State Senate Delays Pay Raise Amid Broad Bill Passage
Lawmakers in Lansing approved liquor, advertising, and electrical bills while delaying a $2,500 pay raise for legislators. A $1,000 county agent raise and $70.48 million in welfare funding were okayed for 1960 61, with a statewide sales tax vote slated for next week.
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State Senate
Lansing
Senate
Industrial Safety Advisory Board
Department of Labor
State Liquor Control Commission
Corporation and Securities Commission
State Board of Examiners
Michigan Press Assn
House
Joseph J. Kowalski
Detroit
Kowalski
University of Michigan seeks cyclotron funding
University of Michigan asks Congress for about two million dollars to build a cyclotron on the North Campus. Representative George Meader urged approval by the House appropriations subcommittee as university officials expect a state grant of roughly one million ten thousand dollars. Dr. Ralph Sawyer cites basic research value and long useful life of the instrument, noting his past role on the atomic test program.
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Washington m
University of Michigan
Congress
George Meader
R-Mich
House
Ralph Sawyer
University
Michigan
Sawyer
U.S
State highway work in Lenawee county approved
Three highway improvement projects in Lenawee county were approved in Lansing. US-223 from Rome Center to US-127 will get 11 miles of 22 foot bituminous surfacing at 179,483 dollars by Ayling Asphalt Paving of Adrian with completion Sept 30.
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Lenawee County
Lansing
Rome Center
Ayling Asphalt Paving Company
Adrian
Ang Arbor Construction Company
Jackson
Lenawee
Washtenaw
S. A. Forsberg Company of
Ingham
Livingston
Dundee-Sylvania
Dundee
Milan
Monroe County
S. J. Groves
Ann Arbor
Morenci Approves New Hospital Plan and Fund Drive
Morenci Unanimously backs a 25 bed community hospital with a $165,000 drive to fund construction and land. A temporary committee expands to permanent to plan the project, targeting a three and a half to five acre site near utilities on a hard road, with plans for self funding and a two year pledge program backed by local residents and gifts.
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Morenci
Keith Whitehouse
Dicran Ackland
B.C. Raabe
Yale Kerby
Teachers Salaries Meeting Is Monday
William Austin, school superintendent, said the regular monthly school board meeting will be Monday, April 21, to discuss the Adrian Teachers Association pay request. The board had planned a March special meeting and moved the date to align with the agenda. The association seeks a $50 increment over two years and base pay increases to $4,300 for women and $4,400 for men, yielding about $6,150 for long-tenured teachers in 1960-61 and $6,400 in 1961-62.
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Wiliam Austin
Adrian Teachers Association
Detroit Area Man Refuses Census Data In Probe
A Sterling Township man George Kido resists census questions stating government has not helped him. His wife and a supervisor faced him when a census taker visited, leading to a standoff. The incident drew a state policeman, with the matter sent to the regional census director who noted prosecutions are rare.
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Detroit
George
Kido
Sterling Township
Janet Vukovich
Mrrs. Vukovich
Vukovich
Mrs. Kido
Russia
Mater
John Tharaldson
Census Bureau
Thoraldson
Lenawee Bond Appeals Dismissed by State Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court dismissed two surety bond forfeiture appeals from Lenawee County Circuit Court citing lack of progress. The forfeitures totaling 3000 were tied to Joseph Muftar, a Detroit man, who failed to appear for a burglary trial. he was in an Indiana prison on concurrent sentences. Michigan Surety Company, now in receivership, faces collection efforts as the county seeks payment.
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Michigan Surety Company
Lenawee
State Suprem
High
Surply Company
Joseph Muftar
Clinton
Rex Martin
Muffar
Muftar
Eee
Lenawee County
Supreme Court
Andrew Heflin
Adrian Man Unhurt In Car Train Crash
E R DeMeritt of 1350 West Wood Drive narrowly escaped injury in an automobile train collision on Stony Creek Road two miles north of Milan Washtenaw county. He drove east alone over a hill and turned as a freight passed the Ann Arbor Toledo crossing. The car was crushed, rolling at least twice, before he crawled to a ditch. Police from Ypsilanti took him to St Joseph hospital where examination showed no broken bones just bruises and shock. he will stay a few days.
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E.R. DeMeritt
Westwood Drive
Stony Creek Road
Milan
Washtenaw County
DeMeritt
Ann Arbor-Toledo
Ypsilanti
St. Joseph Hospital
Ann Arbor
Enawnee Pupils Enter U of M Science Fair
Enawnee students will display 183 science projects at the Southeast Michigan Science Fair in Yost Fieldhouse, University of Michigan, Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday afternoon. Projects cover effects of smoking on mice, salt on car metals, and toothpaste on teeth, with participants from 34 schools in Washtenaw Lenawee Jackson and Monroe counties. Medford W Pfister of Adrian township announces candidacy for Lenawee county register of deeds in the August 2 primary election. Pfister, longtime township treasurer, leads in community projects and is president of Michigan 4 H Leaders Advisory Councils. He owns a dairy farm on Forrester Road with his son.
