Northwest Airlines pilots strike stretches into seventh week
Minneap olis AP report on stalled talks with ALPA mediated by Harry Bickford. Negotiators met six hours with cautious optimism and renewed pessimism about reaching a quick settlement. MAP disputes, fringe benefits, and working conditions remain core issues as machinists and other workers face layoffs and ramped losses at the Minneapolis St Paul hub.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Airline Pilots Association
ALPA
Harry Bickford
Bickford
Robert Rezenka
The
Rezenka
NWA
St. Paul
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Charles Matheson
Debating rising grocery costs in the election year
The AP report outlines how shoppers face record food prices while farmers, middlemen, and retailers blame each other. It notes beef at 1.14 per pound with 78 cents to ranchers and 36 cents to processors and sellers, lettuce splits and bread margins, and cites Department of Agriculture data showing retailer margins shrinking from 1.3 percent in 1964 to under seven tenths of 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Christensen
Agriculture Department
Pipeline destiny uncertain
U S District Court Judge George L Hart Jr may delay the trans Alaska oil pipeline again as hearings resume. Environmental groups press to keep the injunction and seek a study comparing Alaska route with a Canada option for oil and gas pipelines. The judge weighs natural gas development tied to Arctic oil finds of 1968.
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Alaska
Arctic
Hart
Dennis Flannery
Bemidji City to seek outside advice on disposal system
The Bemidji City Council decided to seek additional engineering input on the sewage disposal system. Council members urged a feasibility study from another firm, with costs discussed as per diem and about $100 per day per person. The council also backed Cedar Service Inc. in pursuing reciprocal switching rights with Burlington Northern to aid local industry.
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Elizabeth Moore
Bemidji
Jim Walker
Stewart and Walker
John Lloyd
League of Minnesota
Doug Peterson
Ralph Moberg
Marvin Hailey
Peterson
Herb Whiting
Walker
Cameron McMahon
Cedar Service, Inc
Burlington Northern Railroad
Cedar Service
Tom Doten
Cedar Services
Burlington Northern
McGovern Midwest Swing Backed by Unions Amid Tax Reform Debate
Sen. George McGovern launches a four day Midwest tour with stops in Ohio Wisconsin and downstate Illinois as unions form a National Labor Committee to back him He receives a boost from AFL CIO unions amid tax reform talk and faces Daley in the campaign orbit.
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Washington
George McGovern
Midwest
Ohio
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
AFL Clo
National Labor Committee
U S Jets Hit Seven Thanh Hoa Targets Deny Cathedral Bombing
U S Command says Navy jets attacked seven targets in Thanh Hoa North Vietnam on Monday and disputes Hanoi claims of bombing a business center and cathedral area. Hanoi says 100 civilians were killed or wounded. Ground fighting rises near Kampong Ray and Quang Tri Hue.
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Saigon
U.S
Thanh Hoa
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Kampong Ray
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Hue
College student seeks at large alderman seat in Bemidji
Bradley Day of 605 Minnesota Ave filed for the office of alderman at large. A Bemidji State College student born in Minneapolis, Day has lived in the city since 1971 and is unmarried. He serves on local boards and ministries and plans to push for improved traffic flow and expert review of sewage issues before acting. He is also a radio announcer with KBSB FM.
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Bemidji Clinic, Ltd
Brian J. Anderson
University of Minnesota Medical School
Anderson
J.T. Deweese
Walnut Grove
Susan Sorenson
Warroad
Jack Isaacson
Birchmont Drive
University
Bemidji
Bradley Day
Minnesota Ave
Bemidji State College
BSC
Day
Bagley
Minneapolis
The
House of Community
Mission Way
Truth and Life
Lutheran Campus
Bemidji Avenue
Kbsb-Fm
Weather outlook with warm temps and scattered storms
Partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday. Continued warm conditions with a high near 75 to 85 today and 80s by Wednesday. Tonight’s low near 55 to 64 with a 30 percent chance of rain through Wednesday.
Flamenco Guitar Concert Tonight at BSC
All area residents are reminded of a flamenco guitar concert this evening at 7 30 by Michael Hauser in the C V Hobson Union ballroom at BSC. Sponsored by the cultural arts committee, tickets are at the door. further information from Terry Schell at 755 2057.
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Michael Hauser
C. V. Hobson Union
BSC
BSC Cultural Arts Committee
Terry Schell
Open House Planned for 100 Ton Recycling Milestone
The Northern Minnesota Recycling Collection Center in Bemidji marks its 100 ton milestone with an August 19 open house at 2 p.m. Speakers will discuss the center’s impact, demonstrations show how materials are processed, and the Bemidji Jaycees will provide beverages and doughnuts.
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Minnesota
Bemidji
Eric Angvall
Angyail
Northern
Geli Stevens
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Randy Seitz
David Jackson
Wilton
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Wendell Anderson
Matheson
North Dakota
Montana
Harold Vavra
Consumer
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Fect
S. Kent Christensen
National Association of Food Chains
GOP
Jon Haaven
Congress
Greensview
Parkview Apartments
Clearwater County Fair
Olivia Sollom
Mickey Mechelke
Louise Hanson
Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
Rocky Pomerance
Lutheran Youth Encounter
Council For the Church Community
Bemidji Jaycees
Angvall
First National Bank
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