Firemen's aid sought to cover $1700 Stearns judgment
Lenawee county supervisors heard a request to fund a $1700 judgment to Stearns Manufacturing by apportioning costs among 19 fire departments through local taxing units. No action was taken. cities, towns, and villages would pay according to assessed valuation. Some communications were referred to committees.
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Lenawee County Board of Supervisors
Stearns Manufacturing Company
Carl van Valkenberg
Tentest
Richard Hoben
Adrian
Alice Welch
Kappa Kappa Epsilon Sorority
Huron Valley
Boards of Supervisors
Hillsdale
Iron Counties
Iron County
State Equalization Board
Hillsdale County
Lenawee
Lansing study group formed to boost mineral tax collection
A special house study group in Lansing aims to increase taxes on mineral estates. The resolution notes numerous estates in Michigan are owned by surface nonowners, with many evading taxes or clouding surface titles. Speaker Don R. Pears appointed a committee of Rep. Rassussen, Rep. Allen, Rep. Morris, and Dems Law and Ciacchinu.
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Lansing
Michigan
Don R. Pears
Rassussen
Ludington
Allen
Ithaca
Morris
Midland
Law
Pontiac
Ciachinu
Tron Mountain
Industrial Prospects Reviewed As Chamber Board Meets
Adrian’s industrial prospects were reviewed by the Chamber of Commerce board at the Quenawee Country Club Tuesday night. The Adrian Industrial Development Corporation is studying a prospect for possible financial assistance while Hoover Ball and Bearing Company negotiations seek a price for the Hoover property. Ed Hoskens, chairman, reported progress but said time is needed to finalize details and gains. Robert Barnard Jr., president, announced committee chairs and vice chairs with Hoskens leading the industrial committee and James Sacksteder as vice chairman.
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Adrian
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Quenawee Country Club
Ed Hoskens
Industrial Development Committee
Robert Barnard Jr
Chamber
Deerfield Man Dies After Lightning Strike Tragedy
Leslie F. Mueller 33 of Deerfield died at Veterans Hospital Ann Arbor after a lightning strike while plowing a field a year earlier. He survived initial shock but remained unconscious, underwent medical study, and later died with autopsy planned to confirm cause. He served in WWII, was married to Corinne Cannon, and survived by a large family.
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Deerfield
Veterans Hospital
Ann Arbor
Leslie F. Mueller
Mr. Mueller
Herrick
University of Michigan
Dacj
Holloway
Tors
Oliver
Robert Mueller
Leslie
Mueller
Adition
Ann Arbors
Unc
Deetors
Bucholtz Road
Muellers
Japan
Corinne Cannon
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
K. of C. Council
Adrian
Glenn H. Daykin
American Legion
Britton
Henry Mueller
Henry Joseph
Marie
Janet
Walter
Tecumseh
Robert
Bernard
LeVerge) Clement
L. J
Rose) Long
Blissfield
Ralph
Valerie) Cross
Detroit
David
Rita) Woods
Bonnie Langmeyer
Monroe
Philip
Carol) Bischott
Adrian Police Join Fraternal Order of Police
Members of the Adrian police department joined the Fraternal Order of Police by a unanimous vote of 16 officers at a Tuesday night meeting. The department has 23 members, and the FOP offers better salaries, retirement programs, and shorter hours. The Adrian lodge will be No. 17, affiliated with state and national lodges. Officers elected include Sergeant Charles Hamilton as president and Patrol Woman Patricia Stark as recording secretary. The group will retain the Adrian Police Benefit Association for now.
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Adrian
Fraternal Order of Police
State Lodge
Focal F. O. P. Lodge
National Lodge
Philadelphia
Adrian Lodge
Charles Hamilton
Robert Sharp
Patricia Stark
Richard Reed
Joseph Righter
Adrian,Police Benefit Association
Kennedy Captures Primary
Senator John F Kennedy surged to victory in West Virginia and Nebraska primaries, narrowing the path to the Democratic nomination while Humphrey conceded. Nixon led on write ins in Nebraska as Kennedy gained boost from West Virginia voters and Stevenson potential support.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Kennedy
Nebraska
Nixon
New Mexico
Humphrey
Adlai Stevenson
Oeerser
Chamber
Stuart Symington
Tosouri
Lyndon B
Johnson
Texas
Stevenson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ing
James Cooney
Mov
New York
Barry
Blissfield Senior Class Pictures Featured
Blissfield junior and senior class portraits highlighted in the town bulletin. Old Photo Gallery pages 13 and 14 showcase student portraits. Additional notes reference a visit by Bear Lake Mayor to Clinton on Monday and a feature on how the Bixby hospital drug program operates.
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Blissfield
Bear Lake
Clinton
Bixby Hospital
Blissfield Board of Education
Morenci Schiol Board
Tecumseh Navy
State lawmakers back in Lansing to end session
Michigan lawmakers return after a four week recess to resolve spending disputes and aim to adjourn by Thursday or Friday. Rifts over a pay raise and college funding stalled a 1960 budget, with Democrats resisting a $1000 raise and Republicans pushing for a higher overall plan.
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Lansing
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Senate-House
Aliow Jance
House
Senate
Wayne State University
Michigan Tech
Northern Michigan College
Former soprano Lucrezia Borgia gravely ill in New York
Former Metropolitan Opera leading soprano Lucrezia Bor gia, 72, Spanish born, has been unconscious at Roosevelt Hospital since May 3 after a brain hemorrhage. She retired in 1936 and debuted at the Met in 1912 in Puccini's Manon Lescaut with Enrico Caruso.
