Tentative tax plan sparks Senate House pressure in Minnesota
Senate leaders report a tentative tax package derived from multiple proposals, while House Conservatives warn spending is too high. Key figures Holmquist Blatz Lindstrom and Gov Anderson push for higher school aid and property tax relief amid early negotiations. The plan may include a 1 percent sales tax rise and aims to curb local government dependence.
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Gerry Nelson
Associated Press
ST. Paul, Minn
Senate
Stanley Holmquist
House
Holmquist
Fice
Senate Tax Committee
Jerome Blatz
Ernest Lindstrom
Lindstrom
Wendell Anderson
Blatz
St. Paul
Anderson
World at a Glance: Strikes End. NY City Politics Spark Debate
Across the country AP reports unions ending a two day walkout in New York City while city and state leaders explore commissions and potential statehood questions. Other items cover Cambodian clashes, possible Vietnam drawdown deadlines, a deserter from West Point, a large military pay raise, a major public works bill, Chilean political crisis, Minneapolis mayoral win, and Minnesota tax talks.
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New York
Senate approves 2.7 billion pay raise for servicemen
The Senate voted 51 to 27 to approve a 2.7 billion pay hike for servicemen, including a 125 percent raise for recruits, expanding beyond the Nixon administration plan. The action raises base pay, with recruits at 301.50 monthly, and aligns scales to Gates Commission figures as the military moves toward an all voluntary force. The bill also advances draft-related debates and voting plans on Indochina funding and other draft provisions.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Gordon Allott
Rcolp
House
Allott
Gates Commission
Armed Service Committee
John C. Stennis
Region 2 planning commission to be formed by June 23
Bemidji city officials push regionalism after attorney general ruling. Gov. Anderson must act to create a regional planning and development commission by June 23, with meetings set for June 21 across Beltrami Clearwater Hubbard Mahnomen and Lake of the Woods counties.
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Bemidji
Minnesota
Beltrami
James Solum
Office of Local and Urban Affairs
State Planning Agency
Wendell Anderson
Mahnomen County
Anderson
Solum
Clearwater
Hubbard
Mahnomen
Lake of the Woods
State
Three Nu Ply workers arrested in Bemidji strike clash
Bemidji municipal court read assault and disorderly conduct complaints against John Dearholt Daryl Olson and Ronald Tusler three striking Nu Ply workers. Complaints signed by non union lab tech Darrel Brown describe a June 7 confrontation with Brown followed by pursuit and a neck and back strike. Defendants released on promise to appear and case continued to June 11.
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Jay Griggs
Pioneer City
Nu Ply
Bemidji
John Dearholt
Daryl Olson
Ronald Tusler
Darrel Brown
Nully
Brown
Wood Avenue
Fourth Street
First Street
Tusler
Dearholt
John Doe
Bronco
Olson
Area youth wounded in hunting accident near Becida
A 14 year old Aurora youth Dale Williams was shot in the left ankle by a misfired .22 caliber rifle while hunting with his brother near Becida. He received treatment at the Bemidji Clinic and was later released.
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Becida
Aurora
Dale Williams
Young Williams
Bemidji Clinic
Bemidji to host large fire department parade event
The Minnesota State Fire Department Association Convention parades through Bemidji with 40 units including vintage rigs Foo Car from Breckenridge and Winnipeg Firefighter's Band. Beltrami Avenue showcase at 4 30 p m features North Star Shrine Cycle Patrol. The parade runs 5 p m from Sixth Street to 15th Street with seven area high school bands and Miss Bemidji Connie Studer among entrants.
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Minnesota
Minnesota State Fire Department Association
Tom Allen
North Star Shrine
Beltrami Avenue
Sixth
Bemidji
Breckenridge
Winnipeg Firefighter
Winnipeg
Allen
Bemidji’s
Calliope
Alexandria
Sartell
Butterfield
Second Street
15Th Street
Memorial services for Warrant Officer H. Lowell Algaard in Fosston
Memorial services will be held at Hope Lutheran Church Fosston on Sunday June 13 at 3 p.m. for Warrant Officer H Lowell Algaard 22 killed in action in Vietnam March 4 1971. He was co pilot of a military aircraft shot down near Saigon. Survived by wife Judith parents Mr and Mrs H Orville Algaard brother Dean and sister Emilie with their spouses. He had trained at Ft Polk Ft Wolters Ft Stewart Ft Rucker and Ft Huachuca and was a flight instructor before enlistment.
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H. Lowell Algaard
Vietnam
San Francisco
Hope Lutheran Church
Fosston
Judith
H. Orville Algaard
Secretary of the Army
Algaard
University of Minnesota
Nelson-Ryan School of Aviation
Hopkins, Minn
Instrument Flight Training, Inc
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Army Security Agency
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Judith Ann Schumacher
Wolf Point
Mont
Dean
Emilie
W.E. Kendall
Court brief questions constitutionality of Vietnam War
A state brief argues Congress failed to halt the Vietnam War and that authorization is lacking, seeking a preliminary injunction to block a Minnesota draftee from being sent to Vietnam. The hearing in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis centers on whether the injunction should be granted.
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Minneapolis
John M. Mason
Clifton D. Perkins
Minnetonka
Congress
Executive Branch
U.S. Attor
Stenvig Wins Second Term as Minneapolis Mayor
Mayor Charles Stenvig was re elected with 72 percent support and 81 280 votes to 31 146 for challenger Harry Davis in unofficial results. The independent mayor first won in 1969 and secured his strongest victory to date in this election.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Charles Stenvig
God
Minneapolis
Stenvig
Harry Davis
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United States
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West Point
Sweden
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Chile
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Alaska
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