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30 years ago Marquette – Professor Phil Watts of Northern Michigan University admits to being one of those daring people sometimes seen dangling from the sides of cliffs and knotting the stomachs of casual observers. In fact, this soft-spoken and bespectacled professor with a warm southern drawl has written a new book about it. "Rock Climbing" by Dr. Phillip B. Watts of NMU’s Heath, Physical Education and Recreation Department can already be found in some bookstores. Watts has already instructed hundreds of rock climbers through various outdoor programs and university courses. He ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Effective on Friday, “No turns on red” signs will be posted for southbound traffic on North Front Street at Washington Street, Marquette Police said in a press release. Police urge motorists to use caution at this intersection until drivers become familiar with the new signs. 90 years ago MARQUETTE – Something new in the way of entertainment will be featured during the Amateur Hour at the Palestra tonight. Patrons who attend will see the cathode ray oscillograph which shows electrically how music and voice frequencies look. It is a modern instrument of ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – The greenbacks in John Peterson’s hand were crisp and clean and they grabbed the attention of the student body Tuesday morning at the Marquette Senior High School gymnasium. Peterson, the assistant high school principal, officially kicked off the Redmen Renaissance program. The $35 he carried was one of many rewards bestowed upon students who have exhibited excellence or improvement in grades and attendance. Throughout the day, 813 of the school’s 1,500 student body were rewarded. The program is intended to encourage academic achievement and good ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – The Build a Dream Playground group, in preparation for the June construction of a playground at the Mattson Lower Harbor Park, will present their plans to the Marquette City Commission tonight. There will also be a presentation by the city’s Winter Cities planning authority. Marquette will host the Winter Cities Forum next February. 60 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette’s fire department responded to a general alarm at 4:04 yesterday afternoon when a blaze broke out in a mattress of a bedroom at the home of Edward L. Bigger Jr., 123 E. Kaye Ave. Firemen ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – In the catacomb-like basement of the old Rosewood building on South Front Street, massive wooden timbers, recently hewn from an Upper Peninsula forest, rise from hydraulic jacks. The jack-and-timber system supports three floors of historical structure overhead, while construction workers cut away falling stone foundation walls with diamond-bit chain saws. Laborers dig new footings; masons tool mortar joints on a new brick arch in what will become a nightclub. 60 years ago ISHPEMING – A one-way traffic system will be placed in effect Monday, April 11, Frank ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE – Local artist Jill Kline will be signing her two new limited edition prints at The Artworks Gallery from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Kline was last year’s recipient of the First of America Bank’s Directors’ Choice Award and has been accepted into the prestigious Colored Pencil Society of America’s International Exhibit for the last two years. She will be signing her new prints, “The Gift” and “My Guardian.” 90 years ago MARQUETTE – Marquette’s new theater, the Nordic, pronounced by theater equipment experts and motion picture ...