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Ann Arbor Observer, February 1979

Publisher
Ann Arbor Publishing Company
Parent ID
Ann Arbor Observer
Month
February
Year
1979

February 1979 issue of the Ann Arbor Observer

The following articles appeared in the February 1979 issue of the Ann Arbor Observer:
  • Ann Arbor's Tight Rental market Not So Exceptional [Around Town], page 6

    • Subjects:

    • Housing
    • Real Estate
    • Statistics
    • Apartments

    Keywords:

    • Rental Property
    • Demographics


  • Updates [Around Town], page 6

    • Subjects:

    • Newspapers
    • Michigan Theater
    • University of Michigan - Buildings
    • University of Michigan - Board of Regents

    Keywords:

    • Statistics
    • Ann Arbor News
    • Detroit Free Press
    • Detroit News
    • Ypsilanti Press
    • Butterfield Theater
    • Henry Aldridge
    • John Hathaway
    • Mary Hathaway
    • Summer Theater Festival
    • Jim Packard
    • Lou Belcher
    • Ann Arbor City Council
    • University of Michigan Alumni Center
    • Hugh Jacobsen Associates
    • Architects
    • Paul Brown


  • Financial Information by Phone [Around Town], page 6

    • Subjects:

    • Banks & Banking
    • Consumer Protection

    Keywords:

    • Tel-Med
    • Ann Arbor Bank and Trust


  • U-M Sustains Its National Eminence [Around Town], by Joel Berger, page 7

    • Subjects:

    • University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff
    • University of Michigan - Academic Programs
    • Statistics
    • Education

    Keywords:

    • Everett C. Ladd Jr.
    • Seymour Martin Lipset
    • Chronicle of Higher Education
    • Rankings
    • Allan F. Smith
    • University Hospital


  • Test of the Town, by Bob Breck, page 7

    • Subjects:

    • Historic Buildings
    • Contests
    • Local History

    Keywords:

    • Liberty Music Shop
    • Bertha C. Schaefer
    • Bruce Laidlaw
    • George Wahr
    • James P. Nolan
    • Rachel Ballard


  • Ann Arbor Gets More Clout in State Legislature [Around Town], by Tom Wieder, page 8

    • Subjects:

    • Michigan House of Representatives
    • Michigan State Senate
    • Laws & Legislation

    Keywords:

    • Perry Bullard
    • Edward Pierce
    • Bobby Crim
    • Dennis Hertel
    • John Hertel


  • American More Anxious, U-M Study Shows [Around Town], by Gil Goodwin, page 8

    • Subjects:

    • Demographics
    • Statistics
    • Consumer Sentiment
    • University of Michigan - Research

    Keywords:

    • University of Michigan Survey Research Center
    • SRC
    • Joseph Veroff
    • Elizaeth Douvan
    • Richard Kulka


  • Guilty Golden Retriever Identified in Line-up [Around Town], page 9

    • Subjects:

    • Ann Arbor - City Ordinances
    • Ann Arbor Police Department
    • Animal Control
    • Courts - Ann Arbor

    Keywords:

    • Ted Ketchum
    • David Fisher
    • Gunner
    • Jan Fisher
    • Judge George Alexander
    • Police Line-ups


  • Ann Arbor's Bicycle Delivery Service Battles the Elements to Prove a Point [Around Town], page 9

    • Subjects:

    • Delivery Services
    • Weather

    Keywords:

    • Reuben Chapman
    • Freewheel Express
    • Gwen Beyer
    • Jeff Donahey
    • Rob Pehlke


  • "Greedy Bastards" Net Handsome Profit from City [Inside City Hall], by Don Hunt, page 10

    • Subjects:

    • Ann Arbor - City Government Departments, Agencies, Commissions, etc.
    • Ann Arbor - City Hall
    • Trash
    • Garbage

    Keywords:

    • City Dump
    • Ron Trowbridge
    • Frank McCalla
    • Moss-Nielsen property


  • Good News and Bad from AATA [Inside City Hall], by Don Hunt, page 10

    • Subjects:

    • Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
    • Mass Transit

    Keywords:

    • Budgets
    • Deficits


  • Zero Based Budgeting Begins with the Police Department [Inside City Hall], by Don Hunt, page 10

    • Subjects:

    • Ann Arbor - Budget
    • Ann Arbor - City Government Departments, Agencies, Commissions, etc.
    • Ann Arbor Police Department
    • Ann Arbor City Council

    Keywords:

    • Mayor Belcher
    • Sy Muray
    • ZBB
    • Cecil Ursprung


  • Kaplan's Project Gets Council OK [Inside City Hall], by Don Hunt, page 11

    • Subjects:

    • Ann Arbor City Council
    • Parking Structures
    • Real Estate Development - Ann Arbor
    • Apartments

    Keywords:

    • Dan Kaplan
    • Mayor Belcher


  • Garbage Colletors' "Cold Weather Holiday" Unwarranted, Says Murray [Inside City Hall], by Don Hunt, page 11

