Drownings Reported On Thin Midwest Ice
Four drownings reported as thin ice claims lives on Cedar Lake near Aitkin and Lake Marion. Lakeside rescues spared three teens on Little Rock Lake near Rice, while two Minneapolis men and a Lakeville man died in separate incidents. Wisconsin and Isanti County cases noted, with authorities identifying victims and noting hospitalizations for exposure.
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Associated Press
Pefséns
Cedar Lake
Aitkin
Aitkin County
Cambridge
Isanti County
Lake Marion
Dakota County
Vidhih
Raymond Dircks
Gary
Wisconsin
Shawano Lake
Shawano
Wis
Roger Nolan
Bonduel
Little Rock Lake
Rice
Minn
Lindy Jenkins
Sharon Fein
Barbara Polum
Hubbard Taxpayers to Meet About Tax Procedures
Hubbard County taxpayers may ask questions at a special informational meeting Thursday December 7 at 8 p.m. in Lake Hattie Town Hall. County Assessor Percy Bliss of Park Rapids will explain new tax assessing and collecting procedures and answer questions from the audience.
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Hubbard County
Percy Bliss
Park Rapids
Lake Hattie Town Hall
Bliss
Political jockeying among governors as Westwood resigns bid
Democratic governors urge Jean Westwood to resign and back Texan Robert Strauss as successor. Westwood refuses to step down if Strauss runs. Strauss rejects compromise. In separate notes, Dole predicts Nixon win signals GOP revival, Milliken cautions focus on poor and desperate. Canary Islands jet crash kills all 155, mostly Germans. In Saigon, U S warplanes bomb enemy lines to cut North Vietnamese resupply. 315 tactical air strikes, over half in Quang Tri, with 50 B-52s active.
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ST. Louis
Jean Westwood
Robert Strauss
Phoenix, Ariz
GOP
Robert Dole
Nixon
Republican Party
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Republican Governors Association
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
U.S
South Vietnam
Will Rogers Jr to Speak at BSC Student Union Tonight
Will Rogers Jr. will deliver a cultural arts lecture at the Student Union ballroom on the BSC Campus this evening at 7:30 open to the public. Tickets are at the door. His career spans newspapers politics films radio and television and he stars in the Will Rogers Story.
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Will Rogers, Jr
Student Union
BSC
Rogers
Will Rogers
Weather Outlook: Cold, Light Snow Possible Through Tuesday
Fair north with variable clouds and a chance of light snow in the south through Tuesday. Continued cold with highs near 66 degrees and lows from 20 below north to 5 below south. Tuesday highs around 66 below with precipitation chances from 10 to 20 percent north and 1 to 4 percent south today and tonight.
Kissinger Holds Twin Talks With North Vietnamese Aide
Kissinger and North Vietnam’s Tho met in two Paris sessions as hopes for a final Vietnam peace agreement grow. Morning talks ran 2 1/2 hours in Choisy le Roi with Xuan Thuy present, and an afternoon session opened at 4 p.m. in Sainte Gemme, with further discussions planned for Tuesday.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Choisy le Roi
Sainte Gemme
Florida White House
Kissinger
Tho
City Council Votes Tonight On Ward Reapportionment
City council meets at 8 p m in City Hall chambers to vote on a ward remap and hold public hearings on 1972 improvement assessments for Sherman Avenue, the east side of Bixby alley, and Park Avenue. Two special use permits and a variance request are before action for the Armory site and a Teen Center at 722 Beltrami, with a bid specs authorization for an aerial lift requested by the city manager.
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City Hall
Sherman Avenue
Bixby Avenue
Park Avenue
Beltrami
Baldness complaints prompt unusual fashion venting
A humorous note complains about rapid hair loss making the back of the head resemble a shirt collar blown with bubble gum, reflecting a playful self description of a grooming frustration.
