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* * ®. Bal * PONTIAG, MICHIGAN, WED NESDAY, MAY 90,1 1956 Biya reGEs Nay bitmlat 
        
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Now You Know 
Who Rates Tops 
on the Diamond | Weary Senators 
Shout Approval 
of Highway Bill “Se ma a i Aims at 40, 000 Miles’ owas ‘game time. 
of Modern Roads Over But the umpire was missing. 
Next 13 Years —s | night. 
  the men’s room. 
gone to change clothes. ~~~ 
He was locked in 
Players WASHINGTON uP—Sen-; 
ate passage ofthe highway 
bill early today assured the 
nation of mammoth pro- 
gram of road construction 
aimed at coping with the 
ever-swelling flow of motor) 
traffic. 
Passage came after mid- 
night. Weary senators 
shouted approval of the 
measure that would set in 
motion the greatest’ peace-| 
time federal building pro-| 
gram in history. 
The legislation will give 
President Eisenhower a 
highway program of about! |C. Clements has won a 
the size he has been asking. ‘Tenomination victory over the can-| ment man with a key, 
Clements Wins 
Kentucky Bid Rolls Up Big Margin. 
Over Chandler Choice 
for Renomination 
    Both houses approved taxes de-/didate backed by Gov. A. B. (Hap- ay 
signed to do the work on a pay-as- |Py? Chandler's forces in the Ken-| 
you-build basis. |tucky Democratic senatorial pri- 
Now, the question is how to | |mary. _. 
divide among the states 25 bil- | Clements, the Senate -majorit 
Jion dollars in federal money to ; ~ ey = iwhip, rolled up @ surprisingly easy spent onthe 40,000-mile inter. | ate | eaeacnn 2 ces ‘triumph over Chandler-batked Joe! 
oe - as anon *r |B. Bates, a former’U'S. represent- 
‘ative, in yesterday's senatorial pri- 
contemplates an interstate road mary. thus adding the people's 
The projected 13-year programsmandate to the_power he wielded 
network to link practieally every in the ‘state Democratic. SEAN 
city of more than 50,000 popula- tion. 
on = no-intersection, no-stop- | Clements will tangle im the 
ight roads, | Nev. 6 election with Republican Also planned are  by-passes ‘ 
around 50 major cities and inner-| toreg ce eels ae 
loop expressways in some cities. handily 
All but about 7,000 miles of t f ’ 
Yar system will be dual high. |¢ O° gag aes a a I ways of more than two lanes; | Clements 204,994: Bates 125.184: 
someé will have eight lanes, James L. Delk 3,494. 
The House apportionment formu-| Merton 37,748; former State Sen. 
al funds for the interstate system | Julian H. Golden 10,872; Granville 
al funds fo rthe interstate system Thomas 4,252. 
among the states according to| Only last year Chandler returned 
their claimed needs as reported to politics, after a tour as baseball 
jo the federal Bureau of Public Commissioner, to whip Clements’ toads. |forces in winning the governor's 
CCEPTED BY 65-27 VOTE [aocsinstion over former Judge Bert 
|The Senate formula, accepted lion voter turnout. 
27 there yesterday, follows the| Clements’ primary victory also 
# pthod used for the interstate sys-| strengthened his party position. It 
under the present federa} aid handed him a bigger say-so in 
| selecting a nominee for a second 
rhis gives two-thirds weight to Senate term. 
tate’s, population, one-sixth to, Chandler will name a senator to, 
.area, and one-sixth to its rural| serve until the November election. 
mileage. |Barkley died of a heart attack 
Ren, Gore (D-Tenn), said the ‘April 30. 
; a bill might include 
m for a re-study by the     
Legislature May Meet wi 
dent” agent atarioay eciaie nd | LANSING w — Amid rising spec- 1956 ae a ulation that his answer will be hes the states in completing | 
of a ‘yes, Gov. Williams promises to afi ae owt on the in. ES kefors the week ks cn te de: 
Citizens ae cide whether to cail a special leg- 
He ptss then could readjust the |islative session on a highway prob- 
paign gued « on | Page 2, Col. a ilem. 
Lege 
= olors at Annapolis   
   
