Bemidji council raises council salaries and lauds airport study
The Bemidji City Council, with Mayor Hailey and City Manager Lloyd present, approved a 100 percent salary increase for council members and heard a long report on phase A of the airport master plan. The plan recommends runways, fire rescue, and noise abatement while the city funds about a quarter of the $100 000 project. The meeting included tense exchanges over the Saar Motors building demolition and plans for a sheltered workshop, with officials denying delays and noting commitments to revenue bonds for parking facilities.
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Marvin Hailey
John Lloyd
Bemidji
Cameron McMahon
Saar Motors
R. Dixon Speas
FAA
Douglas Peterson
Herb Whiting
Agnes Lafgren
Gary Underhill
Beaver Pond
Don Homes
Lloyd
Acquittal Triggers Mixed Reactions For Angela Davis
Angela Davis, freed on charges of murder kidnapping and conspiracy, receives hundreds of congratulatory messages while about 20 death threats are noted. A San Quentin inmate and international communists send tributes as Davis relaxes at her San Jose apartment on day one of freedom after 22 months in custody.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Miss Allan
San Quentin
Fletta Drumgo
Soledad
Drumgo
George Jackson
Rhodesia mine disaster dangers 468 feared dead
In Rhodesia a massive underground explosion at Wankie Colliery left 435 Africans and 33 whites underground. A spokesman said 468 miners are feared dead in the worst mining disaster in Rhodesia's history with no survivors evident.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Wankie
Tod
Bulawayo
Esman
Postal Rates Approved by Commission Target Mail Costs
The Postal Rate Commission approved about 1.5 billion in higher mail rates, mainly locking in temporary increases since May 1971. The new schedule raises a letter to 11 cents for air mail, with governors unlikely to reject it, while publishers fear reduced circulation and info flow. The commission projects savings to publishers though the impact on typical users is mixed, with postcards rising from 1 to 6 cents.
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Stockholm
Olof Palme
Sweden
United States
U.N
Vietnam
Palme
Washington
Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service Board of Governors
Commission
Board of Governors
Congress
Postal Service
New York
Andrew Heiskell
Time, Inc
Time
Life
Rate Commission
McGovern Favored In Four Pres primaries Today
The presidential primaries in California New Jersey New Mexico and South Dakota assign 271 144 delegates and momentum toward McGovern. Humphrey campaigns seek to halt the surge as McGovern predicts victory in all four states and aims to pass 850 delegates with New York next.
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Los Angeles
George McGovern
New Jersey
New Mexico
South Dakota
McGovern
Albuquerque
N.M
Houston
Tex
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
California
Montana
Mississippi
New York
San Diego
Oakland
Texas
Minnesota
Ds Angeles
Sam Yorty
Yorty
John
Bemidji to Host King Bros Circus June 8
The Bemidji Jaycees arrange with King Bros Circus for a spring show at the Beltrami County Fair Grounds Bemidji. Performances scheduled for afternoon and night June 8 with proceeds aiding new softball fields. The act promises horses ponies and varied entertainments under the big top and notes imported stars touring the United States.
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Bemidji Jaycees
King Bros. Circus
America
United States
Beltrami County Fair Grounds
Bemidji
Welfare costs dip as medical care drops in January
Government figures show January welfare costs fell by 12.4 million due to lower medical care costs, while cash payments rose 1.7 million to 1.54 billion. Welfare rolls expanded by 43,000 families, with AFDC recipients up 11,000 disabled and 11,000 nonfederal general assistance. Senate committee tentatively backs a federal state financing plan to curb AFDC growth, aiming to save states 5 billion through 1974. Elderly welfare recipients fell by 5,000.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
AFDC
Capitol Hill
Senate Finance Committee
Gierman Eieal
Leng
Long
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St. Philip's School
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Lorraine
St. Philip's
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Terry Books
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Theresa Welle
Theresa
JoAnn Berglund
Ann McNea
Susan Spaulding
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Soledad Brothers
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Communist Party
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Gus Hall
Bella Abzug
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Reggiola
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Lee Metcalf
Dmont
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Dmiss
Clifford
Case
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