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AACHM Oral History: Carl James Johnson

Carl JohnsonCarl James Johnson was born in 1945 in Willow Run, Michigan. His family moved to Ann Arbor when he was seven years old, after his mother suffered a stroke. He attended Jones School and Tappan Junior High and participated in the French Dukes drill team in the early 1960s. Johnson served in Vietnam in the Navy Seabees unit, where his drill experience spared him from direct action. For most of his career he worked as a caterer at the University of Michigan and Domino Farms. He celebrates his Black and Native American heritage by volunteering on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

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Theme Park Talks Progressing

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Ann Arbor News, November 3, 1977
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Space World Planners Doing Their Homework

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Ann Arbor News, December 2, 1977
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1977
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Space World Backers Present Theme Park Proposal To Ypsilanti Township Officials, April 1978 Photographer: Larry E. Wright

Space World Backers Present Theme Park Proposal To Ypsilanti Township Officials, April 1978 image
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1978
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Ann Arbor News, April 18, 1978
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Park Leaders - The three men in the foreground are proposing a $40-million "theme park" featuring the space age for Ypsilanti Township. Left to right are Richard Gordon of the Barton Marlow construction Company who was a key supervisor in the building of the Silverdome in Pontiac; Dr. Philip R. Austin, a pilot and former astronaut candidate; and now president of "Space World" and Brian P. Palmer, vice president of "Space World".
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