Tax sources for state and county highway salaries in Beltrami County
Beltrami County uses two main funds for highway salaries. The county roads and bridges fund, funded by mill levies, covers 35 percent of salaries including maintenance. State aid funds, from gas taxes excise taxes on tires and license fees, cover 65 percent. Engineering salaries split 90 percent from county state aid construction funds and 10 percent from the local road and bridges fund.
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Beltrami County
E.B
Bemidji
John Kemp
Home Start program explained for Bemidji project
The Home Start program is a federally sponsored project aiding families with educationally handicapped children. It trains parents to boost their child’s learning skills before school, aiming to prevent special education placement. The Pioneer will feature Bemidji's project next week.
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M.M
Cass Lake
Perent
Pioneer
Bemidji
Lumberjacks state tourney appearances and champions
Between 1913 and 1970 the Lumberjacks from Bemidji played in the state basketball tournament 26 times. Bemidji teams were state champions in 1936 and 1948. Cliff Morlan, Pioneer Sports Writer
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Bemidji Lumberjacks
G.V., Bemidji
Bemidji
Cliff Morlan
Bemidji State campus size and heat plant scope
The Bemidji State power plant heats 31 buildings on an approximately 89 acre campus site.
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Bemidji State
J.N
Bemidji
BSC Information Services
Britain recognizes Bangladesh as nations expand
Britain announced recognition of Bangladesh today amid Pakistan’s exit from the Commonwealth. West Germany Norway Sweden Denmark and Finland followed with recognitions. In Dacca Bangladeshi troops moved thousands of Biharis to a camp 12 miles from the city as authorities said. In Saigon American fighter bombers conducted their 35th strike of the year against an antiaircraft battery. fighting continued in the Mekong Delta with nine South Vietnamese killed and 16 wounded. Washington moved to expand a free aerial ambulance program to 14 more states using military helicopters to aid rural accident victims with 915 patients served on 704 mercy flights through last October.
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London
Britain
Bangladesh
Pakistan
West Germany
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Dacca
Mirpur
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
U Minh Forest
Washington
Army
Air Force
Leech Lake Band to cross appeal over DNR ruling
The Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians announced plans to file a cross appeal after DNR Commissioner Robert Herbst said Minnesota would appeal a Federal District Court judgment dated Jan 17 1972. Tribal leaders expressed shock claiming they were led to expect no appeal and accused Gov Anderson and Herbst of yielding to local interests.
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Leech Lake
Federal District Court
Minnesota
Anderson
Herbst
Leech Lake Reservation
Upper Midwest
United States
Cass Lake
BIA
Gov
Haiby to resubmit Parks and Recreation nominees at Feb 7 meeting
Mayor Haiby says he will again submit the same nomination list for the Parks and Recreation Committee with one addition, after criticism over not re nominating any interim members. Council members debate committee structure and parent involvement as the Feb 7 vote looms.
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Pioneer
Marv Haiby
Parks and Recreation Committee
Haily
Hailey
Cameron McMahon
McMahon
Recreation Board
Bill Davis
Anderson seeks U.S. Steel incentive in Minnesota
Gov. Wendell Anderson plans a meeting with legislative leaders to push a tax incentive bill to lure U S Steel to build a Duluth plant. Duluth officials warn of 12 to 14 percent unemployment if base cutbacks occur.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Wendell Anderson
U.S. Steel Corp
Duluth
Anderson
U.S. Steel
Ben Boo
Boo
Arthur Roemer
John la Forge
Frank Befera
Duluth Air Base
House
Senate
Lost dog returns home near Bemidji
Bonnie Stelinicki north of Bemidji cared for a found dog for a week and thanked the Pioneer for help locating its owner. She joked about missing the pet and mentioned a personal heart condition as a hopeful, light note.
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Bonnie Stelinicki
Bemidji
Bonnie
Nixon peace plan draws cautious praise from allies
The State Department reports some Communist nations show added hope for a negotiated settlement. Secretary Rogers says world reaction hints the enemy may consider dialogue and negotiations could be the best path to end the war. Muskie offers a differing interpretation, suggesting Nixon’s proposals were rejected.
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Washington
Nixon
State Department
William P. Rogers
Department
United States
China
Rogers
North Vietnam
Paris
Edmund S. Muskie
Rural fires destroy trailer and garage near Bemidji
Fires Sunday night and Monday morning burned a trailer home owned by Myrtle Weisert about three miles west of Bemidji and a garage on the W E Schroeder farm four miles west of 4th Street. Cars and tools were lost. neighbors and foresters aided as equipment limits hampered full blaze containment.
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Bemidji
4Th Street
Dennis Ingvaldson
Forestry
Myrtle Weisert
Carson Berglund
W.E. (Buck) Schroeder
Tom Schroeder
Schroeder
Minnesota Corrections chief sees favorable reform moment
David Fogel state corrections commissioner says Minnesota has favorable conditions for a reform movement. He cites lack of urban decay racism and organized crime and calls for a correctional museum at St. Cloud. He notes expanded visiting privileges mail rules a law library at Stillwater and an ombudsman post for prisoners.
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Minneapolis
Minn
David Fogel
Minnesota
Fogel
Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters Association
St. Cloud Reformatory
New York City
Law Library
Stillwater Prison
Department of Corrections
Small world tale links Texas club to Bemidji travelers
Thornton and Ethel Rogers of Shotley Brook Resort at Red Lake cooled off at the McAllen Elks Club in Texas on Wednesday. A voice mentioning Bemidji Minnesota led them to notice Super John and Thelma Johanne Son, who had paused there en route to Florida.
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Thornton
Ethel Rogers
Shotley Brook
Red Lake
McAllen
Texas
Elks Club
Bemidji
Minnesota
Super John
Thelma Johanneson
Florida
Public hearings set on Minnesota corrections reforms
Minnesota Corrections Commissioner David Fogel announces ten March hearings across cities including Mankato Minneapolis Rochester St. Cloud and Duluth to gather public input on reforming the state penal system. Sessions vary by morning or afternoon and evening with requests to contact the Department of Corrections to testify.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
David Fogel
Fogel
Mankato
Minneapolis
Rochester
St. Cloud
Duluth
Bemidji
Marshall
Grand Rapids
Anoka
Department of Corrections
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Harpo Dexter
Eece
Mittee
Davis
Pinky Johnson
U.S. Steel Incentive
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