The Weather M—OVER PACES' THE PONTIAC PRESS VOL. 124 — NO. 257 * ★ ★ ★ PONTIAC, MICHIGAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1963 —48 PAGES May Hold Fate Crewmen Traffic Data Analysis Cites City Death Rate By LOIS MANDIBERG Pontiac’s 1965 record of 17 traffic deaths in 13 fatal accidents represents a 54.4 per cent increase over the previous three-year average of 11 said a National Safety Council spokesman yesterday. State Police Sgt. Fay Johnson described the current traffic situation in the annual Pontiac Traffic Safety ■_____________________ Inventory to 40 commu- nity leaders at the Chamber of Commerce Traffic Safety Committee meeting. The Inventory, based on 1965 Pontiac City data, evaluates traffic department functions and appraises traffic safety programs. Johnson emphasized that the data should be used for guiding and improvtog pro. grams not for evaluating official departments. The report praised the Pontiac School District’s traffic safety education programs as good, although it was suggested that mote time be alloted to supervision of safety programs and more time spent on teaching pedestrian safety. a it ★ Johnson called education “the most important phrase of traffic aatety.” ACTIVE PROJECTS The report recommended more active projects on local problems to arouse public in? terest in traffic safety. Sen.-elect L. Harvey Lodge, R-Pontiac, suggested evening seminars at which ideas could be discussed and public interest aroused. Johnson said a Study should be made to determine the amount of traffic work and of* (Continued on Page 2, C91.3) Business Seen Spending Less WASHINGTON (AP) - The government predicts a slowdown next year in the rate of growth of business spending for new plants and equipment — a key economic factor certain to be weighed by President Johnson as he ponders the possibility of a tax increase. Johnson also received yesterday a glowing forecast for the nation’s economy in 1967. Gardner AcHey, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said prosperity will continue next year, no recession is in sight and prices should level off. - As Ackley was conferring with Johnson in Texas, the Labor Department reported unemployment in November dipped to 3.7 per cent for the third month this year — the lowest level since 1953 — while total employment climbed to 75 million — higher than any other November. “ * A. The Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission predicted plant and equipment spending by business will increase at a rate of 7 per cent in the first half of 1967, compared with the 16.5 per cent rate of growth projected for all of 1966. The government survey indicated capita) spending would-be at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $62.6 billion in the final three months of 1966, rising to $63.45 billion for the first quarter of 1967 and to $64 billion in the second quarter. 22m U CHRISTMAS I Tomorrow at PNH j Junior Miss Finals Near Some 13 hopeful teen-age girls are preparing for the Pontiac Junior Miss Pageant tomorrow. ^ Final presentations are 7:30 p.m. at Pontiac Northern High School. • The girls are currently being interviewed by jndges. Tomorrow afternoon will be speitihrehearsing for the evening program, sponsored by the Pontiac Area Junior Chamber of Commerce. The candidates are judged on scholastic ability, personal Interviews, physical fitness and creative talent. The winner will receive $200 in scholarships and merchandise from local firms, and a chance at the state Junior Miss title in January. m Found Sister Carrier's Sailing Papers Taken Away TRAFFIC INVENTORY—State Police Sgt, Fay Johnson (right), spokesman tor the National Safety Council, explains Pontiac’s annual Traffic Safety.Inventory to Dean Wilson, chairman of the Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce traffic safety committee, at yesterday’s committee meeting which 40 persons attended. Proceeds Are Used to Help Needy Families Enjoy Yule ,Season It’s that day again when the old newsboys hit Waterford Township's streets to sell newspapers so needy families may better enjoy Christmas. The annual Waterford Township Goodfellows’ newspaper sale began at dawn today and will continue until dude, said Ernest Latimer, president of the organization. The Pontiac Press Is one of three newspapers being sold at 16 different locations in the .Proceeds will be used to purchase food orders negotiable at area stores and to prepare food baskets lor needy famines. JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS Baskets will be delivered to needy families * few days before