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Newspaper
Shepherd Argus
Location
Shepherd, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1961
Page
13
The author urges Michigan voters to participate in next Tuesday's election on July 25 to choose delegates for a Constitutional Convention. The piece argues turnout will be small, condemns apathy, and stresses selecting delegates who will craft a lasting, beneficial basic law. It emphasizes civic duty and the importance of voting for the state's future.
Michigan agencies tighten budgets and avoid large layoffs while trimming services. In Detroit real estate salesman exams drop to twice monthly. in Lansing the Securities Commissioner says further belt tightening reduces staff and fills vacancies less often. The secretary of state expands a driver safety program to group interviews for drivers with 12 points, asserting no softening of enforcement for violators.
An editorial urges parents to ignore technical disputes over polio vaccines and start a full series of inactivated polio shots today. It notes Salk vaccine availability and warns millions of preschool children and young adults remain unprotected while live-virus vaccines await licensing.
Space Administrator James E Webb defends a 35 billion ten year space program while General Curtis E LeMay presses Congress for more bomber funding. The piece argues national security priorities and hints at CIA head prospects, amid Cold War tensions and Berlin anxieties.
The Shepherd Argus is entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Shepherd Michigan under act of March 3 1879.
Michigan Governor John B. Swainson uses a distinguished emissary to extend cordial friendship to Irish descendants, highlighting a notable gesture from a Norseman toward the Sons of Erin.
Swainson, a 35 year old executive with ties to Norway, dispatched silver card trays bearing the Michigan seal to Dublin Lord Mayor Robert Briscoe and Cork Lord Mayor Anthony Barry. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jerome V. Mac Eachin, East Lansing pastor, will present the gifts and carry greetings from Michigan to his Irish hosts. He leads a pilgrimage to Europe including stops in Ireland and Rome.
Nationwide firms move to convert land and buildings into cash while continuing to use the facilities through sale and leaseback. Pioneered post Civil War with modern growth, the method yields funds for equipment, new stores, and production facilities, with companies like Sears Woolworth Safeway among early adopters. Ira Kavanau heads the prominent Kavanau Corporation advancing this practice.
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