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IF IT'S NEWS ... AND IT HAPPENS IN NORTHVlllE. ..YOU CAN READ IT IN THE RECORD THIS WEEK Vol. 98,-No. 44, 28 Pages, Three Sections. Northville, Michigan - Thursday, March 14, 1968 • 10¢ Per Copy, $4 Per Year In Advance School Seel~s2 Sites In Nine Mile-Taft Area Northville's school administration "squared off" - perhaps at Nine Mile building. Butbefore giving its authoriza- longer used locally for educational pur- j. ., received board authorization Monday road, leaving all developments north to tion, the board voted to permit expan- poses, leasing fees do not cover depre- night to begin negotiations for ac- the Novi school district and thus hand- sion of the building's use by Schoolcraft ciation, because an un-named private quisition of two future school sites ing the small-lot problem to Novi. college and renewal of The Cavern's enterprise has inquired about it, and in the Nine Mile-Taft road area. ****"'*****"'** lease of the cafeteria side of the build- because its sale W(l!.!:ctplace the buIld- Under consideration are two par- Board members also authorized the ing. ing on the assessment rolls thus gain- cels of land either owned or held by administration to begm negotiating for Sale of the building is being consid- ing the district and the city additional Marc Alan developers on the north possible future sale of the community ered, it was explained, because it is no tax dollars. side of Nine Mile road on either side ***** ***** ***** of Taft. Alan, according to Superintendent of Schools Raymond Spear, has indicat- UNSAFE- This entrance bridge to council has been notified of the ed plans for development of two large Tax-Free Land Relief Bid Rural Hill cemetery has been de- possible danger. Pictures of the housing developments in both locations clared .. unsafe" by the Wayne bridge structure, along with fur- Which are to get underway within the next two years. county road commission. Although ther comments, appear in Speak ing Spear was directed. by the board the cemetery is in the township, Gets Hearing~ Little More for The Record, page 8-B. to attempt to negotiate a land donation the bridge is in the city. The from Alan. Vice-president Stanley In the process of Whittling state aid trict's valuation. tion that if Northville finds these in- IJohnston emphasized that the district proposals down to palatable sizes, the . should first attempt "to get free land", Representative William L. Jowett stitutions detrimental to its economy education committee of the State House of Port Huron. vice-chairman of the perhaps it would rather see the prop- and, failing this, to "pay as little as of Representatives took but seven min- possible if anything at all." educational committee, took the posi- erty developed for home sites - thus Third 'Class Status utes at Lansing Thursday afternoon to increasing the student population. The district has already received a hear Northville's unique appeal for local promise of 10 or mo"re acres of free tax relief. Furthermore, Jowett asked if Spear property from the Thompson-Brown Review Boards had developed figures sho\ling how company off Six Mile road. (It pur- It was pretty obvious that com- much such an amendment would cost Sought for School chased the Ida B. Cooke junior Wgh mittee members, anxious to hammer Hear Protests state-wide. He referred to other com- site from Thompson-Brown). together the long-delayed state aid bill munities which might qualify for relief Northville school district "Voters 'elect to change from fourth class to The superintendent said Alan plans so that it could be moved to the ap- Board of review hearings were com- under Northville's proposal. propriations committee this week, held pleted Tuesday night in the township, wlII be asked to approve or disap- third class status. Northville'scurrent to develop 140 acres directly across Spear responded by saying that he prove "promotion" of the distrlctfrom population is 2,741.