// Th* Wtather ' Cloadjr, ehuM of ihowen -4Dtl.U, „ „ THE PONTIAC PRESS Home Edition \0L. 119 NO. 40 ★ ★ PONTIAC, MICHIGAN? SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1961 -26 PAGES Eyes Action in Laos A Preview at St. lytichael's One Vote Kills JFK's Bill for Minimum Wage Conservative Coalition in House Puh Brakes on His Economic Mans WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative coalition in the House has applied the brakes to President Kennedy’s economic program by rejecting the minimum wage legislation he requested. A . compromisje measure endorsed by the President lost by an eyelash, 186-185, Friday and the House then passed a Re pu t)! i can-backed bill drawn on a much narrower scale. The bill, Introduced by Rep. William H. Ayres, R-Ohio, raises the minimum wage from $1 an )M>ur to $1.15 for the 24 million employes now covered and brings in 1.4 million who were formerly uncovered. ^ The bill now goes to the Senate. PRKiPAKRlO Ftm PAUW SUBfDAY » Arranging palm fronds at the altar ci St. Michael’s CatheXc Church is Rev. James Hayes, pastor. tributed to parishioners. Those remaining will be saved until next year, when they wilt be burned Fathav Hayes will Uow the patahs .during the ashes used to mark foreheads of wor- toOKHtow, Palm Sunday. They win fiien be Ab- ^(>pers on Ash Wednesday. Traditional Services U. S. Space Lab to Mark Christ's Enfry Clicks in Orbit News Flashes WASWfGTON (AP) - The By MABY ANGLEMIER The triumphant entry of Christ into Jerusalem more than 1,900 years ago will be commemorated with traditional Palm Sunday services in Christian churches tomorrow. - On this first day of Holy Week, hosannas will ring ouft from choir lofts in anthem and oratorio as pastors ~^and priests oncie again retell the story of Christ’s triumph, betrayal and cru-cifhUon. I^alm Sunday with its blessing and distribution of palms to the faifoful and traditionalj>rocessk>ns in many Protestant churches will usher In Holy Week in ail Roman (Catholic churches of the area. ★ A ♦ The march of singers and clergy carrying the palm leaf is still carried out in many churches. congregations r e serve Palm Sunday for the reception of For Palm Sunday Services — Pages 7-9 members, baptisms and confirmations with choirs presenting special music. The Bible says Odist rede Inte the city on an ass and people took breaches «f palm trees and weat forth fo meet Him. aad a “very great mnttithde aprepd their ganoeats la the way. “And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, (Continued Page 2, 0>1. 3) Sunlight May Vanish in Raindrops Sunday Today’i sunshine may turn to ahawers Sunday afternoon or evening, the weatherman says. * * * Temperatures will be ■ mild low of 38 toni^ and cUmb to nrar 86 Stale Police Secrecy veil lifted on fi^ against communism—PAGE day Oat a UB/ C47 atrplaae aa-■igaed to the Amerieaa air attache fa Laoa has beea mhatag tor twh days with eight men AINTREE, England (PI — Ntoo-fains Stiver won the Grand Na> tiooal Steeplechase today, with Merrymaa n, last year's winner second Id the wortd’o teugheot steepleehaae. O’Malley Point *aa tUid. In Todays Press Lenten Guideposts A condemned prlt-Oder tem Ua God u be dffffW the electrtc choir —' PAOB 18 Explorer X Wijl Study Magnetic Fields, Speed of Solar Winds CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (» — The United States today successfully fired into orbit Explorer X, space laboratory designed to study mysterious magnetic fields and the intensity of solar winds. The 78-pound satellite raced away -from Cape Canaveral at 10:17 a.m. Pontiac time atop a powerful Thor-Delta rocket. All three stages Of the K-foot booster Ignited saoccssfully and propelled the payload into'space at a speed of 24,000 miles an hour. Hglf an hour after launch, the National Aeordnautics and Space Administration announced that the satellite was injected into orbit six minutes after launch.. announcement said probe was alxHit 115 miles from earth at that time. tarthgr wUI be msetiy ofoady wtth a ehaaee et Biswers iale In Bm day. ChnaMeraMa efoadl- eat route tor man to foUew on Ids future Journeys Into space, the satellite was projected oe an orMt that eonid lake mere thaa foar days for a single swing. It may disintegrate after its fint orbit. Its highly eliptica! ortdt was ex-.ected to range from 94 to more than 130,000 miles above the earth. Tliie satellite's radio transmitter was working well. The early portion