Adrian teachers push for salary increases at board meeting
At the Adrian school board session nine members and a six member salary committee heard two salary proposals from the Adrian Teachers Association. They seek higher annual increments from 150 to 200 over two years and a raise in starting pay to 4200 for women and 4400 for men. If approved the 1960 61 budget would rise by about 102 000 though the board will study the request until an April meeting.
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Adrian Teachers Association
Adrian
Board of Education
Max Sweet
Hel
Rew
Americans Plan Rescue Bid After Batista Suspects Nabbed in Cuba
Two American pilots Howard Rundquist and William Shergales were seized near Varadero after a low-flying Piper Co. Manche hit by machine gun fire. Cuban authorities said they planned to rendezvous with a former Batista police officer, Damaso Montesinos, as Havana bolstered anti US propaganda. Rundquist and Shergales, tied to an attempt to aid Batista loyalists, faced likely Castro military tribunal on counter revolutionary charges.
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Havana
Cuba
Ant-U. S
Damaso Montesinos
Batista
Gladys
Santiago Rodriguez
United States
Fidel Rundquist
Castro
Toot
Tol
U. S
Varadero Beach
Philip Trip
Bonsal
Haia
Yana
Damaso
Howard Louis Rundquist
San Rafael
Calif
Miami
Fla
William
Shergales
West Hollywood
Mantanzas
Fulgencio Batista
Tazaro Damaso Montesinos
Varadero
Aero Country Club
Rundquist
Fort Lauderdale
Sebring
Malanggs
Lenawee Court House
James H. Coller
Lenawee
Jaycees Held After Party at Whitmore Lake
State police continue probe into a party sponsored by the Ann Arbor Jaycees where liquor sales without a license and gambling were alleged. A raid found a wheeler, card and dice games, with $480 seized. 141 men and two entertainers were questioned. fines total 104.80 for disorderly conduct. Rexford W. Sexton, 71, former state editor, funeral set in Olivet.
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Ann Arbor
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Whitmore Lake
Jaycees
Justice of the Peace
G. Eric Singer
Brighton
Structural Failure Blamed For Turboprop Crash Near Tell City
Investigators say structural failure preceded the Northwest Airlines Electra turboprop crash near Tell City Indiana killing 62. FBI found fingerprints of two passengers and a ring belonging to a third on wreckage remains. CAB officials cautioned causes may take time to determine.
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Tell City
Ind
Northwest Airlines
Electra
Here
FBI
James R. Durfee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Arthur Neumann
CAB
Harold V. Snyder
Highland Park
Arnie Kowal
Minneapolis
University of Notre Dame
John Bachner
South Bend
Plane crash near schoolhouse kills mother and two granddaughters
An air force jet bomber aiming to test recent modifications crashed into a small Denton home killing Mrs. Jessie Brown 30 Laverne Brown 6 and Karen Brown 4 all three identified as Negroes. Pilot Capt William Smith 32 Los Angeles survived after ejecting. About 200 children in a nearby wing were shaken and twelve slightly injured.
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Denton
Air Force
Jessie Brown
Laverne Brown
Karen Brown
Baltimore
Martin Co
Jexplosion
Saidrvin Crossan
William ¥. Smith
Los Angeles
Warner- Robins (Ga
Easton
Man Dies In Clinton Tipton Highway Fire
Ervin C. Coy, 60, perished in a two room apartment fire at 12901 Tipton Highway that destroyed the building and a nearby trailer park. Firemen reported Coy unconscious near the rear door as flames and smoke engulfed the area. Coroner ruled accidental death after inquest was deemed unnecessary. Coy, a longtime Evansport Ohio native, leaves four daughters and extended family. Funeral set for Proctor Funeral Home Clinton with Oak Grove Cemetery Manchester burial.
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Tipton Highway
Ervin C. Coy
Mr. Coy
Cear
Grant Dunsmore
Clinton
Dunsmore
Roy Jedele Af
Coy
Edward Braun
Sand
Detroit
Rudds
Jedele
USA 12
R. H. Miler Excavating Co
Evansport
Ohio
Milton
Betty) Finkbeiner
Saline
Bernard
Vernita) Prentice
Munich
Raymond
Margaret) Evilsizer
Manchester
Homer
Tecumseh
Charles
Amos
Stryker
Charles Slusser
Emma Jentit
Pete Bruot
Proctor Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Violent Michigan storm leaves damage and closures
A violent spring snow storm driven by tornadic winds swept Michigan, closing hundreds of schools and causing extensive damage. Winds peaked near 77 mph in western Michigan, with roll cloud activity near Grand Haven and a motel fire in Marshall. Unoccupied buildings collapsed, glass shattered, and an unoccupied plane was damaged as travel halted on snowblocked roads across Kent, Muskegon, Battle Creek, and Saginaw areas.
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Associated Press
Michigan
U.S. Weather Bureau
State Highway Department
Us-31
Grand Haven
Marshall
Muskegon and
Bolland
Fred
Dorothy Vander Schaaf
Battle Creek
Tool Futl
Carlson Tool & Mig. Co
Saginaw
Kent County
Belmont
Grand Rapids
Capital Airlines
Midland Bay City
Saginaw Tri-City
West weighs Russian disarmament plan at Geneva talks
The sixth meeting of the ten nation disarmament conference heard Valerian Zorin say Russia could reverse its plan to start with nuclear disarmament if the West preferred. Western delegates cautioned on vague inspection and control details and refused to accept a Soviet two step timetable. In Washington, Eisenhower and Herter considered the proposal with serious interest.
