Fire damage investigated as BWCA blaze under study
Forest Service officials prepare a restoration report for the BWCA in northern Minnesota after a five day fire burned about 23 square miles. Arson is not confirmed. investigators plan to pinpoint the cause and assess damage to timber watersheds and wildlife.
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Ely
Minn
USS
Forest Service
Superior National Forest
Minnesota
National Forest
Bomday Waters Canoe Area
BWCA
Charles Low
Low
Iron Range
Northern School District approves leave changes and tuition note
Regular meeting of Northern School District No. 37 April 12 1971 set policy on personal leave three days prior to absence one day minimum and to review accumulated sick leave at next session. Treasurer and transportation reports accepted. some staff resignations noted. tuition payment for tutoring denied due to lack of formal application.
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Northern
Bemidji
Minn
Dick Sutton
Kohl
Victor
Kohli
Vietor
Ion
Eth
D. Grundman
Lindseth
M.S.B.A
Ronald Vietor
Delbert Lindseth
Northern School District
Congress Breaks 2 Day Rail Strike
The 13,000 member AFL-CIO signalmen halted rail service Monday over wages. Congress approved a 13.5 percent retroactive raise and ordered a halt until Oct. 1. Nixon signed the bill, with full service expected within 24 hours as unions and carriers resume operations nationwide.
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Jay Perkins
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Congress
Nixon
C.J. Chamberlain
Penn Central
James D. Hodgson
Chamberlain
Signalmen’s Union
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Quaker Oats Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
New York Stock Exchange
Newcal
Harrison A. Williams
Dn.j
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
House
A Ripe Old Age Shiran Gasanov Dies at 154
Shiran Gasanov, believed among the USSR’s oldest citizens, died at 154 in Moscow report. The peasant from Chereken village in Soviet Azerbaijan worked in a rural collective until his last days as Tass noted. The USSR lists about 6,000 people over 100, all in the Caucasus highlands.
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Moscow
Shiran Gasanov
Soviet Union
Tass
Gasanov
Chereken
Soviet Azerbaijan
Caucasus
Troops Hunt North Vietnamese Bases Near Laos Border
A 700 strong South Vietnamese battalion patrols the Laotian border near Ben Het seeking a major North Vietnamese base and headquarters. Capt. Le Van Phuc cites prisoner reports of about 50 hidden tanks and possible missiles, with limited U.S. support but air assets available if targets emerge.
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ESPER
Associated Press
Saigon
Phuc
Laos
U.S
Ben Het
Nixon Lobbying Works Europe Troop Cut Faces blockage
Senate debate over Mansfield's 50 percent cut in U.S. troops in Europe continued amid Nixon administration lobbying. Votes split 42 against, 36 for or leaning, 22 undecided as Mansfield and White House rejected compromise on a 300,000-strong force.
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Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Europe
Mansfield
White House
Associated Press
Montana
United States
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