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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1975
Page
1
The Senate weighs limiting debate on the New Hampshire election as House plans to override Ford veto of a housing bill. Debates threaten a possible end to the July 4 recess while Congress races to pass debt and spending measures by June 30.
Ugandan President Idi Amin announced that Denis Hills faces execution in 10 days unless British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan travels to Uganda for talks. Kampala radio said the decision was conveyed to two British officers from London carrying a plea from Queen Elizabeth II. The countdown begins from tomorrow.
IRS scrutiny of returns for about 50 firms focuses on whether executives were reimbursed political gifts through bogus expenses or bonuses. The Campaign Contribution Compliance Project expands to foreign payoffs and bribes. The SEC probes 25 top defense contractors for improper payments. A Pentagon file cites $200 million paid to foreign sales agents over 20 years.
Chuck Slocum, 28, of Prior Lake was elected state chairman by the GOP State Central Committee. He pledges teamwork to win back the state Senate in 1976, gain 30 House seats, and lead there in 1978. Carolyn Ring was reelected state chairwoman. Moorhead Mayor Duane Holberg praised Slocum as an energetic motivator who can restore creditable government.
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners will meet in regular session Tuesday June 24 at 9 a.m. in the courthouse board room. The agenda includes tax forfeit repurchase requests, staff needs discussion, Grimes Estates review, garden club appropriations, solid waste landfill talk, and a Heartland appropriation request. The afternoon will handle routine matters. The meeting is open to the public.
The Street Sewer and Water committee urged the city council to designate Highways 2 and 71 as an alternate route not part of FAU. Officials warn state maintenance would shift to the city unless reclassified, with added mileage not offset by funds. Industrial Park FAU impacts discussed along with water and sewer project expansion for Nymore and nearby avenues.
William DeWitte 52, of Fremont Michigan drowned near Northome Minnesota after falling from a boat on Island Lake Itasca County. A lawn chair rider, he was not wearing a life preserver though vests were aboard. Search efforts by sheriff and DNR continued through Monday.
The Supreme Court put off a ruling on the death penalty until at least the 1975 76 term. Jesse Thurman Fowler, condemned in North Carolina for killing former roommate John Griffin after a July 1 1973 Raleigh dice game, awaits a new rehearing. He is among 283 men and 3 women on death row across 24 states.
In New Delhi lawyers for Prime Minister Indira Gandhi petitioned Supreme Court Justice V R Krishna Iyer seeking to stay the six year bar from elective office and allow her to remain in office until the appeal is heard. The judge was to decide on an indefinite stay delaying the trial court’s sentence.
A taxi driver located 6 year old Hubert and 3 year old Ingrid Bonnet in a telephone booth about 26 hours after they were abducted from their vacation villa. Police reported no ransom demand or offer and no contact from the kidnapers.
Lt. Col. Pyotr Klimuk and Vitaly Sevastyanov circled the earth aboard Salyut 4 and exceeded 29 days 13 hours 20 minutes, surpassing a January February mark by Gubarev and Grechko. The feat trails the U S Skylab 84 day record.
Northwestern Bell seeks a Department of the Army permit to lay a submarine communications cable across Lake Bemidji. Public comments requested by July 17. If approved, the 3.31 inch cable would be buried beneath the lake bottom at varying depths and serve about 900 customers with a 50 year life. Construction could start January 1976 with a project cost of 150 000 to 200 000 dollars.
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