Bemidji Diamond Jubilee crowns senior royalty this evening
Bemidji prepares for a Diamond Anniversary event with a senior citizens party at Northland Apartments. Sixteen contestants, aged 73 to 90, vie for king and queen honors to preside over four days of 75th anniversary Water Carnival festivities.
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Bemidji
Northland
Jim Kvam
Oldtimers
Rick Habstritt
Bemidji Bus Lines
Northland Apartments
Habstritt
Minnesota lawmakers strike budget plan amid tax deadlock
A bipartisan summit conference reached agreement on a 677 million dollar two year plan plus a 20 percent homeowner property tax cut but blocked on how to raise nonproperty revenue. The plan relies on school finance reform and shifts to income and sales taxes, with potential 30 percent property tax cut for homeowners offset by higher taxes.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Senate
Stanley Holmquist
DFL
Wendel Anderson
House
Holmquist
Grove City
Anderson
Rudy Perpich
Rolland F. Hatfield
Perpich
Hatfield
Fourth clue hints at a $500 prize in Water Carnival hunt
The fourth clue promises a $500 savings bond to the finder wearing a Water Carnival booster button. Clues to be printed in the Pioneer and radio, with more airings if the medallion remains hidden. The Diamond Jubilee begins Friday with royal crowning at 8 p.m. and the midway opening early.
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Bemidji
World at a Glance: Draft Ends as Deadlock Persists
AP reports the United States enters a draft free era after 23 years amid congressional deadlock over Indochina withdrawal. Vietnam war saw the pullback of the last border defense units and the first U S Army brigade from May 1965 begin withdrawal. Amendment 26 gains rapid state approval expanding voting age to 18 21. Nixon urges personal lobbying to avert steel wage dispute. Balaguer says he blocked another coup in the Dominican Republic. Vietnam leadership offers prisoner release tied to U S withdrawal by year end.
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Washington
America
U. S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Paris
United States
U.S
Space death triggers national mourning for Soyuz 11 crew
Moscow mourners file past coffins of Lt. Col. George Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev as Brezhnev Podgorny and Kosygin lead tribute. A special commission probes the suspected oxygen system failure after their 23 day Salute mission. Pravda vows the space program will continue.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
George Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsarev
Central Army House
Earth
Kazakhstan
Communist Party
Pravda
Vladimir Komarov
Court rules on Pentagon secrets Papers publication resumes
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that the government failed to prove national security would be damaged by publishing classified Pentagon Vietnam papers. The Times and Post resumed reports as broader freedom protections were upheld, with several papers highlighting Kennedy and Johnson era decisions and covert actions.
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Associated Press
New York Times
Washington Post
Pentagon
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
John M. Harlan
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Tonkin Gulf
Johnson
North Vietnam
The
Times
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
South Vietnam
the Post
Kennedy
the Times
Funds for Rehabilitation Granted to Bemidji Program
The Office of Economic Opportunity grants $33,000 for statewide alcohol treatment. Bemidji receives about $7,900 for a two year program offering rehabilitation, treatment, counseling and referral services. William Stava named Bemidji project director.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Bi-County Community Action Council
Bemidji
William Stava
Coffeehouse to Feature Folk Singers at Newman Center
A local folk singer Carl Baer and Sam Zamarripa from Florida perform at the Newman Center basement at 1701 Birch Lane tonight at 8 30. The second Old Time Movies coffeehouse shows Dracula Great Chase and Good Old Corn with Keystone Cops.
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Carl Baer
Sam Zamarripa
Florida
Newman Center
Birch Lane
Bela Lugosi
W. C. Fields
The
Keystone Cops
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