It's the economy tour dents Washington tourism slump story
Washington tourism and convention business faces a slowdown as hotel occupancy, bus tour ridership, and major attractions report declines from last year. Officials cite consumer spending limits, suburban hotel growth, and a weak May for the downturn, with visitor totals at national landmarks lagging behind 1969.
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Washington
Floyd Kirby
Leonard Hickman
Hotel Association of
District of Columbia
Hickman
Maryland
Virginia
Gray
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
White House
Capitol
Washington Convention and Business Bureau
Martin Luther King
SBA officer to visit Bemidji for loans and business help
Perwin S Knutson SBA loan officer will be in Bemidji on Sept 9 to meet small business owners about SBA loans and services. SBA offers long term financing and management counseling through SBA and SCORE with workshops and seminars. Information available from the Minneapolis office or by appointment via the Bemidji Chamber of Commerce at Bemidji Avenue and Third Street.
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Perwin S. Knutson
Small Business Administration
Bemidji
SBA
SCORE
Minneapolis
Knutson
Gossip column Q and A spans sex clubs to royalty portraits
A syndicated gossip column answers reader questions on a Malibu sex club lifestyle, Joe Namath’s football return, Concorde testing and Pan Am, the Kennedy family charity, Huey Newton’s dating, Duke Ellington’s granddaughter, Rudolf Nureyev’s relationships, and Jackie Onassis kin.
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Rosemary
J.C.S
Edmonds
N. A
Sargent Shriver
Eunice Shriver
Kennedy Foundation For
Eunice
Maryland
Huey Newton
L.M
Rix Mills
Ohio
California
Huey
Duke Ellington
Mercedes
Nanette
Duke
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Skenandore Denies Censure Over Mobilera Plant
Artley Skenandore executive director of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Commission protests his censure by the White Earth Reservation Business Committee as unfounded and based on falsehoods. He alleges the RBC and Minnesota Agency misallocated funds and notes his small role in Mobilera Inc who built a plant on White Earth, while others drove the venture and faced FBI IRS scrutiny. The TEC concurs with the resolution amid disputes over who shaped the project and urged legal and financial safeguards.
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ST. Paul
Artley Skenandore
Minnesota Indian Affairs Commission
White Earth Reservation Business Committee
RBC
White Earth Abc
Skenandore
Mobilera, Inc
Robert Doctor
Mobilera
Minnesota Chippewa Tribal Executive Committee
TEC
John Buckanaga
Jerome
White Earth Apc
White Earth
Indian Community Action Project
ICAP
Doctor
White Earth Rbc
John Peterson
State Economic Development Department
Phil Dahl
George Buchelt
Northfield
Buchelt
BBC
Waterbury, Inc
Waterbury
Marvin Sargent
BIA
Minnesota
Edwin Demery
Buchell
Dodor
Small Business Administration
SBA
White Earth Reservation
Jerome Kearney
Detroit Lakes
Jerry Buckanaga
Lowell Bellanger
Bellanger
Buckanaga
Doctor Who
Buchell and Kearney
ABC
Soweto Breadline Income Set At 103 Dollars
The Association of Chambers of Commerce says the minimum breadline income for a black family of five in Soweto is 103.10 dollars per month, signaling poverty thresholds in the township near Johannesburg.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
The
Association of Chambers of Commerce
Soweto
Janitor retires after four degrees at Wayne State
Elmer Fischer began as a Ford worker and janitor at Wayne State University in 1940. He earned bachelor degrees in history mortuary science and sculpture then a master of fine arts in December. He may teach sculpture in a Negro college, open a studio, or become a funeral director.
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Detroit
Elmer Fischer
Wayne State University
South
Fischer
Ford Motor Co
Lloyd Richards
Richards
Fisher
Head Start Classes Start for Red Lake and Ponemah Areas
Head Start classes for Red Lake and Ponemah areas begin Tuesday September 7. Head Start staff return September 1. Red Lake committee elections were held this summer and the group will meet Monday August 30 at 7 p.m. in the Head Start Building. Ponemah will hold committee elections this week. Bus schedule will be announced next week.
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Red Lake
Ponemah
Bus service proposed for students between Grand Rapids and Bemidji
John H. Brown of Grand Rapids filed with the Public Service Commission to run a daily 12 passenger van between Grand Rapids and Bemidji State College. Scheduled departures are 7 10 a.m. to 8 40 a.m. with return at 4 p.m. to arrive 5 25 p.m. The fare is eight dollars per person for a week. The hearing is set in Itasca County Court House on Wednesday Sept 22 at 9 30 a.m.
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Grand Rapids
Public Service Commission
Bemidji State College
John H. Brown
Bemidji
Brown
Itasca County Court House
Notice of Expiration of Time of Redemption Beltrami County
Beltrami County Auditor issues expiration notice for redemption of land sold at tax sale in 1966. Describes parcels in Section 26 Township 149 Range 35, price bids, purchaser amount, and current redemption sum plus six percent interest. Redemption period ends sixty days after service and proof of service filed. Wayne Alsop, Auditor. Grace Hickerson, Deputy.
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Ruth M. Kingsbury
County
Beltrami
Minnesota
State of
Wayne Alsop
Beltrami County
Minn
Grace Hickerson
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