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60 years ago
MARQUETTE -- Electric power in most of Marquette was cut off in mid-afternoon yesterday when a large crane owned by the Don Britton Construction Co. of Marquette accidentally struck a high voltage line, city officials reported today. Power was cut off from about 3 to 3:18 p.m. in most of North Marquette, along Third and Fourth Sts. And in the downtown business area. Ron Lindeblad, office manager of Light and Power, said the circuit breaker at the city's hydro-electric plant on Wright St. opened when the Britton crane struck the high voltage power line at the corner of Bluff and N. Front St. Britton is doing some work at the site of the Clifton Hotel, which was destroyed by fire last year. At first it was thought that the high winds which prevailed yesterday caused one wire to go against another or limbs of trees to slash the lines, causing the cutoff. An immediate investigation was launched, however, and the exact cause was discovered shortly after the power cutoff.
90 years ago
MARQUETTE -- Six hundred members of Knights of Columbus councils in the upper peninsula are expected to attend the major degree initiation of Marquette council, No. 689, which will be held tomorrow afternoon in the city hall. A morning parade and an evening banquet and program will be part of the day's celebration. Forty-eight candidates from Marquette, in addition to several from other U.P. councils, will receive degrees. Candidates will meet in the K. of C. clubrooms on Washington street at 9 a.m., and members will gather at 9:30. Headed by the American Legion drum and bugle corps, the candidates and members will march to St. Peter's cathedral and attend 10 o'clock mass.
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