New flight data recorder aids Everglades crash probe
Federal officials report a new 64-input flight data recorder recovered at the Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Tristar wreck site in Florida. Data will detail stresses and operations of the plane in tenths of a second, to be analyzed with cockpit voice tapes and air traffic control recordings.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades Swamp
Ed Slattery
National Transportation Safety Board
New York
Slattery
Lockheed
Ontario
Calif
Tragic Snowmobile Crash Claims 9-Year-Old in Apple Valley
In Apple Valley Minnesota a snowmobile crash killed William Fischer nine as it jumped a mesh fence and tumbled into a gravel pit across from his home. His eight year old brother Charles was uninjured and neighbor Amy Rolfing eight was treated for cuts. Police suspect throttle jam may have caused loss of control and operated by unknown person. Since December Minnesota has recorded twelve snowmobile related deaths.
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Apple Valley
William Fischer
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Charles
Amy Rolfing
Farmington
Fischer
Minnesota
Mailbox access and snow blocks mail delivery urges officials
Postmaster Harold M. Fruetel calls for cooperation to keep walks clear and rural boxes shoveled after snowplows. The piece also notes a March public hearing on the Flight 401 crash and tallies a varying death toll with dozens identified and many survivors, as investigators probe the cockpit events.
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Harold M. Fruetel
Slattery
Dade County
Beltrami County Board Sets Appointments and Reports
In the first meeting of the year the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners plans reorganizing and appointing a new chairman to replace C D Swedmark. Carl Falk is sworn in along with Lowell Biella, as Henry Rossiter loses the second district seat. The agenda includes bids for printing, bemidji development report, EOA matters, appraisals, and requests from the sheriff and zoning office. The board also lists multiple committees and notes new three-session monthly meetings, with the third session tied to welfare matters.
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Beltrami County
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
C.D
Chet) Swedmark
Carl Falk
Lowell Biella
Henry Rossiter
Charles Naylor
Bemidji Development Corporation
Lennard Bergstrom
General Business
Nursing Home
Board of Health
Community Action Council
Regional Library
Association of Minnesota
AMC
Rodney Benson
John Kemp
County Welfare Department
Wayne Alsop
New Council Swearing In And Year’s Start
The new mayor and city council members will be sworn in at 8 p.m. in city hall council chambers to begin the year. The meeting will seat members and designate the official newspaper for 1973, discuss ordinance name changes, approve licenses, and award bids for a fire department vehicle.
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City Hall
Aragon Avenue
Bemidji Ambulance Reports Quiet New Year Weekend
The Bemidji Ambulance Service reported no emergency calls over the New Year weekend for the first time in several years. Only routine house calls transporting patients to or from hospitals were made in the Bemidji area.
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Bemidji
John Bender Bemidji businessman dies after long illness
Funeral services for John H. Bender born August 29 1893 Missouri Valley Iowa will be held at First Lutheran Church in Bemidji Wednesday at 11 a.m. The Rev Stephen Knudsen will officiate. Bender managed the Chief Theatre from 1944 until late 196? and with his wife Thelma Erickson Bender established the Ben Franklin Store in Bemidji in 1934. He was a member of First Lutheran Church Rotary Club Masonic bodies and Shrine Club. He is survived by his wife two daughters five grandchildren a sister and a brother plus many nieces and nephews.
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John H. Bender
First Lutheran
Stephen Knudsen
Mr. Bender
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Public
Minneapolis Business College
Business College
Red Wing
Bill
New York Mills
Bemidji
Thelma E. Erickson
Warren
Ben Franklin
Chief
Bender
First Lutheran Church
World at a Glance shows posturing and enlarging blocs
Washington Democrats organize for the 93rd Congress as Nixon faces party battles. In Brussels Britain Ireland and Denmark join the European Economic Community with nine flags raised outside EEC headquarters. Puerto Rico's governor elect cancels inauguration as Roberto Clemente dies in a Managua plane crash while aiding earthquake victims. he played 18 seasons for the Pirates with a .318 lifetime average and four batting titles.
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Brussels
European Common Market
Britain
Ireland
Denmark
European Economic Community
San Juan
Plr
Puerto Rico
Island
U.S
Pittsburgh Pirate
Roberto Clemente
Managua
Nicaragua
Pirates
Cold, Cloudy with Snow Likely Tonight
Variable cloudiness today and warmer. Cloudy with scattered light snow or flurries tonight and Wednesday. Strong winds from north to northwest 25 to 35 mph tonight and Wednesday with blowing and drifting snow, especially Wednesday. Much colder tonight and Wednesday. Highs in the lower 20s today and zero to 5 below in north areas tonight. Precipitation chance 10 percent today, 30 percent tonight, 0 percent Wednesday.
Minnesota Enters Coldest Year Since 1917
State Climatologist Earl L. Kuehnast notes 1972 in Minnesota featured extreme cold and heavy rains with an average Minneapolis St. Paul temperature of 41.2 degrees the coldest since 1917. The year included frequent flash floods from May to September and a sunless November. Tornadoes remained well below normal.
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Minneapolis
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Hialeah Hospital
Federal Aviation Administration
Robert A. Loft
Loft
Minnesota Highway Department
Midway Drive
Division of Lands and Forestry
John Bender
Thelma
Donald
Mary Anne) Miller
Misawa
Japan
Rex
Joan) Stout
Oakland
Larry
Patti
Dale Miller
Carolyn
Marc Stout
C. Cy
Marguerite) Hawes
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Bill) Bender
J. H. Bender
L. D
Nelle) Warner
Redlands
R. D. Fuller
Chief Theatre
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