19 October 2023
News Tribune, Oct. 19, 1983
A group of Duluth residents who don’t like Mayor John Fedo are trying to oust him with a campaign complete with bumper stickers. Organizer Robert A. “Robin” Walker said he’s fed up with Fedo, and that’s what his bumper sticker says, using Fedo’s name with the “o” crossed out. It’s been adopted by the “Committee to De-Fedo.” Voters in the Village of Cable dissolved their home government in favor of becoming part of the Town of Cable by next spring. The referendum attracted 87 voters in the Bayfield County community of 226, with 153 registered voters.
News Tribune, Oct. 19, 1953
A free dance set for Oct. 30 in the Duluth Armory is designed as supervised entertainment to keep teenage Halloween pranksters off the streets. If the dance is a success, organizers plan to hold similar events every month. A resolution recommending modification of the no-strike clause of contracts was passed at a conference of United Steelworkers in Duluth. It said the clauses should be modified to allow local unions to strike if a particular company intentionally violates the contract.]]>