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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1969
Page
5
Saline faces a damaged mill pond with an ugly weed covered mudflat where spring sounds once rang. City officials explored federal or state aid options to repair the dam, but none are available yet. An August deadline looms for one remaining route, suggesting residents may have to fund the pond themselves.
The piece notes a near perfect lunar docking with splashdown visible from a carrier deck, praising precision while criticizing unreliable tech. It recalls Sealab disasters from air purifiers and laments mechanical flaws across eras, then pivots to ABM debates, Dr. Strangelove echoes, and presidential command concerns amid historical examples of governance and security.
A reader clarifies Michigan law on public attendance at Township Board Zoning Board and Planning Commission meetings. The note cites Public Act 168 of 1959 and asserts meetings must be open to the public with reasonable opportunity to be heard. The letter ends with a social aside about hippies and footprints.
The plant will take six to eight months after approval to install special equipment and become fully operative. In the interim, officials say there is no feasible way to stop dumping industrial wastes, but efforts are being made to correct problems quickly for the Saline community.
A Latine high school team won first place in EMU hosted fourth annual Student Industrial Drafting Competition. Glen Burkhardt and Steve McKillop lead the team with a mailbox design entry beating 31 other contestants from nine area high schools.
A Miami survey of National Council of Churches delegates shows only about 30 percent affirm belief that God exists and roughly one third deny key Christian tenets such as life beyond death and Jesus as the Divine Son of God. The write up questions how a minister can be called a man of God when belief is so uncertain.
The Sa line Reporter reports Ordinance 209 amends the zoning code to create RMH zoning for mobile homes and rezones 11 acres on Maple. Robbe B. Martin resigns as president and board member of Dundee Cement Company effective March 12, with Dr Hans Gygi to become president and continue as chair.
The city's Fair Housing Commission will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Council chambers. The open meeting will cover brochures describing housing laws and requirements and work on by laws and procedures.
Musical Youth International brings 100 young vocalists and instrumentalists to Henry Ford Museum theater on Sunday at 3 p.m. under Lester McCoy to preview summer tour numbers for Japan Canada and the United States. The free concert replaces the usual Sunday program and precedes Franklin Village Band the following week.
The report mentions a Florida site visit during a holiday period. Ed attended the initial portion of the reunion with the Kissimmes and then returned home about a week earlier.
Julie Nielsen reports that mastodon teeth were found at a site behind Jensen School, with prior discoveries by Will Barr. Barr, her great great uncle, kept a small home museum and unearthed three teeth later distributed to the University of Michigan museum, his son, and his granddaughter.
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