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B-4 TBIE STATE JOI R.VAL Lansing, Michigan March 30, 1565! Gratiot County Officials Call 116 Bridges 'Inadequate' 'Dirt Road' Spans Cause Concern jr fUM. tf 4.. 5-: of a majority of the county's smaller bridges most of them in the "under-eight-tons capacity" category Arthur S. Taylor, Gratiot County Road Commission superintendent, has been holding briefing sessions in recent months with individual supervisors. CITES FACTORS In each case, he points out that: Weakened, unsafe bridges have forced rerouting of school buses on several routes.

On others, where rerouting is impractical, students have been asked to get off the bus so it could pass empty over the bridge in question. Fire trucks which use some bridges are risking danger. (There are dozens of 5-ton capacity bridges in the county and numerous fire trucks By DICK FRAZIER Journal State Editor ITHACA Most of Gratiot County's "dirt road" bridges are over 60 years old and at least 116 of them have been declared "inadequate" by the county road commission. The $35,000 which the commission receives in county road tax each year for bridge repair is "only a drop in the bucket" and would repair only three or four bridges a year, at best. And unless individual townships come up with matching funds, there's small chance that the situation will be improved in the near future because, by statute, 50 per cent of any bridge replacement project must be borne by the township.

Concerned about the safety gross I LOAD i 1 LIMIT 5 TONS JL- Ntl i I lis. I. 4 I 2 which weigh up to 18,000 pounds when their water tanks are filled.) Oil tankers and some of the big chloride trucks carry a gross of up to 15 tons and shouldn't use many of the bridges on secondary roads. Taylor started his campaign in a press release he put out last autumn. "Unless more bridge repair money is raised locally to overcome deficiencies," he said, "additional rerouting of school buses and commercial vehicles will become necessary." SEES $2 MILLION COST He estimated then that it would take "approximately $2,000,000" in the next few years to up-date these bridges "if we are to maintain any semblance of safe transportation on the county road system." The superintendent hastened to point out that "I don't mean 'o say that these bridges are all about to fall down, but we just can't tell which ones are and which ones might last a few years." Then he drove out to Allen Road 34 miles east of U.S.

27 and just north of M-57 and made a spot check on the old steel truss bridge over a branch of Bear Creek. "This, like so many of our bridges, was made for horses and buggies and Model Ts," he said, "and we're sending seven-ton school buses and nine-ton fire trucks over it." With the blunt end of a ballpoint pen, Taylor picked away at some of the metal on the truss supports and quickly worked open a hole large enough to see daylight through. "The bridge on Garfield Road over Pine Creek, just north of Perrinton, was in better shape than this one," Taylor reminisced. "That is, it was in better Ouster Petitions Are Being Studied When 30-ton Load Hit 5-Ton Perrinton Bridge Journal Capitol Bureau Dr. Lynn M.

Bartlett, state given very careful consider ation," he said. superintendent of public instruction, who removed Lawrence J. Bartlett added that "the Kuehn matter is still in the courts, and nothing can be done on this (the latest removal pe Kuehn from the Fowlerville school board Feb. 12, said today that a petition requesting re tition) until the Kuehn matter moval of two other Fowlerville lis settled shape until last May 19. That's the day a chemical truck driver, hauling a 30-ton load of chloride, got off the truck route bv mistake.

When he hit that old 65-footer, built in 1908, there was a big splash and both the truck and the bridge wound up in the creek. We had to haul her out so she wouldn't cause ice jams this spring." COMPANY SETTLED Because the driver was in violation in trying to cross a five-ton bridge with a 30-ton load, the trucking company settled with the county for $7,500 and Taylor figures it will just about cover the cost of putting new beams under the bridge. Hoping to head off a recurrence of the Perrinton bridge incident, Taylor is once again cautioning bus, fire truck and commercial vehicle drivers of the county's bridge load limits and asking all heavy vehicle operators to slow down to 15 miles per hour when crossing any bridge with a posted load limit. Taylor said the southeast corner of Gratiot County has the most "inadequate" bridges, with 41 in the "almost worn out" category concentrated in North Star, Hamilton, Washington and Elba Townships. Arthur Taylor (right).

