Phase 4 gasoline protests widen in St Louis area
About 800 service stations shut down for five days over Phase 4 price controls causing traffic jams and minor violence as motorists rushed to fill tanks. A Missouri dealers group cited 400 members and 400 nonmembers voting to close from midnight Wednesday to Tuesday, aiming to push for relief from wholesale price hikes.
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St. Louis
Service Station Dealers Association of Missouri
Missouri Dealers Association
New York
Greg Amato
United Gas Dealers of
Amato
James S. Kerr Dies Former Bemidji Postmaster at 57
James Sherman Kerr 57 longtime Bemidji postmaster died at home on Minnesota Avenue. Born Brainerd 1916 he served in the Air Corps and WWII as a flight instructor. He retired from the Postal Service in 1972 after 35 years. Survived by wife Lorraine and two sons, services set at St Philip's Church with a rosary at Olson Schwartz Funeral Home.
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James Sherman Kerr
Bemidji
Minnesota Ave
Kerr
Postal Service
U.S. Air Corps
Army Flight School
Randolph Field Air Base
San Antonio
Texas
Rural Mail Service
Brainerd
George
Ella Kerr
St. Philip’s
St. Philip’s Church
Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home
World at a glance signals higher prices for apparel
Apparel makers forecast higher prices and tighter selection of cotton and wool garments due to fiber shortages foreign demand and crop problems. They warn the main impact will hit next summer and fall.
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New York
Resorters select new leaders
The Bemidji Area Resort Owners Association elected new officers and board members at a fall meeting on September 26. Officers are Don Helgeson president Carl Henninger vice president and George Naramore secretary treasurer. Board members include John Kovac Gene Gatzke and Ray Warne. Sid Swedmark noted the Chamber of Commerce office had received 2,196...
Tourism drive boosts Bemidji area plans and notes
Tourist inquiries fill Bunyan House visitor book with over 17 500 names. Promoters unveil new plans to attract more visitors while fishing contest chairman reports 370 entries and targets for next year. Heartland publication reach exceeds 350 000 copies. Shoreland Management program explained by Beltrami County administrator. Complimentary dinner hosted by local sponsors ends meeting.
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Bunyan House
Swedmark
Don Campbell
Campbell Marv Vuaerst
The
Pioneer
Heartland
William Parnaude
Beltrami County
G & H Bottle Gas Corp Seedmark
Hardware Hank
Bemidji Distributing Company, Inc
Coca Cola Pottling Company
Bemidji, Inc
Shriners To Hold First Bemidji Induction Since 1947
Aad Temple Shriners plan a weekend in Bemidji with 30 candidates from the region for a ceremonial induction the first since 1947. A 3 pm Shrine parade will include 20 entertainment units led by grand marshal Philip H. Anderson.
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Philip H. Anderson
Aad Temple Shrine
Potentate Anderson
Duluth Plumbing Supplies Co
Aad
Bemidji
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Minnesota Avenue
15Th Street
2Nd Street
Nixon writer accuses Democrats of double standard at hearings
Presidential speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan criticizes Democrats for condemning paid spying by the 1972 Nixon campaign while lauding similar tactics used by Republicans. He defends methods from 1968 campaigns and calls Watergate break-in a crime but not grievously wrong. The Watergate committee recessed hearings until next Tuesday and will not air live.
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Washington
Patrick J. Buchanan
Nixon
Joe McGinnis
Buchanan
Sentate Watergate Committee
Watergate
Gan
Joseph M. Montoya
Dn.m
Montoya
Washington Post
Republican Party
Federal jury begins Agnew corruption inquiry
A federal grand jury in Baltimore began hearing evidence in a sprawling corruption probe involving Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Agnew’s lawyers sought an injunction at the last moment, but that effort failed, leaving ongoing investigations possible to obstruct later.
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Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
United States
Grand Jury
Baltimore County
Maryland
Carl Albert
House of Representatives
US. Dist
Walter Hoffman
Norfolk
Aity
Elliot —L. Richardson
N. Dale Anderson
Anderon
Albert
House
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Paul Findley
Findley
Nixon
White House
Kohl Heads Heartland Association at Park Rapids meeting
Bob Kohl of Kohl's Last Resort on Big Turtle Lake was installed as president of the Heartland Region Association at the annual Park Rapids meeting. Officers named include James Aletto, William Holmquist, Lee Krautkroner, and Fred Luebke, with attendance by several county officials and Bemidji figures.
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Bob Kohl
Kohl
Big Turtle Lake
Heartland Region Association
Park Rapids
James Aletto
Walker
William Holmquist
Little Falls
Lee Krautkroner
Brainerd
Fred Luebke
Harpings on forgetfulness of troubles and blessings
A reflective note laments the wish to shed troubles as easily as blessings, musing on memory and gratitude. The piece frames ease of forgetting burdens alongside the enduring value of blessings remembered.
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S. Kerr
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Council
UAW
Ken Bannon
Leonard Woodcock
Denver
Stanek
Eugene Stanek
Nathan
John
Catherine
Jeffrey
Steven
Julia
Edna
Colorado General Hospital
Harley C. Staggers
D-W.va
Ways and Means Committee
Soviet Union
Israel
Shriners
Beltrami Avenue
Jack Quistgard
Elks Club
Ronnie Eastman
Headwaters Shrine Club
Jack Drury
Daryl Knoer
Paul Halvorson
Douglas A. Halvorson
Bagley
Pearl Highberg
Federal Jury
Heartland Association
Richard Siegert
Vern Wrolstad
Ernie Tell
Roseau
Lake of the Woods
Beltrami
Hubbard
Cass
Crow Wing
Todd
Morrison
Mille Laces
Benton, Stearns
Sherburne
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