Bemidji Jaycees honor three residents at annual awards
Three Bemidjians received Distinguished Service Awards at a Bemidji Jaycees banquet at the Elks Club. Gary Wagner won Outstanding Young Man for city recreation work and funding efforts. Mrs. Ed Dessert received the first Outstanding Woman of the Year for her elder care and charitable service. James Lahti earned Boss of the Year for strong leadership at Central School.
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Central School
Wagner
City Park and Recreation Department
Bemidji Jaycees
Bemidji City Council
Jaycees
Dessert
Lahti
James Lahti
Ed Dessert
Gary Wagner
Jim Kvam
Gerry Anderson
Jaycee
Charles ‘‘Harpo
Dexter
The
Pioneer
King Brothers Circus to perform in Bemidji June 8
Bemidji Jaycees sponsor the King Brothers Circus at Beltrami County Fairgrounds on Thursday June 8. Three rings feature elephants acrobats and clowns with proceeds helping fund $5 000 for new ball diamonds near the skating arena. Tickets at local banks drugstores and from Jaycee officials.
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Bob Klinger
Jaycees
Klinger
First National Bank
Glass Block Drug
Bemidji
Jaycee
Naylor Family Honored at Bemidji Otter Tail Retirement Event
More than 170 friends and relatives gathered at the Bemidji Elks Club to honor Red Naylor on his pending retirement as Bemidji District Manager of Otter Tail Power Co. Attendees included relatives from Willmar Stephen and Seattle, with remarks from Otter Tail leaders and gifts of luggage presented by district staff.
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Winston C
Red
Naylor
Bemidji
Elks Club
Otter Tail Power Co
William Naylor
Willmar
Gloria Hvndston
Earl
Stephen
John
Catherine
Winston
P.J. Brewer
Otter Tail
Fergus Falls
Lee Engen
Crookston
Clarence Oelslager
Vic Zeiher
Morris
Robert Nygard
Jamestown
Leo Jewett
A.V. Hartl
Otter Tail Power
Hartl
B. Grandeland
Seattle
Interstate Power Co
Interstate
Hallock
Nixon and Soviet Leaders Seek Accord at Summit
Moscow reports indicate President Nixon and Soviet chiefs discuss longer-range European and Asian issues as they near a possible accord on preventing accidental naval clashes. In Heidelberg German authorities pursue terrorists who bombed the U.S. Army's Europe HQ, killing three Americans and wounding five. In Kontum City North Vietnamese attacked as bombing strikes hit power plants and a bridge near Hanoi Haiphong. In California the Angela Davis trial defense ends without her testifying as prosecutor plans rebuttal witnesses.
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Moscow
Nixon
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S. Army
Saigon
Kontum City
Hanoi-Haiphong
Gibson Discount Store Semi Trailer Sale Denied in Bemidji
Bemidji city council at a special noon session blocked Gibson Discount Store from parking a semi trailer in front of its Third Street store to sell merchandise Thursday through Saturday. The move required council approval and a $500 bond to cover damages. The council also awarded construction bids for Diamond Point Park to Christiansen Construction at $6,382 with possible $410 reduction for city handling tree clearing.
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Gibson Discount
Bemidji
Gibsons
Third Street
Marvin Hailey
Diamond Point Park
Christiansen
Bemidji Municipal
Hwy 2
Irvine Avenue
Marv Hailey
Retail Trade
Vern Schanilac
Sewage report discussed by Beltrami County Board
Beltrami County Commissioners reviewed a League of Women Voters report on Bemidji sewage, titled Is Bemidji's Proposed Sewage Treatment Plant a Good Investment for the Future of Our Land, written by Mrs. Henrietta Britton. The board approved hiring a sanitarian under the Emergency Employment Act to assist the zoning administrator and allowed township zoning officers. They also recommended daily honorariums for Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment members and approved several beer licenses.
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Beltrami
League of Women Voters
Bemidji
Henrietta Britton
Planning Commission
Board of Adjustment
Planning Commission Eyes Armory Site Search
City Planning Commission Chairman Don Bye said the panel seeks a suitable armory site in a prominent accessible location with water and sewer. He urged landowners with promising parcels to contact immediately as site selection must be decided by July 1.
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City Planning Commission
Don Bye
Bye
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Ron Patterson
James Kvam
Jay Griggs
Jim Thoreen
Lee Barcenas
Vern Schanilee
Wally Lamon
Arvilla Reichert
Harry Holland
James McDowell
Elvin Burnham
Gregg’s Plumbing
Dorothy Henry
Henry
Dorothy Roe
Jerry Madson
Winston C, Naylor
San Jose
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Angela Davis
Albert Harris Jr
Superior Court
Richard E. Arnason
Pinky Johnson
Hailey
John Lloyd
Harpo Dexter
Board
LWV
Armory
Bemidji State College Division of Fine Arts
W. A. Mozart
Glass Block
Bookcraft
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