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Seek Settlements Thursday, March 2 Accountants Who Annually Review Factors Determin- i A VIGOROUS FIGHT against Woods Council (ook ex~ President Kennedy's school-aid ing Rates Will Furnish Answer; Attorneys ception March 6 to two program is expected from the Hold Meetings communications from the hierarchy of the Roman Catho- Wayne County Drain Com- The amount of a proposed increase in the cost of lic Church. The National Catho- missioner's 0 f f ice which water sold by Grosse Pointe Farms to the City of Grosse stated tllat there are only lic Welfare conference held 2'\ Pointe, its lone customer, will be determined by the unpublicized meeting yesterday eight outstanding claims Farms' official and public accountants, who annually presumably to draft a "Cathol~c from Woods property own~ review factors that determine the rates. position" on the issue. It is ex- ers resulting from damages pected that Catholic officials On Monday. March 6, thq.-'-- Farms council heard a report during work on the will oppose any school-ai.d legis- multi-million dollar Grosse~ lation which fails to help meet froln City Attorney George l\lc- Police Solve Gratiot drain project. the educational e>:pen s e s of Ke'an, who at a previous meet- Woods Council members said Catholics with children in paro- ing, was instrlicted by the they knell' of several other un- chial schools. The President council, to give an interpreta- TlVO Park satisfied claims against the con- has said that such aid is pro •. tion of an agreement with the tractors involved. in c Iud i n g hibited by the constitution and City as to the computation of Bur some from the City ilself. They therefore there would be' no a redetermined rate charged to glt,ries asked City Administrator Wil- pO,ssibility of his recommend- that comm~nity for water. 'fhe city attorney said that liam H. Lange to write th& ing it. Pair of Boys Arrested in he examined the agreement. Drain Commissioner requesting * >;< * and met with Grosse Pointe Detroit Confess; Most that final payment.s to the ::on- Friday, !\larch 3 City Attorney Charles Wright, of Loot Recovered tractors be withheld until all A FIVE-ALARM FIRE in the ur, since there was some ques- claims are settled. heart of Detroit's loop raged tion as to the" interpretation of Two 17-year-old boys, ar- Mayor Kenneth Koppin and out of control for four hours the pact. rested by Detroit's Fif- the other councilmen said they Thursday evening, causing dam- Take .Annual Costs wanted action to be taken and teenth Precbct, Con:1er all claims to be satisfied be- ages of $500,000 and injuries to McKean's opinion. concurred Station, police, Sun day 14 firemen. Five shop" and a fore the ton tractors involved in by Wright, was that the his- h "If h f d reeeil'cd any further payment, floor of offices were destroyed toriea1 cost of the fiscal )',ar nig t, l\ arc 5, can esse to assure that the complaints ill. the three-story Wabeek • moved to the War Memorial Center property, then ending June 30, 1960. should to at least 11 burglaries, in- Building on Washington boule- One might ~ay so, but we'll bet there are many would not be Ignored, They given to Sigma Gariuna Hospital near Mt. Clemens, be the fl.ctor to redetermine eluding two in the Park, vard, two doors south of Clif- residents who won't quic~ly recognize the setting. The the rates. Also. the re'deter-. The )'ouths, Wal"d Bycraft of asked Lange to investigate th(J Note the improvement since made on the property at ford. Rush hour traffic in the picture goes back some 15 years when the temporary mined rates should include the 203 Riverside drive, and David statement of G. ,I. Lonergan. area was virtually halted while shrine to the Pointe dead of World War II was dedi- Maumee and Fisher. And did you ever think there $7,200 salary of a chief opera- Lesperance' of 974 Teppert, both City assessor, who said the more than 30 pieces of fire cated on the High School campus. Note the half- were that many trees? The picture was made from tOI" at the Farms Water Filtra- of Detroit, were arrested short- minutes of the Drain Board meeting Indicate that some or equipment were brought to the masted