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Bygones: Superior city employees faced layoffs in 1983
News Tribune, Oct. 12, 1983 As many as 70 Superior city employees could be laid off by the end of the month if their unions won't voluntarily give up some of the wage increases they've just won through arbitration. The City Council ordered Mayor Bruce Hagen to meet with representatives and ask them to give up the increase.
Bygones: World's peat experts met in Minnesota 40 years ago
News Tribune, Oct. 10, 1983 Experts from most of the world's peat-rich nations gather in Bemidji this week to discuss what is known about peat and look at its economic potential. Efforts to develop the state's vast peat resources have grown drastically in recent years. San Francisco band The Tubes performed 95 minutes of theater rock at the Duluth Arena on Saturday night. The band is known for its hits, "She's a Beauty" and "Talk to you Later." News Tribune, Oct. 10, 1953 Duluthian Charles L.
Bygones: In 1983, Duluth's National Iron Co. prepared to go out of business
News Tribune, Sept. 30, 1983 National Iron Co., one of Duluth's oldest heavy industries, is going out of business next month, company officials announced yesterday. The final 45 employees will lose their jobs on Oct. 28 when the firm at 50th Avenue West and Ramsey Street closes. Declining activity in transportation, manufacturing, and finance led the Duluth Business Index for July into a continued summer slump.
Bygones: In 1983, Lake County students kept home in protest
News Tribune, Sept. 29, 1983 Great Lakes shipping is rebounding from the recession of 1982, but it still lags behind the 1981 pace. The Lake Carriers Association reports shipments of iron ore, grain, and coal through August totaled 69.9 million tons, a slight increase over the same period in 1982. Some pupils were kept out of Lake County schools yesterday as parents protested teacher changes and the School Board's refusal to discuss the changes.
Bygones: Wrenshall voted 40 years ago to keep self-rule
News Tribune, Sept. 28, 1983 Residents of Wrenshall Township in Carlton County voted 47-15 last night to keep the self-rule form of township government operating. The move to dissolve the township government had come in a petition from 18 residents, citing rising costs and shrinking revenues. About 1,100 homes in East Superior lost telephone service yesterday afternoon when construction workers accidentally dug up an underground telephone cable near the Nemadji Bridge.
Bygones: Waterfront Flame restaurant opened 40 years ago
News Tribune, Sept. 27, 1983 The new Flame restaurant opened yesterday at Fifth Avenue West and the waterfront in Duluth. The new Flame's art-deco interior design is a marked departure from that of its namesake, which operated on the same site from 1946 until 1973. A proposed minimum-security prison at the Clam Lake site of a former federal Job Corps Center in Chequamegon National Forest has been rejected by the U.S. Forest Service.
Bygones: 100 years ago, Duluth predicted to reach population of 250,000
News Tribune, Sept. 26, 1983 Tomorrow evening, residents of Wrenshall Township will vote to decide if they want to retain their own self-rule form of township government. Money problems, exasperated by expenses from two lawsuits, have prompted the Town Board to hold the vote. The Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra's production of Puccini's "La Boheme," which ended a two-performance run last weekend, was the first of eight more events in the symphony's season.
Bygones: Miss Teen of America Pageant came to Duluth in 1983
News Tribune, Sept. 25, 1983 Stock in the Duluth Growth Co. went on sale this week, and by Friday only about 100,000 of the 300,000 shares remained to be sold. Duluth Growth was formed to bring more businesses to the Twin Ports by buying small companies and moving them here. The Miss Teen of America Pageant is underway in Duluth, and the finals will be tomorrow night in the Arena-Auditorium.
Bygones: Odyssey teen club opened in Duluth 40 years ago
News Tribune, Sept. 23, 1983 Duluth's latest nightspot for junior high and senior high school-aged young people is the Odyssey, at the corner of Lake Avenue and First Street. Tomorrow is the grand opening, with live music from three local high school rock bands. The Duluth City Council will vote next Monday on whether to accept plans for the Interstate 35 extension between 10th and 26th avenues east.
Bygones: Work began on I-35 tunnels 40 years ago
News Tribune, Sept. 22, 1983 Five of nine Duluth city councilors yesterday disagreed with a state transportation official's opposition to adding another exit to the proposed Interstate 35 extension to 26th Avenue East. In the current plan, motorists could exit at Fifth Avenue West and 21st Avenue East. Superior Street between Washington Avenue and Ninth Avenue East in Duluth will be closed for about a year during construction of a 700-foot tunnel for the Interstate 35 extension.
