Y EA R S Through the Lens of The Detroit News 150 YEARS OF DETROIT HISTORY
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RIGHT Before there was a Navin Field, a Briggs Stadium, or a Tiger Stadium, the National League‘s Detroit Wolverines played baseball at Recreation Park on the near east side of town at the corner of Brush and Brady Streets, July 4, 1887. The team did not draw well, even after winning the championship in 1887, and folded in 1888 after eight seasons in the National League. THE DETROIT NEWS
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INTRODUCTION 5 Contents 6 The Early Years 14 The 1900s 26 The 1910s 36 The 1920s 46 The 1930s 58 The 1940s 70 The 1950s 84 The 1960s 98 The 1970s 108 The 1980s 120 The 1990s 132 The 2000s 144 2010 to today 158 Index LEFT Downtown Detroit as seen from Woodward Avenue just outside the Garden Bowl on February 2, 2006. JOHN T. GREILICK / THE DETROIT NEWS
The Early Years
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LEFT The first edition of The Evening News, the predecessor to The Detroit News, August 23, 1873.
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ABOVE A police station was established on Belle Isle in 1889. Sergeant Cahoon, front row far left, was in charge. THE DETROIT NEWS
LEFT The Evening News, November 6, 1889.
OPPOSITE TOP RIGHT This hay market was established on the northwest corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues, the future home of Bennett Park, Navin Field, and Tiger Stadium, in 1875. The city’s weighmaster collected a fee for weighing hay, straw, coal, and livestock before they were sold. In 1881 the fees were ten cents per head for cattle and five cents for sheep. THE DETROIT NEWS
OPPOSITE TOP LEFT Wood was the principal fuel used in Detroit in the 1870s, much of it brought from the north in schooners. The Peacock wood and coal yard at Griswold and Clifford was positioned across the street from the Clifford Street engine house. THE DETROIT NEWS
OPPOSITE BOTTOM Horses pull a streetcar down Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, circa 1885. Although horse-drawn carts were not speedy transportation, their steel wheels riding on iron rail right-of-ways in city streets delivered a smoother ride than on rough cobblestones or dirt. THE DETROIT NEWS
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The 1940s
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The Detroit Tigers line up for Opening Day at Briggs Stadium against the Cleveland Indians. The Tigers won 4-2, but finished fourth in the American League in 1941 with a 75-79 record. THE DETROIT NEWS
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ABOVE Strikers confront a strikebreaker during the 1941 walkout of Ford‘s Dearborn Rouge plant. Detroit News photographer Milton Brooks took the picture, which was the first photo to win in the new Pulitzer category for photojournalism.
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ABOVE LEFT Strikers hold up The Detroit News announcing the end of the strike at a Ford Motor Company plant in April 1941. After a long and bitter struggle on the part of Henry Ford against organized labor, Ford Motor Company signed its first contract with the United Auto Workers and Congress of Industrial Organizations (UAW-CIO) on June 20, 1941. THE DETROIT NEWS
LEFT Workers at the Ford Rouge plant assemble an airplane engine, November 26, 1941. THE DETROIT NEWS
OPPOSITE The Detroit News, April 11, 1941. “With only a few dissenting votes in a crowd of about 20,000, a United Automobile Workers (CIO) meeting in the State Fair Coliseum Thursday night approved the Governor’s Ford peace proposal and authorized a committee to call off the strike as soon as a satisfactory settlement was reached on a company counter proposal.
Cheers greeted statements of leaders that ‘for the first time in its history, the Ford Motor Co. has recognized the UAW-CIO.’ Promises that a formal contract would be obtained ‘after the UAW-CIO wins exclusive bargaining rights in a labor board election’ also brought wild applause.
Gov. Van Wagoner was praised by the speakers and cheered by the audience, especially when one official stated the Governor had refused to call out troops to protect a back-towork movement.”