    • Subjects:

    • Garbage
    • Trash
    • Ann Arbor - City Government Departments, Agencies, Commissions, etc.
    • Weather

    Keywords:

    • Sy Murray
    • Labor Contracts


  • Mayor Campaign Notes [Inside City Hall], by Don Hunt, page 11

    • Subjects:

    • Elections - Ann Arbor
    • Ann Arbor City Council

    Keywords:

    • Mayor Belcher
    • Jamie Kenworthy
    • Phil Power
    • Carl Pursell
    • Ann ArborPlanning Commission
    • Democratic Party


  • Rollerskating Sheds an Old Image: the World of Wheels is Not Your Common Rink [Changes], page 12

    • Subjects:

    • Skating Rinks

    Keywords:

    • Ann Arbor World of Wheels
    • Roller Skating
    • Don Gates
    • Bob Ransom
    • Cynthia Gates
    • Adolf Wacher
    • Thomas Gregory
    • Nancy Gregory
    • Ray Oliver
    • Kathleen Oliver


  • 30-Story Hotel/Convention Center on North Main? [Changes], page 12

    • Subjects:

    • Real Estate Development - Ann Arbor
    • Conventions

    Keywords:

    • Dick Berger
    • Wagner's Men's Clothing
    • Ecology Center
    • Citizen's Association for Area Planning
    • Economic Development Corporation
    • Hobbs and Black Architects
    • Johnson, Johnson and Roy Landscaping


  • Fourth Ave. Bus Riders' Waiting Room to Be Ready This Month [Changes], page 13

    • Subjects:

    • Ann Arbor Transit Authority
    • Mass Transit
    • Real Estate Development - Ann Arbor

    Keywords:

    • AATA
    • Benz Insurance Agency
    • Federal Arcade
    • Lee Benz
    • Hai Yuan Oriental Gifts


  • Changes at Briarwood [Changes], page 13

    • Subjects:

    • Briarwood Mall
    • Shopping Centers/li>
    • Retail Trade

    Keywords:

    • Magic Pan
    • Ray's Prime Meats
    • Nu Vision Optical
    • Mary Ann's
    • Gantos
    • Herman's World of Sporting Goods
    • Lord & Taylor
    • World's Harvest
    • Anton's
    • John Varvatos


  • New Duplexes Designed for Older Neighborhood [Changes], page 13

    • Subjects:

    • Real Estate Development - Ann Arbor
    • Apartments

    Keywords:

    • Tom Martone
    • Old West Side
    • Architects
    • Flood Plains


  • Some Implications of Interchange Planned for Platt and I-94 [Changes], page 14

    • Subjects:

    • Road Construction
    • Michigan - Government Departments & Agencies
    • Transportation
    • Townships

    Keywords:

    • UATS
    • Urban Area Transportation Study
    • Pittsfield Township
    • Jamie Kenworthy
    • Colonial Square
    • Tom Blessing
    • Michigan State Highway Department


  • Small-Scale Local Institution Changes Hands [Changes], page 14

    • Subjects:

    • Restaurants
    • Local History

    Keywords:

    • Fleetwood Diner
    • Rich Alford
    • Mark Hodesh
    • Kaye Dumsick
    • Dennis Cencich
    • Diners
    • Morrie Dalitz


  • Another Neighborhood Gas Station Closes [Changes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Gas Stations

    Keywords:

    • Bob Agar
    • Gulf Gas Station
    • Burns Park
    • Robert Craig
    • Zoning Board of Appeals


  • Village Bell [Assorted Notes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Restaurants

    Keywords:

    • Clint Castor, Jr.


  • Anderson's Framing [Assorted Notes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Picture Framing

    Keywords:

    • Athenian Restaurant
    • John Sprentall
    • Anderson's Paints


  • Concept IV [Assorted Notes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Real Estate Development

    Keywords:

    • Bonnie DeLoof
    • Esteele Schneider
    • First National Building
    • Harry's Army Surplus


  • Stage Door [Assorted Notes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Restaurants
    • Bars

    Keywords:

    • Karen Fraccaro
    • Steve Cole
    • Lee Darrow
    • Ann Arbor Novelty


  • Curtis Chicken in the Rough [Assorted Notes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Restaurants
    • Bars

    Keywords:

    • Jerry Sixby


  • Thano Master [Assorted Notes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Restaurants

    Keywords:

    • Liquor Licenses
    • Lamplighter Restaurant


  • Centicore Bookstore [Assorted Notes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Bookstores


  • Fifth Forum [Assorted Notes], page 15

    • Subjects:

    • Movie Theaters


  • How to Lower Your Property Taxes, by Fred Steingold, page 17-19

    • Subjects:

    • Taxation - Ann Arbor & Washtenaw County
    • Ann Arbor - City Government Departments, Agencies, Commissions, etc.

