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Talbot Smith Of The Burke & Burke Law Firm, March 2, 1944

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Talbot Smith, former hearings administrator of the Office of Price Administration in Washington, has joined the law firm of Burke and Burke, and the partnership will be known in the future as Burke, Burke and Smith. Mr. Smith has been working in the law office here since January, when he resigned his Washington post.

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1944
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March
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Argus Board Members From Left: Rudolph Reichert, George J. Burke Sr., & John Airey, November 17, 1949

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Ann Arbor News, November 17, 1949
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Local Men Nominated For Argus Board: Rudolph Reichert (left), president of the Ann Arbor Bank, and John Airey, King-Seeley Corp. board chairman (right), were nominated yesterday for board positions at the annual Argus stockholders meeting. George J. Burke, Sr., local attorney and former Nuernberg [sic] trial judge is up for reelection after being made chairman of the directors Wednesday. The three are on the eight-man management slate.

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1949
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November
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George J. Burke Sr., April 14, 1943

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George J. Burke (above), Ann Arbor attorney and member of the State Civil Service Commission, is being considered for appointment as chief counsel of the Office of Price Administration in Washington, according to dispatches from the capital.

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1943
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Prentiss M. Brown & George J. Burke Sr. Meet In Ann Arbor, November 8, 1943

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Ann Arbor News, November 8, 1943
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Reminiscing About OPA Perhaps: Prentis M. Brown, (left), former chief of the Office of Price Administration and former U. S. Senator from Michigan, and George J. Burke, who served him as chief OPA counsel, probably didn't ignore the OPA entirely in their conversations here Saturday although both resigned from that organization. Brown spend most of the day with Burke.

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1943
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Russell H. Fifield Looks At Plane Flights For Participants Of The 27th International Congress Of Orientalists Held At UM, August 7, 1967

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Ronald Bauer, (above), assistant to the general secretary for the 27th Congress of Orientalists, inspects a Moslem prayer room at the University's International Center in preparation for the Congress. Scores of Moslems from Africa and Asia will attend the week long conference. Russell H. Fifield (left) of the University's political science department, general secretary of the congress, holds manifests of chartered plane flights of participants from Frankfort, Germany; Paris, France; and Tokyo, Japan. A relief rubbing from a Thai temple on wall in back of Prof. Fifield provides oriental atmosphere for Lane Hall headquarters.

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1967
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August
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Letters From Around The World From Participants Of The 27th International Congress Of Orientalists Held At UM, August 7, 1967

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A stamp collector would have a holiday filling the shoes of either Mrs. Gordon Fenn (left) of Chelsea or Miss Wendy Christiansen of 307 Sixth, who are handling mail from all over the world at the Lane Hall headquarters for the 27th Congress of Orientalists. More than 1,500 scholars from foreign countries have written to say they are coming.

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1967
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August
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Ronald Bauer, Assistant To The General Secretary Of The 27th International Congress Of Orientalists Held At UM, August 7, 1967

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Ronald Bauer, (above), assistant to the general secretary for the 27th Congress of Orientalists, inspects a Moslem prayer room at the University's International Center in preparation for the Congress. Scores of Moslems from Africa and Asia will attend the week long conference. Russell H. Fifield (left) of the University's political science department, general secretary of the congress, holds manifests of chartered plane flights of participants from Frankfort, Germany; Paris, France; and Tokyo, Japan. A relief rubbing from a Thai temple on wall in back of Prof. Fifield provides oriental atmosphere for Lane Hall headquarters.

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1967
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August
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Participants From Japan In Town For The 27th International Congress Of Orientalists Held At UM, August 14, 1967

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Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1967
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These four Japanese women waiting on the steps of Hill Auditorium for the opening of the 27th International Congress of Orientalists yesterday are part of a delegation of more than 150 persons from Japan. They are (left to right), Kakako Kodama, Yoshiko Morioka, Kaluko Fujino, and Teruko Nakano, all of Tokyo. Japan has the largest delegation of any of the 50 foreign countries represented. Others with large delegations are West Germany with 99; Great Britain with 77; and Argentina with 72. The Soviet Union is boycotting the event.