Christmas. Anyone knowing ef n needy family may contact Latimer of 3345 Curwood or a$jy other |n Today's Press Berkeley Administrators, rebel students confer — PAGE D4. Apollo Delay Leak repair indicates February launch —PAGE A-7. Hospitals Cited ui. may cut off aid for alleged bias —■ PAGE j D-8. . B-8 Astrology Bridge Cura News E-ll Home Section Sports..........D*l—D4 Theaters ........... D4 TV, Radio Programs E-ll Women’s Pgs. B4-B-H GET ’EM TODAY—Participating in the Water- *** fmt ford Township Goodfellows’ annual newspaper sale sell See; Township Clerk Elmer Fangboner; and today are (from left) Fire Lt. Ernest Latimer, Police Chief William Stokes. Proceeds will be president of the Goodfellows; Fire Marshal Bus- used to help needy families at Christmas. US Loses 6 Planes, Pontiac Sales f? Fliers inNorth Viet Goal far the one-day drive is $3,090, the same as last year’s successful sale in which the goal was topped. However, less than $2,000 was raised to 1964. Newspapers are on sale at the following locations: Airport and M59, M59 Plaza at Williams Lake Road and M59, Voorhies and Telegraph, M59, and Telegraph, Elizabeth Lake Road and Tplegrapy and Pontiac Mall. OTHER LOCATIONS Other locations are Anderson-vlfle uid Dixie Highway, Stiver Lake Road and Dixie Highway, Sasha haw and Walton and Wheeler’s Groceries, 4260 Dixie. ★ ★ ★ Participating organisations, to addition to the Waterford Town-ship Goodfellows, are the Eagles police department, fire fighters association, fire department, police reserves, Kiwanis, Evening Optimists, Breakfast Optimists, Rotary and Dons. ' SAIGON, South Viet Nam UP)—Six U.S. supersonic j#t‘bobbers went down over North Viet Nam yesterday and UB, headquarters said all 11 fliers aboard then were lost—the highest single-day toll of airmen in the wpr.'«f- fc- -f.:/ Some of the American planes clashed with Commu-- - nist MIG21s, but none were hit by the enemy fighters, headquarters skid. It listed all toe 11 American fliers as missing — presumed dead or captured. The loss of planes was toe second heaviest of the war for me day. During toe raids, a flight of four F165 Thunderchiefs encountered two of toe late-model MIG21s and in n brief dogfight, toe Communist Jets filed heat-seeking air-to-air U.S. Conducts 'Sneak' N-Test Underground Blast Not Felt by Observers WW II Stories “The Middle-Aged Lions,” a special supplement to today’s editions of Hie Pontiac Press, traces, the lives of fear men oat of 14 million in uniform in World War II, beginning on that fateful day Pearl Harbor rocked the HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — The United States today exploded it nudear bomb more than a half-mile underground in a major test of a possible sneak method of conceding subsurface blasts to long range detection should they ever be supposedly banned by treaty. The blast, which cost $5 million to prepare and shoot, was touched off at 7:15 am. to a huge cavity 2,700 hundred feet beneath the surface of the gigantic Tatum salt dome, 22 miles southwest of Hattiesburg in south Mississippi. Newsmen and other observers watching front aa observation point 1.5 mltti from toe detonation point heard no sound from toe Mast, which packed the exploitive wallop of 356 teas of TOT. But the needle of a seismograph at toe obsfVation point swerved sharply several times at the instant of the detonation. But a U. S. spokesman said toe encounter broke off without damage to either side. . *' '* ★ ★ The report of the U.S. air losses followed word from the Vietnamese government that U. S. troops would move into the vital Mekong Delta where toe Vietnamese and Viet Cong have been deadlocked for months. * * * Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky told newsmen toe American forces will begin moving into the delta within three or four weeks. U.S. military officials declined to comment. Again aHigh Third Straight Month els a Record Breaker For too third consecutive month since toe introduction of the current models, Pontiac Motor Division sales have set a record. John Z. DeLorean, a General Motors vice president and general manager of Pontiac, reported today that’ 78,345 Pon-tiacs and Tempests were sold in November, surpassing the previous high of 75,438 cars sold to the same month a year ago. ★ ★ * Sales of 25,593 Pontiacs and Tempests in. toe last 10 days of the month also were a new record. . ' ★ ★ ★ DeLorean said sales to the first 11 months of toe year totaled 768,196. This, he pointed out, tops last year’s record by more than 10,000 units. LI’L ONES “How, many supermarkets have you been banned from?” HARBOR