Northern Township wins seat on District 31 board
Nancy Ertresvaag defeats rivals to win a seat on School District No. 31 board with 433 votes in a ten candidate race. Dr. R E Bengtson leads overall with 514 votes and secures his fourth three year term.
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Woman
Northern Township
Bemidji
Nancy Ertresvaag
R.E. Bengtson
Bob Kohl
Ertresvaag
Northern
Dr. Bengtson
John Schoenfelter
Riverside Carr Wilton
Lincoln Pleasant
Navy Solway
H.S
Lake Valley
Robert B. Kohli
Delbert Lindseth
Robert Ril
John Schoenfelder
Bagley Auginash Hanson Elected to District 162 Board
In a high turnout District 162 school election, Joe Auginaush won the first Indian school board seat with 454 votes, Orville B. Hanson was second with 381, Jane Reeber 338, and Herbert Townsend 57. The measure to expand the board to seven passed 420 to 180.
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Clearwater
Bagley
Shevlin
Minerva
Joe Auginaush
Rice Lake
Orville B. Hanson
Jane Reeber
Herbert Townsend
Reedy and Adkins Win Seats on Cass Lake H5 Board
In Cass Lake voters elected Howard Reedy to the District H5 school board with 336 votes and Sally Adkins with 211. Incumbent Yvonne Frazer lost, and other candidates Troyer Bogda and Jacobson received 169 134 and 74 votes respectively. Write ins for Bob Joens drew 547 Cass Lake and 84 Bena ballots.
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Ertresvaag
Bob Riley
Cass Lake
Howard Reedy
Sally Adkins
Bena
Yvonne Frazer
Melvin Troyer
Ted Bogda
Elmer Jacobson
Bob Joens
Blatz plan seeks 1 percent gross income tax in Minnesota
The Senate Tax Committee approved a 1 percent gross income tax to broaden the tax base and finance property tax cuts. Sponsored by Sen. Blatz, the measure would raise about 540 million for the next biennium, cut statewide property taxes by 45 percent, cover most welfare costs, and boost school aid, with a $100 tax on a $10 000 earner offset by a $10 dependent credit.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Senate Tax Committee
Jerome Blatz
Bloomington
Senate
DF Lers
Nicholas Coleman
Blatz
Poll Returns After Weeklong Bemidji Poll Debates Drug Issue
After a week off the Pioneer Poll resumes with a Bemidji question on drug use and whether it constitutes a problem. The prior week's poll about Voyageurs Park was halted when the Minnesota Legislature answered the issue.
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Pioneer
Bemidji
Voyageurs Park
Minnesota
Local Woman in Cass Lake Crash In Fair Condition
Dorothy Reamer age 60 of Sedro Woolley Wash was injured when her car pulled into the path of a grain truck at the junction of T H 2 and 371 in Cass Lake. Her husband Chester 66 was killed in the crash.
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Washington State
Cass Lake
Dorothy Reamer
Sedro Woolley
Chester
Mayor Proposes Special Session and Street Committee
Bemidji mayor Ned Goodwin announced a special city council meeting next Monday to reestablish a street and sewer committee. He also seeks John Lloyd as acting city manager during the manager’s vacancy, with a seven member panel including city department heads councilors and a citizen.
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Bemidji Street and Sewer Committee
Ned Goodwin
Goodwin
James Walker
John Lloyd
Ernie Slough
Doug Peterson
Leon ‘Pinky” Johnson
Ralph Moberg
Mittee
Bemidji
Nixon stands firm as Republicans rally for revenue sharing
In Washington AP reports Nixon's manpower revenue sharing bill gains new life after a surprise show of GOP and Southern Democrat strength in the House. Premier Kosygin holds talks with Trudeau and signals optimism about a European security conference. In Saigon AP notes 700 elite South Vietnamese troops sweep Cambodia border for North Vietnamese bases. Lockheed warns of job losses if loan aid for the TriStar jet is not approved. Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Rizzo rides law and order wave to a mayoral primary win.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Saigon
Philadelphia
Frank L. Rizzo
Regional Plan Meeting On Regionalism In Park Rapids
An 8 p.m. Friday meeting in the Park Rapids Central School auditorium will discuss regionalism with a question session. Harold Johnson will chair the event sponsored by Hubbard County citizens. Ray Anderson of Detroit Lakes opposes regionalism while Ron Kalisczewski of the Minnesota State Planning Agency supports it. Open to all residents of nearby counties.
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Park Rapids Central School
Harold Johnson
Park Rapids
Ray Anderson
Detroit Lakes
Ron Kalisczewski
Minnesota State Planning Agency
St. Paul
Hubbard County
Burlington Northern orders Bemidji firms to vacate redevelopment site
Nine Bemidji businesses in the triangle bounded by Midway Drive Bemidji Avenue and the Mississippi River were told to vacate within six months as Burlington Northern plans redevelopment of the four acre property. The action targetsHolmes Welding Northland Distributing Bemidji Distributing Globe 66 Service and Bulk Plant Fritz and Esthers Cafe Bemidji Candy Co Bemidji Cab Co Nichols Beverage Co Armour and Co with potential new shopping center activity hinted.
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Midway Drive
Bemidji Avenue
Mississippi River
Holmes Welding and Manufacturing
Northland Distributing Co
Bemidji Distributing Co
Globe ‘66
Fritz and Esther’s
Bemidji Candy Co
Bemidji Cab Co
Nichols Beverage Co
Armour and Co
Burlington Northern
B.J. Stasson
St. Paul
Burlington Northerns
J.C. Kenady
Burlington Northern Railroad
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Bengston
Jim McMahon
Kohl
Schoenfelter
District 31
Mrs. Ertresvaag
Stanton Johnson
James Gildersleeve
Warren Green
Allan Habedank
Eileen Danielski
Carol Brune
Lincoln
Lynda Ribbentrop
Ronald Leclair
Industria Arts
James Fletcher
Witt
William Ojala
Carolyn LeClaire
Paulette Dew
Lincoln Elementary
Mrs
Auginash
Hanson
Harry Larson
Judean Solland
Auginaush
Townsend
Reeber
Mrs. Adkins
Reedy Win
Asst
Harold Kalina
Ken Curley
Alexei Kosygin
Elliott Trudeau
Kremlin
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burlington Northern Inc
Kenndy
Stasson
Minnesota Cab Co
Pat Hinrichsen
Charlie Brown
J.W. Smith
Bemidji Junior High Vocal Department
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