Question Mart explains highway glass cleanup and drive in restrooms
The Pioneer notes two reader questions. State highway glass cleanup falls to the Minnesota Department of Highways for state roads and city street departments for streets. Drive in theaters are licensed by the State Fire Marshal, who handles protection booths and exits. sanitation inspectors say state law does not require public rest rooms for patrons, only employee facilities.
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B.L.A
Bemidji
Minnesota Department of Highways
City Street
Pioneer
L.H
Pat Barry
Harold Repulske
Pioneer Editorial Department
City Weed Enforcement Explained by Bemidji Official
Bemidji Park Superintendent Jim Cameron explains Minnesota Statute 1945 section 20 07 requires land occupants or owners to cut or destroy noxious weeds. City land falls under the city, outside land and tax forfeit land under county jurisdiction. Property owners are responsible and the city may place a tax judgment if ignored.
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E.D
Minnesota
City of
Bemidji
Jim Cameron
Cameron
Pioneer Editorial Department
Nixon seeks four more years for peace breakthrough
President Nixon outlines a bid for a second term promising a breakthrough for peace with China and the Soviet Union as he campaigns in Chicago and Detroit on the way to the Western White House after renomination in Miami Beach.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Peking
Moscow
Chicago
Detroit
Miami Beach
Washington
George McGovern
United States
District 31 teachers and Bemidji district reach master contract
The Bemidji Faculty Association and District 31 school board sign the master contract under the Public Employee Labor Relations Act of 1971. The two year pact covers teachers and non certified registered nurses with raises of three percent first year and two percent second year. The deal follows bargaining by BFA and outcomes include North Central Workshop use of Carr Lake school for 500 dollars for one year and sewer work by Greggs Plumbing at Northern School.
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Bemidji Faculty Association
District 31
Public Employe Labor Relations Act
Minnesota Education Association
National Education Association
Bemidji Federation of Teachers
Minnesota Federation of Teachers
American Federation of
North Central Workshop, Inc
Carr Lake
Greggs
Northern School
AFT and NEA merger gain backers at convention
In St Paul the AFT delegates move to back unity with NEA as a merger goal of the Progressive Caucus. The vote signals strong support for closer ties while tensions over AFL-CIO links and member assessments loom before the NEA convention.
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AFT
AFL Cio
NEA
Afl-Cio
AFL
Newark
N.J
Carole Graves
Minnesota State Fair Opens For 11 Day Run
The Minnesota State Fair begins an 11 day schedule the longest in its history with chil dren's day offering free admission to all under 16 until 6 pm and Band and Mexico day featuring themed activities. Sunlit crowds expected as unions face ongoing campaigns and funding aims.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Bemidji Councilwoman seeks re election
Councilwoman Cameron McMahon announces bid for re election citing dedication to all Bemidji residents. She highlights transparency in government, support for the elderly and poor, public transportation needs, youth engagement, and opposition to costly projects including a liquor store, salary hikes, and a large sewage plant.
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Bemidji
Cameron McMahon
McMahon
KBM
James L. McMahon
Bemidji State College
Mary
Birchmont Drive
Highway 2
Burr
Frohn
Turtle River
Beltrami
City Hall
Wild Rice Harvest Rules Listed For Northern Minnesota
As opening day nears more than 40 harvesters licenses sold in Bemidji with sub agents at Kroll's Lakeland and Coast to Coast. Permits cost $4 and are available in Blackduck at Walden's Service and Summit Mercantile. Harvest windows vary by date from 10 am to 12 or 1 pm with closures on several days. The Leech Lake Wild Rice Committee sets schedule and may alter hours with posted notice. Restrictions limit harvest to federally recognized reservations with Indian blood or resident status on the harvest site.
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Wayne Alsop
Harvesters
Bemidji
Kroll's Sporting Goods
Lakeland Sporting Goods
Blackduck
Walden’s Service
Summit Mercantile
Midway Grocery
Resort Area Drive
Glogan's
County Road 15
Turtle Lake
Robert L. Herbst
Department of Natural Resources
Wild Rice Committee
Leech Lake Reservation
Boy Bay
Leech Lake
Mud
Goose Lakes
Boy River
Inguadona Lake
Wild
Partly cloudy with mild temps through Saturday
Partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Saturday. Highs mostly in the 70s with nights around the mid 50s. Highs Saturday forecast in the mid to upper 70s to 80s and a five percent chance of rain through Saturday.
Metairie attorney named national VFW commander in Minneapolis
Patrick E. Carr 50, an attorney from Metairie Louisiana, was elected commander in chief at the 73rd VFW convention in Minneapolis. He said the organization has progressed well and will focus on enrolling Vietnam veterans and securing employment for all veterans with jobs prioritized for those able and willing to work.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Patrick E. Carr
Metairie
VFW
Minneapolis
Carr
Beltrami County Board approves funds and purchases
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners met in adjourned session with five members present and approved moves totaling funds from the County Revenue and National Forest accounts to support Moose Lake Township and county road operations. They authorized a $2,050 sheriff sedan purchase from Dibble Chevrolet and granted a snowmobile trails permit on tax-forfeit land. Mary Ann Bjerke will become registered nurse at $650 monthly starting Sept. 4, and Cedar Service seeks reciprocal switching rights from Burlington Northern. The session closed with a business meeting alongside Bemidji Chamber of Commerce on outdoor drive-in theaters.
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Beltrami County
Dibble Chevrolet-Buick, Inc
Sheriff's Department
Igloo
Mary Ann Bjerke
Cedar Service, Inc.n
Burlington Northern Railroad
Bemidji Chamber of Commerce
Bemidji Fire Insurance Rates Cut After Reclassification
Bob Healey of Baumgartner's Inc. in Bemidji announced that Minnesota's Insurance Services Office reclassified Bemidji from Class 7 to Class 6 for fire insurance, effective Sept 1. The change, based on water pressure for fire protection, should lower rates by about five percent for commercial buildings and also reduce homeowners' premiums.
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Bob Healey
Baumgartner’s Inc
Bemidji
Insurance Services Office of
Minnesota
Healey
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