Residential zoning proposal drives city commission action
The city commission approved the first reading of a modified residential zoning amendment aimed at protecting property owners and restricting two family and multifamily units where land is insufficient. A request to operate a beauty parlor at 703 Loveland Avenue was denied after planning commission cited nonconforming equipment and restricts on home operations. Ballard admitted lacking a building permit for the addition, after which he extended facilities. a block survey of property owners is required for the next meeting.
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City Commission
City Planning Commission
Stme
Willard Ballard
Loveland Avenue
Planning Commission
Ballard
Man Sentenced After Defying Probation To Drive
Adrian resident Adrian Harris, 27, on three years probation for breaking and entering, violated terms by driving without a license. He forged a duplicate license, drove into Adrian, and was sentenced by Judge Rex Martin to one to 15 years in Jackson state prison with nine months eligibility for parole, plus earlier probation violations and a four month jail term from 1959. He will serve time for the latest offense and prior probation breaches.
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Southern Michigan
Adrian
Crewit Court
Gerald Douglas Harris
Toledo Street
Jackson
Rex Martin
Harris
Secretary of State
Fonia
Cassidy Lake
Hechinger's
Powell's Tax Evasion Trial Opens
Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr a Harlem congressman faces federal court on an income tax evasion charge alleging a false 1951 tax return for his wife pianist Hazel Scott and $3 000 evaded in a 1952 joint return If convicted he could face up to 15 years in prison The indictment was returned May 1958 and Powell had health related trial delays Powell’s attorney is Edward Bennett Williams
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
D-Ny
Harlem
Powell
Hazel Scott
Miss Scott
Paris
Edward Benett Williams
Washington
Jack Paar’s Return Ended With Censored Personal Reference
Jack Paar returned to NBC television amid censorship after a five minute cut from a taped show. NBC cited bad taste for the omission of a joke targeting the press and Hearst papers. Paar agreed to drop a brief ten word reference to columnist Walter Winchell, with network officials later announcing the change.
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Jack
New York
Jack Paar
NBC
Beat
Atm
Paar
Walter Winchell
Hearst
Factory Worker Tosses $13000 To Winds In Ten Block Stroll
HAMTRAMCK A 47 year old Chrysler factory worker Stephen Krysiak began a ten block spree tossing $100 bills to passersby and burning scraps. Police stopped him as he still held about $5700 in one hand and torn notes in the other. He said he withdrew the money from a safe deposit box due to worry. His mother Sophie Krysiak said he has been treated for a nervous disorder and had an appointment with a physician about the time he went to the bank. The couple lived on Krysiak’s wages and small family business earnings. Bank records of safe boxes were not available.
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Hamtramck
Petroit Suburt
Stephen Krysiak
Krysiak
Chrysler
Felton Turner
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Turner
Texas Southern University
Houston
Defense routes are under study in county plan
Clinton and Bussfield state police, Sheriff Robert C. Stites, county road Engineer William M. Burchfield and Civil Defense Director John Saling met today to discuss evacuation routes and check points in case of emergency. The exploratory meeting aims to tie routes with Washteraw and Monroe counties as Lenawee prepares a county wide plan on state request. A rough draft should be completed this month with Sgt. Thornton D. Stratton and Sgt. Carl Anderson to represent Blissfield and Clinton posts.
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Clinton
Bussfield
Robert C. Stites
William M. Burchfield
John Saling
Mr. Saling
Washteraw
Monroe
Lenawee
Saling
Aand
Thornton D. Stratton
Blissfield
Carl Anderson
Train Crash Kills Eight Near Berlin Conn Including Foster Children
A New Haven Railroad No. 97 collided with a station wagon near Berlin Connecticut, killing seven state wards and an adult. Mrs. Emily Whitaker and six other children died. the auto, carrying the group, plunged into Silver Lake as an ice crusted pond. Police identified the victims and divers searched submerged wreckage while no railroad passengers were hurt. The Whitakers had been cited in 1957 for foster care of school children and were escorting them to St Pauls school at Kensington.
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Berlin
Conn
Silver Lake
Emily Whitaker
Newgroes
New Haven Railroad
Springfield
Mass
New York
Compromise Plan for Code Revision Rejected in Senate
Lansing The compromise plan for a 1961 constitutional convention was rejected by the Senate on two test votes last night. Backers abandoned hopes of approval by the legislature as Majority Republicans defeated the proposal backed by the League of Women Voters and the State Junior Chamber of Commerce to place it on the November ballot by initiative petition.
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Senate
League of Wasmen
Tunior Chaimber of Commerce
Seg
Carlton H. Marvis
Kalamazoo
August Schollé
Scholle
Afl-Cio
League-Jaycee
Williams
Paul D. Bagwell
GOP
Morris
George Steeh Iy Clemens
League
Jaycees
Steel
House
Wayne
Oakland
Macomb
Edward Hutchinson
R.fennville
Teamsters push to gag monitors in corruption probe
The Teamsters urge a federal judge to silence the court appointed monitors as corruption cases surface. Attorney Raymond Bergan accuses the three man panel of sharing findings with reporters before court briefing. Judge Letts notes the public’s right to know the facts.
