PCA seeks legal action to release impounded EPA funds
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency votes to empower Executive Director Grant Merritt to sue the federal government for funds withheld over the Nixon administration in defiance of environmental impact statement requirements. The action targets $101 million for 1973 and $122 million for 1974 tied to $11 billion sewage treatment funding.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
PCA
Nixon
National Sewage Treat
Congress
Minnesota
Grant Merritt May
Jonathon Morgan
Merritt
Harold Field Jr
Minneapolis
Field
Wage bill to be tempered in Minnesota House hearing
The Minnesota House Government Operations Committee will hear an 8 a.m. session on a $2 state minimum wage bill with proposed reductions to $1.75 or $1.80. Overtime rules may rise from 40 to 48 or 50 hours, and exemptions likely for firemen and camp counselors. The session also revives the fight over naming the whitetailed deer as the official state animal.
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ST. Paul, Minn
House Government Operations Committee
First freed POWs welcomed home at Clark Air Base
A total of 143 prisoners of war returned to Clark Air Base Philippines from Hanoi and Loc Ninh amid ceremonies and cheers. Navy Captain Jeremiah Denton led the group, with over 60 doctors treating the servicemen and civilians released after years in captivity.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North
South Vietnam
Navy
Jeremiah A. Denton Jr
Virginia Beach
God Bless
America
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Saigon
Clark
South Viet
Hanoi Hilton
Nixon
Robert B. Purcell
Laisville
Brian Dunston Woods
Lemoore
Calif
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Gilbert H. Woodward
Phu Bai
Loc Ninh
Viet Comg
Highway 89 right of way acquisitions start this week
The Minnesota Highway Department begins negotiations for right of way along Trunk Highway 89 from County State Aid Highway 26 to the junction with Highway 1 at Red Lake. Occupants may be eligible for relocation benefits and financial assistance including supplemental housing and rental payments. Contact Relocation Adviser at 751-1802, Box 727 Bemidji.
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State Highway Department
Minnesota Highway Department
Bemidji
Nixon urges quiet welcome for freed Vietnam POWs
President Nixon says the nation should greet the first U S prisoners released from Vietnam with quiet respect for their fortitude and privacy as the cease fire unfolds. Bonn markets close amid dollar crisis talks with Basel officials hinting at a new currency schedule. Fred Harris launches a People’s Campaign for Tax Action to close loopholes and boost federal revenue by 77 billion dollars.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Bonn
Germany
Smithsonian
Washington
Basel
Switzerland
Paris
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Senate
People's Campaign For Tax Action
Harris
Weather Outlook: Cloudy with Light Snow Tonight
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with light snow or flurries tonight possibly mixed with late freezing drizzle. Partial clearing from the northwest Tuesday, with colder conditions tonight and Tuesday. Lows tonight expected 10 to 15, highs Tuesday 20 to 25, with a 30 percent chance of snow or freezing rain tonight and 20 percent Tuesday.
Truckers rail at overweight permit plan and tax
Truckers denounce a state idea allowing temporary overweight permits for February and a one time extra tax for the additional weight. They see it as a bait and switch with little chance of profit and fear cross state issues. Some call for ICC regulation to standardize licensing, others shrug off the plan as poorly timed.
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Frank Bain
Duluth
Gov. Anderson
Bemidji
State Highway Department
Ray Lappegaard
Department of Public Safety
Polk County
Duluth- Superior
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Bemidji State College
Beaux Arts
Steve Knudsen
Chuck Melberg
Todd
Jansen
Phil Tenney
Bemidji Lions Club
Ole Thorsteinson
R.W. Dennis
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Lions International
Ontario
Manitoba
Churchhill
Todd Jansen
Air Force
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez
The
Poe
Bemidji Elks Club
Jack St. Martin
Phillip St. Martin
the Elks
Virgil Reuter
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