Bemidji Council To Create In House Engineering Dept
Bemidji city council voted 6 1 to allocate 56433 of the 1978 budget to start an in house engineering department with an engineer to be hired in February and two assistants in April The move ends the 25 year consulting arrangement with Stewart and Walker Inc The panel also approved bonds for the Highway 2 west water project and awarded the airport extension project to Stewart and Walker over other bids In other actions the council adopted a connection charge for the Paul Bunyan Mall water line and set bid notices for well field construction and final plans for the project The minority vote against creating the department was cast by Councilman Ralph Moberg The decision comes as the city weighs in house versus consulting engineering.
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Ralph Moberg
Don Dougherty
Dougherty
Doug Peterson
Stewart and Walker Inc
Peterson
Public Works Committee
Reike-Carroll-Muller and
Assoc
Herb Whiting
RCM
Whiting
Stewart
Walker
Larry Dow
Les Jones
E.J Prescott and Co
Minneapolis
Paul Bunyan Mall
26Th St
Humphrey vows to stay in Senate amid cancer treatment
Senator Hubert Humphrey appeared before Minnesota AFL-CIO leaders in his first public event since hospitalization, saying he will not resign and could travel to Washington for crucial votes if needed. He noted ongoing radiation therapy for a recurrence of bladder cancer and described his plan to regain strength while staying connected with colleagues.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Humphrey
Minnesota
Afl-Cio
Washington, D.C
University of Minnesota
Hubert
Dick Clark
Diown
Muriel
Carter
Robert Byrd
Moberg Withdraws Demand for City Manager Resignation in Airport Row
At Bemidji City Council, Ralph Moberg unexpectedly called for Don Dougherty's resignation over tensions linked to engineering bids for the airport runway. He later retracted the request after Dougherty and Cammie McMahon disputed the claim that Dougherty's wife pressured McMahon to back Stewart and Walker Inc. Moberg had supported that firm, while Dougherty defended his wife and questioned Moberg's motives.
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Bob Tucker
Don Dougherty
Cammie McMahon
Ralph Moberg
Dougherty
Bemidji
Stewart and Walker Inc
Moberg
McMahon
Alita Dougherty
Reike-Carroll-Mueller and
Assoc
Bomb threat closes schools in northwestern Minnesota
About a dozen schools in northwest Minnesota were closed Tuesday morning after a call to Red Lake County Sheriff Kermit Knutson said a bomb would explode at 10 30 today at an unspecified school. The warning circulated to Polk Marshall and Norman counties and several districts listed. Authorities evacuated students at Red Lake during a fire drill Tuesday forenoon while searches found no bomb.
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Red Lake Falls
Polk
Marshall
Norman Counties
Stephen
Winger
Hallock
Fisher
Climax
Fertile
Hendrum
Humboldt
St. Vincent
Mahnomen
Twin Lake
Oklo
Red Lake
Carter energy plan faces Senate tax opposition
Washington AP reports two of three taxes in President Carter energy conservation plan risk defeat on Capitol Hill. A Senate Finance Committee member predicts at most four of eighteen panelists will back a proposal to tax industrial use of natural gas and oil enough to push utilities and factories toward coal.
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Washington
Carter
Capitol Hill
Senate Finance Committee
Carter and Lance May Decide on Budget Chief Status
White House spokesman says President Carter and Bert Lance likely will jointly decide if Lance stays as budget director. Press Secretary Jody Powell notes a private Monday meeting but did not disclose who requested it or topics discussed.
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Washington
White House
Carter
Bert Lance
Lance
Jody Powell
U.N. Opens 32nd General Assembly Session
The United Nations General Assembly begins its 32nd session as the Arab-Israeli conflict and apartheid in southern Africa top the agenda. Secretary General Waldheim calls the coming weeks decisive for peace efforts, with Arab and Israeli ministers meeting alongside U.S. officials Vance and Carter as intermediaries.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Africa
Kurt Waldheim
Cyrus R. Vance
Carter
Inconsistencies mark Great River Road meeting in Minnesota
MnDOT faced questions and confusion at a Lake Itasca session on the Great River Road. Officials outlined four proposed routes, with later clarifications showing conflicting preferences among federal, state, and local groups.
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Great River Road
Jerry Doggett
Lake Itasca
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Mndot
Douglas Lodge
Lake Itasca State Park
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Larry Foote
Mndot Office of Environmental Affairs
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Andy Golfis
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Rick Arnebeck
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