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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1975
Page
1
Investigators report a fraud ring trafficking grain through Midwest grain elevators. A second group allegedly peddles insufficient funds checks tied to grain at elevators. A third method uses counterfeit cashier's checks and a legitimate brokerage firm contract number. Truckers at stops reveal firm contracts, then thieves beat them to elevators and remove grain.
Gov George Wallace dismissed Democratic governors opposition as he arrived for the National Governors Conference in New Orleans. He said he is in good shape and has the support of the people, while contemporaries Wendell Anderson and Edwin Edwards doubted Wallace would clinch the 1976 nomination when it is officially announced later in the month.
The 67th National Governors Conference hears Chairman Calvin L. Rampton of Utah urge abolition of all property taxes. He calls for restructuring tax sources across federal, state, and local levels to ensure adequate revenue in today’s inflationary economy.
The Israeli cabinet rejects altering its Sinai Desert troop withdrawal terms unless Egypt makes a new offer. Premier Rabin wins a cabinet vote as Kissinger pressures for fresh proposals ahead of a meeting with President Ford this week.
Fire Chief says Viking II on Highway 71 was consumed by a basement liquor room blaze starting around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. About 400 people evacuated. no injuries reported. Fire knocked out phone service as Bemidji crews fought the flames.
Flames engulfed a building in Northern township near Bemidji with cars moved from the back lot but none damaged. Firefighters battled the blaze for over an hour and a half using two tanker trucks and a trailer pumper drawing lake water. The structure collapsed and damage amount is not yet estimated. no injuries reported. Deputy State Fire Marshal Pat Barry assists in the investigation.
A head-on collision of two passenger trains on the Munich Bad Toelz line left 36 dead and 86 injured. Police traced the wreck to a missed stop on a siding amid a rural Alpine route near Warngau and Schaftlach. The disaster prompted a major rescue effort as ambulances and helicopters ferried victims to Munich hospitals.
A Senate subcommittee led by Edward M. Kennedy says the Indochina refugee program is disorganized and lagging with 102,314 of 131,000 refugees still in camps. It warns many will remain six months to a year or more as processing proceeds at a slow pace amid health and typhoon season concerns.
President Ford plans to publish the Rockefeller Commission report on the CIA but keep the assassination plot material confidential for now. The information could be released to the Senate Intelligence Committee and examined by the House panel, with Justice Department scrutiny and ongoing testimony before the Church committee regarding Castro plots and CIA actions.
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday June 10 in regular session at 9 a.m. in the Courthouse board room. Mike Port will discuss Bi CAP Summer Youth Work, Minnesota Heartland tourism work, and ditch cleaning in the northwest. May maintenance and engineer reports will be reviewed in the afternoon plus a 1 p.m. talk on the 1976 Beltrami Soil and Water budget. State personnel and Kittson County discuss courhouse janitorial status ahead of retirement.
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