Gilfillan Center aids troubled youths in Bemidji
The Gilfillan Center on Bemidji's west edge houses 36 youths aged eight to 16 with serious problems. Open house showcased home like cottages and staff driven by family style care. Volunteers and Big Brother Big Sister programs connect residents with the broader community. The Episcopal Community Services sponsors the facility, yet church supervision is limited.
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Gilfillan Center
Bemidji
15Th Street
Twin Cities
Darrell Torrence
Episcopal Community Services, Inc
Minneapolis
Wood fiber workers press rail car relief in Minnesota
Grand Rapids A Wood Fiber Employes Council meeting urged the Public Service Commission to use all powers to relieve the pulpwood rail car shortage in northern Minnesota. The group asked priority for protecting jobs and careful consideration of individual needs in fuel allocations and supported Humphrey’s long range forest bill. They also planned hearings on wild and scenic river rules and set plans for St. Paul meetings in the coming legislative session. Participants named include Morris Belleffieulle Dennis Kmit Willis Toninato Frank Hendricks Don Schepers Don Briddel Al Frederickson Dick Hoffman Laddie Hubbel Lucian Crow Jim Cook and Ann Bohm.
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Grand Rapids
Wood Fiber Employes Council
Public Service Commission
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
United States Senate
Wood Fiber
Department of Natural Resources
St. Paul
Morris Belleffieulle
Little Falls
Dennis Kmit
Willis Toninato
International Falls
Frank Hendricks
Hill City
Don Schepers
St. Cloud
Don Briddel
Duluth
Vets heirs to get state bonus
About 1,000 Minnesota veterans who served during the Vietnam era have died, making their survivors eligible for a $1,000 tax free bonus under a 1973 law. Some 125,000 applications have been received with 85,000 bonus checks totaling over $38 million issued so far.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Vietnam
Laporte High School Students Offer Fuel Crisis Questions
Ten graders surveyed 95 people in Bemidji and nearby areas to press senators and congressmen on heating fuels and gasoline. They urge rationing, worry four day weeks, and argue sports and activities should not be sacrificed to energy cuts.
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Laporte
Nixon
Congress
Laporte High School
Bemidji
Walker
Kabakona
Guthrie
Benedict
Tam
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