Bygones: A century ago, hundreds were turned away from sold-out Denfeld concert
News Tribune, Sept. 21, 1983 U.S. Steel will end a two-week shutdown next week at its Minntac taconite plant and mine in Mountain Iron and will recall about 1,500 workers. Before the shutdown, Minntac employed 1,950 workers and retained about 350 of those during the shutdown to handle maintenance. The Duluth Charter Commission agreed yesterday to increase city councilors' pay from $25 to $35 for each council meeting and agenda session they attend, with a maximum of $3,600 a year.
Bygones: 40 years ago, Duluth city councilors voted to support nuclear freeze
News Tribune, Sept. 20, 1983 Duluth city councilors yesterday voted unanimously in support of a nuclear freeze and a mutual and verifiable move toward multilateral disarmament. The proposal also included opposition to the deployment of Pershing II and SS20 missiles in Europe and the deployment of the MX missile. Gov. Rudy Perpich visited Silver Bay yesterday and promised short-term help in relocating laid-off workers and long-term aid in attracting new industries.
Bygones: Civilian Conservation Corps alumni visited Northland in 1983
News Tribune, Sept. 19, 1983 Several thousand alumni from the New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps will gather in northern Wisconsin this week for a national reunion and 50th anniversary celebration. They will visit some of the 25 worksites in the region and tour the Nicolet and Chequamegon national forests. The Canal Park Visitors Center and Marine Museum in Duluth opened in 1973 and has since hosted 3.96 million visitors, according to Patrick Labadie, director.
Bygones: A century ago, Duluth engineers came out against billboards
News Tribune, Sept. 18, 1983 In October, the Duluth Air National Guard Base will begin its conversion from reconnaissance to a fighter mission and will get a new name. The base will now be known as the 148th Fighter Interceptor Group instead of the 148th Tactical Reconnaissance Group. Suspense novelist B.W. Battin, who lives at 4305 Pitt St. in Duluth's Lakeside neighborhood, decided to become a novelist about six years ago.
Bygones: Chisholm hosted International Button Box Festival in 1983
News Tribune, Sept. 16, 1983 The Ice Capades will likely return to Duluth in 1984 to prepare for another season, according to the show's local boosters. Ice Capades officials have made temporary reservations to use the Duluth Arena from Aug. 30 through Sept. 9 next year. The first International Button Box Festival will be held this weekend at the Iron Range Interpretive Center near Chisholm.
Bygones: 40 years ago, Hermantown residents rallied against landfill
News Tribune, Sept. 15, 1983 A temporary bridge on state Highway 35 in the Town of Superior has been installed to replace the one that collapsed last weekend. A signal light now regulates traffic on the temporary one-lane bridge, which has a 15-ton limit. About 100 opponents of a landfill site in Hermantown met last night to learn what they can do to keep the landfill from being built. WLSSD officials say the current Rice Lake landfill will be filled by about 1990 and a new one will be needed.
Bygones: 40 years ago, Duluth considered mandatory recycling
News Tribune, Sept. 14, 1983 Duluth Mayor John Fedo and Shirley Swain topped a field of six primary candidates for mayor yesterday and will face off in November's general election. Unofficial counts show Fedo led with 8,276 votes, or 38.6% of total votes, and Swain had 7,317 votes, or 34.1%. Duluth residents may soon be required to separate bottles, cans and paper from their garbage so those items could be recycled.
Bygones: Duluth dog show planned 100 years ago
News Tribune, Sept. 13, 1983 Duluth voters will cast ballots today to narrow the field of candidates in the races for mayor, city councilor at large and state representative in District 8B. After today's votes are counted, two mayoral candidates will emerge to compete in the Nov. 8 general election. Grain is pouring into Twin Ports elevators faster than usual this year, prompting shipping officials to predict a strong finish for the season.
Bygones: Train destroyed Superior highway overpass 40 years ago
News Tribune, Sept. 12, 1983 A 60-foot concrete span of the state Highway 35 overpass in the Town of Superior collapsed yesterday when a train derailed and hit one of the supporting piers. One man was injured when his car fell over the side of the two-lane overpass. The Farmer's Market at 14th Avenue East and Third Street in Duluth has been offering locally grown fruits and vegetables since about 1911.
Bygones: 100 years ago, Duluth aimed to upgrade Park Point firefighting rig
News Tribune, Sept. 11, 1983 The Duluth Audubon Society has revised and expanded its annual celebration of "Hawk Weekend." This year's event will begin tomorrow and run all week and will include, in addition to hawk watching at Hawk Ridge, programs at UMD and at The Depot. About 300 men, women and children rallied and marched through downtown Virginia last night in northern Minnesota's fourth annual "Take Back the Night" demonstration.