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LEFT Ted Lindsay and the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 1950, 1952, 1954, and 1955. Lindsay was the first player to lift the Stanley Cup and skate it around the rink, starting the tradition. THE DETROIT NEWS
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ABOVE Miners load salt on a conveyer belt at the Detroit salt mine underneath the city, August 6, 1950. This gigantic mine, 1,160 feet beneath the surface, spreads out over more than 1,400 acres with fifty miles of roads. THE DETROIT NEWS
ABOVE LEFT The Nash-Kelvinator float in the parade celebrating Detroit’s 250th birthday, July 31, 1951. THE DETROIT NEWS
OPPOSITE The Detroit News, June 25, 1950. “Communist forces from North Korea at dawn today invaded South Korea on a wide front and U.S. military advisers feared it was the long-expected invasion.
Approximately 500 U.S. officers and men of a military advisory mission are here. In addition, there are numerous U.S. officials, businessmen and missionaries. The last U.S. combat troops were withdrawn from South Korea in June of 1949.
A military adviser said it was probable the northern invaders might push as far south as eight miles from the border in most places before meeting an established line of resistance.
The attack came as Brig. Gen. William L. Roberts, who commanded the advisory group here, was to sail from Japan to the United States and retirement.”
LEFT General Motors automative designers created full-scale drawings of vehicle designs in 1951. THE DETROIT NEWS
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ABOVE Fans find plenty to cheer about at the 1951 All-Star Game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. THE DETROIT NEWS
ABOVE RIGHT Detroit Lions co-captains Johnny Prchlik and Bob Smith (40) carry coach Buddy Parker off the field on December 28, 1952, as the Detroit Lions celebrate their victory over the Cleveland Browns for the world championship. Others (from left) are mascot William “Moon” Baker, Stan Campbell (67), Gus Cifelli, and Bill Doran.
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RIGHT The Shubert Theater, April 12, 1953. THE DETROIT NEWS
LEFT The Detroit News, November 5, 1952. “Sweeping to victory with the greatest popular vote ever run up by an American political candidate, Gen. Eisenhower has won election as the thirty-third President of the United States. Nearly completed returns this morning showed the general leading 429-to-102 in the electoral college.
…as returns from the hardfought election came in, it was apparent that the voters had chosen a change to Eisenhower, not to the Republican Party as a whole.
… Women outvoted men in scores, and perhaps hundreds, of Detroit’s 1,480 polling precincts Tuesday as the city turned out to set an all-time record for voting.”
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2010 to today Wednesday,March18,2020 detroitnews.com LIONS REPORTEDLY BRING IN DANIEL AS BACKUP QB SPORTS, 1C Brady said to join Bucs SPORTS, 1C Detroit’s three automakers greed late Tuesday to partially hut down plants to reduce conact between workers and extend eriods between shifts to allow or more cleaning amid the new oronavirus pandemic, the Unitd Auto Workers said in a statement. The steps came after rankand-file members earlier this week shared their concerns about he conditions of their workplace and the resources in plants to address the outbreak; several even walked off the job. UAW President Rory Gamble threatened earlier Tuesday to take “any and all measures” to ensure his members’ safety after the companies denied his request to shut down plants for two weeks. All three companies have agreed to new measures that will ncrease adherence to CDC recommendations on social distancng in the workplace,” the UAW aid. “Most importantly, all three companies have agreed to review and implement the rotating parial shutdown of facilities, extenive deep cleaning of facility and equipment between shifts, exended periods between shifts, and extensive plans to avoid member contact. They will be orking on shift rotation to miniize risk.” Across the country, schools, gyms, theaters, restaurants and ore have closed to prevent the pread of COVID-19, and employers, including the Detroit