Daily Globe (Newspaper) - September 2, 1997, Ironwood, Michigan Tuesday 2 1997 DAILY G SO Cents Ironwood Mich World mourns Di Fatal crash investigation rolls ahead LONDON f AP Mourners for Princess Diana stood 10 deep in London today and prosecutors in Paria opened a formal inquiry into whether seven who pursued the car should be charged with caus ing her death Related items Page 17 Thousands waited up to seven hours in line on Londons Pall Mall to sign condolence books at St Jamess Palace where Di anas body is lying in the Chapel Royal Buckingham Palace grappling with how to handle the million or PRINCESS DIANA more expected to compete Satur day for a glimpse of Dianas fu neral procession announced that the nation will observe a min utes silence after the ster Abbey service The palace also announced that Prince Charles canceled all public and private engagements through next week With the funeral arrangements looking increasingly complex the palace said the route from St Jamess Palace to the abbey may be narrowed to allow more people in and bring them closer to the casket Five hundred members of Di anas favorite charities which in clude AIDS cancer the homeless and leprosy will walk behind the coffin burial at Althorp her fami lys stately home will be private Page 17 Copper Range refinery sale talks go slowly By JAN TUCKER Globe Staff Writer WHITE PINE Attorneys and officials for Copper Range and BHP Copper worked throughout the weekend and holiday in an ef fort to finalize several agree ments related to the proposed BHP Copper purchase of the Cop per Range refinery and power plant in White Pine Jochen Tilk the new Copper Range president arrived in De troit Friday where attorneys had been working on the agreements since a week Monday Tdk said the attorneys worked on the documents from 8 until 1 throughout the weekend Tilk cited the complexity of the agreements There is not just one document but he said In addition to a purchase agreement there is another se ries of agreements on how to share the facilities remedial ac tion central purchasing and more He explained that there are good for both BHP and Copper Range protecting their own clients Tilk said he confi dent there will be a signing in the next few days but did not tr predict exactly which day BHP proposes to purchase ths refinery and power plant at White Pine retaining the 65 jobs there BHP officials also indi the company hopes to build a remelt facility by next fall and possibly to expand the facility in the next three years A letter from Ontonagon County Economic Development Corporation to Gov John Engler indicated that BHP expects to pay million for equipment and construction at the mine Jochen Tilk the new Copper Range president replaced Eric Dudson as of Friday Tilk is from Germany Prior to coming to On was employed by a Metall Mining subsidiary Forslund right of Bessemer skipper of the caught the top fish in the week ends Black River Harbor Fishing Derty Aboard the boat were Barb Byrnes left and James Byrnes both of Bessemer Forslund top derby angler By MARTIN Globe CLACK RIVER HARBOR Competition was keen in the lake trout division of the Donny Hill Memorial 17th Annual Black River Harbor Fishing Derby Fri day through noon Monday The lead kept changing hands almost every hour up to the close of the said Dan McMan man president of the Black River Boating Club sponsors of the event Ironwood and Bayfield fishermen took top honors in the lake trout and salmon divisions Dennis Forslund of Bessemer a longtime promoter and ar rangements worker on the tourney the winning pace Saturday catching a lake trout weighing pounds with a gold Finn spoon lure at a depth of about 50 feet He pocketed Page 6 ORV accident proves fatal ROCKLAND A Hough ton man was killed in an offroad ve hicle accident Sunday in Rock land Township Enc Wayne Kekke 28 was killed when he lost control of the ORV he was riding after he crossed the railroad tracks just north of Dahl Rood according to the Ontonagon County Sheriffs Department Kekke was traveling north on the west shoulder of 45 then crossed the highway just be fore the railroad crossing and was driving on the east shoulder He hit the railroad tracks and lost control and went into a ditch The ORV rolled then came to rest in the ditch Kekke was pronounced dead at the scene and was taken to the Ontonagon Memorial Hospital by ambulance It has net yet boon determined if alcohol was a fac tor The Department of Natural Re sources and the Michigan State Police aided in the investigation Labor Day Parade Fun Children from Baptist Church ride the float claimed first in the youth at the Ontonagon Labor Day Festival parade Sunday Meanwhile Bessemer High School Band flag corps members lead the musicians down the parade route Labor Day parade sets record for float entries TUCKER Globe ONTONAGON The weather was great the bands were in tune and a record number of floats were entered in the 40th Annual Labor Festival Parade Sunday A record 19 floats participated in three float divisions open youth and commercial The parade was led by the massed colors and Ihi state color guard leading State Com mander Arnold Bud for merly of He was fol lowed by parade marshal Victor Keefer 90yearold former On School superin tendent principal and teacher for 37 years Laitis Jewelry with its salute to 40 years of Labor Day parades won the Jerome Hoefferle Memo rial Trophy for the best commer cial entry Our customers are our real treasure with a trea sure chest and colorful treasure seekers dominated the large float The River Pines RV Park and Campground entry a little camp er hauling a car took second in the commercial division The winner of the for the best open division float waa the Stein Clubs Stem Mir Space The float cams fully equipped with a rover relief capsule and rockets to take over space duties from the present Russian Mir in space The Bear Creek Country Club for deer season heads and all claimed the second place In third was the Reunion Class of 1967 the last class to be called Polar Bears Centered on the float was a gigantic polar bear A polar bear in Gladiator garb signaled the change of the mascots Mardi Graa in the a color ful float from Connies new ice cream shop took fourth and the Shamrock Bar from rocks to the Shamrock took fifth In the youth division the On Baptist Church with its depiction of the many wholesome outdoor activities of youth took first the Ontonagon Area High School Booster Clubs thank you to the community was second and the zoo keeper and her animal claimed third Martys ing Blue Notes and Wakefield White Pine Iron County and Ontonagon bands provided lively music for the hourlong parade Thompson launches sweeping welfare changes MILWAUKEE AP Labor Day marked the end of welfare in Wisconsin a change hailed by Gov Tommy Thompson but by many attending the an celebration This is going to be really real ly really said Mark 39 who contended the new Wis consin Works program would force people off welfare and into jobs leading to crime and homelessness Thompson and others leading the move to Wisconsin Works or have denied those claims Vandals tip headstones About 40 headstones were over turned by vandals at the Iron wood cemetery according to a complaint received by the public safety department Wally Magdzink of the public works department toid public safety officers Monday afternoon there were juveniles in the cemetery the time an cer arrived they were gone Officers took photos of the van Volunteers seeking to organize participants in Wisconsin Works or were among those who turned out for Mondays Labor fest parade Some carried signs reading Workers Wisconsin Works replaces Aid to Families with Dependent Chil dren affecting about fam ihes It requires ablebodied adults to work or get job training in exchange for benefits which are capped after five years Inside Today Pack Prevails See Sports Page 9 Weather Partly Sunny More weather Page 2 Index
