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Leslie G. Bird Makes A Broom For A City Motor Sweeper, March 1955

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Year:
1955
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 17, 1955
Caption:
AMONG CITY EMPLOYES TO BE CITED: Leslie G. Bird of 2081 E. Ellsworth Rd., Pittsfield township, is one of 119 city employes to be awarded service buttons and pins at 7:30 p.m. today at a special meeting of the City Council at City Hall. The veteran motor sweeper operator, shown here making a broom for a motor sweeper at the Municipal Garage, has worked for the city for nearly 38 years. Bird, 68, works at the garage when the weather is bad, too cold or rainy.

Sheriff's Plan Worries U-M

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8
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January
Year
1971
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Guy C. Larcom, Jr. Greeted By City Officials, March 1956

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Year:
1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 13, 1956
Caption:
NEW ADMINISTRATOR MEETS OFFICIALS: Guy C. Larcom, jr. (standing, center), Ann Arbor's new city administrator, told city officials during last night's introduction meeting in the council chambers that he is glad to be here. Visible in picture (sitting at tables left, back to front) are Mayor William E. Brown, jr., Fred J. Mammel, assistant city engineer, and Alds. Charles W. Joiner, Arthur W. Gallup and Mrs. Margaret Towsley. Council President A. D. Moore is to the right of Larcom and Police Chief Casper M. Enkemann is at the right of Moore. Seated in front of Moore are City Clerk Fred J. Looker and his deputy, Miss Nancy Hunter. Larcom will officially begin his duties here on April 9.
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AACHM Oral History: Robert Fletcher

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Robert Fletcher was born on December 2, 1932. He worked for 15 years for the Veterans Administration, then Sears, eventually retiring from the City of Ann Arbor. Robert went into the service in 1950 and, after engaging in a police action in Korea, was captured and spent 33 months in a prison camp, an experience that deeply affected his personal life and work - eventually leading to his serving on an advisory board for former prisoners of war in Washington, D.C.

Case against adult bookstore plods along

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6
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July
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1981
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Broken Water Main Causes Flooding

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15
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November
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2005
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Residents speak up at meeting on dioxane

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30
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January
Year
2003
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Forum set on cleanup of dioxane

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27
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January
Year
2003
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