End of an Era as Glass Block Coffee Clutch Closes
The nine o clock regulars who met daily since 1946 at the Glass Block Drug Store will move to a new cafe after owner Vern Schanilec closes the basement lunch counter due to inflation and income needs. The group, with charter members like Holly Higgins and Dick Kroll, has long debated bets and local lore, preserving a long local tradition.
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Vern Schanilec
Glass Block Drug Store
Veritas
Beltrami Avenue
Coffee Clutch
Bemidji
Holly Higgins
Dick Kroll
Kroll
Higgins
Clutch
Howard
Carrington
Lake Bemidji’s
House keeps Ford tax cut veto despite near override
The House sustained President Ford's veto of a bill extending 1975 income tax cuts, leaving most workers facing higher taxes starting January 1. The 265 to 157 vote fell short of the two thirds needed to override, with about $3 to $4 weekly tax increases for a typical worker if no emergency measure is enacted.
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Washington
House
Ford
Carl Albert
White House
William I. Greener
Albert
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ullman
Rhodes
Congress
Senate Quiet Talks on Angola and Vietnam Echoes
The Senate held a second secret session on Angola amid Vietnam memories. The Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution to cut covert military aid to anti Soviet factions while allowing open aid if both houses approve within 30 days.
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Washington
Vietnam
Senate
Angola
Dick Clark
Iowa
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
House
Subcommittee On Foreign Assistance
U.S
Southeast Asia
Case
Ford
Barbados asks Cuba to stop using island as refueling stop
Barbados says it has protested to Cuba demanding an immediate stop to using Barbados as a refueling point for aircraft carrying Cuban soldiers to Angola. The Barbados External Affairs Ministry said Barbados does not support interference in Angola's internal affairs and noted its ties with Cuba. Intelligence sources in Washington suggested U S displeasure's role and reported Soviet aid to Angola's Marxist faction.
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Barbados
Cuba
Angola
Miami
West Indies
Barbados Ministry of External Affairs
Miami Herald
Washington
U.S
Bemidji Human Rights Commission faces shrinking membership
Bemidji Human Rights Commission works with five of six members to finalize its annual report as vacancies open since December 1974. Tensions arise over city government stance on human rights issues and potential reappointment hurdles for new member Gerald Schnabel.
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Ron Royer
Bare Bones
Bemidji Human Rights Commission
BHRC
James Graves
Jean Maltais
Mabel Lattgast
Chris Wegner
Gerald Schnabel
William Mehrkens
Council
Human Rights Commission
Gene Ouradnik
Commission
Hazel Hogenson
Schnabel
Chamber report questions Bemidji parking costs and meters
A Bemidji Chamber report presents figures showing higher monthly cost per meter than eight similar Minnesota cities while noting more meters overall. It recommends cutting one of two monitors, eliminating a monitor vehicle and a superintendent post, and keeping a 50 cent meter fine. No action was taken at a 10 am city hall meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Howard Menge
Bemidji
Minnesota
Menge
Chamber
Governmental Action Development Council
Bob Wilson
Charles Naylor
Jack Erickson
Red Owl
Security State Bank
First National Bank
Naylor
Council
U S May Walk Out Of UNESCO Media Conference
The United States may quit an 80-nation UNESCO media conference over a General Assembly resolution reference to Zionism racism. Delegation awaits Washington instructions as observers expect a walkout. Conference drafts guidelines to strengthen peace and combat war propaganda racism and apartheid.
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Paris
United States
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Washington
Fighting rages around Beirut and Tripoli with heavy casualties
In Lebanon fighting spread to Tripoli the Beirut suburbs and hillside villages. Police said 16 killed 45 wounded in Tripoli Zaghrarta clashes while rocket and mortar exchanges in 11 Beirut suburbs wounded 12 and killed five.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Zagharta
Argentine Rebels Seize Air Force Commanders at Buenos Aires
Argentine rebels seized air force commander Hector Luis Fantario and two officers and took control of part of Buenos Aires airport and an airbase thirty miles away. Other units remained loyal to President Isabel Peron as dissidents said they aimed to overthrow public authority for a new national order.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina
Hector Luis Fantario
Buenos Aires
Isabel Peron
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Robert Taft Jr
Taft
Zambia
Zaire
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British Commonwealth
Caribbean Islands
Hogenson
Doug Peterson
Fr. Mehrkens
MHRC
Warren Green
Jim Graves
Dick Pearson
Headwaters Regional Development Commission
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