Bemidji crosswalk rules and two reader queries answered
The column explains state law requires motorists to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks and notes non enforcement usually means the offender was not reported. It also answers two reader questions about Ray Moore and a reliever known as Bill Daily, and warns about tiny metal shavings in Hunt’s Snack Pack with a cautious lab test note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji
H.O. Bemidji
Twins
Earl Battey
Ray Moore
Bill
V.R
Bagley
Bill Daily
Hamms Beer
Pioneer Sports Department
L.H. Bemidji
State workers urged to pursue pay raises through legislators
About 32 000 state employees will get a letter from Gov. Wendell Anderson with their checks urging them to contact legislators for raises. He foresees an 18 percent raise over two years but cautions against slowdowns or strikes under Minnesota's no strike law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Wendell Anderson
Anderson
Minnesota
Council 6
State Employes Union
Senate
House
State Civil Service Board
Vern S. Buck
Apollo 15 crew to witness sun Earth eclipse in space
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden prepare to view an eclipse of the sun by the earth from the Endeavour capsule during a 12 day mission. Worden conducts a deep space space walk and photographs moon rocks as mission timeline outlines splashdown off Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Worden
Scott
Irwin
Lunar
Deep Space
Hawaii
Mission Control
Manned Spacecraft Center
Irgin
Jim
Jerry Griffin
Rats Help Track Syphilis In Colombo Report Says
A Colombo report says rats helped locate venereal disease cases with 37 syphilis infections found through blood tests on people treated for rat bites. Also noted are top British children’s books per a Sheffield University survey and UNP’s $30 million aid to curb births in 50 developing countries. A Washington unemployment update is expected to show a rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombo
Ceylon
Sheffield
England
Britain
Anna Sewell
Louisia May Alcott
Robert Louis Stevenson
University of Sheffield
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Population Fund
Steel workers paid off as inventories run low
Five days after a new contract avoided a walkout, tens of thousands of steel workers received pay while many households rely on stockpiled steel to weather the looming strike.
Bemidji State Music Clinic Opens With Concert
The Bemidji State College summer music clinic presents its first week concert tonight at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall gymnasium. Over 450 vocal instrumental band and orchestra musicians perform in various works. Admission is one dollar for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji State College
Memorial Hall Gymnasium
Drownings Reported At Itasca State Park And Redlake
Thomas William Mattson a 19 year old Willmar youth drowned when his kayak overturned at Itasca State Park. His father Dr. Donald Mattson tried to save him but could not locate him before authorities recovered the body. In Redlake Lower Lake a 68 year old man Henry Benais was found dead near the Sandy River area after washing ashore, body in water about two days. The obituary note appears on page three of the Pioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itasca State Park
Thomas William Mattson
Willmar
Lake Itasca
Mattson
Donald Mattson
Mississippi River
Brewers Inn
Clearwater
Almer Olson
Virgil Prestley
Wayne Kontola
Red Lake
Henry Benais
Redlake
Lower
Sandy River
Gorden Boy
Donald Good
Watters of
Osage
Thomas Mattson
Watters
Senate shelves September draft bill faces filibuster
The Senate postponed action on Nixon’s compromise draft extension bill to September 13 and prepared for a possible filibuster. Sen. Gravel blocked 16 hour debate, while Mansfield urged full Senate discussion on Indochina policy. The package includes a two year extension with a $2.4 billion pay raise to recruit volunteers. Nixon praises the compromise as consistent with administration goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nixon
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
United States
Mansfield
Rea
House
Southeast Asia
Stennis
Congress
Gravel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pioneer
Beltrami County Extension Home Economist
Harriet Beighley
Julie Matthews
Miss Blackduck
Mary Anderson
Kathy Anderson
Will
Blackduck
Ann Manthei
Apollo
Solar System
Sample Bay No. 196
Hadley Rille
Apennine Mountains
Earth
Endeavour
Okinawa
Pacific
NEW York
William McChesney Martin Jr
New York Stock Exchange
Washington (Ap
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Joseph J. Sisco
Suez Canal
Golda Meir
Redlake and
Itasca Park
David Lillegaard
Paul Highberg
Frank
Steve Daniel
Shevlin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!