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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1968
Page
5
The piece notes the relaxation of forty year old rules to admit women into the World Championship Au Sa Ble Canoe Marathon, adds humor about wigs, and comments on broader themes of laws and politics. It mentions local petitions against gun legislation and discusses renaming the Junior High School and potential election fallout in a hypothetical Wallace scenario.
The Interfaith Action Council voices gratitude to the Saline Reporter for publicizing the Southeastern Michigan Community Forum. The letter states the forum aided community preparation for societal restructuring and spurred calls for more discussion groups and broader involvement.
Gerald Bahnmiller will serve as program chairman for the Thursday noon Rotary Club meeting at Leutheuser's Restaurant. The event covers club activities and plans for community service projects.
Clara and Bob Hull retire August 1 after operating Hulls Grocery since May 15, 1949. Murphy & Son Inc of Ann Arbor buys the store from the Hulls and plans to keep hours and lines, adding a full meat department. Claude Murphy, 34 years in grocery work, will lead the new venture. his son Bill stays in Saline.
Major John Dicks of the U S Army Reserve helps organize the Associated Sportsmen of Michigan a new group aiming to de escalate human violence while protecting gun hobbyists rights The group rapidly grows with Dicks signing up 17 members in four days and Col Barton S Pulling acting chairman amid petitions across Michigan and Ohio for enforceable gun regulations.
The ASOM held its first meeting and adopted seven resolutions. They call for 21 plus signer ages, urge strict enforcement of laws, defend state oversight of handgun sales, oppose longarm registration, reject owner licensing, back current ammunition laws, and endorse the Casey Bill penalizing interstate firearm transport during robberies and similar crimes.
Council weighs sidewalk installation in an assessment district with seven votes needed. Residents urge tree preservation near Jeannette Merriman’s home on Spring Street while others question use and maintenance of new walkways. Further re study planned and district status could be dropped if enough support is found.
Saline City Council approved a resolution thanking residents and authorities who aided during the June flood that swollen the millpond and endangered the dam and bridge on Michigan Avenue and the sewer plant. The measure, recorded June 25 1968, requests publication in the Saline Reporter and honors unnamed volunteers and governmental units.
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