Water and Sewer Rates Proposed for City Increase
Adrian considers a 33 percent sewer and 35 percent water rate hike to fund future improvements. A 30 percent post-1964 water rise is also proposed. Industrial users would face higher bills while minimum charges rise to 1.00 for water and 1.00 for sewer, with typical 2000 cubic feet costs placed above state averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Finkbeiner
Pettis & Strout
Consulting Engineers
Toledo
Kenneth Smith
Water Department
Ike Seeks $4.1 Billion Foreign Aid Package
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 4.175 billion dollars in new foreign aid to defend the Free World against a Communist bloc. The plan would split roughly 2 billion for weapons aid to allies and 2.175 billion for economic and technical assistance, aiming to sustain mutual security and global progress in freedom.
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Hisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower
Asia
Middle East
Europe
16 year old spared as fatal stabbing case ruled
Probate judge excused a 16 year old girl for the fatal stabbing of her father amid a domestic violence scene. The judge labeled the slaying as justifiable homicide noting the father beat the mother and stabbed her in the back. Police described the man William Stull as 41 and intoxicated at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saglnaw U
Glen Jordan
O'Dell
William Stull
O*dell
Jet Crash Kills Pilot and Woman Near Moffett Field
A Navy A4D trainer crashed into a Mountain View residence. Pilot Lt. Gordon Blake, 36, reported engine vibration before impact. He and Mrs. Margaret Halmi, 44, wife of a former Hungarian freedom fighter, died in the blaze. Mrs. Halmi was decapitated at her kitchen sink. Dezso Halmi, electronics engineer at Palo Alto, found his wife's body among the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
Calif
Gordon N- Blake
Moffett, Naval Air Station
Margaret Halmi
Dezso Halmi
Palo Alto
Nixon Boosts Michigan GOP Amid Detroit Visit
Vice President Richard Nixon toured Detroit delivering three speeches and a news conference drawing over 6,500. He called Michigan a pivotal state for a Republican win in 1960, pledging attention to help seize the U.S. Senate seat held by Senator McNamara and the governorship. He noted Williams’s long term and said the Democrats would choose their nominee. Nixon and his wife Pat spoke to executives from Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors and addressed labor leaders at Wayne State University. He ruled out religion as an campaign issue and showed no New Hampshire stop before its primary.
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GOP
Lawrence Lindemer
Nixon
Detroit
Sen. McNamara
Dmich
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Michigan
Yelion
Pat
Washington
Eisenhower
Economic Club of
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
L. L. Colbert
Chrysler
C. H. Good
Ki. Skinner
General Motors
Leonard H. Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Wayne State University
New Hampshire
William W. Treat
Hampton
N.H
Nixon Impresses Lenawee Leader in Detroit Meeting
Vice President Richard M. Nixon met in Detroit with Lenawee Republicans including Mrs. Alice Lee and Mrs. John Keller. A private session with about 250 county workers and officials preceded a public address to 1,000 guests. Nixon spoke to 8,000 to 10,000 people in 12 hours, per John B. Martin, with senators Beadle Mortis Stahlin and Fitzgerald among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Nixon
Alice Lee
Detroit
Lee
Lenawee County
Lenawee
John Keller
Raymond
Faun Platt
Platt
State Central Committee
Nixon
Statler-Hilton
John B. Martin
Frank D. Beadle
St. Clair
GOP
Carlton H. Mortis
Kalamazoo
John H. Stahlin
Belding
John W. Fitzgerald
Grand Ledge
Convictions of a Conservative speech denounces welfare state
Adrian College President Dr. John Dawson denounces the something for nothing ethos. He blasts demagogues and minorities driving timidity, warns conservatives to act, and questions endless services funded from cradle to grave. He stresses personal responsibility and skepticism of welfare programs.
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America
John Dawson
Adrian College
Optimist Club
Tts
Lre
Dawson
Adrian
Dr. Dawson
Stanley
Yankus
Australia
al Rohms
Khrushchev in Burma as Asia tour begins second stop
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Rangoon Burma for a 36-hour stay on the second leg of his four nation Asian trip. He was greeted by President U Win Maung and Premier Ne Win and promised talks on pressing world issues. Khrushchev moves next to Indonesia and Afghanistan.
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Rangoon
Khrushchev
Burma
U Win Maung
Ne Win
India
Ot Maung
Soviet Union
Ahrushchev
Indonesia
Afghanistan
Calcutta
Caletta
Amrita Bazar Patrika
Eisenhower
Judge proposes reform of damage awards in jury trials
Flint 4th Circuit judge Stephen J. Roth urges overhauling damage awards in jury cases. He cites Genesee County rulings where $29,000 and $2,750 were awarded in similar traffic accident cases and proposes judges determine damages or reverse verdicts. He warns of future admin tribunals overseeing damage suits.
