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Bygones
Local news from 20 and 40 years ago from the Duluth News-Tribune. This column appears daily Monday through Saturday in the Duluth News-Tribune. Researched and written by the Reference Staff at the Duluth Public Library.
News Tribune
June 12, 1967
Gov. Harold E. LeVander has announced the appointment of Jack B. Arnold of Duluth as the governor’s representative to the newly created Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission. The commission was formed to aid the economic development of the region.
Fairmount Park will be the site of the annual school patrol picnic tomorrow morning. Duluth police patrolman William Kehoe, head of the school patrol program, said the day’s highlight will be the awarding of bicycles to a boy and girl.
News Tribune
June 12, 1987
All 95 tickets for the Concorde jetliner’s July 26 90-minute sightseeing flight over Lake Superior and Canada have been sold, according to Dan Russell, executive director of the Duluth Convention & Visitor’s Bureau. The tickets cost $675 each.
Members of the Rotary Club of Duluth voted yesterday to allow women to join the organization. Club President Dave Allison refused to disclose the exact count but said many more than a two-thirds majority of “yes” votes were cast.
ChiltonLibrary.com
An electronic version of the Chilton Total Car Care do-it-yourself print manuals. Contains more than fifty years of information covering the engine, chassis, electrical, drive train, and suspension. Search by the car’s year, make, and model. To log on to this database, go to the Library’s home page and click on Electronic Resources. You will need to enter your library card number.
Resources
The Library has just begun subscribing to Ancestry Library Edition, a collection of more than 4,000 genealogical databases including over 2 billion names. Ancestry provides U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; a Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); and World War I Draft Registration Cards. Ancestry is available only on computers in the downtown library and in the Mt. Royal and City Center West branch libraries.
Resources
ReferenceUSA
We now provide remote access to ReferenceUSA for DPL cardholders. ReferenceUSA is a database with detailed information on more than 13 million businesses and 120 million U.S. households. Business information includes address and phone, type of business, estimated annual sales, management directory, and so on. Household information includes address, phone, and neighborhood information such as median home value. Businesses can be searched by a variety of criteria including yellow pages heading, SIC or NAICS code, sales volume, number of employees, etc. To log on to this database, go to the Library home page (www.duluth.lib.mn.us) and click on Electronic Resources. You will need to enter your library card number.
