Moslems Force Key Positions in Beirut Clash
In Beirut the Moslem leftists pressed a brutal advance through downtown behind mortar fire. Ambushers militia seized St George Hotel and nearby quarters as Christian forces resisted at Phoenicia and Holiday Inn amid calls for blood donations and warnings of further fighting.
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Beirut
Lebanon
St. Georges
Phoenicia
Holiday Inn
Ashrafiya
Ein Rumanneh
Rashid Karami
Minnesota cattlemen urge beef checkoff at Bemidji convention
Bemidji hosted the Minnesota cattlemen’s convention where a beef checkoff proposal before Congress dominated talks. The plan would withhold 3 percent of cattle sale price for a federal board to fund public relations, promotion, and research. Karen Skala of Red Lake Falls was named 1976 Minnesota Queen of Beef amid other events including a Calf-a-Year-Club sale and judging contests.
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Minnesota Cattlemen’s
Bemidji
Congress
Eigners
Bill Rice
Federal
Rice
Minnesota Beef Producers Association
Cattlemen’s Association
Minnesota
Dianne Dickinson
Sandy O’day
Little Falls
Cyndi Neal
Staples
Headwaters Beef Producers Association
County Board meeting to discuss sewer district study
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. with Northern Town Board to review a proposed feasibility study for a sewer district around the west and north shores of Lake Bemidji. A second item is a proposed land exchange between Bemidji Town and Country Club adjacent to the club in Northern Township. Also on the agenda are a discussion with George Theroux about the Knights of Columbus confession stand at Beltrami County Fair, a representative of the Beltrami County Deputy Sheriff's Officer Association, and a Kittleson Realty representative.
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Northern Township
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Northern Town Board
Lake Bemidji
Bemidji
George Theroux
Knights of Columbus
Beltrami County Fair
George Deibert
Beltrami County
Ford Elates Over Asia Trip and Pacific Doctrine
President Ford called his Asian journey beneficial and said talks in Peking Jakarta and Manila were substantively helpful. He outlined a six point Pacific Doctrine and hinted at a possible future Mideast trip but gave no firm plans.
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Washington
Ford
Mideast
White House
Honolulu
U.S
Peking
Jakarta
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Trial set on three of seven for police chief selection
City petitions in district court seek a declaratory ruling on which three of seven police chief candidates should be certified for selection. Judge John Spellacy will preside as the petition questions whether two names are already certified or should rejoin the seven, affecting Holter and other contenders.
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John Spellacy
Spellacy
John Lloyd
Ray Holter
Warren Saetre
Holter
Don Dougherty
Carol F. Myhr
Brooklyn Park
Calvin E. Lundberg
Minneapolis
David J. Simondet
Plymouth
Simondet
Lundberg
Gene Ouradnik
Bemidji Police Civil Service Commission
Indonesian forces seize Dili in Timor conflict escalation
Pro Indonesian troops expand control in Portuguese Timor with Indonesian volunteers aiding the assault on Dili. Foreign Minister Malik says Fretilin has been ousted and Timor is part of Indonesia. Information Minister Mashur notes volunteers assisted the attack while Fretilin says fighters are in the hills.
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Timor
Ghafur Fadyl
Associated Press
Jakarta
Indonesia
Portuguese Timor
Adam Malik
Dili
Fretilin
Revolutionary Front
East Timor
Mashur
Connecticut
Massachusetts
UDT
Timorese Democratic Union
Apodeti
Popular Democratic Association of Timor
Weight stickers issued for minimum 6000 pound class
Harriet Crowser of the County License Bureau announces availability of gross weight stickers for the 6000 lb minimum. Office received them early though Jan 1 delivery was expected. Eligibility requires a weight ticket for the truck’s empty weight and new rules set minimum gross weight at 1 percent of empty weight.
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County License Bureau
Harriet Crowser
Kissinger contempt showdown looms as Ford offer rejected
The House intelligence committee chair Otis G. Pike rejected Ford's compromise to avoid contempt action against Secretary Kissinger. A vote on contempt could occur this week if the committee finds the offer unacceptable. Thornton Wilder dies at 78 in Hamden Connecticut. The author of Our Town and multiple Pulitzers passed away in his sleep after a long career.
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Washington
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
House Intelligence Committee
Otis G. Pike
D-N. Y
House
Kissinger
Hamden, Conn
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Isabel
Wilder
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Wadi Al-Wahbud
Parliament Square
Kamal Assad
Mour Tower
Qantari
St. George Bay
Ein Mreisseh
Minnesota Cattlemen's Convention
Karen Skala
County Board
Melvin Kilbo
Wilder Dtes
Pioneer
Chris Mattison
Horace May
Joyce Trimble
Greg Talbert
Randy Lish
Northern National Bank
Durayne Mitby
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