Three automakers, have sent white-colar employees home to work remotely if they can. There’s anger growing on the loor,” Kenneth Larew, 46-yearold line worker at General Motors Co.’s Spring Hill Assembly Plant n Tennessee, said earlier Tuesday. “If things aren’t resolved ... ou’re going to see more and more walkouts.” ord Motor Co.’s Chicago Asembly closed Tuesday because of parts shortage, the automaker aid. But widespread work stoppages could be significant economically. Several automakers, ncluding Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, this week are hutting down plants in Europe s demand falls from strict govrnment regulations and as losed borders complicate supply ines. The World Health Organiation has named the continent s the new “epicenter” for the outbreak that originated in China. What’s absolutely certain is nd what’s true and what’s been ertain for weeks is we’re watchng every location, we’re watchng every region around the Automakers to partially shut plants amid pandemic Detroit 3 agree to extended safety measures, UAW says BY BREANA NOBLE The Detroit News Please see UAW Page6A AW chief Rory Gamble had hreatened to take “any and all measures” to ensure safety. odd McInturf The Detroit News Grand Circus Park is desolate place Tuesday as the ordinary afternoon rush hour crowd keeps working remotely. hotos by David Guralnick RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC Howes: Automakers have a lot more in the tank’ than in 2009. 6B Washington In a massive ederal effort Tuesday, President Donald Trump asked Congress to peed emergency checks to Amercans, enlisted the military for MASH-like hospitals and imlored ordinary people — particuarly socially active millennials — do their part by staying home to top the spread of the coronaviHis proposed economic packge alone could approach $1 trilion, a rescue initiative not seen ince the Great Recession. Trump wants checks sent to the public within two weeks and is urging ongress to pass the eye-popping timulus package in matter of ays. A analysts warn the country is urely entering recession, the overnment is grappling with an normous political undertaking with echoes of the 2008 financial $1T plan: Give $1K checks to everyone Trump seeks stimulus within 2 weeks to prop up economy BY LISA MASCARO AND ZEKE MILLER Associated Press Washington Joe Biden wept to easy victories in Florida nd Illinois on Tuesday, increasngly pulling away with a Demoratic presidential primary upnded by coronavirus and buildBiden wins Florida, Illinois COVID-19 outbreak throws wrench into primary contest BY ALEXANDRA JAFFE AND WILL WEISSERT Associated Press Biden
ABOVE President Barack Obama enters to a cheering crowd to speak at Detroit Diesel in Redford, Michigan, on December 10, 2012. Daimler AG planned to announce $100 million investment into the facility at Detroit Diesel.
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ABOVE LEFT Michigan State’s Adreian Payne takes the ball to the basket as MSU plays North Carolina on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Carrier Classic, November 11, 2011. DALE G. YOUNG / THE DETROIT NEWS
LEFT Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander celebrates in the locker room after Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Tigers and the New York Yankees at Comerica Park in Detroit, October 18, 2012. The Tigers won 8-2, and swept the Yankees in the series 4-0.
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ABOVE Jake Poole, front, and Cameron Carvama paddle a small boat through flood waters on Southfield freeway service drive near Outer Drive, August 12, 2014. Many of the neighborhood roads in the area were flooded after heavy rains the previous day.
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RIGHT The front page of The Detroit News on August 13, 2014.
BELOW Flooding on Interstate 75 southbound near Warren Avenue in Detroit Monday August 11, 2014. Some cars were stuck, some were able to get out.
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The financial insurance giant that has vigorously attacked Detroit’s “grand bargain” is accusing court-appointed mediators of engineering a “fraudulent” plan to rescue city pensioners and preserve city-owned art at the expense of other creditors.
