Israel Raids Palestinian Camps In Lebanon Killings Reported
Israeli forces blasted refugee camps near Tyre in southern Lebanon by air sea and land, killing at least 13 people and destroying huts. Lebanese premier Rashid Karami said authorities seek the fate of U S colonel Ernest Morgan kidnapped in Tehran and urged swift release.
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Associated Press
Israel
Lebanon
Ernest R. Morgan
Jerusalem
Holy City
Tel Aviv
Rashid Karami
Morgan
Petersburg
Ford asks Congress to shrink highway trust fund
President Ford urged Congress to cut the highway trust fund and allocate it only for completing and maintaining the Interstate system. He proposed letting states raise gasoline taxes by one cent while reducing the federal tax from four to three cents in those states. Funds for non Interstate roads would come from general Treasury revenues.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
General Treasury
Beltrami County Board to discuss tax forfeited lands sale
Beltrami County Commissioners meet Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Courthouse to review the sale of tax forfeited lands. Dr. Adela Elwell of the Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society will present a 35 page report on sale versus public ownership and the lands value for tourism and recreation. The week includes a veterans sale of 145 parcels and a July 11 public forfeit sale. The board will also consider bids on transcribing equipment for the Law Enforcement Center and discuss civil defense and county highway matters.
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Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Adela Elwell
Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society
Audubon Group
Law Enforcement Center
Ron Solberg
Bemidji City Council Sets 7:30 Regular Session Agenda
The Bemidji City Council will meet at 7:30 PM in City Hall to hear a public hearing on placing municipal sewer in the Nymore area, act on a home office permit for Frank Williams, review minutes from several committees, discuss extending water lines in Nymore, read ordinances on zoning and land condemnation for a water tank, address civil defense provisions, hear airport and water projects updates, and consider staffing for the Law Enforcement Center along with open meeting law recommendations.
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Bemidji
City Hall Council
Nymore
Highway 2
15Th
Norton
Jim Walker
Nymore Sewer and Water
Tom Tolman
Ray Holter
Beltrami County
League of Minnesota
Argentina General Strike Aims at Lopez Rega Rule
The 3.5 million member CGT began a 48 hour general strike to curb Jose Lopez Rega's influence and his conservative economic policies as seven cabinet members resigned to President Isabel Peron in an effort to avert the action. The president did not indicate she would accept the resignations.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
General Labor Confederation
CGT
Jose Lopez Rega
Lopez Rega
Isabel Peron
Israel delays Sinai withdrawal decision after Washington questions
The Israeli cabinet postponed for at least a week any decision on further withdrawal in the Sinai Desert to seek elucidations from Washington on issues in a proposed Egypt accord. Key questions include how far Egypt wants Israel to withdraw, acceptance of an early warning system, and U.S. replacement of oil Israel pumps from Abu Rudeis if withdrawn.
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United States
Slaughterhouse
Morgan
Sinai Desert
Washington
Egypt
Rashadiyeh
Tyre
Israel
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Burj E Shemali
Beirut
Tel Aviv
Abu Rudeis
Operation Sunshine Report Tied to Miami Organized Crime Probe
IRS officials spent the July 4 holiday drafting a report on Operation Sunshine. The document is to be given to a House Government Operations subcommittee. The project concerns an IRS inquiry into organized crime in the Miami area and possible infiltration of legitimate businesses by racketeers.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Miami
IRS
House
Weekend Weather Shift With Showers Then Cooling
Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness today with a 30 percent chance of precipitation and possible thundershowers tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the mid 70s and lows around 54 to 58. Lake level remains at 1340 to 1340.41 feet per normal.
Minnesota flood areas report stabilization after heavy weekend rain
Northwest Minnesota floodwaters stabilized as rain eased and roads opened. Mondale to tour northeastern Minnesota by helicopter. county agents to inspect crops in southeast Minnesota. In Elba the Whitewater flood left six to seven feet of water and mud on streets but no injuries.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Robert Dew
Moorhead
Hardhit Clay County
Dew
Winona
Wabasha
Olmsted
Whitewater
Vern Spitzer
Winona County
Wabasha County
Jon Beckman
Beckman
Olmsted County
Elba
Spitzer
Whitewater Wildlife Park
Highway 2 Crash Kills Elderly Woman Near Bemidji
An elderly East Grand Forks woman, Esther L. Larson 84, died at the scene on Highway 2 west of Bemidji airport in a head on collision with a car driven by Richard R. Black. Black was critically injured and hospitalized, while Timothy Carlson 18 Nevis and passenger Steven Donway 18 Park Rapids two others were treated and released. A separate fatal motorcycle collision near Gonvick killed cousins David Schelquist 24 Monticello and Mike Schelquist 22.
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Bemidji
East Grand Forks
Esther L. Larson
Highway 2
Richard R. Black
Black
Fargo
Timothy Carlson
Nevis Carlson
Steven Donway
Park Rapids
Carlson
Highway Patrol
Beltrami County
Ioncer
Chris Mattison
Esther Larson
Nevis
Steven Donnay
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William T. Coleman Jr
County Board
John Kemp
Mary
Frank Williams
Paul Bunyan Cab Co
Stoner Ave. North
Planning Commission
Jim Erickson
David Schelquist
Monticello
Mike Schelquist
Ganvick
Buffalo River
Glyndon
State Patrol
Roger J. Restad
Restad
Sally E. Daun
Minneapolis
Crash
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