Partially blind gardener wins admiration with thriving plot
Adam Toth, 86, ten miles north of Bemidji on Irvine Avenue, tends a less-than-half-acre garden by touch and knee work. Though Beltrami Fair judging isn't happening this year, his tomatoes, onions, potatoes, beets, melons and other crops show exceptional vigor. He grows seed, spaces plants his own way, and believes a larger garden could feed an army.
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Adam Toth
Bemidji
Irvine Avenue
Toth
Pleasant Valley Social Notes Highlight August Birthdays
About 40 relatives gathered at the Jack Andree home Sunday to celebrate Mrs. Ivan Andree's birthday with friends calling in the afternoon. Also reported are visits from Duluth guests James Voloshik and others, plus local birthday luncheons and church group gatherings.
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Jack Andree
Ivan Andree
James Voloshik
Duluth
Harry Buck
Autos drive fire deaths in 1971 toll and safety gaps
State Fire Marshal Wes Werner notes nearly 35 percent of U S fire fatalities involve motor vehicles. He cites 1971 totals of 3 500 deaths in 450 000 car and truck fires and Minnesota figures of 1 233 vehicle fires with four deaths and 11 injuries, 801 581 in property loss. Gasoline spills and rear end crashes raise fire risk. calls for improved fuel tank design and materials. The Minnesota official also recommends a five pound ABC extinguisher in passenger cars.
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Wes Werner
United States
Minnesota
National Commission On Fire Prevention and Control
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Insurance Institute
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris runs through Aug 12
Bea Morris and Tom Dick Mann star in Jacques Brel at Paul Bunyan Playhouse along with Susan Johnson and Al P. Johnson. The show continues through August 12 with performances at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are sold at the Chamber of Commerce and the PBP box office.
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Bea Morris
Tom Dickmann
Jacques Brel
Paris
Paul Bunyan Playhouse
Chamber of Commerce
PBP
Virginia lands NYC grant for youth program
The U S Department of Labor awards Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency of Virginia a one year contract worth 133400 dollars to run an Out-of-School Neighborhood Youth Corps program. It will serve northern Minnesota youths aged 16 or 17 from low income families who are out of school. Contact AEOA, P O Box 1066, Virginia for details.
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United States Department of Labor
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency
Virginia
Minnesota
Community Action Agency
P.O. Box
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T.H. Fenske
Conrad Nelson
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James Dickhaus
Minneapolis
Katherine Sullivan
Bernard DeVries
Gaylord
Gary
Ted DeVries
Bunyan Playhouse
Susan Johnson
al P. Johnson
Susan
Donald MacKechnie
Laurence Olivier
British National Theatre
She
Ohio University
New York City
Aldonza
Johnson
New Indiana Repertory Theatre
Indianapolis
University of Minnesota
Cluding Charley
Charley
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Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Joel Lynch
Dr. Carrasco
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Nyc
J.C. Penney
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