Saycees push state petitions for constitutional convention
The Adrian Jumoy Chamber of Commerce joins Michigan Jaycees to seek 300000 signatures to put a constitutional convention on the November ballot. Jaycees urge study and possible rewrite of Michigan constitution citing inefficiencies. Durst outlines program at Elks Club with women’s groups and service clubs invited. Lenawee to target five thousand signatures.
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Adrian Jumoy Chamber of Commerce
Michigan
Lansing
Michigan Junior Chamber
Jaycees
Elks Club
Clyne Durst
Adrian
Lenawee
Railroad freight hearing opens in city hall
The Michigan public service commission opened a hearing on New York Central Railroad plans to centralize freight service across several towns including Bussfield Ida Deerfield Jasper Morenci Tecumseh Clinton and Manchester. The railroad seeks two traveling agents per area with central HQ in Adrian and a constitutional ballot change proposed for April 1961 requiring majority voting for a constitutional convention.
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Michigan Public Service Commission
New York Central Railroad
Ieity
Bussfield
Ida
Deerfield
Jasper
Morenci
Tecumseh
Clinton
Manchester
Met
Adrian
Jaycee
Paurick E. Hackett
N.Y.C
Torney
Bert Stroll
Toledo
Daced
Thomas M. Hucley
Erie
Jack W. Racklyett
Bedford
Michigan Jaycee
Order of Railroad Telepetition Committee
Adritgraphers
Brotherhood of Rajlay
Lansing
Jnyeces
Snow Removal Costs Rise in Adrian Budget Report
Adri an city engineer QC Jack Lemon reports rising snow and ice removal costs after recent storms. The post storm removal bill reached 1,195 with total costs to Feb 24 at 8,103 and overall to date at 3,298, far below the 17,690 forecast for the season as heavy snows in late February and early March boosted expenses.
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Adrian
Jack Lemon
U S Space Probe Launch Postponed for Fuel Problems
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The United States postponed a planned interplanetary probe launch due to fueling difficulties. The 90 pound scientific package was to study space between the Earth and Venus. NASA said no new firing date had been set and described the issue as minor if resolved quickly.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla. 4
United States
Earth
Venus
National Agronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Kunze Steps Down From Chairmanship Of County Board
George Kunze resigns as Lenanee board of supervisors chair at year’s end. April session will form new committees and choose a new chairman. County road plans call for 30 miles of rebuilding this year and 18 more next year on Rome, Medina, Beecher, Yankee, Sand Creek, Tipton, Egan, Rogers, South Blissfield, Crockett, and Munson Highways, funded by about 325000 to 350000 annually, with 30000 tied to Sutton Road bridge.
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George Kunze
Lenanee Board of Supervisors
Kunze
Alice Welch
John Keller
Fairfield Township
William M. Burchfield
Board of Road Commissioners
William Gibson
Elmer Hilard
Eugene Ryan
Burchfield
Rome Road
Medina
Beecher
Yankee Roads
Sand Creek
Tipton
Egan
Rogers
South Blissfield
Crockett and
Munson
Sutton Road
Raisin
Crockett Highway
Crockett Bridge
Rome
Geneva
Rollin Highway
Hillsdale
Medina Road
Lawrence
West
Beecher Road
Benner
Morey Highway
Rollin
Yankee
Lyons
Camburn
Carleton
Demings Lake
Hunt
Assistant Agriculture Secretary Visits Local Area
Assistant Agriculture Secretary Charles Figg spoke at the Adrian Kiwanis Club and planned visits to Blissfield and the Michigan Livestock Exchange. He urged families to fund farm programs locally and criticized sending money to Washington, noting cost leakage. He also discussed federal roles in pest and disease control, marketing efficiency, and the need for government to handle tasks individuals cannot.
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Charles Figg
Morenci Farm
Ezraj
Tart Benson
Adri
Kiwanis Club
Washington
Uncle Sam
Adrian and
Blissfield Kiwanis Figg
Jocal
Mre Fier
Pomona
Blissfield
Fing
Michigan Livestock Exchange
Detroit
Abe Lincoln
St. Lawrence Seaway
Stanley Yankus
Dowaginc
Australia
Figgs
Victor Cronk
Lenaweel
Civil rights bill dies as chairman disappears in Lansing
In Lansing amid a cold capitol crowd Rep Lloyd Gibbs absent from key vote delaying civil rights legislation. Demonstrators including NAACP backers gathered in near freezing air urging stronger laws while Gov Williams voiced support for broader civil rights action.
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Lansing
House Committee
Xapovief
J Fine
House
Gibbs
Michigan
Capitol Steps
Lloyd Gibbs
Portland
Joseph J. Kowalski
Detroit
James Wadsworth
St. Marks Presbyterian Church
Jeheer
Gov. Williams
Ward
Burning Well Fire Rages On In Texas Oil Field
The costly oil well blaze west of here has burned for six days and may continue for days. Red Adair heads a Houston based team from the Red Adair Second Co. and weighs options including explosives or mud smothering to control the 4000 foot shaft fire on Perry Vaulb’s Calhoun county property.
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Jackson
Here
Texas
Red Adair
Red Adair 2Nd Co
Houston
Adair
Perry Vaulb
Calhoun County
Many Bills Dead as Legislature Passes Deadline
More than 490 bills were rejected by committees with Benton Harbor senator Harry Litowick decrying the “too many laws.” About 450 additional measures, mostly from the 1980 session, were discarded by Senate and House panels. Only a few items survived, including a fifth grade statewide testing bill and select proposals from Gov Williams’s agenda.
