Inferno Devours Pinewood Area as Timber Fire Spreads Near Bemidji
A forest fire about 15 miles northwest of Bemidji burned seven rural homes and 2700 acres of pine timber valued at thousands of dollars. Wind gusts to 40 mph drove the blaze, with 400 firefighters and equipment trying to control it and rescuers noting Pinewood’s precarious position as the fire advanced and then circled to cut off access.
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Pioneer
Bemidji
Pinewood
John Rodewald
Rodewald
7Th Day Adventists Community Service Center
9Th Street
America Avenue
Senate approves relaxed farmers collective bargaining bill
In Minnesota the Senate approved a bill allowing farm groups to bargain without binding arbitration. The measure requires processors to negotiate in good faith and heads to a conference committee with House leaders. Other actions included homeowner lien protections and a police firefighter survivors benefit.
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Senate
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Wendell Anderson
No-fault may die for 1973
In St Paul Minnesota House Majority Leader Irv Anderson signaled no fault auto insurance could be dropped in the 1973 session after committee action missed the deadline. The Senate passed a strong no fault bill last week while the House did not approve a modified version on time.
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ST. Paul
House
Senate
Anderson
Skylab Heat Forcing Abortive Launch Trip Or Shade Solution
Inside Skylab a sensor read 150 degrees while the main cabin hovered near 110 degrees as NASA weighed sending Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz on a brief inspection and shade mission. Options include a balloon shade or thermal blanket to cool the lab, with launch timing uncertain.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab Space Station
Space Agency
Orbiting Laboratory
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Mission Control
NASA
William C. Schneider
Skylab
Area voters elect personnel to shape educational policies
Incumbents Hack and Jones re-elected to three year terms on ISD 31 board with 407 and 503 votes respectively. Carol Milewski 289 votes. Total 650. Write-ins Berg six, Flaten one, Swanson one, Gildersleeve one. In ISD 306 Cass Lake Grace Lessman and Rev. Kurt Wied win 3 year terms with 103 and 80 votes. Dwayne Foster 56 votes. write-ins Stilwell twenty and Robinson one. Cass Lake voters total 973, up from 539 last year, aided by 93 absentee ballots and LWV telephone campaign. Robert Joens 486 and Lawrence Polkes 435 win ISD 115 two-year terms. other candidates Finn Jr. 418, Peoples 368, Wells 116, Cooper 41. write-ins Gregory one, Jenson one, McCarthy two, Holstein Jr. two.
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Independent School District
M. J. “Buck” Hack
Wayland Jones
Carol Milewski
Laporte
Grace Lessman
Kurt Wied
Dwayne Foster
Harry Stilwell
Lyle Robinson
Robert L. Joens
Lawrence Polkes
Harold R. Finn Jr
E. Stuart Peoples
Dorothy Wells
Randy R. Cooper
Gregory
Bob Jenson
Father McCarthy
Joseph Holstein Jr
Cass Lake League of Women Voters
Cold tonight with frost and chilly east half conditions
Fair and cooler tonight with frost or freezing temperatures, especially over the east half. Thursday becomes mostly cloudy with a chance of scattered light showers and warmer. Lows tonight 28 to 34. Highs Thursday in the 60s. Lake Bemidji water level 1339.70, normal level 1340.
Senate panel backs cutting off Cambodia bombing funds
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 24 to 0 to halt further U S bombing of Cambodia, with 11 Republicans and 13 Democrats uniting against Nixon policy. A delay on a full Senate vote was secured to align with Paris talks between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. In Peru, Rogers meets with leftist military leaders to discuss nationalization and tuna limits.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Senate
Paris
Henry Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Lima
Peru
United States
Latin America
William P. Rogers
Wilson retirement stands as board takes no action
The Bemidji school board declined to special‑consider Kenneth E. Wilson beyond retirement age, keeping policy that retirement occurs at 65. Wilson had asked to coach football for two months, with supporters speaking at Tuesday’s meeting. The board also approved driver education charges, summer activities, and a heating conversion bid, and voted to close Riverside School.
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Kenneth E
Red’’ Wilson
Wilson
L.M. Wangberg
Wangberg
Bemidji
Knapp-Grover Company
Lincoln
Central
Riverside School
Riverside
Horace May
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Harpo Dexter
Atty
Warren Spannaus
Duluth
Forestry Department
Carson Berglund
Adolph Shummer
Forestry
Solway
Bagley
Guthrie
Itasca State Park
Bemidji State College
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Schneider
Don Puddy
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
Dist
William Berg
Patricia Flaten
Tom Swanson
James Gildersleeve
Cass Lake
Merrisue G. Echternach
Hjalmar Freiland
Nancy Schnickels
James D. Fletcher
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