Beaver Beacon publishes July 1968 typographical corrections

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Event

Date: circa 1968-07
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationpublicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1968 Beaver Beacon postscript corrected three earlier errors: the Game News fisherman was Steven Connaghan, the physician was Dr. Joseph Christie, and a reference should have named Bud McDonough rather than “Gud.”

Evidence and limits

This record preserves the paper’s correction notice. It does not independently establish the underlying biographical or event claims.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1968, “Postscript.”
Corrects the Game News first name to Steven Connaghan, identifies Dr. Joseph Christie, and corrects “Gud” to Bud McDonough; it is a publisher correction notice, not an independent biographical or event record.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the printed correction notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes July 1968 typographical corrections”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beacon-postscript-corrections-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1968, “Postscript.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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