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1967
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August
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Humanyon Kabir, Former President Of The 27th International Congress Of Orientalists, August 14, 1967

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Humayon Kabir, out-going president of the International Congress of Orientalists from India, was among those addressing the inaugural session of the 27th meeting of the congress yesterday in Hill Auditorium. Professor-Emeritus W. Norman Brown of the University of Pennsylvania succeeds Kabir as president of the international organization of scholars on Oriental subjects. Brown and U-M President Harlan Hatcher were the other featured speakers on the program.

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1967
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August
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Ann Arbor Junior Tennis Team, June 1970

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Ann Arbor News, June 28, 1970
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There are plenty of tournaments in the future for the Ann Arbor Junior Tennis Team which is coached by Roger Boylan and Brian Eisner. The team members are: (left to right kneeling) Mark Weber, Cindy Morris, Bruce Thomson, Chris Gray, Ellis Freatman, (back row) Oliver Owens, John Freatman, Bev Morris, Emily Barrett and Peter Osler.

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1970
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June
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Huron High School Coach Jay Stielstra, January 1970

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FOOTBALL STUDENT Huron High Coach Jay Stielstra has had an opportunity to see most of the best football teams in the state in action through use of a movie projector. The coach has spent many hours viewing films of his own teams and others in getting his squad ready for the Friday night contests.

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1970
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January
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Modeling new spring fashions in the Law Quad, March 1969

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Ann Arbor News, March 16, 1969
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The fashion look for Spring '69 is a free-wheeling loo of individuality. Ann Arbor style-setters will go everywhere and anywhere in pants, but at all times the pants will be soft and feminine. The Spring scene shows the look of separates -- a put-yourself-together look that stems from the influence of today's young people. For more insight into the spring fashion picture, flip through the following pages.

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1969
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March
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Spring Fashions, March 1969

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The fashion look for Spring '69 is a free-wheeling loo of individuality. Ann Arbor style-setters will go everywhere and anywhere in pants, but at all times the pants will be soft and feminine. The Spring scene shows the look of separates -- a put-yourself-together look that stems from the influence of today's young people. For more insight into the spring fashion picture, flip through the following pages.

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1969
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March
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Spring Fashions, March 1969

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The fashion look for Spring '69 is a free-wheeling loo of individuality. Ann Arbor style-setters will go everywhere and anywhere in pants, but at all times the pants will be soft and feminine. The Spring scene shows the look of separates -- a put-yourself-together look that stems from the influence of today's young people. For more insight into the spring fashion picture, flip through the following pages.

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1969
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March
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Children model new spring fashions, March 1969

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The fashion look for Spring '69 is a free-wheeling look of individuality. Ann Arbor style-setters will go everywhere and anywhere in pants, but at all times the pants will be soft and feminine. The Spring scene shows the look of separates -- a put-yourself-together look that stems from the influence of today's young people. For more insight into the spring fashion picture, flip through the following pages.

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1969
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March
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Cindy Morris Plays For Huron High School Tennis Team, April 1972

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Cindy Morris Smiles In Action Close To The Net

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1972
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April
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Cindy Morris and Emily Barrett Face Opposition As First Female Members Of Huron’s Varsity Tennis Team, April 1972

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Center Of Controversy. Cindy Morris (left) and Emily Barrett are members of the Huron High tennis team but still haven't played an inter-scholastic match. It may take a court ruling to enable them to play. (Ann Arbor News photo by Jack Stubbs)

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1972
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New Ann Arbor High School football coaches Jay Stielstra and Dick Conti, August 1959

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IT'S FOOTBALL TIME: The gridders are in the ascendancy in Ann Arbor again as Michigan's Wolverines go into twice-daily drills while city prepsters go through their second day of practice. At left above, new Coach Jay Stielstra (right) and Assistant Dick Conti check plans. Both moved to Ann Arbor High from U High this year.

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1959
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September
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Ann Arbor City Junior Tennis Tournament Winners, July 1972

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The winners in the City Junior Tennis Tournament make for a happy group at the Burns Park Courts. The titlists are: (front row, left to right) Bruce Thomson, Tom Rehak, Jeff Jeffries, Ted Miller, (back row) Kathy Chase, Ollie Owens, Chris Gray and Karen Lucas. Thomson and Rehak were the boy's 18 doubles winners. Jeffries, who won the boy's 14 singles, teamed with Miller for the boy's 14 doubles crown. Miss Chase won the girl's 14 singles. Owens was the boy's 18 and 16 singles winner and teamed with John Martin for the boy's 16 doubles title. Miss Gray won the girl's 16 singles and she teamed with Miss Lucas for the girl's 18 doubles title. Emily Barrett (top right), a standout netter on the Huron High School tennis squad, was the girl's 18 singles winner, and Andrew Halpern, (bottom right) captured the boys singles championship.

