Th» W0oth9r THE PONTIAC PRESS Home Edition VOL. 128 NO. 150 ★ ★ ★ ★ PONTIAC. MICHIGAN. SATURDAY, JULY 31. 1965 —32 PAGES Vief Premier ^TexasCoeds j[f Mackinac Confab 1/ n Bodies Found; Vows Buildup Vnfil Victory SAIGON, Viet Nam (AP) — With U.S. forces steadily increasing in South Viet Nam, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky pledged today a buildup in the Vietnamese army until victory is achieved. There now are about 500,000 in the Vietnamese armed forces, including regional troops in the provinces. President Johnson has announced U.S. forces will be increased to 125,-★ ★ ★ 000 men. There are about 80,000 American military personnel in South Viet Nam now. In an interview with a Vietnamese newspaper, Ky said increases in the armed forces would be made in the near future but, for security reasons, gave no figures. “Every spot in this country may be a battlefield,” he U.N. Considers Debate on Viet U.S. Call for Help Renews Speculation UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) — Prompted by a U.S. request for help in finding a peace formula for Viet Nam, U.N. Security Council members began conferring today on whether to launch a debate on the Asian conflict. * * * There was speculation that nonpermanent members of the 11-nation council might revive earlier attempts to hold a session on Viet Nam. They sounded out the United States and the Soviet Union about a Viet Nam debate last February when the U.S. air strikes began againsU North Viet Nam. Both big powers were reported cool. Nonpermanent council members are Bolivia, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Malaysia, Netherlands and Uruguay. It was not disclosed which ones have been pushing for debate on Viet Nam. Yesterday’s appeal for council help was made by U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg in a letter to Soviet Ambassador Platon D. Morozov, council president for July. Goldberg did not specifically request a meeting, but U.S. sources said if one was called, , he would attend. * ★ ★ Goldberg wrote hforo..,/V that the United States wanted negotiations for peace in Viet Nam. He said the members of the council had a special responsibility to “persist in the search for a negotiated end to the cruel and futile violence that ravages the Republic of (South) Viet Nam.” STANDS READY “The United States stands ready,” he said, “to collaborate unconditionally with members of the Security Council in the search for an acceptable formula to restore peace and security to that area of the world. “It is the hope of my government that the members of the Security Council will somehow find the means to respond effectively to the challenge.” In Today's Press Bogalusa Order Lawmen told to protect marchers or go to jail — ’ PAGE C-1. Flight Baggage New limitations in effect tomorrow at four airlines — PAGE A-3. Danger in Streets Stay near well-lighted areas when waiting for transportation PAGE Astrology C4 Bridge C-« Church News B-ft-B-« Comics C-* Crossword Puzzle D-7 Editorials AS Home Section B-1—B-.I Markets C-7 Obituaries D-1 Sports C-3—C-S Theaters C-2 TV, Radio Programs D-7 Wilson, Earl D-7 Women’s Pages B-4—B-5 As Ky spoke, the ground war was in a lull, with only scattered clashes. The main activity was the steady pounding of Communist targets in North and South Viet Nam by U. S.^,bodies. and Vietnamese warplanes. Test Results Aren't Conclusive on 2 n d; Girls Missing 12 Days AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) — Crime detection experts said early today a 6V^-hour autopsy showed Susan Rigsby had been strangled by a powerful attacker. Justice of the Peace Jerry Dellana, conducting the inquest, said results were inconclusive as to what caused the death of Shirley Ann Stark. The sun-blackened bodies of the two sorority sisters who vanished 12 days ago were found yesterday sprawled in a weed-grown vacant field near the north edge of Austin. Deilana.. said pathological tests and Xrays detected no broken bones or skull fractures and no sign of violent blows being struck the nearly nude Work Set on State Tax Plan In the heaviest strike against the North, 11 Navy A4 Sky-hawks, supported by four F4 Phantom jets, dropped seven tons of bombs on the Vinh army barracks 160 miles south of Hanoi. The planes from the carrier Midway heavily dam-^aged four buildings and hit five ’others, a U. S. spokesman said, OTHER DETAILS He gave these other