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New York
Lucrezii Borgia
Metropolitan Opera
Roosevelt Hospital
Miss Borgia
Manon Lescaut
Enrico Car
Juso
Former sheriff gets 90 day jail term Muskegon
Former Muskegon county official Arthur Davis was sentenced to 90 days in Ottawa County Jail by Judge William T. Caughey after a jury found him guilty of 191 assault and battery. The acquittal context involved 24 year old Saralonise Dawson, a Whitehall housewife and mother. Restrictions reinstated on state trunk lines in the Upper Peninsula due to weekend weather, with all season routes exempt. Michigan slaughter reports show March totals up from February for hogs and cattle, with sheep and lambs down.
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Muskegon
Arthur Davis
Ottawa County
William T. Caughey
Davis
Saralonise Dawson
Whitehall
Lansing
Upper Peninsula
State Highway Department
Another Smoggy Day Expected in Los Angeles
A hot smoggy day loomed over Los Angeles after yesterday’s heat wave that caused a 26 minute smog alert. Downtown visibility was under one mile as the basin sweltered with highs around 87. Elsewhere in Southern California the heat stayed strong with Ripley at 121 and Indios and Palm Springs near 107.
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Los Angeles U
Los Angeles
Los Angels
California
Ripley
Indios
Palm Springs
County Nets 3000 Bond Money After Forfeiture
The Lenawee County treasury gains 3000 dollars from forfeited bonds after Joseph Muftar failed to appear for a breaking and entering trial. The case braid includes a 2500 dollar bond for B and E and a 500 dollar bond for a traffic appeal. Muftar was held in Indiana State Reformatory Pendleton and later a Supreme Court ruling cleared Michigan Surety. Winkle faces possible forfeiture after missing transport to Jackson.
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Michigan Surety Company
Joseph Muttar
Lenawee
Muftar
Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Rex Martin
Michigan Surety
Supreme Court
George Winkle
Indianapolis
Winkle
Martin
Southern Michigan
Jackson
Lenawee Jaycee fair invites Lenawee students
Lenawee High School students were invited by the Adrian Junior Chamber of Commerce to the Industrial Fair, sponsored by the Jaycees. The event, in the armory Friday through Sunday, aims to show the industrys role in society and job opportunities from Lenawee manufacturers.
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Lenawee Thigh Schol
Adrian Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Armory
Jaycee Dobn S. Mowat Jr
Jayceees
Lenawee County
Open Sky plan revival to top Paris summit talks
President Eisenhower vows to renew his Open Skies proposal at the Paris summit with the Soviet Union and Western powers to ease East West tensions. He defends U2 spy flights while questioning Soviet claims of shooting down Powers. He stresses no provocation and awaits Paris discussions. A separate report notes Mrs. Anna E. Anton, 62, of Leslie, died when her car left the road and struck a tree near Jackson.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Hawaii
Geneva
Paris
Khrushchev
Francis G. Powers
Fisenhower
Jackson
Anna E. Anton
Leslie
Khrushchev Reassesses Eisenhower Over Spy Plane Incident
Premier Nikita Khrushchev said the May 1 spy plane shootdown altered his view of President Eisenhower and that discussions in Paris may decide whether Eisenhower should visit Moscow. He spoke from a wicker chair amid wreckage and refused to elaborate when pressed by correspondents about inviting Eisenhower.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Paris
Urals
Khrushchev
Eisenhower cites booming economy surpassing half trillion
President Eisenhower announced the U S economy topped 500 billion dollars for the first time and April employment rose by about 1.9 million while unemployment fell by over half a million. He spoke at a news conference drawing focus from spy flight criticism and housing questions. The data release was advanced to precede tomorrow's government figures.
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Washington Ly
Eisenhower
Russia
White House
Russians Denounce Powers Spy Flight as Brinkmanship
In Moscow the Soviet leadership denounced Francis Powers spy flight as aggression. Khrush chev toured a display of Powers equipment in Gorky Park while Gromyko warned the United States was playing with fire and brinkmanship. Soviet officials described Powers parachute capture in Slovakia as a criminal provocation and warned the UN charter was being trampled.
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Moscow II
Francis G. Powers
Gorky Park
Khrushchev
Gromyko
United States
Powers
Svendlovak
United Nations
Khreshchev
Highway Department Feud Over $2 Million Overpayment
Lansing scene as Sen John Stahlin charges a $2 million overrun on a $2,319,000 US-16 express project with S J Groves & Sons Co. Mackie rejects the claim as a typo. Groves was paid $159,676 for work. Alma club hears Stahlin threaten committee dissolution amid new disclosures tonight.
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Lansing
State Highway Department
S. J. Groves & Sons Co
John H. Stahlin
Beldingway
Ottawa County
Senate
Coopersville
Kent
John
Mackie
Tor
Stahlin
eMackiey
Groves Company
Min
Ad Neapolis
Jnay Department
Stablin
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James Sacksteder
Paul Reed
Jack Rose
Richard Youngs
Sarapo
Fackard Camburn
Merrill Amsler
Amsler
Chember
Don Dean
Roger Wyatt
M. J. Michael
Leslie Mueller
City Police
Humahray
Re Service
Jaycee Fair
Battle Creek
Hartwell R. Weigand
Weigand
American Marsh Pump Company
Nikita
Tke
Highway Department
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