Fisheries bonus set by Red Lake Association
In a monthly meeting held Saturday Dec. 2 the board of directors of the Red Lake Fisheries Association set a 20 per cent bonus to be distributed among members on Wednesday Dec. b. The bonus plus prior 1972 purchases totals 54361.88 to mark the amount paid to members for the 1972 season. Gross sales for the 1972 season notated 139872.68.
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The
Red Lake Fisheries Association
Five Die In Mizpah Fire In Minnesota Home
A mother and her four children perished when a Mizpah Minnesota home burned early today. Mrs Ronald Vernlund 26 and daughters Rhonda 7 Melissa 5 Kimberly 3 Timothy 1 died. Vernlund and brother John escaped from an upstairs window as fire crews battled the blaze in 20 degree below zero weather. Mizpah lies about 60 miles southwest of International Falls.
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Mizpah
Minn
Minnesota
Ronald Vernlund
Rhonda
Melissa
Kimberly
Timothy
Vernlund
John
Northomne
International Falls
Apollo 17 countdown hits stride after strike threat ends
Apollo 17 preparations continued on schedule at Cape Kennedy as a potential 60 worker strike was resolved minutes before the deadline. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt refined abort procedures and practiced lunar lander simulations while ground crews loaded propellants and tuned spacecraft systems ahead of the 9 53 p m EST launch. Evans remains aboard America to conduct experiments during the three day lunar mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Bernard Mamet
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison N. Schmitt
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
Challenger
America
Boeing
Mamet
International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employes
IATSE
Boeing Co
Houston
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Space Agency
Spa
Patrick Air Force Base
Eugene Cernan
Ronald Evans
Moon
Beltrami County to hold three monthly commissioner meetings
Beltrami County Commission adopts a three session monthly schedule starting with a first meeting to address new business and public input. Agenda includes mobile home permits, bonds for officials, a dance permit, and various appropriations and transfers, plus interviews with several local figures.
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Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
County Welfare Board
Bernard
William Nielsen
John J. Keyes
Ted Tower
Doris Garlock
Welfare Petty Cash Fund
Frontier
Offices of
Register of Deeds
Sheriff’s Department
Probate Court
Clerk of County Court
Veterans Claims
Beltrami Nursing Home
Nursing Home Building Fund
Lennard Bergstrom
Charles Naylor
Precautions against shoplifting in the Christmas rush
Pioneer reporter Frank Bain surveys growing shoplifting across the nation with losses reaching up to three billion dollars yearly. Local merchants outline defenses while Police Chief James McDowell notes patrols and deterrents. Shoplifting is not solely a minor offense and can be a felony under state laws.
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James McDowell
NFL Vikings lead Bemidji Chamber drive with 58 points
In a chaotic report the Dotty Narameore led NFL Vikings to 58 points in the Bemidji Chamber membership drive, edging the NFL total to 147 and prompting chamber officials to plan a continued effort next week. AFL Saints and other NFL teams also signed sponsors, while names like United Farm Agency Fritz Hanson and Cap Homes appear among contributors.
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Dotty Narameore
NFL Vikings
Bemidji Chamber
Vikings
United Farm Agency
Fritz Hanson
Lanita Lingenberg
James Lahti
Larson
Orvis Wik
Capp Homes
Bill
Wilma Palm
Earl Gangeness
Vera Weiss
James Sharp
Palmer Haugen
Wrolstad
Bears
McFarland
Cabinet
City Body Shop
Jo Lyn
Bob Welle
Packers
Harold Freutel
NFL
John Glas
AFL Saints
C.D. Haugen Trucking
Wes Winter
Robert Montebello
Les Mattison
Charles Austad
Kes Henriques
Robert Naegler
Fulton Gallagher
Myrtle Hunt
Bobh Brothens Jets
Clinton Braaten
Jansen
Falcons
Paul Bunyan
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Canary Islands
Will Rogers Jr
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Hanoi
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Nguyen Phu Duc
Duc
Apollo
Bemidji Development Corporation
Doyle Aultman
Governor’s Commission On Crime Prevention and Control
County Commission
CCPC
William Okerman
Bill Corrigan
Elmer Gustafson
Frank Bain
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