Bygones: Duluth, Minnesota eyed controversial equal opportunity protection in 1975

News-Tribune, April 25, 1925 Duluth is considering constructing an athletic field at Ninth Avenue East and 10th Street, according to school district Superintendent Leonard Young. The plan awaits approval from the City Council. ADVERTISEMENT News-Tribune, April 25, 1955 A Grand Rapids high school senior and her companion were killed and four other persons were injured in a series of car accidents over the weekend.

The deaths, along with four others in Minnesota, bring the statewide traffic toll to 143 for the year. News-Tribune, April 25, 1975 Duluth and the state of Minnesota are running neck and neck to extend equal opportunity protection to elderly and homosexual people. Mayor Robert Beaudin said the city could not afford to set up its own equal opportunity office, but he would be amenable to contracting with the state office in Duluth for enforcement.



News Tribune, April 25, 2005 U.S. Steel's Keewatin Taconite plant is adding eight to 10 new employees to operate a coal and petroleum coke alternate-fuel system and a $27 million wet scrubber designed to remove dust from air emissions.

The plant employs about 380 people..