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30 years ago

MARQUETTE — Marquette-opoly, the Monopoly type game with Marquette locations on the playing board, went on sale Friday. Profits from sales of the $19 game will be used to pay for improvements to the Whitman Elementary School playground. The games can be purchased in Marquette in the law office of David L. Poindexter, the Jack and Jill Shop, First National Bank, City Hall and Whitman School (3-4 p.m.). Poindexter said she has orders for over 100 games and has received another 100 telephone calls for them.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — A patent for a zinc alloy has been awarded Matti J. Saarivirta, Marquette, director of Saarivirta Metals Research here. “This alloy’s chief characteristic is its great tensile strength and its ability to retain its shape,” Saarivirta said. The alloy will have many uses, such as automobile trim, radiators, hub caps, facing material for buildings, downspouts, and gutters.