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AADL Talks To: Lou Belcher, 55th Mayor of Ann Arbor (1978-1985)
In this episode, AADL talks to Louis Belcher, mayor of Ann Arbor from 1978-1985. In addition to his four terms as mayor, Lou was also a city councilman and successful businessman. He recounts memorable stories from his time in office, including the unusual 1977 mayoral contest with former mayor Albert Wheeler; the time he took the RFD Boys to Germany for a sister city celebration; and the infamous Ann Arbor pigeon cull.
Ypsilanti In For Lively Democratic Primary
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Goodman Will Run Again
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Pair aids U.S., Japanese firms; hair business
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Aerial Photograph of New General Motors Co. Plant at Willow Run, April 1959
Year:
1959
Ann Arbor News, May 22, 1959
Caption:
Smaller-Car Factory Site: This is an aerial view of the new, multi-million dollar General Motors Corp. plant at Willow Run. An announcement from GM today was expected to end widespread speculation for the past 13 months that the auto firm would make a small type car, and that it would be produced at Willow Run east of Ypsilanti. The new assembly plant (1) is directly east of and connected to the former Chevrolet Truck Plant (2). A railroad siding (3), expanded at a cost of nearly $300,000, will service the new plant and now has a capacity for storing up to 125 box cars. GM's "first" plant at Willow Run is the former Ford Bomber Plant (4) which General Motors purchased five years ago for its Detroit Transmission Division.
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AACHM Oral History: Audrey Monagan
Audrey Monagan was born in Ann Arbor in 1941, and grew up in a close-knit, predominantly black neighborhood on North Fifth Ave. She remembers attending Bethel AME Church with her grandparents, spending time at the Dunbar Community Center, and helping raise her younger siblings. She attended Jones School and Pioneer High School before working for General Motors, where she was an inspector for eighteen years. Mrs. Monagan has been married to her second husband, Philip, for 48 years.
O. William Habel And Grandchildren With Antique Steam Engine, September 1963 Photographer: Doug Fulton
Year:
1963
Ann Arbor News, September 2, 1963
Caption:
FUN AT GRANDPA'S HOUSE: Rebecca Jane Habel, 3 1/2, and her 4 1/2-year-old brother, Dan Michael, find it is great fun when grandad fires up his antique model steam engine. Grandfather is O. William Habel, 64, of 1060 Chestnut Rd., general manager of the General Motors Corporation's Detroit Transmission Division at Willow Run. Habel acquired the model in Ohio. His interest in it stems from his boyhood on a farm when threshing machines were powered by engines of this type. The children's parents are Dr. and Mrs. Dan W. Habel of 721 Hutchins Ave.
Appointed
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Brothers, Tom & Greg Goss, September 11, 1997 Photographer: Larry E. Wright
Year:
1997
Ann Arbor News, September 11, 1997
Caption:
Greg Goss (right) came to the University of Michigan in 1981 and never left. His brother, Tom, is the new athletic director at U-M. 'Ann Arbor's been the place,' says Greg. 'As you know, it's a pretty nice town.'
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Family Ties
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