30 years ago MARQUETTE — A public demonstration of what’s being called the world’s longest pendulum will be offered by the Northern Michigan University Physics Club in the Superior Dome from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Fastened at the apex of the dome — itself the largest wooden dome ...

30 years ago PALMER — Cost-cutting measures at the Tilden and Empire iron mines have prompted safety concerns and increased grievances from the United Steelworkers of America. “I think management is putting production over safety in many cases,” said Charles Prusi, grievance chairman for ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago ESCANABA — Someday, they may call it the “Registration Revolution.” Starting Wednesday, Bay de Noc Community College will allow current students to sign up for ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula’s population changed little during the last century, and preliminary state estimates show that trend will continue through the year 2020. Since the 1930 census, the U.P.’s population has varied only by about 17,000 people. The high was 319,757 ...

30 years ago MARQUETTE — Marquette police are tapping a time-honored method to ward off warm-weather problems along North Third Street before they get started. For the first time In about 20 years, city police are walking an assigned beat each day. With the onset of unseasonably warm ...

30 years ago SAWYER AIR FORCE BASE — The Michigan Jobs Commission has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Six County Consortium for Employment and Training. The grant will be used to develop a program of adjustment to assist civilian workers at Sawyer Air Force Base who have been or will be laid ...