Bemidji Tightens City Snowmobile Rules and Fines
Bemidji adopts a stricter snowmobile ordinance with fines up to 300 dollars, a 15 mph limit, and mandatory dead man's throttles. Prohibitions cover key avenues, crossing rules, lighting and mufflers, and bans on loud or reckless operation with limited emergency use during severe snow conditions.
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Lake Front
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Ninth Street
Harpings warns against rushing while drinking and driving
Harpings urges caution as drinking impairs judgment, warning that pulling the throttle during intoxication is unsafe. He emphasizes sober driving and responsible behavior to prevent accidents and protect lives.
Bell ringers mobilize for Bemidji toy drive event
Bemidji Lions will have a full force of bell ringers in the business district Friday night and Saturday to raise funds for Christmas toy and basket projects. Dick Beitzel, chair, notes the effort supports happy Christmases for hundreds of Bemidji area children and requests shopper cooperation this weekend.
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Bemidji
Shoreland rules discussed at Beltrami County meeting
Beltrami County Planning Advisory Commission discussed the present Shoreland Management ordinance at a Wednesday night meeting in the courthouse. Further consideration of Interim Ordinance No. 4 will occur at the December 18 session. Plans include incorporating parts of the interim ordinance into a revised rule next year, with a new ordinance hoped ready by April 1, 1973.
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Beltrami County
Truman remains in critical list amid lung and heart illness
Former President Harry S. Truman stays on the critical list at Research Hospital after a restful night with wife and daughter at his bedside. Doctors report stable vital signs and reduced lung fluid, with optimism about possible removal from the critical list as press reports note Kissinger Tho talks in Paris amid cease-fire speculation.
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Research Hospital and Medical Center
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Paris
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Apollo 17 lifts off toward moon on Saturn V from Cape Kennedy
Apollo 17 blasted into space at 12 33 a m EST after a computer delay and an alarm glitch. Commander Eugene Cernan and geologist Jack Schmitt led the mission with Ronald Evans aboard the America while the lunar module Challenger prepared for a Taurus Littrow landing. Evans stayed in lunar orbit as Cernan and Schmitt planned three moonwalks, aiming to collect 210 pounds of samples and set up a science station over about 75 hours on the moon.
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Scouts Sell Christmas Trees For Fund Raiser
Bemidji Girl Scouts are selling Christmas trees to fund projects. Trees available at their plantation seven miles west of the airport and half a mile north or at the Hertz Rent A Car lot on Highway 2. Open Saturdays 9 AM to 4 30 PM and Sundays 12 30 PM to 4 30 PM. Proceeds support a trip to the Cabana in Cuernavaca Mexico and a winter ski weekend campout in Minnesota.
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Bemidji Post Office to Open Saturdays for Christmas Mail
Bemidji post office service counter announced extended Saturday hours on Dec 9 and Dec 16 from 6 30 a m to 12 noon to handle early Christmas mailers. The counter will not stay past 5 p m on weekdays during the two weeks before Christmas, though it will remain open after 5 p m for customers already present.
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Bemidji
Beltrami County Considers Two Story Judicial Annex Plan
The Beltrami County Board weighs a two story Judicial Courts Annex to unite city county and district facilities. Architect John Ivey Thomas proposes unfinished second floor with no bonded debt funded by revenue sharing. Estimated cost about $650,000 includes elevator, two first floor courtrooms, chambers, jury rooms, and space for probate and clerk offices.
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Duluth
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Public hearing set for Highway 71 relocation Bemidji to Black Duck
State Highway Department announces a December 13 public hearing at 7 30 p m in Bemidji District Highway building to discuss route location design and environmental social effects of upgrading Trunk Highway 71 from the Bemidji airport area to Black Duck. Maps and relocation assistance details will be available.
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Bemidji Pharmacy Sold to Johnson Corner Drug
Johnson Corner Drug purchased the Bemidji Pharmacy inventory and files in a deal sealed by a Wednesday handshake. Vern Schanilec and August Ulrich announced the transfer, with records and services moving to Johnson Corner Drug on December 9 while current customers would continue receiving prescriptions and insurance processing from the new location. Ulrich, who started the Bemidji Pharmacy in 1956, plans retirement travels and a Gonvick visit, with hunting and fishing on his agenda.
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Bemidji
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Weather outlook with Arctic cold snap and snow flurries
Arctic conditions bring scattered snow flurries in the south with mostly cloudy skies. Tonight and Friday see rising chances of snow, then partial clearing Friday night. Highs near 2 to 8 below zero, tonight's lows from 14 to 28 below. precipitation chances 26 percent today, 49 percent tonight, 90 percent Friday.
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