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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1977
Page
4
A Pioneer Opinion Page piece catalogs free services for lawmakers from health care and travel to steamer trunks and funerals, contrasting official costs with estimates of hidden expenses. It notes Senate and House office structures, staff allowances, and rising employment, totaling about a billion dollars annually for Congress.
Washington report notes a push to cut back on flashy limousines as President Carter targets gas guzzlers while Senate leadership trims committee counts and boosts staff costs. It also recaps a Timbuktu fact finding trip where Rep Solarz and colleagues endured extreme heat and mosquito-plagued lodging.
The Social Security Administration faces a potential computer crime scare as experts assess if misused terminals and unlocked keystations allowed fraudulent payments. GAO and HEW audits flag weak security, with 59 of 69 keystations left unlocked overnight and 33 in unsecured areas, prompting steps to tighten controls.
John Lofton Jr. argues that ZPG advocates misrepresent data on birth rates and population growth. He cites declining fertility, net migration, and slower total population growth from 1974 to 1976, and contrasts U.S. sparsity with Europe and Asia while warning against federal population control plans and “Huxleyan” social engineering.
AP reports 375 to 425 properties valued at over 1.5 billion will be offered in the Waldorf Astoria on June 28 with 150 buyers and sellers. Gerald Jackson envisions a national real estate exchange akin to stock markets, expanding offices in Houston Atlanta San Francisco and future Chicago and Los Angeles sites.
New York AP notes the Council on Economic Priorities released The Pollution Audit, rating 50 industrials on pollution abatement. Owens-Illinois, Armco, Atlantic Richfield and Pacific Gas & Electric praised. Great Northern Nekoosa, Gulf, Texaco, Republic, National and Central Maine Power among poorer performers.
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