Reader questions on unemployment and high school diploma path
The Pioneer answers three questions. Unemployment benefits rose to a maximum of 85 per week if laid off with no protest from the employer. A high school equivalency certificate can be earned by Minnesota residents 19 plus after a test battery in English social studies science literature and math, with a $10 fee and Adult Basic Education support available. The only morning after pill is diethylstilbestrol, prescription only in Minnesota, with notable side effects and hazards.
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J.H
Bemidji
U.C. Fund
Office of Manpower Services
America Ave
Bill Fulton
J.L
Cass Lake
CAP
General Administrative Office of
Independent School District No
John T. Schuiling
Minnesota
Blackduck
Gary T. Lundberg
Bemidji Clinic
Inconsistent use of ages on Pioneer marriage notices
The Pioneer explains ages appear in licenses only if requested not to publish. Policy normally uses ages unless applicants opt out, and news staff sometimes substituted during summer vacations. Marriage license applications are public records but names and ages may be omitted upon request.
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Pioneer
I.K
Kelliher
Publicized airport zoning board meetings promised
Editorial notes lack of publicity stems from miscommunication. Zoning Committee chairs city clerk to issue notices. two meetings occurred without public notice. A sample ordinance was discussed at a formal Sept. 19 session. Next meeting tentatively Oct. 17. notices will be published beforehand.
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Airport Zoning Board
M.K
Bemidji
Zoning Committee
Dick Tarte
Pioneer
Service stations nationwide stage Phase 4 protests
Western New York dealers join weekend shutdown as costs and ceilings loom. Indiana and Missouri groups extend protests with several hundred stations closing while Houston and Michigan sites plan limited hours amid price control disputes and expected gains.
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New York State
Cost of Living Council
Buffalo, N.Y
Indiana
St Louis Metropolitan
John T Dunlop
Nixon
Charles Binsted
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Felkhart
South Bend
Mishawaka
Tom Reamer
St. Louis
Missouri
Michigan
Train collision leaves Cass Lake with $2 million damage
Two freight trains on Minnesota's single-track main line collided shortly after 5 am near Cass Lake. The wreck destroyed 200 yards of track, damaged cars and locomotives, but officials said no serious injuries occurred. Crews from Grand Forks and Bemidji treated and released workers. salvage began as police estimated losses around $2 million.
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Cass Lake
Burlington Northern
Burlington Northern Railroad
Dalby
Bemidji Hospital
Superior
Chavez Teamsters truce at hand in California farm dispute
The AFT-CTO was to announce a cease fire between the Teamsters and Cesar Chavez the UFW after three days of bargaining. The deal calls for the Teamsters to drop field hand representation to Chavez's union while keeping control over off farm operations such as packing houses, with uncertainty about contract concessions.
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Washington
Aft-Cto
California
Teamsters Union
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Labor
Teamsters
Chavez
UFW
Meany Fitzsimmons Meet Over Chavez AFL-CIO Split
AFL-CIO President George Meany and Teamsters leader Frank Fitzsimmons held private talks this summer to resolve the conflict between Chavez affili ated union and the independent Teamsters. Fitzsimmons repudiated the Delano pacts and signaled willingness to cancel earlier contracts with table grape growers as part of a settlement effort.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Chavez
Fitzsimmons
Delano
Aflcio
UFW
ITT blast hits Manhattan office and other city incidents
A powerful explosion hit ITT Americas Building in Midtown Manhattan near 50th Street injuring no one and causing window damage. Separate blasts in Rome and San Francisco prompted minimal damage with no linked evidence, while police noted no connection to the Manhattan incident.
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New York
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Manhattan
New York Post
Weather Underground
ITT
Rome
ITT Standard S.A
David Kiernan
San Francisco
ITT American
Madison Avenue
50Th Street
Corporation
Park Avenue
Weatherman
Students For A Democratic Society
Soviet Jews Held by Arab Terrorists Near Vienna
Arab terrorists commandeered a train carrying 37 Soviet Jews at the Austrian Czechoslovak border. Five Jews plus a customs official were taken hostage and driven toward Vienna Airport where negotiations continued. Some reports said fatalities. others reported injuries. The event disrupted Jewish emigration plans and followed a large airlift of Soviet Jews to Israel.
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Vienna
Soviet Union
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Schonau
Israel
Marchegg
Tel Aviv
Foreign Office
Jerusalem
Moscow
Europe
New York
Athens
Jewish Agency
Napsburt
Schoenau
Austria
el al Airlines
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