Bemidji Daily Pioneer (Newspaper) - February 17, 1971, Bemidji, Minnesota B VOLUME Number 255 FIFTEEN CENTS PER COPY MINNESOTA Feb. 17. Council Hears HUD Freeze Greatly Affects City HERE Norman Luboff directed by Norman will be at Bemidji High School Auditorium at p.m. tonight for a concert sponsored by the Bemidji State College Cultural Arts famed choir has made more than has appeared in hundreds ol concert and is world renowned for the vast repertoire they present the concert audience. Tickets are available at the door for per adult and for To Present Budget n Tax Team Visits on Tl A campaigning to win support for Gov. Wendell R. Anderson's recent tax proposals and state budget will be in Bemidji Thursday for a no- host luncheon at the Sveden House at p.m. Attending the luncheon will be Thomas budget Gerald planning agency G. Theodore chancellor of the Minnesota State College and Tom vice chancellor of Education The four expected to defend and discuss the governor's tax reform package and state budget for the next will be present for a press conference following the Many local business and community leaders are ex- to attend the The event is open to the The tax team's appearance here is part of a statewide campaign by the governor to win support for his tax program disclosed early in the legislative Budget and planning agency directors LaVella and Christenson accompanied Anderson recently to at which time Anderson defended his budget and tax According to a Duluth Anderson said Tuesday that of the additional million in taxes he is million or 83 per cent will return to local units of primarily school districts and thus reduce and property taxes upon which they are currently He called his proposals because they shift the tax burden from real estate to those best able to according to the Duluth The Duluth newspaper quoted the governor as saying his plan is winning the support of som Conservative as well as Liberal state legislators and that he was pleased with the reaction he has received during his trips around the Anderson's trip to Duluth was the fourth major stop in his campaign to win approval of his Pioneer City The Housing and Urban Development Administration freeze on federal grant applications will greatly effect the City of according to City Manager Rudy reporting at last night's city council Although it was originally believed that approval of the State Planning would be enough to satisfy the HUD requirement that the ap be approved by a regional planning Mikulich was informed this week by the agency's assistant director that such is not the According to the there must fie a legally authorized planning organization with planning over the area which is now built up and likely to be built up within the next 20 In the organization must have a comprehensive planning program and at least one time professional staff Applications Affected The freeze will affect the current application for federal funds for the development of a well field in the area of the airport and to extend sewer to the site planned for Also affected will be a planned grant for a sewer and water project in the as well as a grant for tertiary treatment facilities at the city sewage A ding grant to expand Cameron Park is also effected by the Alter discussing the the council agreed to contact the State which has it assistance in the matter It appears that a delay of up to a year can be expected on the water and sewer project grant now HUD wants the grants approved by a regional planning and although one is currently being set up for the five county it would be some time before a lull time professional person is lound and It would also some time before a comprehensive ng program could be developed Liquor License Joe owner of the appeared at the meeting and submitted his planned expenditures for developing his establishment into an liquor He has applied for an on- sale liquor City Manager Rudy Mikulich reported that the sale of the municipal lounge has not yet finalized and that the buyer is waiting to see if the Suman license would be granted Also at last night's meeting the council approved the form ol the lots for the March it election It allowed one for councilman at large to change the way his name will appear on the ballot and agreed on the two questions that will In- asked about the city bus lines the quest ions will IM- Should the city sub the bus service and should the service continue Tax Ordinance First reading was given on an ordinance which would allow taxicab licenses to expire on Dec HI ol the year issued Chairman of the City Planning appeared at the meeting and reported that the college parking committee and the planning commission had decided that parking on Bir Drive from Hth to Streets should be at least on one side ot the street The council instructed Mikulich to restrict parking on the east side of the street Representatives ol the Igloo Snowmobile ol appeared at the meeting and their assistance to help police city streets tor snow mo bile or n an ce violators They also requested that they be part ol any changes in Ihe current ordinance Mikulich also reported on a letter trom County informing him that has ap tn establish a regional Task Force project will bo entirely bv federal money under the ol Act established the program would make HO trained men available to any city or county in the region in the event ot a civil or natural disaster The program would cost local government nothing New Sign Chamber of Commerce Secretary Rogers reported that the Minnesota Department of Development has financed a sign that has been erected on hird Street near tne telephone booths on Bemidji Avenue In other cilman Marvin Haiby brought up the subject of a hole in Irvine Avenue at about 24th Street The city street crews will repair the he was informed Senior Complain Councilman Ralph Moberg brought up the fact that several senior cit living at the Northland Apartments had complained ot a truck left running near the Apparently the diesel exhaust luines were harmful to some of the residents of the apartments because the apartment air intake was near the trucks exhaust The city police will handle the matter Mayor Ned Goodwin reported that the Park Board met Tuesday afternoon and elected Willis Stittsworth its chairman and Jim Sharpe Doug Peterson brought up the matter of the central city park and restroom facility and will bring the matter before the city Planning Commission next Monday night and the Parking Committee at its next New Buses School Board ear Wendy Fpr Alternate Tax Plan SAIGON The United States has stepped up its reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam but they have failed to detect any significant increase in enemy supply movements military sources has informed U.N. envoy Gunnar V. Jarring that it will pledge compliance with the Security Council's 1967 resolution on the Middle East if Israel does Cairo s authoritative newspaper WASHINGTON The nation's economy inched ahead sluggishly last month still not responding to President Nixon's ambitious expansion a new government report WASHINGTON The Nixon administration aims T its opening arguments for a increase in the national debt limit at a committee dominated by Democrats as hearings open in the House Ways and Means