[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 38 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E519-E520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO ALDO VAGNOZZI

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 30, 1998

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to day to join in the celebration of 
uniquely talented and dedicated citizen of Michigan, Aldo Vagnozzi.
  He has had an unusually long and distinguished career in journalism. 
For about one-half of a century, his beat has been the lives and 
interest of working families of Michigan. With the AFL-CIO in Michigan, 
he has dedicated himself to providing hundreds of thousands of Michigan 
workers with information about key aspects of their labors and the 
broader issues that affect the well-being of their families. While he 
served as editor, he was indeed a working journalist reflecting his 
personal concerns about working families reading his reports and 
comments. He became a model in Michigan and beyond.
  His strong beliefs were combined with modesty, a sense of goodwill 
and respect for the beliefs of others. They helped propel him into 
elective office with support from people of a wide array of political 
ideologies and backgrounds. As the first directly elected Mayor of his 
home city of suburban Farmington Hills, Michigan, he as helped build 
and strengthen that fast-growing community.
  Also Vagnozzi can leave his position as editor of the Detroit Labor 
News with a sense of

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major accomplishment and pride. Like so many others, I have been 
privileged to know him and his family over several decades and join all 
who gather to pay tribute to him on April 1 in wishing him the best of 
luck in the years ahead.

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