1974 Minnesota license plates draw reader complaints
Police and city officials criticize the new 1974 Minnesota plates for low contrast and poor readability especially at night. Officials note the white background appears beige on vehicles before fading back to white, while plates use orange numbers on a beige field and a reflective coating.
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the Pioneer
Bemidji
Minnesota
ST. Paul, Minn
State Motor Vehicle Services Division
George Conn
Minneapolis
Steve Kane
License Control Division
3M Co
Troubles may be ahead for new BIA chief
Morris Thompson, Nixon's nominee, wins Senate confirmation as commissioner of Indian Affairs. At 34 he becomes the youngest BIA head amid criticism and calls for reorganization. Formerly area director in Juneau, Alaska, he is an Athabascan Indian from Tanana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BIA
Washington
Morris Thompson
Nixon
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Senate
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bruce
Sidney R. Franklin
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Interior Department
John Seidl
Department
Thompson
Morton
Juneau
Alaska
Tanaka
Energy industry layoffs surge amid fuel shortage impact
The administration hopes fuel conservation will limit job losses but thousands more in auto and aviation sectors are affected. General Motors announces widespread layoffs. American Airlines cuts 214 pilots. Cessna to lay off 2400 workers. Florida foresees 180000 more unemployed by April due to tourism weakness.
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Associated Press
Rogers CB. Morton
General Motors
American Airlines
Cessna Aircraft Co
Nixon
Florida
State seeks permanent permit authority for waste water discharge
Minnesota Gov. Wendell R. Anderson sends a letter to EPA regional administrator Francis Mayo requesting permanent MPCA authority to issue waste water discharge permits under the federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. The state plans to hire 32 staff and uses a $732,000 federal grant for 1974.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
MPCA
Wendell R. Anderson
Francis T. Mayo
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Chicago
The Pioneer Publication Details and Rates
The Pioneer published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Pioneer division of Scripps Newspapers. It lists Bemidji Minnesota as the mailing location with rates: $21 per year in trade zone and $23 outside, carrier subscriptions $2.50 per month.
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Bennett Hanson
Minnesota Ave
Bemidji
John Koppy
Bob Lowth Ford
Hanson
Pioneer
The
Scrippsifff Newspapers, Inc
Neilson and
Pioneer Street
Minnesota
Associated Press
Minnesota Newspaper Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
City county duties eye joint law facility project
A Bemidji city council and Beltrami County Board committee will meet on Wednesday December 12 to continue talks on shared law enforcement facilities. Estimated cost 118 500 with city share about 64 200. Also discussed possible city hall on county property and ward reapportionment. Several births announced in Bagley and surrounding area.
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Bemidji City
Beltrami County Board of Commissioners
Bemidji
Lowell Biella
Walter Fenske
Theft of 80 amp Motocraft battery at Bob Lowth Ford
Deputies investigate the theft of an 80 amp Motocraft battery from a car parked on the Bob Lowth Ford used car lot overnight Wednesday.
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Bob Lowth
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List
Admitted on Wednesday are Mrs. Goldie Mason of Bemidji Garrett Maruska Shevlin. Discharged on Wednesday are Mrs. Donald Christiansen and Russell Fricke of Bemidji Clarence Nelson Mizpah Mrs. Esther Peterson Park Rapids.
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Goldie Mason
Bemidji
Garrett Maruska
Shevlin
Donald Christiansen
Russell Fricke
Clarence Nelson
Mizpah
Esther Peterson
Park Rapids
Funeral Services and Local Court Actions in Beltrami County
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Anton Gjerstad at Faith Lutheran Eagle Bend with burial in Hope Lutheran Cemetery. The Beltrami County Court heard several guilty pleas and fines for DWI, leaving an accident scene, suspended licenses, and theft. Stanley E Bly of Bemidji, a WWII veteran, was buried in Everett Washington after services in Bemidji.
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Anton Gjerstad
Faith Lutheran Church
Eagle Bend
Shady Lane
Charles Christianson
Hope Lutheran Cemetery
Mike
Kerry
David
Lawrence
Robert Gjerstad
Jeff Nelson
Anna Mathilda Carlson
LeSueur
Minn
Frank
Martha Carlson
Minneapolis
Gjerstad
Gilbert
Clarissa
Elmer
George
St. James
Laverne
Donald
Duane
Herman
Florence) Randall
Teastrike
Orville
Gladys) Klebs
Chisholm
Beltrami
Darwin Gordon Hildebrandt
Hildebrandt
James W. Wheeler
Bemidji
Dennis Lloyd Carrigan
South International Falls
Marion L. Dorr
Mississippi
Donald Steve
Second St. South
Phillip D. Nelson
Bly
Stanley E. Bly
Everett
Wash
Floral Hills
Chuck Gunderson
Heather Garden
Floral Hills Cemetery
Mr. Bly
Everett Vfw
Naples
Rome-Arno
French Morocco
France
Germany
Everett Area
Rose
Stanley
Steven
Michael
Olaf
Clarence
el Toro
Calif
Flint
Mich
Earl
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FBI
Lion’s Club
Bob Hanni
St. Cloud
Hanni
Carl Olson
Bill Schwartz
Jerry Doggett
Louis R. Bruce
Charles Trimble
National Congress of American Indians
Bureau
Melone’s
Minnesota Avenue
Paul Petryskovycz
Route 3
Marlow Vogel
Route 1
Vogel
Petryzkovycz
Tru
Donald Campbell
Bagley
Elizabeth Jo
Clearwater Memorial Hospital
Keith Roberts
Angela Marie
Bagley Hospital
Wade Stone
Jennifer Anne
Wayne Goldsmith
Lengley
Krischelle Marie
Kenneth Ashing
Naytahwash
Kenneth Vincent
Paul Hurd
Scott Michael
Clearwater County Memorial Hospital
Alden Hough
Erin Erick
Phoenix
Bemidii
Steve Johnson
Mgr
Sheriff’s Report
20Th Century-Fox
Sai Trapper
Jam Gu
Samy Vollerman
Mo. A. S
Panavision
Turssey
Annie Bishop
Selma Carlson
Bush Leadership Fellows
Donald Peddie
Edgewater
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