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30 years ago

MARQUETTE — The Marquette City Commission will conduct a public hearing at 7 p.m. June 13 to consider reconstructing West Nicolet Boulevard. The city wants to repair breaks in the pavement caused when frozen and broken water lines were fixed earlier this year. City crews also will add curbs and gutters; property owners would pay for that work through a special assessment. The commission meets at city hall. The project must be approved by the Planning Commission June 21 and the City Commission, which hopes to award bids July 18. (92)

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — Twenty-seven Upper Peninsula residents will leave the Marquette County Airport tomorrow for Finland on the third annual “Suomi Kutsuu” excursion. The three-week excursion is sponsored by the WLUC-TV “Suomi Kutsuu” program, in cooperation with Holiday Travel Agency and the Scandinavian Airlines. Tour guide and manager will be Carl Pellonpaa, Ishpeming. Participating in the “Suomi Kutsuu” tour are residents of Marquette, Ishpeming, Skanee, Mass, Bruce Crossing, Ontonagon, Alston, Munising and Laurium. Most of the persons taking the tour will return to the Upper Peninsula about the end of June, Pellonpaa said. Persons taking the tour will have no worries about passports, luggage or tickets, since arrangements are being taken care of by the tour manager, Pellonpaa said. Participants in the tour will leave Chicago tomorrow evening at 7, arriving in Helsinki, Finland, at 5 p.m. Wednesday (Helsinki time), with stops in Montreal and Copenhagan. After arriving in Finland, participants in the tour will be on their own. All of the participants already have made arrangements to visit relatives in Finland, Pellonpaa said