Bygones: 100 years ago, Duluth artist depicted fatal mining accident
News Tribune, Sept. 9, 1983 Hibbing Taconite Co. will close on Oct. 15 for the rest of the year, and U.S. Steel will close Minntac in Mountain Iron after tomorrow for two or three weeks. The reason given for the shutdowns is the continued poor demand for taconite. Property owners in Duluth bear the heaviest tax burden among Minnesota's 20 largest cities, the executive director of the Minnesota Taxpayers Association said yesterday.
Bygones: In 1983, Duluth liquor stores stopped selling Russian vodka in protest
News Tribune, Sept. 8, 1983 Duluth's off-sale liquor stores have stopped selling the Russian Stolichnaya brand of vodka for 60 days to protest the downing of a Korean airliner by a Soviet fighter plane. Sixty-one Americans were among the passengers killed when the plane was shot down last week. In February, Warren and Sue Monson purchased the 25-room mansion at 3600 London Road in Duluth and opened it this spring as a bed and breakfast.
Bygones: 40 years ago, Duluth's Glass Block sent decorations to the White House
News Tribune, Sept. 7, 1983 Duluth's Glass Block Store will supply decorations for the Christmas tree representing Minnesota on the White House lawn this Christmas. There will be 57 trees representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and the nation's physically handicapped citizens. The Douglas County Board of Supervisors yesterday discussed a proposal to hire an administrator to oversee the county's day-to-day operations.
Bygones: A century ago, Duluth had more than 20,000 students
News Tribune, Sept. 6, 1983 A controversial project to turn a grain elevator into luxury condominiums may meet Superior City Council resistance today. Two weeks ago, the Superior Harbor Commission voted against the plan, citing concerns over the loss of an industrial site on the harbor. Minnesota's first large-scale peat harvest began last week as part of a $1.5 million project to establish a new industrial base for the Iron Range.
Bygones: 40 years ago, 130 people protested Navy's Project ELF station
News Tribune, Sept. 5, 1983 About 130 people gathered in the woods south of Clam Lake, Wisconsin, yesterday to protest the Navy's Project ELF station. They risked arrest as they blocked a gate to the facility, but as of late yesterday no one had been arrested. Most of the Duluth school district's 13,800 students start back to school this week, and teachers will start work without a new contract.
Bygones: 100,000 expected at Superior fair a century ago
News Tribune, Sept. 4, 1983 Cleveland-based Hanna Mining Co. launched an Employee Participation Program last year at two plants it manages — Butler Taconite in Nashwauk and National Steel Pellet Co. in Keewatin. So far, about 850 Butler and National employees have participated in voluntary problem-solving sessions.
Bygones: 7-story furniture warehouse built in Duluth 100 years ago
News Tribune, Sept. 2, 1983 Reduced demand for iron ore pellets will force Hanna Mining Co. to temporarily close Butler Taconite in Nashwauk, putting 450 people out of work. Company officials say the plant will close at the end of October and resume operations early next spring. UMD students began moving into the former Capehart housing project this week, according to Joseph Michela, housing director.
Bygones: More than 23,000 students enrolled in Duluth schools 100 years ago
News Tribune, Sept. 1, 1983 The Duluth Business Index declined in June for the second month in a row, indicating the regional recovery is stalled. The unexpected decline in June is counter to seasonal trends, which usually show an increase in business activity during the summer. Residents of Chisholm will gather for five days beginning today to remember an event that destroyed the Iron Range community. The Fire Days Festival climaxes on Sept.
Bygones: In 1983, St. Louis County Courthouse received funds for renovation
News Tribune, Aug. 31, 1983 The Fitger Brewery redevelopment project cleared another hurdle yesterday when Duluth's Planning Commission unanimously approved the project's architectural plans. The project's developers — Brewery Limited Partnership Corp. — plan to begin renovation of the brewery by Oct. 15 and open next summer.
Bygones: September 1923 saw 84 divorce cases in Duluth
News Tribune, Aug. 30, 1983 Duluth city officials received approval from the City Council yesterday to apply for a border-city enterprise zone designation that would allow tax breaks for some manufacturing businesses. If the application is approved, up to five years of tax breaks would be available to some employers. The Economic Development Administration has approved a $1.8 million grant to help pay for renovating the Duluth Air Force Base Semi-Automatic Ground Environment building.
