Beltrami County OKs OEDP wish list despite concerns
Beltrami County commissioners approved a 26 item Overall Economic Development Plan list with HRDC input to seek federal EDA funding. Critics call the plan unrealistic with one major project a four lane Bemidji Duluth highway already in development. The group debated demolishing the old courthouse for a joint facility while an EDA remodeling grant is underway.
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Daryl Bessler
HRDC
Bessler
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Beltrami County
Jim Thoreen
Thoreen
Bemidji
Duluth
Walt Fenske
Fenske
Carter threatens vetoes over costly farm and water bills
President Carter warned Congress he may veto major farm program and water project bills if prices run higher than his requested levels. He cited a Senate farm bill potential four billion dollar cost and a House water project measure about three point five billion above his request. Carter discussed inflation and government spending, arms talks in Vienna, and federal impact aid to wealthy school districts.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Vienna
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Geneva
U.S
Carter welfare reform would emphasize jobs and rewards
President Carter outlined a plan to replace welfare with a system that preserves federal support while rewarding work. The proposal would provide cash for the nonworking elderly and disabled, and large supplements for the working poor. total family benefits could reach 4200 dollars annually, with earned income supplements for those employed but still in poverty. Training and 1.4 million jobs would be created to help those expected to work find employment. The plan also phases out food stamps and relies on state supplements and work requirements. In Detroit, the same era marked the 50th anniversary of the Model T, hailed as a catalyst for mass production and American prosperity.
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Washington
Carter
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
Detroit
United States
Model T at 50: Revolution, production, and decline
Beginning in 1908 Ford built more than 15 million Model T cars, a run halted by Henry Ford on May 26, 1927. The vehicle defined affordable transport with mass production, low prices, and evolving features before Chevrolet overtook it in 1927 followed by Beetle’s rise decades later.
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Ford
General Motors
Chevrolet
Henry Ford
Highland Park
Mich
OEDP questions FHA loan distribution in county
Beltrami County OEDP Committee accuses Farmers Home Administration of fewer loans to local residents than neighboring counties. FHA district director Bob Bourdage says his office disagrees and a meeting with officials will be sought to review the figures supplied by the St Paul FHA office.
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Beltrami County
OEDP
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Bob Bourdage
Grand Rapids
Oedp Committee
Beltrami
Bessler
St. Paul
Soviet airliner hijacked circles Stockholm airport
An AP report says a hijacked Soviet airliner circled above Stockholm's international airport and was expected to land soon. Airports sources note the plane is believed to carry about 20 passengers with details not yet available.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Nixon Says Resigning Presidency Most Painful Experience
Richard Nixon told David Frost in a TV interview that resigning the presidency was the most painful experience of his life. He discussed the pressures and impact of Watergate during the final Frost interview.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
David Frost
North Korea Preparing Invasion as U S Troops Exit Korea
A House subcommittee pressed military leaders to disclose intelligence claiming North Korea is massing forces for a South Korea invasion ahead of the planned U S troop withdrawal. Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub testified generals oppose Carter’s plan citing buildup and imminent attack risk.
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Washington
House
South Korea
John K. Singlaub
Carter
U.S
Korea
North Korea
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