Opinion: Biella Missteps Prompt Calls to Resign HRDC Seat
The Beltrami County commissioner Lowell Bjella is accused of bucking regional development efforts and pressuring a Bemidji mayor, with readers urging him to resign from the Headwaters Regional Development Commission if he cannot work within the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Bjella
Beltrami
Biella
Headwaters Regional Development Commission
Bemidji
Bagley
Archibald Roberts
Hrdc Commission
HRDC
Bjella
The affair is over says Art Buchwald
Washington humorist Art Buchwald argues that public figures must end extramarital affairs as gossip columns and money driven publishers fuel indiscretion. He laments the loss of private rendezvous and urges a firm stance against future indiscretions.
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Art Buchwald
The
Washington
United States
Congress
Press Corps
House
Cherie
Los Angeles Times
Merger Set to Unite NAM and Chamber of Commerce
AP reports Richard L. Lesher will preside over a planned merger of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States within six months. He notes a shift toward conservatism, greater government scrutiny on small business, and renewed focus on private enterprise amid growing memberships in both groups.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Richard L. Lesher
Lesher
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Rats Learn to Swim in Fun City as Businesses Flee
Virginia Payette notes New York City faces ongoing corporate flight, with headhunting firms guiding executives to friendlier regimes. Tax hikes, pension woes, and weak fiscal control deepen losses, while city leaders seek funds through higher taxes and odd gambits like voluntary pinball contributions.
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Beame
Hizzoner
Fun City
New York
GOP delegate fight looms as Carter widens lead
Carter holds a dominant Democratic position with a large marshal of delegates and aims for clinching the nomination. In the Republicans, Reagan leads Ford in delegates though the race remains unsettled with strategy battles and talks of a one ballot decision at the convention. Brown vows to contest Carter and outlines a broader fight for every delegate ahead of the nominating process.
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Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Reagan
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Georgia
Ohio
New Jersey
Brown
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic Party
Missouri
Springfield
Los Angeles
Morton
Rogers C. B. Morton
U.S
Rhodesia
Africa
Stuart Spencer
Ford Campaign
Spencer
Bemidji to extend sewer service with $200000 HUD grant
The city announces a $200,000 federal grant from HUD for extending sanitary sewer lines into West More and Park Avenue. City officials led by Mayor Doug Peterson coordinated the grant over 18 months with John Lloyd, Herb Whiting, Jim Walker, Don Dougherty, and the Headwaters Regional Development Commission. The piece also notes a beard growing contest with entry blanks at City Hall and prizes of $50 and $25, to be judged July 3 at Library Park.
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Doug Peterson
Bemidji
Westmore
Park Avenue
HUD
John Lloyd
Herb Whiting
Jim Walker
Quadna Mountain Lodge
Don Dougherty
Walker
Headwaters Regional Development Commission
Pioneer
Library Park
Paul
Babe
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Business Mirror
Nam
Chamber
Tim Sonry
Bruce
Virginia Payette
Headhunters
State Monitor
Myer
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
West Point
GOP
Humphrey
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
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