Seventeen Vets Seize Travis Base Ward To Protest Drug Policy
Eighteen Army enlistees who had fought in Vietnam occupied the second floor of Travis Air Force Base observation ward in a peaceful protest against military drug treatment. They were aided by three Vietnam Veterans Against the War members and sought immediate release, civilian medical exams, and amnesty. No violence occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
VVAW
Air Force
George E. Reynolds
Travis
San Francisco
Army Spec
Mike Oliver
Oliver
United States
New York
Statue of Liberty
National Park Service
Liberty Island
World at a Glance: Massive US air attack on North Vietnam
An armada of 350 American fighter bombers pounded antiaircraft defenses and supply depots in North Vietnam in the area near Hanoi the biggest air assault since Johnson halted bombing three years ago. Five F4 Phantoms claimed downed by North Vietnam and two American airmen killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
North Vietnam
Johnson
Hanoi
Radio
Heavy Snow Forecast Across Southern Minnesota
The Associated Press reports heavy snow blankets southern Minnesota with 4 inches or more forecast south of a line from Ivanhoe to near Duluth. Northern Minnesota endures bitter cold as International Falls hits 20 below zero. Snow totals include Waterville 6 to 8 inches and Mankato 4.4 inches, with 3 inches near Carson and Fergus Falls areas respectively. Minnesota Highway crews respond with snow removal statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Minnesota
National Weather Service
Ivanhoe
Lincoln County
Duluth
Minneapolis-St. Paul International
NWS
Twin Cities
International Falls
Contiguous States
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Waterville
Mankato
Red Wing
Bemidji District 31 Receives 58000 For Pre School Education
Bemidji Public Schools District 31 receives 58000 to fund a Title One program named Parent Child Pre School Education. The plan centers on parent training and early language development for 40 to 50 families with preschool children aged 3 to 5, focusing on speech and language, with services starting late January through May.
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Bemidji Public Schools
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESEA
CAP
Jean Humeniuk
Pine Hall
Barb Dorazio
Bonnie Schoenfelder
Snowmobile deaths in Minnesota over weekend claim three
Three men died in snowmobile accidents in Minnesota over the weekend. Marvin Lange, 22, was killed near Holdingford when his machine struck a power pole. Douglas Williams, 26, died near Paynesville after colliding with a wire fence. Mark Kaiser, 25, disappeared and drowned in Lost Lake near Fergus Falls, with his body recovered Sunday.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Stearns County
Marvin Lange
Freeport
Minn
Holdingford
County 17
Douglas Williams
Muscatine
Iowa
Paynesville
Suit dismissed over Minnesota Regional Development Act
A district judge ruled the 1969 Minnesota Regional Development Act constitutional. Ramsey County District Judge J Jerome Plunkett dismissed a Beltrami County suit by the Township Officers Association of Beltrami County and the Committee for the Preservation of Local Government challenging regional commissions under state and federal constitutions. Region 2 includes Beltrami Clearwater Hubbard Lake of the Woods.
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Ramsey County
J. Jerome Plunkett
Beltrami County
Township Officers Association
Committee For the Preservation of
Beltrami
Clearwater
Hubbard
Lake of the Woods
Wendell Anderson
Plunkett
Hijacker plot fails near Minneapolis to Chicago flight
FBI says the Northwest Airlines hijack suspect Everette Holt used fake dynamite and blanks in a bid for 300000 and parachutes. He surrendered at O’Hare after surrounding the Miami-bound Boeing 707 and releasing all but one passenger.
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Chicago
Northwest Airlines
FBI
Everett L. Holt
Twin Cities International Airport
Minneapolis-St. Paul
O’hare International
Holt
O'Hare
Bemidji Planning Commission Tonight Hears Elderly Housing and Sign Variance
City planners meet tonight at City Hall starting 8 p.m. Maurice Mandel Inc seeks a special use permit to build two 60 unit elderly housing buildings at 19th Street and Delton Avenue. Earl Barnes requests a sign variance for a 4 by 12 foot motel sign 30 feet high at Orbit Inn on Hwy 71 South at Sixth Street.
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Bemidji Planning Commission
City Hall
Maurice Mandel, Inc
19Th Street
Delton Avenue
Earl Barnes
Orbit Inn
Hwy. 71
Sixth Street
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Santa
Bemidji
Ray Alexander Jr
James Eychaner
Junior Platt
Melodie
Terri Anne McNamara
Bethel Lutheran Church
Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Florida
Willy Brandt
Cologne
Germany
Bemidji State College
Bemidji Bive Line Club
Title One
Mobile
Kaiser
Lost Lake
And
Mahnomen Counties
Northwestern
Warren Spannaus
State Planning Agency
Gerald Christenson
Office of Local and Urban Affairs
James Solem
C.D. “Chet? Swedmark
Fairview Nursing Home
J.W. Smith
Gerda Clausen
Elmer Enger
den Mothers
Donald Norum
Robert Boyd
Donald Tobin
Marge Corbo
Cub
Stef Einarson
Gerry Vuchetich
Sih
Paul Bunyan
East Grand Forks
Superior
Duluth Central
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