Forest fire crisis explodes as Yosemite area fights blaze
Fire fighters, 6 500 trained personnel and 2 000 support staff, 80 percent of US capacity, battle 12 000 acre Granite fire near Yosemite National Park with containment hoped by 6 p m PDT. Total 156 735 acres burned across California Nevada Montana Idaho Oregon Washington Wyoming. one firefighter killed in auto crash.
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Associated Press
California
Yosemite National Park
Dick Klade
Interagency Fire Center
Boise
Idaho
Stanislaus National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Klade
U.S
Sly Park
Meyers
Calif
Bureau of Land Management
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Susanville
Montana
Oregon
Nevada
Washington
Wyoming
John Russell
Fire Center
U.S. Forestry Service
Nixon motorcade canceled after possible assassination plot emerges
New Orleans plans for a presidential motorcade were scrapped after the Secret Service uncovered a possible conspiracy to assassinate President Nixon during a Florida visit. Nixon, en route to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars, would have seen a brief Canal Street route to the Rivergate convention center.
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Secret Service
Nixon
Florida
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White House
FBI
Gaudet
Giarrusso
Lake Pontchartrain
Canal Street
Rivergate Convention Center
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
California
Labor Day
National Security
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Spirit of ‘76
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Patrick J. Buchanan
New Orleans International Airport
French Quarter
Drowning reports in Ponemah area and beyond
Red Lake Police report multiple drownings across Minnesota including Darrell Johns 17 in Ponemah after a seizure while swimming with companions. Other drownings include Dennis Baidus 5 in Cottage Grove Roger Reddy 36 in St. Paul Manga S Gutzkow rural Albany David Westphal 19 Ogilvie and Dean Baker 59 Sioux City Iowa. Ramsey County and surrounding areas noted.
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Darrell Johns
Ponemah
Red Lake
Roger Reddy
St. Paul
Silver Lake
Anthony Reddy
Reaney Heights
Stearns County
Manga S. Gutzkow
Albany
Richmond
Michael Lundstrom
Duluth
Lester River
Raymond Moser
Fargo
N.D
Island Lake
Mahnomen
Local volunteers aid fire fight across western forests
A crew of 24 Chippewa National Forest firefighters were flown Sunday to assist the Granite fire in Stanislaus National Forest east of San Francisco. The arrival brings local dispatch totals to 47 in recent days as crews from Minnesota and Wisconsin join others in Nevada Montana and California amid the crisis.
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Granite
Stanislaus National Forest
San Fransisco
Duluth
Boise
Idaho
Caribou
Kootenai National Forest
Montana
Canada
Stanley Johnson
Cass Lake
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nevada
California
Laos Cracks Down on Exiled General Thao Ma Coup
Laotian government troops crushed a right wing exiled general Thao Ma’s bid to topple Premier Souvanna Phouma in under 10 hours. Thao Ma reportedly died when a commandeered T28 bomber crash landed after ground fire. The incident follows his 1966 exile and seeks to spoil a coalition with the Pathet Lao. In Rome, AP correspondent Jack Began reappeared four weeks after vanishing, claiming Mafia kidnapping and release after promising to stop investigating.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Thao Ma
Thailand
Bemidji Area Vo-Tech Announces 1973 74 Course Openings
The Bemidji Area Vocational Technical Institute offers openings for 1973 74 programs on a first come basis. Courses include general secretarial and clerical automotive training hardware home improvement center marketing and pre management industrial drafting accounting and more. Nine to 18 month tracks cover merchandising product knowledge internships and advanced training with strong demand in auto related fields and drafting.
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Bemidji Area
Minnesota
Harpings Poignant Axiom on Horseplay and Grooming
A humorous quip from Harpings warns that too much horseplay can lead to becoming a groom. The witticism uses playful language to reflect on behavior and career outcomes in a lighthearted tone.
FBI probes area death in Red Lake investigation ongoing
RED LAKE The death Saturday of Bruce Sayers 28 is under FBI and Law and Order inquiry. Celestine Maus says agency head says the case is being coordinated with Bemidji officials. Funeral set for Wednesday 9 a.m. at Immaculate Conception with burial at Catholic Cemetery. Wake Tuesday at Matthew Sayers home. Sayers born June 3 1945 leaves two daughters Irene Darma and Lisa. parents Matthew and Mrs Sayers. siblings Darlene Donnell Sherrlene Roberts Matthews Jr Roderick Dwight Fabian.
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Red Lake
Bruce Sayers
FBI
Law and Order Branch
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Celestine P. Maus
BIA
Dick Johnson
Law and Order
Bemidji
Immaculate Conception
Sinstad Funeral Home
Blackduck
Matthew Sayers
Redlake
Mr. Sayers
Darma
Lisa
Minneapolis
Darlene Donnell
Redby
Sherrlene Roberts
Matthews, Jr
Roderick and
Dwight
Redlke
Fabian
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