Local Office to Move to St. Paul Under Centralization Plan
The Minnesota Department of Economic Development will move its local offices to St. Paul by November 30 to centralize operations. One person regional offices in Hibbing St. Cloud Alexandria Mankato and Bemidji will relocate, expanding field representatives to cover larger areas and four economic duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Eng
Minnesota
Vann
St. Paul
Chambers of Commerce
Lukaszewski
City moves ahead with runway extension plan
The city council Wednesday approved a runway extension at the municipal airport with total costs around 500 000 dollars. The vote authorized beginning FAA funding applications aiming for 90 percent support and approved 50 000 dollars in local funds over two years. County board approved 12 500 dollars for 1978 and 12 500 for 1979 and funding remains subject to hearings. City manager Don Dougherty noted 73 steps in the FAA process and that Stewart and Walker was invited to submit proposals for planning and environmental work.
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Jon Eng
Federal Aviation Administration
Beltrami County Board
Don Dougherty
FAA
Dougherty
Doug Peterson
Stewart
Walker
Crazy Dayz Bemidji Annual Mid-Summer Madness Returns
Bemidji hosts Crazy Dayz this Saturday with 8 a.m. store openings on Beltrami Ave and downtown streets. Bargains, crazy costumes and a benefit auction in Gibson's parking lot at 2 p.m. sponsored by Calvary Lutheran Church Men's Club. The Pioneer and Chamber of Commerce promote prizes for costumes and special in-store sales.
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Bemidji
Beltrami Ave
Third Street
Pioneer
Chamber of Commerce
Gibson’s
Calvary Lutheran Church
Gas tax hike faces likely defeat in House
Rep. James J. Howard says the five cent federal gasoline tax increase will likely lose by about 100 votes in today’s House vote as debate proceeds on the energy bill. The measure aims to fund transit and road projects while prompting conservation.
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Washington
House
James J. Howard
Dn.j
Senate
Congress
Carter
Howard
Vance seeks Syrian approval for new peace talks plan
In Damascus Cyrus R Vance meets with President Assad to win Syrian backing for a plan to hold preliminary peace talks with Middle Eastern foreign ministers in the United States ahead of a resumption of the Geneva conference. In Washington CIA Director Turner says covert drug tests on unwitting subjects should not occur again and would not have been allowed under his leadership.
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Damascus
Syria
Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
Hafez Assad
Assad
Anwar Sadat
United States
Washington
CIA
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Turner
Tony Orlando Treated for Stress After Siblings’ Deaths
Los Angeles AP reports singer Tony Orlando is in a private hospital for stress following the deaths of his sister and close friend Freddie Prinze. A friend says the shock has overwhelmed him and the illness is being treated as a medical matter.
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Los Angeles
Tony Orlando
Freddie Prinze
Orlando
Bell Telephone set for nationwide strike includes Bemidji workers
Bell Telephone System workers across the nation including 64 from Bemidji area plan a strike when the three year contract expires. Negotiations involve CWA IBEW and Telecom Union with local talks in Omaha about wage classification upgrades for Bemidji and potential service delays in the Bemidji Cass Lake area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barb Schei
Bell Telephone System
Bemidji
Washington, D.C
Communication Workers of America
CWA
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telecommunication International Union
Bell
Northwestern Bell
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Omaha
George Theroux
Theroux
Cass Lake
Four Minnesota hunters plead guilty to deer shining
Four hunters from Crystal Bemidji Minneapolis and Minneapolis pleaded guilty in Ninth Judicial District Court to deer shining on November 13 1976 along Highway 71 between Bemidji Airport and Irving Avenue. They face fines totaling 1000 plus 90 day jail terms and public defender fund payments while two firearms were confiscated and will be sold at public auction.
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Minnesota
Bert Stanley Pruett
Crystal
Oscar Gunder Moe
Bemidji
Chester A. Say
Minneapolis
Duane Oscar Moe
Ninth Judicial District Court
Irving Avenue
Pruett, Say
Beltrami County
Hubbard County deputies clash over on duty sleep incident
Hubbard County Sheriff Bob Potter and Commissioner Dwayne Foster exchanged sharp remarks after a deputy was found asleep during a stakeout. Potter defended the deputy’s long hours and stressed that firing is the sheriff's duty, while Foster urged dismissal.
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Harvey Meyer
Hubbard County
Dwayne Foster
Bob Potter
Foster
Potter
Save the Lake Association confronts Hubbard Board
Save the Lake Association argues Lake Peysensky drains poorly due to a clogged culvert. Hubbard County Commissioners tour the site near Park Rapids, noting a 1.5 foot water level split and ordering further study on culvert replacement after tourist season. Adel Andert disputes claims of severe low water.
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Harvey Meyer
IL Save the Lake Association
Peysensky
Hubbard County Commissioners
Park Rapids
County Engineering Department
Save the Lake
Lake Peysensky
Adel Andert
Andert
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Texas
Charles Wilson
Bob Eckhardt
Jim Wright
Greg Booth
Jack Marin
Marin
Vance
CIA Drug Research
Bell Telephone
Detroit Lakes
Darrel
Red) Baltze
Glenn Watts
Save the Lake Association
Hubbard
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