House Democrats vote against new Cambodia Vietnam aid
House Democrats at a special caucus voted 189 to 49 to oppose any further U S military assistance to South Vietnam or Cambodia in fiscal year 1975. The move signals firm opposition to Ford's aid request and reflects internal party divisions on how to handle Cambodia policy.
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Washington
House
U.S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Ford
Bella S. Abzug
D-N.y
Norodom Sihanouk
Mansfield
Jackson
House Democratic Caucus
Sihanouk
Democrats
Gus Yatron
D-Pa
Congress
Harrington
Pierre S. du Pont
R-Del
Don Bonker
D-Wash
Council backs downtown shopping center plan feasibility study
The City Council unanimously authorized the Downtown Housing and Redevelopment Authority to spend 500 to begin feasibility research for a downtown shopping center housing about 15 businesses. The plan includes tax increment financing and potential full time planner funding from state programs.
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Rich Nelson
City Council
Downtown Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Vern Schanilec
Minnesota
E.A. Jyring
Chitectural Resources, Inc
Hibbing-Duluth
Schanilec
Doug Peterson
Peterson
College student has his sentence stayed
Bradley Nelson a Bemidji State College graduate student had his sentencing stayed for one year on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge after pleading guilty for stealing a loaf of sausage worth $1.09. Judge M A Reed set conditions including a $50 payment and good behavior with potential dismissal after a year. The prosecutor claimed leniency toward college students and argued for a stiffer penalty.
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Jerry Doggett
Beltrami County
Bradley Nelson
Bemidji State College
M.A. Reed
Nelson
Reed
BSC
John
Ouradnik
Ronald Carpenter
County Board Pushes for Face to Face With State on Plan
Beltrami County commissioners urged a direct meeting with State Department of Human Rights officials after a letter listing 21 objections to the county's affirmative action draft. The board also opposed House File No. 421, which would shrink Upper Mississippi Mental Health Center boundaries and funding. Other actions included tax abatements, highway garage specs changes, and a $13,280 crane bid.
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Jerry Doggett
State Department of Human Rights
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Jim Thoreen
House of Representatives
Upper Mississippi
Headwaters Regional Development Commission
HRDC
Cass
Roseau
Carl Dahlen
Ronald and
Clare Lyman
Harold Joelson
Arthur Gripp
Joe Benson
Carol Larson
J and B Equipment Co
Minneapolis
Shelling at Phnom Penh Airport Continues as Airlift Resumes
Heavy shelling of the Phnom Penh airport persisted while the American airlift of supplies to the besieged capital resumed after a brief curtailment. Fighting was reported seven miles northwest of Phnom Penh with heavy mortar attacks on Neak Luong naval base and Baban 32 miles southeast. No progress reported by forces attempting to push back Khmer Rouge rocket and artillery fire.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Neak Luong
Baban
Khmer Rouge
Minnesota House panel approves plan to raise minimum wage
The Labor and Management Relations Committee passed a bill to raise Minnesota's minimum wage from 1.80 to 2.10 by January 1 1976 and to 2.30 by July 1 1976. Proponents cited cost of living. opponents from business groups questioned timing and amounts.
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House
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
House Labor and Management Relations Committee
Ray Fariey
Dfl-St. Paul
Fariey
DFL
Gerald Knickerbocker
Minnetonka
Ray Albrecht
Brownton
Wendell Erickson
Hills
Darrel Peterson
Fairmont
Ken Zubay
Rochester
Labor and Industry
I.E
Bud’’ Malone
Minnesota Afl-Cio
David Roe
al Brodie
Minnesota Retail Federation
Brodie
Eddy Township forms militia to oppose gun control
Eddy Township in Clearwater County voted 29-0 to form a militia to resist gun-control measures. Winsor and Pine Lake townships agreed to study militia proposals, with Carstie Clausen, 30, urging defense of constitutional rights and calling for a constitutional crisis.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Eddy
Clearwater County
Winsor
Pine Lake
Eddy Township
Carstie Clausen
Clausen
Common Sense
Thurber Cartoons Found in Newtown Attic
In Newtown Connecticut an attic reveal uncovers dozens of James Thurber drawings from 1931 to 1934. The humorist used wall surfaces as his canvas and included names of real people and pets. The current homeowner Allen Coster discovered the sketches while removing wallpaper. Helen Thurber confirms the attic was Thurber’s writing room and that he drew on walls.
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Newtown
Conn
James Thurber
Thurber
Portugal Denounces U S Involvement After Air Attack
Portugal's leftist government calls the attack on an artillery regiment near Lisbon a brief uprising and blames reactionary elements. President Costa Gomes urges calm while security chief Saraiva de Carvalho accuses the United States and U S Ambassador Carlucci of responsibility.
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Lisbon
Portugal
United States
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
U.S
Frank Carlucci
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Michael J. Harrington
D-Mass
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Industrial Arts Department
Bemidji Ave
2Nd. St
Beltrami
Irvine
Schanilee
State Highway Department
Sears
National Food
Ken K. Thompson Jewelry
Swedmark Hardware
Jyring
Hibbing
Howard Street
Eugene Ouradnik
Compassion
Bemidji Day
DAC
Bemidji Bowl
Chris Mattison
Clearwater Township
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