details: Four U. S. Navy Skyhawks from the carrier Independence hit a transportation terminal 60 miles south of Hanoi, setting fires, hitting a warehouse and derailing two railway cars. U.S. and Vietnamese planes flew more than 500 sorties in South Viet Nam, killing an estimated 275 Viet Cong. The figure was not based on a body count. * ★ ★ A U. S. Air Force FIDO Supersaber crashed while attacking a suspected Viet Cong headquarters 65 miles northwest of Saigon, and the pilot was presumed killed. Whether the plane was shot down was not known. SIX TONS Four Marine Skyhawks dropped six tons of bombs last night on a suspected Viet Cong radio station 40 miles northwest of Da Nang base. It was not known whether the transmitter was knocked out. Vietnamese defenders of a hamlet 185 miles northeast of Saigon suffered light casualties from a Viet Cong assault. Dellana said Dr. Earl F. Rose, Dallas medical examiner flown here to conduct the tests, would continue his investigation for at least a week, “particularly for further microscopic tests.” FINGERPRINTS Col. Homer Garrison, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said some fingerprints were obtained from one body. When asked if the dresses on the bodies were the same they wore when last seen, Garrison replied; “There are some things pertinent to the current investigation they are not ready to reveal.” Dellana said the bodies would be released to the parents for burial. * ★ * The black-haired, 21-year-old beauties were last seen driving on a street near the University of Texas campus July 18. Both were from Dallas. TWO DENTISTS Rose was aided by two' Dalla.s dentists who had done work for the young women. Dr. R. M. Brumage and Dr. John L. Mitchell. Late last night, Brumage positively identified Miss Stark by a bridge he placed in her mouth in 1962. About 2 a.m. today Mitchell added identification of Miss Rigsby. ★ * ★ "There is no question about it,” Mitchell said. “The dental charts and Xrays both make it positive.” QUEEN AND COURT - Esther Lynne Smith, 19, of Kalamazoo was crowned Miss Michigan of 1966 last night in Muskegon. Sharon Sue Snyder, 20, of Bloomfield Township (second from left) was named first runner-up in the pageant. Others are (from left) Carol Marie Fedewa, 19, Miss Wyoming: Sally Jane Noble, 1965 Miss Michigan, crowning Miss Smith; Kathleen Ann Sullivan, 18, Miss Oak Park; and) Charlotte Hamady, 18, Miss East Detroit. WMU Beauty Shares Spotlight With Truman SHIRLEY ANN STARK SUSAN RIGSBY) Bloomfield Twp. Girl Is First Runner-Up Brown-haired, blue-eyed Esther Lynne Smith, 19, of Kalamazoo was named Miss Michigan last night and will represent the state in this year’s Miss America pageant. Sharon Sue Snyder, 20, Miss Oakland University, was chosen first runner-up in the Muskegon pageant. Miss Smith, the reigning Miss Western Michigan University, became an American citizen only six-weeks ago. She is a native of Vlaardigen, Netherlands. ”I didn't expect to win,” she said. “I can't feel a thing. I’m numb.” * ★ ★ The victory brought the Kala-maMO beauty a $1,000 scholarship, a wardrobe worth $2,000 and the use of a new convertible for a year. WMU JUNIOR Miss Smith is a junior majoring in voice at WMU. She said she would like to become a voice teacher. Miss Snyder, the daughter of ' Mr. and Mrs. Louis Snyder, 6765 Woodbank, Bloomfield Township, was named runner-up after iMing selected as one of the 10 semifinalists. On Wednesday night the Oakland County girl won the talent contest with a classical ballet performance of a number from “Flower Drum Song.” Miss Snyder is a junior at Oakland University. She has been on the dean’s list for the past two years. Prior to the pageant. Miss Snyder had spent six-weeks at the national Music Camp at In-terlochen. She plays six different instruments and has had 18 years of instruction in classical ballet and modern dance. Johnson Signs Health Care Bill INDEPENDENCE, Mo OB -“Mr. President, I’m glad to have lived this long,” said a beaming Harry S. Truman, moving into the spotlight for a sentimental moment at the age of 81. Then, at President Johnson’s elbow, Truman witnessed the signing into law yesterday of legislation for health care of the aged such as he proposed 20 years ago. The $6.5-billion bill also increases old age payment and otherwise broadens the Social Security System, raising payroll taxes to pay most of the cost. Johnson traveled 1,000 miles