Syncora Guarantee Inc. on Tuesday filed a blistering objection to Detroit’s bankruptcy exit plan, accusing Chie District Judge Gerald Rosen and attorney Eugene Driker of being “agenda driven, conflicted mediators who colluded with certain interested parties to benefi select favored creditors to the gross detriment of disfavored creditors.” The bond insurer which so far has had little success in derailing Detroit’s fast-track bankruptcy, wants U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes to reject the “grand bargain” on grounds that Rosen’s mediation process was “tainted.” David Heiman, one of Detroit’s top bankruptcy attorneys at the Jones Day law firm, said Tuesday Rosen and Driker have been “very balanced, very neutral, very sophisticated and
75 and 696. “Let’s make sure we do the assessments, and then we’l do the follow-up to say what aid and assistance is available,” Snyder said. The flood was responsible for at least two deaths, both in Warren. A 31year-old woman was found inside a vehicle that was stranded in about 3
146 150 YEARS OF DETROIT HISTORY Pirates beat Tigers again SPORTS 1B Movie legend Lauren Bacall dies at 89 OBITUARY, 2A Arts&Style 10A Business 1D Classified 14A Comics 6D Deaths 9A Editorials 12A Lottery. 2A Metro. 4A Puzzles 4-5D Sports 1B TV 4D Weather 2A Today’s weather HIGH LOW 77 54 Contact us Delivery questions: 800-395-3300 Classified: 800-926-8237 140th year No.356 The Detroit News Printed in the USA Index $1.00 Detroit After suffering through the heaviest one-day rainfall to hit the region in almost 90 years, homeowners, businesses and government officials are now focusing on the monumental cleanup and reconstruction from widespread flooding that closed freeways, ruined basements, forced power outages, and is believed to have caused at least two deaths. Homeowners in Detroit and its suburbs, many without flood insurance, are dealing with water damage that will set them back thousands of dollars. Hospitals, police facilities and other businesses are scrambling to save equipment and records. About 6,000 residents and businesses were without power Cars remain under water Raw sewage and standing water present possible environmental hazards. Astate of emergency was declared in Wayne County, Ferndale and Warren, a designation that allows federal relief and support. Gov. Rick Snyder said he will look into whether federal aid is available for devastated roadways that include Interstates
Cars were still submerged Tuesday on I-696 near the Mound Road exit in Warren. Multiple pump house failures kept water levels high on severa area freeways Photos by David Coates The Detroit News
generous in their time and efforts.” “From the city’s point of view, the mediators were not only balanced and untiring in their efforts to find common ground among parties, but were incredibly instrumental in bringing the city to the brink of being able to exit the Chapter 9 at this early stage,” Heiman said in a telephone interview with The Detroit News. From the outset, Syncora has been the fiercest critic of the “grand bargain” plan to infuse the city’s pension funds with the equivalent of $816 million over 20 years in private and public funds in exchange for shielding the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Creditor bares tee th in Ch ap. 9 objec tion City lawyer disputes Syncora claim of ‘conflicted’ mediators BY CHAD LIVENGOOD The Detroit News Please see Objection, Page 8A unit of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV housed auto safety in its global engineering group. Effective immediately, this function will be served by a stand-alone organization. Chrysler’s top safety engineer previously reported to Mark Chernoby, who was senior vice president of engineering In a sign of just how much General Motors Co.’s recalls have focused attention on auto safety Chrysler Group LLC is reorganizing its vehicle safety efforts into a new unit led by a senior vice president who will report directly to CEO Sergio Marchionne. Chrysler which has faced several battles with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday it is establishing a new office of Vehicle Safety and Regulatory Compliance. It will be led by Senior Vice President Scott Kunselman. Previously the Auburn Hills Chrysler said the move “will help intensify the company’s continuing commitment to vehicle safety and regulatory compliance. Kunselman had been in charge of North American Free Trade Agreement purchasing and supplier quality. Prior to that, he was senior vice president-engineering a position that included oversight of regulatory compliance. In May, Marchionne revealed he had hired an outside team to review its safety practices, as the U.S. auto industry braces for soaring costs from the rising number of recalled vehicles. Marchionne said he asked consultants “to look at the Ne w Ch ry sler unit ups auto safe ty foc us Separate depar tment created amid tide of industr y recalls BY DAVID SHEPARDSON Detroit News Washington Bureau Please see Chrysler, Page 8A Toyota monitor: Ex-U.S. attorney to gauge compliance on deal. 1D Please see Flooding, Page 5A METRO DETROIT MOPS UP FROM RAIN, FLOODING 2dead; thousands without power as area assesses damage, costs BY GEORGE HUNTER The Detroit News Some freeway closures could remain for days 5A It’s the year of weather extremes in Metro area. 6A Aslice of misery for drivers stuck at pizzeria. 6A Insurers flooded with calls about water damage. 8A Latest road, cleanup updates at detroitnews.com Lisa Tefend, left, comfor ts Donna Muschong Tuesday after dozens were stranded at Buddy’s Pizza in Warren. Blake Conner helps his uncle clear furniture from his flooded basement in Roseville.
