Bygones for Aug. 9

By news@duluthnewstribune.com

August 08, 2012 at 11:00 PM

News Tribune

Aug. 9, 1972

A tentative proposal to build a Personal Rapid Transit monorail system in the city was outlined yesterday in Duluth. Members of a University of Minnesota Task Force said the 90-mile monorail project would cost about $150 million.

Capt. James Crassweller of Duluth, stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, is one of two defense attorneys for M. Sgt. Walter Perkins, being tried on an alleged attempt to pass secret documents to Soviet agents.

News Tribune

Aug. 9, 1992

About 70 members of the Lake Minnesuing Homeowners Association are criticizing the clear-cutting of trees near the lake in Wisconsin's Brule River State Forest. Of particular concern are 200 acres along the southern shore of the lake.

It was a bittersweet trip to the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, this summer for Lori Ogren of Port Wing. Ogren, a member of the U.S. Women's handball team, sprained her ankle and hasn't been playing as often as she had expected.

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Bygones for Aug. 9

News Tribune Aug. 9, 1972 A tentative proposal to build a Personal Rapid Transit monorail system in the city was outlined yesterday in Duluth. Members of a University of Minnesota Task Force said the 90-mile monorail project would cost about $150...