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30 years ago

MUNISING — The City of Munising has joined with Munising Township in contributing up to $2,000 to offset disposal costs of the Alger Recycling Committee’s May 20 spring cleanup effort. Northern Sanitation and Peninsula Sanitation have agreed to reduce disposal rates for the day. The township and city contributions will cut residents’ disposal costs in half. Drop-off times are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The spring cleanup program is working in conjunction with the committee’s countywide metals and magazine collection and another spring cleanup effort in Au Train Township on the same day. “We see this as an opportunity to assist residents clean up camps, their roadside, yards and ‘bone yards’ as well as the opportunity to promote and educate individuals about the opportunities for recycling in our area,” said Chris Case, committee chairman. The program will accommodate only “bigger than a trash bag” items. No regular typical bagged trash would be included for disposal at reduced rates. Recyclables such as glass, plastic, corrugated cardboard, metals and magazines must be separated. No tires or large amounts of construction debris may be included. Residents will be limited to one pickup truck load of trash (400-700 pounds). “The reason for the limits is we don’t know what kind of participation we’re going to have and we don’t want to overload the program with materials,” Case said.

60 years ago

ISHPEMING — A single-engine plane, which developed engine trouble yesterday morning shortly after takeoff from the Marquette County Airport, made a safe landing on U.S. 41 west of here, state police reported this morning. Gary Grove, 25, Denver, Colo., was piloting the single-engine craft over Humboldt Junction at 9:30 yesterday morning when it developed engine trouble. Grove told police he had taken off from the airport at 9:04 and that when his engine began to falter, he radioed to the airport control tower he was returning to the field. The plane’s loss of power grew more acute, forcing him to make an emergency landing on the highway, police said. He landed the aircraft about a mile west of the evergreen Drive-In Theater, barely missing a power line. After repairs were made on the spot, police directed traffic on the highway so that the plane could make a takeoff. Grove was airborne again by 3:30 p.m.