Federal officers watch AIM crucifixion scene at Wounded Knee
At Wounded Knee South Dakota federal officers watching from roadblocks saw insurgent Indians from the American Indian Movement mock crucifixion on a cross. The event occurred Easter Sunday as a protest and drew about 70 marchers from Rosebud toward Wounded Knee on a five day trek.
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S.D
AIM
U.S
Jack Richardson
Wichita
Kan
Special Operations Group
SOG
Richardson
National Council of Churches
John Adams
Rosebud
Ramon Roubideaux
Rapid City
Richard Hellstein
Stan Holder
Holder
Hellstern
Supreme Court urged to approve cross district busing
Civil rights lawyers and school board attorneys argued the Supreme Court should authorize busing across district borders to desegregate. The case stems from a 1972 Richmond Virginia order by Judge Robert H. Merhige Jr. to merge black city schools with white county schools, affecting about 78,000 students.
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Washington
Southern
Supreme Court
High Court
Richmond
Henrico
Chesterfield
U.S. District Court
Robert H. Merhige Jr
Richmond School Board
Burglar Hits May School Amid Alarm System Failure
Burglars struck Horace May Elementary School over the weekend, stealing typewriters stereo phonographs and tape players. Entry was through a north window and the alarm wired to the Bemidji Police Station failed due to improper sensitivity settings. No stolen-item list available at press time.
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Horace May
Beltrami County
High court to decide extending Indian welfare benefits
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether federal welfare benefits should cover all Indians rather than only those on reservations. The government says extending benefits could reach about 827,000 people and cut funds for reservation Indians. The court also declined 8 to 1 on another matter.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
U.S. Circuit Court
San Francisco
Ramon Ruiz
Ajo
N.M
Ruiz
Department of Interior
Two Teens Missing From Bemidji After Night Out
Bemidji Police seek information on Diana Kelsey age 13 and Sheila Nyland age 15 last seen together near the Chief Theatre after 9 p m Saturday. Diana is 5 3 wearing a blue parka blue jeans. Sheila is 5 4 with reddish blond hair hazel eyes wearing a blue hoodie blue tennis shoes and a red blue strawberry shirt. Anyone with tips should contact authorities.
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Bemidji
Chief Theatre
Diana Kelsey
Sheila Nyland
Courtbacks Rule in Broad Legal Arguments
The Supreme Court agreed to hear challenges to school policies in Cleveland and Chesterfield County Virginia banning pregnant teachers on leave. It let stand rulings barring Readers Digest promotions in Washington and allowing Confederate flag bans in schools. The Indian benefits case from Ramon and Maria Ruiz may be argued next fall with a decision by June 1974.
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Chesterfield County
Supreme Court
Reader's Digest
Congress
Southern
Two More Miss Bemidji Pageant Candidates Named
Pageant chairman Harvey Davis released two more contestants for the Miss Bemidji Pageant. Dianne Magdziarz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Magdziarz of Sturgeon Lake, is a Bemidji State College sophomore and a former Willow River High School student leader. Debrah Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson of Guthrie, is a Bemidji High School senior active in volunteer service and plans to study secretarial arts at Bemidji Area Vocational Technical Institute.
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Harvey Davis
Dianne Magdziarz
Frank Magdziarz
Sturgeon Lake
Willow River High School
Dianne
Moose Lake
Bemidji State College
Alpha Omicron Pi _ sorority
Northern National Bank
Debrah Johnson
James Johnson
Guthrie
Debrah
Bemidji High School
Beltrami County
Bemidji Area
Miss Johnson
Bemidji Elks Lodge
Bemidji
Davis
Beltrami County Plans Public Hearings on Shoreland Ordinance
The Beltrami County Planning Advisory Commission opens the first of four hearings in Blackduck on the Shoreland Management ordinance. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the high school, copies will be available and zoning administrator Bill Parnaude will answer questions. follow-up hearings are set for Pleasant Valley School, Bemidji courthouse, and two township venues.
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Blackduck
Beltrami County Planning Advisory Commision
Bill Parnaude
Pleasant Valley School
Bemidji
Hospital lifts visitor ban and shortens visiting hours
Dr. Joel T. DeWeese and Leon Swanson announce the Bemidji Hospital relaxing visitor restrictions as flu declines. Visiting hours shift to 2 pm to 4 pm and 6:30 pm to 8 pm to reduce interference with tests and allow better patient care while limited exceptions apply for immediate families, critical illness, ICU patients, surgery day, maternity husbands, and clergy.
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Joel T. DeWeese
Bemidji Hospital
Leon C. Swanson
DeWeese
Swanson
Pioneer introduces Almanac weather and Peanuts strip
The Pioneer adds two features starting today on page 10. The Old Farmer’s Almanac will provide weekly weather forecasts and humor. Beginning April 30, the paper will print the Peanuts comic strip, aiming to blend the old with the new for readers.
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Pioneer
White House aide implicating Watergate aides reported
A Dean confidant says the White House counsel may implicate presidential aides in Watergate. Nixon aides were told by staff last year that Mitchell and Dean likely participated in wiretapping and coverup. A gunman killed six and wounded ten in Easter Sunday shootings. William Bonner was arrested after a police chase.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
White House
Dean
The
Washington Post
Nixon
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Los Angeles
William Ray Bonner
Bonner
Beltrami Welfare Board set to act on administrator post
The Beltrami County Welfare Board meets Tuesday to discuss the administrator position for Beltrami Nursing Home following the death of Irven Anderson. The meeting covers welfare legislation, foster care licensing, adoption studies, case reviews, and approval of a volunteer banquet.
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Beltrami County Welfare Board
Beltrami Nursing Home
C. E. Melberg
Irven Anderson
Melberg
State Department of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Planners to Consider Special Use Requests in Bemidji
Bemidji Planning Commission meets tonight at 8 p.m. in City Hall council chambers. Public hearings include C L Books seeking a special use permit for a veterinary hospital at 2919 Bemidji Ave and Romaine R Powell with Barbara A Powell for a split level office building at 715 Beltrami Ave.
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C.L. Books
Bemidji Avenue
Bemidji
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Hwy. 2
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Irvine Avenue
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