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Teamsters
Washington Ly
Teamsters Union
Raymond W. Bergan
Monitor Board
Bergan
U.S
Dickinson Letis
Iie
Washington
Regal
mid-Pacific
Letts
Monitors
Monitor Group i
Innocent pleas entered in Detroit slaying case
Oakland City Circuit Judge Clark J. Adams entered innocent pleas for two Detroit men, Gerald MacKay and Richard Shirk, accused of first degree murder in the Carlo Vitale slaying. The case notes Vitale’s body in a shallow grave with bullet wounds, arraignment set for April as defense and prosecution arrange further appearances. The report also mentions altered traffic signals at Broad Maumee and Center Streets to allow right turns on red after stop.
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Pontiac
Oakland
Clark J. Adams
Carlo Vitale
Gerald MacKay
Richard Shirk
Detroit
Vitale
Adams
Kurile Island
U. S
Broad
Maumee
Church
Center Streets
To Spray Or Not To Spray A Municipal Question
City commissioners debated elm tree spraying to curb Dutch elm disease. Four approved a contract with Richley and Son Tree Service for 1196 to spray 1 156 elm trees between Nov 15 and April 15, one spraying only. MSU agriculture leaders backed spraying to save elm trees despite possible bark feeder losses.
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Gaylord
Ely
Baker
Richard Hobex
Nicholas
Miller
R. A. Piotter
Ruth Carga
Robert Perry
Roy
McPhail
Richley and Son Tree Service
Detroit
Carl W. Buchheister
National Audacity Nonerty
Hon Society
Buchheister
Robert Finley
George Wallace
Michigan State University
Inley
Agriculture School of Msu
President Eisenhower preps tonight speech after Latin tour
After a punishing 15,500 mile swing through Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay President Eisenhower returns to Andrews Air Force Base. He plans a 15 minute radio television address tonight at 7 pm while congressional leaders discuss civil rights filibusters and looming legislative gridlock. He will skip a news conference this week.
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White House
South America
Eisenhower
Senate
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Andrews Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Latin America
Richard M. Nixon
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
U S Protest Over Castro Ship Blast Charges
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla A 110 ton Atlas ICBM performed a 90 degree twist ascent test to evaluate its inertial guidance system The missile rose from the pad aimed at a three mile distant sea target while its built in guidance did not steer it and telemetry relayed performance data to a ground station The test used radio command guidance in the Atlas flight
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Cape Canaveral
Fla. 1
Atlantic
Castro Blames U.S. in Funeral Speech
Washington denounces Castro remarks as baseless and provocative accusing U.S. officials of involvement in a Havana harbor munitions blast. State Secretary Herter rebukes Castro in a pointed briefing to the Cuban chargé d affaires while noting U.S. sympathy for Cuban victims and readiness to help survivors.
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Washington
United States
Castro
Casio
Havana
Herter
Hester
Enrique Patterson
State Department
Donald Chapman
Chapman
Miami
Department
U.S
Cuba
Belgium
Pickets Halt Coal Delivery To Consumers
In its second week, the coal strike disrupted supply in Battle Creek as Local 106 of the utility workers blocked Grand Trunk Western trains. Grand Trunk seeks an injunction to force coal delivery. A circuit judge withheld action on another plant in Royal Oak, granting time for negotiation. About 3,600 workers walked out after March 1 contract talks failed. Supervisors maintain service to most Lower Peninsula cities except Detroit.
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Royal Oak
Clark J. Adams
Lower Peninsula
Detroit
Adrian Sets Cold Season Record With Two Degree Low
A new cold season record was set in Adrian as temperatures fell to two degrees Monday night. A low of 14 is forecast tonight and the Wednesday high is expected near 32. Forecasters say a moderating trend is developing in the Midwest.
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Adrian
Mid-West
Lenawee road commission to present annual report
The Lenawee county road commission will present its annual report to the board of supervisors on Wednesday. The supervisors will meet at 10 am in the courthouse. Road commissioners and Engineer William M. Burthfield will appear before the board at 2 15 p.m.
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Lenawee County Road Commission
Board of Supervisors
Court House
William M. Burthfield
Grandmother Pleads With Carolina Couple To Drop Adoption Idea
A gray haired grandmother in Luton, England, Ellen Moore, 62, made three transatlantic calls urging Wilbur and Billie Prescott of North Charleston, South Carolina, not to adopt her unborn grandchild. The couple, who want the baby for themselves, plan to adopt after the child is born in Britain and U.S. citizenship will complicate legal steps. Public reaction in Britain was swift with nearly 100 letters criticizing Moore, while the Prescotts insist they can provide for the child and aim to adopt despite Moore’s protests.
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Luton
England
Ellen Moore
Wilbur
Billie Prescott
North Charleston
S. C
Yvonne
United States
Lea
Ebea
Pny
Prescotts
Yvonne Moore
South Carolina
Moore
Moores
Britain
Charleston
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