Past: Dick Cheney came to Duluth 20 years ago – Duluth News Tribune

News-Tribune, September 30, 1924

Duluth officials say the Twin Ports could build a tunnel and pay for it in 16 years by charging the same tolls Great Northern Co. charges for vehicles crossing the Interstate Bridge. The cost is estimated at about $5 million.

News-Tribune, September 30, 1954

Ground was broken on a $1.3 million student center and residence halls on the UMD campus next to the Science Building. Richard L. Griggs, a member of the Duluth Board of Regents, said portions of the original design were withdrawn in order to build as much as possible with available funds.

News-Tribune & Herald, September 30, 1984

Forty-eight University of Minnesota Duluth students are sleeping in study lounges in Griggs Hall as the school has more students living in dorms than it can handle. In total, about 200 live in overcrowded housing, half of them in an old dormitory on UMD's lower campus.

News Tribune, September 30, 2004

Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne spoke in the customer service area of ​​Cirrus Design Corp. with a select group of supporters of President George W. Bush. Much of the speech focused on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the country's efforts to capture or kill terrorists.

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