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30 years ago

DULUTH, Minn. – Contract talks between Marquette County mine workers and Cleveland Cliffs Inc., continued Friday and were expected to resume today, according to a union official. Dave Foster, district 33 director for the United Steelworkers of America, declined to comment on the negotiations, which involve about 1,800 steelworkers employed at the CCI-managed Tilden and Empire mines. A three-year contract between the union and CCI expires at midnight tonight. Both sides have been negotiating for about three weeks. CCI is seeking a six-year contract and has warned steelworkers they must help the company find ways to cut costs if they expect increases in wages and benefits, according to a bargaining objective statement obtained by the Mining Journal.

60 years ago

MUNISING – A grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation amounting to $55,700 has been received by the Munising Memorial Hospital Association, Charles Cheverette, president of the board of trustees, announced today. The grant will make it possible for the hospital to offer many additional services and conduct research in problems unique to small hospitals in rural areas. New services that will be made possible by the grant are occupational therapy, rehabilitative nursing and medical social service. The hospital’s present physical therapy service will be greatly expanded as result of the grant. The new services provided by the grant, along with the Alger County home nursing project started in December of 1962 by the U.S. Public Health Service, the Michigan Department of Health and the Alger County Health Department, will make it possible to offer the community a comprehensive home care program. The Bureau of Hospital Administration of the University of Michigan will assist with the research portions of the program.