Bemidji State College approves bids for limnology lab
Contracts approved for a 4000 square foot limnology laboratory building east of the Bangsberg Fine Arts Center on Lake Boulevard. Winkelman Enterprises of St. Cloud gets general contract, Doran Company of Bemidji wins mechanical bid, Hanay Electric of Bemidji awarded electrical work. The $98,000 appropriation came from the 1971 Minnesota legislature.
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Bemidji State College
Winkelman Enterprises, Inc
St. Cloud
Doran Company
Bemidji
Hanay Electric
Minnesota
Harry F. Bangsberg Fine Arts Center
Lake Boulevard
Chippewa registration ends Sept 5 for tribal election
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe voters who turn 18 by Sept 8 1972 and have not registered may submit registration by 12 noon Sept 5 1972. Absentee ballots must be mailed by 4 p.m. Aug 26 1972 from Bemidji office. Polling on reservations mirrors last election. urban residents vote absentee.
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Bemidji
Twins
Duluth
Nixon wins GOP nomination amid unity at Miami convention
Richard Nixon secured the Republican nomination for a record third time with a party unity display in Miami Beach. Spiro Agnew is set for renomination as running mate amid a festival atmosphere and a narrowed floor fight over delegate allocation. Outside, protesters clashed with police as the convention celebrated Nixon’s victory and prepared to face McGovern and Shriver.
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United Gop
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Miami International Airport
Miami Marine Stadium
Biscayne Bay
Convention Hall
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Manuel Lujan
New Mexico
McCloskey
McGovern
James L. Buckley
New York
District 31 Considers Lab School Future Amid Tuition Rise
Bemidji area District 31 votes to continue its contract with the Lab School as tuition climbs to 518.33 per pupil from 250, with about 175 students enrolled this year. Board weighs absorbing Lab School students into overcrowded district schools and names Nor man Cole as Northwest Minnesota special education adviser.
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Pioneer Reporter
Bemidji State College Laboratory School
L.M. Wangberg
District 31
Lab
Wangberg
Moorhead
Winona
Lab School
Bemidji
FBI kills bank robber at Kennedy airport as accomplice is captured
FBI agents shot and killed a suspected bank robber at Kennedy airport and captured his partner before they could flee aboard a private jet. Seven hostages held for over 11 hours were freed unharmed.
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New York
FBI
Kennedy Airport
Weather Outlook Fair and Cool With Light Rain Chance
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with continued cool temperatures through Thursday. Highs today 70 to 76, tonight’s lows 12 to 50, Thursday highs around 72. Rain chance remains five percent today and tonight, ten percent on Thursday.
Bemidji Teacher Honored as Outstanding Elementary Educator
Mrs. Bernard Penny Strand of 2516 Calihan Ave Bemidji chosen as Hubbard County outstanding elementary teacher by the Minnesota School Boards Association and Minnesota State Fair Board Education Dept. She teaches sixth grade at Laporte School and directs patrols and Christmas programs while leading intramural sports and PTA efforts.
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Bernard ‘‘Penny
Calihan Ave
Bemidji
Hubbard County
Minnesota School Boards Association
Minnesota State Fair Board
Laporte Education Association
Minnesota Education Association
MEA
Parent - Teacher Association
PTA
Mobile unit aids rural health care
The Minnesota Department of Health operates a free mobile health unit for Clearwater Cass Itasca and St Louis counties. Supervisor is Public Health Nurse Margorie Laufenburger and technician David L Olson. The unit visits designated areas twice a month on a revised schedule to offer health screening tests to apparently healthy people.
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Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health
Clearwater
Cass
Itasca
St. Louis
Margorie Laufenburger
David L. Olson
Two Held On Drug Charges In Bemidji Case
Warren D. Winger and Richard C. Brown were arrested at 509 22nd St by Bemidji Police on drug charges. Winger faces counts including receiving or concealing stolen property and possession with intent to sell marijuana. Brown faces possession of a small amount of marijuana. Both requested preliminary hearings set for Sept 1. Winger remanded on 2000 dollar bond, Brown bond set at 500 dollars.
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Warren D. Winger
Richard C. Brown
22Nd St
Bemidji
Winger
Beltrami County
Brown
District 7 candidates press vocational education expansion
U S Seventh District Congressman Robert Bergland and Republican rival Jon Haaven addressed over 900 vocational educators at Bemidji State College, urging broader access to career education and stronger use of area technical schools. Bergland urged less restrictive federal aid and local control, while Haaven stressed expanding rural programs and aligning curricula with regional industry needs.
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U.S
Robert Bergland
Jon Haaven
Bemidji State College
BSC
Bergland
Haaven
Congress
Minnesota
DFL
U.S. House of Representatives
Roseau
Alexandria
Miss
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Lake
Gordon Lindgren
BSC Division of Science and Mathematics
Bemidji State
Squaw Lake
FOR Better Health
Squaw Lake Village Hall
David Olson
Marjorie Laufenburger
Joyce Roosdett
Frank Bain
Miami Beach
Fla
Richard Nixon
Missouri
Lawrence K. Roos
Tom Eagleton
Northwest Minnesota
Norman Cole
Red Lake Falls
Cole
State Department of Education
Nancy Ertresvaag
Bemidji Regional Interdistrict Council
Ertresvaag
Supt
Lincoln
J.W. Smith
Leslie O. Torgerson
Horace May
George Welte
Gilfillan Center
GMC
Pine Ridge
Saigon
Que Son
da Nang
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
U.S. Supreme Court
Mrs
Bernard Strand
15Th Street
Delton Avenue
Diamond Point Park
William F. Lemen
St. Philip’ Church
Lemen
St. Joseph's Parish
Bagley
St. Philip's
St. Philip's School
Bob Bergland
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