Bemidji City Seeks Fair County Share in Budget Debates
Bemidji council debates county funding parity amid 1978 budget review. They push for 10 20 percent revenue sharing to city needs including airport and parks. Public hearing on $138000 federal revenue sharing yields allocations for street equipment police and fire gear and park improvements.
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Beltrami County Board
Doug Peterson
Counci
Larry Dow
Parks and Recreation
Diamond Point
Cameron Parks
Minnesota tourism shows gains in first half 1977
Tourism figures in Minnesota rise despite poor snow and energy worries. Highway traffic up 5.1 percent and gasoline deliveries up 5 percent. state information centers visits up 15 percent. Commissioner Lee Vann cites an 8 percent growth trend, with Duluth and Twin Cities hotel receipts up 7.4 and 9 percent respectively.
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Minnesota
Lee Vann
Acm
Vann
Tis Departments
Duluth
Twin Cities
EPA engineer urges Bemidji action on sewage system costs
EPA engineer Erv Kugelman told Bemidji citizens the cost of wastewater treatment has risen sharply and urged building a system now. He warned about the high price of phosphorus removal and discussed mechanical chemical versus land-based approaches while EPA plans an environmental impact study due in April.
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Hob Tucker
Weller
Beng
Erv Kugelman
Citizens Committee
J. W. Smith Auditorium
Bemidji
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Standart
Lave Lange
Kugelman
Bemid
Pollution Control Agency
PCA
John Hensel
Carter Welfare plan costs questioned by AP study
An Associated Press analysis questions the Carter welfare package cost. Using the president’s figures, added costs could reach 79 billion annually, with estimates ranging up to 80 to 120 billion. Experts cite uncertainties in participation, Medicaid integration, and tax changes.
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Carter
Evans Witt
Associated Press
Washington
Russell Long
Dla
Mike Barth
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wald Saat Ce
Riots Roil Bogota as Nationwide Strike Shocks Colombia
Police clash with rioters in Bogota during a 21 hour strike that toppled calm nationwide. Fifteen people died and more than 120 were injured as looting sprees and clashes erupted against President Alfonso Lopez' government.
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Bogota
Colombia
Alfonso Lopez
Minimum wage hike headed to Senate approval
Washington lawmakers push a bill to raise the federal minimum wage by 73 cents an hour over three years. The House approved raising the wage from the current $3.00 to $3.05 by 1980, affecting about 3.1 million workers and yielding roughly $14 extra per 40 hour work week.
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Washington
Senate
House
South African unrest sparks mourning services for Steve Biko
Angered white students and churchmen plan services across South Africa for Steve Biko the black leader who died in hospital. Demands rise for an inquest and a crackdown by the minority government follows riot arrests as 1 200 mourners gather in Fort Hare.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Steve Biko
Fort Hare
Bemidi School Bond Plan Aims at New Buildings and Additions
Bemidi Public Schools prepare a November bond proposal to fund a new junior high seventh and eighth grades building a northern elementary replacing Pleasant Valley two new elementaries adding to Horace May and Northern schools and an east side Lake Bemidji two section elementary one growth section Lincoln walking school and possible sixth grade neighborhood alignment. The plan aims to ease crowding at the junior high and high schools and address rising enrollment with estimated funding of 5 to 7 million dollars following task force and board endorsement.
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Jerry Doggett
Low Wangberg
Bemidi
Wangberg
Citize
Pleasant Valley
Lake Bemidji
Lincoln
Horace May
Brant
Remigii
Northern Township to vote on zoning and land use plan
Voters in Northern Township will decide on a zoning and land use plan at the Sept 27 ballot alongside the election of a Fifth District County Commissioner. The measure requires a 7 percent majority to pass and a Sept 21 informational meeting will discuss details with speakers from county and local planning groups.
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Norther Township
Toe
Board of Supervisors
Northern School
Billide
Wayne Alsop
Bemidni Township
Dick Lee
Neal Lindseth
Turtle River Township
Marlin Buehler
Dick DeVries
Northern Township
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