Question Mart answers on unemployment weeks and city spraying
The column explains unemployment credit weeks require 18 weeks of employment not counting a paid vacation, which may raise benefits but does not count toward the 18 weeks. It also notes Bemidji has no planned annual aerial spraying as there is no budget provision.
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Pioneer
Ray Boyer
Minnesota
Department of Manpower Services
Bemidji
B.E
John Lloyd
Registrar office denies selling student names at Bemidji
Bemidji Pioneer reports Registrar E J Ralberts says no student names are released by his office and directs to the Student Affairs Office. Jim McCord says student lists are treated as confidential and not given to commercial interests. The fall Pi Delta Epsilon directory is for sale, with opt out options for individuals.
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Bemidji
C.D
E.J. Ralberts
Jim McCord
Student Affairs Office
Pi Delta Epsilon
McCord
IRA supporters rally as peace movement falters in Belfast
Violence erupts across Northern Ireland with a major bombing in Moneymore and gun battles near police stations. IRA factions denounce peace efforts while 400 Catholics protest in Londonderry. a Catholic man is tarred and shot in Belfast.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
IRA
Ralliers
Britain
William Whitelaw
Seamus O’kane
Moneymore
Maurice Kelly
Ballymena
County Antrim
Memorial Day Services Planned by Bemidji American Legion
Memorial Day observance by Ralph Gracie Post No 114 at Greenwood Cemetery on Monday at 10 a.m. includes speakers Russell Sawdey and Rev Stephen Knudsen, with the Bemidji High School band, rifle salute, color guard, and a Gettysburg Address delivered at the GAR monument by Edward Calliton.
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Memorail
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Russell Sawdey
Stephen Knudsen
First Lutheran
Bemidji
American Legion
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Gar Monument
Lincoln
Edward Calliton
Nixon in Moscow Sees Swan Lake Amid Vietnam Protest
President and Mrs. Nixon attend the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow where a balcony protest criticizes U.S. Vietnam policy. An Italian in attendance is named as the protester while witnesses describe the scene before the final act.
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Nixon
Bolshoi Ballet
Vietnam
School bus and hog truck collide near Prairie Island
An undetermined number of students were injured when a Prairie Island to Red Wing bus collided with a hog truck at the US 61 county road intersection. Between 15 and 20 children were treated at Red Wing hospital, with bus driver Gregg Josephson also hospitalized. Hog carcasses were reported, and no fatalities. Marvin Fick the truck driver was shaken but uninjured.
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Minn
Red Wing
Rochester
Gregg Josephson
Red Wing Hospital
Marvin Fick
Lake City
Dairy price increases looming after Memorial Day
Bemidji area shoppers will face higher milk prices around June 1 as wholesale costs rise four to six cents. A quart may go from 28–29 to 30–31 cents and half gallon from 56–57 to 58–59 cents. Ice cream and other dairy products are expected to climb as retailers absorb part of the raise amid competitive pressures.
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Elizabeth Moore
Bemidji Area
Louis Snyder
IGA
John Johannson
John
Super Valu
Clayton Braaten
National
Bemidji State College
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Bangsberg Fine Arts Center
Wesley Balk
Balk
Memorial Day Post Office and offices closures in Bemidji
The Bemidji Post Office will suspend city and rural delivery except Special Delivery in town for Memorial Day. Incoming mail goes to boxes, outgoing mail dispatched as usual, lobby open for box patrons. All county state and federal offices closed. Many businesses plan to stay open, but most Bemidji offices and stores close. Pioneer will not be published.
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Bemidji
Nixon Soviets near historic SALT arms pact signing
President Nixon and Soviet leaders agreed on a two part SALT settlement to limit strategic arms The treaty would curb defensive antiballistic missiles and a companion executive agreement would freeze offensive missiles at current US levels The move followed last minute technical talks with negotiators Smith and Semenov and a joint trade commission was also proposed to advance Soviet US relations
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U.S. Senate
United States
Tass
Russia
Ziegler
Gerard Smith
Vladimir Semenov
Helsinki
Smith
Leonid Zamyatin
Jurors to hear Yellow Thunder murder case in Alliance
In Alliance Nebraska the trial of Melvin and Leslie Hare of Gordon moves to jurors after the state rests. The defense argues lack of proof of false imprisonment and trunk abuse while witnesses dispute bruises and if Yellow Thunder could escape the trunk. Pathologist notes the death due to cerebral hemorrhage with an alleged February 17 death date.
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Gordon
Nebraska
South Dakota
Alliance
Scottsbluff
W.O. Brown
Robert Bayliss
Bayliss
Hare Brothers
Bernard Lutter
Greeley, Colo
Public Hearing Set On Bemidji Bus Lines Suspension
The Minnesota Public Service Commission schedules a public hearing for June 27 at 9 30 a m in Beltrami County Courthouse on Bemidji Bus Lines request to suspend summer service filed March 21. Objections were timely received after an April 25 order and a May 22 notice. The line may request a hearing continuation up to five days before the date.
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Minnesota Public Service Commission
Beltrami County
Bemidji Bus Lines
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