New Light on Mesabi Taconite Boosts Duluth Range Boom
A Minnesota Iron Range revival draws investors and workers to Duluth Superior and the Mesabi Range. U.S. Steel and other majors plan expansions up to 120 million dollars while new taconite plants, nickel and copper projects, and support industries rise. Job growth and water resources underpin a shifting economic landscape as ore yields evolve from high to lower grade.
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Mesabi Range
Babbitt
Grand Rapids
Duluth
Great Lakes
Reserve
Silver Bay
Erie
Hoyt Lakes
Taconite Harbor
U.S. Steel Corp
Mountain Iron
Eveleth Taconite Co
Ford Motor Co
Oglebay Norton Co
Butler Taconite Co
Inland Steel
Wheeling Steel and Hanna Mining Co
Nashwauk
Lion
McKinley
U.S. Steel
Minnesota
University of Minnesota School of Mines
International Nickel Co
Ely
Northern Natural Gas Co
Minnesota Power and Light Co
Northeastern Minnesota eyes boom as development program grows
The North eastern Minnesota Development Association funds a 1.2 million five year effort to meet migrant labor needs for construction. The region, expanding industrial capacity, seeks more tourists and sportsmen as the Lake Superior circle tour gains popularity and portends a long range boom on the Iron Range.
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Eral
Duluth
Lake Superior
Arrowhead
Northeastern Minnesota Development Association
Minnesota
Iron Range
Retired Teacher Santa Claus Dies After Cardiac Collapse
Fred T. Holland, 66, who retired from an elementary school teaching post, continued as a department store Santa. He collapsed on the job Wednesday night and died before reaching a hospital in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Fred T. Holland
Holland
Santa Claus
Board Told No Trouble Rumors in Morrell Sinking Testimony
Coast Guard board hears Ed ward Y. Townsend skipper testify that Morrell had no equipment trouble before the Nov 29 sinking in Lake Huron. Last radio contact occurred about 12:15 a.m. Nov 29. Twenty eight men died. survivor Dennis Hale recovers in Ashtabula General Hospital.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Daniel J. Morrell
Edward Y. Townsend
Morrell
Townsend
T.J. Connelly
Mentor
Ohio
U.S. Coast Guard
Lake Huron
Connelly
Dennis Hale
Ashtabula
Ashtabula General Hospital
Minnesota plans 500000 program to boost computer use
Minnesota proposes a 10 year goal to build a single computer center for payrolls accounting research and Tax Department work. Ray Lappegaard presents an 500000 plan with an 8.4 million budget request for the administration department and plans to hire eight systems analysts and six programmers to help other agencies shift work to computers. Harold LeVander questions potential savings but supports exploring the idea as state agencies seek 49 new jobs including a federal aid program coordinator.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Ray Lappegaard
Harold LeVander
LeVander
Public Property Division
Capitol
Administration Department
State Planning Agency
State Industrial Commission Pushes Higher Working Age and Wages
The commission urges raising the working age from 14 to 16 or 18, calls for equal pay for equal work, a minimum wage for adults, wage deduction disclosures, and time and a half for over forty hours. It notes 60 cent and even 28 cent per hour wages in some cases and seeks enforcement assistance for unpaid wages.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
State Industrial Commission
Commission
Planning office to catalog federal grants for local governments
A central office is proposed to catalog federal grant programs for local governments and state departments. An Office of Urban Affairs may be linked with the planning agency to coordinate efforts.
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Urban Affairs
Planning Agency
Painter Handles Tight Tunnel Space for No Parking Sign
Verne Lindsay, painter at the Utah State Capitol, was assigned to paint a no parking wall sign in a tunnel but found the task tricky as he had to squeeze between the wall and a parked car.
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Salt Lake City
Verne Lindsay
Utah State Capitol
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Highway Department
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Admiral
Sterling
Oakland Ave
Morey’s
Daniel Grune
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Bell & Howell
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N. Main
the Mall
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Paramount Theatre
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