Ford may defer oil import tariff increases
President Ford met with Republican leaders on energy and the economy and hinted a deferral of the second and third oil import tariff dollars may occur. Treasury chief Simon said the $3 per barrel crude tax would lift gas by about 10 cents per gallon, offset by tax cuts. Democrats proposed a 44 cent total gasoline tax with a 40 cent rise.
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Ford
Washington
GOP
White House
Senate
Hugh Scott
Treasury
William E. Simon
Frank G. Zarb
House
Ways and Means
Simon
al Ullman
Funeral services held for Bemidji attorney Thomas Hilligan
Thomas M. Hilligan, a well known Bemidji attorney, died Friday morning at a Rochester hospital at age 57. Services were held Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Philip's Catholic Church with Father Francis Lemen presiding. Interment followed at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Wilton. Born October 12, 1917 in Chisholm, Hilligan served as city attorney for 17 years.
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Thomas Hilligan
Thomas M. Hilligan
Bemidji Area
Rochester
St. Philip’s Catholic Church
Francis Lemen
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Wilton
Chisholm
Hilligan
Smith Law Firm
Smith
Wadena
Lisa
Frances Hilligan
Minneapolis
H. Patrick Hilligan
City Hall
Ricky Prince
Charles Ward
Jack Ward
Clayton Braaten
Henry Rossiter
Richard Tesar
Bar Association
John Howe
Legislature Opens Debate on Handgun Control in Minnesota
The Minnesota Legislature begins hearings on handgun control with supporters led by Attorney General Warren Spannaus and lawmakers Tom Berg and Nicholas Coleman. The bill features a 14 day waiting period and permit checks, with Gov. Wendell Anderson now backing the measure amid opposition from the Committee for Effective Crime Control.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Spannaus
Five freed anarchists leave West Germany after Lorenz kidnapping
A West German jetliner departed from Frankfurt with five freed anarchists bound for a foreign destination. The group was released from West German and West Berlin prisons after terrorists demanded Lorenz's release. They received $52,000 ransom and passage out of the country. The fate of Peter Lorenz remained unknown.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Peter Lorenz
West Germany
West Berlin
Lorenz
Iran declares one party state under Shah
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi dissolves Iran's four political parties and orders all supporters enrolled in a new single party. A political source says the ruler, 55, deems the move more realistic while retaining tight control of power.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Bemidji Council Sees Parking Lot Sale and Industrial Park Plans
Bemidji City Council meets at 7 30 tonight in City Hall chambers to discuss Security State Bank’s bid to buy the Gary parking lot for an auto bank facility, an appraisal of 36000, a Stewart and Walker engineering contract valued at 70000 plus additional fees, bids for the airport Crash Fire Rescue building, a first reading of an Advisory City Parking Commission ordinance, and bids for a Police Training Center.
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Bemidji
Security State Bank
Gary
Stewart and Walker
Industrial Park
Stewart & Walker
City Parking Commission
Spannaus handgun control proposals outlined by AG
Major provisions include permits to buy with no fee and a 14 day wait for background checks. Auto approval after 21 days if police fail to act. Restrictions bar those under 18 without safety training, mentally ill, violent offenders in last decade, alcoholics, and drug users from buying. Carry permits required for handguns, but transport to hunting grounds or between home and business allowed without a permit. Rifles and shotguns remain unaffected.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Warren Spannaus
Anderson aides draft private school aid bill
Gov. Wendell Anderson aides draft a cautious bill to fund textbooks for nonpublic school students and require public districts to offer services to private and parochial students. Public schools would hire staff and be reimbursed. officials caution against constitutional challenges.
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Anderson
John Haynes
Haynes
House Education Committee
Barbara Diamond
Weather Outlook and Aide Memoir on School Aid
A mild day with increasing clouds and warmer temperatures is expected. Highs near the 20s today, 25 to 35 Tuesday, with night lows 10 to 15. In a memo to Rep. Carl Johnson the committee chair, the author argues that loans and equipment gifts may violate the Minnesota Constitution and could be struck down as aiding religious schools.
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Carl Johnson
Dfl-St. Peter
Minnesota
Radioisotope lab van aids small area hospitals
Northern Radioisotope Laboratory formed by Bemidji doctors operates a mobile nuclear scanner serving seven hospitals within a 140 mile radius after purchasing a $25,000 unit. The venture funds itself with no government money and plans expansion as demand grows.
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Larry Udell
Mahnomen
Odell
Northern Radioisotope Laboratory
Fairview
Bemidji Avenue
James R. Brown
Bemidji Hospital
Brown
Beltrami County Board Set for Tuesday Session
Beltrami County Commissioners schedule a 9 a.m. meeting in the courthouse board room with items including a Crime Commission briefing, park system discussion with the zoning administrator, selecting an official bank depository, Welfare Board nominations, and possible revisions to the Affirmative Action Plan. The public is invited.
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Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Doyle Aultman
Welfare Board
Ray Boyer
State Department of Human Rights
Green Thumb
Bartlett urges Kissinger to push USSR China on Vietnam aid
Sen. Dewey Bartlett and seven colleagues urge Secretary Kissinger to press Moscow and Beijing to curb aid to both sides in Vietnam. They back using Kissinger to influence North Vietnam to reduce fighting while Congress weighs further 522 million dollars in military aid for South Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Dewey F. Bartlett
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
China
United States
Bartlett
Oklahoma
Congress
Phnom Penh
Ford
Kissinger
Vietnam
Russia
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
R-Calif
Cambodia
McCloskey
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Twin Cities
Nicholas Coleman
Wendell Anderson
Committee For Effective Crime Control
John and
Margaret Hilligan
That
Hibbing
U.S. Steel
University of Minnesota
The
Minnesota Law School
Jane Kaufman
Mankato
Fia
By Rich Nelson
County Board
Bill Parnaude
Nguyen Duc Bao
U.S
Bill Chappell Jr
Dfla
Bao
John J. Flynt Jr
D-Fla
North Vietnam
Lon Nol
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