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  • Veterans Park to get cannon

    01/16/2006 3:53:36 PM PST · by proud_yank · 42 replies · 457+ views
    Daily Mining Gazette ^ | Jan 14, 2005 | Jane Nordberg
    HOUGHTON - The city of Hancock may want to put additional dollars aside as a defense budget against rival neighbor Houghton. The Houghton City Council approved a resolution Wednesday to pursue funding for the purchase of two M101 Howitzer cannon to be placed at Veterans' Park. "We'll point them at Hancock," quipped Mayor Tom Merz. City Manager Scott MacInnes said a subcommittee comprised of city representatives and members of the Copper Country Veterans' Association, the group working on improvements to the park, desired to showcase the pieces as display items in the park located just north of the Portage Lake...