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Around the region: May: Mackinac Policy Conference.


The opening session introduced the One D intiatives and featured One D's executives.

UAW (spelling) UAW - Misspelling of "IAW"?  President Ron Gettelfinger, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan President Dan Loepp, Judge Trudy Archer and Chember President Dick Blouse.

Edsel B. Ford II with WJR's Paul w. Smith Paul W. Smith is the morning drive-time host at Detroit, Michigan's WJR radio. As a clear channel on 760AM, WJR's broadcast can be heard throughout the Midwest and Smith's program is known throughout the region. , who broadcasted live from the parlor.

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Speakes of the Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower body of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 Representatives, each of whom is elected from districts having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the U.S. Census.  Andy Dillon and Senate Majority Leader Micheal Bishop during the PAC Reception.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan set up a wellness center where attendees could get routine check-ups. Dan Loepp was one of the first to get tested.

Mackinac Policy Conference attendees enjoyed ample time to network on the longest porch in the world.

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Teamsters President James P. Hoffa For other uses, see Hoffa (disambiguation).

James Phillip Hoffa (born May 19, 1941), is the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is the only son of Jimmy Hoffa, who was also a president of the Teamsters, and his wife, Josephine Poszywak.
 spoke during dinner on Wednesday.

U.S. Representative John Dingal and The Detroit News Editorial Page Editor Nolan Finely waited for the next session to begin.

News reporters had a chance to interview UAW President Ron Gettelfinger after his speech.

Frank Foundation of DaimlerChrysler,Wayne Country Executive Robert Ficano Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Oakland Country Excutive l. Brooks Patterson Lewis Brooks Patterson (b. January 4 1939) is an American lawyer and politician, currently County Executive of Oakland County, Michigan. Oakland County has an affluent population of over a million, that includes the northern and northwestern suburbs of Detroit. , Macomb Country Chair Willam Crouchman and Fred Hoffman of Daimlerchrysler.

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Willam Clay Ford,Jr. addressed attendees on transforming the automotive industry in the Detroit Region.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) was founded in 1914. It performed the world's first radio broadcast of a symphonic concert on February 10, 1922 with pianist Artur Schnabel, and became the first nationally broadcast radio orchestra on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour, later Ford  performed for conference attendees on the lawn of Grand Hotel

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Panal speakes from the Race Relations: Re-examining the Past, Shaping the Future session.

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