Senate panel approves 2 billion tax cut with home buyer boost
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 2 billion dollar reduction in individual income taxes offering up to a 40 dollar saving per taxpayer in 1975. The panel added to a House 21.3 billion package, moving total cuts toward 31.5 billion, and set a May 1 rebate timing if enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Russell B. Long
Ford
Congress
Long
Finance
Senate
Treasury
Democrats
White House
Democratic Caucus
Fire damages Bagley High School chemistry lab
A fire in the chemistry laboratory on the third floor of Bagley High School caused smoke and water damage, with no injuries. Classes were dismissed, and officials expected to resume Monday after restoration of affected science rooms. Fire crews from Clearbrook, Fosston and Bagley contained the blaze about an hour after it was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagley
Bagley High School
Melvin Johnson
Bagley High
Burdette Clifford
Clifford
Clearbrook
Fosston
Bemidji Mayor seeks removal of police commissioners
Mayor Doug Peterson says he has the votes to pass a council resolution to study grounds for removing police Civil Service Commissioners Don LaVoy and George Theroux. City Attorney Ouradnik supports Council power to remove for cause after due process, with a proposed two councilman committee to study charges and report findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich Nelson
Bemidji
Doug Peterson
Don LaVoy
George Theroux
Peterson
Gene Ouradnik
Ouradnik
Council
Police Civil Service Commission
Marv Haiby
Segeant Ray Holter
Holter
Haily
Parks and Rec to seek county funds for city programs
Bemidji's Parks and Recreation Commission plans to ask Beltrami County for about 5000 dollars to support the city year round recreation program. The proposal follows a survey showing 44 percent of participants from Bemidji and others from surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks and Recreation Commission
Rich Nelson
Bemidji
Park and Recreation Commission
Beltrami County
Dan Haluptzok
Commission
Chub Naylor
Haluptzok
Northern Township
Hubbard
Bagley
Red Lake
Bill Howe
House approves drug substitution bill in Minnesota
The Minnesota House unanimously passed a bill allowing substitution of cheaper generic drugs for brand-name prescriptions. The measure requires two prescription form squares to authorize substitution or mandate same-manufacturer substitutes and adds label disclosure of drug manufacturers. The vote also advanced a separate 12 percent interest limit on most retail credit forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Lyndon Carlson
Dfl-Brooklyn Center
Senate
Neil Dieterich
Dfl-St. Paul
Atty
Warren Spannaus
CIO
Minnesota Farmers Union
Spannaus
Supreme Court
Senate Labor and Commerce Committee
New Cancer Detection Method Uses Particle Beams
Two atomic scientists propose a diagnostic technique that uses a nuclear particle accelerator to shoot protons through an organ. Dense tissue like tumors slows protons, and the resulting changes are recorded electronically to reveal cancer earlier than X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford advisers seek compromise on Cambodia military aid
Administration sources say Ford aides will soften opposition over the weekend to a proposed Cambodia aid compromise. They plan to contact Congress members to win approval from House and Senate committees. The move follows the Senate Democrats voting against more aid and the House Foreign Affairs Committee rejecting the compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
U.S
Cambodia
Administration
House
Senate
Senate Democratic
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Portugal to Nationalize Banks and Delay Elections
Portugal's Revolutionary Council says private banks will be nationalized except for foreign branches and some agricultural savings bodies. It suspends plans for national elections on April 12 and issues an arrest warrant for a Christian Democratic leader after claiming to crush a rightist plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Revolutionary Council
Christian Democratic Party
Australia to Close Embassy in Phnom Penh as Evacuations Begin
The Australian embassy in Phnom Penh will close this Saturday while the French embassy starts an airlift to evacuate European citizens. Observers say other nations may follow as Washington signals no more military aid to Cambodia. The U S airlift to the capital resumes after a shell hits an ammunition dump despite renewed shelling of the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Australia
Washington
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter F. Mondale
Marsha
Howe
Northern National Bank
Dave Stevens
Mardy Karger
Karger
Jim Cameron
Cameron Park
Nymore Park
Archie Bowers
South Lake Irving Park
Believe Bower
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!