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ABOVE One-hundred-and-fourteen-year-old Jeralean Talley claps along with a song at the church service and birthday celebration in her honor at New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in Inkster on May 26, 2013. At the time, Talley was the oldest known person in the United States.
ABOVE LEFT Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook holds a rose in his teeth as MSU beats Ohio State, 34-24, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis in the Big Ten Championship game, December 7, 2013.
LEFT Spartans mess up coach Tom Izzo’s hair in celebration as MSU beats Louisville, 76-70, in their NCAA Elite Eight game at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, on March 29, 2015.
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ABOVE Tigers’ Torii Hunter, Miguel Cabrera, and Prince Fielder head to the dugout for the start of the game as the Tigers take on the Boston Red Sox in ALCS Game 1 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on October 12, 2013.
ABOVE RIGHT Tucker Alberts of Howell is airborne and not really in the position he had hoped for, but he makes the take-down anyway during the Steer Wrestling competition at the Michigan High School Rodeo Association’s 2015 State Finals Rodeo in Ovid on June 5, 2015.
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RIGHT Detroit Lions’ Calvin Johnson makes a diving reception in the second quarter in front of Pittsburgh Steelers’ Troy Polamalu in Pittsburgh on November 17, 2013.
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Bishop’s family fights church over inheritance
Grandchildren claim megachurch founder left them up to $10M
BY ORALANDAR BRAND-WILLIAMS
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a age 93, after suffering from dementia and complications from a stroke.
He founded Solomon s Temple n 1944, which has grown into a 2,500-sea sanctuary on East Seven Mile. t was among the irst churches in the city to broadcast ts sermons and services, watched by thousands across the country. Under Bonner s leadership, the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ expanded to numerous cities across the country and around the globe, church of icials say He also founded the W.L Bonner Bible College in Columbia, South Carolina.
Bonner s real estate empire includes as many as 30 homes and other properties in Michigan, New York, South Carolina and Washington, D C., his family says.
His survivors want the church to open its books on the late bishop s financial affairs to give them more information about the bishop s will detailing property and cash tha they say should be part of their inheritance. But lawyers for Bonner s estate, which is overseen by a church bishop, say the family should take their questions to church leaders, which Bonner s granddaughters say they have done without success.
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A former Detroit water official is reigniting a controversy about whether Flint could have aved money by staying with Detroit s system and avoided a switch that eventually led to contaminated water in the Genesee County community
While under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager in 2013, Flint rejected an offer to remain with Detroit water system ha could have saved an estimated $800 milion over the life of a 30-year contract, said Bill Johnson, former public affairs director for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. Critics say tha decision led to Flint joining a new regional authority and put the city on course to draw water from the Flint River — a move that eventually resulted in lead contamnation issues.
But supporters of the new regional body — he Karegnondi Water Authority — rejec that version of events and say it represents the kind of public relations ba tles waged three years ago be ween officials in Genesee County and Metro Detroit. They stress tha the deciion to break from the Detroit water system was separate from the later choice of tapping he Flint River as a temporary water source. Flint s long-running lead contamination problems have prompted a new round of inger-pointing over who was ultimately responible for the split.
Johnson this week released an email outining the offer to Flint area of icials in April 2013 — just before the city agreed to join Kaegnondi. The email, written by then-Detroit Water and Sewerage Department Director Sue
ABOVE Samuel Smith is happy to receive a case of bottled water and a new water filter at home, as volunteers accompanied by Michigan State Police and Genessee County Sheriff’s Deputies work their way through Flint neighborhoods on January 12, 2016. DALE G. YOUNG / THE DETROIT NEWS
LEFT The Detroit News, January 27, 2016. “A former Detroit water official is reigniting a controversy about whether Flint could have saved money by staying with Detroit’s system and avoided a switch that eventually led to contaminated water in the Genesee County community.