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Geneva
Russia
Valerian Zorin
Washington
Eisenhower
Herter
Drug Addict Dies After Freedom Bid At Hospital
A New Mexico prisoner, Donald F. Smith, died after a hostage escape from an Indianapolis hospital. While undergoing narcotics withdrawal, he unlocked leg chains, took guard keys, and released his wife Jan Shelton Smith. Police opened fire as the couple fled, with Smith fatally wounded and dying two hours later. His wife was recaptured.
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Indianapolis
New Mexico
Donald F. Smith
Albuquerque
N. M
General Hospital
Jan Shelton Smith
Smith
Lawrence
E. McLaughlin
Gould
James F. Kelly
Kelly
Smiths
Willard T. Swain
Police officers' statements filed over falsified time reports
City Administrator Robert Finley said eight officers provided signed statements accusing a fellow officer of falsifying time reports. The statements and other complaints will be reviewed, and if evidence warrants, the matter may be sent to the civil service board for action.
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Bis
Robert Finley
Civil Service Board
Tambroni Named To Form Italian Regime In Crisis
Rome a 58 year old lawyer Fernando Tambroni was named by President Giovanni Gronchi to attempt forming a government amid Italy s worst postwar political crisis. He faces a difficult task as outgoing Premier Segni failed to unite a left of center coalition due to right wing opposition and left independents resistance. In Michigan plans a research trip east for six months to study Asia for a new course at MSU. A Benton Harbor mother and her three children escaped a house fire through a window. fire blamed on an overheated furnace, no injuries reported.
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Rome
Fernando Tambroni
Italy
Giovanni Gronchi
Tambroni
Antonio Segui
Christian Democrats
Democratic Socialists
Segui
East Lansing
Michigan State University
Walter R. Fee
Asia
MSU
Benton Harbor
Ora Lee Morris
Charles
Janice
Morris
Lake Michigan Beach
Here
Free On Bond In Murder Case In Detroit
Mrs. Nelle Lassiter walked into the sunshine after a month in jail on murder charges in the death of her husband Parvin Lassiter. A Circuit Judge ordered a $15,000 bond, allowing Lassiter to be released. Co defendant Gorton Watson was to be freed on similar terms but remained jailed for now. Prosecutors said bail may stretch for weeks before trial. The pair face first degree murder and conspiracy charges for hiring three men to kill the suburban car dealer near Willow Row airport after a business trip.
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Detroit
Mrs. Nelle ‘Lassiter
Chester P O'Hara
Gorton Watson
Lassiter
Watson
George’ “Kent
Parvin Lassiter
Royal Oak
Russia Pushes 12 Mile Sea Limit Proposal
At the 84 nation law of the sea conference in Geneva Russia proposes a universal 12 mile territorial limit and coastal fishing rights for all states. Grigori Tonkin tables the plan as Mexico’s Alfonso Garcia Robles endorses a similar 12 mile limit with up to 18 miles for coastal states. The United States and Britain advocate a six mile territorial limit with six miles of exclusive fishing rights, maintaining the traditional three mile baseline.
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Geneva
Russia
Grigori I. Tonkin
Tonkin
Mexico
Alfonso Garcia Robles
United States
Britain
Bridgeport Brass closing hits Adrian jobs and tax base
City and Chamber officials review how to soften loss from Bridgeport Brass Plant at East Beechey Street Adrian to vacate April 30 with 615 jobs gone and 5 million in payroll exposure. State aid sought as governor offers agency support while Air Force surplus listing looms.
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Adrisa
Bridgeport Brass Company
Ity
Chamber of Commerce
Bridgeport
Big East Beechey Street
Chamber
Wabash Railroad
Consumers Power Co
Michigan Economic Development Commission
Adrian
Suge
John O’brien
Mr. O'Brien
O'Brien
Adrianettigens
Watchdog group attends city commission meeting
Standing room only marked the Monday night city commission session as a watchdog committee formed to oversee tax funds attended. Commissioners unanimously approved a restrictive residential zoning amendment and a $13,000 sale of 13 acres near the municipal airport to Andrew J. Smith of Tecumseh for light industrial use. Portions of the funds will pay for airport improvements including runway addition and taxi strip construction. The sale includes reservations about airport access and future improvements. Also noted were land use changes on Broad Street, parking objections, and traffic concerns at Beecher and Main Streets with counts showing substantial local traffic.
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City Commission
Committee of
Itsoal
Andrew J. Smith
Tecumseh
Siegneur Brothers
Broad Street
Tthat
Board Of Review Extends Tax Assessment Hearings This Week
The city commissioners announced that the board of review will continue hearing objections to tax assessments through the week. Members are paid 25 per day for this week after receiving 70 for last week. Commissioner Robert Perry cast the lone dissent as the compensation rate was approved. The board will examine properties with objections on Wednesday and hear taxpayers by appointment for the rest of the week, extending a normally four to six day annual meeting due to many requests.
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Bridgeport Brass
Adrian
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Brass Company
Adrian Public Schools
Robert Min Jey
Board of Review
City Commission
Robert Perry
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