Congress Ends Abortion Debate on Public Funding
After four months of bitter argument the House and Senate sealed a compromise on Medicaid abortion funding for fiscal year 1978. The accord frees a 60.2 billion budget, sets conditions for payments in life-threatening pregnancies rape or incest cases with prompt reporting and doctor certification and includes reporting safeguards to deter fraud.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Arctic cold wave grips Minnesota with heavy snow
The National Weather Service warns of a brutal arctic air mass from Canada and Alaska. Four inches fell in most areas with more in the southwest and south while driving remains hazardous due to 15 to 30 mph winds and blowing snow. Temperatures plunge to 10 to 30 below tonight with some areas not rising above 15 below tomorrow.
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Arctic
Canada
Alaska
Minnesota
National Weather Service
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
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Virginia
Mankato
Morris
Bemidji
Crookston
NWS
Mercury
Richard Naistat
Bitterly cold travel advisory with light snow and winds
Travelers face light snow with blowing and drifting today and tonight. Bitterly cold temperatures persist. Friday turns clear to partly cloudy and very cold. North winds blow 15 to 30 mph. Highs today from zero to 8 above, tonight’s lows 20 to 30 below. Friday highs 7 below to 15 below.
MEA donates 1500 to Lyons in BSU civil rights suit
The Minnesota Education Association gave 1500 to Robert Lyons, ex BSU instructor suing Bemidji State University and two administrators for discrimination. MEA president Don Hill handed the check in Bemidji and praised Lyons for taking on the case. Lyons and his wife Ann each filed suits claiming rights violations tied to tenure and full time appointment.
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Jennifer Gish
Minnesota Education Association
Robert Lyons
Bemidji State University
MEA
Don Hill
Bemidji
Bemidji State University Faculty Association
BSU
Richard E. Beitzel
Myron R. Swanson
Lyons
Bob Lyons
Beatrice Knodel
Myron Swanson
Beitzel
Ann
Ann Lyons
Downtown redevelopment views from Bemidji merchants
Part of a three story series on Bemidji business growth examines downtown plans after the Paul Bunyan Mall opens. Merchants expect initial competition but foresee a facelift, stronger traffic, and a renewed downtown as shoppers head to the new mall and back to independent stores.
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Bemidji
Highway 2
Bob Tucker
Paul Bunyan Mall
Stereo I
Steve Nicholson
Team Electronics
Nicholson
Charlie Naylor
Woolworths
Sears
Penneys
Gibsons
Jim Skildum
Krolls
Sporting Goods
Skildum
City Drug
First National Bank
Joe Welle
Team Electronic
Randy Rapacz
Architect's dream for Bemidji downtown redevelopment plan
Downtown Bemidji faces a possible landscape architect driven makeover as two firms submit plans for waterfront linked beautification. An ad hoc Downtown Redevelopment Committee endorsed proposals and the business community will decide to accept or reject them after review.
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Minneapolis
Third Street
Bob Tucker
Larry Young
Paul Bunyan
Bemidji
Lake Shore
AFL-CIO Convention Opens Amid Leadership Talk
In Los Angeles the AFL-CIO begins its 12th constitutional convention with about 1,200 delegates. A minority urges George Meany to step down urging younger leadership, though Meany remains firmly in control and is assured of unanimous re-election to the presidency he has held since 1955.
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Los Angeles
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Labor Federation
Coal strike costs UMW members millions daily
In Charleston, the national coal strike costs the 160,000 striking United Mine Workers members about 10 million dollars daily in wages. Negotiations with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association were to resume in Washington by today, with UMW President Arnold Miller urging complete counterproposals.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Washington, D.C
Arnold Miller
FBI Releases 10000 Kennedy Files Still Keep Oswald Alone Theory
Washington AP reports that about 10 000 pages of newly released FBI records on the Kennedy assassination do not conclusively prove whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or why. The preliminary review does not dispute the Warren Commission conclusion that Oswald acted alone.
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Washington
FBI
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Oswald
Five DOJ Attorneys Quit In Bell Indictment Skirmish
The Justice Department reports five attorneys on a task force probing alleged FBI misconduct asked to be removed from the assignment after opposing Attorney General Griffin Bell's slower push for more indictments. The group had spent 18 months gathering evidence against John Kearney, a former supervisor in the FBI's New York office.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Griffin Bell
Department
John Kearney
New York
Serum hepatitis outbreak linked to International Falls cases
Minnesota health officials report a significant outbreak of serum hepatitis in International Falls with at least 66 infections since late summer and no deaths. Four cases led to hepatic comas but patients recovered. health workers trace carriers and educate the public while noting transmission via needles, blood products, and personal items.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
International Falls
Fort Frances
Ont
Roseau
Minn
Mike Osterholm
State Health Department
Osterholm
No hepatitis cases reported in Bemidji area
State Health Department official says Beltrami County up to date shows no confirmed hepatitis A or B. He notes possible unreported cases may exist in Bemidji. outbreak tied to International Falls is confined to that area with isolated cases at Brainerd. Health staff and hospitals are required to report known cases.
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Beltrami County
Joe Mariotti
State Health Department
Mariotti
International Falls
Brainerd
Bemidji
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