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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
4
A string of brief jokes and anecdotes arrives from a mixed set of scenes. Two old friends discuss a failing wife’s money needs while the prison warden seeks party ideas for his 23rd anniversary. A West tale has Billy the Kid as a precocious killer of 21 by age two. Texans dine in Chicago with grumbling tipping and a parked meter tale.
Upper Michigan tourism discussions reveal demand for major developments to hold visitors, with concerns over land access, overbuilding, and avoiding a Wisconsin Dells style neon landscape. Officials note abundant scenic assets but insufficient targetted development to retain guests, while federal and state land ownership complicates project access.
A witty rambler recalls a costly bill at the Waldorf with Napoleon brandy and a joking threat to trouble the staff again. A mother and daughter clash over changing social norms about holding hands. A small town storekeeper jokes about marking stock down 35, in a sequence of light anecdotes.
Gogebic County Civil Defense Director Waiko E Spets reports results of the Home Fallout Protection Survey conducted by the Census Bureau in March 1968. County response 81.6 percent with 6652 homes processed, 5184 with basements. A Community Shelter Planning Program will assign area residents to shelters and distribute a detailed map.
Gogebic County will see intermittent paving on 3.7 miles of I-2 from Wakefield to Gogebic Station. Bacco Construction Co. of Iron Mountain handles a $469,776 project funded entirely by the state. Work aims for completion in August 1968. Michael A. Skovera of Bruce Crossing named project engineer by State Highway Director Henrik E. Stafseth.
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