DFLers push gay rights and gun control on campaign trail
Minnesota Democrats outline a platform mirroring 1972 debates while moderating abortion and marijuana language. They back unconditional draft evader amnesty, gun control, and a moderate gay rights plank, with no legalization stance on marijuana. The ticket includes Governor Anderson and six others awaiting GOP opposition.
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Dfl’ers
U.S. Supreme Court
Dflers
Duluth
DFL
Wendell R. Anderson
Rudy
GOP attorney general candidate opposes gun control and abortion law
Dean Nyquist a Brooklyn Center attorney and GOP AG candidate criticized proposed gun control and the liberalized abortion law in a Bemidji stop. He argued crime statistics from other states show no benefit, urged local control on fluoride rules, and proposed cutting state attorneys while using local counsel for investigations.
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Dean Nyquist
Brooklyn Center
GOP
Pioneer Saturday
Bemidji
Minnesota
Nyquist
Warren Spannaus
Spannaus
Attorney General's Office
Oil producers near price policy decision amid possible tax rise
The 13 nations of OPEC were reported close to a decision on price policy and maintain a three month freeze on posted crude prices while talks continued on a proposed gasoline tax increase in the United States. In Cambodia, Long Boret formed a new cabinet after a compromise with the Republican party, naming independents and Social-Republican members to an enlarged Executive Council.
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Ecuador
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies
United States
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Long Boret
Republican Party
Lon Nol
Social-Republican
India
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Jean Jacques Servan- Schreiber
Bemidji airport funds seen with state approval likely
City Attorney Gene Ouradnik says federal and state money for Bemidji's airport improvements should arrive soon. He met with State Aeronautics Commissioner Lawrence McCabe in St Paul after bids for over $500,000 in upgrades were opened.
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Bemidji
Gene Ouradnik
Lawrence McCabe
St. Paul
Ouradnik
Senate debates income tax reforms
The Senate begins floor debate on cutting individual income taxes while raising corporate and wealth taxes. A House-passed bill would temporarily raise the debt limit to 490 billion dollars, sending the measure to Nixon before June 30.
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Senate
House
Nixon
Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Nixon to Extend Egypt Style Nuclear Aid to Israel
Secretary Kissinger signaled that the United States will provide Israel with the same nuclear electric power aid promised to Egypt. President Nixon was to declare this in a joint communique with Israeli Premier Rabin, with a likely long term arms agreement hinted.
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Jerusalem
Nixon
United States
Israel
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Cairo
U.S. Congress
U. S
India
Nuclear tests and diplomacy ripple through Middle East and Asia
New Delhi reports China conducted an aboveground nuclear test in Lop Nor with about one megaton yield detected by monitoring stations. Australia cites France's first 1974 test in the South Pacific as Nixon pledges Egypt nuclear fuels and reactors amid concerns over weapons potential. Nixon hails Israel’s courage while urging compromise for peace as Damascus hosts the resumption of Syrian US relations after the 1967 war.
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India
China
Lop Nor
Indian Atomic Energy
France
South Pacific
Nixon
Israel
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Syria
France conducts atmospheric nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Australia and New Zealand protest as France triggers its first 1974 test in the South Pacific near Mururoa Atoll. Canada condemns atmospheric blasts while France bars nearby shipping and faces domestic political fallout.
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Mururoa Atoll
Tahiti
Gough Whitlam
Australia
New Zealand
Norman E. Kirk
Paris
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
End of Nixon impeachment inquiry narrows to major issues
The House Judiciary Committee nears the end of its impeachment inquiry with about five of 55 initial allegations still open. Review focuses on Watergate cover up, Nixon taxes, and IRS political use, while wiretaps and Cambodia bombing legality spark debate. Chairman Rodine schedules closed hearings this week as others warn more surprises may follow.
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House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
White House
Charles W. Colson
Cambodia
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
William D. Ruckelshaus
Miss Bemidji among Miss Minnesota semi finalists
JoEllen Hanson of Bemidji was among five semi finalists at the 1974 Miss Minnesota Pageant in Austin. Pam Bernhagen of Bloomington won Miss Minnesota, succeeding Jolene Benoit of Farmington. Other semi finalists included runners up Roxanne Neff Worthington and Lu Ann Menden Shakopee, with details on contestants and city council airport bids in Bemidji.
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JoEllen Hanson
Austin
Minnesota
Pam Bernhagen
Bloomington
Shiela
Miss Bernhagen
Jolene Benoit
Farmington
Shakopee
University of Minnesota
Bernhagen
Worthington
Roxanne Neff
Runerup
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
S. C
Miss Shakopee
Lu Ann Menden
Mankato State
Cheryle Erickson
St. Cloud State
Miss Windom
Gwen Hopp
White Bear Lake
Lucy Peltier
Debra Juenke
South St. Paul
Mary Sandison
North Central Airlines
Bemidji Airport
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