from Washington to the hill-top Truman Library in Independence, saying he wanted to share “this time of triumph” with the former president who sought — without success — a similar but broader medical insurance plan in 1945. Said Truman: “You have made me a very, very happy man.” OBVIOUSLY MOVED j Johnson, obviously moved by the sentiment of the occasion. told a celebrity-studded audience in the library auditorium : / “The people of the United States love and voted for Harry Truman not because he gave them hell — but because he gave them hope.” Truman, who sat with cane in lap on a gilt chair beside Johnson, got the first of dozens of Life Sentence to Carl Foster Hard Labor Ordered for Pontiac Murderer Cloudy, Rain Is Prediction It will be partly cloudy with scattered showers or thundershowers tonight, ehding by tomorrow noon. This will be followed by partial clearing tomorrow afternoon and evening with little temperature change. Tonight’s low will be 56 to 60. Tomorrow’s high is predicted to be 74 to 80. Fifty-nine was today’s 1 o w temperature reading prior to 8 a m. in downtown Pontiac. It had reached 73 by 2 p.m. Twenty-nine-year-old Carl Foster was today sentenced to spend the rest of his natural life at hard labor in the State Prison of Southern Michigan at Jackson. The sentencing climaxed three months of investigation, interrogation, examination and trial which found Foster guilty of the first-degree murder of his wife, Angela on Feb. 28, 1963, in their home at 355 Oakland. Earlier this year the slayer was sentenced to 10-15 years in prison for manslaughter in connection with the Dec. 12, 1964 strangulation of a Bloomfield Township divorcee, Mrs. Maurice Crook. The death of Angela Foster was originally ruled a suicide. After Foster’s connection with the Crook killing, Pontiac police rechecked Mrs. Foster’s death and found that she had been murdered. * ★ * Sentence was pronounced this morninig by Circuit Judge Frederick C. Ziem. pens used to sign the legislation. Mrs. Truman and Mrs. Johnson, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and leaders of Congress looked on. * ★ ★ The 133-page bill passed by Congress Wednesday will provide hospital insurance for Americans over 65, set up a voluntary plan to cover many of their doctor bills and increase Social Security benefits. EFFECTIVE DATE Health insurance features go into effect next July 1. Increased Social Security payments will begin reaching retired persons in September. Increases are retroactive to last Jan. 1. ★ ★ “It was Harry Truman of Missouri,” said Johnson, “who planted the seeds of compassion and duty which today flower into care for the sick and serenity for the fearful.” Octopus Attacks Boy GIULIANOVA, Italy (UPD - A 45-pound octopus attacked a 10-year-old boy and tried to drag him from a cliff into the sea, authorities reported. Ex-sailor Cesare Mara rescued the lad, then killed the octopus, one of the largest ever seen here. Gov. Romney, SolonstoView Six Programs Independent Analysts Will Assess Impact of Each Fiscal Formula LANSING (JPI — Gov. Romney and a legislative committee will try to agree within two or three weeks on a bipartisan tax program that would raise $200 million in extra state funds in the next two years. Four alternative tax plans were submitted to the committee yesterday. Two nf o r e versions soon will be developed. Independent analysts will try to assess the impact of the plans on taxpayers and the state’s economy. Then Romr ney and the committee will meet at Mackinac Island for two days in an attempt to agree on one of the plans. Even if the committee reaches agreement, the chances a plan would be approved by the legislature this fall are in doubt because of strong opposition from some influential legislators to any new taxes before 1967. ★ ★ ★ Romney said existing programs will carry the state into the red within two years and that tax action should be taken now, not in time of crisis. POLITICAL IMPUCA'nONS He said the committee yesterday came somewhat to grips with the political implications of tax action. Each of the plans includes a $66-million boost in cigarette taxes. Three include income taxes and repeal of the sales tax on food and one proposes a sales tax on some services. ★ ★ * The two variants to be developed would provide higher Income tax exemptions and cut out the sales tax relief. EXISTING PROGRAMS About $146 million of the $200-million