Pick & Axe urges readers to defend fiscal restraint and press freedom
A local column blends editorials on postal policy and Congress with snippets of letters and notices. It examines post office rate hikes, defense funding debates, and the national debt, linking them to small town life in Bessemer Michigan. It also includes humor, quotes, and community notes reflecting a 1960s newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Kennedy
Yale
J. Edward Day
PMG
Day
CBS
Columbia
Frank Stanton
Yale New Frontier
Congress of the US
House
Senate
House Committee
Poland
Yugoslavia
Air Force
White House
Service On Defense
USAF
Year 1962 reminiscences span Gogebic County history
Looking Backward from June 19 1962 details events across Gogebic County including transfers of property at Underwood mill site, a VFW bill of sale, honor for Paul Becker and a banquet planned June 21, local obituaries for Mrs. Jon Davey and John Gustafson, plus Hunterville civic notes. It also notes naval ball planning, a birth at Grand View Hospital, a Japan return of attorney Michael Nolan, a Bridging marriage, and county tax valuations.
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Albert Jacobson
Underwood Mill
Gordon Connor
Connor Land and Lumber Co
Lawrence Martin
Gogene County
VFW
Walter Leininger
Bessemer
Grand View Hospital
Fred M. Alger
Gogebic County
Join McDonald
Antigo
Frank Perlich
Tis City
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Little River News
John L. Teets
Richwood
West Va
Nicholas Republican
D. E. Dewel
Algona
Johnny the Bear
R. D. Smith
Mrs. Kelly
D. Smith
Blank Church
Robert Page Lincoln
Paul F. Becker
Royal Arch Misons
Jon Davey
Woolsey Street
John W. Gustafson
Michael E. Nolan
Japan
Far East
Helen K. Smalko
C.smalko
Ironwood
Albert D. Perotti
Anton Perotti
Te Holy Trinity Church
Legion
Navy Relief Fund
Irondrome
Richard Louis
John Collins
Ramsay
Children’s Clinic
Marquette
Joan Supercooki
Sophie Street
Tis
Herman Stone
Gogebc County
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Richard Finnegan
John A. Finnegan
Kathryn E. Mayer
Frederick C. Mayer
Columbus
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Buth
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Cleveland
County Board of Supervisors
Virginia VanUstrand
Wisconsin
W. H. Knight
Lead Street
Raymond J. Mullen
Frank Barnie
City Board of Education
Mondday
Irwin J. Neault
Susan Gondek
Vincent Loncharte
Elias Kahara
State Tax Commission
Gogebic Iron Range
Pickands, Mather & Co
Oliver Iron Mining Co
Montreal Mining Co
Frank H. Vandenboom
Tiray-First
Wm. C. Martens
Common Council
County Road Commission
Spring Street
Zimmerlings Crossing
Hilda June Clover
Walter A. Paight
Abraham Clover
County Clerk’s Office
Lillian Harris
David A. Rizzie
Madeline Lucas
Thomas Kuterovic
Andrew Contratto
Hawaii
Marine Corps
Otto B. Torrell
First National Bank
LaBlond Dry Goods Co
First National Bank of
Clara Apitz
Isabelle Ziebur
Buster Brown
Hagen & Solberg
Sutherland Stock Co
Opera’ House
A. D. Johnston High School
Herald
Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wix
Dave Brown
C & M Oil Co
Insurance Agency
First Avenue
Bessemer, Michigan
Prompt Claim Service
Pitrone
Your Gift Headquarters
Mich
Pricco Bakery
Turk’s
One
Val’s Bar
Sat
Music For Dancing
Donald H. Mills
Optometrist
E. Aurora St
Seaman Bldg
Tronwood
Seu
Buy Trade AM
Gogeric Agency
Margaret Novascone
S. Sophie St
Detroit & Northern Savings& Loan Associatio
I Home Owners
Minnesota Twins
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