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While under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager in 2013, Flint rejected an offer to remain with Detroit’s water system that could have saved an estimated $800 million over the life of a 30-year contract, said Bill Johnson, former public affairs director for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.
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Equities SA analyst based in Itay “Alfa Romeo is in its very early stages of revamping I can be a success, it can be a failure. While for Jeep, you know that it s going to be a success. The company s commitment o Jeep plays into a $5.3 billion U S. investment plan by the auomaker tha was loosely outined under a four-year deal with the United Auto Workers n 2015. Marchionne has conirmed parts of the plan, but not all. I is expected to impact a handful of vehicles and at least
Critics say that decision led to Flint joining a new regional authority and put the city on course to draw water from the Flint River — a move that eventually resulted in lead contamination issues. But supporters of the new regional body — the Karegnondi Water Authority — reject that version of events and say it represents the kind of public relations battles waged three years ago between officials in Genesee County and Metro Detroit. They stress that the decision to break from the Detroit water system was separate from the later choice of tapping the Flint River as a temporary water source.”
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McCormick to her board chairman James Fausone and chie counsel William Wolfson, describes a proposed immediate 48 percent ate reduction from $20 to $10.46 per 7,500 gallons and a 20 percent savings over the Kaegnondi proposal. A person speaking for McCormick, who is now the head of the Grea Lakes Water Auhority that oversees the Detroit water system, confirmed the specifics of the email. When compared over the 30-year horizon, the DWSD proposal saves $800 million dollars or said differently — saves 20 percent over the KWA proposal,” McCormick wrote in the email dated April 15, 2013. Johnson said Detroit proposed deal
offer fuels Flint controversy O cial disputes that 2013 plan to stay with Detroit system was cheaper BY JIM LYNCH The Detroit News Please see Offer Page 13A Wednesday, January 27, 2016 detroitnews.com Sundance spotlights
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our U S. assembly plants. We will, and we have, taken a hard look a the North Amercan footprint, Marchionne said earlier this month when announcing changes to its fiveyear plan would be revealed Highland Park After two decades in an unmarked grave, Michigan State Police have exhumed the body of a young murder victim to extrac DNA in hopes of cracking the case and giving her a name. The woman was found fatally wounded a irst ight on May 20, 996, in an alley on Cortland near the Lodge Freeway in Highland Park. Neighbors at the time told police they d heard a gunshot in the early morning hours prior The woman, believed to be be ween the ages of 15 and 25, had suffered a gunshot wound to the throat. Highland Park Police sought tips and reached out to the media repeatedly but no eyewitnesses came forward, nor did potential relatives.
DNA may o er clues to Highland Park case BY CHRISTINE FERRETTI The Detroit News MORE COVERAGE, 8A SNYDER TO SEEK MORE FEDERAL MEDICAL FUNDING Money to help Flint residents under 21 with health p oblems, set up lead abatement p ograms. WATER DONATIONS MAY FREE UP STATE FUNDS The $8 million sought or bottled water and filters may be reallocated o address other Flint concerns. U.N. TO HEAR ABOUT FLINT DETAILS A Detroit-based activist is to address a U.N. panel next week about the lead crisis and Detroit shutoffs. NO STATE MONEY FOR GOV’S NEW PR TEAM Snyder s ax-exempt nonprofit und will pay for the newly hired public relations specialists. OHIO VILLAGE DEMANDS LEAD ANSWERS Residents of Sebring, a town o about 8 000 want to know why they were kept in dark B eeze Harden, 3 held by mom, cries as she is tested or lead Thursday “I’m very nervous, don’t want my child to have lead. don’t want none of the kids to have lead,” says Darlene Harden. aniel Mears The Detroit News More online: Read the latest updates on the Flint water crisis, and browse photos at detroitnews.com TRUMP SAYS HE’LL SKIP FOX DEBATE NATION, 7A
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