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Ann Arbor
Southeastern Michigan
Medford W. Pfister
Adrian Township
Lenawee
Three Lenawee men to be inducted into army in May
Col Arthur A Helmes state selective service director announced that three men from Lenawee county will be inducted in May. A total of 471 Michigan men will be called.
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Lenawee County
Army
Arthur A. Helmes
Selective Service
Michigan
Flood Fighters Watch Weakened Dikes Along Rivers
Flood fighters keep watch on earthen dikes along the Mississippi and Missouri as crests approach. Officials warn of possible breaks despite progress bolstering levees from Quincy northward. A major Illinois levee break near Meyer north of Quincy flooded 30 000 acres of farmland. downstream Hannibal's basements flooded for a second time. About 10 000 more farmland acres flooded in Pike County Missouri as the crest moves toward St Louis, with 38 feet viewed as danger. total damages estimated at 18 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Missouri
Quinius
Hannibal, Mo
Iississippi
Quincy
Illinois
Big River
Ilinois
Meyer, I
Hannibal
Pike County
St. Louis
GOP lawmaker seeks ouster of budget chief Landers
Rep. Ligud Anderson asks Civil Service Chair John Seaman to remove Landers from civil service protections after a speech at a Truth About Michigan Conference. Landers warned of possible five cent sales tax and income tax hikes, criticizing a legislative majority he calls dominated by a minority. He vows not to back off despite the backlash.
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GOP
Lansing
Slate
Frank Ms. Lend+ fers
Civil Service Protection
Ligud Anderson
R-Pen‘tige
John N. Seaman
Civil Service Commission
Landers
Michigan
Afl-Cio
Rockefeller Door Not Yet Closed
Jamestown New York Nelson Rockefeller says he has not closed the door on a possible Republican presidential draft but doubts the opportunity will arise. He rejects heading the GOP ticket in November and would not accept the vice presidential nomination under any circumstances. Rockefeller withdrew from the presidential contest last December, leaving Nixon as the nominee front.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Nixon
French Farmers Riot After De Gaulle Returns Home
Riots break out as French farmers protest price freezes and De Gaulle's agriculture plan. Police clash with stone throwers in Sens and Quimper injuring officers and demonstrators. Farmers demand credit and modernization as they resist cabinet proposals amid inflation and Algeria concerns.
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de Gaulle
London
France
Michel Debre
Sensland Quimper
Algeria
Latin American democracy urged as bulwark by Colombian president
Colombian president Alberto Liéras Camay denounced perceived U.S. passivity toward Latin American dictatorships. In a National Press Club speech, Liéras warned retribution from the region and urged that democracy, not fear of communism, must govern stability. He linked dictatorships to debt, austerity, and worsened governance after upheavals.
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Washington
Alberto Liéras Camay
U.S
Latin
America
Latin America
Nacional Press Club
Litras
Lieras
Gustavo Rojas Pitiiteli
Man Pierced By Rail Goes Home
Bruce E. Wixon, 24, of Barryton, was released from Community hospital after being stabbed by 138 feet of rusty bridge railing when a car skidded on a bridge near his home on March 27. The guard rail penetrated the car and his body.
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Mount Pleasant
Mich
Bruce E. Wixon
Barryton
Wixon
Jon
End Near In Power Strike At Consumers Power Co
A 39 day strike against Consumers Power Co ended when company and union officials tentatively settled contract issues. Details withheld until the 5,100 union members vote, with a 24 percent fourth package offered for two years and a 25 cent demand for one year. Job security was a major sticking point. Consumers supplies gas and electric service to much of Lower Michigan outside Detroit. The strike began March 1 after the old contract expired.
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Consumers
Michigan
Detroit
Garland Sanders
Comps Fistan
Aroun
Weston men face charges after drag race crash
Two young Weston men were jailed after a Morenci drag race ended with Blair overturning his car on a curve near Morenci. Blair, 23, was charged with reckless driving and drunkenness. Bixler, 20, faced reckless driving charges. Both were captured after police pursued the racers.
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Weston
Morenci
Wem
Max D. Bixler
Robert Lewis Blair
Bixler
Blair
Enness
Wesslon Road
Third Grader Composes Rhapsody Shocks Philadelphia Crowd
Eight year old Kenneth Brown, a third grader, wrote An Israeli Rhapsody last January and will have it played tomorrow at the Academy of Music as part of the annual children's concert. His mother Vera Brown says he has written music since age four and pictures scenes in his head. Philharmonic assistant conductor William Smith selected the piece as the best submission. The family and teachers say the boy cannot understand why others doubt his gift.
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Preadelphia
Kenneth Brown
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ers
Sue Heck
Vera Brown
Abs. Brown
Philadelphia
Ken Brown
Ken
Pianolyclopedia
William Smith
Brownsistant
Philadel
Phia
Smith
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