Bemidji approves larger budget aided by state funds
Bemidji raises the next year’s budget to 1 044 960 dollars while real estate taxes drop nearly 29 percent as state aid rises about 220 000 dollars. City levy falls from 626 335 to 457 089 dollars with total taxes about 361 mills. Police protection grows to 263 169 dollars and capital outlay climbs to 34 645 dollars. A public hearing on the budget is set for December 20 at City Hall.
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Jay Griggs
F Dite
Bemidji
Irvine Avenue
Congress extends Nixon Phase 2 economic powers another year
Congress moves to send President Nixon a bill extending Phase 2 wage and price controls through April 30, 1973, with standby powers over interest and dividends. The measure, shaped by Senate and House conferees, includes retroactive pay provisions and authorizes a 5.5 percent pay rise for civilian and military workers, amid ongoing foreign aid dispute and potential prorogation.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
Senate House
House
Appropriations Committee
George H. Mahon
Pay Board and Price Commission
Senate appeals reduction order in Minnesota legislature
The Minnesota Senate filed a notice of appeal to the U S Supreme Court challenging a three judge court order that cut the Senate to 35 members and the House to 105. The panel may certify the issue for immediate appeal or reconsider its ruling on reapportionment.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.S. Supreme Court
Minnesota
State Senate
Senate
Supreme Court
H. Blair Klein
House
Indian troops open artillery fire on Dacca targets
Indian forces shell Dacca as a military spokesman cites only military targets. Pakistan’s East Pakistan commander pledges to fight to the end while staff report a mood of low morale.
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Calcutta
Dacca
Pakistan
Freed Americans land in United States from China
Mary Ann Harbert of California and Richard Fecteau of Massachusetts arrived at Valley Forge Military Hospital after being released by Communist China. The 43 year old Fecteau, who served 19 years of a 20 year sentence, and Harbert spoke little to reporters and were taken for medical evaluation. The flight path included Hong Kong, Clark AFB and Hickam. Downey’s life sentence was commuted to five years as part of the release bundle.
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Philadelphia
California
U.S
China
Mary Ann Harbert
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Hong Kong
Fecteau
Air Force
Philip A. Deffer
Army
Miss Harbert
Palo Alto
Calif
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
Hong
Johnson
Hickam
John T. Downey
New Britain
Conn
Downey and
Japan
Korea
U.S. Central
Gerald Ross McLaughlin
Bemidji High School Christmas Concert Set for Dec 20
Bemidji High School Musical Department presents A Christmas Happening on December 20 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program features the orchestra under Eugene Shouts, woodwind and brass ensembles under Les Torgerson, and the Freshman to Concert Choirs led by Ronald Brasseur. The concert includes Sleigh Ride Greensleeves Suite of Carols and Brass for Christmas with a featured reading of John F. Wilsons A Christmas Happening. Brasseur says the folk musical is new for Christmas shows and appeals to students and adults. Public invited, no admission charge.
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Bemidji High School
Eugene Shouts
Les Torgerson
Ronald Brasseur
John F. Wilson
Brasseur
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