Community Urges Immediate Action On Drug Abuse
Art Linkletter warns that drug misuse hits Bemidji families and communities hard and urges parents to influence teens to resist pot pills and heroin. He cites high school bets and youth vulnerability, stressing that responsibility lies with individuals and neighborhoods to confront the growing national scourge now. President Nixon and Dr Oswald Hoffman add voices urging urgent, multi front action to address the problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Linkletter
Aginy
Bemidji
Nixon
Oswald Hoffman
Lutheran Hour
Vietnam
Top Secret and the Nixon era secrecy craze
A satirical critique of the overuse of top secret classifications. The piece argues secrecy loses value when everywhere is labeled top secret, from government files to personal matters, noting public figures like Spiro Agnew and referencing press columnist Jack Anderson.
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Nixon
Moscow
Spiro
Men Enter Secretarial Pool Increase in Field by 1970s
The U S Labor Department data shows a rise in male secretaries and stenographers from 1969 to 1971 though they remain a small share. NSA estimates about 1.5 million secretaries with roughly 2.3 percent men. Interviews with male secretaries like Herb Nelson highlight opportunities, duties, and attitudes shaping the profession.
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U.S. Labor Department
National Secretaries Association
NSA
Katherine Gibbs
Herb Nelson
Nelson
The
Bergen
N.J
Record
Herb
Mary
Is this really spring or a break in winter
The writer compares weather cycles and forecasts with personal observations as winter thaws. He notes colder than usual temperatures, reduced snow depths, and a shift to blue skies while chipmunks emerge. He muses whether March’s thaw marks spring or another winter storm and asks readers to embrace spring.
Feedback Readers' Comments To the Editor
Reader Ron Bouchie from Bagley Elementary offers a contrarian view to the Harpo's Bizarre piece, noting life does not begin at 40 for those who feel 60 at age 20. The letter is stamped as a reader feedback to the editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpo
Ron Bouchie
Bagley Elem
Rural rail lines face strong push to halt abandonments
Minnesota officials press federal action to stop wholesale railroad abandonments feared to cripple rural economy. Governor Wendell R. Anderson urges moratorium and Congressional investigation amid talk of Bemidji park land loss, church statements on Cass Lake tourism boycott, and local reader letters.
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Minnesota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wendell R. Anderson
Anderson
Washington, D.C
E.E. Berglund
Bergland releases 7th District survey results
U S Representative Bergland released preliminary results from a mailed questionnaire of about 7 000 households. Voters favored adding profit and dividend controls and lower interest rates, support a fixed withdrawal date from Vietnam, and opposed Nixon’s value added tax with 82 percent against it. Final tabulations will follow in weeks.
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U.S
Bob Bergland
Vietnam
Nixon
Bergland
Fingl
Calendar of Community Meetings and Rehearsals
Monday events include Bemidji AAUW at 7 30 p m at 2820 Bixby Ave nominating committee report state convention May 12 13 and United Methodist Women executive board at 7 30 p m at 2504 Calihan Ave. Tuesday activities feature Open Duplicate Bridge at Elks Club 7 30 to 11 p m Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon at United Methodist lounge 8 p m Paul Bunyan Chapter SPEBSQSA rehearses 8 p m at First Lutheran and Sons of Norway meet at VFW club rooms 8 p m with charter members honored after business. Vern Skjetvedt will show slides on Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji
AAUW
United Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service
Ted Markus
Calihan Ave
The
Elks Club
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon Family Group
United Methodist Church
Sons OF Norway
VFW
Vern Skjetvedt
Norway
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Jack Anderson
NEA, Inc
Beltrams Ave
Ape
Pioneer Publishing Co
George H. Williams
W.L
Bill” Reeves
Harpo Dexter
Palmer Berg
George Williams
Associated Press
Aspect
Lon
Minn
Stanley Mason
Columbia Pictures Industries
Lois Ittner
Brownies
Brownie Troop
J.W. Smith School
Pioneer
Hazel
Hwy- 71
Minneapolis Star
National Indian Lutheran Board
Lutheran Council
U.S.A
United States
Cass Lake
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Holy Trinity
Blackduck
Leech Lake Indian Reservation
Rev. M. Wenzel
Sweet Adelines
First Presbyterian Church
ICE Box Tops Club
Tru
Billy Jack
Technicolor
Warner Bros
Kinney Leisure
Us By
A.B. Dick Smith
Corona
Remington Rand
ADLER
Toshiba
Hermes Anker
SWEDA
Victor
Beltrami, Bemigy CO
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