Ford seeks record 349 billion peacetime budget
President Ford asked Congress for a 52 billion deficit for fiscal 1976 in a 349.4 billion budget report outlining recession, inflation and energy shortages. He urged prompt action with measures including tax rebates and expanded unemployment aid while warning of higher deficits if spending cuts are not enacted.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Plain Truth
America
al Ullman
Dore
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
South Vietnam
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Senate Budget Committee
Johnson
Gas Leak Tragedy Claims Nine Near Denver City
Nine people died in a gas leak from an oil well near Denver City Texas as fog and drizzle hindered escape. Eight victims were found outside a house about 200 yards from the well head while a field worker died in his pickup. The deaths occurred around 5 am Sunday and the leak was capped five hours later.
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Denver City
Tex
Ethiopian army seizes Asmara from Eritrean rebels
Reports from Asmara say Ethiopian forces gained control of the city after repelling rebel efforts to re enter Asmara. At least 75 rebels and civilians were killed and 200 wounded in heavy fighting since Friday with no reported army casualties.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Asmara
Eritrea
Sugar prices tumble in January market basket survey
Sugar prices fell in January as refinery supplies grew, helping families cut grocery bills in the AP market basket survey. The random list of 15 items showed seven cities with declines and six with increases, averaging a 3 percent drop and a 1 percent rise. Over 12 months to Feb. 1 the basket rose about 20 percent.
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New York
Associated Press
Blackduck Works to Fix Doctor Shortage with Clinic Plan
Blackduck community groups led by the Blackduck Development Corporation pursue a $170,000 clinic to attract a physician after Dr. H A Palmer may retire. The plan includes a low interest loan under $100,000, bonds from locals, and a three story 30 unit apartment project to support rural health access.
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Bemidji
Blackduck
Carol Johnson
Blackduck Development Corporation
H. A. Palmer
Northorne
William Balsiger
Doctor Search
Good Samaritan Center
Balsiger
Development Corporation
Craftsman
Squaw Lake
Kelliher
Nebish
Redlake
Zoning administrator seeks PCA regulation relief at board
Beltrami County Zoning Administrator Bill Patnaude will ask the Board of Commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting to oppose Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sanitation rules the county says are the strictest yet. He notes most local systems would fail PCA standards. several rural counties plan similar resolutions for legislators. Also on the agenda are 1975 courthouse salaries and the disposition of county property near the fairgrounds. The session marks the first meeting for new Fourth District Commissioner Raymur Hoyum. starting at 9 a.m. in the courthouse board room.
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Beltrami County
Bill Parnaude
Board of Commissioners
Minnesota Pollution Control Administration
PCA
State Department of Health
Patnaude
Fairgrounds
Fourth District
Raymur Hoyum
Kelliher
Bemidji City Council weighs civil defense program and agenda
The Bemidji City Council meets at 7 pm to consider adopting a civil defense emergency plan that would qualify the city for eligible equipment and funds. The meeting includes bids for a new ice resurfacer, a pending apartment permit, a bank parking lot purchase, block grant pre‑application steps, and an ordinance to extend city limits to Bemidji Development Corporation land.
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Bemidji
Bemidji Civil Defense
Jerry Moen
Moen
Frank J. Zamboni and Company
Security State Bank
Elks Club
Bemidji Development Corporation
Weather brief with freezing drizzle forecast
Cloudy conditions bring a chance of light snow or freezing drizzle today with likelihood increasing tonight and again Tuesday. Temperatures range from a high of 18 to 26 today, a low of 6 to 16 tonight, and a Tuesday high of 18 to 28, with precipitation chances 30 percent today, 60 percent tonight, and 70 percent Tuesday.
Sewage Plan Delayed by PCA and DNR Rifts in State Parks
Four years after a $250 000 state grant, Minnesota parks still lack sewage systems. Lawmakers cite bureaucratic friction between the Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Natural Resources, with 40 memo pages and no progress on plans for William O'Brien State Park.
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ST. Paul
Neil Haugerud
Dfl-Preston
Haugerud
Fillmore County
State Departments Division
House Appropriations Committee
PCA
DNR
Mike Zagar
Harry Beaton
Don Davison
Gerald Philson
Zagar
William
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