Bygones: 100 years ago, Duluth City Hall land purchased for $6K
News Tribune, Aug. 29, 1983 Duluth police officer Joel Lane was named state police pistol champion yesterday at the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association meeting in Mankato. Lane scored better than 200 other police officers, deputies, state troopers and conservation officers in the contest. Fooh Huie defeated Jan Seitz 6-1, 6-2 yesterday for the girls 18-and-under title in the Greater Duluth Junior Tennis Tournament at the Longview Club.
Bygones: A century ago, people from around the country escaped hay fever in Duluth
News Tribune, Aug. 28, 1983 Forty Northlanders boarded a bus in Virginia and Duluth early Friday for the 24-hour trip to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 20th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington. The bus rolled into Washington at about 9 a.m. yesterday. The Duluth Lighthouse for the Blind, 2701 W. Superior St., is a rehabilitation center and workshop for visually impaired people.
Bygones: Pipe organ blessed in West End church 100 years ago
News Tribune, Aug. 26, 1983 In an effort to compete with Sun Belt states for industries, Duluth officials plan to apply for a border city enterprise zone designation. If received, the designation could provide Duluth with up to five years of tax breaks for some manufacturers and related businesses. Developers who plan to turn Duluth's Fitger Brewery into a luxury inn with restaurants and shops have asked for bids from subcontractors.
Bygones: In 1983, UMD leased housing complex from Air Force
News Tribune, Aug. 25, 1983 UMD is expected to lease the now-vacant Capehart housing complex on Arrowhead Road in Duluth from the Air Force this week. The university plans to house students in 60 of the 241 Capehart units during the coming school year. Officials from Superior's Barko Hydraulics Corp. are waiting for word on whether the firm will win a federal defense subcontract worth between $90 million and $150 million.
Bygones: West Duluth JC Penney opened 100 years ago
News Tribune, Aug. 24, 1983 A proposal to build a large downtown bus stop for Duluth Transit Authority buses was approved yesterday by the authority. Under the plan, the "super stop" will be built on both sides of Superior Street in front of the Holiday Mall. The Sky Harbor Airport on Park Point has been awarded a $504,000 federal grant for improvement of a runway and construction of a taxiway. The grant will also be used to add runway lights and slope indicators and to relocate a service road.
Bygones: 40 years ago, Superior shot down plan for condos
News Tribune, Aug. 23, 1983 Striking telephone workers in Northeastern Minnesota will end their 17-day strike and return to work this week if regional contract negotiations are settled. Talks between AT&T's subsidiary Bell companies and the Communications Workers of America are expected to be completed by tomorrow. Superior harbor commissioners yesterday decided converting the abandoned Elevator O to condominiums would be a waste of industrial waterfront property.
Bygones: In 1983, farmers donated food to low-income Duluthians
News Tribune, Aug. 22, 1983 The College of St. Scholastica is offering a new Student Entrepreneurship Program for students who are interested in starting their own businesses when they graduate. The program is limited to 15 full-time St. Scholastica students in their junior or senior years. Fresh farm and garden produce will be distributed to low-income Duluthians this week.
Bygones: 40 years ago, engineering firm planned branch in Duluth
News Tribune, Aug. 21, 1983 Six engineers who formerly worked at Honeywell Corp. and have formed an electronics firm called C & G Associates plan to open a branch in Duluth. They have been working with U.S. Rep. James Oberstar and are hoping to open the Duluth factory by mid-September. Three years ago, Ashland native Lesa Lee was studying theater at UWS.
Bygones: 40 years ago, Duluthians owed $1.5 million in unpaid water and gas bills
News Tribune, Aug. 19, 1983 The Duluth City Council next week will consider a resolution that would stop the Water and Gas Department from shutting off service to low-income people with unpaid bills. Bills currently owed to the department total about $1.5 million, city officials say. Some $7 million will be spent by Boise Cascade Corp. to clean up air pollution at its paper mill in International Falls.
Bygones: In 1983, Minnesota approved peat mining lease
News Tribune, Aug. 18, 1983 The Minnesota Executive Council yesterday approved a 25-year lease with a Swedish firm for peat mining. The council, headed by Gov. Rudy Perpich, approved the lease for the Rosjo Torv firm of Sweden to mine 2,625 acres of peat near Zim in St. Louis County. A rail car shortage is contributing to a drop in ridership on Amtrak's North Star passenger train between Duluth and the Twin Cities.