DULUTH Gov. Wen dell R. Anderson has Republican to come up with alternatives to his tax to fund a billion budget for the next two Anderson said in Duluth day he would not debate vidual legislators on the merit of his House Majority leader Ernest Lindstrom had accepted an offer by a Duluth radio and television station to hose a debate between the ernor and Anderson said he is not ready to compromise a tax proposal aimed at increasing revenue by He said he is ing for Republicans who prove to come up with one of their far 1 haven't seen thing from Anderson The governor said his proposal is gathering support from Con- servatives as well as in the legislature Anderson that business are not en- about his tax particularly his proposal for a one per cent increase in cor- Anderson said his reasonable and makes sense because it shifts the tax den from intolerable and re- real estate taxes to those best able to Lindstrom said that he has no quarrel with Anderson's goal of reducing property Lindstrom added that the over- all tax burden imposed by the governor would put Minnesota at a disadvantage in attracting new industry to the with some changes in spending coupled with some spending restrictions can there be any permanent relief on property tuxes for that on any other Lindstrom He said it. that some restrictions on local spending be added to cuts in state Aides to Anderson said day there is little change the governor will accept the lenge from Lindstrom to de- bate because the majority er has not produced a genuine alternative to the Anderson Directors of School District No. 21 in Bemidji adopted the school calendar for 1971 1972 and bought four school buses at its meeting Tuesday night in the district's administration The board adopted an 180-day calendar starting with a pre- school workshop Aug. 2fi and ending on June 2. First day of school for students would be Aug. 30. The calendar includes a ten clay vacation at Christmas starting Dec 24 with school re- opening Jan. 3 and a ten day vacation at Kaster with school Twin City Banks Set Lower Rates MINNEAPOLIS Four large commercial banks in neapolis and St. Paul followed the latest in a series of wide prime rate reductions The prime rate was cut a quarter per to per by First National Bank of First National Bank of St. Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis and American National Bunk of St. The prime rate is the interest charged the most corporate Officers of the other large commercial western National of St. Paul and National of were to meet today to de- cide on a closing on Good March and April Hi School will also be closed Oct. 21 and 22 for the conventions of the various teacher Nov. 25 and 26 for Feb. 18-21 for President's Day and May 29 for Memorial There will be no day off for deer hunting because of the uncertainty of the Low bid for four school buses was awarded Thorson In at for the four Tim's Implement submitted a bid for GMC buses at Dibble and Bob Lowth Two ol the units will have Thomas bodies and two will have Carpenter bodies of trade-in differences which will give the school district a saving of The two Thomas bodies will cost less for ins and the two Carpenter bodies will cost less for trade ins Total cost for the bodies will be The board also voted to enter into a lease agreement with the Methodist Church to rent rooms in its education building for the district's special education program R. J. Welle Joins Local Bank Robert J. former senior vice president and director of the St. Cloud National Bank and Trust has been named vice president and a member of the board of the First National Bank of it was announced Welle was named to his new posts at a meeting of the local J. bank's board of directors brother of K. J. Welle who is also a vice- president at First National and son of former President N. A. has already assumed duties at the Bemidji Prior to coming to Bemidji this Welle had been associated with St. Cloud National Bank lor 215 In announcing St. Cloud Bank President Donald N. Parent and Board Chairman Daniel J. Fouquette made the following departure means we arc losing one of the hank's most valued Not only has he been a capable but he has also been a useful we understand his motivation to join the bank with which his family has been identified for many the officers regret losing him and have insisted that he continue as one of our directors Welle served in the U S Marine Corps during World War II and after his discharge with the rank of first he St. John's University in Collegeville to complete his bachelor of arts He is also a graduate of the Central States School of Banking at the University of Welle brings a wealth of banking experience to his of- fices at First He has been president of the Sixth District Bankers Association and an instructor at the American Institute of and he currently serves as vice president of the St. Cloud Clearinghouse Active in civic Welle is serving as a member of the St. Cloud Housing and Redevelopment He is a past president of the St. Cloud Jaycees and received that organization's Distinguished Service Welle and his w ifc have seven three of whom will make their home in The family will move here at the conclusion of the school WASHINGTON Senate investigators testify about charges a syndicate of American businessmen used kickbacks and lavish gifts to corrupt U.S. officials and capture a share of the millions spent by GIs in service as hearings open before the Senate's permanent in- WASHINGTON The promoter who minded loans of millions of Barbers Union pension his associate and the president of the union have been in- on charges of kickback FT. Ga. The trial of Lt. William L. Jr. wallowed today in the murky area of his ability three years ago to judge the legality of an order to kill in the devastation of My ST. The Senate Elections Committee voted 10-7 today to dismiss unfair campaign charges against Sen. Richard with minority also favoring the dismissal hut disagreeing on the wording of a report to the full WASHINGTON The Nixon administration today lowered the maximum allowable interest rate on mortgages to 7 per cent in a further move to bolster the reviving housing The cut is the third in the past three months and brings the mortgage interest rate back down to WASHINGTON President Nixon says it is essential the United States maintain an adequate armed force until Russia agrees to an arms control Proposed ST PAUL State and local highway department would be limited in the amount of salt and chemicals they could use on roads if a approved by the Senate High way Committee is passed The sponsored Sen. Kenneth St Louis prohibits use of salt ex cept on intersections or speed roadways where vehicle traction is particularly Lower Bail Set for Tuttle Bail bond for Stanley 24. 710 Woodland Avr was lowered today in Bemidji Municipal Court from to also requested a preliminary hearing on the charge of illegal possession of a narcotic drug marijuana and it was set lor March 3 in Municipal William a public defender from Grand Rapids was appointed to defend Tuftle Old Man Winter creates some unusual and this scene at on North Highway 71. in catch the About two dozen buried under snow for this The pattern was throughout the massive lot with ferent types of heavy by Ken
