Nine fires keep Bemidji volunteers busy weekend
Bemidji volunteer firefighters answered nine calls Friday through Sunday. Incidents included grass and brush fires in Grant Valley and Cass Lake areas, a storage building blaze in Bemidji Township, a rear steps fire at the Christian Youth Center, a ruptured gasoline tank at Fourth Street, and a water heater fire at 223 Irvine Avenue South with minor damage. (Names and agencies: Bemidji Fire Department, Cass Lake department, State Division of Lands and Forestry, U.S. Forest Service.)
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Bemidji
Christian Youth Center
Fifteenth Street
Jerry Moen
Grant Valley
Allan Bloeflat
Cass Lake
Midge Lake
State Division of Lands and Forestry
U.S. Forest Service
Eckles Township
Fourth Street
Minnesota Avenue
Irvine Avenue
Gene Bellino
Vietnam forces abandon Quang Tri city in siege
South Vietnamese forces abandon the northern provincial capital Quang Tri as American advisors are evacuated. Quang Tri lies about 20 miles south of the demilitarized zone amid ongoing reports of North Vietnamese pressure.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Scientists study latest moon rocks from Apollo 16 mission
Space Center Houston reports scientists begin examining lunar highland samples from Apollo 16 while astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly finish postflight debriefings The rocks may date 4 to 4.5 billion years offering clues to early lunar history and Earth's evolution Experts expect years of comparison with prior Apollo samples and ongoing exploration of lunar geology.
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Duke
Moon
Descartes Highlands
Earth
Supreme Court orders remap plan for Minnesota legislature
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that a three judge panel must reconsider reapportionment. The panel may draft a new plan for 67 Senate seats and 135 House seats or allow the legislature to propose its own plan. Leaders urged speed with a May constitutional deadline looming.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Apals
Gerald Heaney
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
House
Nicholas Coleman
Heaney
Supreme Court
Aubrey Dirlam
Minnesota
H. Blair Klein
Klein
Martin Sabo
Bemidji Bus Lines to suspend summer passenger service
The State Public Service Commission authorized Bemidji Bus Lines to suspend passenger service during the summer from June 5 to September 4, 1972 due to insufficient patronage. Interested parties may file written objections by April 25, 1972. if none are filed, the order becomes final.
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Bemidji Bus Lines
Merchants Transfer and Storage, Inc
State Public Service Commission
Bemidji
Project Pride cleanup kicks off with big turnout in Bemidji
Bemidji's Project Pride launched with a breakfast at First Lutheran Church and a downtown ceremony. Hundreds joined Saturday to rake, haul, and discard winter refuse, while officials praised the effort amid a sparse Fourth Street ceremony.
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Bemidji’s
Project Pride
Fourth Street
Jerry Moen
Project Pride Committee
Council to consider Agnes Lofgren special use permit
City Council meets at 8 p.m. in City Hall to decide on a special use permit for Agnes Lofgren to care for mentally retarded adults at 503 Irvine Ave. The Planning Commission recommended denial. Also up for licenses for 47 businesses and bids for Diamond Point Park Concession Stand.
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Agnes Lofgren
City Hall
Doug Smart
Friendly Tap Room
Smart
Diamond Point Park
Dewey Avenue
City Planning Commission
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Delwin Grage
Sheila
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Elizabeth Hook
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Don Bitman
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Moscow
United States
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Young and
Hawaii
Pacific Ocean
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St. Paul
Kcan
David Krogseng
GOP
Don Anderson
Beltrami Electric Co-operative Association
Co-op
BHS
Bill Niemi
First Lutheran Church
Council
Les Torgerson
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Moen
Cameron McMahon
Vern Schanilee
Chamber
Dick Baumgartner
Sid Swedmark
Todd Jansen
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