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Newspaper
Shepherd Argus
Location
Shepherd, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1962
Page
12
The piece denounces Soviet demands for unconditional inspections as a bid for surrender and argues the rejection preserves an unchanging reality of mutual testing. It recalls Lenin’s 1924 warnings and warns against Soviet infiltrations while urging continued protest and a simple, two nation halt to tests.
The piece argues for reason over emotion in the thalidomide tragedy, noting manufacturers followed science, US law was strict enough to prevent entry, and teratogenic tests were not predicted yet. It highlights the need for ongoing scientific testing and cautions against politicizing the issue while criticizing fiscal excess in government.
The article notes 11,183 youths in Michigan FFA as future industry leaders. Michigan Farm Bureau President Walter Wightman praises FFA for contributions to agriculture and youth. It also cites July highway fatality costs at 189000 dollars per death, while Michigan Safety Council’s Gerald Shipman warns that non financial harms remain unmeasured.
Wightman notes 232 Michigan FFA chapters offer leadership through practical farming education. Members learn modern machinery use and careful financial record keeping under adult guidance yet operate with self governance. The group emphasizes experiential learning and service matching its motto learning to do doing to learn earning to live living to serve.
State safety officials estimate a mid July total cost of traffic fatalities in Michigan at 128.7 million dollars based on National Safety Council methods. Through mid July, 715 deaths occurred on Michigan highways, illustrating the high price of unsafe auto travel.
The Greater Michigan Foundation expands Michigan Week by launching Operation Progress U P a series of one day conferences across the Northern Peninsula to discuss future development. Dr Edgar L Harden president of Northern Michigan College at Marquette will lead the program.
Scheduled for October, conferences in several Upper Peninsula cities will cover key development subjects. Plans via the State Economic Development Department seek federal funds for notable projects as part of an effort to showcase the peninsula’s progress to outsiders.
State Controller Ira Polley cites improved methods in purchasing gasoline and coal, records management, form printing, filing changes, and reproduction systems as the main drivers of a $2.5 million saving in the fiscal year ending June 30. No operating funds were returned.
David Sarnoff of RCA warns that foreign monopoly regimes constrain US space age communications. He proposes merging US international carriers into a single privately owned firm under government oversight to provide full voice and message services and compete on equal terms with global monopolies.
Leaders praise the Reserve and National Guard mobilization during the Kennedy era. McNamara and Stahr emphasize strength and debt owed to recalled personnel, while Decker commends high morale, readiness, and professionalism of units from Wisconsin and Texas amid intensified training and equipment shortages.
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