Thieu Considers Resignation Amid Aid Cut Fears
President Nguyen Van Thieu grows worried Congress may sharply reduce U S aid to South Vietnam if he runs unopposed in the October 3 election. He reportedly contemplates resigning to trigger a U S aid cutoff, despite assurances from U S officials that Washington will not abandon his government.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
South Vietnam
Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Congress
Kennedy Center Opens With Bernstein Mass Amid Mixed Reviews
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened with Leonard Bernstein's Mass as the Kennedy family joined a standing ovation. Critics praised the work while deriding the center as marble mausoleum and aggrandized.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Leonard Bernstein
Beltrami County Board Eyes Housing Authority and Waste Plan
At its monthly meeting the Beltrami County board discussed the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 with a state manpower official and authorized the auditor to implement the program. The Turtle River Watershed Association urged solid waste recycling and a county building, with action taken under advisement. Jim Hensel of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority push for a county housing authority to involve non Bemidji areas in low rent housing. The board approved entering agreements with the state corrections department for a foster care facility for delinquent children. A bid from Doran Co. Bemidji for converting courthouse and jail heating plants to natural gas was accepted at 6999. The same firm will upgrade the Beltrami Nursing Home plant for 999.95.
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County Board of Commissioners
State Department of Manpower Services
Turtle River Watershed Association
Jim Hensel
Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Bemidji
LeRoy Winge
Beltrami County
State Department of Corrections
Doran Co
Beltrami
Educators meet here Northern Division superintendents meet
The Northern Division Area Superintendents will meet today at the Elks Building. Chairman Ray E. Kerrigan says discussion will cover the teacher salary freeze, Title I and special education comments.
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Northern Division
Elks
Ray E. Kerrigan
Cause of collapse probed
In Shoreview Minnesota investigators said it may be months before the cause of the giant television tower collapse is known. Pat Irvin of Dresser Industries described the reconstruction of twisted metal and pieces to determine why the tower fell, likening it to reassembling an airplane crash.
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ST. Paul
Dresser Industries, Inc
Columbus
Ohio
Irvin
Honeymoon couple found dead in cabin near Long Lake
Roy A. Veenhuis 18 and Linda K. Arnold 22 were discovered in bed in a Bagley area cabin. Sheriff Olson said they likely died of asphyxiation after several days, the door from inside, no violence, decomposed fish present, couple married Aug 28 and on leave from Marine duty in San Diego.
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Long Lake
Bagley
Jackson
Minn
Bagley Oy
Clearwater
Almer Olson
Roy A. Veenhuis
San Diego
Linda K. Arnold
Windom
Jackson County
Veenhuis
Olson
Joe Amundson
Amundson
William Perrance
Nixon outlines budget with larger than expected cuts
President Nixon presents a $5 billion spending reduction plan to Congress, larger than earlier estimates, to offset tax cuts. Treasury figures project a $27 to $28 billion deficit next year as lower revenue reduces expected gains from business tax credits and other measures.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Shultz
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Treasury
Pool opening date uncertain amid tests
The pool is filled and testing of filtration and heating is under way. An exact opening date is hard to set though early openings are hinted. Public access is planned for evenings and Saturdays after a period of PE program testing with certified Red Cross lifeguards on duty during open hours.
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American Red Cross
Bemidji First Presbyterian Church to mark 75th year
Members and friends celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Bemidji church founded in 1896 with a supper and program on Sept 11, an all-church picnic Sept 12 at Lake Bemidji State Park, and addresses by Synod official George Bowers. The ceremony recalls six installed pastors and the church’s early history.
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Nixon
Congress
Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
First Presbyterian Church of
Bemidji
First Presbyterian Church
Sam Blair
Duluth
Blair
Beltrami County
Frank Higgins
Rev
Higgins
J.F. McLeod
S.E.P. White
Lester P. Warford
Thomas Smatla
Mark M. Witmer
Dale Bishop
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Synod of
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A.C. Clark
Art Brown
Warren T. Hanson
Harvey Hoberg
Grace Henderson
Mary Briggs
Leonard Dickinson
Paul Mosher
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