             
  DETROIT ®—Two sandlot base- 
ball teams were warming up last 
The musneaers had their ewe 
F inally, a faint shout came from 
Inside was the 
‘umpire, Joseph lIannetta, who had 
called police. Police 
called their superiors, Finally a 
lieutenant located a parks depart- 
“Play ball” was 45 minutes |ate. 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. w—Sen. Earle 
tmaPleS rough most will get less and some 
T. Combs by 18,000 in a half mil- Board Adopts 
Tax Allocations 
wf Area Units '| Millage for Townships 
Announced Following 
Public Hearing 
Afters a public hearing 
~yyesterday in the ‘County 
Office Building, Oakland 
County's Tax Allocation 
Board formally adopted 
most of the tentative allo-| 
cation schedule drawn up 
at last week's meeting. 
Uniform rate throughout 
the county for county gov- 
ernment will be 4.68 mills, 
|which will produce reve- 
Inues totaling $7,416,872.89 
ion the county's state- 
lenceana valuation of $1,- 
584,801,900. 
| Maximum millage for township 
igovernments this year is 1.9,           beg tike no millage allowance at 
Teta} millage allotments for 
some of the country’s larger 
school districts are: ne 
Rochester, 21.07; Birmingham, 
7h82; Bloomfield Hills? 25.32;.|° 
Walled Lake 37.23; Farmington 
Township, 4.4; Huron Valley, 
22.23; Pontiac; 18.07; Oak Park, 
40.82; Royal Oak, 29.72; Berkley, 
32.32; Ferndale, 17.42; Southfield 
Township, 24.12; Troy Township, 
29.42; Waterford Township, 32.10. 
All school district millages in- 
clude building and operating mill- 
ages authorized by voters in addi- 
{tion to the annual board allocation. |- 
Sire aba emer men AiTCraft, Auto 
Merger Seen district allocations together must 
Curtiss-Wright Corp. not exceed 15 mills, 
The County Special Education 
Ready to Reveal Deal’ 
With Studebaker millage, authorized by voters three 
NEW YORK (—Wall Street years ago, is set at .3O mills this 
sources say Curtiss-Wright Corp., 
aircraft firm, is ready to announce 
a large stock transaction deal 
|eimed at solving the financial trou-   
      Most school district millages list- 
ed include variable millages rang- 
ing as high as 1.97 mills, which do 
not apply in all townships includ- 
od in the school districts. 
Whooping Bird 
Arrives in South 
        Nation’ S War. Heroes Are Remembered Today 
= 
  ” Fontiae Press Pretep Kefauver Happy 
‘at Tight Margin 
of About 7,000 Voters Seem to Lack 
‘Interest in Candidates 
on Dem Ticket 
MIAMI, Fla. (?—Adlai E. 
Stevenson emerged from 
Florida's Democratic presi- 
dential primary today with 
a close and somewhat hol- 
low. victory over Sen. Estes 
Kefauver. 
Florida voters simply 
{didn’t care much —and 
showed it with a small, 
‘|tight vote— whether they 
gave the nod to the former 
‘Tlinois governor or the 
Tennessee senator as their, 
preference for the Demo- 
cane presidential nomina- 
n. 
| Returns from 1,680 of the state's 
L778 precincts added up this way: 
i | > Stevenson 212,217 
—Kefauver 204,819 . 
In the Republican primary, bar- 
6 ae 
‘lidént Eisenhower toppled 
Willam F Knowtand ct Californie 
without trying. Knowland, on his 
ee a ont to enpane 
or win, 
GOP results from 1,346 of the 
  