Engineer Thomas Mayan Check Allen Road Bridge Too Late Motorist Flags Down Train in Attempt To Save Car board members "will be given very careful consideration." The petition, signed by 32 residents of the Fowlerville School District, charges that Mrs. Marian Eggleston and El-wood Copeland accepted money for services performed for the district while serving on the board, in violation of the state school code. A similar charge led to Bart-lett's removing Kuehn, former treasurer of the board, after a hearing before the state superintendent Dec. 21. Other board members subsequently named Kuehn's wife to replace him, but that appointment has been challenged on grounds it was not made within the time allowed by state law for board action to fill a vacancy.

Bartlett said the question still E2S King, Hoffa Disagree On Vote Rights Steps New Lavan Charges Widen Dem Breach 1TOWFT A incal Wal hat-ithe nartv faction led bv Brian'at an April 7 hearing before CHARLOTTE Sixteen-year-old Terry Lee King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold King of 509 W. Washington had a frustrating time Monday evening trying to save his car. Charlotte police said the youth's car stalled on the Mun-son Street crossing of the Grand Trunk and Western Railroad here.

Terry ran up and down the street in a vain attempt to get help to push his car off the tracks. When this failed, he ran down the tracks toward an oncoming freight train to flag it down. The train did slow down, but was unable to come to a halt before hitting the car. Police said damage was not extensive. No one was hurt.

to be resolved is whether DETROIT (UPI) The Rev.1 Martin Luther King and the matter and would be willing' to meet and discuss the proposal, Hoffa said. ling the Ku Klux Klan, Hoffa replied "I am opposed to any law outlawing the Ku Klux Klan, lie between two factions of theiLavan submitted an amended, visiting Judge I.eo BeBeau of Countv to the Livingston County llonia County. The hearing will partv blossomed into wider pro- Circuit Court which named the ask Rettmger, the county corn- Teamsters President James R. Hoffa were at odds today over the Fowlerville Board or the Livingston Intermediate School District Board has the right to name Kuehn's successor. The petition for removing Mrs.

Eggleston and Copeland, tactics to be used in the jmuch as I am opposed to any portions todav as one taction state central lorarauw as auu luuiu.v iraumiam. charged the Democratic defied state law by giving.office candidates to show cause Both Hoffa and King agreed there were some legal questions whv thev should claim office. Alabama civil rights struggle. King has called for a boycott involved. King said he would have to look into the legal as Central Committee with defiance: official recognition to a part of law.

faction led by Edward Rettinger. The action came Monday wheni The question will be decided asserting evidence of conflict of The intra-party battle has been raging for several years of Alabama products and federal voting rights legislation. interest involving their status as pects and Hoffa said his at and it got into the courts theboard members, was presented torneys would "have to deter during the Kuehn hearing in De first time last August when Rettinger was convicted of failure Shepherd Hoffa doesn't think a boycott is workable and is opposed to new; laws. mine if we can legally withhold service to the State of Ala cember, Bartlett said. The state superintendent said he has referred the petition to The two men made their posi to show election records in his capacity as Hamburg Township clerk.

Since then, the county po- i nUaA tions clear at separate airport press conferences Monday night! bama. I don't believe our contracts would allow this." King instead his plan was "certainly practical." A 10-day boycott, he suggested, would be Costs Jump SHEPHERD Increases in costs in a projected 18-room elementary school here drew the A .1 iiutm dii lias utcn iiiiy mui Lillian M. Aylesworlli charges and counter-charges. A Alexander P. Boyd the attorney generals office, commenting that he would be guided by advice from that office.

"It's under study and will be as they arrived to attend the funeral services of civil rights worker Mrs. Viola Gregg Liuzzo, slain in Alabama Thursday. law outlawing the Teamsters." He said there were enough laws on the books now to control any group. "If anything, we have too many laws," he said. And if the U.S.

Constitution was applied as it should be applied, he added, "everybody would have the right to vote and be equally treated." The Teamsters, he empha-sizeed, have been fighting for civil rights since 1953. He added that his union would continue to fight for equal rights for all. King said it was "absolutely necessary" that new voting rights legislation be passed. "The denial of the right to vote is so glaring and so notorious, we will need federal legislation in this area and others," he added. PERRY-Alexander P.

Boyd, I eruPlca 81 lne very practical as a means of 74 of 207 Britton Road, Mor- uan ude u-7- ul luu mouse wnen a county convention rice, died" Monday evening in a Road, Springport, died Mon-Was held several months ago. concerned attention of Board of 'I don't believe such a boy Corunna hospital after a long cott (of Alabama products) would be effective," Hoffa said. Wire Burns illness. There were no survivors. "cl ThrHnv- nt 1ft Ray; two daughters, Mrs.

