Bygones: Kitchi Gammi Club rejected motion to allow women in 1984

4 October 2024

News-Tribune, Oct. 4, 1924

Sound amplifiers will be used for the first time in Duluth next week when Republican vice presidential nominee Gen. Charles G. Dawes speaks at the Armory. The expected overflow audience will be permitted to hear the speech outside.

News-Tribune, Oct. 4, 1954

Ronald O. Soyring, 21, of Kelsey, died when his car struck a boulder and overturned 150 feet from the shoulder of a road west of Gilbert. It is the 458th automobile death in Minnesota this year, compared to 491 at this time in 1953.

News-Tribune & Herald, Oct. 4, 1984

Kitchi Gammi Club members rejected a motion to grant membership to women. It was the first vote in the club’s 101-year history over opening membership to women. Meanwhile, Congress is considering legislation to deny tax deductions in private clubs that discriminate in membership.

News Tribune, Oct. 4, 2004

Eleven open positions will go unfilled as Duluth grapples with its budget gap. Residents may notice reductions in staff and services in the parks department, fire inspection, snow removal, the public library, the police department and more.

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