Detroit Syndicate Eyes Bridgeport Brass Plant Takeover
A Detroit syndicate of manufacturers expressed interest in acquiring the Bridgeport Brass Co. plant that will be vacated April 30. Harold S. Norman leads the group, which includes a prefabricated housing firm and aluminum and screw machine companies employing about 500 people.
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Detroit Syndicate of
Bridgeport Brass Co
Detroit Group
Adrian Banking
Harold S. Norman
Harold Norman & Associates
Detroit Insurance Consultants
Detroit
Bridgeport
Norman
Michigan
Adrian
Lenawee county realty group appoints new industrial committee
Six new members join the Lenawee County Board of Realtors industrial development committee led by president Noel Francoeur. Appointees include Rena Fitzpatrick Clinton Glenn Kohler Tecumseh Taylor Dulworth Hudson Marie Luddington Petersburg Vera Ham Diana Finn Morenci and Addison Frank Karpp Blissfield. The panel, now ten strong, plans weekly breakfast meetings and will work with the Adrian Area Chamber of Commerce to promote industry in Lenawee county. Templetons named defendants in a suit over a four thousand dollar fur. The case, brought by Joseph J. Weyn of Tecumseh, alleges tender of the coat as part payment for construction.
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Lenawee County
Harley Aldrich
Robert Guedert
Alk
Adrian
Theodore Bi
Katherine
Templeton
Tecumseh
Rex Martin Mont
Adrian Area
Templetons
Joseph J. Weyn
Probable Gainer Case Winds Through Lenawee Hearing
In a Lenawee County hearing before Judge Martin the coat dispute surfaced with claims of non theft and legal entanglements. The census and per capita tax distribution play a role as the case wanders through state sales law, intangibles tax, and county allocations, with involved parties named Hammond Baldwin Walker and others. The decision hinges on population-based revenue sharing and potential bankruptcy implications for the defendant.
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Martin
Lenawee
Revenue Department
Weyn
Rence J. Hammond
Baldwin
Theper & Walker
Intangibles tax checks mailed by county treasurer
County treasurer Willis Moore sent intangibles tax checks to cities towns and townships after delays. State paid half amounting to 47825 last week with due date June 30 1959 and the rest expected by July 1 1960 at 74 cents per capita. Checks listed by city including Adrian Hudson Morenci Tecumseh Addision Clinton Deerfield Onsted and numerous townships with varied sums.
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Willis Moore
Wupeu Wyus Eraneus
Deerfield
Onsted
Adrian
Blissfield
Cambridge
Clinton
Dover
Fairfield
Franklin
Hudson
Macon
Madison
Medina
Ogden
Palmyra
Ridgeway
Rigs
Rollin
Rome
Seneca
Tecumseh
Khrushchev Tours Verdun Shrine in somber visit
Khrushchev solemnly toured Verdun battlefields where half a million French died in 1916. He visited a monument of unidentified soldiers, then addressed a crowd, warning of a rebirth of German militarism and urging French Russian unity to curb it. He spoke in Reims about Adenauer’s Germany and the danger of revived master race notions.
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Verdun
France
Khrushchev
Ela
Pollus
Reims
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Europe
Paris
Adrian's Child Guidance Clinic Faces Closing June 1
The Adrian and Huron Valley Child Guidance clinics face closure by June 1 due to shortages in special education funds. Early treatment for emotionally disturbed children is urged to prevent future institutionalization and promote independent, productive lives. The piece notes the split between education and mental health agencies and emphasizes geographic access.
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Adrian
Dot
Huron Valley Child Guidance
Ypsilenti
State Department
Public Instruction
Rayburn Gift and Michigan Child Clinic News
Governor Williams plans to present Speaker Rayburn with Onsted honey during his Washington trip. The Michigan Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital’s future is tied to funding, as the Adrian office of the Huron Valley Clinic faces possible closure June 1. Schools and psychologists warn that clinic cuts will worsen care for emotionally disturbed children and strain local districts already short on funds.
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Gov. Williams
Washington, D.C
White House
Williams
Rayburn
Detroit
Michigan
Martha Griffiths
Ann Art
Hubbard Agi
Por
CPH
Onsted
Mich
Adcian
Huron Valley Child Guidance Clinic
Robert Grant
Milton Porter
Joseph
Cora Shoecraft
Huron Valley Clinic
Apsually
Plane crash near Kinch i in Michigan leaves one dead
An Air Force T33 jet trainer crashed near Kinch i in Michigan, killing one airman and forcing another to parachute to safety. The Adrian area, lacking local psychiatric facilities for children, relies on state Child Guidance Clinics, with transfers to Ypsilanti or Ann Arbor. The crash disrupted services as officials stressed the vital need for local child welfare support.
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Ares
Adrian
Samy
Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
Kinch
Louis Rome
He Air Force Base
Stalwart
Huron Valley
Michigan
Tional Association of Social Work
Tianer Donineutiers
Wasllamt
Alinta
Sault Ste. Marte
Mich
Air Force
Akron Pilot Dies In Crash After Plane Wreck
Lt. Robert K. Perrine, 28, of Akron Ohio, died in the crash. His body found in the wreckage while Lt Andrew J Speed Jr, 2, of Charleston DC, ejected and parachuted safely to earth. Cause of the crash not immediately determined. Air Force officials and state police are investigating.