HONORING A VET — Mrs. Esther Larson, right, and her daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Robert Miller, were among*thousands of Pontiac residerits 
who visited local cemeteries to honor their departed war dead today. 
Mrs. Larson’s son, M. Sgt. Martin A. Strahan, was a Korean War 
victim. They are shown placing a wreath on the grave in the mili- 
tary plot at Perry Mount Park Cemetery with bugler George Pappas. 
| of VFW Post 1370 playing the traditional “Taps” in the background, 
Traffic Heavy in County, 
but No Tie-Ups Reported 
No highway fatalities were reported in Oakland 
County today despite the usual heavy Memotial Day 
traffic on main roads of the county. 
Deputies of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Depart- 
        
    bles of Studebaker-Packard Corp. 
| the nation’s fourth largest auto 
manufacturer. 
Sources close te the aute com- 
pany said Curtiss-Wright is 
preparing to assume control of First One Ever Hatched 
in Captivity; Species 
Near Extinction ‘ment ‘had a heavy patrol ae up throughout the area 
  
Sloe mient and were Tday Highway Patrol swung into 
ning to carry on through action last night beginning the an- 
the danger hours. They re-|nual program of safety in heavy 
ported no tie-ups on coun- traffic areas in northern Oakland 
ty highways and ‘traffic County. The program operates in US. Weather 
    i | | W {the Democratie National tion in. August, 
over ‘RO Breat outpouring of 
~Wide Sections of Nation} enthusiasm, and a ewitch of a. 
Feel Tofnadic Winds, se scastier thea. Reker 
See Funnel Clouds pocket. 
an Both Stevenson and Kefauver al- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pompe in Caljfornia to resume 
Wet weather threatened to mary wars. - 
dampens the observance of - the — pred nempry raggesentgprg 
Memorial Day holiday in wide), 
sections of the country today, 
More stormy weather appeared 
Hage ered) eee ‘in the mid-|,,Very Pleased” at the 
continent in the wake of tornadic 
winds and severe thunderstorms 
yesterday and last night. 
The Weather, Bureau reported 
  | commence 
    'tivity was hatched today in New 
|Park brought the total world popu- 
jcranes in captivity. : 
right time. NEW YORK (INS)—The first 
'whooping crane ever born in cap- 
Orleans. F) 
      Studebaker-Packard by acquir- 
ing a large block of unissued 
stock, Répértedly, the aircraft 
firm would pay 35 million dol- | The 
  The new arrival at Audubon 
lation of the nearly “extinct bird 
up to 30. The baby is the off- 
spring. of the only two whooping 
Ornithologists from all over 
the nation had traveled to. New 
Orteans in the hope of witness- 
ing the birth, but only three men. 
were in the right place at the 
They are the first 
persons ever known to have wit- 
nessed the birth of a mecepins 
crane, 
The men are George Douglas, 
Williams to Be on Job       lare for 7 a shereq of — 
stock, 
The deal also would pave the 
way for an outright merger at 
some future date. 
James J. Nance,: president and! traffic 
board chairman of the deficit- tonight 
‘plagued Studebaker-Packard, and 
other top company . officials met | 
‘There behind closed doors yester- 
day with a grobp of bankers from 
Detroit, Chicago ant New York. 
At the conclusion of the meeting, 
Nance teld reporters: ‘‘There is; 
nothing I can tell you.” was said to be well under the interest of safety on Memorial 
control. 
county officers were joined 
with state and city police, National 
|Guardsmen and air units in an ef-/ 
ifort to cut. the highway toll: in 
|Michigan and the country. 
Natienal Safety Council has esti-/ 
|mated , thaf 110 persons will die in|. 
accidents before midnight fied where ‘they are most needed. several tornado — ~~clouds 
and unconfirmed twisters in sec- 
tions of Kansas, Missourt, N»- 
braska, Illinois, Oklahoma and 
the Texas Panhandle. No cas- 
ualties were reported.: ~ Day, July 4, and Labor Day, 
Six radio equipped cars, each! 
carrying two advanced first aiders, 
re: patrolling the main county 
jarteries in their effort to promote 
_|safety and aid motorists involved 
jin accidents. Two stationary units 
have been placed near telephones 
‘in order that workers may be noti- Thunderstorms rumbled across 
ithe central and upper Mississippi 
|Valley, the Ottio Valley, the Great       | Clyde ‘Nérton of Lake Orien. is! They urge motorists to start ‘patrolling the highways by air to L-@kes region and the Plains. states. 
for home early tonight, with the (notify first aid cars of heavily con-| ail pelted many areas. Thunder- 
most dangerous hours being from (gested “areas and of. accidents in showers also occurred along the 7 to 11 p.m. An estimated three areas away from the ope rating Gull of Mexico .and in the South- 
million cars were expected to be | cars 
on Michigan highways 
The. American Red Cross’ Holi-'Day weekend death toll was $369. ay along the western slopes of je stern states, 
understorms yesterday hit Last year's three-day Memorial! 
  