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Flint
Fudge
Stephen J. Roth
Genesee County
Roth
Flat Tires Close School For Day
Bedford township closed classes for 3,700 pupils after someone let air out of all 34 school buses. Principal Laurence Hiller said every bus had at least two flats and some students walked or were driven to school. There were too few pupils present to justify Jelasses and the day was canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Township
Laurence Hiller
Lawmaker Pushes Higher Second Injury Fund Contribution
Lansing lawmaker Rep. David Holmes proposes raising employer contributions to Michigan's second injury fund from 1500 to 7500 dollars. He warns current funding will be exhausted in seven months at the present rate, risking loss of benefits for about 105 workers with permanent disabilities from work injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
David
Holmes
Detroit
Lie detector test in assault case at Manitou Beach
A lie detector test was under way today in East Lansing for Lewis E. Wilson 25 of Manitou Beach after a Vandercook Lake woman Goldie Sellers 41 accused him of assaulting her following a party. She described being struck and leaving to seek help before Wilson was arrested near Manitou Beach. Both had been reportedly drinking.
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East Lansing
Lewis E. Wilson
Manitou Beach
Vandercook Lake
Kenneth B . Glaser
Wilson
Goldie Sellers
Bixby Hospital
Strange Object Sighted Over Alaska
ANCHORAGE Alaska A silvery object flashed through western Alaska skies late Sunday belching flames and leaving a dozen unanswered questions. Reports came from Nome to St Michael about 150 miles away. Major Roy E Haines said the object appeared to come from Russian Siberia and move southeast. Observers described it as low and slow or high and fast as it curved away near Cape Nome, suggesting it might be manned.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Air Command
Nome
St. Michael
Russian Siberia
Roy E. Haines
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Iit
Cape Nome
Jack Paar to Resume Show After Three Week Vacation
NSC announced Jack Paar will return to his television program on March 7 after a three week break. The plan reiterates his comeback date and signals a continued run on the show.
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Jack
New York
NSC
Jack Parr
Proposal to redesign Michigan state flag to improve recognition
Sen Harold M Ryan argues most citizens cannot identify Michigan’s flag. He filed a bill to place a white silhouette of Michigan’s outline across the blue field while keeping the state coat of arms, motto, deer and elk. The 1911 flag still stands.
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Lansing
Michigan
Harold M.’ Ryan
Detroit Democrat
Ford Dealers Face Price Fixing Fines
Twenty two Detroit area Ford dealers facing possible fines up to 50,000 dollars per count after pleading no contest to two conspiracy charges. The Metropolitan Ford Dealers Association allegedly conspired to set uniform price lists and minimum gross profit margins for new Fords. Justice official cites potential total penalties. Judge Freeman set date to hear explanations and impending sentences.
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Detroit
Detroit Area
Ford
Menopolitan
Ford Dealers Association
Bath New Ford
John Neville
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
U.S
Ralph M. Freeman
Jlater
Civil Rights Bill Blocked in Senate by Southern Democrat
A Southern Democrat blocked a move to force Eisenhower era seven point civil rights legislation from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Keating proposed reporting the bill, but the motion failed as Senate sessions continued. Johnson objected the motion was out of order. Eastland upheld the ruling as committee chair. Across the Capitol, the House Rules Committee resumed hearings on a milder civil rights bill with Representative Tuck arguing there is no need for new legislation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Kenneth B. Keating
RNY
Olin D. Johnson
D-50
Johnston
James ©. Eastland
Dmiss
Capitol
House Rules Committee
William M. Tuck
D-Va
Three Districts Seek Annexation to Adrian School System
Adrian board allows Birdsall Woodside and Prairie districts to annex. State law requires the annexing district to assume debts and pay its own. enrollment would rise by 8 high school and 406 elementary students, valuations increase by 4.6 million. Woodside has no debt, Prairie owes some, Birdsall carries several debts expected to be paid in coming years.
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Adrian Board of Education
Adrian
Birdsall
Woodside
Prairie
Prairie School
Haw
Adrian School Board
Mayors Exchange Drawing Held in Lansing Today
Officials from about 30 Michigan cities gather in Lansing for the annual Mayors exchange drawing. Up to 300 communities will swap mayors and village presidents on May 16 as part of Michigan Week. Gov Williams and state administrative board invited. Lansing Mayor Ralph Warego chairs the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
New Shopping Project Plans Begin March for Colonial Village
Adrian prepares an $850000 Colonial Village on West Maumee Street near the D T L Railroad and Grecory Street. The A P Food Stores will anchor a group of at least eight tenants, with 12 possible, and construction slated after March 1. The project includes an 18000 square foot supermarket with early American design, 367 parking spaces, four entrances, and a 18 month site acquisition history led by Douglas Mann and L H Stockford.
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Colonial Village
West Maumee Street
Grecory Street
A&p Food
R.R. Betz
Toledo
A&p Food Stores
Douglas Mann
L., H. Stockford
Adrian Sales
Manns
A&p
North Winter Street Market
Additton
Maumee
Greenly Street
Maumee Street
Greenly
Race Street
Chevrolet
Addington Roofing Co
D. T
Addington
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