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60 years ago
ESCANABA -- Caravans of cars from all 22 counties of the 11th Congressional District are expected to converge here Saturday for a Democratic rally headed by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The rally is expected to attract more than 4,000 persons. Large crowds are expected both at the airport, where Kennedy will land at 4 p.m., and at Escanaba Area High School, where the rally will be held. Kennedy and his party of Democratic candidates will form a motorcade and go directly to the gymnasium of the high school, a distance of about one mile. Also on hand will be Democratic state senators, representatives and candidates from throughout Northern Michigan.
90 years ago
ISHPEMING -- Payment of 29 per cent of the deposits impounded in the Peninsula bank since it reopened September 5, 1933, following the national bank holiday, will be made November 5, Peter Handberg, cashier, announced today. This payment represents $97,973.46 and marks another step in the excellent record the Peninsula bank is making in compensating its depositors. With this payment, the depositors will have received 86 per cent of the total amount held by the bank when the bank holiday was declared.
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