Bygones for Dec. 23, 2009

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December 22, 2009 at 11:00 PM

News Tribune

Dec. 23, 1969

The Superior Board of Education will discuss ways to reduce 1970 expenditures by $500,000 when they meet tonight in the Blaine School. The budget needs to conform to the $4,991,136 limit set by the City Council.

The Coast Guard cutter Woodrush should be headed back to Duluth today after cutting through 25 miles of 2-inch ice to deliver personnel and supplies to the Manitou Island lighthouse near the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior. News Tribune

Dec. 23, 1989

Duluth-based Maurices confirmed yesterday it has agreed to buy the vacant Wahl's department store building at 117 W. Superior St. and will convert most of the four-story structure into office space. The downtown landmark has been vacant since August 1987.

The Duluth-Superior port unofficially closed for business yesterday as the Indiana Harbor left bound for Ashtabula, Ohio, marking an early end to the 1989 shipping season. The early closing is caused by difficult ice conditions because of the extreme cold. Researched by the Reference & Information staff at the Duluth Public Library. Call 730-4202 or click on Ask Us at www.duluth.lib.mn.us

Bygones for Dec. 23, 2009

News Tribune Dec. 23, 1969 The Superior Board of Education will discuss ways to reduce 1970 expenditures by $500,000 when they meet tonight in the Blaine School. The budget needs to conform to the $4,991,136 limit set by the City Council. The Coa...