    Keywords:

    • Assessments
    • City Assessor
    • Ann Arbor Board of Review
    • Wayne C. Johnson
    • Edward Young
    • State Tax Tribunal
    • Douglas Wilson
    • William Kinley


  • Is This Primary Necessary?, by Tom Wieder, page 20-21

    • Subjects:

    • Elections - Ann Arbor
    • Ann Arbor City Council
    • Democratic Party

    Keywords:

    • John Montgomery
    • James Kenworthy
    • Sheriff Douglas Harvey
    • Louis Belcher
    • Gerald Curry
    • Mel Grieshaber
    • Lou Senunas
    • Leroy Cappaert
    • Robert Harris
    • Jack Garris
    • Frank Schoichet
    • Richard Ankli


  • Editors of the News: Part Two, by Don Hunt, page 23-28

    • Subjects:

    • Ann Arbor News
    • Newspapers
    • Journalists & Journalism

    Keywords:

    • Dave Bishop
    • Booth Newspapers
    • Cecil Lockhard
    • Peter Yates
    • Fred Jahnke
    • Herb Spendlove
    • Bob Romaker
    • Glen Harris
    • Ray Sleep
    • Glen Gilbert
    • Bruce McPherson
    • Adaline Adams
    • Bill Dalton
    • Eleanor Gerstenberger
    • Jane Myers
    • Jeff Frank
    • Art Gallagher
    • Bob Romaker
    • Don Faber
    • George Romney
    • Roy Reynolds


  • Above Ann Arbor: Introducing the Constellations, by Jim Loudon, page 29

    • Subjects:

    • Astronomy

    Keywords:

    • Constellations


  • Gypsy Baron [Calendar], page 30

    • Subjects:

    • Opera
    • Music

    Keywords:

    • Comic Opera Guild
    • Lydia Mendelssohn Theater


  • Kiwanis Sale [Calendar], page 30

    • Subjects:

    • Nonprofits
    • Kiwanis
    • Clubs & Organizations

    Keywords:

    • Downtown Kiwanis Club


  • Ralph Herbert Sings Schubert, by Edward Mirageas, page 30

    • Subjects:

    • Music
    • Concerts
    • University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff

    Keywords:

    • Die Winterreise
    • William Muller
    • Nancy Hodge
    • University of Michigan Museum of Art


  • Theater Organ at the Michigan Theater [Calendar], page 31

    • Subjects:

    • Michigan Theater
    • Concerts
    • Music

    Keywords:

    • Barton Theater Organ
    • Don Haller
    • Henry Aldridge
    • Motor City Theater Organ Society
    • MCTOS/li>


  • Bob James Jazz Concert [Calendar], page 31

    • Subjects:

    • Concerts
    • Music
    • Musicians
    • University of Michigan - Alumnus

    Keywords:

    • Hill Auditorium
    • Eclipse Jazz
  • Antique Lace Sale [Calendar], page 31

    • Subjects:

    • Arts & Crafts
    • University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff
    • Antiques & Collectibles

    Keywords:

    • Lace
    • Lacemaking
    • Mary Mood Selden
    • Stockwell Hall
    • Mary McPeek
    • Summer Arts Festival
    • Henry Ford Museum
    • Greenfield Village


  • 8 mm Film Festival [Calendar], page 32

    • Subjects:

    • Film Festivals

    Keywords:

    • Eight Millimeter Film
    • Ann Arbor Film Co-op
    • Schorling Auditorium


  • Eclectic Songs [Calendar], page 32

    • Subjects:

    • Musicians
    • Concerts
    • University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff

    Keywords:

    • John McCollum
    • Veronica Tyler
    • Rackham Auditorium
    • Opera


  • Poetry on Buses [Calendar], page 32

    • Subjects:

    • Mass Transit
    • Poetry
    • Exhibits
    • Art Galleries

    Keywords:

    • Dreyfuss Galleries


  • Chamber Music [Calendar], by Evans Mirageas, page 33

    • Subjects:

    • Music
    • Concerts

    Keywords:

    • Dady Mehta
    • Angel Reyes
    • Winnifred Mayes
    • Rackham Auditorium


  • Close Encounters of the Thurston Kind [Calendar], page 33

    • Subjects:

    • Plays
    • Theaters

    Keywords:

    • Thurston Community Players
    • Thurston School
    • Barbara Chaffin
    • Jack Chisholm
    • Loren Platzman
    • Clague Middle School


  • Art of Russia 1800-1850 [Calendar], page 33

    • Subjects:

    • University of Michigan - Museums
    • Exhibits
    • Art & Artists
    • Lectures

    Keywords:

    • University of Michigan Russian Arts Festival
    • Pendleton Room
    • Michigan Union
    • John Bowlt


  • 306 S. Main [Then & Now], page 34

    • Subjects:

    • Historic Buildings
    • Local History

    Keywords:

    • 1895
    • 1979
    • The Headlight
    • Michigan Central Railroad
    • Crescent Works
    • Kline's Department Store


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