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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1968
Page
4
A proposal list suggests drastic traffic remedies from city wide car checks to suspending activity with a 3 30 to 5 00 pm siesta All options include overpasses subways moving sidewalks and even helicopter service while noting staggered school and factory dismissals to ease peak congestion.
William P. Sexton of Notre Dame argues that many people, including policemen, editors, teachers, and store clerks, prefer routine production line tasks. He says theorists overestimate distress from repetition and that such work can be ideal for many workers.
In letters to the Saline Reporter the Jensen Safety Patrols thank sponsors for ball game donations and residents urge City Council to expand trash pickup. They propose monthly or quarterly special pickups and greater weekly disposal options beyond the current service.
Saline forensic students earned top honors in the regional forensics contest held in Ypsilanti and in a statewide competition. Senior Ann Heininger won first place in the Michigan Week Speakers Bureau contest with her oration Our Michigan Military Men.
A reader thanks the newspaper for fair accurate coverage of a Monday night council meeting. The letter praises the reporting as balanced, precise, and informative, noting strong emphasis on key facts and figures and urging continued public attention to civic issues.
Alma high school builders report a low bid of 20.90 per square foot for a 216000 square foot project, just 10 cents under architect Guido Binda’s estimate. School officials hope the Alma result supports Binda’s 24.00 per square foot projection for Saline High, amid wage-increase timing and shared design factors.
Earl Wilson announces May 10 as the final date to apply for crop insurance protection for corn and soybeans in 1968. Protection attaches when planted and covers all risks, offered through the U S Department of Agriculture to land owners and operators. For information contact the FDIC District Office in Lansing Michigan or call 485 5326.
Mayor George Johnson spoke at the Newly-Elected Officials Workshop co-sponsored by the Michigan Municipal League and the Institute of Public Administration at the University of Michigan. The event drew over 60 new mayors and council members with spouses to learn their duties. Johnson served on a panel of Elected Experts answering questions from neophyte officials.
The Tens & Teens 4-H Club will stage a sale of used riding clothes hats boots and small tack on Friday evening and all day Saturday at 943 N Wagner Rd Leon Rogers home. The event aims to raise funds for club activities and projects.
A notice states a meeting Thursday evening at 8 30 p m with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hughes to discuss arrangements and plans.
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