Events from the year 1967 in Michigan. The Associated Press (AP) rated the top stories in Michigan for 1967 as follows: 1. * Civil rights, including the 1967 Detroit riot, smaller disturbances in Pontiac, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, and Benton Harbor, and the fight in the Michigan Legislature for an open housing law; 2. * Gov. George W. Romney's November 18 announcement that he was a candidate for the Presidency of the United States and his campaign for the 1968 Republican Presidential nomination; 3. * The Michigan Legislature's enacting a state income tax in July, taxing personal income at 2.6% and corporate income at 9.6%; 4. * Teachers strikes in Detroit and elsewhere that closed schools in September and part of October for more than half a million students; 5. * The Coho sa