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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1962
Page
8
A columnist notes an unusually quiet pre election period with few opinions on issues such as the Michigan Constitution Saline city charter and November elections. The piece highlights a teens club visit noting 299 members and strong turnout potential for dances, advocating a year round gathering space for local youth.
Washtenaw county Road Commission reports six month progress in Dutch Elm disease control and dead tree removal on county roads. Funds total 50 000 with 35 000 by the Commission and 15 000 for cities. 1417 dead trees cut at 24.27 each totaling 34335.88. 6632 dead trees identified county wide. 5991 Elm trees. Saline sprayed 454 Elm trees using 490.32. Priority set to 1449 dead trees on primary roads for remainder of 1962.
Four Saline Jaycees attended the summer board meeting August 10-11 in Manistique, Michigan. Delegates approved the new State Constitution and Paul Harvey spoke at the Saturday banquet. Attendees included G. Merritt Martin District 5 VP George Newton Jr local president Herm Radloff VP and Jim Ford director.
A reader writes that town progress should be measured by green grass, trees, and warm homes, not by cement poured. They argue sidewalks alone do not define a city and express hope to avoid a future where progress is judged by concrete.
The piece argues that agrarian reform and parity based on Marxist ideas lead to government control over prices and land. It condemns graduated land tax as a tool for forcible land redistribution and cites a Michigan plan estimating $2 billion for 10 years of highway construction and maintenance through 1967.
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