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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1966
Page
2
The notice states weekly publication established by the Herald Publishing Company at 109 East Mary Street Bessemer Michigan with second class matter entry May 26 1900. Rates listed include per year $350 and Gogebic County rate $3.00.
A Brooklyn opening of a nonprofit cooperative funded by federal antipoverty programs emerges as a new front in the poverty battle. Barron’s notes nationwide expansion with 20 000 aides and 1 000 community action centers pushing subsidized, government supported competition against private retailers. The piece warns it could reshape private property notions and the nation’s mass distribution system.
Local notes report 47 inches of snow to date versus 63 last year, with residents facing housing pressures. Students and teachers anticipate Christmas vacation. A St Sebastian Parish social caps the week as Speed Boys meet Ironwood, while humorous vignettes and jokes fill the page. Michigan State edges Notre Dame in a classic clash, with Spartans claimed Number One late.
A collage of community notes from Chan nel 3 and nearby towns recounts concerts, births, appointments, and town happenings. Highlights include a joint parade in Ironwood Bessemer, a baby named Barbara Ann Kalember, a county administrative secretary hire, a drill team exhibition, a mining accident in Ramsay, marriages, resignations, new births, ski club anniversaries, bequests, WPA concerns, medical moves, and plans for a Diamond Jubilee in Ashland with many local names and dates.
J. H. Eddy and others announce that the city tax roll is in the hands of City Treasurer William Waters and that all may pay taxes to him. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. O'Brien welcome a baby girl born last week. Remodeling of the old machine shop on East Colby Street, donated to Bessemer by the Oliver Mining Company, proceeds toward a skating rink. George Gardner of Neenah, Wisconsin, arrived in the city Sunday night. Continued on page 3.
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