District 31 Board Approves Title I Application
The District 31 school board approved applying for Title I funds amid a one hour meeting at Bemidji High School. Administrative Assistant John T. Schuiling is named local agency representative as two programs SLBP and Home Start receive funding. contracts for 1973-74 will be issued to current teachers with master agreement terms.
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Elizabeth Moore
State Department of Education
John T. Schuiling
Bemidji
SLBP
Supt
L. M. Wangberg
Riverside
Adult rights bill clears House committee floor action
Minnesota lawmakers advance a bill granting 18 to 20 year olds full adult rights including contracts, marriage without parental consent, wills, and professions. The measure would take effect August 1, with strong party support but mixed opinions on lowering the drinking age. Several Republicans abstained or opposed. debate moves to the full House in late March.
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ST. Paul, Minn
House
Bruce Vento
DFL
St. Paul
Senate
Wendell Anderson
Charles Weaver
Ranoka
Dfler
David Frosken
Kempe
Lombardi
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North Dakota
Arthur Link
Local Indians may press for eviction of militants
Negotiations between the federal government and Indians at Wounded Knee continued as the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council on Pine Ridge urged police to remove all non-Oglalas from the reservation. The council met for the first time since the February 27 takeover and also approved a measure regarding the American Indian Movement.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Oglala Sioux Reservation
AIM
U.S
Harlington Wood
Ramon Roubideaux
Rapid City
Bemidji Chamber Eyes Summer Pow Wow and Market Day
The Bemidji Area Chamber Retail Trade Committee met to review February's Presidents Day promo and plan a summer Pow Wow with five dancers and three singers for eight to 12 weeks at $800 with donations possible. They also discussed a season long fishing derby ending Labor Day with cash prizes and a canoe grand prize, plus a late August Community Market Day for produce antiques and crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji
Bruce Hagen
Hagen
Saeger
Minnesota Experimental City strikes back at PCA
ST PAUL Minn AP planners of the Minnesota Experimental City denounce the Pollution Control Agency for urging the legislature to abandon the project. James L Hetland Jr accuses the PCA of political motivation and lacking professional appraisal as the PCA board approves a resolution to scrap the project and redirect funds to rehabilitating existing communities. Grant Merritt says the charges are unfounded.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
State Pollution Control Agency
James L. Hetland Jr
Experimental City Authority
PCA
Aitkin
Cass
Hetland
Legislature
Beltrami County Commissioners Resume Highway Talks
After a full day of work the Beltrami County Board adjourned until 1 p.m. to continue Highway Department discussions with County Engineer John Kemp. Tuesday actions include a $60,000 Revenue Sharing appropriation for reconstructing and relocating parts of County Road 404 near the Bemidji Industrial Park and a granted liquor license to Bemidji.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bain
Board of Beltrami County Commissioners
John Kemp
Bemidji
Beltrami County approves easement and regional center plans
The Beltrami County board approved a subordination agreement with Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co granting an easement across private property. It also unanimously authorized county participation in the Northwest Minnesota Regional Juvenile Training Center and passed a resolution restricting fairground use to agriculture and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town and Country Club
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co
Northwest
Minnesota
Beltrami County
Senators Demand Dean Testimony for Gray FBI Nomination
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee threaten to block L Patrick Gray II’s FBI director nomination unless White House counsel John W Dean III testifies about Watergate. The committee voted 16 to 0 to invite Dean, despite Nixon’s refusal. Senator Sam Ervin called Dean’s appearance essential.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. Patrick Gray II
FBI
Nixon
White House
John W. Dean III
Gray
Dean
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate
Robert Byrd
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Noah
Midway
NuPly
Minnesota Highway Department
Division of Lands and Forestry
Jay Griggs
John Johnson
Minneapolis
Vento
Iowa
House Labor Management’ Relations Committee
Douglas St. Onge
Wallace Hoaglund
Chamber Retail Group
Don Campbell
Campbell
Fran Saeger
Ron Patterson
Fran Seegar
Sid Swedmark
Chamber
Chicago
Swedmark
BIA
Wood
John Adams
United Methodist
Washington, D.C
National Council of Churches
Justice
Adams
MXC
Grant Merritt
St. Mary’s Mission School
Red Lake
Jimmy Eisenrich
Sheldon Bailey
Anthony Sumner
Michael
Sigana
Dean May
Mary Ann Roy
Cheri Hanson
Diane May
Michelle Maxwell
Joyce Strong
Leah Schoenborn
Debbie Garrigan
Pioneer
Food and Drug Administration
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