Bemidji approves sewer rate hike and water study
Bemidji City Council raises sewer charges effective July 1 after a study showing the system is not self supporting. Minimums set at 1.50 monthly. residences without water service see quarterly rates escalating with household size. Council authorizes test drilling for a new water source near the airport at a cost of 25,000. A Lind addition variance is granted with setback and screening requirements.
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Bemidji
Lloyd Lind Sr
Lake Avenue
Todd Jansen
Stuart and Walker Engineers
McBroom
Harvey Davis
Bemidji Jaycees
Delton Avenue
15Th Street
Walker
Beltrami County Nursing Home
Holiday Inn plans own sewer water system in Bemidji
Holiday Inn project leader Winslow R. Chamberlain says construction could start by July with a private sewer and water system designed by Stuart and Walker Engineers and approved by the Minnesota Department of Health. Bidding and financing are pending with a target opening about a year after start.
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Holiday Inn
Bemidji
Winslow R. Chamberlain
Equity Corporation
Chamberlain
Stuart and Walker Engineers of
Minnesota State Department of Health
Kissinger Tho fifth Vietnam talks show friendly mood
AP reports Kissinger and Le Duc Tho met for a fifth time amid claims of some progress toward reviving the Vietnam ceasefire. No clear sign of an interpretive annex. talks began last Thursday and carried a cordial atmosphere. Brezhnev returns to Moscow after West Germany visit to boost Soviet US ties.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Vietnam
Bonn
Germany
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Nixon
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Brezhnev
Bemidji Councilpanel to Hear Police Grievance
A committee of Bemidji City Council members and Mayor Jansen was appointed to hear a grievance raised by the Police Federation. The panel will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in city hall to hear both sides and may bind the city with its decision. The grievance alleges the Police Civil Service Commission overstepped authority by pursuing a statewide exam to replace Police Chief James McDowell.
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Bemidji
Vic Berglund
Herb Whiting
Todd Jansen
Police Federation
James McDowell
Police Commission
A Heap of Living Turns Home Into Messy House
A speaker confesses that a busy household creates a homey but chaotic space. The message highlights how constant activity and occupants fill rooms and clutter living areas. The piece underlines the tension between warmth and disorder in daily domestic life.
Lake plat gets okay
The City Planning Commission approved a third east Lake Bemidji subdivision after a public hearing. Donald Hanson requested approval of a North Lake Avenue subdivision plat, which was recommended to the city council. A Beaudette Jr request for a special use permit at 601 Second Street South was tabled. A sign variance for Dave Walters Inc. on Highway 2 west was recommended for approval.
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Lake Bemidji
City Planning Commission
Donald Hanson
Lake Avenue
North Lake Avenue
John Beaudette, Jr
Scott Avenue
Second Street
Dave Walters Inc
Minnesota lawmakers adjourn amid highway bonding dispute
Minnesota legislators begin a seven month recess as a $200 million highway and mass transit bonding bill fuels accusations. Sen. Charles Berg charges Gov. Wendell Anderson aide Tom Kelm with lying. Anderson defends Kelm while vowing to fight for the bill.
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ST. Paul
House
Senate
Berg
Kelm
Willmar
Benson
Tom Kelm
Anderson
Aubrey Dirlam
Sen
J. Robert Stassen
South St. Paul
Stassen
Minnesota
Dirlam
Ramsey County Atty
William Randall
State College Board approves tuition rise for undergrads
Minnesota State College Board met in Marshall and moved to raise undergraduate tuition by 75 cents per quarter hour. With full board to review, the plan follows legislative intent and would add about 33.75 dollars yearly for a 15 credit load. Room and board would rise by 60 dollars for 20 meals weekly in dorms, affecting students in Bemidji Mankato Moorhead Marshall St. Cloud Winona and the St. Paul Minneapolis area.
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Minnesota
Minnesota State College Board
Marshall
MSCB
G. Theodore Mitau
Bemidji
Mankato
Moorhead
St. Cloud
Winona
St. Paul- Minneapolis
Inflation Keeps Rising As April Costs Jump Again
The Labor Department reports consumer prices up seven tenths of a percent in April, led by higher food, clothing, used cars, and gasoline. Food at grocery stores rose 1.6 percent, with fruits and vegetables and beef prices up.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Herbert Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Welfare Board to study Social Security aids
Beltrami County Welfare Board meets to discuss the January 1 1974 transfer of Old Age Assistance Aid to the Blind and Aid to the Disabled to the Social Security Administration. Other items include an audit review nursing home plans and foster care licensing.
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Beltrami County Welfare Board
Social Security Administration
State Department of Public Welfare
C.E. Melberg
Beltrami County Welfare Department
Beltrami Nursing Home
John Ivey Thomas
Duluth
Ken Gallus
Phyllis McNeil
David D. Thireault
Red Lake
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Krohl
Sonja Schlaich
Mary Harrom
LaVerne Nord
Laverne Price
Wanda Bennett
Eunice Heglund
Betty Brooks
Dorothy Stambaugh
Pioneer
Harold Olson
Irvine Avenue
Hwy. 2
24Th Street
Olson
James McBroom
Beltrami County Planning Advisory Commission
Lindquist
Board of County Commissioners
Alec Olson
DFL
Spicer
Dflers
GOP
Harmon Ogdahl
Minneapolis
State College Board
Solway Ptsa
Solway Town Hall
Lonnie Stevens
Joyce Nelson
Barb Tolman
Bonnie Dalby
Rogert Lewis
Connie Schussnan
Sue Anderson
Jeanne Conlon
Sharon Roberts
Dee Hangsleber
John Arneson
Floyd Jorgenson
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