Bemidji State College Eyes New University Name
A Bemidji area debate over renaming Bemidji State College to a regional university continues. Northern State University at Bemidji and Northern Minnesota State University are the leading options, with an August board decision and an area survey planned to gauge community input. Local and regional support varies. the community fears loss of recognition with the Bemidji tag, while officials seek a name reflecting broader regional status.
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Bemidji
Bemidji State College
Bemidji State University
State College Board
Northern State University At
Northern Minnesota State University
Northern State University
Ana
Minnesota
Public Equity Corp grows from idea to planned public advocate business
Four years after its conception Public Equity Corp aims to sue for triple damages and fund consumer suits while operating like a normal corporation. Initiators led by Thomas Mechling with ties to Ralph Nader pursue SEC clearance and $2.4 million in public financing to reform the system from within, despite concern that the venture challenges American norms.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Public Equity Corp
Public Equity
Securities and Exchange Commission
Thomas Mechling
Mechling
Ralph Nader
Conservative group targets liberal lawmakers for defeat
From a Capitol Hill carriage house once used by astrologers, Paul M. Weyrich leads a effort to defeat 25 liberal Democrats and Republicans in the 100,000 letter campaign backed by 2 million dollars. The committee, funded in part by the Coors fortune, cites voting records and names targets across several states.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Paul M. Weyrich
House
Weyrich
Committee For
Coors Beer
James A. McClure
Idaho
McClure
Richard Viguerie
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Congress
Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
Bella S. Abzug
D-N.y
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Thomas Ashley
Ohio
Alvin Baldus
Michael T. Blouin
Iona
M. Robert Carr
D-Mich
Norman E. D’amours
D-N.h
Thomas J. Downey
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
Glenn English
D-Ohia
David W Evans
D-Ind
Joseph L. Fisher
Dva
Harold E. Ford
D-Tenn
Thomas R. Harkin
Iowa
Senate
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Vance Hartke
Quentin N. Burdick
D-N.d
Philip A. Hart
Colorado
Coors Family
Coors Industries
Reader letters praise a school board election coverage
In a letter to the Pioneer editor Elizabeth Durfee Bemidji defends candid discussion of the school board race. She criticizes Blackburn and praises caucus supporters for encouraging voting and campaigning despite limited turnout. The writer urges voters to base choices on merit and seek truth beyond secondhand reports.
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Johnson
Pioneer
Blackburn
Caucus Committee
Caucus
Elizabeth Durfee
Beirut Middle East turmoil seen through American eyes
Reporter Lee Roderick profiles American families in Beirut amid threats and violence. He notes a grenade scare involving a local boy, campus tensions at the American University of Beirut, bomb damage at a bank, and clashes in April between Palestinian guerrillas and Phalangists leaving about 150 dead. The piece underscores American stake in Lebanon’s peace prospects.
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Lee Roderick
Africa
Middle East
Scripps League
Beirut
Lebanon
David Walker
David
American University of Beirut
Robert Walker
Switzerland
Europe
Israel
Rita Parker
American Friends of the
Parker
AFME
New York
Arabia
AUB
Mediterranean
Journal of Palestine Studies
Parker’s Bank
Bank of Chicago
Phalangist Party
Questioning the value of a new assassination inquiry
The Nation argues Congress should pause to ask what a new commission would achieve about the JFK, MLK, RFK era assassinations. It contends doubt will persist regardless of methods, condemns a grand-scale probe, and suggests a tighter study with a lower budget and looser focus.
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Washington
Congress
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sirhan Sirhan
James Earl Ray
Warren Commission
Vietnam
Franklin Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Peter Rodino
Sam Ervin
Woodward
Bernstein
Mary McGrory
Dan
CIA
FBI
Mark Lane
Los Angeles
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Dallas
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
George Lincoln
Fed
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Che Pioneer
Business Mirror
SEC
Mikva
Matthew F. McHugh
Edward W. Pattison
J. Edward Roush
Martin A. Russo
Gladys N. ‘Spellman
D-Md
Timothy E. Wirth
D-Colo
James Weaver
D-Ore
The
Heritage Foundation
U.S. Senate
Commentary By
Arthur H. Whitman
University
U.S
the Nation
Martin Nolan
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