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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1969
Page
1
Salinies expressed awe at the moon landing with residents calling it unbelievable and fantastic. Local Legion leaders declared a Day of Participation with flags to fly on Sunday and Monday, while citizens offered mixed commentary on the event and its costs.
The city announces a 6 am start for quarterly and regular pickups from now until September 15 to avoid heat illness. North side pickups are July 28 and 29, south side on July 31 and August 1, with no limit on bundles and 60 new residences to visit. Regular pickups allow three 30-gallon containers per household.
A City Council session adjourned from July 21 will reconvene at 7 30 p m Monday July 28 in the council chamber.
Saline Fire Department was alerted at 6 45 pm Tuesday to a grass fire on Ellsworth Road. Fire crews were recalled before arriving as the blaze was already out.
The Saline library will soon gain furniture and decor funded by donations. A 12 by 15 foot oval conference table with 12 chairs from the Saline Ford plant, eight tables and 16 chairs for the balcony, and other items are being provided with donor name plates. More books arrive from the United Fund as the Friends of the Library plan an open house Sept 28.
A public meeting is set for 8 p m in the High School auditorium as School Board and Superintendent Harold Hintz discuss 10.85 mill renewal plus 3.31 new mills. If the measure fails, operating funds drop to 11.22 mills, risking opening delays. a mediator will meet with bargaining teams next Tuesday to attempt settlement.
Barney Pearson of the New Orleans Philharmonic will be guest artist and soloist at the Saline Band ice cream social and concert on Thursday July 31. Dave Walter directs most numbers, with Pearson soloing in one Community Band piece. Music runs 7 to 9 p.m. on the Junior High School lawn. ice cream and cake serve from 6:45 p.m. Band Parents provide cakes.
A memorial fund is set up by Saline High School Class of 1964 for Lee Dicks who drowned last week while swimming near Bridgewater. Contributions to Saline Savings Bank will aid the fund and the Future Farmers of America will use the memorial. Dicks had farm work with his father Gilbert Dicks of 1183 Willis Rd since graduation.
Cub Scout Pack 416 will hold a summer picnic at 1 30 p.m. Sunday at Curtiss Park.
14 year old David Lynn Kuhl learns to fly by instruments at Burnside-Ott Aviation Training Center in Miami Florida. He taxis the Cessna 150 to the runway, receives takeoff clearance and begins instrument training under instructor Charles Bare. The program, started after a successful test with Burnside’s son, runs as a summer camp for boys aged 12 to 16 with ground school and daily flights.
A 14 year old, David Kuhl of Saline, chats with instructor Charles Bare at Burnside-Ott Avi ations Training Center in Miami, about instrument flying. The piece notes Armstrong’s similar age when he learned to fly and hails from Wapakoneta, Ohio, suggesting navigation beyond sight is a growing skill.
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