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The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 7

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Fag? Six ESCANABA DAILY PRESS, Eseanaba, Michigan Wednesday, December 27, 1972 jAMPLTjaaBB FREE Color Print Bonus One FULL SIZE COLOR PRINT FREE or save 5 certificates for one FREE 5x7 ENLARGEMENT. Both made only from your Kodaroloi Negatives. Redeemable at this store. Limited Offer. School Desegregation Ally And Foe Alike Hail Former Leader Top State Story In '72 By Thf Associate ballot issues and candi- several fifth in Detroit's school desegregation dates.

the rankings, could in- Runner-up news story of the x0 was the Jrolve some 800.000 students in year was Michigan's entry into Michigan voters pure the top lews story in Michigan in 19T2. iccordjng to a survey of Associated Press newspaper and broadcast members. Editors and news directors pr polled on their choice of at fche top 10 news stories fcf the year. bi The desegregation case in- vi Federal Judge Stephen order for massive bus- cc Jng across county lines to b' pichieve racial balance in the is Ichools. The case eventually is on Expected to go to the U.S.

Supreme Court for a final decision, It was an election year, and Cc five of the top 10 stories con- ing one deputy ter of ap- lottery business, ove was given a sts by the voters. The No. 3 story also was a 4Hot box of oposal to liberalize the state's law. the No. 4 spot was Alaa Gov.

Ceorge 'Wallace Dry in the presidential pri- in which he drew 51 per of the vote. It was general- greeu that the school busing played a major role in the ome. rejection by of proposed property tax changes and graduated income tax, leaving the state's educational financing methods unsettled. Voted No. 7 was a fall weather winds pushing waters onto Michigan shorelines, causing damage so extensive that federal government designated six counties as disaster areas.

Rated in eighth place was the ship collision off Port Huron in which the steamer Sidney E. Smith sank, blocking the navi- The tragic shootout between several Detroit police STRESS £ation channel in the St. Clair officers and off-duty Wayne -kill- River. The No. 9 story was Sen.

and wounding Robert defeat in the Nov. 7 election of Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley in Michigan's U.S. Senate race.

Tenth place went to the international skyjacking in which two Detroiters and a relative commandeered a Southern Airways plane over Alabama, ordered it flown to Detroit, where it circled overhead while the hijackers demanded city officials pay a ransom. The airliner flew into Canada and made several other stops before landing in Cuba. Harden. Nahma and Fairbanks Senior Citizens enjoyed a holiday party at the Center in Garden on Thursday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m.

Cards and games were played followed by a lunch. Leda Bartholomew is a patient at the Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital in room 14 A. William Avery of Garden Corners is a patient in the Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital in room 11 B. Mr. and Mrs.

Gary Grenier of Denton. Tex. are visiting for a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Grenier and the New Year week with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Bruno Dedinas of Sioux City, Iowa. Glen Grenier is home from Houghton for the Christmas holiday vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Grenier of Kates Bay.

Also visiting there for the Christmas holidays are, Mr. and Mrs. Basil (Sharron) Lefchiek of Avenue, Md. and Mr. and Mrs.

Vem (Yvonne) Nothbohm and children. Bethany and Brent of Spring Green, Wis, Norman Rochefort has returned home after two weeks in Royal Oak and Detroit where she underwent ear surgery and also visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Wrubel. Classified Ads Cost Little But Do A Big: Job! By Associated Press Political ally and foe alike today hailed Harry S.

Truman as a common man who honored the nation with his courage and decisiveness when thrust into the nation's highest office at a time of international peril. President Nixon said, S. Truman will be remembered as one of the most courageous presidents in our history, who led the nation and the world through a critical period with exceptional vision and determination. Our hopes today for a generation of peace rest in large measure on the firm foundations that he Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said, the talents that Harry Truman brought to the presidency were two in- dispensible qualities of a great leader forthrightness and courage.

The sign on his desk, Buck Stops W'as no idle boast. But in an office of great power he never lost the humility that endeared him to millions as simply the man from Missouri." Former President Lyndon B. Johnson said, 20th century giant is gone. Few men of any times ever shaped the world as did the man from Independence. Truman presided over the destiny of this country during one of its most turbulent eras.

Never flinching in the face of crucial national choices, his decisions changed the course of human events throughout the Sen. Strom Thurmond. RS. who bolted the Democratic party to run for president against Truman as a Dix- iecrat in 1948. said, decisive leadership in the crucial years of his presidency was an example in courage.

He did not hesitate to make the difficult decisions he felt were President Nixon also said of Truman, the new threat to peace that had emerged from the ashes of war, he stood boldly against it with his extension of aid to I Greece and Turkey in 1947 and the thus established was crucial to the defense of liberty in Europe and the world. In launching the Marshall plan, he began the most far-sighted and most generous act of international rebuilding ever undertaken. his characterously decisive action in Korea, he made possible the defense of peace and freedom in The largest salmon-canning industry in the world began in Alaska in 1878, and about half that fish catch is salmon. This advertisement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of offers to buy any of theso securities. This offering is made only by the prospectus.

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1924-1977