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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1971
Page
2
The SST debate becomes a numbers game with figures like 85 million 478 million and 1 billion as supporters and opponents offer varying costs. Congress wavers between approval and rejection and the issue remains unsettled as lawmakers revisit major decisions.
Ornithologists report on Dry Tortugas Island in 1969 a few hundred living tern chicks and many dead eggs caused by sonic booms from U.S. jets. A year later after flights stopped, counts exceed 20,000 young birds. The study links sonic concussion to early mortality and suggests SST is not for the birds.
A Gallup College Survey finds 23 percent of males favor long hair above the ear, 20 percent wear it over the ear but not to the shoulder, and seven percent go to the full length. Yet 45 percent still prefer traditional shorter styles, including crewcuts, leaving the totals puzzling to readers.
A New York City couple in their early 20s lives rent free in a rent controlled Lower Manhattan apartment while unemployed and on welfare. They improvise daily using stolen goods and free services, ride paid with others’ coins, and attend free public events. They mock the system with a day of petty schemes and a picket line at the Federal Building.
A 1971 Minnesota Senate session stalled for 10 days over a defeated incumbent's complaint about a Palmer victory. Liberals blocked action, reducing tax relief and delaying measures as leaders Rosenmeier and Wright were ousted. The House trimmed welfare funds, while the Senate debated ethics, party designation, and public employee strikes, with calls for higher taxes and a value added tax.
AP report shows April consumer price index at 120.2 with grocery prices up nine tenths of a percent and housing, transportation, and services contributing smaller gains. Pay gains for 72,000 workers cited from cost of living clauses.
Petitioners allege five ward councilman Doug Peterson aided understanding of land parcels while denying he supplied petition procedures. They praise his time and effort and thank Councilman Marv Hailey for voting in their deannexation bid.
Leonard R. Dickinson notes a Pioneer poll showing over 80 percent oppose regionalism while Falk still supports it. The same poll indicates 77 percent back a bounty on predators, yet Falk acts as if obligations to Beltrami County come first. Author James Michener remarks at Kent State University about sending children to college.
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