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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1973
Page
6
Michigan may add up to $30 a month to a federal Supplemental Security Income check, with a married couple potentially receiving $45 in addition. First checks go out the first week of January after applicants file. Current recipients of Old Age Assistance or Aid to the Blind or Disabled switch automatically.
Electrical engineering students at Michigan Technological University use two campus steam turbines to drive three phase generators connected to the campus distribution system. Professor Walter Anderson notes this real life lab marks a shift from motor driven tests and spurs plans for an energy conversion laboratory with steam turbines internal combustion engines wind and solar energy.
University of Michigan astronomer Hazel M. Losh highlights December events including winter begin time at 7 08 p m on December 21 the solstice sun position and the anticipated naked eye visibility of Comet Kohoutek earliest in the southeastern sky before dawn with best viewing in January she notes the comet may be less spectacular than once thought developing a diffuse tail possibly 30 million miles long.
Admissions and discharges listed for Divine Infant Hospital with names and origins. Infections and surgical and medical cases include Wakefield Bessemer Marenisco Bruce Crossing and Marrenisco entries. Notable newborns listed for December 7 in Wakefield. Discharges include Wakefield Marenisco Bessemer and Wat ersmeet entries through December 8.
The Wakefield Area Girl Scouts will visit Gogebic Medical Care Facility Divine Infant Hospital and Sunset Manor to carol for hospitalized and shut in residents. On Monday December 17 troops meet at 6 PM at the Medical Care Facility for transportation and a post visit Christmas party. Each girl brings a 50 cent gift for exchange.
Representatives from 20 Upper Peninsula schools invited to an Indian Education Workshop at the Keweenaw Bay Indian Tribal Center Route 1 Barega on Thursday December 20 from 10 am to 3 pm. Donald A. LaPointe coordinator of American Indian programs at the college will lead the event.
Vickie Ringsmuth marked her tenth birthday with a party at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Ringsmuth, on Wednesday after school.
A brief item reports five attendees at the UPCAP gathering focusing on the DAUR enactment for Gy stal Falls with local officials coordinating.
The WSCS group of Wakefield United Methodist Church will meet on Wednesday December 19 at 2 p.m. at the church. Mrs. J H Wallis is program chairman and Mrs. Richard Brown and Mrs. Wesley Rice will serve as hostesses.
Alex Nelson vice president of the Upper Peninsula Travel and Recreation Association and manager of the Copper Country Vacationist League in Houghton was named Michigan Ambassador of Tourism by Governor William G. Milliken at a sponsored awards dinner. Leaders of Michigan tourism attended the event after a daylong seminar, praising Nelson for his selfless contributions to promoting the industry.
Northern Michigan University board approves a free tuition plan for residents 65 and older for a trial next semester. Dr. Jack Rombouts and President John Jamrich seek broad access, with seniors gaining library and student services use as bona fide students. Contact NMU Admissions at 227-3555 or 1-800-682-9797 to enroll.
A brief piece by Ann D. Allen introduces a subject titled The Nine The Nine, likely a column note or literary item highlighting a recurring theme or group. The text presents a compact authorial signature and hints at a serialized or thematic focus.
The piece argues that since 1947 wages rose 208 percent while food prices rose about 100 percent 104 percent for produce and dairy 66 percent. If wages matched food costs workers would face a 39 percent earnings cut and a year of food would cost 2365 instead of 1311 dollars. The author concludes food remains a bargain and notes milk leads the list. Bigamy is cited as the only crime in the books asserting two rights make a wrong.
Roger Pakonen announces LaCroix Hospital White Pine and Michigan Blue Cross agreement effective Nov 1 enabling Blue Cross policyholders to receive full benefits at LaCroix Hospital. Legislation House Bill 4518 allowed Blue Cross participation with proprietary hospitals. Doctors Pierpont Hill and Horozaniecki praise trustees. effort seen as step in White Pine Copper Co initiative for community medical care.
Southwestern Petroleum Corp. in Fort Worth seeks workers with no experience for Wakefield area positions. Air Mail A. T. Dickerson says training provided and good character required. For sale hospital bed and mattress, bed rails, call 229-5598 or visit 1111 US-2 East. Carpenter and remodeling work all kinds by Tom Jordan, phone 229-5914.
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