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Bygones: Duluth TV stations aired controversial ad in 2005

A look back at local news from years past.

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News-Tribune, Jan. 25, 1925

A 75-year-old man burned to death in a two-room shack at 53rd Avenue West near Eighth Street. Witnesses say the man rushed into the shack when it was on fire, and he was found next to some money he was likely trying to save.

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News-Tribune, Jan. 25, 1955

Superior State College has established a $500 scholarship in the name of Dennis E. McKenna, late news editor of the Duluth Herald and SSC graduate, according to Dr. Jim Dan Hill, college president. McKenna died last February.

News-Tribune & Herald, Jan. 25, 1985

Telly Savalas, his wife, Julie Hovland, and their 6-week-old son, Christian, were in Duluth this week. Savalas had come from President Ronald Reagan's inauguration and was on his way to film a "Kojak" TV movie. Hovland, a Duluth native, was visiting friends and relatives.

News Tribune, Jan. 25, 2005

Three local stations, WDIO-TV, KBJR-TV AND KDLH-TV, have agreed to air a controversial advertisement that promotes the United Church of Christ and implies other congregations aren't as open to people of diverse backgrounds and sexual orientations.

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.
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