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VOL 25-NO. 25 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Oft'lce at Detroit, MJch. GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, JUNE 18~ 1964 f!].OOPer Year lOc'Per Copy 24 Pages-Two Sections-Section I

HEADLINES Neighbors Unite to Celebrate Flag Day ol,b, Preserving Pointe 'Club ~sing WEEK . ~ Starts FIght As Compiled by Ib~ For Id ea1LIVlng ByCitizens woss, PoinI, News Officials' Statements And Thursday, June It Calls for Planning Explanations Challenged FOR TH"€ FIRST TIME in its By Irate Residents In 17-year history, the foreign aid Planners' Report to City Follows Length Study of Heated Session bill was passed Wednesday by Necessary Steps to Guerd Against . the House of Representatives aIm05t in the same form as it Deterioration cf Area A group of irate resi- was presented by president dents scolded the Woods (Editor's note: The series Gf artieles prepared by Scott council Monday night for Johnson. The roll.call vote that Bagby and Associates of Grand Rapids, City Planners. is con. sent the $3.5 billion foreign tinued in this Issue of the NEWS. The report pertains to the "secret conspiracy" and bill to the Senate was 230 to planninl" needs of the entire Grosse Pointe community, and a , , 0 pen discI1mination" in 175. a 55-vote rll'ai'gin. The long range guide for present and future community action. This their recent decision to bill calls for $2.4 billion in is a continuation of the Planning Program., eliminate from their 19f>4. economic assistance and $1 * '" • 65 fiscal budget the opera- billion in military aId' for U.S. Community Facilities (continued): Since the Grosse tion of the Woods Com- allies and friends, plus $125 million to help set up the anti. Pointes have established and prefer to maintain an above munity Center at Mack ave- Communist war in South Viet average school system, and above average schools are nue and Hampton road. Nam. a major factor in maintaining the values and character- Mer an hour and a half dis- istics Which distinguish the Grosse Pointes, it is strongly cussion, Wood~ Mayor Kenn~th Friday.* *June'" 12 urged that tbe School District meet above average stand- McLeod promlSed the question IN AN EXCLUSIVE inter- ards by the development of all of its elementary schools would be further studied by the view with a Dallas newspaper. as neighborhood community centers Clnd neighborhood council's ExC{:utive Committee Marina Oswald, wife of the "School Parks." I ' "in the near future," late President Kennedy's al- An above 'average reputation e.t V t One of the citizens' group's leged assassin, Lee Harvey Os- can only be maintained by a It Y 0 ers chief spokesmen, Mrs. Dwight wald. said that she may have continuous policy ()f adding to, Hendricks, of 2168 Hampton road, charged, "With the Woods argued her husband out of try- or increasir.g, above. avera.ge ing to kill former Vice Presi. standards and' seI'Vlces, the To Ballot on population increasing as fast as dent Richard Nixon. The Nixon Associates pointed out. it is, it is extremely short- B d I sighted of the council to elimi- threat came in April or May The development of care- of 1963, shortly before the Os. on SSltes nate any recreational facilities Flag Day was celebrated with a bang this year PhoW by Al Evert fuUy planned School and Neigh- ! p . t I IdS r walds left for New Orleans to borhQod recreation facilities in rOlec s nc u e. ewe 5, at this time." live. She also said that her hus- in the first block or Ridgemont Toad, just off Kercheval dine, etc.); and everybody put out a flag at their own avenue. Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Bartlett, appalled at the the modern School-Park has Public Works G~rage Closed For Month band considered Gen. Edwin homes and waved a flag at the Bartletts. Among those demonstrated its valUe wher- And Pur c has e of (According to Woods direc- A. Walker an "extremist" and "noticeable scarcity of red, white and blue displayed in tor of Parks and Recreation picnicking, many dressed appropriately red, white ever it has been properly done, 0 0 in our block on the past Memorial Day holiday," in- N e i9 h b rho d Donald Hallman, the center's thought he had done the right and blue outfits, were the Fred Wissmans, Marce and this is particularly true in CI b l d thing when he shot at him on vited all their neighbors to observe June 14 at an D'Hc.ndts, Ed Lemieux', Harry Webbs, Alfred B. Mo- communities where a large u an doors have been closed since April to, 1963. She also feels old-fashioned, pa,triotic, family party picnic. The neigh- rans} Edward Kleefusses, Leonard Monahans, Ed Leich- number of pupils do not attend the middle of May. However, certain that he was the lone bors came, bringing their own food, beverages and chil- tighs, Donald BUsses, Peg and Meg Hammond, the Rob- public ,'Chools. In a three-pronged effort he reminded residents that a assassin of the late President. dren; the Bartletts supplied ice, COffee,charcoal fires ert E. Crosses, Mrs. Ruth Singer, Father Jerry Singer Cite Minimum Size to make Grosse Pointe City recreation director would 1>6 on an even more attractive and duty on the Chene-Trombley '" .. (to grill on), and mis~ellaneous items (band aids, 10- and Mrs. Henry Odbert. The ideal site for such ,ji Saturday, June 13 SChool-Park is 10 to 12 aeres, sta,ble area in which to live, playfield adjacent to the center which should be the minimum this summer.) standard throu.ghout the S~hool the City Council Monday Residents at the meeting te~;~~t~~~~fa~~N~e:~tWorking On Honors Awarded, Diplomas 36,800 Take. District, the c i t Y pIa n n e r s Jllight, June 15, approved charged that not even the lights foi-mal resolutions w hie h on the playfield had been left lican state convention that he H d dOH. h S h 'I S C z.. -- 8tated. e was an active can~idate for the P001 Issue an e ut al 19 C 00 ugar Uue:f' I The SchooHPark eoncept has will place before t.!t vot- on, and one I:&U-ggested."At least Republican nomination for Pres- h Is been in ex:ktence' since 1918, ers in the ~all prlma.ry you could ke~p the outdoor three bond JSSUe5, totaling drinking fountain on • • ." ident, Pennsylvania Gov. Wi!- 00 but only recently has it enjoyed liam W. Scranton labeled the Referendum_ To 777 Gra.dnating SeDiorsA.t Se wide aroeptance. The School- $1,625,000. Several me~r& of the COUrl- ideas of front-running Barry Park is designed to avoid costly The action took: plaee at the <:il attempted to restate the Council's regular monthly meet- group's reasons for the closure. Go1dw