POW notes bring joy to families
AP reports that four American POWs in North Vietnam sent letters home, bringing news to families after years of silence. Among the receivers are Mrs. Virgil O Connor of Michigan and Mrs. Orvis Parsells of Florida, who learned their sons Michael and John were alive.
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South Vietnam
New York City
Virgil O'Connor
Warren
Mich
Michael
Hue
O’connors
America
Hanoi
Orvis Parsells
Sarasota
Fla
Associated Press
John
Indochina
Pentagon
Bruce Raymond Archer
Pensacola
South
Jobs picture shows improvement
The Labor Department reported December employment rose by 280000 to 82.8 million while the unemployment rate stayed at 5.2 percent. Jobless totals fell 150000 to 4.1 million, but seasonal adjustment kept it at no change. Total employment for 1972 climbed 2.4 million with earnings up 6.2 percent over the year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
GI funds set record dividends and home loan guarantees
VA Administrator Donald FE Johnson said WWII National Service Life Insurance policyholders will receive an average dividend of 72 dollars, four dollars more than 1972. He noted 147,000 holders of World War I U.S. Government Life Insurance will get an average dividend of 143 dollars, up from 135 last year.
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Washington
City manager lists Bemidji 1972 accomplishments
City Manager John Lloyd outlined ten plus items assessing Bemidji's 1972 progress after the Jan 2 council swearing in. Accomplishments include a new Parks and Recreation Commission, new disorderly conduct and primary election ordinances, downtown restroom, sale of Liquor Store No. 1, traffic signals, park land acquisitions, parking lot expansion, ward reapportionment steps, sewage facility plans, and a skating facility grant from the George W. Neilson Foundation.
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Bemidji
John Lloyd
Marvin Hailey
Lloyd
State of
Minnesota
Hwy. 2
Irvine Avenue
17Th Street
Bemidji Avenue
South Lake Irving
Cameron Park
Third
Fourth Streets
Minnesota Avenue
Hailey
George W. Neilson Foundation
Bemidji Development Corporation
Nymore
Bemidji City Council in 1972 Sewage Crisis and Reforms
The Bemidji city council faced a year of uproar over sewage problems centered on a March plan by Stewart and Walker and a September public hearing by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Other major items included updates to disorderly conduct laws, ward reapportionment, council salaries rising 50 percent, a May boarding care proposal for mentally retarded adults, a controversial antiwar resolution, and November elections bringing three new council members under a charter change establishing a primary election.
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Bemidji
Pioneer
Stewart
Walker
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota
Public Interest Research Group
Agnes Lofgren
Minneapolis Tribune
Cameron McMahon
Burr
Kremlin Eyes Snow While Warm January Persists
In Moscow, Russians enjoy the warmest January in 23 years as the Kremlin fears a lack of snow threatening the winter grain crop. Officials note December’s unusually high temperatures and warn farmers to conserve snow, while forecasts say a cold snap may arrive to save the harvest.
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Tass
West
Pravda
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Siberia
European
Russia
Ukraine
Leningrad
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