Humphrey Linked to Illegal Dairy Group Donations Report
Senate Watergate committee staff say evidence ties Hubert H. Humphrey’s former campaign manager Jack Chestnut to a scheme moving 137000 in illegal corporate aid to Democrats including Humphrey. The report notes other aid to Mills and undisclosed gifts from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing. Both Humphrey and Mills declined to testify or fully cooperate.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Minneapolis
Jack L. Chestnut
Wilbur D. Mills
Joe P. Johnson
Mills
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Mid- America Dairymen, Inc
Humphrey and Mills
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Co
Downtown Bemidji Eyes Tax Increment Financing Plan
Bemidji businessmen discuss a locally controlled tax increment financing plan to revitalize the downtown. The city would identify blighted areas, buy and demolish structures, then transfer land to private builders funded by future tax gains until costs are recovered.
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Bemidji
Housing Authority
Taxpayers Question UMMH Funding and Welfare Board Power
Local members of the Minnesota Real Estate Taxpayers Association questioned the Beltrami County Welfare Board contract with Upper Mississippi Valley Mental Health Center. They cited a $31 100 program cost with $10 540 paid by county taxpayers and urged scrutiny of board authority and funding methods using federal Title IV grants to offset county shares. The six county area covers Beltrami and surrounding counties amid a planned July Water Carnival fireworks change and a light shower forecast.
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Minnesota Real Estate Taxpayers Association
Upper Mississippi Valley
Nord
Welfare Board
Walt Fenske
Ray Boyer
Neal Slindee
Welfare Department
UMMH
Taxpayers Association
Donald Frees
Beltrami County
Frees
Beltrami
Bemidji officials warn ladder falls short of tall buildings
Bemidji Fire Chief Jerry Moen says the 1947 aerial ladder cannot protect occupants in higher fires. On campus the ladder reached just over five floors at Tamarac Hall, with only three to four riders advised. City faces funding hurdles for a modern unit, possibly via a bond issue.
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Bemidji
Jerry Moen
Bemidji State College
Tamarac Hall
Moen
Don Mangus
BSC
Tamarac
Magnus
Federal Building
Clarence Goldhamer
Fire Department
Bemidji Airport funds approved by state official
State and federal funds to cover lighting fencing and seal coating at Bemidji Airport were approved by the State Commissioner of Aeronautics per city manager John Lloyd. The Bemidji City Council met at noon Thursday and authorized the Mayor City Attorney and City Clerk to sign papers accepting the money.
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Bemidji
State Commissioner of Aeronautics
John Lloyd
Nixon Arrives in Moscow for Nuclear Summit Visit
President Nixon reaches Moscow for the Kremlin talks as crowds greet him despite police dispersals. Brezhnev meets Nixon at Vnukovo Airport while officials discuss partial bans on underground nuclear tests and curbing arms race momentum.
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Moscow
Nixon
Kremlin
White House
Gerald Warren
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vnukovo
Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Belgium
Baudouin
Fabiola
Melsbroek
United States
Lebanon seeks Arab oil cutbacks over Israel raids
Lebanon plans to ask Arab states to renew oil production cuts if Israel continues attacks on Palestinian positions in Lebanon. Prime Minister Takieddin Solh would push for unified Arab action at the Arab League defense council meeting in Cairo.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Israel
Beirut
al Jarida
Takieddin Solh
Arab League Defense Council
Cairo
League
Solh
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Watergate
Mike Auger
Minnesota State Planning Agency
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Bemidji Housing Authority
City Planning Commission
Bemidji Jaycees
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America
Atlantic Alliance
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Mt. Hermon
Har Dov
Nahariyya
Harpings
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