Favorable labor relations seen as city advantage
Adrian leaders see good labor relations as a city asset after Bridgeport Brass announced the U.S. Air Force plant on East Beecher Street will close April 30. Officials, including Robert J. Byers, stressed efforts to attract a new buyer while preserving jobs and orderly transition for about 600 workers.
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Adrian
U.S. Air Force
Robert J. Byers
Economic Development Commission of Michigan
Chamber of Commerce
Bridgeport Brass Company
Air Force
East Beecher Street
Byers
Firms Eye Vacant Hoover and Bridgeport Plants
John O'Brien, Adrian chamber manager, said two firms are definitely interested in the Hoover Ball and Bearing Co. plant and the Bridgeport Brass Co. plant. A California firm will inspect the Hoover plant today, while a Detroit industrial firm has shown interest in the Bridgeport plant. Hoover stopped operations on Sept. 15, 1959, two years nine months after acquiring the Gerity-Michigan Co. The chamber will contact Detroit representatives today.
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Byers
Bridgeport Brass Company
Consumers Power Company
State Economic Development’ Commission
Wabash Railroad
Bridgeport Brass
Atomic Energy Commission
Horace Brewer
Power Company
John McIntyre
Edward Hosken
Melvin Oliver
Uaw-Cio
John O'Brien
Hoover Ball & Bearing Co
Bridgeport Brass Co
California
Adrian
Hoover
Detroit
Bridgeport
Chamber
Hoover Concern
Gerity-Michigan Co
Jackson seeks injunction over street light hole dispute
The city of Jackson plans to go to court to stop UAW Local 101 picketing around a one and a half foot hole near the Consumers Power office. A contractor opened the hole while repairing a damaged power line caused by a strike affecting lower peninsula utilities. City officials warn of electrical explosion if wet, and the commission votes to seek injunction to end the picketing and allow repairs.
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Jackson
National Bank
Michigan Avenue
Migin
Consumers Power Co
Lower Peninsula
Utility Workers of America
UAW Local 101
Consumers’ Office
Joseph Warren
Bridgeport Closing Now an Issue in Michigan Politics
Michigan politics heated over Bridgeport Brass Co closing its Adrian plant with 15 lost jobs. Republican leader Paul D. Bagwell calls for impartial probe, questions Michigan’s appeal to industry and order cuts by the U.S. Air Force. Adrian Chamber rebuts that climate did not determine the exit.
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Bridgeport
Michigan
Bridgeport Brass Company
Paul D. Bagwell
Republican Party
Bagwell
Adtiza
Adrian
U.S. Air Force
Adrian Chamber of Commerce
John O'Brien
Bedford
Chamber of Commerce
Bridgeport Brass Co
Soviet Delegate Sees Arms Control Parity With West
Valerian Zorin told the ten nation disarmament conference that Russia's stance on controls mirrors Western powers. He spoke of phased Soviet proposals for on site controllers from beginning to end. Western reps welcomed the need for a policing system but sought concrete details on how inspections would operate.
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Geneva
Valerian Zorin
Russia
Zorin
Actress Lynne Baggett Found Dead In Hollywood
Hollywood actress Lynne Baggett, 32, was found dead in her bed with pills nearby. Police are treating it as a possible overdose pending autopsy results. Her turbulent life included a broken marriage, legal battles, a hit-and-run jail term in 1954, and health troubles.
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Hollywood
Lynne Baggett
Darlene Jones
Land Condemnation Attorney Quits Over Policy Raps Process
Willard L. Mikesell, former highway department condemnation attorney, resigns criticizing one-price land purchases after independent appraisals. He accuses the policy of bypassing due process and fairness, while the department defends it as speed and haggle-free. The resignation follows a clash with Commissioner Mackie and linked civil service appeal issues.
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Mikesell
Mackin
Highway Department
Lansing
Willard L. Mikesell
Jon C. Mackie
John H. Stablin
Belding
Mackie
Charles M. Ziegler
Hhis
State Civil Service Commission
House Civil Rights Bill Inches Toward Passage In House
A majority backed a civil rights bill centering on court appointed referees to aid Black voting. The House vote stood 199-104 amid looming roll call debates as passage was anticipated today. The Senate debate had run since Feb. 15 with no agreed bill, risking delays or a conference to merge versions.
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House
Senate
Conference
Eisenhower
Inside Today's Telegram Highlights and Page References
Madison high school seniors anticipate graduation with pictures on Page 15. Health department inspects many areas on Page 13. Morenci P.T.A. discusses education classes in schools on Page 11. Old Photo Gallery on Page 4. College Men help clean Stevenson Women on Photo Page 13.