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Lansing
Harry Litowick
Benton Harbor
Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Gov. Williams
Council On Economic Growth
Grand Rapids
Senate Labor Committee
John P. Smeekens
Miners Trapped as Rescue Nears in Fiery Logan Coal Mine
Logan West Virginia officials directing rescue operations said eight men trapped in a fiery coal mine were expected to be reached within hours. The fire had burned for nearly 48 hours and was under control as rescuers moved as rapidly as possible.
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Logan
W. Va
Talks Set Today In Power Strike
Battle Creek bulletin reports Women relatives of striking Consumers Power Co. workers blocked coal trains entering the downtown steam plant in defiance of a court order. The action followed court injunctions aimed at stopping picketing and interference with coal deliveries as negotiations began in Jackson and Battle Creek.
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Battle Creek
Consumers Power Co
Jackson
Consumers Power Company
Gag and Electric Company
Utility Workers Union
Alfonso Magnotia
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Railway
Legislative Pay Boost Debated in Michigan House
A bill debated in Lansing would raise legislative salaries from 4 000 to 86 500 yearly for 144 representatives and senators, keep a 1 000 expertise allowance, and lift top state official pay to 25 500 for Supreme Court justices. Executive salaries would rise to 17 500, none could benefit in current terms, and the plan passed the GOP Ways and Means panel amid earlier failed efforts.
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Lansing
Supreme Court
House
Wayne County
Ways and Means Committee
Addison is county's lone winner in state regional basketball
Addison achieves a lone victory in the state regional basketball tournament with Clinton and Onsted noted in nearby pages. Blissfield is ousted by South Lyon 49-48. Other items include Adrian High School girls studying home nursing and Bixby Hospital receiving a radioactive substitute unit for new career treatment, with features on page 22 and 15 respectively.
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Deerfield
Michigan
Adrian High School
Bixby Hospital
Pitture
Story
Addison
Onsted
Clinton
Jose
Blissfield
South Lyon
Morris in GOP Race
Michigan Senator Carlton H. Morris 42 a Kalamazoo lawyer formally announced as governor candidate first Republican in field. He aims to rally against Solidarity House and tax spend programs pledging to return government to the people and challenge liberal Paul Bagwell in a contest shaping Michigan politics.
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Lansing LA
Carlton H. Morris
Kalamazoo
GOP
Paul D. Bagwell
Bagwell
Morris
Michigan
Solidarity House
United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
Michigan State Senate
Senate 10 Vote on Limited Debate
The Senate votes on a motion to invoke cloture to cap debate on civil rights, amid a four week struggle. Southern opposition led by Richard Russell denounces the move as a gag rule, as filibuster sessions wind down after five hours of pre debate limits.
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Washington
Senate
House
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Eader
Castro Moves To Take Over U S Property
HAVANA UP The Castro government moved today to take over more than 100 million dollars in industrial properties controlled by U S interests. The Moa Bay Mining Co in Oriente province was put under provisional intervention a step toward seizure and expropriation. The move aims to block a shutdown and keep Cubans at work as the government confiscated Burke and James Hedges brothers industrial and transport holdings, about 35 million dollars, previously overseen by government intervenors for months.
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Havana
U.S
Burke and
James Hedges Brothers
Midwest and South Hit by Major Winter Storm
The Associated Press reports a massive winter storm swept from the Texas Panhandle to the East Coast, bringing heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain. Snow blanketed states from Kentucky and Indiana to Maryland and New York, with up to 20 inches in parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. Governors declared emergencies as travel halted, schools closed, and hospitals and road crews struggled to cope. Guardsmen assisted at multiple states, including Kentucky, Indiana and Virginia, amid record snow depths in Louisville and Knoxville reaching over two feet in some counties.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Virginia
Ats
Georgia
Carolinas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
U.ia
West Virginia
mid-Atlantic
Mississippi
Appalachians
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Cannal Rockies
Dakotas
Ohio Valley
Texas Pumhandle
Ginia
Whaeis
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Sworn
Istry
Way
Bert Combs
Sado
Louisville
Evansville
Upper East Tennessee
Knoxville
Snowslide In Canyon Kills 2 Of 3 Men
In Driggs Idaho a snow slide buried three Fall River Rural Electric Co linemen while snowshoeing in Horseshoe Canyon to find a power line break. Two men died William Collette 36 Ashton and Cleo Howard 46 Ashton survived was hospitalized Russell Pasket 29 Ashton.
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Driggs
Idaho
Power Company
Ashton
Fall River Rural Electric Co
Horseshoe Sanyon
MSU to Establish African Language Center Under NDEA Grant
Michigan State University will create a center for African language studies funded by a National Defense Education Act grant of 25 759 dollars in the first year. Dr Russell B Nye says the center will augment MSU's technical assistance program aimed at aiding the University of Nigeria.
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East Lansing
Michigan State University
Russell B Nye
Nye
MSU
University of Nigeria
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Goal of Service Group
Road Commission
Arctic
Canadian Arctic
Michigan State Univers
Odessa
Creston
Iowa
Mary Kay Dunphy
Sharon
Mr. Dunphy
Dunphy
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Capitol
Pmastiyr
South
Ist
Moss
Castro
Georgia Coast
Peth
Canyon
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