  If you drive today, be doubly careful and come —— |the Appalathians from Ohio to 
North Carolina and others were ‘Bonds for Hospital. = 
    superintendent of Audubon Park, 
John Northcutt; head zookeeper, 
and John O'Riley, an ornithologist LANSING (m — Gov. Williams, . 
said Tuesday he will make a 
- the 80th U. S, Naval Academy Color Guard is shown at Annapolis 
‘being assisted by her fiance Midn. Robert S. Cecil of Sai 
                                   
  Josephine, 
Park. ‘The father is Crit, owned 
by the U.S. Wild Life and Fish- 
eries Department. t from New York City. 
s * * 
Douglas. who had been sitting 
on top of the roof adjacent to the 
whooping crane pen for several | 
4 |days and nights—with but two or 
three hours for sleep, announced: 
MOTHER DOING FINE 
“The mother is doing fine, and 
we believe the baby is doing well 
also.” 
The mother is a bird named 
owned by Audubon 
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ON PARADE — Miss Beverly Jean Douglass, of Atherton, Calif,, 
Francisco‘while passing thé colors to his company | during practice. 
Miss Douftass will pass'the Colors to this vear's winning company, 
commanded by Cecil, Thursday during the color parade, ~ x yd » i 
  Yr 
———— ny, 
  area with scattered showers and 
temperature tonight will 
from 66-70. 
and cooler with showers by after- 
noon oF evening. Tomy s high 
will be 76-80. 
am. was 69 degrees. The mercury 
rose to 80 at noon, * . A Cooler on Thursday, ’ 
_Weatherman Says Partly’ cloudy, warm and humid 
s the forecast for the Pontiac 
hunderstorms tonight. The lowest 
range 
Tomorrow will be partly cloudy 
The lowest ineraseeneter feading 
n downtown Pontiac preceding 8 
  sonal aerial inspection of thé State) 
' Police Memorial Day craic Cont 
trol system. Cage on highways can be reduced if motorists stay.-- back alive. Safety engineers suggest that conges- 
  Within 150 miles or so of home, except in emergen- 
cies. And above all — he carer today, 
= ge — |eeoes in fiorthern “California, 
(Oregon and Montaa. 
Fairly warm weather prevailed 
in most of the country. Tempera- 
tures .rahged from 50s im North 
‘Dakota and New England to the 
70s in the Southern states, Kefauver took three congression- 
al districts, with their. six votes~ 
. (Contimmed on Page 2, Col. 5) 
  Get State Approval 
The Michigan Municipal Finance - ~. 
Commission has accepted. the- is- 
stance of | worth of gen- . 
eral obligation bonds towards. con- 
struction of the Pontiac General | 
Hospital addition, . 
City Manager W. K, Willman s0_ 
informed the Gity Commission last - 
night and set June 18 for the sale 
of the bonds and the signing of - 
  the construction contracts, 
The regular commission méeting oe 
slated June 19 will be held one day - 
earlier in order to sign the con-. 
tracts on the Jase day they are ~ 
valid. ~ - :     
They’r re A. Pretty Good Bunch’   
By JANICE HAYHOW { 
To get the inside word on teen- ' 
agers, I lugged hot dogs and toted 
root beer as-a car hop for an eve- 
ning. . 
Net result: I think 
ipretty good bunch.  . 
ph ioe hours one Friday night 
ed as car hop at the A & W_ 
ee pace" “stand on W :         they re a, 
junder the fine direction and with - 
the excellent cooperation | lof Man- 
ager Jerry Grubb 
From the car hop’s viewpoint | 
the teenagers were polite, even 
tipped! No smooching during the) 
wait for “a beer,” (and I was) 
checking this), no bad words or) 
what have you. 
If you want the real lowdown, 
you ought to go Visiting these) 
drive in restaurants, What an ex-| 
perience. The drive ins have. re-| 
placed the old cornet drug store as} 
Official Hangout and Social 
Center: + Refleeting the change of times, 
1956, hangouts in various shades, styles) 
and conditions of cars (if it's a 
por" “sedate vehicle, you know it’s 
Dad's) in the same manner, teen-| eenagers, drive yin these 
     
