Blood clash at Custer courthouse shocks small town
In Custer South Dakota a violent confrontation erupted after a peaceful meeting between 50 lawmen and 200 American Indian Movement supporters. Fires damaged the courthouse and Chamber of Commerce along with a nearby gas plant. Police say 27 Indians jailed and 6 officers injured as rioting charges were prepared.
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Custer, S.D
Black Hills
Custer County
Atty
Hubert Gates
AIM
Russel Means
Dennis Banks
Custer
Joe Egger
Pierre
Chamber of Commerce
Standard Oil
Egger
Pepin
Bernie Christensen
State Department of Criminal Investigation
Christensen
Bill Rice
DCI
Richard Meyer
Highway Patrol
No fault auto insurance debate advances in Minnesota
Aetna study cited by lobbyist Thomas Hunt predicts 72 percent lower costs under no fault, with rural cuts of 1.6 percent and urban 12 percent. Hearing before Minnesota lawmakers drew support from Farm Bureau and Minneapolis Auto Club while opponents plan next week.
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ST. Paul, Minn
American Insurance Association
Aetna Life & Casualty Co
Thomas Hunt
Minnesota
Hunt
Senate
House
Farm Bureau and Farmers Union
Minneapolis Auto Club
Minnesota Consumers League
Jack Davies
Minneapolis
Joseph Connors
Fridley
Davies
Massachusetts
Florida
Connors
Kissinger Opens 10 Day Asian Mission Amid Vietnam Talks
Washington reports Kissinger leaves on a 10 day trip with Nixon’s last minute guidance to pursue postwar Indochina relations. He will meet North Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi for four days then visit Peking and travel through Thailand and Laos before returning.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Indochina
Kissinger
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Inmates Held After Stillwater Prison Stabbing
Four inmates were placed in segregation at Stillwater State Prison as investigators probe a stabbing of 24 year old Sven Olness who was in serious condition at University of Minnesota Hospitals Monday night. Warden Bruce McManus said the suspects are believed to be the attackers and motive remains undetermined. Prison staff continue to search for the weapon used.
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Stillwater, Minn
Stillwater State Prison
Bruce McManus
Sven Olness
University of Minnesota
McManus
Beltrami County weighs pollution standards revisions
At a county board meeting officials discussed meeting Minnesota Pollution Control Agency solid waste rules and instructed County Attorney Cann to revise stipulations for PCA compliance. The board also supported reenacting a wildlife bounty covering wolves coyotes foxes skunks and bobcats and heard Ottertail Power plans to retire Bemidji steam plant.
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Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Douglas Cann
Don Eng
Ottertail Power Co
Bemidji
Beltrami County Historical Society
Joranson Insurance Agency
Mediation Session Set on County Highway Crew Pact
A Minnesota State Mediation Service official meets county officials and a union committee today to push negotiations for the County Highway Department employees. County representatives include the County Board of Commissioners Assistant County Attorney Frederick Weddel and County Engineer John Kemp. Local 49 Business Representative Duane Otness leads the union side with a three member negotiating committee. Talks have continued for months with no contract since December 31, 1972.
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Minnesota State Mediation Service
County Board of Commissioners
Frederick Weddel
John Kemp
International Union of Operating Engineers
Local 49
Duane Otness
Weather outlook fair south. north sees light snow
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies in the south tonight and Thursday with occasional cloudiness and light snow flurries in the north. It stays cold Thursday with lows from 8 to 15 below and highs around 12 above. Chance of snow 5 percent tonight and Thursday.
Distributive Education Club of America at Moorhead conference
In early February students from Bemidji High D E C A attended the First Annual District Career Development Conference at Moorhead State College. The event trains juniors in distributive occupations and seniors in work study with real sales scenarios. Bemidji D E C A earned 13 trophies, four first place, reflecting a rewarding educational experience.
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Distributive Education Clubs of America
Moorhead State College
Bemidji High D.E
Bemidji High School
Distributive Education Club of America
DECA
Moorhead
Jerry VanHale
Jim Thake
Rich Lamon
Paul Maher
Jon
Harpings Warns Do It Now Before It Becomes Unlawful
Harpings urged immediate action with a warning that tomorrow it will be unlawful. The speaker stressed urgency and possible legal consequences if the task is delayed.
Nixon orders IRS to open farm tax records for AID use
President Nixon signed an executive order allowing the Agriculture Department to access farmers income tax returns from 1967 to present for statistical purposes. Rep. Jerry Litton called the measure an invasion of privacy and urged using the farm census instead. Rep. Clem Rogers McSpadden supported limiting access to privileged data.
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Washington
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Agriculture Department
Jerry Litton
Missouri
Clem Rogers McSpadden
D-Okla
Department of Agriculture
Governor backs handgun permit plan in shift
Gov. Wendell Anderson says he supports Warren Spannaus proposed permit system to restrict handgun purchases and carrying by felons alcoholics drug addicts and others. He previously opposed such measures in 1970 and was quiet in 1971.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Wendell Anderson
Warren Spannaus
Anderson
Douglas
Aitkin
Eight Boston-area murders linked to single killer
Investigators and prosecutors in Boston agree eight women in their 20s have commonalities in life and method. Middlesex County plans a murder indictment for Damaris Synge Gillispie, 22, found nude in a Billerica woods, after she disappeared November 29 in Cambridge. Voiceprint analysis is sought to compare with ransom-call recordings.
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Boston
Robert H. Quinn
Middlesex County
John J. Droney
Damaris Synge Gillispie
Boston University
Billerica
Gillispie
Bedford Hills
N.Y
Cambridge
Quinn
Droney
Boston Globe
Anderson Becomes Blackduck Mayor, Term To End 1973
Lawrence Anderson was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Ralph Baltes who resigned for health reasons. Anderson takes over March 6 and will serve the four year term ending in 1973. Council also heard on land disposal plans and public information efforts led by committees including Mrs. William Britton and the League of Women Voters.
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Blackduck
Lawrence Anderson
Ralph Baltes
Baltes
Anderson
Beltrami County
John Kemp
Bill Corrigan
Citizens Advisory Committee On
William Britton
League of Women Voters
Corrigan
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Henry A. Kissinger
International Commission of Control and Supervision
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