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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1971
Page
1
Reports from New York Moscow Washington Saigon and St Paul summarize bridge closings due to strikes lunar space treaty talks detailed space vehicle description and calls for restraint, Laos budget debates, ongoing US forces actions in Vietnam, and new Tennessee tax credit law for nonpublic school parents.
Federal and state agencies launch a full scale investigation into the crash of a small plane that injured two girls at a suburb beach near St. Paul Minnesota.
Minnesota Governor Wendell Anderson signed a measure offering parents a 100 dollar per pupil tax credit for nonpublic school tuition while opponents question its constitutionality. The plan targets about 120000 students in 400 schools and could cost 21 million over two years. Emergency aid of 4.3 million was allocated to 28 districts to help balance 1970 71 budgets, with Centennial Anoka County receiving the largest share.
After pressure and a looming deadline, Bemidji City Council votes 4-3 to sanction Region 2 a regional planning commission. The move follows Governor Anderson establishing Region 2 and a June 23 deadline for a functioning commission.
Governor Wendell Anderson signed the bulk of the leftover bills from the 1971 regular session, approving 341 million for welfare and corrections, 350 million for higher education, 176 million for the state highway department, and 5.6 million for semistate activities while leaving school aid and state employee pay raises unresolved. Senate and House education committees weighed school aid bills as hearings on the tax program continued.
A bipartisan Minnesota Senate group holds private exploratory talks to craft a compromise tax package. They consider repealing the reciprocity tax law and weigh sales tax hikes amid Gov. Anderson’s resistance and House plans.
In Washington the Senate nears a new Laos controversy as Sen. Symington pushes a 200 million dollar ceiling on American outlays. The State Department confirms U S support to forces in Laos, while Symington and Fulbright argue funding may violate a law. The closed session lasted over three hours.
The official statement of receipts and expenditures for Beltrami County in 1970 appears in today’s Pioneer. The eight page tabloid report lists each department and the amounts paid for services, plus an itemized earnings listing for each employee. The format follows a deparmentalized approach recommended by the public examiner.
The Bemidji city council spent four hours in a late session approving the $35,000 purchase of the Saar Motor Co building at 314 Minnesota Ave for use as a parking lot and possibly a public restroom. The plan would add about 33 off street spaces after razing the structure. The council also endorsed a Bemidji Bus Lines fare increase and approved land for a new off sale liquor outlet near Irvine Ave and Highway 2 West. An extra $12,000 was authorized to pave parking lots and walls at the new fire hall with Nasvik Construction handling the work.
Officials say missing instrument landing system contributed to Allegheny Convair 580 wreck near Tweed New Haven Airport. Fog and a power line strike capped a fatal crash that killed 28 of 31 aboard. survivors and crew faced serious injuries as flight recorders were recovered for analysis.
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