News-Tribune, Feb. 23, 1926
All Chrysler and Willys-Knight six-cylinder automobiles have been equipped with an electrical heating primer that converts raw gasoline into dense, highly explosive fumes for easy starting in cold weather. The device is the invention of the Aske Bros. of Duluth.
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News-Tribune, Feb. 23, 1956
Duluth Judge William J. Archer declared at a Brotherhood Week luncheon that disagreement among Americans has been key to the nation’s growth. Archer referred to the U.S. as a “nation of disagreers.”
News-Tribune, Feb. 23, 1976
The U.S. Coast Guard said a broken valve in a 10-inch Standard Oil Co. line leading from the company’s Winter Street tank farm in Superior to its slip on St. Louis Bay spilled a large quantity of fuel oil onto the land and into the slip. Crews are burning the oil off the ice and land.
News Tribune, Feb. 23, 2006
A coalition of people and organizations called the Minnesota Campaign for Conservation will release a report on threats to fishing, hunting, camping and clean water. The group says the state needs to prepare for an additional 1.2 million residents by 2030.
Barrett Chase has been web editor for the News Tribune since 2015. You can email him at bchase@duluthnews.com or call him at 218-723-5310.
