Bemidji Police Chief Search Faces Split Commission
Bemidji three member Police Civil Service Commission remains divided two to one over how to select a new police chief to replace Chief James McDowell who retires Oct 1. Kaiser and LaVoy push statewide exams while Hind favors local limits. They cite lack of records and recent changes as sources of difficulty.
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Pioneer
Bemidji
Police Civil Service Commission
James McDowell
Commission
E.R. Hind
Exmayor
Marvin Hailey
Bill Reeves
Don LaVoy
William A
al) Kaiser
Todd Jansen
McDowell
Hind
Kaiser
LaVoy
Beltrami County Deliberates Courthouse Hours and Land Lease
Commissioners set agenda for tomorrow including keeping the courthouse open at noon and a progress report on the new Courts Addition. Other items include Pine Crest Acres plat approval in Northern Township, cash deposit proposals at Northwestern National Bank, mileage allowance talks, and leasing land to the Bemidji Area Junior Rifle Shooters Association for recreation.
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Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Pine Crest Acres
Northern Township
Northwestern National Bank
Minneapolis
Bemidji Area
Crowds Thin At Sioux Sun Dance In Mission South Dakota
Sun Dance at Rosebud Indian Reservation drew about a hundred people after an opening day estimated at two thousand. Police reported no incidents. a witness alleged four shots were fired at a low flying plane. Tribe had banned arms on the grounds as the four day ceremony began at dawn Sunday. A Mission businessman said many attendees would leave as work resumed.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Mission
Misplaced U S Bombing Strikes Cambodian Navy Base
Reports from Cambodian military sources say a misdirected U S B52 strike hit Neak Luong on the Mekong River damaging the navy base and market area. Initial word claimed up to 100 dead and as many wounded with about 20 bombs dropped. An American Embassy spokesman declined to confirm the report.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
Neak Luong
U.S. Pacific Command
Honolulu
Ponemah Man Dies In Early Morning Crash
A Sunday dawn crash about three miles west of Ponemah killed Elmer Martin, 28, of Ponemah. He was alone in the car, and the Law and Order office reported the accident occurred around 4 a.m. Obituary appears on page 2.
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Red Lake
Ponemah
Elmer Martin
Law and Order
Martin
Bemidji City Council to Hear Reports and Ordinances
City Council meets to hear reports by City Manager John Lloyd and City Engineer James Walker. Licenses will be considered, two ordinances read on vacating Milne Avenue and highway use penalties. Feasibility of blacktop on Park Avenue and lighting at City Arena reviewed. Petitions from multiple local entities received.
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Milne Avenue
John Lloyd
James Walker
Park Avenue
15Th Street
17Th Street
Minnesota Cab Co
Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce
League of Minnesota
Harpings Early to Bed, Early to Rise Joke
A quip notes that rising early leads to fatigue and bloodshot eyes rather than productivity, mocking the old proverb with comic punch. The line plays on the idea of virtue signaling through strict routines.
Weather outlook with scattered storms and heat
Variable cloudiness with a chance of showers and thunderstorms through Tuesday. Slight risk of severe storms this afternoon and tonight. Highs in the 80s, lows 65 to 72. Southerly winds 15 to 30 mph today, diminishing tonight with gusts. Rain chances 30 percent today, 40 percent tonight and Tuesday.
Police Civil Service Commission Meeting Set at City Hall
Rev E R Hind states the Bemidji Police Civil Service Commission will meet today at 5 p m at City Hall. The notice signals the next commission meeting and directs readers to the story on the page for details.
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E. R. Hind
Bemidji Police Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Commission
Gray says he warned Nixon about Watergate
Former acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray III testified that he warned President Nixon on July 6 1972 that White House staff were trying to use the FBI and CIA to confuse investigators. He said Nixon did not order investigators to report directly to him and that he received no direct directive from the President.
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Washington
Herman E. Talmadge
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Talmadge
John W. Dean III
Vernon A. Walters
Central Intelligence Agency
Walters
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
Watergate Panel
D-Ga
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
Dean
Navy
John D Ehrlichman
Howard Hunt Jr. Gray
Vernon A. Walters Jr
CIA
Dick Walters
Pat
Gen. Walters
Sen
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Weicker
Health hearing set here for Thursday
The Minnesota Senate Health subcommittee plans an Aug. 8 field trip and a public hearing Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Bemidji to study health care problems. Senator John Milton leads the trip with colleagues Lewis Kowalczyk Conzemius and others to meet local professionals officials and residents along the route.
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Minnesota Senate Health Subcommittee
Bemidji
5Th Street
America Avenue
John Milton
Minnesota
Milton
B. Robert Lewis
al Kowalczyk
George Conzemius
Margaret Tanna
State Health Department
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Spain
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castrol
Guadalmina
Reuben
Cuba
Radio Havana
Batista
Miami
Agence France Press
Ponemah Man
Bemidji City
Hunt
State Department
John F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Brett Amundson
Leonard
Floyd Jorgenson
Clearwater
Bagley
Brett
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