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1972
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August
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A warm day at Island Park, March 1969

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Ann Arbor News, March 19, 1969
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Warmth Of Spring Arrives: Spring finally may have come to Ann Arbor and yesterday when temperatures hit the 60s, local residents came out of their winter hibernation in droves. Enjoing the warm weather (above) at Island Park on the Huron River, one young resident visiting the park with her family, probably found the river water too cold even for finger wading.

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1969
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March
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Mary Polasky, League of Women Voters (LWV) President, With Mayoral Candidates, March 1969

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Ann Arbor News, March 23, 1969
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Candidates' Night: Discussing introductory notes at Candidates' Night with Ann Arbor's two candidates for mayor, Richard E. Balzhiser and Robert J. Harris, right, is Mrs. Alan N. Polasky, president of the League of Women Voters. The League regularly sponsors Candidates' Nights, such as the one held last week, to give voters the chance to hear each candidate and to ask questions. (Ann Arbor News photos by Jack Stubbs)

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1969
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March
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League of Women Voters Members With Posters, March 1969

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Ann Arbor News, March 23, 1969
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Voter Power: Colorful posters saying "Voting Is People Power" interest members of the League of Women Voters. From left to right are Mrs. Gerhard E. Hoffman, treasurer (seated); Mrs. Franklin G. Moore, voter service chairman; Mrs. Milton P. Brown, board of directors member; and Mrs. Joel Gottlieb, finance chairman. The posters were part of the display items the league made for the city's Candidates' Night last week at the Community Center.

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1969
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March
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Lois Hoffman, Laura M. Moore, Edith Brown, Mrs. Joel Gottlieb

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Volunteer receptionists Mrs. Kenneth M. Case and Susan Olds at Planned Parenthood, March 1969

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Ann Arbor News, March 16, 1969
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Going Over Procedure: Volunteer receptionists who daily greet patients at Planned Parenthood's two clinics follow well defined procedures to enable them "to be a source of communication throughout the community." Here Mrs. Kenneth M. Case (left), volunteer chairman, explains a new procedure to Mrs. Clifton C. Olds, one of the volunteers. Inquiries about Planned Parenthood are readily answered by the receptionists, but medical questions are referred to medical personnel.

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1969
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March
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Wayne Kramer, formerly of the MC-5, looks through past editions of the Ann Arbor News, December 1978

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Local: Wayne Kramer, above, is back in Ann Arbor, hoping to make it with his new band. Kramer was leader of the old MC-5 revolutionary acid rock group of the 1960s. Page A-3.

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1978
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December
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Wayne Kramer, formerly of the MC-5, looks through past editions of the Ann Arbor News, December 1978

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COMEBACK BID - Wayne Kramer reviews Ann Arbor history by looking through past editions of The Ann Arbor News. Kramer, former leader of the boisterous MC-5 rock group, is back in Ann Arbor with a new group. (Staff photo by Cecil Lockard)

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1978
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December
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Detroit Edison picketer Nelson Straight on roller skates, June 1966

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On Wheels: Work may be stopped, but picket Nelson Straight of 7340 Plymouth Rd., Superior Township, keeps on rolling along outside the Ann Arbor offices of the Detroit Edison Co. He is one of the linemen now on strike.

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1966
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June
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Four-ton box containing radioactive cobalt arrives at the U-M Phoenix Memorial Laboratory on North Campus, July 1955

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RADIOACTIVE COBALT ARRIVES AT U-M: This four-ton cylindrical lead box contains the first shipment of radioactive cobalt to arrive at the University's Phoenix Memorial Laboratory on North Campus, where research on the peaceful uses of atomic energy will be carried out. Handling the material here is Ardath H. Emmons (left), U-M associate radiological safety officer, and Charles Hopp, operator of the power lift. (Story on page 13.)

