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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1975
Page
2
The calendar notes a figure of 7,500 Cubans estimated in Angola amid ongoing Cuba United States tensions. The item places the estimate in the broader context of regional political activity and international involvement.
Community notices list services at Good Samaritan Shrine Masonic Temple and churches including Calvary Lutheran and Christian Alliance Cass Lake with Advent week events. Separate AP report estimates Cuban troops in Angola at 7500 with growing Soviet support and multiple high officials identified in the MPLA amid airlift activity.
Ray Boyer, longtime Area Office Manager, retires after 33 years with Job Service. Born near Wadena in 1911, he led unemployment programs from WPA origins to WIN and Minne CEP collaborations. He and Lola Cheney married in 1933 and enjoy travel and fishing after a massive retirement party at the Elks Club.
After 38 years with the Minnesota Department of Employment Services Ray Boyer was presented a citation of honor by Fourth District Senator Gerald L. Willet at a Bemidji retirement banquet. Boyer served 33 years in Bemidji and 38 overall with the department.
In Beltrami County court on Tuesday December 30 Louella Koistinen pleaded guilty to DWI with over .10 BAC and was released on recognizance after a presentence investigation. Victor J. Swan and Melvin Tuttle pleaded not guilty to theft and open bottle with trials set or awaiting dates. Big Falls sees 79 year old Carl E. Anderson killed crossing U.S. 71 when a truck jackknifed. the driver Richard V. Brathen attempted to stop. Minnesota’s 1975 traffic toll reached 751. Other small notes include TVB bonds for snowmobile and fishing license infractions and a hospital admission list with births in Bemidji.
An extended outlook shows a chance of snow Saturday diminishing to flurries Sunday and fair, continued cold into Monday with lows from 5 to 15 F northwest to 5 to 15 F above southeast and highs from near 0 to 12 F northwest to 12 to 25 F southeast. State forecast calls for cloudy skies with light snow possible west and north today, some freezing rain possible southwest, colder north with highs in the 20s to low 30s, tonight cloudy with snow tonight and Thursday, colder with lows near zero north to 2 F south and Thursday highs five to 15 F north, 15 to 25 F south.
Eleanor Peterson 76 of Bemidji dies December 29. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday Sambold Lutheran Gonvick officiated by Rev Trueman Daniels. Interment at church cemetery. Survivors include three sons four sisters three brothers five grandchildren two great grandchildren. James Brundage 86 of rural Bagley dies December 29. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday Calvary Bible Church Bagley. Burial Bagley City Cemetery. Survived by wife two daughters one son two brothers one sister nine grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
The Pioneer publishes daily except Sundays and holidays. It is a division of Scripps Howard Newspapers, Inc. in Bemidji Minnesota. Rates include mail in trade zone $33 yearly, outside trade zone $36 yearly, and carrier delivery $3 per month.
The Extension Service sponsors a Meat Sense update meeting on Tuesday January 6 at 10 a.m. at the Ottertail Power Company basement in Bemidji. Experts will discuss meat selection pricing nutritive value and cookery and answer questions.
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