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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1973
Page
11
A Clare Michigan editorial reflects on America's fifty year automobile era, noting benefits and rising concerns. It cites deaths from negligence, auto repair reforms, highway expansion, safety tech debates, pollution, gasoline shortages, and calls for stricter laws and breath tests while acknowledging the enduring but shifted relationship with cars.
The Michigan Democratic Party aims to tie Governor Milliken to Nixon and Watergate in the 1974 campaign while promoting a change message. The piece notes the long Republican control since 1962 and the Democrats’ hopes to ride anti incumbency and reform sentiment.
The speaker recalls Barry Goldwater quitting on national TV after 35 years of service. He cites Watergate as a key reason for disillusion, saying Americans face vast, unsolvable problems from ecology to inflation and racism.
Lansing notes that 1969 set a traffic fatality record of 2,487. Last year over 2,250 people died on Michigan roads, the fourth worst total. Through the first quarter of this year more than five lives per month were lost, the worst first quarter ever, with 15 to 24 year olds comprising about SAC of fatalities while this group is only one fifth of drivers.
The piece surveys Democratic and public figures in Michigan weighing anti Milliken and Watergate driven messages for 1974 campaigns. Bobby Crim Jerry Cavanagh Kenneth Hylton argue for change while warning of scorched earth tactics. Early returns doubt a positive campaign will emerge.
The column condemns U S actions in Vietnam and Cambodia citing thousands of fatherless and malnourished children left behind. It highlights orphanages and alleys filled with half American kids facing racism, neglect, and bleak futures. The piece urges greater public concern and action.
Michigan police report DUI arrests surged from 6000 in 1967 to over 35000 last year as fatal crashes rise from drinking and speeding. Proposals include stricter penalties, full disclosure of signed documents, chemical tests for injury accidents, container restrictions, and expanded state police traffic enforcement. The governor notes lives and economic losses exceed half a billion dollars yearly.
A bipartisan bill package in both House and Senate proposes licensing for auto repair shops and mechanics in Michigan. Shops would pay 256, mechanics 100, apprentices 50 annually, with revenues funding program administration by the state department. Rep Earl Nelson and Sen Anthony Stamm push the plan to protect consumers and curb untrustworthy practices.
Michigan may see sweeping auto repair reform this fall aiming to ensure honest work and restore public trust. Proposals license mechanics and shops, require written cost estimates, cap prices, mandate return of replaced parts, and require disclosure of signed documents, with exemptions for minor services.
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