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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1972
Page
4
The piece notes Life’s demise amid booming niche magazines and the rise of specialty titles from Ms to hobby journals. It cites publishers betting on targeted audiences while lamenting the loss of a broad, shared national mirror once provided by Life and similar general interest magazines.
The Pioneer prints second graders letters to Santa from Northern School. Children request toys like rock em sock em robots walkie talkies and a big candycane. They ask about elves, Christmas trees, and Santa’s upcoming Bemidji visits.
Santa and Qonik learn the Ice King harms all by believing he is unloved. Santa plans to wed him a wife but needs the eight reindeer first. They reunite with Oonik and a bear to reach the Sun Daughter, who rejects the Ice King for coldness. The scene ends with Santa's team soaring east to bring joy. Readers send letters to Santa with Christmas wishes.
Henry F. Fischer, 34, elected Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor chairman, said he may drop his campaign pledge to shave his full beard after a mixed reception from the state central committee. He won with 317 votes, defeating Michael J. Sullivan and Will A. Sandstrom, and succeeds Richard Moe as Mondale’s aide in Washington. Fischer’s term runs to the 1974 DFL convention. the post pays $19,700 annually. He is a South Haven native with ties to the University of Minnesota.
A Pioneer photographer describes moving into a new facility and attempting to develop film in a dark closet. He fumbles steps, trips over pipes, falls into a sink, ruins reels, and finally finishes with light on. He jokes that the only lasting gain is a belly button that won’t fade and asks Santa for a proper darkroom.
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