Election Law Change Sought by two Michigan Democrats
AP report details two Democratic Senate moves to alter ballot order and candidate vignettes. Sen Edward Robinson proposals shift the U S Senate race to top of ballot and bar living persons from party vignettes. Sen Jerome Hart seeks to remove Romney likeness from GOP vignette.
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Clansing
Senate
Sen
Edward Robinson
U.S. Senate
Jerome Hart
D-Saginaw
George Romney
GOP
Emil Lockwood
Zolton Ferency
G. Mennen Williams
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Hart
Romney
Dwight D. L Eisenhower
Williams
Lockwood
Robinson
City Contract Discussed With City Employees
State mediator Oscar Bouwsma reported he met with the city commission labor relations committee and the city employees bargaining committee to discuss a new contract. A three year proposal includes a five percent raise in year one and six cent increases in years two and three plus a retirement plan for employees. The contract that covered wages hours and working conditions expired at midnight.
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Oscar Bouwsma
City Commission
Bouwsma
Theft From Basement Report Follows Local Police
Mrs. Edward Davis of 604 E Ludington Ave reports to Ludington police that several items valued at 40 dollars were taken from her basement in the past week. Missing are a charcoal burner electric sander chamois paint brush and a wrench.
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Edward Davis
Ludington Ave
Ludington
Colvin's Ady Offers Graduation Charms and Rings
Colvin's Ady showcases graduation charms pins pins and college style rings for graduates and students. Ady shop carries a variety of keepsakes including pins and rings to celebrate commencement and college milestones.
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Colvin’s
Ady
Warmer Weather With Showers Predicted
Forecaster expects a warm afternoon and near cool night with mid-40s low. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a high in the 70s with a chance of showers Thursday night. Friday looks cloudy with more showers and warmer conditions.
Gemini 9 launch postponed to Friday morning
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports Gemini 9 mission delayed two days as Titan 2 rocket problems halted the launch. Stafford and Cernan remain aboard the nine story capsule awaiting lift off with the target satellite misfire and shroud issues delaying rendezvous plans and testing.
Moon treaty outlook bright despite Viet Nam tension
US officials say prospects for a US Soviet pact banning militarization of the moon and other celestial bodies are good despite Vietnam tensions. Both sides support a binding celestial bodies treaty with international cooperation in space exploration and early UN talks urged by President Johnson.
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Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Johnson
United Nations
U.N
U Thant
New York
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Fedorenko
White House
Robert H. Fleming
State Department
United Nations Outer Space Committee
High Point Fund Buys Ludington Bank Building Plan
The National Bank of Ludington's former building at Ludington Avenue and James Street is sold to the High Point Fund an investment group of local men. They plan a self operating elevator access to upper floors, renovate offices, add rest rooms, and remodel the first floor for retail use. Stockholders include Robert O. Nelson Ted Miller Don Birtwistle Len Schoenherr Raymond Plank Morgan Anderson Harold P. Furstenau and Platt Dockery of Grand Rapids.
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National Bank of Ludington
Ludington Avenue
James Street
High Point Fund
Ludington
Robert O. Nelson
Ted Miller
Don Birtwistle
Len Schoenherr
Raymond Plank
Morgan Anderson
Harold P. Furstenau
Platt Dockery
Grand Rapids
Baccalaureate Set At MCC in 1966 Graduation Week
Baccalaureate services for Mason County Central’s 1966 graduating class will be at 8 p.m. Sunday in the high school auditorium. Rev. H. C. Voege of Our Saviour Lutheran Church will preach. Mary Ellen Wilson will play the prelude and processional. The choir will sing Holy Holy Holy Sunset and Evening Star and And the Glory of the Lord. The service ends with The Lord Bless and Keep You. Graduation rites follow on Thursday June 9 in the same auditorium.
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Scottville
Mason County Central
Mason County Central High School
H. C. Voege
Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Mary Ellen Wilson
Mason County Central Choir
Tennyson-Lucas
Handel
Voege
Lutkin
Pleads Not Guilty To DUI Charge
Albert Stawicki of Wyoming Michigan pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated. Bond of 150 dollars was posted and a trial date will be set later. Mason County Sheriff's officers made the arrest.
