EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette has reached a compromise with local developer who built two homes too close to the street last year. The city has agreed to vacate sufficient right-of-way for zoning compliance while charging the builder $3,050 to cover the city’s administrative and legal costs. The two homes were built in the Bartelli Subdivision last year, Setback problems were discovered in January. “I’m real happy with it,” the builder said of the agreement. “I think it’s something that will work for everyone. I can sell my homes now.” The homes are 10 and 11 feet from the front lot line. City setbacks require their front eaves to be at least 20 feet from the property line. The builder contended the ordinance was different than in other areas in which he’s built homes, saying he didn’t know he wasn’t measuring back far enough. He measured 30 feet from the curb to front of the house, failing to allow for the city’s 18-foot right-of-way. City commissioners said Monday that they’re happy with the compromise.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE – An air-sea search continued today for the two missing crew members of an Air Force F-101-B Voodoo fighter jet which apparently crashed into Lake Superior near Marquette shortly before noon yesterday. The plane, piloted by Lt. Col. Sam C. Wilkerson, commander of the 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Wurtsmith Airforce Base, Oscoda and carrying Lt. John Felbinger, co-pilot, is believed to have gone down about a mile east of Presque Isle Point. They were participating in the Air Force’s “Shock-Wave 5” exercise, a 24-hour period in which the defense might of NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) was being tested. Up to this morning, no word had been received as to the fate of two crew members. Rescue helicopters and planes from K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base and the U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboat Station and Sawyer boats were conducting a massive search this morning for the missing crew.