West Shore Community College Groundwork Underway
Progress unfolds for the new West Shore Community College opening in September 1909 with an estimated 200 equated students, recruitment from December to February, and about 15 instructors needed. Dr. John Eaton leads, assembling staff, planning the first building, and coordinating with nine area high schools and state aid requirements.
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Eaton
West Shore Community College
John Eaton
West Shore
Robert D. Bradley
John Schwetz
Johnson, Johnson and Roy
Lansing
Rail labor talks extend as strike deadline looms
Negotiators for the 140000 member Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and railroad carriers worked past midnight hoping to avert a nationwide rail strike that could occur at any time. After 12 hours, talks recessed around 4 am EDT with resumption planned later. wages and fringe benefits are the main unsettled issues.
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Chicago
UPI
Brotherhood of Railroad
BRT
Charles Luna
Luna
Youth Collapses At Hamlin Lake Beach
A 12-year-old Indiana boy fainted at the Hamlin Lake swimming area in Ludington State Park at 3 p.m. Monday. Sheriff deputies say an allergy to cold water caused the collapse after he left the water. he regained consciousness before an ambulance arrived and was transported to Memorial Hospital for treatment and observation.
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Hamlin Lake
Ludington State Park
Indiana
Mason County
Memorial Hospital
Gun Law Faces New Hurdle Amid Registration Push
President Johnson urged Congress to require national firearm registration license to possess and confiscation for unfit owners. States would have two years to align with federal standards or face federal rules and loss of conservation funds. House Judiciary had backed a broader mail order ban but may delay after Johnson's demand.
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Steven Gerstel Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
House Judiciary
Tee
Robert F. Kennedy
Rules
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Weather outlook with scattered showers this week
Intermittent rain or showers today tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change and humid conditions. Highs 65 to 75 and 65 to 72 respectively, with lows around 55 to 62. Thursday brings partly cloudy and cooler weather.
Little Miss Ludington Contest Entries Closed
Ludington Jaycee Auxiliary announced that entries for the Little Miss Ludington contest on July 4 are closed. Twenty five contestants are listed with names including Amy Bourisseau and Diana Kuras. All contestants must be at Franklin school gym at 9 30 a.m. Thursday July 4 and wear dresses. Mothers may call Mrs John L Kaines at 843 3822 with questions.
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Ludington
Ludington Jaycee
Amy Lee Bourisseau
Jackie Dawn Steiger
Jean Anne Stever
Diana Kay Kuras
Cynthia Miller
Catherine Rinard
Joyce Campbell
Jennifer Lyn Peterson
Anne Michelle Warenhorst
Wendy Sue Comstock
Martha Morrison
Elizabeth Wikarejczak
Kimberly Ann Burrow
Mary Beth Lange
Diane Lou Albrecht
Beatrice J. Dibble
Kimberly Jay
Lynn Langfeldt to contest National Cherry Festival Queen title
Miss Lynn Langfeldt of Mason County competes in Traverse City among 20 contestants for the National Cherry Festival Queen. She is a 1968 Mason County Central graduate and plans to attend Eastern Michigan University. Her Thursday talent will be a dance, and the finals are Friday at Traverse City High School gym.
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Lynn Langfeldt
Mason County
Traverse City
Miss Langfeldt
Maurice Langfeldt
Wilson Road
Scottville
Ludington
Mason County Central High School
Eastern Michigan University
Traverse City High School
Six Ludington men run for chamber board seats
Six Ludington area business men were nominated for the Ludington Area Chamber of Commerce board. Nominees include Roland Piper from Savage Manufacturing Frank J Lenz of Rohn Insurance James Strahan of Dow Chemical Roy Hackett of Roys Standard Service Mike McDonald of Ludington Baking and Dr John Ramsey M D. Terms run three and a half years ending July 1. Additional nominations may be filed by July 1 with 10 member signatures. Ballots mailed July 2. due by 5 p m July 5. The five top vote-getters will be elected.
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Ludington Area
Ludington
Area Chamber
National crime rate jumps in first quarter of 1968
FBI reports a 17 percent rise in serious crime in the first three months of 1968 from a year earlier. Violence up 18 percent with murders 16 percent, forcible rape 19 percent, aggravated assault 13 percent, and robbery 24 percent. Geographically, Northeast leads increases. Michigan cities show rising counts in Detroit Flint and Grand Rapids.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
North Central
South
Michigan
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Poor People Gain Some Ground From March Effort
Poor People’s Campaign failed to meet all goals but gained movement toward more federal aid. Resurrection City dismantled and leaders face ongoing decisions as Congress and the Johnson administration grant cautious steps, including possible meal subsidies and welfare exemptions.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Johnson
Agriculture Department
Band concert set Wednesday at City Park Ludington
The Ludington high school summer band will perform an outdoor concert at City Park on Lewis Street starting 7:15 p.m. The program features popular medleys and movie themes and is open to the public. If rain cancels, rehearsal moves to the Band Building at 7 p.m.
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City Park
Lewis Street
Ludington High School
City of
Ludington
Ludington Instrumental Music Department
Amparito Roca
Walks Into Plane's Prop Blame Storm
Mrs. Jean Dowling a 45 year old from Alpena Michigan was killed in a private plane accident at Butler Aviation in Chicago. Police say she walked into a rotating propeller while boarding in heavy rain at O'Hare. The plane owned by the Besser Co. carried her husband who was returning from California after a heart attack.
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Chicago
UPID
Jean Dowling
Alpena
Mich
Butler Aviation Co
O'Hare International
Butler Co
Congress Moves to Make Four Holidays Monday in October
Washington's Birthday Memorial Day and Veterans Day would shift to the third Monday in February last Monday in May and fourth Monday in October respectively. Columbus Day would be set on the second Monday in October creating five three day weekends a year. Labor Day remains on the first Monday in September. The measure applies to federal workers and DC beginning January 1 1970 with states likely to follow.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Congressional
District of Columbia
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Daily News
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Coho Navy
Oscar Bouwsma
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Glen Bowden
Eugene Cater
St. Joseph
John P. Hiltz Jr
Howard G. Gamser
National Mediation Board
Emerson Lake Inn
U.S. 10
Judiciary Committee
Wolverine Sportswear Company
N. Rosd Street
Wren
Hamlin
Resurrection City
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Orville L. Freeman
House Agriculture Committee
House Rules Committee
Ludington Beach
Washington Post
Blame Storm
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