    
       
   
  ‘walked into the corner drug store? 
Social center plus' Making 
itivities, hopping from car to car) 
gossip-thal’s what goes on 
drive ins. 
Another popular practice of the 
‘teenagers (boy-type) is to stand   \dicussing topics of the day and the 
latest in the hottest hot rods (that 
jmeans cars), ; 
Generous amounts of, hot-dogs, | 
\cheeseburgers, and” gallchs of cold| 
| Poot beer go down the hatch dur-| 
jing these evening. Sessions. 
Every generation of teenagers 
hack fo the time of Socrates has 
.been maligned by, us adults: i 
    fi 
at) CAR HOP HAYHOW 
ya en masse around the stand inelf, |= ES 
Belabored ‘Car Hop’ Reports on Teenagers of City 50 boogie hair cuts and pegged were you, 
In an- that, wher ‘pants are the rage now, 
jother ten years and less we hope, 
jit'll be something else and the 
‘way of all teenage fads! 
Come on,now, didn't you ever. 
up and say ‘Kiss me, baby” or 
'Look” which called for skirts to} 
the ankles, big puffy sleeves and a 
big red bow under = chin? Or 
In Today’s Press 
      County” News....... seccceee & 
Editorials  sceccgecseses ® 
Damon Rounyan.,,,......... 3 
Sports ...............2%, 23, M4 | 
Theaters — 0. 006.-00.06.,....14 
TV & Radio Programa secede 
Women's Pages. ....17 thru 21 
  jsurvived four hours of racing from 
|body knows it better ‘than I, =) 
a 
the rage before 
is wore skirts above — 
the knees, big sloppy sweaters and 
danced to that crazy swing music? 
agers of preceding generations: leather jacket ‘crew will go the | No, I don't think we've got any- 
|thing to,worry about, Our citizens 
of tomorrow are okay, Judging 
dates, planning’ the evening’s a¢- wear one of those ties that light {rom the viewpoint I enjoy 
they're a ‘solid’ bunch.- A few 
-jto impart: a choice morsel of qidn't the girls in your era go in different ideas,.maybe, but they 
at'for something called the “‘New)tell me that a few different ideas 
‘tempered with time ritakes—that 
‘admirable thing called — 
what it is. 
And if you're wonsecee how I 
car to car, slinging heavy trays 
and trying to smile and keep 
pleasant, well, best you take your 
hat off to the car hops. 
They've got a tough job and ne og 
pt rr 
iyou’te wondering why I'm limping. a 
this week, it's purely occupational o 
‘disease from Operation Hot Dog. |