flag and the draped panels which contained the the High School's tower, by Fred Runnells. Hon Plant, who was hired last Iy after they broke Into a home the contractors involved havB blaze. Three thousand specta- names of those being honored. The shrine was later June 15. in the Fifteenth Precinct. They already received final payment. tors were held back by police I, Both attorne)'s agreed that were held for investigation and Report Requested since the chiel operator was questioning. lines. During 1960 the Woods Coun- hired as a permanent employe. Park Del. Lts. Stanley Enders 1 * * * Gunman Robs cil advised residents of the 150 Plan Concert Garden Club COIIDCil Sets it was proper to include his and Arnold Hough said they ~aturday, l\la,rch 4- parcels of land which adjoin total annual ]>a)'. This and other were notified by Detroit auth- TWO POISED young airmen, By Festival Dates for Clean-Up Week Woods Store; costs will be reviewed by the orities that Byeraft and Lesper- the drain project to submit all recently re1eased by the Soviet auditors. and will decide the anCe had admitted breaking claims for damages directly tl) Union after being held captive propose'd new fixed rat~s. into two homes in the' Park. The the Wayne County Drain Board. A progress report on the settle.- since their RB-47 reconnais- Choir Sunday Apl-il 29 TIll.ougll l\'Iay 7 Gets $51 Cash In an agreement between the detectives went to the Conner sance bomber was shot down Farms and City. signed on Feb- Station to question the youths. ment of these claims was re- quested in November. 1960. over international waters by the Annual Sale of Flowering Crab Trees Will Be Deter- Refused to Take Change, ruary 21, 1955, the Farms Admit Two Entries Russians last July 1, held their Detroit Symphony Instru- l\[an~' Woods residents havlJ mined by weather; Christmas Lighting Slides Only Currency; Ties Up agreed to sell water to the City Enders and Hough said that since complained that insur- first conference with the press. mentalists To be Heard at a cost of 75,6 cents per 1,000 Bycraft and Lesperance con- anCe adjustors have called on Capts. John R. McKone and Available to Clubs Clerk and Escapes cubic feet. fessed to the February 3 bre'ak- Freeman B. Olmstead made the with 55 Voices at them and settled only a portion Christ Church The Grosse Pointe Garden Club, held a regular meet- Charges Flat Rate ing and entering into an empty of their complaints, Other com- surprise announcement t hat ing on Monday at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, with A nervous gunman held The City charges its CGllsum- house at 663 Pemberton, owned their plane had not been un- plaints were rejected by thl! armed as was reported by the Highlight of the season Mrs. H. Ray Will, council president, presiding. up the Famous Cleaners, ers a flat rate of $2.20 per 1,000 by Sven Hellstrom of Algonac, insurance companies with thm State' Department but carried for Grosse Pointe music Besides the regular repor!s,<'------------- 20737 Mack a v en u e on cubic feet. including 32.5 cents l\Iich.; and the home of Albert explanation that certain dam. defensive weapons whieh were lovers is the annual per- plans for the year were. dis- through Sunday, May 7. !IIany Wednesday, March 1, and charged by Detroit for sewage Reilly. 572 Barrington, from ages were perpetrated deliber- used to return the fire of the formance of the Festival cussed and dates for projects of the usual events of the cam- escaped with $51 in cash, treatment. The City's minimum where they took considerable ately by the contractors in the Soviet Mig jet fighter. Choir com p r i sed of 55 set-up.. paign such as Cleanest Play- after tying up a lone girl rate is $7.70 per 3,500 cubic loot course of their work and should There was no warning. they adult voices from various M:s. DaVId C. Lowe: vlc.e- ground Contest and the Sore- clerk. feet over six months, Ih" detectives said the boys therefore be paid by the con- !;aid. before' the Soviet fighter churches in the community pre~1dent of ilie. counCil, Will Spot .coupons will be continued. Woods 'police said that the If the City were to purchase told them they looked over tractors involved and not th.