Bygones: 20 years ago, Rochester passed Duluth in population

Fire believed to have been started by boys playing with matches destroyed nearly half the lumber dock belonging to the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad at the foot of Ramsey Street. The Air Force's mammoth "Exercise Checkpoint" in which Duluth-based fighter-interceptor units participated has come to an end, with officials announcing the continent's air defense is getting better. Union employees of the only municipal liquor store in Grand Rapids are suing the city for unfair labor practices, seeking back wages and damages resulting from the closing of the store in...