Students register to vote at Bemidji City Hall amid turnout
About 50 Bemidji State College students visited City Hall on Tuesday to register for voting, moving in fives under police guidance. The event, aided by expanded security, went smoothly with no trouble reported. 85 had registered by afternoon. another group plans to return Thursday.
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Bemidji City Hall
Michael Conway
Bemidji Police
Conway
City Hall
Bemidji
Wallace Improves After Wounding Wins in Two States
Wallace shows improvement after gunshot wound as his Michigan and Maryland primary victories are announced. Doctors report he spent a comfortable night, remains partially paralyzed, and may need further surgery to remove a bullet near the spine. Bremer remains jailed on federal bail while Wallace’s team says recovery is possible.
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George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Alabama
Joseph F. Schanno
Wallace
Washington Post
Billy Joe Camp
Post
South
Cornelia
Charles Snider
Arthur Herman Bremer
Milwaukee
Baltimore County
Snider
Holy Cross Hospital
District considers Ace to run cafeterias for all schools
Wisconsin Ace Hosts of Wisconsin Inc representatives spoke at the District 31 schoolboard meeting about contracting Ace to operate cafeterias. Final action is postponed to June to study costs staff and savings, with Ace currently under contract at Bemidji State College.
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Ace Hosts of Wisconsin, Inc
District 31
Ace
Bemidji State College
Bernard Williams
USDA
State Department of Education
Contested airfield attacks and diplomatic reshuffle unfold
North Vietnamese shells hit Kontum airfield killing seven Americans aboard a transport and damaging ammo dumps at Pleiku while severing the Da Nang Hue highway. In Washington, John Connally steps down as Treasury chief with George Shultz named his successor, signaling continuity in Nixon policies. In Bonn, the Bundestag is near approval of Brandt's nonaggression pacts with the Soviet Union and Poland, a step toward easing Cold War tensions ahead of Moscow talks.
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Kontum
Central Highlands
Pleiku
da Nang
Hue
Bastogne
Washington
John B. Connally
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Connally
Treasury
Shultz
Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
Willy Brandt
Soviet Union
Poland
Moscow
Brandt
Warsaw
Europe
Area voters pick school board members in multiple districts
In District 31 Dr. Frank Goodell and William Schwartz won seats with 741 and 598 votes respectively, while Robert Kohl, Richard Vogel, Wanda Schoenfelder, Verne Tollefson and write in Douglas St Onge trailed. New terms begin July 1 with Schwartz praising ongoing district progress.
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Board of Education of
Frank Goodell
William Schwartz
Goodell
Schwartz
Robert Kohl
Richard Vogel
Wanda Schoenfelder
Verne Tollefson
Douglas St. Onge
Beltrami County Lifts Spring Road Restrictions
The Beltrami County Highway Department announces removal of all spring road restrictions on May 6. The ban applies to all county jurisdiction highways within Beltrami County.
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Beltrami County
County Highway Department
Frohn township joins Bemidji Rural Fire Association
Bemidji Fire Chief Jerry Moen announces Frohn township is now fully covered under the Bemidji Rural Fire Association. The council approved adding Frohn to six existing townships and residents are urged to provide precise location details until fire numbers are issued later this summer.
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Bemidji
Jerry Moen
Frohn Township
Bemidji Rural Fire Association
Frohn
Moen
Rural Association
Bemidji Fire Department
Northern
Turtle River
Turtle Lake
Eckles
Grant Valley
Port Hope
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Mike Conway
Laurel
Nancy Erkesvaag
R.E. Bengtson
Gene Drachenberg
Janice F. Cerney
Vocational Technical Institute
Area
al Bemidji
Bagley
Don Fredrickson
Jane Reeber
Robert Mechelke
Fredrickson
Mechelke
Reeber
Walter H. Eyester Jr
Tom Larson
Willard Steenerson
Cass Lake
Ken Bennett
Charles Reimer Jr
Jerry Bohn
Benn
Bennett
Reimer
Bohn
Genevieve Coombs
Robert Kline
Fred Tibbetts
Ted Bogda
Gerry Anderson
St. Paul
Moorhead
Gerry
Bemidji Jaycees
Sally
Schanilec
Rich Reierson
Fret
Jaycees
Bob Klinger
Anderson
Schanilee
Reierson
Klinger
Jay Griggs
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