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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1975
Page
8
Willardrickson, 60, died from apparent smoke inhalation in his Thief River Falls residence on Tuesday. Police say careless smoking started the blaze, which burned a hole in the wood floor but caused no further damage.
A small low yield bomb exploded in an outside stairwell at the Mason-McDuffy Financial Center in Berkeley California causing minor damage to a six story building housing a Bank of America branch. No injuries were reported. Police search for two males seen fleeing toward a dark compact station wagon. The blast unhinged a door across the street and shattered windows within a half block.
Michael A. Johnson 21 of Minneapolis was arrested in Omaha near 10 p.m. after an escape from Waseca County jail. Fellow escapee Eugene Hood 30 of Owatonna was already arrested Monday night in Omaha. the getaway car was recovered. Both suspects allegedly held a Hartland family hostage and stole a car to flee.
John Langer aged 58 of Shorewood drowned when his snowmobile broke through thin ice on Lake Minnetonka during a return from a fishing trip. The incident occurred about 6 45 p m Tuesday with the body recovered around 7 30 p m, according to the Hennepin County sheriff's office.
Patrolman William Langevin age 24 was beaten by a group of youths after stopping a car to issue a ticket. He was unconscious briefly and taken to St. Paul Ramsey hospital for bruises and possible internal injuries. Several arrests were reported by police.
Minnegasco and Central Telephone & Utilities Corp announced talks on Minnegasco purchasing CTU's natural gas retail distribution. CTU's Cengas Division serves 128,000 customers in 57 Nebraska towns and 13 in South Dakota, while Minnegasco serves 358,000 customers in Minnesota including the Minneapolis–St Paul area. Presidents Kraemer and Reuss disclosed the joint plan this week.
The Associated Press names Hubert Humphrey Minnesota’s top newsmaker of 1975. He says he will not run in primaries unless the national convention deadlocks. The 64 year old former VP and current U.S. Senator continues to draw attention as Democrats consider him for the Senate seat.
First passengers arrive at La Guardia after a deadly 11 killed 75 injured explosion. An American Airlines flight from Dallas landed at 10 10 p m with 90 aboard. FBI agents join NYPD and fire crews in a large scale search and scene reconstruction.
London reports British doctor Sheila Cassidy says she was stripped and tortured for up to an hour during two months as a prisoner of Chile's military junta. The Foreign Office seeks UN Human Rights Commission action, demands inquiry, and Ambassador Reginald Seconde has left Santiago.
Algerian officials freed five of six suspected attackers from the Vienna OPEC raid and sent them by plane to a friendly Arab country. Unconfirmed reports claim some may have reached Libya, a country with past hospitality for anti Israel hijackers. one killed assailant was tied to Libya's OPEC delegation.
Shakopee city leaders plan to hand over their property assessment books to Scott County while considering a challenge to a state law that caps yearly residential assessment increases. The Minnesota Revenue Department sought to compel access to compute taxes due. Hostage and asylum details appear from a separate report on Algerian events.
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