Bygones: 40 years ago, plan for Duluth motorhome plant fell through
News Tribune, Aug. 17, 1983 Duluth Mayor John Fedo said yesterday the city is out of the Wheat Motor Co. deal. Donald Wheat, meanwhile, is meeting with potential investors in Minneapolis to raise $1 million for a new plan to locate his motorhome factory in Duluth. Duluth City Councilor Thomas Huntley yesterday put his name in the running for the legislative seat being vacated by Rep. Thomas Berkelman.
Bygones: 100 years ago, Minnesota's governor traveled to North Shore to escape hay fever
News Tribune, Aug. 16, 1983 Duluth city councilors yesterday delayed purchase of the former American Hoist & Derrick Co. plant as part of the Wheat Motor Co. deal. Talks with Donald Wheat about opening a motorhome factory in Duluth broke down last week. The Duluth City Council voted yesterday to accept more than $1.5 million from the state for an emergency jobs program.
Bygones: 100 years ago, Duluth kids participated in DNT pushmobile contest
News Tribune, Aug. 15, 1983 Gold fever is spreading into Minnesota after a rich Canadian gold deposit was recently discovered about 200 miles from Minnesota's northeastern tip. State officials say parts of northern Minnesota are geologically similar enough to the Canadian gold strike area to start a wave of prospecting. The spirit of small-town America was present in Two Harbors yesterday during the season's final concert of the Two Harbors City Band.
Bygones: Foreclosures surged in Northland 40 years ago
News Tribune, Aug. 14, 1983 Despite half-empty airplanes, Midstate Airlines officials say their effort to tap Duluth's air-travel market is on target after a year of operating in the city. Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the 12-plane regional airline's service to the Duluth International Airport. Mortgage foreclosures in St. Louis and Douglas counties are increasing as jobless workers exhaust unemployment benefits and fall behind on house payments.
Bygones: Duluth's Tifereth Israel Synagogue dedicated 100 years ago
News Tribune, Aug. 12, 1983 U.S. District Judge Donald Alsop decided yesterday not to halt construction of the Interstate 35 extension through downtown Duluth. Lakeshore Bypass Committee members had asked Alsop for a temporary injunction to stop construction on the extension until their lawsuit challenging the project was resolved. The Duluth International Airport has received approval of a $1.7 million Federal Aviation Administration grant for safety improvement projects.
Bygones: In 1923, houses torn down to build West Duluth Memorial Park
News Tribune, Aug. 11, 1983 Work is scheduled to resume today at many building sites around Duluth after striking construction laborers reached contract settlements with 10 contractors yesterday. But the laborers' 16-day strike is continuing against five other contractors who didn't sign the agreements. The second leg of the 540-mile Tour of Minnesota bicycle race ended yesterday in West Duluth, and the third leg begins at 9 a.m. today in Canal Park.
Bygones: In 1983, Paulucci mulled expansion of pizza plant
News Tribune, Aug. 10, 1983 Jeno Paulucci said yesterday he won't move his newly purchased Chef Saluto pizza plant to Duluth but that he might expand it here. Paulucci was in Duluth yesterday discussing how to bring jobs to Northeastern Minnesota, including the possible expansion of the pizza plant. Kenwood Shopping Center merchants will be celebrating the 27th annual Krazy Days starting tomorrow.
Bygones: 100 years ago, Duluth grocers closed stores, threw picnic
News Tribune, Aug. 9, 1983 Owners of C & G Associates, specialists in the design of electronic systems, said yesterday they plan to establish a manufacturing plant in Duluth. The plant, which could employ up to 350 people, would likely be located in the vacant Jeno's building on Lake Avenue. Between 10,000 and 15,000 independent loggers and timber industry representatives are expected to attend the 38th annual Lake States Logging Congress in Duluth ON Sept. 8-10.
Bygones: 40 years ago, Iron Range job listings were shown on cable TV
News Tribune, Aug. 8, 1983 The nationwide strike by communication workers yesterday slowed operator-assisted telephone service in Northeastern Minnesota, but union leaders predict the real problems will begin today when business operations resume. Officials say the strike could hamper many facets of Northwestern Bell's Duluth-area phone service. Iron Range residents seeking employment can now search job openings by turning on cable television.
Bygones: 100 years ago, Duluth stores closed to honor Warren G. Harding
News Tribune, Aug. 7, 1983 Lagging demand for grain and taconite is keeping this year's Twin Ports shipping near last year's level, despite signs of a national economic recovery. But local experts say recent U.S. trade agreements could boost Twin Ports tonnage over the next several years. Sunny skies yesterday helped draw crowds to the 36th annual Duluth International Folk Festival in Leif Erikson Park.
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