BEACH M— The fate of eight missing crewmen from the sunken ore carrier Daniel Morrell may be hidden today on the bottom of Lake Huron, their grave marker a bobbing navigation buoy. A sonar-equipped search plane located what is believed to be the hull of toe G r e a t L ak e s freighter under 198 feet of water yesterday, more than three days after the 603-foot vessel split in two in a raging gale. Sailing papers of toe Edward Y. Townsend, sister ship to toe Morrell, were taken away yesterday after toe freighter’s captain reported a crack to toe deck to the Coast Gaard. “The crack is about 18 inches long in toe midsection of toe ship,” said Coast Guard Cmdr. George Drtokwater. ★ * * "The only connection between this and toe Morrell is the fact that the Townsend was in about the same area about the same time,” Drinkwater said. $9 YEARS OLD The Townsend is 60 years old, as was the Morrell when it sank about 25 miles north of Harbor i Beach. Only one member of the 29-man crow^26-year4dd Dennis Hale of Ashtabula, Ohio—survived the sinking. Be apparentty su f f er ed no aftereffects from his 36 hours in an open life raft. Broken oars, life jackets and other debris from toe wreckage littered the shoreline near Harbor Beach. ★ *. * A rudder and /a portion of a lifeboat were discovered about the same time toe sunken hull was spotted. Don't Forget the Earmuffs! Here’s good news. Earmuffs, will still be to vogue tomorrow but icy temperatures will become warmer with a chance of rain the first of the week. The day by day forecast looks like this: TODAY — Partly cloudy and continued quite cold With a few light snow flurries, high 16 to 22. TONIGHT — Fair and not so cold, low 8 to 14. SUNDAY — Increasing cloudiness and not so cold with snow likely by late in the day. MONDAY — Warmer with rain likely. q saw a fan shaped glow resembling a neon light above the distant point. But project officials said the flash eame not Irani toe de- ment at toe site which was ■apposed to flash a light when the explosion occurred far beaeath the surface. Although the seismograph quivered sharply, no shaking of . toe earth was felt by observers. While no sound was beard from the test, toe experiment could have international impact to toe event that the nudear powers eventually extend the present limited test-ban treaty to include underground tests. Project scientists indicated. before toe shot that a successful demonstration of toe sneak technique — technically known as “decoupling” or wnrffltog — might help toward ultimately devetoptog means of detecting any such sneak tests. SITE OF PROJECT-^ President Johnson and Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz were to tour this Amistad Dem and Reservoir project today from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River after making an aerial tour by helicopter. Johnson has cited cooperation between the United States and Mexico to building the 678-million dam upstream from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, and Del Rio, Tex. i m t THE PONTIAC PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER & IQgg Ford: Car Sales May Slacken DETROIT (AP) - Despite a late November surge in industrywide new car sales and a $7-million Christmas bonus for Ford Motor Co. employes, Henry Ford H Mid Friday the 1967 sales pace may slow down because of an uncertain economic outlook. . „ The nation’s auto makers sold more new cars in the final 10 days of November than the ffflmA period in record-setting 1965. But preliminary figures for the first 11 months showed all were behind **i| year’s period. a * * Ken Bannon, Ford director of the United Auto Workers union, said the Christmas bonus, an estimated MS per worker, would be paid before Dec. 25. To be 1 eligible a worker must have at least a year’s seniority, he said-The UAW labor contract with Parties Favor a Split of House Patronage LANSING (AP) - Democrats and Republicans looked over each other’s proposals for House reorganization Friday and apparently agreed to split staff appointments down the middle wherever possible. In their second formal meeting, negotiating committees got Dirksen Vows Says GOP Will Help Remold LBJ Policies NEW YORK (AP) - Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen promised today the GOP will practice “enlightened moderation’’ in congressional efforts to reshape “Great Socie-ty”programs. Dirksen said in a speech prepared for the Trade Relations Council that Republican victories in the November election constituted a rejection of the Johnson administration’s policies. , ★ ★ * “The American people have expressed