Attica Prison Death Toll Now At Forty Two
State Corrections Commissioner Russell G. Oswald confirmed that hostages and inmates who died in the Attica Prison revolt were killed by gunshots. The exact source of the gunshot wounds remained officially unexplained as authorities announced the death toll rose to forty two.
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Attica
N.Y
Russell G. Oswald
Buffalo
New York State
Great Meadow Prison
New York
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
Hollis Chase
Union Local
Oswald
John F. Edland
Monroe County
Edland
Five new jobs funded by federal act in Bemidji
Bemidji City Council disclosed five new positions created under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971 with 90 percent of salaries paid by the federal government and 10 percent by the city A second agenda item approved a second reading to vacate parts of Wood Ave and north Railroad Street for a Plywood Minnesota building project The wider text covers Attica prison events and conflicting accounts of hostages throats being slit and gunshot deaths with statements from Oswald Edland and Nixon Rockefeller reactions and prison transfers
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Bemidji
Wood Ave
North Railroad Street
Roosevelt St
Plywood
Minnesota
Bemidji Expert Urges Clean Lakes Act Support
Dr James Ludwig of Bemidji State College Center for Environmental Studies testified before the Public Works Committee in favor of the Clean Lakes Act raising funding to 500 million and broadening scope to saline lakes. He cited Bemidji's pollution challenges and rural funding gaps while urging federal aid to protect the Mississippi watershed and local tourism economy.
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James Ludwig
Bemidji
Ludwig
Ifany
Ada
State College
Mississippi River
America
Word at a Glance finds McGovern clash with Viet Cong claim
A garbled report notes Sen George McGovern allegedly meeting with Viet Cong figures amid dangers from a rock and an argon error. It also mentions Nguyen Van Thien denying the claim and other unrelated items.
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George McGovern
Nguyen van Thien
Clai
Bemidji plans single Park and Recreation Committee
City officials in Bemidji discussed consolidating park and arena groups into one Park and Recreation Committee. Mayor Ned Goodwin urged combining three representatives from the park board and arena committee with council appointees, naming Jim Cameron as head and seeking an assistant director under the Emergency Employment Act. The move aims to streamline the recreation program, with a Monday deadline for final appointments noted as a first step rather than a cure-all.
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Bemidji
City Council
Park Board
Arena Committee
Ned Goodwin
Goodwin
Jim Cameron
Area Relations Commission fate to be decided Thursday night
Commission chairman Lyle Lauber says quorum problems have crippled the Area Community Relations Commission. He cites historically low attendance and lack of support for constructive ideas. The public will decide the panel’s future by attending and serving on committees at a 8 p.m. city hall meeting.
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Area Community Relations Commission
Lyle Lauber
Commission
Lauber
The
Lauber Tauber
Pam
City Hall
Worm defoliators disturb Bemidji area trees but no danger yet
North central Minnesota faces a worm defoliation scare with red hump bakworm variable oak leaf caterpillar and yellow necked caterpillar affecting oak and basswood. Foresters say three to four food years cause real harm. frost, natural predators, and spraying with malathion influence control. Residents may contact Berglund in Bemidji or the state agriculture office for guidance.
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Minnesota
Minnesota Division of Lands and Forestry
Bemidji
Clearwater
Beltrami
Cass
Hubbard County
Carson Berglund
Division of Lands and Forestry Office
Forestry Division
Berglund
Forestry Department
Jay Griggs
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Dr. Ludwig
John Blatnik
Lake Bemidji
Mississippi
London
United States
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
71 Y
Air Line Pilots Association
Asylvania
Heidi
Brownsville
Tex
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