Bygones: UMD prepared to expand in 1953

28 December 2023

News Tribune, Dec. 28, 1923

A Duluth woman was found unconscious after the wind blew her from her feet at the corner of Woodland Avenue and Fourth Street. Passersby found her and took her to the hospital.

Duluth Herald, Dec. 28, 1953

The Duluth City Council vacated several “paper” streets near the UMD campus, clearing the site legally for the construction of the university library, student center and student housing.

News Tribune & Herald, Dec. 28, 1983

A new campaign says that if 40% of Duluthians wore seat belts instead of the current 8%, more than $2 million in personal injury damages could be saved each year.

News Tribune, Dec. 28, 2003

St. Louis County’s good news from the 2000 census has proved fickle. A net gain of more than 3,000 from migration into the county in the 1990s was offset by a decline of more than 400 between 2000 and 2002.

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