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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1972
Page
1
A reader asks how Sears Roebuck can charge 20 percent annually. The reply states the legal limit is one percent per month on average daily balance for revolving charge accounts, as per Bemidji Bar Association.
Hot mix surfacing heats bituminous and aggregate materials separately then blends and applies the mixture while hot. Cold mix uses asphalt emulsion and bituminous liquids mixed without heating and applied without heat.
The petition must be filed within 30 days of the ordinance publication. It requires signatures totaling 10 percent of the voters in the last regular election. The publication appeared in The Pioneer on July 20, so the deadline is 30 days from that date.
The House defeats a directive to pull all U.S. forces from Indochina by Oct. 1 in a tight 228 to 178 vote attached to a foreign aid bill. The Senate will likely restore the end the war rider. Officials announce last combat infantrymen are returning home with force reductions to 39,000 in Vietnam by Sept. 1.
Bemidji Community Arts Council promotes Art in the Park at Library Park from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with no entry fees. Exhibits include paintings, sculpture, weaving, photography, and unusual works like hardanger. Co chairs Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Chumley report artists from Bemidji and at least a dozen other cities, with rain plan to move indoors.
Minnesota Supreme Court upholds state financing for pollution control projects. Chief Justice Knutson writes that loans and grants from a water pollution control fund do not violate the constitutional ban on internal improvements. The decision affirms a Ramsey County ruling and notes $9.75 million appropriated from the general fund and up to $25 million in bonds to be issued by the state auditor for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
The Bemidji State College Summer Music Clinic concludes with an 8 p.m. Memorial Hall finale conducted by Glenn Cliffe Bainum, marking his final clinic production after decades. Weekend events include a 7:30 p.m. St Paul Chamber Orchestra concert in Hobson Union ballroom and a 3 p.m. Sunday performance by St Paul Philharmonic Summer Music Camp students in Memorial Hall. Tickets and details from the BSC Music Department.
Bomb believed aimed at a British army post exploded prematurely in Belfast killing two suspected terrorists and a girl. Eight bystanders injured as British soldiers tended the scene. nearby Londonderry supermarkets were also hit but reported no casualties.
Publisher Galth Lords announced on Friday Aug 11 that The Pioneer will erect a new 160 by 50 foot 8000 square foot facility in Bemidji Industrial Park adjoining the current press plant along Hwy 71 South. Construction could start soon with a Dec 1 occupancy target and should improve working conditions. Christiansen Construction Co. of Bemidji will build the air conditioned humidity controlled one story facility housing all operations.
Fair to partly cloudy today and tonight with warmer temperatures. Highs near 80s and lows in the 50s. Saturday will also be warm with similar highs and a 10 percent chance of rain.
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