Dean Education members at an "information session" Monday night. Board members revealed that, while cost of the proposed ad He said that to be effective, a bovcott would have to include bringing pressure to bear on the state and Gov. George Wallace. The Nobel Peace Prize winner said his plans for the boycott were still in the formative stage but there was a good chance the boycott would take place in the next two weeks. Asked about President Johnson's call for legislation control Observes Anniversary; Dies at 92 dition last June was $770,000, it railroads and airlines as well as trucks and he didn't believe this was possible.

a.m. at St. Mary's fuulu o.u T1J Church, Morrice. Burial will beard Perso of Tecum seh; jfp li llpyC la St. Patrick's Cemetery.

Wood-son, Marvin, Spnng.rt; a broth-jXl. VVK A "CIO hull Township. Wake prayers er James Smith will be held Wednesday at 8:30 and five grandchildren Services A UUYflUCL pm. at the LaRowe Funeral will be ednesday at 2 p.m at 111 Home, followed bv Rosary by the Pettit funeral Home, Eaton FL1NT (UPI) Xw0 youn. Rnnific Rnrull will he in Tnmn-'.

has jumped to S850.000 since submission of original costs. Teamster attorneys had re They said contemplated addi- MIDDLETON Mark Charles ceived a telegram from King on Morse, 92, who observed his UI les rooms, plus jumps in cost trie M. Vincent aeraui ooticy brothers from Durand were WATER DIRECTOR RES1GISS L-inc Ppntor Cpmptrrv 73rd wedding anniversary Sun there at p.m i satisfactory condition in Flint! of labor and materials accounted for the difference. In citing the need for a new day, died Monday at the Gratiot Community Hospital, Alma. Morse, a retired New Haven elementary school, Board mem- Nashville Must Replace Police, Sewage Operator Township farmer, had been ill bers said the present 61-year-old Five Get Jail Terms In Eaton CHARLOTTE Five young structure is "hopelessly outmod Tr-iti Glenn Pufpaff iOsteopathic Hospital today with1 lr.8" Tn NASHVILLE -Glenn Pufpaff, burns suffered when the wire: PORTLAND red D.

Tran, 72, a R. 4, Hastings, 71. of 135 Grant a former died Montlav at a charlotte fof We came In MulUken farmer, died here Mon- pilal. IIe a ilfeiong BarTj' Wltn a hlh voltaSe dav. He is survived by his wife, countv resident.

He is survived Alwina: his daughter, Mrs. Shir- bv hls wlfe. Clara; two J.11 bo, 'amson 13 ley Hungerford. Lansing; two Karl of Nashvme and Keith of brother Larjy, 9, sons. Frederick and Merle of Hastings; three step-daughters, tZf rZ seven Erandchildrenjvfrc ctaw uaw i hcir when the str ng ed" in many respects.

No action as taken. NASHVILLE Wanted: A disposal plant operator and lor several montns ana was nos-pitalized at Alma. He and his wife, Florence, were lifelong Gratiot County residents. Others surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Julia Neil of Albion, Mrs.

Kate Shuttleworth of Middleton, Mrs. Ruth Soger of Florida, and Mrs. Mildred a new police department. Job Crash Victim Rites Slated and three great-grandchildren; fa Hawks of Banfield area residents were sentenced by Eaton Circuit Judge Archie charge passed through filled: Water department director. Nashville village council made some appointments, but it's facing some vacancies.

iTi-t- VftJn TJociHcirctsrlt aj liltdl D. McDonald Monday for crimes nvtpr- pnrl a hrnther. Rich-ioi-a oiM m.itnem ana mW lne grouna. caus- The village has a new sewage plant, but no operator. The village Sewer Committee is trying to alleviate this situation.

Resignation of Robert Dean, Water Department director, effective April 5, poses another problem. Councilmen decided to turn his duties over to James Erwin, head of the Street Department, and his crew. But the big problem lies in replacing the police department. Chief Wendell Armour and his VESTABURG Funeral serv- Stalter of Wayne; a sister, Mrs ins bums to their hands and DllHl lJ A r-r a Ana nn-iPP? Will i ,1 A HL dl 1UL1 1 CI I tl 1 ill tlllLC ail-LT" Kate Biddle of Man-land, Beach' 12' be Thursday at 10:30 p.m. at great-granclchildren; his step- The accident happened about killed Saturday in an auto accident, will be Wednesday at 2 23 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at Alma Thefts p.m. at the Vestaburg Church of p.m. Wednesday at the Dodge hfrI "ftTmy 'the iaStrf "i 'T5, first taken to a Durand hJspifal eraldHo: Burial wbln Flint. Christ. Funeral Home, Middleton, Net $1,000 St.

