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The Reporter notes a local town celebration marking a series of anniversaries and birthdays with community interest and reader engagement. Details remain unclear from the fragmentary text.
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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1972
Page
3
The Reporter notes a local town celebration marking a series of anniversaries and birthdays with community interest and reader engagement. Details remain unclear from the fragmentary text.
At the City Council Chambers meeting on Feb 29 the board set apportionments for the Volunteer Fire Department budget and bond retirement for 1972 73 among the City and Saline York and Lodi Townships. The plan assigns City 53 percent Saline 24 percent Lodi 14 percent and York 9 percent. Debates centered on York and Saline population and growth. A plan for annual renewal by majority vote passed, and officials urged state action to make vehicle owners or insurers pay for car fire calls. Plans to retire the 1939 Ford truck and keep 47 percent cash equity in equipment were discussed with a future fire meeting to study details.
Saline reports a severe water main break on South Ann Arbor Street near Pleasant Ridge Drive. DPW Superintendent Clyde Wellwood marked the incident, occurring around 6:45 am on his birthday, as one of the city’s most serious breaks. The line was shut off by 7:10 am with repairs delayed by underground utilities and road bed damage.
The Saline Regional Planning Commission will screen a one hour movie titled Multiply and Subdue the Earth at its meeting on Tuesday March 21 at 8 pm in Saline Middle School. Public invited and planning commissions from Saline York Lodi and Pittsfield Townships plus Saline City will attend. A discussion will follow chaired by Jack Steele.
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