New Driver Licenses Show Photos and Color Marks
Beginning next year new renewals require eye tests and a photo for a redesigned license. A three test vision scan decides eligibility. a temporary permit is issued if standards are not met. The process includes centralized card printing, numbering, and photo matching to reduce errors.
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Clerk of District Court Office
Twin Cities
Buiford Qualle
Beltrami County Court House
Coast Guard reports fatal shooting near fishing vessel hijack
Reports indicate two men were killed and a woman injured about 200 miles south of Freeport Tex during an attempted hijacking of a fishing vessel. The Coast Guard said the reports are unconfirmed and no victims or vessel details are verified.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Freeport
Tex
Bemidji adopts 1972 budget of 1 044 950 with pay questions
Bemidji City Council officially adopts a 1972 budget of 1 044 950. A resolution ties possible salary increases to a Pay Board ruling on police contract raises. Police receive 5.5 percent unless the board allows higher pay retroactive to January 1.
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Ly Jay Griggs
Bemidji
City Parks and Recreation Committee
Seventh Street
Bemidji and
Beltrami Avenues
Bemidji offices close for Christmas holiday weekend
County city state and federal offices will close Friday December 24 for a legal holiday and again December 31, with offices reopening the Mondays after Christmas and New Year. Northwestern Bell will close at 3 p m on Friday, and the Beltrami County Selective Service office will be shut December 24 through January 3. Most Bemidji businesses close early December 24 and stay closed Christmas Day. The Bemidji Pioneer will not publish a Saturday edition and the post office will be closed Saturday with no city or rural deliveries. lobby use remains for box patrons.
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Bemidji
Northwestern Bell
Beltrami County
Police Civil Service Panel Hears Chwialkowski Misconduct Charge
Bemidji three member Police Civil Service Commission heard evidence on Oct 14 incident in a patrol car. Chief McDowell sought Chwialkowski’s dismissal after pursuing Earl Wright and striking him three to five times. Hearing lasted nearly three hours and adjourned without action. Commission members were Zachman Womacka and Reeves.
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Bemidji Police Civil Service Commission
Roger Chwialkowski
James McDowell
Chwialkowski
Earl
Pete’’ Wright
Ralph Zachman
al Womacka
W. L. Reeves
Senate absenteeism sparks call for 40 percent roll‑call cutoff
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith denounces moonlighters and campaigners in the Senate and proposes a constitutional amendment to expel any member who misses more than 40 percent of a year's roll‑call votes. She cites high attendance gaps and world travel as distractions while noting top earners from 1970 and ongoing campaigns.
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Washington (Ap
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate
Junketeers
Congress
Sen. Smith
House
Hospital Auxiliary Donates $1,000 for Bemidji ICU
Bemidji Hospital adds two new ICU beds funded by a $1,000 gift from the Hospital Women's Auxiliary. Administrator Leon C. Swanson says the unit will be ready in January with five trained nurses and cardiogram capable equipment. The gift shop and fundraisers funded much of the money. Mrs. Orris Haraldson leads the auxiliary, active since 1923, with 55 members.
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Bemidji Hospital
Leon C. Swanson
Swanson
Orris Haraldson
Walter Fenske
Paul Swedmark
Women’s Auxiliary
Northland Regional
Bemidji Hospital Women’s Auxiliary
Snowmobile race runs afoul of state registration rules
About forty snowmobilers were left at the post and 200 who planned to race left as five state conservation officers investigated lack of state registration at the Minnesota State Championship in Grand Rapids. Titus blamed poor warning and mismanagement while Canadians left. tickets carry fines and organizers secured a banker and notary to sign up participants. The event finally began with some 200 competitors amid crowd discontent and press reaction.
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Grand Rapids
Minnesota
Commerce
Titus
State Department of Natural Resources
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