Mary's Cemetery, est- Buria! will be in Hastings Town assistant, Ronald Armour, have ALMA City police have revised upward their estimate of phalia. Gordon G. Bennett CHARLOTTE Gordon G. Rpnnrtt. 78.

of Cincinnati, Ohio. ship Cemetery. Mrs. Effie M. Barker MASON Mrs.

Effie M. Barker, 77. Star Route. Dansville Portland Defeats Sewer Bond Issue the amount taken in a safecracking at Simon Automotive, died Monday night at a local Koad, died Monday afternoon in hospital. He" was president and a Mason hospital after a brief 416 N.

Pine over the week ranging from resisting arrest to larceny. Dannie Jow Wolfe, 18, of 1118 Hillcrest Lansing, received a 60-day jail term, put on two years probation and fined $225 for resisting an Eaton Rapids policeman's efforts to arrest him Feb. 5. Steven Rex Morrissev, 20, of 323 Potterville Road, Potterville. was fined $75 and put on two years probation for stealing a battery.

John L. Adams. 17, and his sister, Janet 19, both of R. 1, DeWitt, and Douglas W. King, 23, of 505 S.

Capitol Lansing, had pleaded guilty of larceny from a vacant building. All were put on probation for two years. John Adams and King were fined $75 and Janet Adams was charged $25 court costs. They admitted stealing tools from Richard Davidson in Delta Township Dec. 23.

Burial will be in the Richland Cemetery, Vestaburg. The body is at the Slebbins Funeral Home, Edmore. Twyla. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Oakley Beach, Vestaburg, was killed in a two-car crash on Vickeryville Road about two miles from her home when a car driven by her father collided with another vehicle at an intersection. Twyla's father, her sister, Do-nelda, and a passenger in the other car, Howard Davis were injured. Mrs. Beach is a sixth grade teacher and school principal at end. partner in the A.

rt. wiiuain iiiness. mere were no unnieui- Insurance Agencv in Cincinnati. ate survivors. Services will be PORTLAND A $378,000 sew-! points of proponents of the proj They estimated today that be tween $900 and $1,000 was stolen Mr.

Bennett had come here re- Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Ball-jer revenue bond issue was de-iect was that approximately 40 centlv to visit a daughter, Mrs.jDunn Funeral Home. Burial will feated 426-310 in light voting! per cent of Portland area homes asked to be relieved of duties by April 15 to accept police jobs elsewhere. Committee appointments announced by Mayor Glads Miller for the coming year are: James Rizor, president pro-tem. Frank Scramlin, Rizor and Harold Norris, finance and insurance committee; Norris, Loren Noddins and Rizor, street committee; Lawrence Annis, Nod-dins and Michael Appelman, water, sewer and garbage; Nod-dins, Scramlin and Appleman.

lighting; Noddins, Scramlin and Norris, parks and library; Rizor and Annis, fire board, and Rizor, Annis and Appelman, law and order committee. after thieves ripped the combi do not have sewer service. nanipl Carothers. In addition in Hawley Cemetery here Monday, with only slight nation from the safe. Of this amount, about $600 was in Frneit Cohle i-v more tnan naIf of tne Quau A.

C. Barley, village president, in a statement following rrrv iri fied electors balloting. the daughter, he is survived the widow, Alice. The body will be returned to Ohio for services checks, they said. ,1 The project would have com- announcement of complete re- A similar raid at Charlie iur cuiebi d.

ouie, ui nrnc "Wo will Irv nrain and Dunai ruaay. Gitv who died Sundav Tavern late Sunday night or ear Vestaburg. Twyla was one of the village sewer system. later after the Village Commis- ly Monday netted thieves about from a heart attack after shovel- Tlenrv VanVoIkinburs her students. One of the principal selling! sion studies the project furtner.

will be at 2 p.m. ST. LOUIS Henry "uw 111 ii Hi inrTr burg! 84, 211 N. Clinton St at the Seventh Day $200, police said. U.S.

27 Avalanche Proves Misnomer Louis, died Monday at the Gra vs 'it '-ft ITHACA If Kent D. Stadl- Poll Shows Voters Evenly Divided on School Taxes berger, 33, of Carson City thought he was in the middle of an avalanche last night, no one tiot Community Hospital. Alma, wl" in ne ftonn Mar where he had "been a patient forlCemeten-. Gratiot County Sur-10 davs He was an electrician wing are his wife Ethel; two and a St. Louis resident since'sons.