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Eat Area
Robert K. Perrine
Akron
Ohio
Andrew J. Speed Jr
Charleston
D. C
Earth
Air Force
Nixon Shows Punch In Lincoln Speech
Vice President Richard Nixon delivered a hard hitting Lincoln rally speech urging aggressive campaign effort and criticizing Democratic inaction on farming. He warned the public of a critical fight and pledged to expand the campaign beyond Eisenhower’s record as he prepares a Camp David trip with allied leaders. Dems Humphrey and Kennedy barnstorm Wisconsin while Mansfield criticizes farm policy and vetoes onides proposals.
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Associated Tress
Richard M
Nixon
Republican Party
Lincoln
Neb
Camp David
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Britain
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Sen
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Minneapolis
Humphrey
Sheboygan
University of Nebraska
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Washington
Mansfield
Ezra Benson
Census takers identified for 1960 round in April
District supervisor John R. Thomson Jr. said census takers begin rounds on April 1. Each worker carries a red, white and blue identification card with the Department of Commerce seal and the title Census Enumerator Official Credential. Unverified pretenders should be reported to police. A brown portfolio marked 1960 Census of the United States carries supplies and maps.
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John R. Thomson Jr
Department of Commerce
United States
Rep. Mack Dies of Heart Attack on House Floor
Washington UI Russell Vernon Mack a Republican congressman from Washington who had served since 1947 collapsed on the House floor and died of a coronary occlusion at age 63 after a brief exchange with colleagues. Six seats vacant, House GOP and Democratic party counts updated.
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Washington UI
Russell Vernon Mack
Wash
House of Representatives
Henry Aldous Dixon
Utah
Thomas M. Pelly
Dixon
Mack
Pelly
House
Thomas. E. Morgan
D-Pa
Dale Alford
D-Ark
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
George W. Calver
Congress
Hillman
Mich
Washington
Rain Storm Strains Midwest Flood Threat Areas
Thunderstorms and showers drenched flood threatened zones as rivers rose after rapid snow melt. Gusty winds hit Hutchinson Kansas with gusts up to 63 mph. A tornado touched down near Shattuck Oklahoma causing minor damage with no injuries. Light drizzle swept across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois as Kansas Nebraska Missouri Iowa faced widespread Missouri River tributary floods.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Hutchinson
Kan
Shattuck
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Missouri River
Michigan
Pacific Coast
California
New Mexico
Texas
New England
Great Lakes
Glasgow Whisky Warehouse Fire Claims 19 Firefighters
Glasgow Scotland faces its worst fire brigade disaster as a whisky warehouse explosion kills 19 firefighters and injures at least 40. A dockside blast may have claimed two young girls, Louisa Park five, and Betty four, buried under bricks. Firefighters race through heat to recover trapped men as flames engulf 55,000 gallons of whisky and a five million dollar tobacco stock, with losses potentially reaching 28 million dollars.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Britain
Louisa Park
Betty
Bandit Faces Rejections From Women In Meadville
Meadvill e Pennsylvania police charged James L. Boyd 17 of Erie with attempted armed burglary after a failed spree. He first demanded money from Mrs Paty Conrad at a supermarket cashier area, then at a drive-in window from Mrs Esther Hillman the teller. Nora Consiglio and the others ignored his threats. he fired into the ground during the bank attempt.
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Meadville
Paty Conrad
Meadville First’ National Bank
Esther Hillman
Ike and Macmillan Reaching Accord at Camp David
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan showed substantial agreement on summit and disarmament issues during the Camp David talks. Nixon and Herter joined breakfast talks as they pushed a new U S British proposal to Russia for prohibiting nuclear weapons tests and prepared for the May 16 Paris summit with De Gaulle and Khrushchev.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Macmillan
U.S
Camp David
Maryland
Caloctin Mountains
Nixon
Herter
John A. McCone
Atomic Energy Commission
James H. Douglas
Defense
White House Lown
Washington
Russia
Paris
de Gaulle
France
Khrushchev
United States
Britain
U. S
Six Children Taken From Parents After Two Die
Portland authorities removed six Morris children from a plywood shack after two sisters died of malnutrition and pneumonia. The juvenile court made the children temporary wards despite parental claims of hard work and medical neglect amid snow outages. Nancy, aged 4, died at a hospital two days after deputies found the family in March.
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Portland
Ore
Taylor Morris
Morris Citldren
Morris
Hléak
Ralph. S. Kennedy
Nancy
Francella
Sisters of Charity
Our Lady of
Carol Ann
Shack
Texas
District Attorney
Dahl
Caro Ann
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Punch
Russell V. Mack
R-Wash
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Escanaba Shipping
Escanaba
Coast Guard
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Wilfred Sykes
L. E. Brock
Chicago
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