Severe cold could hasten fuel crisis
Severe cold threatens a fuel shortage within weeks as Civil Defense director F. James Erchul warns three weeks of good weather are needed. Distributors pool supplies to aid homeowners while late Iowa harvests and price freezes boost gasoline and fuel oil demand. NSP cuts power 3 percent. Monticello plant down, 935 MW lost, 400 MW bought elsewhere. Nixon expands oil allocations and lifts Virgin Islands product restrictions to bolster heating fuel supplies.
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Indian construction firm formed to aid self determination
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Construction Co Inc is incorporated in Bemidji with a board drawn from six tribes to oversee road work and fund administration through federal agencies. Incorporators include Simon Howard Cass Lake Jerome Buckanaga Ponsford and James Hendrickson Grand Portage. Red Lake Nation excluded.
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James Hendrickson
Grand Portage
Kent P. Tupper
Walker
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New Setup
New Construction Corporation
Red Lake
David Munnell
Reuben Rock
Donald LeGard
Harry Boness
Dan Morrison
Nett Lake
Peter Dufault
Warren Barney
Cloquet
Arthur Gabbow
Maggie Sam
Onamia
Harpings Praise Powerful Women and Perfume
A brief column praises the strength of women and notes the lingering power of their perfume, celebrating feminine influence in daily life.
Truman's Health Deteriorates as Conditions Remain Serious
Harry S. Truman's son remains in very serious condition with a weakened heart and semiconscious yet able to speak a few words. He shows no pain and his status has lingered for days. In Washington, officials propose locating coal power plants near growing electrical demands to avoid polluting skies in the Southwest. In New York, the UN General Assembly closes its 27th session with modest gains in environment and sea law. the U.S. fails to press action on terrorism while securing a reduced share of the regular budget.
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Bemidji Indian office linked to bigger state budget plan
Minnesota Indian Affairs Commission moves to double its funding to 230000 dollars for the next biennium and expand staff from three to seven. Two new workers will supervise a Bemidji office to better serve reservation Indians, with a drum ceremony marking the meeting. The panel backs a governor's report urging expanded advocacy rehab education employment and housing efforts while opposing removal calls against Executive Director Artley Skenandore.
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Cycle deaths bring sentence of payments to widow
Omar Preston of Bemidji was jailed for one year and ordered to surrender half of his income for four years to the widow of a motorcyclist killed in a September traffic crash near Itasca State Park. He also received a five year sentence under state corrections, stayed for five years on probation, with credit for time served. The driver was intoxicated and crossed the highway center line before hitting three motorcyclists.
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Robert Shaw
Apollo 17 homeward splashdown on target in South Pacific
Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans fired a nine second burn that steered the spacecraft toward a 2 24 pm EST splashdown 400 miles southeast of Samoa. USS Ticonderoga awaits as weather is near perfect. The mission ends a $25 billion program and marks the last US lunar voyage.
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Snow law and street names mark Bemidji council finale
Bemidji city council wraps up with a snow removal ordinance and bids for a motor grader via Ziegler Inc. New roads named Pioneer Street and Nielsen Avenue, Aragon Avenue renamed South Lake Irving Drive. FAA security upgrades proposed for the airport funded beyond 1973 budget. 80 acres set aside for recreation, not an armory, amid debate. Local residents seek lakefront lease for a miniature golf course. FCC cable TV report subscription approved. council plans Jan 2 coverage. Ottertail Power to study fence quotes for substations. street repair complaints pursued until June 1. Public prayer service scheduled Beltrami Avenue Jan 6.
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Elizabeth Moore
Bemidji
Marvin Hailey
Bemidji Development Corporation
Pioneer
Pioneer Street
Nielson Avenue
Aragon Avenue
Johnson and
Whiting
Hailey
Cameron McMahon
FCC
Ottertail Power
Ec $ Natural Gas Co
Weather Outlook With Snow Showers Possible
Partial clearing today with a high near 24. Tonight remains cloudy with intermittent light snow possible by morning. Low around 8 to 12, then rising later. Chance of precipitation 16 percent today, 20 percent tonight, and 30 percent Wednesday.
Twelve Attica inmates indicted in revolt case
Twelve men who were inmates at Attica State Prison during the uprising were arraigned on murder to assault charges. The first of 37 indictments was opened in Warsaw New York as part of a wider effort to fix blame for the rebellion that left 43 dead. Innocent pleas were entered and defendants were moved to Auburn State Prison for further proceedings. The revolt was quelled when state troopers stormed the rebel section.
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Attica State Prison
New York
Auburn State Prison
Manslaughter charge in Bemidji bar death
A 46 year old Bemidji man Julian Manly Fredrickson is arraigned in Beltrami County Court on first degree manslaughter charges after Francis Hook died from a fractured skull following a barroom dispute at Gene's Place Bemidji. The case details remain largely withheld during a court review.
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Julian Manly Fredrickson
Third St
Francis Hook
Hook
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Gene's Place
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