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Events from the year 1964 in Michigan.

The Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) each selected the top 10 news stories in Michigan as follows:[1][2]

  1. The November 3 re-election of Republican George W. Romney as Governor of Michigan, despite a Democratic landslide in the U.S. Presidential and legislative races (AP-1, UPI-1);[3]
  2. Reapportionment of state and federal legislative districts, requiring districts to be redrawn "as nearly as practicable" equal in population, resulting in Democrats seizing control of both houses of the Michigan Legislature and the Congressional delegation (AP-2, UPI-2 [reapportionment] and UPI-4 [Democratic control of legislature]);
  3. New contracts between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the automobile manufacturers providing a lower retirement age and providing for higher pensions, reached after costly strikes against General Motors and Ford Motor Company (AP-3, UPI-3);
  4. A 134-day newspaper strike called by the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union that shut down both the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News from July 14 until November 25, the longest strike shutdown of metropolitan daily newspapers in American history (AP-5, UPI-5);[4]
  5. A May 8 tornado that struck Chesterfield Township in Macomb County, resulting in 13 deaths, injuries to at least 400 persons, and $14 million in damage (AP-4, UPI-7);[1][5][6]
  6. National Guard scandals arising out of questionable land sales at Camp Grayling and alleged mishandling of armory and liquor funds (AP-7, UPI-6);[1]
  7. A strike against Essex Wire Corp. in Hillsdale, Michigan, and the deployment of national guardsman when the company resumed operations with non-union workers (AP-8, UPI-8);[7][8]
  8. A booming economy in Michigan (AP-6);
  9. Concern over the Great Lakes reaching their lowest water levels in 100 years (AP-9);[9]
  10. Revelation that Daniel West, a successful candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives, had lied about being an honors graduate of Yale Law School and concealed an extensive criminal record (UPI-9);[10][11]
  11. The success of University of Michigan sports teams with Big Ten Conference championships in football, indoor track, wrestling, and gymnastics, a co-championship in basketball, a national championship in men's ice hockey, and second-place finishes in outdoor track, tennis, and baseball (AP-10);[1] and
  12. The exposure of Thomas M. Novak as a fraud after four year practicing medicine without a license (UPI-10).[12][13][14]

The United Press International (UPI) picked the state's top sports stories as follows:[15]

  1. The success of the 1964 Michigan Wolverines football team in compiling an 8–1 record in the regular season, winning the Big Ten Conference championship, and receiving a bid to play in the 1965 Rose Bowl;
  2. William Clay Ford Sr.'s firing of the Detroit Lions' five assistant coaches and the resignation two days later of head coach George Wilson;
  3. Michigan athletes winning 11 medals at the Olympics;
  4. The 1963–64 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team's Big Ten championship and advancing to the Final Four at the 1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament;
  5. The decision of the University of Detroit to terminate its football program;[16][17][18]
  6. Dave DeBusschere serving as player and head coach of the Detroit Pistons;
  7. The return of Ted Lindsay to the Detroit Red Wings at age 39 and after four years of retirement;[19]
  8. The death of Eddie Sachs of Warren, Michigan, in a crash while competing in the Indianapolis 500 on May 30;[20][21]
  9. The 1963–64 Detroit Red Wings, after a mediocre regular season, advancing to the 1964 Stanley Cup Finals and narrowly losing in seven games to the Toronto Maple Leafs; and
  10. The Michigan high school basketball championships won by Benton Harbor (Class A), River Rouge (Class B), Grosse Pointe St. Paul (Class C), and Briton-Macon (Class D).
  1. ^ a b c d "Romney's Victory Rated Top State Story". The Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie). December 31, 1964. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Romney Victory Rated Top State News Story of '64". Traverse City Record-Eagle (UPI story). December 28, 1964. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Governor Beats LBJ Landslide". Lansing State Journal. November 4, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Longest Newspaper Tie-Up Ends". Detroit Free Press. November 25, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tornado Kills 10: Hundreds Hurt in Macomb, Oakland; Anchor Bay a Shambles". Detroit Free Press. May 9, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "U.S. State Rush to Help Homeless in Tornado Area". Detroit Free Press. May 10, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Troops In Hillsdale After Fresh Outbreak: Jail Virtually Stormed; Romney Orders Essex Production Stopped In Emergency; Picketing Banned; Guards Disarmed; Local Officials Left In Charge". The Hillsdale Evening News. May 28, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Essex Plant Reopens, Strike Scene Orderly". The Hillsdale Daily News. June 3, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Officials Meet To Study Lakes Water Levels". Escanaba Daily Press. July 28, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Legislator Revealed As Impostor, Ex-Con". Detroit Free Press. December 6, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "The Secret Life of Daniel West: How Lawmaker Spun Web of Intrigue". Detroit Free Press. August 14, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "'Dr.' Novak Mute at Arraignment". Detroit Free Press. September 9, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "'I Wanted To Heal People': 'Dr.' Novak Tells of His 4-Year Medical Masquerade". Detroit Free Press. September 13, 1964. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Judge's Dose for Phony Doctor: A Year in Jail". Detroit Free Press. November 25, 1964. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Michigan' Football Team Is No. 1 Story". The Holland Evening Sentinel. December 31, 1964. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Jack Berry (December 1, 1964). "U-D Football Finally Dies of Neglect: Sport Couldn't Pay Its Own Way -- Britt". Detroit Free Press. p. 1D, 2D.
  17. ^ Joe Dowdall (December 1, 1964). "U-D Football Players Stunned: Football Requiem". Detroit Free Press. p. 1D.
  18. ^ Lyall Smith (December 1, 1956). "NOW They Care for U-D Football". Detroit Free Press. p. 1D.
  19. ^ "Ted Lindsay Skates Again For the Wings". Detroit Free Press. October 15, 1964. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Sachs Saw Victory . . . to End". Detroit Free Press. May 31, 1964. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "2 Killed As Foyt Wins 500". Detroit Free Press. May 31, 1964. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.

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