Bemidji Sewer Dispute Faces Governor Meeting Over River Dump
A Mississippi Clean Minnesota Green delegation met Governor Perpich in St Paul to press for stopping sewage effluent into the Mississippi River affecting Bemidji and downstream communities. The group opposes the city’s proposed mechanical-chemical plant and seeks a no-effluent policy.
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Bemidji
Mississippi Clean- Minnesota Green
MCWG
Rudy Perpich
St. Paul
Mississippi
Jerry Nillet
Nver
MCMG
Absentee Ballot Deadline Threat in Beltrami District
Beltrami County faces risk that time limits under Minnesota law will prevent some absentee voters in the 7th District from returning ballots for the February 22 special election. Officials cite outdated statutes and a tight 33 day process from vacancy to election, with mail disruption on Presidents Day complicating returns from remote voters.
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Bob Tucker
Minnesota
Beltrami County
God
Postal Service
Tony Paxton
Joan Anderson Grove
Secretary of State's
Paxton
New Mexico
Hawaii
Arizona
Julie ‘Thompson
Attempt to walk across Lake Erie enters risky stage
Bob Bliss and Brian Kinal began from Erie spent Saturday night camping on the ice after about 8 miles and one third of the distance to Long Point Ontario. Coast Guard warned of thin ice yet they planned to resume Sunday tethered by rope and CB radio.
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Erie Pa
Bob Bliss
Brian Kinal
Ake Erie
Coast Guard
Kinal
Citizens Band
Erie
Long Point
Ontario
Balloonist targets cross continent record in Dakotas
Balloonist Karl Thomas plans to descend for refueling near Hettinger North Dakota around 6 p.m. CST after takeoff from the Little Missouri River area 70 miles away. He travels at 20 to 25 miles an hour at 4500 to 5000 feet as winds may influence his cross country attempt.
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Manmarth
D. C
Hettinger
N. D
Karl Thomas
Thomas
North Dakota
Little Missouri River
Marmath
Remidy tade Falls Highlights and Local Sports
The Pioneer issue highlights Crawdad's Crossroads coverage from page 4 and a high school basketball recap from Falls High on page 11. It teases a gender battle feature titled Who's winning in the battle of the sexes on page x along with other local stories and more.
Pentagon Aims to Buy Coal Abroad Faces Stiff Lobbyist Pushback
A Defense Department effort in 1975 76 to buy coal overseas to save up to five million dollars faced strong opposition from the National Coal Association and delays caused by waiving the Balance of Payments rule. Maj. Gen. Raven and Pentagon purchaser Michael McCord pushed the plan, but the result showed how lobbyists and complex regulations can erode potential federal savings amid broader economic strains.
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David C. Martin
Associated Press Welter Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Germany
Europe
United States
Pentagon
National Coal Association
John C. Raven
Defense Fuel Supply Center
Michael McCord
McCoid
Frank A. Shrontz
Defense
McCord
Ragen
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Rob Skime
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Jerry Dog
DFL
Mike Sullivan
BSU
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Sullivan
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Beaver
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Hamilton Standard
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