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60 years ago MARQUETTE — An in-depth discussion of Northern Michigan University’s common learning program which will go into effect this fall highlights programming this week on the university’s educational television network, WNMR-TV. Dr. Vito Perrone, dean of the common learning program and associate professor of history, will be interviewed on “Northern Dimensions,” which will be telecast at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The common learning program is linked with the four-course plan which Northern will introduce this fall. Common learning includes 10 courses—eight required and ...

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60 years ago ISHPEMING — Francis Dishnow, Ishpeming High School principle, today asked all parents and students to cooperate in arranging proper dress and appearance for all students when attending school. Through efforts by junior and senior high schools, a dress guide has been approved for all students. “During a time of rapidly changing hairdos, it is difficult to set rules and regulations,” Dishnow said. School officials noted that the primary purpose of a dress guide is to make the student aware of dress and grooming so that his appearance will always be an asset. They ...

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60 years ago 
NEGAUNEE — Acting on recommendation of G. Arntzen & Co., Escanaba, school district architects, the Negaunee Board of Education, at a special meeting yesterday, awarded the contract for installation of a new basketball playing floor at Memorial Gymnasium to Bauer-Foster Floors, Inc., Detroit. At the regular meeting of the board earlier this week, the Detroit firm, which was the only bidder, submitted a quotation of $17,320; and the board referred the bid to the architect for study and recommendation, before approving the bid. The project will include necessary ...

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60 years ago MARQUETTE — The Marquette & Huron Mountain Railway, an all-steam scenic line, was scheduled to resume operations today. Beset by financial problems, the railway had discontinued operations last year in its second season. However, Jerry Pulliam, executive vice president of the Marquette Chamber of Commerce, said he had been informed by operators of the line that it would resume daily trips, starting today. The schedule, Pulliam said, calls for trains to leave Marquette at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day for a round trip to Harlow Lake, a run of about nine miles one way. He ...

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60 years ago NEGAUNEE — Although a final contract covering salaries of teachers for the 1966-67 school year has not been signed, the Negaunee Board of Education has approved salaries for other employees of the school district. School officials indicated today that they were hopeful that a contract for teaching personnel would be signed within the next week. Negotiations between the committee of the local chapter of the Michigan Education Association and representatives of the school board have been under way since last spring. Covered in the salary increases approved by the board are ...

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30 years ago MARQUETTE — City employees and labor sympathizers marched around city hall Monday, protesting an apparently bitter contract dispute between city management and three employee bargaining units. Between 300 and 400 picketers ringed the block around city hall and the police station. Labor and management are far apart on several issues, including the size of wage increase, the benefits package and contract language, said Larry Linna, an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees spokesman. 60 years ago MARQUETTE — Students attending the 1967 summer ...