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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
2
The Wakefield News at 406 Sunday Lake Street publishes weekly editions and is entered as second class matter on November 18 1913 at the Wakefield Michigan post office under the act of March 3 1879.
Michigan faces rapid industrial expansion as farmland vanishes to suburban developments. A U S Soil Conservation Service study shows three quarters of a million acres repurposed since 1942 56, with Saginaw County losing 35 000 acres since 1945. Population up 38 percent since 1940 to 7 266 500. Farmers face higher taxes and land pressure while planners push use of sub marginal lands for homes.
Fire activity in the Upper Peninsula for the week ending June 23 1956 totaled 5 fires covering 3.7 acres with district breakdowns: Baraga District 1 fire on 1 acre Crystal Falls District 2 fires on 2.3 acres Escanaba District none. Newberry District 2 fires on 3 acres. Year to date totals arrive at 155 fires and 465.2 acres. Last year at this time 192 fires burned 897.2 acres.
A writer recalls childhood baseball injuries and explains the legal concept of assumed risk for spectators. He notes that fans are generally invitees owed ordinary care, but choosing bleacher seating may accept ordinary dangers. The piece cites diving boards, hockey pucks, fireworks, and the need to warn for unusually dangerous devices, ending with a personal stance on enjoying games while accepting risk.
The article reports that 53 miles of Upper Peninsula highway from St Ignace to the Soo will join the interstate system and be rebuilt to toll-road standards within 13 years under recent federal bills. Wisconsin north of Eau Claire and Milwaukee is spared interstate reconstruction. The plan covers 40,000 miles nationwide, with 20 percent of the traffic on the targeted segment.
A proposal aims to raise funds with an extra penny per gallon gas tax to cover a substantial portion of costs along the Chicago Milwaukee Twin Cities corridor. The plan highlights key routes S-12 US-16 US-51 and 41 with Wisconsin and Peninsula mileage noted.
Five candidates contest Wakefield city officers including Fred Deacon J S Wilde Ivan DelFavero John Pezzetti and Tom Wojciechowski. Mining companies paid 189000 in city taxes this week about 92 percent of the levy. The first rural mail route from Wakefield starts July 1.
Historic copper mining in the Porcupine Mountains State Park could resume as American Metals Company of Canada expresses interest in copper exploration within the park’s 58 000 acres. A Conservation Commission permit would be required, with a formal request expected soon, while current copper prices spark renewed activity near the White Pine Mine and the long-abandoned None Such Mine.
The text catalogs remnants at old mining locations in a park including Lafayette Porcupine Mountains Mine White Pine Extension Carp Lake Adit Old Stamp Mill Cuyahoga Union Halliwell and Nonesuch. It adds a quip about purchases and mentions a Western movie cowboy with a stalled horse.
Junior Baker and friends plan a neighborhood circus with ads posted on trees. They face a dispute over admission, settling on five pins as the price after a meeting with his Directors and his mother. The event is promoted as a local backyard show with a quirky tax line in the ads.
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