Bemidji High crowns royalty for Fall Festival week
Barbara Torfin and Robert Johnson were crowned Fall Festival queen and king at a coronation assembly. The royal court included senior attendants Collette Hammer Jon Eng Mary Stinson Tim Mohler junior attendants Mareen Hennebry Bob Luoma sophomore attendants Cindy Lahti Jim Dyrhaug. Events featured concerts and performances by the student body. Culminating with a football game against Fergus Falls on Sept 28 at 7 30 and a post game dance with Universal Flight.
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Barbara Torfin
Robert Johnson
Bemidji High School
Royal Court
Collette Hammer
Jon Eng
Mary Stinson
Tim Mohler
Mareen Hennebry
Bob Luoma
Cindy Lahti
Jim Dyrhaug
Ronald Brasseur
Lisa Olson
Toni Anderson
Lori Norden
Fergus Falls
Universal Flight
Bob Johnson
D. R. Johnson
Barb Torfin
Clint Torfin
Pioneer
First bonus checks reach state veterans in Minnesota
Gov. Wendell Anderson presented the first four Vietnam veterans bonus checks at the Veterans Affairs Building. The initial 600 recipients total $296,335 from a $60 million bond program approved by the 1973 Legislature to be repaid over 20 years. Payments range from $300 to $1,000 and are tax exempt.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Veterans Affairs Building
State Capitol
Veterans Affairs Department
Abraham J. Fast
Darfur
Rogert T. Fast
Vietnam
Rudy G. Gmitro
Edina
Dennis W. Dahlien
St. Louis Park
James L. Beard
Minneapolis
Gmitro
101St Airborne Division
Dahlien
Beard
Meat prices seen staying lower after summer highs
Industry leaders in Chicago say meat prices will remain below recent summer highs for the rest of the year despite expectations of substantial declines in the near term. Consumer awareness is highlighted as a key factor shaping future supply and costs.
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Chicago
J Day plans completed for Bemidji Jaycees event
Bemidji Elks Club hosts Join the Jaycees night for men aged 21 to 35 and wives. Social hour at 7 pm, fashion show by O’Meara’s at 8, then an orientation on Jaycees programs with officers and Mrs Jaycees. Contact Griggs or Snider for details. Weather calls for clearing, with a few showers possible east this morning.
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Jaycees
Bemidji
Elks Club
O’meara
Bemidji Jaycees
Jay Griggs
al Snider
Talmadge questions fairness of Hunt prison term
Sen. Herman Talmadge said it is a strange commentary on justice that E. Howard Hunt faces 30 years while other Watergate organizers remain free. He spoke as Hunt testified at the televised hearings amid linked disclosures of possible involvement in the Chilean Embassy break in and broader intelligence plans.
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Washington
Justice
E. Howard Hunt
Herman Talmadge
Hunt
Talmadge
Senate
Ellsberg
White House
John J. Caulfield
Specia
Charles W. Colson
Colson
Gasoline and Postage Costs Seen Rising
U.S. gasoline prices likely to rise this week and postal rates may follow. Treasury bills fell over one percentage point as expectations grow that the Federal Reserve may ease tight credit, potentially lowering loan rates across mortgages and business loans. The Cost of Living Council moves to allow a gasoline price rise by one to two cents to reflect higher wholesale costs.
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Washington
U.S. Treasury
Edward M. Rooth
the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
Council
E. T. Klassen
Klassen
Congress
Office of Revenue Sharing
Graham W. Watt
Roob
Treasury Department
Postmaster General Seeks airmail and first class postage Hike
General E T Klassen proposed a two cent raise for airmail and ten cent first class stamps, saying taxpayers will pay the price amid cost price squeezes. Congress must approve, affecting other mail classes.
Boyle in Coma Amid Stroke Fear in Yablonski Case
Tony Boyle age 71 remained in a coma and described as extremely unstable after a possible stroke at his home. A hospital spokesman said he was in a very critical condition at 8 30 a m EDT. Boyle faces murder charges in the 1969 Yablonski killings and a federal hearing was set on his transfer to Pennsylvania.
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Denver
Stanek
Edna Stanek
Daniel Ellsberg
Colson
Hunt
White House
Ellsberg
Boyle
Union
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
George Washington University Hospital
Washington
Pennsylvania
Yablonski
UMW
Arnold E. Miller
Title I funds loss eyed as BRIC primary problem
BRIC director Duane J. Christensen warned at the Bemidji Regional Interdistrict Council annual meeting that withdrawal of Title I funds threatens special education services for 1,841 students in 15 Minnesota districts. The program cost $1.21 million in 1972–73, with $350,000 from Title I, now unavailable.
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Bric
R.D. Decker
Bemidji State College
Bemidji Regional Interdistrict Council
Duane J. Christensen
Christensen
Robert Wedl
State Department of Education
Harold Kunzelmann
State of
Washington
Kunzelmann
Minnesota
Akeley
Bagley
Bemidji
Blackduck
Cass _ Lake
Clearbrook
Gonvick
Kelliher
LaPorte
Mahnomen
Nevis
Park Rapids
Redlake
Walker and
Wauban
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Jan Wright
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Menlo Park
Calif
Victor I. Cizanckas
Pentagon
Sen. Talmadge
Sas
Tony Boyle
Montana
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Roy Anderson
Anderson
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