Aeronautics subcommittee to tour Minnesota airports
The House Aeronautics Subcommittee led by Rep. George Mann will visit several Minnesota airports on Wednesday August 15. Stops include St Paul Holman Field St Cloud Park Rapids Bemidji Thief River Falls Crookston Detroit Lakes Glenwood Willmar with brief overflights and briefings by Commissioner Lawrence B. McCabe and staff to gauge needed legislative action for regional airport development.
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Minnesota
House Aeronautics Subcommittee
George Mann
Windom
House Agriculture Committee
Mann
Aeronautics
Lawrence B. McCabe
Holman Field
St. Paul
St. Cloud
Park Rapids
Bemidji
Thief River Falls
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
Glenwood
Willmar
New GOP chairman to visit Bemidji on Saturday
Senator Bob Brown the new Minnesota GOP state chairman will visit Bemidji Saturday August 11 to meet Beltrami county GOP leaders. Brown plans to tour all 87 counties by early September to gather grass roots input and motivate local volunteers. He notes the role is voluntary and expects about 60 hours weekly, with focus on governor state offices Congress and House control in 1974.
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Bob Brown
Bemidji
Beltrami County
Brown
Minnesota
Minnesota Senate
GOP
State Central Committee
Congress
House of Representatives
Rudy Boschwitz
Carolyn Ring
Bids invited for county road projects in three counties
State aid county highway improvements totaling about 500000 will be bid the week of August 20 in Beltrami Carver and Kandiyohi counties Ray Lappegaard acting as agent for the counties announced Projects use State Highway User Fund money and cover base surfacing and shoulders on CSAH 31 near Hines Bids due by 1 30 p m August 21 at the Bemidji county courthouse Low bid for guard rail at 24 bridge sites and one area of high fill across seven counties was 122926 by Dieseth Specialty Co of Fergus Falls with work starting August 20 and lasting 50 working days.
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ST. Paul
Beltrami
Carver
Kandiyohi
Ray Lappegaard
Lappegaard
Beltrami County
Hines
Wayne Alsop
Bemidji
Dieseth Specialty Co
Fergus Falls
Cass
Clearwater
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Marshall
Pennington
Reservation roads need careful driving on Red Lake
At a Red Lake Reservation Safety Council meeting officials compared reservation roads with state roads. Safety officer Roman Sigana warned that conditions on hard surfaced reservation roads lag behind others in the state and urged defensive driving. He noted wagon-trail origins, a 50 mph suggested limit, and nonangled curves, while officials discussed upcoming pavement and sign changes to use symbols and pictures. He also cited accidents as a leading cause of death, many in homes or family cars.
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Red Lake
Red Lake Reservation
VA expands burial benefits under National Cemetery Act
The Veterans Administration outlines new benefits effective August and September. For deaths on or after August 1, veterans receive a plot or interment allowance up to 150 dollars plus the existing 250 dollar maximum. Starting September 1, funeral expenses up to 800 dollars are authorized for service connected deaths. The VA also covers transportation costs for deaths in its hospitals or during treatment, with the 250 dollar burial allowance having been in effect since 1958.
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Glenn C. Johnson
Veterans Administration Center
Fort Snelling
Minnesota expands marijuana law with reduced penalties
The 1973 Minnesota reform decriminalizes small possession and 1.5 ounce distributions as misdemeanors with up to 300 dollars fine or 90 days in jail. Second offenses within a year remain misdemeanors, may require medical evaluation.
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Stephen A
Minnesota
United States Congress
Akeley
State crop potential to rise 827,567 acres in 1974
Minnesota ASCS Chairman Elton Redalen says 827,567 more acres could be added to crop production in 1974 due to no set aside for feed grains and wheat. Land may shift to crops or livestock. strong domestic and export demand supports higher production with possible removal of export controls as 1973 crops come in.
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Minnesota
Elton Redalen
Minnesota’ Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASCS
Redalen
Earl L. Butz
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grygla Lions Elect Officers And Plan Community Center
The Grygla Lions Club elected Roy Nordby as President Stewart Sistad as Vice President Ralph Rundell as Secretary Treasurer Jack Nomel Lion Tanner and Torrance Lillevold as Tail Twister. Billy Wikert and Sheldon Nomeland join the board of directors. They raised about 8000 for a Grygla community center to be built by Fall Festival time August 24 25. The club co sponsors the festival with Grygla Youth Organization and runs a summer swimming program for children and a two summer baseball program directed by Lion Wayne Paulson with Gary Kujanson as coach.
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Grygla Lion’s Club
Roy Nordby
Stewart Sistad
Ralph Rundell
Jack Nomel
Torrance Lillevold
Billy Wikert
Sheldon Nomeland
Grygla
Fosston
Lions
Lion Wayne Paulson
Gary Kujanson
Bergland to visit 7th District towns this summer
U S Representative Bob Bergland will tour 13 of Minnesota's 7th District counties during the summer recess. He will hold open meetings in each county courthouse to hear constituent problems with federal government and discuss pending federal legislation. On Wednesday August 29 he will be in the Beltrami County courthouse in Bemidji. Constituents may contact the Moorhead District Office at 218-236.
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Minnesota
7Th Congressional District
U.S
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Washington
Beltrami County
Bemidji
Moorhead
Minnesota teachers expect timely school openings this year
The Minnesota Federation of Teachers says a statewide survey finds contract disputes are unlikely to delay openings. Executive Secretary Edward Bolstad notes most districts have current contracts and many misunderstand the two year terms plus the public employee bargaining law. Negotiations are expected to start in January 1974 and strikes are unlikely this year.
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Minnesota Federation of Teachers
Edward Bolstad
The
MFT
Bolstad
Regional training aids chemical awareness program
The Upper Mississippi Chemical Awareness Team attended a two week seminar at the University of Minnesota Regional Training Center July 7 21. Sponsored by the Upper Mississippi Mental Health Center under a Health Education Welfare grant six area members will assess county needs and form action committees to advise the Upper Center Area Board. Contacts include Paul Knochenmus Roseau County Winton Wenner Lake of the Woods County Marge Houtkooper Clearwater Cass Raylene Kimball Cass Beltrami Dan Costello Hubbard Jeanne Cockrell Bemidji and the team remains available to help local agencies.
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University of Minnesota
Upper Mississippi Chemical Awareness Team
Upper Mississippi
Upper Mississippi Mental Health Center
Paul Knochenmus
Roseau County
Winton Wenner
Lake of the Woods
Marge Houtkooper
Clearwater County
Raylene Kimball
Cass County
Barbara Blashill
Beltrami County
Dan Costello
Hubbard County
Jeanne Cockrell
Bemidji
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