Adrian Names Lt Carr Acting Police Chief After Andrews Resigns
Adrian residents learn Lt Herbert Carr will serve as acting chief as A M Andrews resigns effective May 1 1958 after a two year tenure. City officials plan civil service steps to certify eligibility for a permanent chief with merit-based exams and a six month probation. Three officers including Carr Harrington and Righter stand as eligible candidates.
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Civil Service Commission
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Joseph Righter
Adrian Police Chief A M Andrews Resigns
Adrian police chief A M Andrews resigns after 27 months in office. The resignation is accepted by City Administrator Robert Finley as being in the best interests of the city. Andrews, a Holly native, came to Adrian in January 1958 from Dallas, Texas.
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Bus Driver Foils Pickpockets In Detroit Case
A Detroit city bus driver drove passengers and suspects to a police station after spotting two men bumping a passenger. Lorenzo Sykes alerted riders to check wallets as a wallet slid from the aisle. Police arrested Joseph Harris and George James, who pleaded nicety to jostling and were sentenced to days in the house of correction.
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L. Livingston Smith
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Smith
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Joseph Harris
George James
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House of Correction
Roads Worst Break-Up in Lenawee County History
Lenawee County faces widespread road closures and barricades after a harsh spring break-up. Ralph Tyler, superintendent, notes 32 roads barricaded or impassable, with repairs costing up to $600,000 as gravel and limited pavement replacements reduce the summer construction program. Affected areas include M-15 south of Adrian and M-34 from Adrian to Hudson. plan calls for gravel bases and emergency crews to handle outages. Riga Highway in Riga township sees new no parking signs along the east side between the New York Central line and Van Buren Street, approved by state police.
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Michigan Floods Hit Grand Rapids Area
Rising flood waters around Grand Rapids forced evacuation of more than 350 residents. Police and civilian defense workers prepared boats and amphibious vehicles as crews cut power to prevent short circuits. The Grand River neared 16 feet, with other flooded areas in Saginaw Flint Midland and Lansing reporting scattered flooding.
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Teen Driver Slams Car Killing Passenger in Water-Ditch Crash
Michele Chelaning, 16, lost control while speeding and struck a parked auto, overturning into a water-filled ditch. Veronica Allington, 16, of St. Charles, died on arrival at Owosso Memorial. Driver Joseph Mellentine, 17, of Chesaning, suffered minor injuries. police to question on release.
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Elephant in Safford Backyard Stuns Arizona Town
George Morris awoke to find a grown elephant in his yard, not an April Fool's prank. Deputies tracked the circus to Globe, roughly 100 miles away, then sent a van to retrieve Dumbo.
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Lenawee County expands special education program
Lenawee County plans a broader special education program with six speech correctionists two homebound teachers and two teachers for physically handicapped children. Miton Porter says expansion may be ready this fall and four diagnosticians may begin in the fall to identify mental and emotional needs while not replacing the child guidance clinic which faces funding cuts.
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Former FBI agent named monitor of Teamsters union
Terence F. McShane, 32, a former FBI agent who led a wiretapping probe on Teamster president James Hoffa, was named to the three member board of monitors to clean up corruption in the Teamsters. He resigns from the FBI to take the post as Judge F Dickinson Letts named the board to oversee union activities in a settlement with reformers. Hoffa criticized the choice but said the monitor would be judged on actions.
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Teamsters Union
Terence F. McShane
Teamster
James S. Hoffa
McShane
Monitor
Hoffa
Teamsters
Daniel B. Maher
Ito
William E. Bufalino
Detroit
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Martin F. O'Donoghue
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Stricken Denby Pupils Recovering From Illness
Detroit Denby high school seniors visiting Washington were hospitalized with acute digestive disturbances described as viral infection. Thirty one students experienced symptoms. 24 were confined at one point, 27 later released after examinations. Doctors expected most or all to be discharged today.
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Denby High School
Black Lives March On Cape Town Sparks Police Clampdown
Thousands of Black demonstrators converge outside Cape Town to protest pass laws as police order a retreat. Armed forces seal Nyanga and Langa settlements while marchers, from Nyanga, retreat under tightened cordons amid a stay‑home work stoppage supporting non whites.
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Tecumseh Votes on Monday
Tecumseh voters go to the polls Monday to choose nine candidates for five city council seats. Polls run 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Incumbents seeking reelection are Mayor H. H. Hanna Harold Easton and Arthur Schwartz. Schwartz filled an unexpired term. Ray Schlegel, also filling a vacancy, is not running. Other candidates include Carl Lamb Royal Welch Frederick Nash Clayton Greenwald William Frownfelder and secure Meads. Don Brazee is not seeking reelection.
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Bipartisan bloc limits changes to civil rights bill
In Washington the Senate leadership blocked adding two provisions for an anti-job discrimination commission to the House passed civil rights bill. Dirksen and Johnson teamed to oppose broader amendments, saying the current measure is the best attainable without risking defeat. Clark denounced the stance as weak and watered down.
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There's Life In Old Engine Yet
Detroit reports steam locomotives linger as Grand Trunk Western staged farewell runs. Plan another 140 mile trip to Richmond, Michigan on April 10 under the Michigan Railroad Club sponsorship. A Grand Trunk spokesman says the future is still up in the air for steam power.
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Weather satellite marks first clear Earth pictures
The first weather eye satellite Tiros I sent back clear images as a new era in global storm forecasting begins. President Eisenhower praised the data while the mission reports describe a successful thrice-staged launch from Cape Canaveral and a broad, energetic weather view of the Gulf of St Lawrence and central U.S. flood zones.
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France and Russia Sign Science and Atom Pact
France and the Soviet Union agreed to cooperate in science and peaceful atomic energy use. The accord was signed by French and Soviet officials, formalizing exchanges of information. Khrushchev visited Versailles and Rambouillet during talks with De Gaulle ahead of a summit.
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Bridgeport Boss Denies Magazine Quote On Adrian Exit
Bridgeport Brass official Harry May rejects Purchasing Week claims that high wages and fringe benefits drove the Adrian plant closure. He says drastic cuts in military air frame production and a government surplus decision forced the move, with cost factors of rivals cited as only part of the contest.
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Powell denied chance to explain income in tax case
New York internal revenue agent Morris J. Emanuel testified in federal court that Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was not invited to explain questioned returns when fraud was suspected. Powell, a Harlem minister, faces charges of evading over 3000 dollars in taxes on his wife Hazel Scott’s 1951 return and their 1952 joint return. The grand jury was reportedly told of duplications later corrected to about 12,222 dollars, eliminating deficiencies.
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