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Albert Stawicki
Wyoming
Mich
Mason County
Negro Sheriff Candidate Wins in Alabama Primary
Lucius A. Amerson, 32, former postal worker, won the Democratic nomination for sheriff in Macon County Alabama, the first Negro nominee for sheriff since Reconstruction. The runoff saw three other Negro candidates prevail over white opponents while eight Negroes failed to win legislative seats. Amerson's victory came despite a split among Negro voters and sets up potential November opposition. the race marks significant gains for Black candidates in Macon County despite limited statewide success.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Lucius A. Amerson
Macon County
Fred D. Gray
Amerson
Hervey Sadler
K. L. Buford
Sadler
Free Soil Man Presented Air Medal to Lt Ronald Meeker
First Lt. Ronald E. Meeker of the 1st Cav Div Air received the Air Medal for completing more than 25 aerial missions in Vietnam. He arrived home Saturday due to his mother’s serious illness in Lansing. He plans to visit his wife Rosalie Malkowski and children Jeffrey, Danny, and Jacqueline. His leave has 30 days remaining.
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Free Soil
Ronald E. Meeker
Viet Nam
Cav. Div
Air
Lansing
Meeker
Rosalie Malkowski
Jeffery
Danny
Jacqueline
Allegan County gets $28439 poverty program grant
The Office of Economic Opportunity awarded Allegan County Resources Development Committee 28439 dollars on Tuesday for two antipoverty programs. Of this, 25627 dollars fund a summer camp serving 180 children, with the rest supporting education for mothers in home economics nutrition health and hygiene.
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Allegan (Ap
Office of Economic Opportunity
Allegan County Resources Development Committee
Today's Chuckles Reflect On Our Fortunes And Shortfalls
Our successes we attribute to ourselves while our failures we blame on others. The lighthearted column notes human foibles and shared humor, inviting readers to laugh at daily errors and roots of confidence.
County Audit Released Shows County Improves Records
Allison Green state treasurer released the 1964 Mason County audit to the board of supervisors under the Uniform Accounting Act. It notes the county does not recover total jail detention costs from the City of Ludington and urges changes in Social Welfare hospitalization accounts and probation court actions to cancel uncollectible fines and costs. Green found accounting in order except for minor exceptions.
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Allison Green
Mason County
Board of Supervisors
City of Ludington
Green
Deadline Today For Registering All Bicycles In Ludington
Police Chief Harold Mehl announces the deadline for bicycle licensing in Ludington. All bikes must bear the 1966 tag or face impoundment after inspection at the police station. The licensing fee is 50 cents.
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Ludington
Harold Mehl
Gemini Flight Schedule for Stafford Cernan at Cape Kennedy
AP reports the Gemini 9 mission planned day by day activities with astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan. Wednesday includes chase and linkups with a target satellite and docking maneuvers. Thursday features Cernan's 22 hour space walk on a tethered rocket backpack and rendezvous practice without radar. Friday covers rendezvous and docking as a potential rescue scenario for the moon crew. Saturday aims for a 70 hour 40 minute orbital flight and Atlantic Ocean landing 420 miles east of Cape Kennedy.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
William C. Schneider
Space Agency
Stafford
Cernan
Agena
U.S
Len Schull
Len
Schull
Moon
Earth
Atlantic
Graduation Set Tonight in Mason County
Mason County eighth grade graduation will be held at Hawley gymnasium this evening at 8. Invocation by Rev. John Christensen. Dr. Wilbur E. Moore of Central Michigan University will give the address. Diplomas will be presented by Robert Jacobson. Benediction by Rev. Christensen. Bands from Pleasant View, South Hamlin, Riverton and Nordhouse will perform along with Anita Birdsall. Riverton eighth graders sing two solos. Processional by Mrs. Vera Van Dyke. Ushers: James Dittmer, Richard Wicklund, and Mrs. Frances Kinney.
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Mason County
Hawley Gymnasium
John Christensen
Leonard L. Bestrom
Wilbur E. Moore
Central Michigan University
Robert Jacobson
Christensen
Pleasant View
South Hamlin
Riverton
Nordhouse
Anita Birdsall
Vera van Dyke
James Dittmer
Richard Wicklund
Frances Kinney
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