29 Jun 1973
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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
1
The Pioneer announces its Question Mart to solve readers problems and answer sticky questions. It offers to act as a go-between to cut through red tape and, on request, plead cases to proper authorities.
Public alcohol consumption is a misdemeanor with up to a $300 fine. A Bemidji city ordinance prohibits drinking anywhere the public is invited, including beaches, parks, streets and buildings.
Concerned citizens asked for the total cost to close and move the Pinewood Ranger Station. John S. Rodewald explains Pinewood District’s 1969 closure due to low workload and statewide staffing analysis, with assets moved to Bemidji Bagley Kabetogama Grygla Wannaska and notes about costs likely handled by the Department of Administration. He asserts efforts were reasonable and fire response remained adequate.
The Upper Mississippi Mental Health Center faces funding trouble as Beltrami County balks at the 1973 74 budget amid a plan to lease seven staff cars. The six county consortium must approve their shares for state matching funds, with Beltrami and Cass counties delaying. If Beltrami withholds, the center risks losing most funding unless it reconfigures the arrangement.
President Nixon plans a five percent cut in personal energy use and a seven percent government cut, plus a major reorganization to create a Department of Energy and Natural Resources and a new ERDA to absorb atomic programs. He also outlines measures to curb fuel use, including slower highway speeds, less summer cooling, and lower winter heating, with a five year ten billion dollar federal energy research program starting fiscal 1975.
Communist forces pushed along Highway 6 driving government troops from another town north of Phnom Penh. In South Vietnam, Viet Cong hold two Canadian peacekeepers and seek their release. West Germany revalued the mark up 5 percent against eight European currencies as the dollar slumped to new lows.
Bagley’s 75th Anniversary Celebration launches Sunday with Faith of Our Fathers Day and a religious observance. A softball tourney, street square dancing, contests, and a Friday to Saturday lineup of parades, ball, pageants, and bargains fill four days at the Bagley Fairground. youths and button wearers enjoy free admission to most events.
John E. Ingersoll quit today as chief of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs accusing Haldeman and Ehrlichman of pressuring him out. He said he would have accepted independence from the White House and sought the DEA top post if assured of autonomy. The BNDD merges into the new DEA under Justice, but no leader is in place and top-level work is in confusion.
Charles E. Carson deputy director of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency resigns saying the governor's office shows little interest in environmental improvement. He warned the Environmental Quality Council could undermine PCA powers while urging a PCA funded study on asbestos fibers in Lake Superior water supplies.
Jimmy Hoffa’s influence echoes in the Teamsters 33 month contract with the trucking industry. The wage deal adds 95 cents an hour plus expanded fringe benefits for about 400 000 drivers. Frank E Fitzsimmons pushed the shorter than three year term as ratification awaits.
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