Inmate Declines Resort Prize. Manager Sends Cash Instead
A Worthington Minnesota radio station winner could not travel for a week at a Northern Minnesota resort. Inmate 7284 at the South Dakota Penitentiary asked for the trip but was unable to attend. Manager Jim Wychor mailed a check for the prize value to the winner. The drawing drew 1,666 entries amid Radio Month theme radio free as the air. Inmate 17284 asked for anonymity.
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Worthington, Minn
Minnesota
Worthington
KWOA
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Jim Wychor
Wychor
Radiofree
Ten Americans Freed From Cuban Prisons After Drug Charges
Ten Americans jailed in Cuba on drug charges were freed and flew home from Havana to Mexico City. The release, announced amid improving ties, leaves about 20 others still jailed. names were not released. One freed prisoner described a harsh three week stint and a dramatic arrest after a plane incident.
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Mexico City
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
U.S
State Department
United States
Eisenhower
Carter
Bemidji teachers push for credit in AVTI salary steps
Nine AVTI teachers without degrees seek credit for college coursework and clock hours to advance on the district salary schedule. The Bemidji School Board would credit up to six last two years credits and clock hours remain disputed. Emergency closing policy also stays unresolved after six hours of talks ending without agreement.
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Jenny Gish
Bemidji School Board
District 31
Area Vocational Technical Institute
AVTI
Bemidji Education Ene
BEA
Tom Langan
Langan
Vo-Tech
Ralph Smith
Joe Malone
Smith
Malone
Bob
Dewey Avenue sewer project advances after public hearing
Residents of Dewey Ave approve plans and costs to replace an overloaded eight inch sewer. Bemidji City Council orders the improvement and directs Stewart and Walker Inc to prepare plans. Bids will be sought next meeting. Construction of a new ten inch line expected in August and to take about two weeks. Costs to 44 residents between 9th and 12th St estimated at about 820 dollars per 50 ft lot, with 6.30 per foot front assessment and 400 for a new water service line and 100 for clearing the sewer line. Local Bemidji State University officials reportedly to pay 80 percent of the total project cost.
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Dewey Ave
Bemidji City
Stewart and Walker Inc
Brian Freeburg
9Th
12Th St
Bemidji State University
Slocum
Prior Lake
Dorothy Liljegren
Wayzata
Leanne Thrane
Chanhassen
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
I R Party
Rudy Perpich
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota Independent Republican picks leaders amid next year’s Senate tilt
The 351 member I A GOP central committee will meet in Bloomington to elect a state chairman and chairwoman plus 10 officers. Five finalists include John Weyland and Vern Nepps linked to potential Senate candidates Rudy Boschwitz and Bill Frenzel. Other contenders are Ron Youngren Roger Johnson and John Pates.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Independent Republican Party
U.S. Senate
GOP
Thunderbird Hotel
Bloomington
Senate
John Weyland
Brooklyn Park
Rudy Boschwitz
Ron Youngren
Roseville
House
Roger Johnson
South St. Paul
Albert Quie
John Pates
Minnetonka
Nepp
Weyland
Nepps
Congress
Washington
Youngren
California
Central Committee
Prom
St. Paul
Chuck Slocum
Weather outlook mostly cloudy with scattered storms
Mostly cloudy through Wednesday with a chance of a few showers and thunderstorms. Lows tonight in the 50s. Highs Wednesday 75 to 80. Winds southeast at five to 15 mph tonight. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 50 percent Wednesday.
Brushy Mountain inmates planned escape say officials
Convicted assassin James Earl Ray was back in custody but silent as officials identified him as one of three inmates who planned last Friday's Brushy Mountain State Prison breakout. Warden Stonney Lane cited a ladder as evidence of careful planning and named Doug Shelton and Earl Hill alongside Ray.
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Brushy Mountain, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Doug Shelton
Earl Hill
Stonney Lane
South Moluccans gather in Assen for terror train siege funeral
South Moluccans from various communities mass in Assen for the funeral of six terrorists killed when government forces stormed a hostage train. Moluccan sources say up to 5,000 of Holland's 40,000 Moluccans are expected to attend.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Holland
Three-way UMW leadership vote underway for five year term
About 277000 United Mine Workers members vote to elect a new leader in a three candidate race. Incumbent Arnold R. Miller faces Harry Patrick and Lee Roy Patterson in a contest shaped by internal strife and regional tensions.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Arnold R. Miller
Harry Patrick
Lee Roy Patterson
Western Kentucky
UMW
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Terry Frost
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