Peterson sworn in as Bemidji mayor in 1975 council meeting
Nearly 100 residents packed Bemidji City Hall as Doug Peterson took the oath as the new mayor. He outlined goals including water well field development at the airport, a sewage treatment plant, extending utilities to Nymore and the Industrial Park, attracting new industry, and aiding the elderly and disabled while facing ethics questions over his self appointment to a salary committee.
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Rich Nelson
City Hall
Doug Peterson
Bemidji
Peterson
Nymore
Todd Jansen
Cameron McMahon
Herb Whiting
Ralph Moberg
William Davis
Larry Dow
Vic Berglund
Dow
Rudy Mikulich
Mikulich
Whiting
Council
Marvin Haiby
Police Civil Service Commission
Haily
al Kaiser
Library Board
Carol Schwartz
Leslie Russell
Board of Health
J. DeWeese
Michael Barclay
Planning Commission
John O’boyle
John Yocum
Richard Reierson
Ted Paulson
Lester Jones
Park Park and Recreation Committee
Doug Schwartz
Max Boyer
Housing Appeals Board
Allen Doran
Street Sewer and Water
Moberg
Headwaters
Anderson outlines national woes in second term inaugural
Gov. Wendell Anderson opened his second term with a 22 page address stressing national issues. He criticized aid to dictatorships and U S spending on a B 1 bomber, urged action on imported oil and tax policy, and called for boosted state school aid, medical insurance, and a circuit breaker to curb rising property taxes.
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ST. Paul
U.S
Anderson
Governor Anderson Sets Austerity Course For Minnesota Budget
The governor warned of an economic crisis affecting every decision and urged a national sacrifice to address the oil problem. He proposed higher spending in education and housing, a circuit breaker for property taxes, expanded mental health services, a catastrophe insurance program, and stronger controls on guns and drunken driving.
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Anderson
Minnesota
County Board funds aid to independent logger and other actions
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners approved 85 percent of county timber for independent loggers via section 1 sales while 15 percent goes to competitive auctions. They also plan meals for jail prisoners at 2 per meal for six months, granted easements on tax forfeited lands, denied another easement, and appropriated 1000 to the county attorney for a contingency fund.
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Beltrami County
Ken Gallus
Beltrami County Nursing Home
Nursing Home
Howard D. Gilman
Mavis K. Gilman
Whitefish Lake
Clarence Fredeen
Fredeen
Rodney Benson
Ben
Jim Thoreen
Thoreen
Police issue lookout for stolen $100 bill
Bemidji police alert area businesses to watch for two juveniles about 12 to 13 years old who may try to spend a $100 bill stolen Tuesday afternoon from Mary Books. The theft occurred around noon as Books left cash in a purse in a car at 7th and Beltrami Avenue. she provided a description of the pair.
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Bemidji
Mary Books
7Th and
Beltrami Avenue
Books
Paul Bunyan Telephone seeks monthly rate increase
The Public Service Commission held a hearing at the Beltrami County courthouse on a proposed rate rise by Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative. Manager Clifford Jeffery cites higher salaries and equipment costs as causes for about $1.50 more per month for one party customers.
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Public Service Commission
PSC
Beltrami County
Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative
Clifford Jeffery
Telephone Company
Jeffery
Laporte
Puposky
Solway
Ponemah
Kelliher
Turtle River
Squaw Lake
Red Lake
Ingerworth
Bedda
Northomne
Richard McMillan
Department of Public Service
American Center
St. Paul
Fire protection lacking for 750 Beltrami residents
About 750 people in Durand Nebish Maple Ridge and Alaska townships lack fire protection beyond a small DNR effort. A Alaska township blaze and a Poposky Tavern fire highlight gaps. The Rural Fire Protection program could provide a 6x6 surplus truck to qualified rural departments after rigging costs.
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Rich Nelson
Durand
Nebish
Maple Ridge
Alaska
John S. Rodewald
Division of Forestry
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Rodewald
Poposky
Bemidji
Forestry Department
Larry Garvey
Grand Rapids
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Order of Eagles
Bemidji Lodge
Railroad Street
Bemidji Municipal
Airport Committee
State Commissioner of Aeronautics
Dorothy Boe
County Board
Jerry Doggett
Paul Bunyan Telephone
Garvey
Jerry Moen
Minnesota Division of Forestry
John Rodewald
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