Robert of Lansing and 1937. He was a member of the ane of New ark; a daughter, iZ Ti. Shirlev Sadilek of Pernn- SSte-hSr Funeral ton; three stepdaughters and 1 one stepson. Mrs. Morene Cnt- SSycSter-fungal Home, St.

Louis Masonic serv-elD nff- ices wi 1 be held at 8 p.m. ednesday at the Carter Funer theri can blame him. MOUNT PLEASANT A ran financing, remodeling of the cen He was driving on U.S. 27 at dom sampling of voters here in dicates that 45 per cent think the St. Charles Road overpass at the north city limits about the present level of school taxes 8:30 p.m.

when ice and snow from the overpass descended nunc. Duii.il Mrs. Ethel Ferguson of upon him, shattering his wind wiu.mcwmaa;,,. Wheeler, Mrs. Lenore Showers shield.

State Police said. is acceptable while 45 per cent think the level is too high. The samplings were taken in the wake of the defeat of twoi bond issues. The report was given to the board of education Monday night of Pompeii and Mrs. Maude Gil-more of Lansing; two brothers, Willard of Ithaca ani vle.Md Georpe iJ.

Wildern CHARLOTTE George R. Wil- Stadlberger was unhurt. Area Clubs dern, 87, a former local resi- Willard of Ithaca and Melvin of by a group of Central Michigan! dent, died Monday in Southfield Detroit: 28 grandchildren and at a son nome wnere ne great-grandchildren DELTA CENTER The Delta K0t, I been livuig for tne past 1 tral kitchen and shops, additions to the elementary schools, separate school propositions on the ballot instead of one package and a two-story junior high school. A proposal for remodeling the former post office into school administrative offices was disapproved. Sentiment was divided on a junior high school location, with a west-side site drawing most favor.

The school board will study the survey and come up with a bonding proposal within three weeks for the June 14 election. It was also decided to hold an election on increasing operating millage on May 24 instead of June 14. Since so much is at stake in both the millage and bonding proposals, the board thought each should be considered separately. Center PTA has been resched Harrv Alan Strom MOUNT PLEASANT Services uled for tonight at 7:30 p.m. i -it 'i 4 ir 2 University staff members who organized as the Behavorial Research Associates and lined up 100 interviewers and 13 supervisors.

Only those who voted in the last election were interviewed. Thirty-eight per cent indicated vears. Survivors include a son, Kenneth of Southfield; a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Johnson of Indiana; a sister, Mrs. Florence There will be a "gripe session." were held Tuesday at the Stin-son Funeral Home here for Har- West Delta Helping Hand Club meets with Mrs.

John Bow Sherman of Charlotte; Alan Strom. 67, of 91a W. er of Mt. Hope Highway for a erandchildren and five great-1 Michigan who died Satur 12:30 p.m. dessert Thursday to; grandchildren.

Services will beiday at his home. Burial was in make cancer dressings. Mt. Hope Farm Bureau meets Sat urday night at 6:30 p.m. for a support for a proposal for a new junior high school and expansion; of the present senior high school.

Two other proposals received lesser support. Those interviewed also indicated they favored long-range SCOUTS HONORED These eight Potterville Boy Scouts from Troop 153 are holders of special awards presented by the Rev. Keith Palmerton, in back row. The scouts got their God and Country Awards after a year's work for the church. From the left in the front row are Charles Joseph, Gary Ross, David Lowe and John Hotchkiss.

From left in the second row are Mark Mishler, Michael Sherman, David Ritter and Ronald Lehman. In the back row are Charles Joseph Rev. Palmerton and Duane Sherman. Sherman and Joseph are the leaders. Thursday at lu a.m.

at iemeiery. ne is sui-H. Neelv Funeral Home in De- vived by his wife, Vivian; a troit with burial in Maple Hill daughter. Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Cemetery here.

A graveside Gibson. Park Forest, 111; a son. service will be held at 2 p.m.; Angus Mount Pleasant; and Thursday. 'a brother, Chris, Murrilo, Ont. potluck dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hart of Mt Hope High way are the hosts. p. -r ilt Mi iffi it irtin iflin it it ii iiti mi il.i nli jl -fihnf 1 mt- itiri "i ft a -f, i(t B1.ff.

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