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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1975
Page
8
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali arrived at Hillside Aged Program on a near closing day to offer financial aid. Director Maria Brown reported Ali pledged support beyond the reported 100000, later raising to 150000, to keep services for 54 disabled elderly clients running.
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker warned the United States and Panama could face violence if they fail to reach a new Canal Zone treaty. Speaking to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, Bunker, head of the U.S. negotiating team, said maintaining the status quo could provoke mounting hostility in Panama and Latin America and jeopardize U.S. interests. Talks began two years ago.
Rep. Salisbury Adams a leading Minnesota Republican said he will not seek reelection next year ending a House tenure begun in 1963. He cited rising personal costs and reduced satisfaction as a factor and noted the push for a fulltime legislature influenced his retirement decision.
A 40 year old pharmacist Marv Tweinbold was abducted from Giswold's Pharmacy on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis near South Side after a man robbed him of 20 to 30 narcotic vials. He was released about an hour and a half later when police stopped a cab nearby. a suspect was arrested.
3M Co and two former executives seek dismissal of tax fraud charges filed in St. Paul. Leonard Keyes said a motion will be filed with U.S. District Judge Donald Alsop by December 22. The suit accuses Bert Cross and Irwin Hansen of conspiring to falsify returns to hide illegal political contributions from the 1960s.
In Greenville South Carolina a 40 year old man from Sioux Falls was sentenced to die in the electric chair after a jury found him guilty of murder in the commission of an armed robbery. He also received a 25 year sentence for armed robbery.
The Palestine guerrilla command pledged immediate reprisals for Tuesday’s large Israeli air raid on Lebanon. About 100 people were killed and more than 150 wounded in refugee camp and guerrilla base strikes, with seven more bodies recovered. Lebanon asked the U.N. Security Council to urgently address aggression, while Premier Rashid Karami urged world opinion to deter the aggressor. A northern Israel rocket attack marked the first retaliation.
In Wichita, four American Indians from Pine Ridge and Rosebud face federal firearms charges after a station wagon from Pine Ridge to Oklahoma burst into flames near Wellington Kansas on September 10. Ben Burgess said the case will rely on circumstantial evidence including weapon serial numbers and ammunition matching recovered items.
Democratic governors led by Rhode Island's Philip Noel seek to boost influence for 1976 by shaping party issues rather than endorsing a candidate. Noel, chairman of the Democratic Governors Conference, says governors must be heard before the party stakes out its stance.
Maj. Gen. David E. Ott agrees to accept jurisdiction over military charges against three Fort Leonard Wood drill instructors after previous dismissal due to command influence. He may reinstate or drop charges. Another instructor, S. Sgt. Ellington D. Lockett, faces charges but remains unresolved. Two other drill instructors have been court martialed.
Market reports from Chicago show an unconfirmed sale of 90,000 tons of soybean oil triggering a surge in oil futures. Soy oil jumped to the daily limit before closing slightly off the peak, while nearby commodity futures including soybeans, meal, wheat and oats moved higher. Livestock and grain figures from South St. Paul list mixed price ranges for cattle, hogs, sheep, and dairy-related products with various loads and weights.
USDA reports Butter steady with quoted wholesale prices for AA 93 score at 1.01 and 1.9241.01 for board and B grades, eggs largely unchanged with cartons steady to higher. large and extra large sizes range 68 from 69.5 to 71.5 cents. In West Fargo cattle and calves market, limited slaughter data. cows 18.50 to 23.00, bulls 22.00 to 26.75, hogs US 1-3 200-250 lb at 49.00-49.50, sows 36.50-39.00, lambs 46.50-47.50, feeder lambs 45.50-46.50, slaughter ewes 5.00-9.00.
On November 21 the group met at Dorothy Hockenson’s to craft Christmas decorations and draw names for gift exchange. A Christmas supper was planned at Noel’s. New members Ruth Binkley and Evelyn Gellers joined, as reported by Christine Adams.
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