Statewide search chosen for Bemidji police chief
Bemidji Police Civil Service Commission votes 2 to 1 to conduct a statewide examination for the next police chief replacing retiring James McDowell. The panel approves advertising in several Minnesota newspapers and discusses qualifications and testing procedures with local and state officials.
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Police Commission
Frank Bain
Bemidji Police Civil Service Commission
James McDowell
Don LaVoy
al Kaiser
Commission
Everett R. Hind
Bemidji Police Department
Minnesota
Hind
Gene Ouradnik
Local Commission Ad
Police Civil Service Commissioners of
Bemidji
Skylab heats up as launch plans face new delays
Skylab records 100 degree temperatures inside the lab and a gyroscope problem as officials push to launch three astronauts to link with the station on Sunday. Two solar panels failed to extend after a shield detached at liftoff, cutting power by half and prompting revised flight plans.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Neil Hutchinson
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab
Hutchinson
Houston
Johnson Space Center
William C. Schneider
Joint unit wraps up public workers strike rights bill
In St. Paul conferees prepared final edits on a measure granting most Minnesota public employees the right to strike. A key remaining issue concerned the scope of the proposed rights and remedies for impasse.
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ST. Paul, Minn
House-Senate
Minnesota
Cass Lake LWV Urges Voter Action for School Board
The Cass Lake and Bena areas vote this evening from 5 to 9 for School Board candidates Randy Cooper Harold Finn Robert Joens Stuart Peoples Lawrence Polkes and Dorothy Wells at Cass Lake High School and Bena town hall.
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Cass Lake
League of Women Voters
Bena
Randy Cooper
Harold Finn
Robert Joens
Stuart Peoples
Lawrence Polkes
Dorothy Wells
Four held in beating death in Park Rapids Minnesota
Hubbard County authorities hold three men and a 13 year old in a Park Rapids beating death case. Bruce Monson 22 died in a Fargo North Dakota hospital after the incident. The suspects are Orville Weaver Terry Weaver and Daniel Slover with a 13 year old juvenile.
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Park Rapids
Gray says no White House link to Watergate wiretap
L Patrick Gray III told Senate investigators the FBI found no tie between the White House and Watergate wiretapping. He added John W Dean III said he relayed FBI reports to President Nixon, and said he was unaware of any top level coverup or CIA involvement. Vernon Walters testified CIA officials discussed Haldeman Ehrlichman and Dean aiding a coverup.
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Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
Senate
FBI
White House
Gray
John W. Dean III
Nixon
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Vernon A. Walters
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Walters
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dean
Bemidji club hosts open house and silver tea Sunday
The Bemidji Federated Women's Club sponsors its annual open house and silver tea at Beltrami County Day Activity Center on Sunday May 20 from 2 to 5. Center displays items handmade by students for sale and welcomes the public.
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Bemidji Federated Women's Club
Beltrami County
School Board Election Reminder for May 15
Voters in School District 31 are reminded election day is today May 15. Polls open at 4 p.m. and close at 8 p.m. Citizens are urged to participate and cast ballots.
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Kenneth E. “Red” Wilson
Romaine Powell
Minnesota 18 as adulthood may come June 1 uncertain date
Passage of a bill would set 18 as the age of adulthood in Minnesota with an effective date possibly as early as June 1. Senate approval 58 to 5 leaves House timing open as Rep. Bruce Vento weighs Senate amendments and an Aug 1 date option.
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ST. Paul
House
Senate
Vento
Port
Wendell Anderson
Youth Conservation Commission
YCC
Greenwood Cemetery Association elects officers and sets flower rule
Dale Bishop was re elected president of the Greenwood Cemetery Association at the annual meeting with Esther Chandler as secretary Charles Noren treasurer and C W Richards vice president. Improvements include a new well to ease watering and a policy to ban flowers on graves after June 10 except for newly opened graves to reduce mowing costs.
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Dale Bishop
Greenwood Cemetery Association
Esther Chandler
Charles Noren
C.W. Richards
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
LaVoy
Kaiser
Everett Hind
Pioneer
Schneider
LWV
Minnesota Education Association
MEA
Minnesota Federation of Teachers
MFT
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Anderson
DFL
Arthur Roemer
DAC
Medd
Diane Miller
Sue Hagen
Margaret McNea
Jan McDowell
Sharon Dirk
Roseann Hamre
Edward Novak
Dfl-St. Paul
Mel Hansen
Hansen
Robert North
North
Novak
Wisconsin
Twin Cities
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Greenwood Assn
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