Officials favor present road funds system in Minnesota hearing
Five Bemidji area residents testified at a Moorhead hearing May 4 on Article XVI of the Minnesota Constitution and opposed amending the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund. Ernest Tell and others urged keeping the current funding intact to support ongoing road upgrades in Beltrami County. The session follows a 1972 needs report urging highway funds may be used for urban transit with local option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji Area
Transportation Committee
Minnesota Constitutional Study Commission
Moorhead
Ernest Tell
County Board of Commissioners
John Kemp
Sid Swedmark
Chamber of Commerce
Ted Cornelius
The
Chamber
Leonard Dickinson
Tell
Beltrami Board
Bemidji Chamber of Commerce
Cornelius
Leonard R. Dickinson
Minnesota
Robert Falk
Falk
Department of Transportation
Highway Trust Fund
Vets Hiring Preference Urged by Bemidji Mayor
Bemidji Mayor Marv Hailey issues a proclamation urged employers to favor hiring veterans recently separated from service during May. The city notes over a million servicemembers returned in 1971 and another similar number will return in 1972, with 2,024 veteran letters sent and 577 responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji
Marv Hailey
State Employment Service
Weekend visits and family gatherings across Bemidji area
Guthrie Mr and Mrs John Morris and their son Scott from Everett Washington visited Dorothy Morris and family from Sunday to Thursday. Numerous relatives and friends displayed attendance at dinners and trips including a 50th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs August Disher in Bemidji. Sandra Storlie from Minneapolis visited Palmer Storlie and Arnie Storlie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morris
Scott
Everett, Wash
Dorothy Morris
Leroy
Karen
Erna Schmidt
Carl
Merle Jondahl
Bemidji
Lawrence Muller
Raymond
Martha Schmidt
Ted
August Disher
Trinity Lutheran Church
Albert Panzer
Judy
Gary Panzer
Hans Vikre
Darrell Marsh
Virginia
Sioux City
Iowa
John
Everett
Wash
Stanley Kallstrom
Tom Davis
Don Mohler
Norman Moe
Eddie
Gary Moe
Kevin
Gearld Moe
Bob Travis
Laporte
Henry Schummer
Sandra Storlie
Minneapolis
Palmer Storlie
Arnie
Clarence Andrews
Bob Hess
Thief River Falls
Ralph Galliher
Quilici appoints campaign leaders in Bemidji MS drive
Minnesota Twins state chairman Frank Quilici announces Cliff Boler as House to House campaign chairman in Bemidji and Marian Patton of First National Bank as Bemidji business chairman. First National Bank of Bemidji to depository funds. Gordon Nei of 7 Up Pepsi Cola to distribute coin boards in Bemidji area. The May to June appeal funds Minnesota North Star Chapter patient services for 10 000 MS victims and families, and supports research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Quilici
Minnesota Twins
Minnesota
Cliff Boler
Phi‘Sigiaechras
Bemidji
Quilici
Marian L. Patton
First National Bank
First National Bank of
Gordon Nei
7-Up
Pepsi Cola
Minnesota North Star
Welfare questions answered for veterans and dependents
The Welfare Department outlines rules for transferring real estate, drug payments, and savings while receiving aid. It notes preapproval is required for property transfers, prescription drugs only, and allowable savings. It also covers origins of welfare, terminology, GI loans, nursing home coverage, and GI Bill child benefits with birth date eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Department
Welfare Board
Savings & Loan
England
Veterans Administration
Minnesota Food Aid Recipients Rise in February
The USDA reports 186 000 Minnesota residents received food assistance in February, up 7 500 from January. About 168 517 people in 69 Food Stamp areas used benefits, with Minnesota paying 2 097 555 for stamps valued at 4 033 023 and a USDA bonus of 1 935 468. The bonus averaged 11.49 per person, up from 11.42 in January. The Food Distribution Program served 17 484 people in 20 counties with more than 511 000 pounds of 21 foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
US Department of Agriculture
State Departments of Public Welfare and Public Education
Dennis M. Doyle
Midwest
USDA
Food and Nutrition Service
Tenstrike Band Wins Big At Minnesota Country Music Contest
Country Unlimited from Tenstrike led by Jim and Nancy Foster won two state titles at the first Minnesota State Country Music Contest. Don Jordan earned best instrumentalist honors and a Mesabi, as the group earned reserve grand championship and a chance to compete in a tri state festival with North and South Dakota winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Minn
Tenstrike
Country Unlimited
Minnesota
Jim
Nancy Foster
Don Jordan
Jordan
Mesabi
Mesabi State Junior College
North Dakota
South Dakota
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Campus Ministries
Bob Willwock
United Ministries In Higher Education
Campus Ministerial Group
Campus Ministry Association
Jack’s of Wilton
Newman Center
BSC
Colleen Mersch
Beltrami County
Guthrie
Jerry Madson
Bemidji MS
Solway News
Lucy E. Erickson
Solway
Virgil Strandlein
Leonard Peterson
Frederic, Wis
Helen Erickson
Lucy Erickson
Hibbing
Nora Springer
Kelly Lake
Stanley Morrison
Bena
Area Womens Fellowship
Oak Hills Bible Institute
Ida McBain
Emma Jorgenson
Bagley
Dora
Ardoth Fullmer
Floyd Johnson
Robin
Barbara Jacobson
Eric Jacobson
Maple Leaf Academy
Hutchinson
Solway Log Mothers Group
Russell
Roy Willard
Veterans’ News
Solway Log Chapel
Frank Russell
Tom Ana Priscilla
Antoine
Captain Tom
Ottei
Salamel Allen Maase
Herington
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