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Newspaper
Saline Reporter
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1977
Page
1
Christina Garrison was crowned Miss Saline 1977 at the fairground pageant. Connie Fischer and Leslie Teachout earned Miss Congeniality and second runner-up honors. Eight contestants performed well as spectators watched talents and poised responses.
Saline Area Fire Department responded to three fires last week with only one causing serious damage. A motorcycle owned by Scott Atkins burned in the high school parking lot on August 31, likely from engine backfire. the rider was uninjured and the cycle heavily damaged. A car owned by Charles Pope sustained minor air cleaner damage last Friday. A Mill Valley apartment resident reported a laundry facility issue on Tuesday. crews found no fire or serious problem.
The Union School lawn hosts a noon start for a children’s pet bicycle and costume show for youngsters 12 and under with small floats bikes wagons and pets. Hales supervise amid laughter tears and blue ribbons with pink replacements for upset children.
Doug Wittkop of Warner Rd led a neighborhood and township push to fix a dangerous blind spot at Moon Rd and Jewell Rd in York Township. The County Road Commission re engineered the intersection with new shoulders improving sightlines for southbound drivers crossing Moon.
An elderly Ypsilanti man, William Ackerman 74, was struck Tuesday afternoon at the four corners downtown while crossing Michigan Ave with the green light. He was hit by a 16 year old Salinian driver turning from N Ann Arbor St to eastbound Michigan. He was treated at Saline Community Hospital and later moved to St Joseph.
Tuesday night kickoff at Farm Council grounds drew great turnout for the Saline Fair. Miss Saline contest opened the week along with livestock judging, horse shows, midway rides, and a home talent show. Key events include Thursday livestock auction at 8 pm, tractor speed pulls at 2 and 7 pm, horse show Friday at 7 pm, a big parade Friday 8 30 pm, town activities Saturday noon children’s show, Michigan Ave parade at 1 30 pm, and Saturday night twirling square dancing and music. Fair books still available at The Reporter for details.
Police probed an early morning incident at the Palace Restaurant in Saline where an argument between an Ypsilanti man and a Saline man led to a push and shove and minor punches. Assault and battery charges may be filed against the Ypsilanti resident. A vandalism report noted shingles pulled from a Wilderness Park canopy. Dennis E. Sweet of Ann Arbor saw his negligent homicide preliminary examination postponed to Sept. 8 in 14th District Court before Judge Henry Arkison.
Nineteen year old Larry McFall pleaded nolo contendere before Circuit Court Judge Patrick J. Conlin to charges of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree. The case involves a Saline girl under 16 and was brought by Saline police in September 1975. Sentencing is set for October 13. last known address is 904 Judd Rd Saline.
Red Bracey and his son Bill found two age-yellowed 1860s newspapers in a house likely built by 1862. One reports Lincoln's assassination in 1865 from the Detroit Tribune, the other Garfield's death in 1881 from the Detroit Post-Tribune. The heirlooms are sought for safekeeping by local institutions. Also noted is an escapee still at large from Bemis Road facility.
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