Snowstorm paralyzes Minnesota amid high school basketball season
A severe March snowstorm swept Minnesota causing widespread travel disruption and power outages. Bemidji and northern areas faced heavy snow, high winds, and wind chills reaching minus 30. Dozens of roads were blocked, thousands stranded, and many schools canceled or limited services as NSP and utilities reported outages and rapid restoration efforts.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Bemidji
Otter Tail Power Company
Lake Bemidji
Prospect
National Weather Service
Northern States Power Co
Minneapolis
Cottage Grove
St. Paul
Bloomington
Minneapolis-St. Paul
John Graff
Nws
Minnesota Highway Department
Morrris
Virginia
Brainerd
Detroit Lakes
St. Cloud
Duluth
Hinckley
Barnum
Cloquet
Carlton
Moose Lake
Cloquet Armory
Armory
Northwoods
Voyageurs
Carleton
Conferees work to finalize multibillion tax cut plan
Senate and House tax cut conferees met amid hopes to finish by Wednesday. They discussed ending the oil depletion allowance for major producers and a final package near 19.9 to 33.1 billion dollars sent to President Ford.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
William E. Simon
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
White House
Ron Nessen
CBS
Face the Nation
Nessen
District No 31 Discovers Hidden Land Ownership
Bemidji area school district officials reveal that District No 31 owns parcels not previously known. Two tracts, once school sites, were identified as owned by older districts now consolidated into District 31. Board to advertise sealed bids before sale.
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Jerry Doggett
Bemidji Consolidated
Arthur Gladen
Hubbard County
George Welte
District No. 31
Gladen
Navy
Welte
Harold May
New Hampshire
Buzzel Township
Beltrami County
Doris Garlock
Territory
May
Beltrami County Commission to Meet on March 25
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting Tuesday March 25 with a light agenda. Zoning Administrator Bill Parnaude will discuss zoning and parks at 9 15 a.m. Welfare Director C E Melberg seeks 9 30 a.m. time for welfare talks. Fred Lahman well driller from Teastrike will address new Minnesota drillers rules. A session with State Department of Human Rights officials on the county affirmative action plan is planned at 9 a.m. in the courthouse board room and open to the public.
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Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Bill Parnaude
Fred Lahman
Teastrike
Minnesota
State Department of Human Rights
Court House
Kissinger outlines Mideast situation amid stalled talks
Congressional leaders met with President Ford and Henry Kissinger after a failed peace mission. Senate leaders Mansfield and Scott urged bipartisan unity and continued efforts at the Geneva Conference. Ford reassessed U.S. policy while Kissinger faced cautious applause for his report on the Middle East peace mission.
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Washington
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Kissinger
Mansfield
Hugh Scott
U.S
Middle East
Congress
Scott
House
John Rhodes
Egypt
Israel
Militias Discussed as Legal Without Guns in Minnesota towns
In Blackduck, Minnesota, over 500 residents heard John Graham of the Midwest School of Law explain that townships could form militias if guns were not carried. Eddy Township had recently passed a resolution forming a militia to oppose gun control, sparking debate on legality and civil disobedience.
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Blackduck
Minnesota
John Graham
Midwest School of Law
St. Paul
Eddy
Clearwater County
Graham
U. S
Blackduck High School
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Blackduck Gymnasium
Chris Mattison
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