Order is keynote of GOP convention
The 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach opens with scheduled events and speeches to renominate President Nixon. The main floor fight centers on 1976 delegate apportionment while efforts to limit disputes continue amid a packed social agenda and police calm outside the Fontainebleau Hotel.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Spiro T. Agnew
Margaret Heckler
Massachusetts
Fontainebleau Hotel
GOP
George McGovern
Robert Dole
Kansas
South Dakota
Indochina
McGovern
Pennsylvania
Lyndon B. Johnson
American Legion
Chicago
Dole
Republican National Committee
Agnew
National Committee
Convention Credentials Panel Finds Two Delegate Challenges Decisive
Two New Mexico and Virginia delegate challenges drew no votes from the Credentials Committee. McCloskey sought seating for a New Mexico delegate who could argue on the floor, while a Virginia contest involved two seats near Washington. The convention features three keynote speakers night one, including Edwards Brooke Armstrong and Lugar. Clark MacGregor faulted McGovern for undermining debates by attacking Nixon as Hitler.
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New Mexico
Virginia
National Committee
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Sen
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Senate
Anne Armstrong
Texas
Cochairman
Richard Lugar
Indianapolis
Indiana
Clark MacGregor
Committee For the
McGovern
Nixon
Adolf Hitler
Merger Fight Splits Teachers Group At AFT Convention
In St Paul Minnesota a heated race for AFT president pits incumbent David Selden against Kenneth Miesen as the merger with NEA divides members. NEA opposes formal merger while Selden touts AFL CIO unity and organizing aims.
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Miesen
AFT
Selden
AFC
National Education Association
NEA
Afl-Cio
Senden
Minnesota Federation of Teachers
Duluth seeks federal disaster designation after flash flood
Mayor Ben Boo moves to obtain federal disaster status for Duluth and Southern St. Louis County after a Sunday flash flood causing widespread damage in the Minnesota port city. Officials describe millions in public property damage and extensive washouts as crews assess the scene and plan emergency actions.
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Duluth, Minn
Ben Boo
Duluth
St. Louis County
Minnesota Lake Superior
Civil Defense
Boo
Public Works
St. Louis
Boe
Duluth Central
Superior
First Streets
Young readers honored at Bemidji library ceremony
The World Travel Vacation Reading Club met at the Bemidji Public Library on Friday August 18 for the season finale and awards. Top readers were Marcia Houser with 281 books and Mathew Witmer with 189, among a list of ten honorees including Mary Corcoran Gavin Nadeson Jim Renaud Janice Christenson Susan Baker Brennan Kelly Annette Griffin and Angela Lauderbaugh.
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World Travel Vacation Reading Club of
Bemidji
Public Library
Lila Braun
Marcia Houser
Mathew Witmer
Mary Corcoran
Gavin Nadeson
Jim Renaud
Janice Christenson
Susan Baker
Brennan Kelly
Annette Griffin
Angela Lauderbaugh
World Travel Vacation Reading Club
Marcia
Mathew
The
Pioneer
Krogseng to lead floor fight over delegate selection rules
Minnesota Republican Chairman David Krogseng says he will press a floor fight over how delegates are chosen for the 1976 Republican National Convention. He and allies favor rewarding states with strong party organizations and officeholders, while opponents favor a winner take all system tied to Nixon support.
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Krogseng
Miami Beach
Fla
Minnesota
David Krogseng
McGovern Charges Nixon Neglects Elderly for Votes
Senator George S. McGovern launches a four day campaign swing calling the Nixon administration neglectful of senior citizens except during election years while releasing a white paper. He then visits flood ravaged northeastern Pennsylvania before heading to Texas and Chicago to meet with Lyndon B. Johnson and Mayor Richard J. Daley.
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Washington
George S. McGovern
Nixon
Variable clouds bring showers and cooler trend today
Patchy showers possible today and tonight as clouds linger. Tuesday turns partly cloudy with cooler conditions and daytime highs around 76 to 80 degrees. lows near 55 to 60. Rain chances run 40 percent today, 30 percent tonight, and 20 percent Tuesday.
Longtime Bemidji insurance man G L Dodge dies at 80
George Lawrence Dodge 80 owner of State Farm Insurance in Bemidji for 32 years died after an extended illness at Bemidji Hospital. He served 28 years as clerk and treasurer of School District 99 and belonged to Teastrike and First Presbyterian churches. He held civic roles with Rotary Beltrami County Farm Bureau Red Cross and Bemidji Rest Home. Survived by wife Nellie Knott. children Lillian Wold and John Knott Dodge. seven grandchildren nine great grandchildren. brother and sisters. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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George Lawrence Dodge
State Farm Insurance Co
Beltrami County
Bemidji Hospital
Port Hope Township
Dodge
Bemidji
Rotary Club
Beltrami County Historical Society
Beltrami County Farm Bureau
Christian Business Men's Committee
Bemidji Rest Home
Red Cross Fund Drive
Antrim Township
Watonwan County
Teastrike
Bemidji Ave
Nellie Knott
Jon Wold
Lillian
John Knott Dodge
Dana Point
Calif
U.S. Navy
Harold
Emily
Minn
L. L. Knott
Jessie
Mildred Robinson
Madeira
First Presbyterian Church
Mark Witmer
Greenwood Cemetery
Olson- Schwartz Funeral Home
Cab operations to be aired at Bemidji City Council
A public hearing on taxi cab rates and operation is scheduled for tonight’s Bemidji City Council meeting at 8 in City Hall council chambers. The city manager will report on the engineer’s airport agreement and the police union contract approval.
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Bemidji
Variance hearings set for Beltrami County Board of Adjustment
The Beltrami County Board of Adjustment will hold a 9 30 a m meeting at the courthouse to hear five variance requests. Francis D Mikkelson seeks a setback variance for Bemidji Lake. Delbert E Lindseth requests a new garage on a substandard lot at Movil Lake. Harold Batesole and Wayne Hodnefield apply for a setback variance. Eunice L Karronen seeks a variance for a substandard lot at Movil Lake. Burnett Carrow requests a setback variance for Gull Lake.
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Beltrami
Movil Lake
Burnett Carrow
Gull Lake
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Midwest
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Buckingham
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Spiro Agnew
Saigon
Que Son
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Dan Nang
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
United States
G. L. Dodge
Teastrike Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of
G.L. Dodge
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