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1955
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July
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Professor Tuppil Venkatacharya, His Wife, & Professor Ronald Smith At The Reception For The International Congress Of Orientalists Held At The Municipal Golf Course, August 15, 1967

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Delegates from Canada who originally came from other nations are shown here among participants in the 27th International Congress of Orientalists attending a city reception last night on the municipal golf course. They are (left to right) Prof. Tuppil Venkatacharya of the University of Toronto, and Mrs. Venkatacharya, both formerly of India, and Prof. Ronald M. Smith, also of the University of Toronto, who came originally from Scotland. Hosts and hostesses of the reception represented more than 200 local organizations. Ann Arbor Junior Chamber of Commerce members served. Registrations of delegates representing more than 50 nations now total 1,620.

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1967
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August
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Bob Woodward Holds A Flemish Giant Rabbit Entered In The Michigan State Rabbit Show, May 1946

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Ann Arbor News, May 17, 1946
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STATE RABBIT SHOW OPENS AT FAIRGROUNDS: Twelve-year-old Bob Woodward, 211 Scio Church Rd., holds a White Flemish Giant entry in the state rabbit show which opened today at the county fairgrounds under sponsorship of the Ann Arbor Rabbit Club. The rabbit is owned by Roy Brisendine, 6820 Haggerty Rd., Belleville. A total entry of 630 head is reported for the show with rabbits entered from New Hampshire, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, New York and California as well as from Michigan. Judging started today. A public banquet is planned at the Allenel hotel tomorrow night and the show will close at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

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1946
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May
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Reporter From Soviet Union's Tass News Service, Vahan Mkrtchian, At International Conference of Orientalists At UM, August 16, 1967

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Taking notes during yesterday's press conference at the International Conference of Orientalists is Vahan Mkrtchian, a member of the Washington Bureau of Tass, the Soviet Union's news service. In conversation with a U.S. reporter, he said he considers Tass superior to American news services because Tass represents the official views of the Soviet government. The Orientalists' conference was boycotted by scholars invited from the USSR.

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1967
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August
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Planning a University of Michigan Marching Band formation for the Rose Bowl, December 1947

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DRAFT BAND FORMATION: Twelve formations representing the months of the year will be presented by the University Marching Band in pre-game and half-time performances at the Rose Bowl on New Year's day. In the above picture band director William D. Revelli, assistant director Harold Ferguson and staff, map out a robin formation which may represent the month of May. Formations are worked out with toy soldiers on a miniature gridiron in Harris Hall, and mimeographed copies of the diagrams, with a number for each bandsman corresponding to a number of a toy soldier, are given to the players to facilitate practice at Ferry Field. Left to right in the above picture are George Lotzenhiser of the formation committee, Noah Kneeper, drum major, Ferguson, Revelli, and Don Autore of the formation committee. Pre-game performance will include a precision drill and grandiose.

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1947
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December
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Truck collides with Ann Arbor Railroad viaduct on Washington St., April 25, 1942

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Ann Arbor News, April 26, 1962
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Ye Old Editor Has His Say: April 25, 1942 Sadly, too few truck trailer drivers know their Holy Bible, else they would sense, beforehand, that it is nearly as difficult for a camel to pass through the needle's eye as it is for one of their behemoths to pass under the Ann Arbor Railroad viaduct over W. Washington St. Ignoring the "10 ft., 6 in." clearance sign thundering at him from the side of the viaduct, a truck trailer driver tried to bull his 11 ft. 8 in. truck through the opening. It wasn't even a tight fit (See photo).

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1942
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April
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Local CIO Officers Take Anti-Communist Oath, December 1947

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Swearing that they are not now, and never have been, members of the Communist Party are members of the executive board of UAW-CIO Local 38. Those taking the oath last night at Labor Hall were left to right, Emmett M. Gibb, union chairman at Hoover Ball & Bearing Co.; Elmer Moon, local vice-president, who works at American Broach & Machine Co.; Harley Tuthill, recording secretary, of Cook plant of the Associated Spring Corp; Kenneth Sisson, local president and chairman, American Broach; George Turk, trustee, a Hoover employee; Louis Sherwood, trustee and chairman at Precision Pars; Miles Alber, guide, an employee at American Broach; Tom Applegate, sergeant-at-arms, a Hoover worker; Karl Brust, chairman at Wolverine Products; and Walter Sell, trustee, also an employee at Wolverine Products. Administering the oath (right) is Arthur Wood, financial secretary of the local, and a Cook plant employee. Wood has previously taken the oath, and so is eligible to administer it to others. Affidavits as to non-Communist membership will be filed in Washington.

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1947
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December
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