07 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1977
Page
1
The Postal Service reports a 652 million deficit for the year ending Sept. 30 and signals possible service reductions. Planned actions include ending Saturday mail and closing small post offices to curb rising costs.
Brainerd Undertakes 12 Million Redevelopment After 1969 East Side Mall Shift. City officials and merchants push a major project begun in 1974, tearing up blocks to install pipes and utilities while aging sidewalks and stores faced relocation. Community pride grows as plans consider Bemidji trade area viability for a Paul Bunyan mall.
Bemidji stores mainly tap half the sale potential in the local trade area, a 1976 Bordner Consultants study for Paul Bunyan Mall developers finds. It projects untapped space of 110000 to 130000 square feet for general merchandise, while the Paul Bunyan Mall blueprint calls for 199159 square feet, a substantial size for Bemidji.
The Beltrami County Board Tuesday formalized a 508000 distribution from federal revenue sharing funds. City of Bemidji and Beltrami County Senior Citizens Council received less than requested. $12500 goes to Bemidji airport extension. $6000 for a senior center if built. $100000 deputies salaries and $50000 other county salaries. A nursing home study was authorized amid a housing beds shortage across Jeltrami Cass Hubbard counties.
United Nations debate focuses on a proposed resolution involving Amin and all five Linavian nations. The World-Communist majority backs swift action, with expected start later this week as the General Assembly prepares to discuss the measure.
Newly released CIA documents show the agency prepared scouting reports on college campuses during the Vietnam War to aid recruiters. The records indicate an effort to anticipate potential harassment and violence by analyzing university publications and coordinating with local authorities.
Carmine Berardinelli 34 faced an administrative complaint after allegedly burying as many as 40 infants in a single casket across three New Jersey cemeteries over 60 years until August 1973. State claims the practice was his routine under contract with public funeral service officials.
Washington officials plan to end a decade-old rule that barred asking applicants for sex race and ethnicity information on federal job forms. The policy reversal aims to monitor discrimination and ensure affirmative action goals are met by agencies.
The FBI released 40 001 pages detailing minute by minute actions after Kennedy's assassination. It confirms J Edgar Hoover's early assessment that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and describes Cuba related leads and a postmarked Havana letter to Oswald. The material offered little new insight into conspiracy theories or decisive clues.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency board voted to ask the U S Army to retrieve at least six of 1 437 barrels dumped into Lake Superior in the 1960s to analyze contents and fund a water quality sampling program in suspected locations. The barrels reportedly contain scrap metal from a Honeywell ordnance project and may pose no threat, but costs for a full search were deemed high.
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