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Health Department
Morenci P,t
Stephenson Wome
Missile Test Failure At Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL United States failed to place a radiation study satellite into orbit after the Jung 11 four stage rocket lifted off at 8 35 am from the missile testing station. NASA reported the payload did not reach orbit and officials suspect an upper stage failed to ignite. Dr Wernher von Braun warned the failure appears likely and noted another launch window on June 1 may be available.
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United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Space Agency
Wernher von Braun
Wasa
Northern students aid Negro movement sparks bomb scare
The article reports a 21 year old Michigan State University student, James A Draves, making a bomb remark at Capital Airlines in Lansing while awaiting a flight. He was detained by police and FBI, later released after luggage searches found no explosives. Flights delayed as bomb threats disrupted multiple planes. Northern college students rally in support of anti segregation protests across the south with actions at Yale Brown Skidmore Connecticut and Alabama.
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James A. Draves
Capital City
Draves
Michigan State University
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Th Capital Airlines
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FBI
Joseph Kiomento
Bernard Draves
Florida
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Willow Run
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Tennessee
Texas
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White University of Alabama Center
Montgomery
Marzette Watts
Memphis
Tenn
Metro
Public Art Gallery
Brooks Memorial Art Gallery
Storrs, Conn
Jeremy Dodd
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Five Sore Threats In One F amily an
Mr and Mrs David Bevins of Sheridan Road near Clinton decide to act and take their five children through tonsillectomies at Herrick hospital Tuesday. The Bevins, working at a Clinton market, report David 10 Bobby 8 Tommy 7 Linda 6 and Mary Ann 3 all recovered with flying colors and planned to leave the hospital and return home the same day.
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Sheridan Road
Clinton
Herrick Hospital
Bevins
David
Bobby
Tommy
Linda
Mary Ann
Is There A Question On Aging Medical Forum To Answer It
Lenawee residents seek insights on aging and health for loved ones and self. A public medical forum on geriatrics is set for April 18 at Downs Hall Adrian College. A five-doctor panel and moderator will field advance questions submitted via the Telegram to Dr Keith Whitehouse.
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Medical Forum
Lenawee County
Society
Telegram
Downs Hall
Adrian College
Keith Whitehouse
Morenci
A. J. Phelan
Tecumseh
D. F. Sarapo
L. C. Stewart
John Berghuis
Donald Parker
Adrian
Khrushchev Opens Paris Visit With Peace Focus
Khrushchev arrives in Paris for a one day state visit and signals disarmament as a top priority. In Orly, he addressed East West issues, while De Gaulle pursues nuclear strength. heavy security guards the Soviet leader’s itinerary across 27 French cities.
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Khrushchev
Ne Gaulle
Orly
de Gaulle
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Khrusichev
Russian
France
Czar Nicholas II
Czarina
Alexandra
Violent Unrest in South Africa Draws U S Condemnation
The South African crisis over passes escalates with police fire killing at least 67 Negroes and injuring hundreds as nonwhite workers boycott in Cape Town Vereeniging and nearby towns. The United States denounces violence and urges peaceful redress while Prime Minister Verwoerd considers a commission to study the crisis.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Vereeniging
Coal and Steel Center
U.S. State Department
Hendryk Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Washington
United States
States Department
Nehru
Navy frogmen drown during training off St Thomas Virgin Islands
Two Navy frogmen died during routine training off St Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Gunner's Mate First Class Thomas A. McAllister of Portsmouth Virginia and aviation technician second class John Randall Cunningham of Kalamazoo Michigan were underwater demolition veterans working as a team in sixty feet of water. Both wore standard underwater breathing apparatus at the time.
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Little Creek
Navy
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Thomas A. McAllister
Portsmouth
John Randall Cunningham
John R. Cunningham
Kalamazoo
Mich
Memorial Rites For Northwest Crash Victims At Tell City
Relatives of 63 people killed when a Northwest Airlines Electra turboprop crashed near Tell City attend a memorial service today. Health officials consider sealing the crater where victims’ remains lie, as four caskets representing Protestant Catholic Jewish and Shinto faiths are to be interred in the Northwest Memorial plot. About 100 relatives, flown from Chicago and Minneapolis, arrived in Louisville with a 25 car procession to Help transport them.
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Tell City
Ina
Northwest Airlines
Tel City
Northwest Memorial Plot
Chicago
Minneapolis
Louisville
Police Chief Guilty Of Holdup 38 Years Ago May Lose Job
Templeton Massachusetts police chief John L Whipple 36 was given indefinite leave while officials review undisclosed charges from 1922 when as a youth he aided a robbery. Whipple a longtime officer and advocate for children says he pleaded guilty and expresses confidence in townspeople backing his name. The case has stirred local support and calls for clemency from Governor Wesley Powell.
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Macs
Whipple
wSre
Massachusetts
John L. Whipple
Jsix
Washington
Pioneer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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South Central
Ridge
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Duane Leonard
Selectmen
Whippie
Joseph B. Moulton
Board of Selectmen
Worcester County
Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
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