Guthrie Park Dedication Highlights Rural Civic Spirit
Lt Governor Alec Olson, Rep Doug St Onge, and Sen Jerry Willet attended the Ye Olde Schoolgrounds Community Park dedication in Guthrie. Residents raised over 2500 dollars in four months to buy four acres with a ball diamond. Plans include tennis courts skating rink and a building. Local leaders praised community self reliance while park plans progress.
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Alec Olson
Guthrie
Renee Gildersleeve
Doug St. Onge
Macy Fordell
Gerald Willet
Dwayne Foster
Bob Tucker
Bemidji
Jerry Willet
Olson
Rockwood Township
Ivy Knoshaug
Hubbard
David Johnson
Johnson
Minnesota seeks to downgrade timber wolf status to threatened
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service proposes reclassifying the eastern timber wolf from endangered to threatened for most of Minnesota, enabling controlled trapping to protect livestock. The plan covers a 4462 square mile zone including BWCA and Superior National Forest with several north region zones allowing removal under permits.
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Minneapolis
U.s.fish and Wildlife Service
Minnesota
Jack Hemphill
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.s.interior Department
Alaska
Isle Royale
Michigan
Lake Superior
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
BWCA
Superior National Forest
Hemphill
Iron Range
International Falls
Michael O'Donnell
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
O'Donnell
Voyageurs National Park
Canadian
Virginia Ranger District
IRS uncovers slush funds in corporate probe
The IRS reports 481 potential slush fund issues from a questionnaire audit of 1,200 major U S corporations started in 1975. Seventy one cases were sent to the Intelligence Division for possible criminal fraud. more may follow. Most firms have assets over 250 million. Commissioner Jerome Kurtz calls the probe very productive.
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IRS
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
U.S
IRS Intelligence Division
Jerome Kurtz
Weather outlook and lake level report
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs reach upper 60s to lower 70s, with tonight’s lows in the mid to upper 40s. Winds turn north to northeast at 10 to 15 mph today, then light and variable tonight. Normal lake level is 1340, today at 1339.76.
Supreme Court rules against mandatory death for police killers
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, struck down Louisiana's law mandating capital punishment for anyone who kills a police officer. The ruling accepts mitigating factors such as the killer's youth and notes potential future rulings on similar statutes. Justice dissenters would have upheld the Louisiana statute substantial in protecting law enforcement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Harry Roberts
New Orleans
Dennis McInerney
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R
White
Harry A. Blackmun
High Court
Roberts
Beltrami County Commissioners Meet in Regular Session
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the courthouse boardroom. Agenda items include a maintenance agreement with Calvary Lutheran Church on the old Nymore cemetery and final plats for Meadowmont Heights and Eastwood Estates.
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Beltrami
Beltrami County
Moluccan terrorists release two pregnant hostages in Holland siege
In Assen two pregnant women were freed as South Moluccan militants hold 57 others in a train and a schoolhouse in northern Holland. Justice Minister Andreas van Agt urged patience amid stalled mediation after a six hour Saturday meeting with community leaders yielded little progress.
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Assen
Netherlands
Justice
Andreas van Agt
Holland
van Agt
Kuwaiti Troops Nab Wheelchair Hijacker on Lebanese Jetliner
Kuwaiti troops disguised as mechanics overpowered a Lebanese man in a wheelchair who hijacked a Lebanese jetliner carrying 113 passengers and 11 crew. He demanded 1.5 million dollars but no one was harmed among the 125 aboard.
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Kuwait
Nasser Mohammed Ali Abu Khaled
Annie wins big at 31st Tony Awards on Broadway
The musical Annie based on the Little Orphan Annie strip captured seven of nineteen Tony Awards at the 31st ceremony aired from the Shubert Theater on Sunday night. The show’s sweep underscores its status as a top ticket in New York theater.
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New York
Shubert Theater
Women's meeting in Minnesota ends in walkouts over disputes
Anti abortion delegates walk out as the Minnesota Women’s Meeting split into factions. An ad hoc coordinating group sought unity with a five member resolution while proceedings ended with a disputed adjournment and a reduced quorum.
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ST. Cloud
Houston
Bette Hillemeier
Olivia
Nina Rothchild
State Council On the Economic Status of
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