News Tribune, Nov. 5, 1974
* The trial in a lawsuit to ban logging in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area began in Minnesota Federal District Court yesterday. Logging in the million-acre wilderness was temporarily banned in September by Federal District Judge Miles Lord pending outcome of the trial.
* The Duluth City Council yesterday unanimously approved a resolution urging Congress to extend the federal general revenue-sharing program beyond its scheduled expiration in 1976. Since its inception, the program has given Duluth almost $4 million to help pay for government operations.
News Tribune, Nov. 5, 1994
* Stressing a theme that Democrats have returned the nation to prosperity, President Bill Clinton told supporters in Duluth yesterday to reject Republican cynicism. The president spoke to a crowd of nearly 4,000 at UMD’s Romano Gym.
* Massive structural failure below the waterline probably caused the Edmund Fitzgerald to sink in a Lake Superior storm almost 19 years ago, researcher Fred Shannon said yesterday. The Fitzgerald sank in a severe storm on Nov. 10, 1975.
Researched by the Reference & Information staff at the Duluth Public Library. Call (218) 730-4200, option 5 or click on Ask Us at www.duluth.lib.mn.us .
