Leprechauns and Whiskey Endorse Green Stripe on Oak Tree Road
In Tappan New York Paddy Sullivan’s saloon attracts crowds on St Patrick’s Day as a green stripe appears again down Oak Tree Road. Locals like bagpiper Tom O Connor and engineer Mike Connor celebrate with music and drink while Paddy caters to vodka infused Irish whiskey and green creme de menthe. The annual event draws Celtic visitors from Rockland County and beyond to Sullivan’s, a family tavern by the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Rourke
Healy
Sullivan
Paddy Sullivan
Rockland County
Paddy
Kathleen
Tommy Dunn
Oak Tree Road
Mike Connor
Kelly
Zaire Invasion: Angolan Border-crossing Guerrillas Advance East
U S officials report the contingent invading southeastern Zaire from Angola has moved eastward beyond three towns Kapanga Kiswenge and Dilolo and now advances toward copper mines 350 miles from the border. US embassy notes evacuees from Kolwezi and ongoing aid to Mobutu regime amid unsure Cuban involvement.
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Zaire
Angola
U.S
Kolwezi
National Front For Congo Liberation
Brussels
Tshikapa
Kasai
Kapanga
Cyrus R. Vance
Washington
Mabutu Sese Seko
Black Africa
City sues private refuse collectors in Bemidji
The City of Bemidji files in District Court against Dave Walters Inc, Bemidji State University, Curtis Monson, Charles Kummer and Jon Kummer over garbage collection. The suit tests City Ordinance 421 which bars private collection within the city except via municipal services or contract with a private firm. The action follows a May council decision to pursue exclusive city collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Tucker
Laff
Bemidji
Dave Walters, Inc
Bemidji State University
Curtis Monson
Charles Kummer
Jon Kummer
State Supreme Court
Gene Ouradnik
Uradnik
Ouradnik
Supreme Court
Monson
Kummers
Dave Walters
Westwood Trailer Court
State of Minnesota
BSU
Don Daugherty
Dale Page
Page
Dave Fankhanel
Dave Walters Inc
St. Paul
State University System
Bill Rabe
John Kummer
Rabe
Township election results trickle into Beltrami auditor
Vote tallies from 23 of 42 townships have been reported with new supervisors and treasurers named in several townships including Battle Birch Maple Ridge Shotley and Sugar Bush. City finances face a dispute over refuse-haul contracts as private haulers complain of service fluctuations.
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Beltrami County Auditor's Office
Battle Township
Joseph Figlizzie
George Edin
Edna Helblad
Birch Township
David Lee
Francis Carlson
Marian Thireault
Reuben Beck
Maple Ridge Township
Clarence Johnson
A. A. Beck
Hooks Township
Lee Township
Harlan Cleven
Roosevelt
Spruce Grove
Roosevelt Township
Donald Ahlgren
Adeline Frey
Treaurer
Nelson
Roland Sundberg
State board awards Beltrami health subsidy on conditions
The Minnesota State Board of Health conditionally approves subsidies totaling 61 , 779 for Beltrami County for 1978 with two installments tied to a joint Beltrami Lake of the Woods health planning effort a county administrator and contracts for ambulance services to be submitted The approval letter dated March 15 was sent to the county board chair and notes favorable legislative action is needed for the second award The county board will discuss the conditions on page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota State Board of Health
Beltrami
Unty
State Health Board
Health Board
Beltrami County
Lake of the Woods
of the Woods
Virginia Wickstrom
Bemidji
Blackduck
Coffee wholesale prices surge past four dollars per pound
General Foods Corp raised the wholesale price of ground coffee by 50 cents to $4.21 a pound, following Folger Coffee Co which hiked 50 cents to $4.18. The two firms, selling over half the U.S. coffee, influence other brands and may set supermarket prices in coming weeks.
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New York
General Foods Corp
Folger Coffee Co
General Foods
Folger
Kennedy Assassination Link Again Questioned
A report on Santo Trafficante's Fifth Amendment refusals stirs talk of a new congressional probe into a Cuban Mafia link to President Kennedy's assassination. The House Assassinations Committee grilled Trafficante but offered no new evidence of a confirmed connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John F. Kennedy
House
Santo Trafficante
White House bars photographers at UN reception for Carter
The White House blocks photographers and reporters from a United Nations reception for President Carter after his General Assembly speech. The move aims to avoid exposure with a PLO observer Hasan Abdel Rahman. Carter faces criticism from Jewish groups over the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
White House
United Nations
Fer
Destine Liberation Organization
Carter
PLO
United Tions
Hasan Abdel Rahman
Kurt Waldehim
General Assembly
U.N
Winter storm watch and snow risk upcoming period
Increasing cloudiness with a chance of developing wintry conditions tonight and Friday. Blowing and drifting snow possible late tonight and Friday with snowfall of four inches or more. Snow diminishing Friday afternoon. Highs today mid to upper 20s, Friday highs around 30s. Winds 15 to 20 mph today, north 25 to 29 mph tonight. Precipitation chances 30% today, 60% tonight, 50% Friday.
Humphrey Honored Dinner Praises Civil Rights Stance
In Washington 1,200 attendees honored Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey at a dinner praising his lifelong pursuit of justice. Vice President Mondale Coretta Scott King Jonas Salk and others lauded his compassionate leadership and call to extend opportunity and equality to all Americans.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
America
Humphrey
Minnesota
Walter F. Mondale
Coretta Scott King
Mondale
Union
Humphey
Hubert Humphrey
Jonas Salk
Newark
N.J
Kenneth Gibson
Edmund D-Maine
Sargent Shriver
Averill Harriman
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Lynda Bird Robb
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Tom O'Connor
Kiswenge
Dilolo
Belgium
France
Mobutu
Shaba
Katanga
Belgian Congo
Alfred Winger
Alaska Township
Ellen Stout
Dorothy Andree
Benville Township
Harvey Langness
Ole Nesland
Frohn Township
Oscar Anderson
Marjorie Thole
Gladys Qualle
Donald Krueger
Nels Hagen
Hornet Township
Nora Peterson
Wanda Orr
JFK
Washington, D.C
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