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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1972
Page
1
The Pioneer announces its Question Mart to solve readers problems and obtain replies from authorities. It offers to act as a go-between to cut through red tape and, on request, plead a case with the proper officials.
A Bemidji reader reported a Phoenix company offering a $150 certificate toward a $209.95 sewing machine after sending a check. Local chambers and the Arizona attorney general’s office flagged complaints of non delivery and over pricing, with an FTC consent order for deceptive advertising.
The Pioneer notes the city government declined to comment on basis of pay for the city attorney and city engineer. The editor adds that questions to Question Mart require the sender’s full name and permission to print. initials will be considered for publication.
The city primary ballots will not have a write-in space. State law requires a write-in blank on the general election ballots. The guidance is published in Minnesota Election Laws, 1972, and filed with the county auditor and city clerk.
Bemidji entrepreneur Don Holmes faces a compliance deadline after a state highway letter brands his Diamond Head Putt Park as largely on public road right of way. The notice orders removal by November 1, 1972, despite council approval for a three year lakeside operation at 400 dollars per year.
The House approved a measure to prohibit busing except as a last resort for desegregation and to let districts under court orders ask for modifications. It also limits bus distance to the second closest school and faces Senate uncertainty.
Edith Irving leaves Nassau County Jail with husband Clifford Irving in Sarasota while still facing Swiss charges over the Howard Hughes autobiography hoax. Clifford Irving faces a 2 1/2 year Pennsylvania prison term. She donated a painting to the jail and questioned the future of their marriage as he prepares to serve his own sentence.
Partly cloudy conditions persist through Saturday with a chance of thunderstorms. Warm and humid air remains in place as highs reach 85 to 92 degrees and overnight lows settle 60 to 70. Rain chances are 40 percent today, 30 percent tonight, and through Saturday.
The St Paul Chamber Orchestra performs at 7 30 p m Saturday in Bemidji for the Bemidji State College music scholarship fund. A pre concert party begins at 5 p m at Ruttgers Lodge with dinner at 6 p m. Dennis Russell Davies conducts a program including Piston Telemann Bach Bolcom and Mozart works performed by 22 musicians. Tickets from BSC Music Department and reservations from Fulton Gallagher 955 3928.
U.S. Representative Bob Bergland and Jon O. Haaven will keynote the regional vocational education conference at Bemidji State College on August 22. The event, themed Zero Rejects, targets teachers and administrators and covers career education across curricula. Bergland and Haaven address topics on legislative support for educators.
Swimming Director Gale Falk announced that all Bemidji beaches will close for the season at 8 p.m. Sunday August 20.
A man arming a carbine rode a bicycle into Reno International Airport and ordered a United Airlines 727 to fly to Vancouver. He kept three crew aboard and did not request money, while passengers deplaned. the event followed a prior hijacking near Reno.
Sunday event at Beltrami County Fairgrounds features hundreds of quarter horses in Bemidji. Minnesota Quarterhorse Association sponsors the first annual show with regional, state, and national sanctioning. Six trophies in 33 classes. Top four in performance receive 40, 30, 20, and 10 percent of gate. Eight a.m. start, judged by Weldon Roger of Springfield Missouri. Admission one dollar.
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