1983 in Michigan
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Events from the year 1983 in Michigan.
The Associated Press (AP) selected the state's top news stories as follows:[1]
- A 38% increase in Michigan's income tax led to recall campaigns against state legislators;
- Dioxins were discovered in Michigan's waterways and fish;
- Chrysler Corporation returned to financial health;
- Agnes Mary Mansour, a Roman Catholic nun and director of the Michigan Department of Social Services, quit her order in defiance of a directive from the Vatican that she quit her government job which required her to oversee the use of public funds for abortions;
- Toxic waste near Swartz Creek, Michigan, required evacuation of locals pending cleanup;
- The case of Judy Stiver triggers a controversy over her surrogate mother arrangements;
- Amway and a Canadian subsidiary pled guilty to fraud charges brought by the Canadian government for allegedly using dummy invoices showing lower values to reduce customs duties paid for goods shipped to Canada;
- In continuing fallout from the Michigan PBB contamination scandal, a bankruptcy court approved the reorganization of the Farm Services Bureau;
- (tie) Construction began on the Project ELF military antenna; and
- (tie) The racially motivated Murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, as a result of being beaten with a baseball bat by a Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and his stepson.