SAS Denies Plan to Fly 187 POWs from Vientiane
Stockholm AP reports SAS said a mid July approach by a private individual to charter a DC8 for 187 passengers from Vien tiane Laos to Rome was never about military prisoners and the plan has been called off. Authorities from the United States North Vietnam and Sweden denied involvement or knowledge.
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Stockholm
West Germany
Laos
Rome
SAS
Germany
Sweden
Dagens Nyheter
U.S
Vientiane
Bangkok
Boerje Dahlqvist
Jack Herbert
Washington
Nixon
Ronald
L. Ziegler
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Paris
Truong Gia Nhan
Thuy
United States
Vietnam
Rich
Ard Rand
Rand
Menton
Pathet Lao
Draft lottery sets order for 1972 induction
Washington AP reports Selective Service held a lottery to determine the 1972 draft order for men born in 1952 as Congress delays new laws. Birth dates were matched with numbers, with 366 days in leap year, and the first called will have the lowest numbers while boards fill needs.
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Washington
Congress
Pentagon
Curtis W. Tarr
Laundry Robbery at Central Coin Cleaners
Sometime after 10 p m Wednesday the Central Coin Cleaners at Irvine Avenue and Fourth Street was broken into. Thieves hid in a back room and robbed the laundry portion and coin changer and soft drink machine taking an undetermined but large amount of small change and part of the day s receipts. Owner Irene Erickson says it was likely someone familiar with the place and notes prior robberies but this was the greatest loss. An attempt was made to pry open other machines with no success.
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Central Coin Cleaners
Irvine Avenue
Fourth Street
Irene Erickson
World at a Glance Apollo 15 Walk Signals Deep Space Front
Astronaut Alfred Worden completes the first televised deep space walk 200000 miles from Earth as Apollo 15 returns from six days of lunar exploration. Other World items note Ky ruled ineligible for Vietnam election and Nixon shifting strategy on Vietnam, wage price controls, and relief efforts.
Beltrami Board weighs lake sanitation district plan
Sanitation problems on Lake Bemidji prompted Beltrami County Board of Commissioners to consider forming a sanitation district. The panel endorsed pursuing proper procedures. The board also approved selling 76,000 in general obligation bonds to fund a Beltrami Nursing Home addition, to be repaid from nursing home earnings. Heating plant conversions to natural gas were discussed and referred for guidance.
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Lake Bemidji
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Court House
Bemidji
Beltrami Nursing Home
Nursing Home
Oklee Newspaper Sold to Gonvick Publisher
Omar Sundrud former Fosstonite and Fosston Thirteen Towns staff member sold his Oklee Herald interests to Victor Aalbu of Gonvick. Sundrud edited most of the Oklee Herald since 1946 and a year ago joined Aalbu in Regisforms Publications of Gonvick though printing remained at Gonvick.
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Omar Sundrud
Continuous Maintenance Seminar at Bemidji Area Vo Tech
The Bemidji Area Vocational Technical School hosted a two day Continuous Maintenance Seminar in cooperation with Minnesota Education’s School Plant Planning. It drew 58 custodians and engineers from 21 districts and junior colleges with sessions on pollution roof and grounds maintenance painting floor care fire control security and prevention.
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Howe
Security Systems
Bemidji Area Vocational Technical School
Bemidji Area
Twin Cities
Jerry Moen
Bemidji
Edward Stewart
Minneapolis
Swedmark Hardware
Bemidji Area Vocational- Technical School
Plywood Minnesota Expands to New Bemidji Site
Construction starts on a 12000 square foot steel building at the Hwys 2 and 71 intersection in Bemidji. The southwest site, adjacent to railroad tracks, will house a combined retail and warehouse operation by September with added parking and planned new hiring.
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Minnesota
Bemidji
Dick Dunphy
Dunphy
Bemidji Area Seeks Name for New South Elementary
Residents in Independent School District No. 31 are invited to suggest a name for the new elementary school on Hwy 71 south of Bemidji serving the Navy and Carr Lake areas. Send proposals to School Name in care of The Pioneer by August 24 with your name and address.
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Bemidji
Independent School District No. 31
Navy
Carr Lake
Board of Education
Hwy 71
South Elementary School
Lakeshore lease hikes protested in Minnesota hearing
State land leaseholders packed a hearing room in St. Paul to oppose a proposed rate change by the Department of Natural Resources. The plan would set annual fees at 5 percent of appraised land value with a $50 minimum for leased lake property. Speakers argued taxes and services differ for renters and owners and that selling leased cabins is difficult. Leases run 10 years with 30 day cancellation rights. few state lease cancellations have occurred. Additional hearings set for Aug. 16 Alexandria, Aug. 18 Brainerd, and Aug. 19 Walker.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Lands and Forestry
Robert Elstrom
Scandia
Black Duck Lake
Orr
R. D. Hultengren
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Cora Weiss
Cochairman
Committee of Liaison With
New York
Hanoi
U.S. Defense Department
Russell C. McKay
Gordon
Moon
Falcon
Scott and
Irwin
Saigon
South Vietnamese
Supreme Court
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Duong van
Minh
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
William P. Rogers
United Nations
White House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nixon Administration
Oklee Paper
Vo-Tech
William R. Lavelle
State Department of Education
E.M. Dutwin
Alexandria
Brainerd
Walker
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