would be required to continue existing programs. Some $25 million would be available for new programs in 196647 and another $29 million for more new programs in 1967-68, said Romney. Rep. George Montgomery. D-(Continued on Page 2, Col. 7) Press Scholarship Goes to W. Bloomfield Youth Medicare Has Home Health Benefits (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the seventh in a 14-part series on the new health care and Social Security biU by John Troan, special writer for Newspaper Enterprise Association.) By JOHN TROAN Medicare will deliver some health benefits right to a patient’s home. These “home health services” become available July 1, 1966: a Part-time or intermittent nursing care provided by or under supervision of a registered nursp. (But services of a private-duty nurse won’t be covered.) • Physical, occupational and speech therapy. • Services of medical social workers. • Part-time or intermittent services of a “home health aide.” such as a nurse’s aide. (But services of so-called homemakers, who handle cooking or housekeeping chores, won’t be covered.) • Medical supplies other than drugs (such as dressings and .splints). • Use of medical appliances (such as wheelchairs and crutches). • Services of interns and residents connected with a hospital which is affiliated with an agency authorized to provide “home health” benefits. Excluded will be any services not deemed to be both reasonable and necessary. For example, if the home-bound patient doesn’t really need to rent a special hospital bed. Social Security won’t pay the tab. The same will apply to such things as massages and heat treatments — if they are of real value in the patient’s treatment, the government will pay; otherwise, no. OUTSIDE HOME Under some circumstances, a patient will be able to obtain “home health services” outside his home. For instance, if he needs hydrotherapy the agency handling his case may send him to a hospital, nursing home or rehabilitation center for the treatment — because the equip-(Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) An 18-year-old West Bloomfield Township youth, Wilfred E. Mazur Jr. of 2454 Ivanhoe, has been awarded a $1,500 scholarship by The Pontiac Press. He was selected from among graduates who have served as Press newsboys. Each year. The Pontiac Press makes such an award from its field of newsboy graduates. ’The scholarship winner, a ham radio operator who tracks satellites, also enjoys outdoor sports. He is an avid golfer and skier. * ★ ★ Mazur, who played trumpet and coronet in the Pontiac Central High School band, plans to pursue a science course at Oak-1 a n d University anticipating graduation as a physicist. He then plans graduate work at the University of Michigan. * * * Other Pontiac Press scholarship holders currently at OU are George Lavoie of 91 Home and James Walsh of 1009 Lakeview, Waterford Township. WILFRED E. MAZUR JR. THE rONTIAC PRESS. SATURDAY, JULY 81. 1965 Steel Parties Are Optimistic PITTSBURGH (AP) - The United Steelworkers and the basic steel industry, facing the threat of a strike for the second time in three months, were outwardly confident today they could beat a Sept. 1 deadline. nie Steelwoiters’ IW-mem-ber wage policy committee, branding the industry unrealistic, Inflexible and penny-pinching, voted as exp^t^ Friday to serve SO days strike notice Aug. 1. * * ★ Despite the harsh statement, union President I. W. Abel said “coiainly a contract can be reached. Many agreements are written in less than 30 days.” * * ★ Chief industry negotiator R. Conrad Cooper labeled the union Controversial Cleric Lauded Still Heads Group; Sex Views Not Aired The controversial head of the Farmington Youth Guidance Committee is still head of the committee and no less contro-veraial. Following a two-hour closed meeting last night, members of the cM^ttee praised the chairman Rey. Robert M. Eddy, for his work. His views on sex and teen-agers were not discussed, it was reported. The Farmington Township Board of Tmstees Monday withdrew a |1,2M appropriation to the committee after statement “the tried old tactic of blaming us.’’ In a prepared statement he said strike notice “would not persuade the companies to grant demands that are not in the best interests of employes, companies, customers pnd the nation.” HELD OUT HOPE Cooper, however, held hope in off-the-cuff remarks that settlement could be reached in time to avert what would be the nation’s first steel strike since the crippling ll*-day shutdown of 1959. , w ★ ★ “A settlement would be almost immediately possible if the parties could settle the hard core problem, namely — how much?” he said. * * * Cooper and Abel, appearing at separate news conferences, confirmed that the union is seeking wage and benefit increases of about 18 cents an hoUr per man and that the industry has offered nine cents. The length of a contract is apparently not a big issue. ★ ★ * These are virtually the same positions both held when an in-teriih contract was signed last April 28 averting a May 1 strike. Steelworkers now earn an average of I4-40 an hour in wages and benefits. ajboot views expressed by the Rev. Mr. Eddy in a newspaper column. He wrote that persons above the legal age of consent (17 for girls in Michigan) should not face legal sanctions for engaging in premarital sexual relations with their parents’ per- The Rev. Mr. Eddy, a pacifist, was arrested and acquitted on a traffic charf^ following a July 1 demonstration on an expressway overpass in opposition to U.S. policies in Viet Nam. OFFERED TO QUIT At the time, he offered to resign as chairman of the antidelinquency group, but the committee rejected his offer. * ★ ★ Acting Chairman Hugh Watson said the Rev. Mr. Eddy's one-year term as chairman expires Jan. 1. He said yesterday’s decision was “not an en-dor^ment or a repudiation of his views.” State Lawman Tells of Role in Steren Raid MANISTEE (AP) - A State Police sergeant testified on Friday he confiscated poker chips and other gambling equipment from the Steren Assembly Club in Madison Heights during 1963 raid. ★ ★ ★ Sgt. Richard Avery, member of Die rackets squad, was among the policemen who raided the club Oct. 11, 1963. ■k -k * Another witness. State Police photographer Thomas McPhail, identified in court a number of photographs he took during the raid. The prosecution claims the pictures show a plush layout for gambling. Twenty men are on trial charges of vidlation of Michigan gambling laws. The case was transferred to Manistee from Oakland County because of defense claims "prejudicial” publicity would hurt the accus^. ★ ★ ★ Oakland County Circuit Judge Frederick C. Ziem, who is presiding over the jury trial, adjourned the trial until Tuesday. The Weather Full U.S. Weather Bureau Report PONTIAC AND VICINTTY-Partly cloudy with scattered showers or thundershowers tonight ending fay Sunday noon followed by partial clearing Sunday afternoon and evening. Little temperature change. Low tonight, 56 to 60. Highs Sunday 74 to 80. South to southeast winds 10 to 18 miles per hour today and tonight shifting to northwest Sunday. Monday’s outlook: chance of showers and continued cool. *.m.: Wind Vcloctty I r i: Southnit l« Sdturdiy at 7:54 p.m. «• Sunday at S:U $.m. «ta Saturday at 10:14 p.m. Waattwr: Cloudy, Warmar TMi Data m fl Yaart PrMay'i Tamparalura Chart Pallston Travar^ avaraa C. 70 4» I NATIONAL WEATHER—Showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight over parts of the Pacific Northwest and frmn the aeutbem plains eastward into the Ohio and Tennessee valley areas. It will be milder in the Pacific Northwest while cooler readings will be in order east of the Rockies. HOMEMADE VARIETY A Rochester man, Burnell Drum, will fly vis homemade Smith Miniplane in a rally tomorrow from Flint to Rockford, 111. The one-seater plane is blue and white, has a 12S-horsepower engine and normally cruises at 105 miles per hour. Expert in Pontiac Ray of Hope on Leukemia By L. GARY THORNE A slim hope was extended for victims of leukemia yesterday by a visiting hematologist, university professor and researcher. Dr. Clifford Gurney offered the forecast that there may eventually be a cure for certain varieties of leukemia, commonly known as cancer of the blood or the blood-forming tissues. The 41-year-old Dr. Gurney is chief of hematology, professor of medicine and assistant director of the Argonne Cancer Hospital, University of Chicago. He has been involved in leukemia research for nearly two decades. Dr. Gurney visited two area hospitals yesterday, speaking to members of the staff at Pontiac State and Pontiac General hospitals. ★ ★ ★ A combination of largely circumstantial evidence led the recognized leukemia expert to see some hope of a cure for certain types of the dread disease, which is terminal. CITES SURVEY Firstly, Dr. Gurney