify publicly, a claim tied to charges against Ellsberg.
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Talks delay in Wounded Knee siege ending
AIM and federal officials clash over the start of Washington talks to implement a peace deal at Wounded Knee. Dennis Banks opposes immediate disarmament while U.S. officials insist weapons come down with opening talks. A disarmament plan includes government escorts for nonarrested residents.
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Rolling Gophers top em all
The Minnesota Rolling Gophers wheelchair basketball team defeated four Bemidji squads 78 to 58 in a benefit game for the Minnesota Society for Crippled Children and Adults. At halftime the Gophers led 36 to 6 as opponents were given 50 points for show. Proceeds fund Camp Courage of the North for the handicapped at Lake George.
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Benita Crabtree
Sue Vorderbruggen
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Scrap cleanup planned at Red Lake Reservation
Red Lake Tribal Council will open bids on April 14 for labor equipment and services to remove hundreds of abandoned car bodies on the reservation. The program, partly funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, targets removal by June 30 with hulls hauled to collection sites crushers and scrap depots.
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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Red Lake Indian Reservation
Picasso dies at 91 shocking art world
Pablo Picasso died at his Mourning estate overlooking the Mediterranean. The Spanish born revolutionary had a career shaping modern painting and had arranged a Avignon show next month featuring 201 canvases since 1970.
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County Board to Hear Road Issues and Plats
Beltrami County Commissioners will meet Tuesday to discuss highway matters. County engineer John Kemp will outline platting and road problems in two developments, Schoolcraft Acres and Pine Crest Acres, with other engineering items including Pollution Control Agency solid waste stipulations.
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County Board Reviews Tourism Funds and Appointments
Fair to partly cloudy through Tuesday. Highs in the mid 30s and lows near 20. The county board meets to review northern Beltrami recreation promotion and whether to fund at $500, consider appointing two Planning Advisory Commission members to replace Ron Cole and Ted Cornelius, discuss caretaker pay for Clarence Ferdig at Pine Tree County Park, consider Sheriff’s Department car replacements, and discuss Vern DeVault’s off sale beer license for Tomahawk Lodge in Hines Township.
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Clarence Ferdig
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Tomahawk Lodge
Hines Township
Congress to Open Hearings on Wounded Knee Affair
The House Indian Affairs subcommittee will hold three days of hearings on the Wounded Knee seizure and the occupation of the BIA building. Russell Means, leader of AIM, was to testify as negotiations with Leonard Garment stalled after Means did not relay a lay down arms message.
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Harping on coffee sins flaws in valley grown brews
A satirical note warns that drinking coffee grown in a valley is among the third worst sins today. The piece playfully critiques taste categories and regional biases while urging readers to reflect on coffee sourcing.
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