30 years ago

MARQUETTE – The Upper Peninsula’s unemployment rate edged upward to 8 percent in December, .4 percent above the November rate of 7.6 percent. The December 1994 rate was 6.8 percent. However, the monthly declines were offset by job gains in general merchandise stores and retail trade. After the end of November’s firearm deer season, employment in lumber and wood manufacturing increased. A boost in employment was recorded at area ski hills and other winter tourism places.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE – Michigan’s first Job Corps Center for Women, a multi- million dollar project, is scheduled to be opened on the Northern Michigan’s University campus text June 21. The announcement was made last evening at a press conference called by Congressman Raymond F. Clevenger (D-Sault Ste. Marie) and Dr. Edgar L. Harden, president of the university. Clevenger said the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity has approved a $2,725,000 grant to NMU for preparation and operation of the center for 17 months. The contract he said can be extended manually for four years-making a total of five years of operation.