cited a siirvey conducted among hematologists across the country. He said that the survey uncovered more than 100 patients suffering from acute leukemia, who have lived longer than five years. A few patients were entirely free of the disease after radiation treatment, while others lived normal lives without any manifestations of leukemia. ★ ★ ★ Most of the reported cases were children. RAY OF HOPE Dr. Gurney said that this survey offered “a ray of hope.” “If there are forms of leukemia that can be helped, we foot in the door,” he by tilting it in favor of the patient rather than the disease. Meantime, Dr. Gurney admitted that the answer might also be that leukemias are not the same, but it is rather the amount of the disease. ★ ♦ ★ Or, leukemia might be like polio where one of 20 that gets the virus gets the disease. MIGHT COME In any event. Dr. Gurney speculated that the cure for leukemia might come along before the exact cause is known. There are several suspected causes of leukemia, including viruses, genetic factors and radiation, said the visitor. Generally, the disease does not act like an infectious one. * * * Instances of the disease are divided between anite and chronic with the former being a more rapidly fatal form. However, the course of the disease is. invariably progressive and ultimately fatal. Some forms of leukemia are relatively benign with even symptoms disappearing for long periods. Dr. Gurney said that the prime method of treatment for leukemia is with X-ray therapy. 2 Area Men to Participate in a 'Fly-In' Stab Wounds Fatal to Coed Victim Attacked Dn N. Carolina Campus CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -Police searched today for a young Negro seen fleeing from a botanical garden on the University of North Carolina campus where a pretty coed was stabbed to death. Suellen Evans, 21, a quiet, serious home economics student, was stabbed once in the heart and once in the neck Friday. She died in a bed of periwinkle before she could identify her assailant. Birmingham Area News Trees Sprayed in Baffle on Dutch Elm Disease BIRMINGHAM - Du(ch elm i Normally held the second disease is bugging the city this Tuesday of the month, the ses-summer but meeting strong re- sion has been ^eduled for 8 sistance in the form of protec- p.m. Aug. 36 **f®**“* spraying. Darrel C. Middlewood, forea-try and parts superintendent, attributes spread of the disease to the dry conditions of recent years which has weakened trees and to the increase this year in the number beetles which carry the disease. The city has used three to four gallons of chemicals per tree this year, compared to an average of one-half gallon used last year. Birmingham has what is known as one per cent control — that is, 99 per cent of the i trees arc kept healthy, while Miss Evans, described as “an ideal type of girl,” was killed just four hours before she was to board a bus to Mnoresville, N.C., for a weekend visit with her parents. SAW MAN RUN i „ . au . , I only one per cent die. Police said a janitor at the j k k * university said he had seen the' Negro run from the murder _ This amoun of control is wn-area and said he could identify sidered excellent, said Middle- ROCHESTER- Burnell him if he saw the man. wood. Last year, however, the Drum and William R. Fassnacht Officers also wanted to ask a rate was even better with six- will take to the skies in their ^ group of children seen riding, tenths per cent control, homemade planes tomorrow to' bicycles near the botanical SPRAYING HELPS compete in a F^In Ralb^ Middlewood said he believes t of 331 Donegal will away. fnr the tn of the commissioners will be out of the city earlier in the month. ♦ ★ ★ However, they will convene Wednesday for a hearing on a proposed zoning ordinance: ■ would reduce from four and one-half to three the number of units ailowed per acre in a muitiple residence zone. * -k -k The amendment to be considered at the 8 p.m. hearing also wouid strike all references to town houses from the muL tiple residence section of the code. Drum Fassnacht fly their Smith Miniplanes from Flint to Rockford, 111., with stops at Elkhart, Ind., and M o r r 1 s, 111. Forty planes are in this year’s rally, 24 from Flint and 16 from Kansas City, Mo. ■They will be judged on airspeed, amount of fuel used and how well the pilot knows the plane. ★ ★ * Both men were in the first race in 1963 and both have been interested in flying since they were boys. 3 YEARS OF WORK They finished building their planes in 1962 after three years of work. Drum built his in his basement, and Fassnacht built his in his garage. "It’s strictly a sports plane,” said Fassnacht, “1 fly it every weekend just like sports car drivers take their cars out.’’ ★ ★ ★ 7;he planes are 15 feet long and have a 17-foot wing span. have 0 Citing reports of victims who have survived up to 10 years. Dr. Gurney said that this evidence wouid suggest that “it’s time to think about a cure.” NATURE OF DISEASE Describing efforts to treat leukemia, the University of Chicago researcher said, “It’s not the disease, but the nature of the disease in the individual.” Dr. Gurney said that some patients appear able to handle the disease, namely, they strike some sort of balance Cautions Elderly About Canceling Hospitalization Rain Shortage Hits Farmers Drought Widespread, Pastures Burned Up DETROIT (AP) - Michigan | tension agent. Blue Cross has cautioned against canceling present hospitalization insurance in anticipation of Medicare benefits — since Medicare coverage does not begin until July 1, 1966. Dale Nouse, a Blue Ooss official, said anyone who cancels his current hospitalixation insurance in anticipation; of Medicare could be in for serious trouble if he becomes ill before the law takes effect eleven months from now. Lack of rainfall in the Oakland County area and much of the state is causing problems for farmers. “Because of the dry spell, livestock producers have lost their second cutting of hay and their pastures are burned up,’' according to Marshall Mohney. Mohney is executive secretary of the Oakland County unit of the United States Department of Agriculture Disaster Committee. “With the recommendation of Gov. George Romney and approval of Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, farmers may pasture their herds on diverted acres as' an immediate emergency measifre. k k k “Later, should the com harvest be wiped out or significantly reduced, we will seek to have emergency feed grain sold to farmers to maintain their stock,” Mohney said. EXTENSION AGENT “We’re in trouble throughout the county,” reported Jay Pof-fenberger, agriculture county ex- Nursing home benefits under the new law don’t start until July 1, 1966. Blue Cross officials will spend the next few months devising programs to extend coverage beyond what Medicare offers. Nouse said. “Southern Oakland County is approximately four to five inches short of normal rainfall since April 1 to northern Oakland County’s five to she inches.’’ “The shortage is -serious," stated Gordon Haupt, Oakland County Drain Commission maintenance foreman. “In the last five years, basing Qur figures on the average rainfall, we are short one complete year of rain.” Affected by the drought are 11 other mid-Michigan counties including Clare, Mecosta, Isabella, Midland, Montcalm, Gratiot, Saginaw, Ionia, Clinton, Ingham and Livingston plus Menominee in the Upper Peninsula. Exam Demanded by Local Man in Shooting Case her Hawkins. 48, of 272 Elm yesterday demanded examination in Pontiac Municipal Court on a charge of attempted murder. Hawkins was arrested yesterday morning by Pontiac police in connection with the early-morning shooting of Mary S. Harsten, 37, of 112 Elm. Police satd Miss Harsten was shot through the chest during a party at her home. The shooting followed an argument and a scuffle between the woman and Hawkins. ★ Hawkins is in the Oakland County jail awaiting examination Wednesday morning. Miss Harsten is recovering from the wound at Pontiac General Hospital. per cent protection for the tree, * * * and sometimes an even higher Officers said an autopsy amount. The beetles infect the showed Miss Evans had not i-gmaining five per cent, he said, been raped. Chief of Police -W. D. Blake said, “Nothing like this has ever happened here before.” He said the coeds and nuns had heard the girl’s screams for help. ’The four ran into the shady arbore- j turn. I SEEN IN AREA “They told me they saw a dark arm. either a foreigner or a Negro, in where the girl was screaming,” said Blake. “She got up and ran toward the coeds and nuns. Then she fell.’t * * ★ Dr. Leonard Fields, a Chapel Kill physician was summoned. Blake said the girl was unconscious when he arrived and had died when an ambulance arrived with her at a hospital. It isn’t possible to provide 100 per cent protecti