emphatically their lack of confidence in a continuation of the philosophy pursued by file Democratic administration during the past several years,’’ the IUihojs senator said. **A line has been drawn against further federal innovation in an attempted reshaping of the very structure of American society. “The American people, by their stunning expression of confidence in tile Republican party et the polls, have cried out in an overwhelming voice, ‘Let us have moderation, prudence and reason in the conduct of our national and local governmental affairs.” With their net gain of 47 House members and three Senators, Dirksen said the Repubti cans are ready to help give die country what they think wants. together for two hours and presented each other with written proposals for reorganization of the equally divided House, j Committee spokesman William A. Ryan, D-Detroit, and Robert E. Waldron, R-Grosse Pointe, said their committees had decided to take the question of leadership back to their caucuses Wednesday for discussion. However, both indicated that i general agreement had been reached on the question of staff appointments, with the possibility that patronage jobs could be split evenly between the parties with a few exceptions. GENERAL AGREEMENT ‘There was considerable discussion of a general nature on the question of staff,” Ryan said. “It was not carried down to specifics, but there was some general agreement.’ “We have not agreed on leadership but we have agreed to work on agreeing on staff,” Waldron said. “That’s where we are now and that’s progress. ★ * ★ The two sides still take the same stand toward leadership “except we have listened In each other’s respective view-j point,’’ said Ryan. The Democrats favor a shared - leadership arrangement while the GOP Wants to elect the House officers from their own ranks and put majorities on all house committees. Ford contains a bonus clause. Speaking in New York, the Font board chairman told a group of bankers the long-range auto sales picture remains bright. ‘WELL AHEAD’ If new car sales continue at a rate equivalent to about 1.5 mUlkm a year, as they have since late October, total sales for 1966 will come fit at just below 9 million - down from last year’s record 9.3 million, but well ahead of all other years,” Ford said. “The potential seems to be there for new car sales of 9 million or more,” he said, “despite the steep rise in price of services, food and other nondurable goods. “In our judgment, the failure to reach that potential to the result of the prevailing mood of uncertainty about economic policy and the economic outlook.” Ward’s Automotive Reports, an industry statistical agency, said Friday that the industry would turn out its 8-millionth passenger car of the calendar year about the middle of next week, three weeks behind last year. CUMULATIVE OUTPUT Ward’s said (he cumulative 1967 model output still was running ahead of ’66 models to the end of November — 2,441,368 to 2,342,905. But, it added, cutbacks already under way will bring the production figures to a tossup status by the end of De- Henry Ford H listed public concern about a possible tax Increase, a reduced workweek, the increased cost of living and a reluctance to make major purchases until the outlook becomes clearer as reasons for tmcertainty. November sales were the second highest ever tor General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and American Motors. AMC showed a 12 per cent gain in the final 18-day sates, compared with November 1965. Unanimous Vole in U.N. for 2nd Term Elates Than! UNITED NATIONS; N.Y. (AP) — Heartened by a resounding vote of confidence from the General Assembly, U Thant set forth today on another five-year term as secretary gen-aral of the United Nations. He told the General Assembly he would “make every effort on a Traffic Data Presented to Chamber Unit News Briefs at a Glance THREE RIVERS d) - Whiter tax bills for property owners have been mailed out bare. City officials expect to collect about $765,000 from the more than 3,000 property taxpayers. Requests for funds bran city schools will tots) more than $669,060 of the anticipated cofc lections. I City Hospital Names Head of Personnel THREE RIVERS Ml - New officers for the Three Rivers Police Department Association were elected Friday. Younts was elected president, ty Douglas Babcock a treasurer and George Gunter and William Roberts were elected as trustees. (Continued Fjrom Page Two) ficers needed, noting that 34 per cent of 30 cities comparable to Pontiac had at least 44 more policemen than Pontiac. Police Battle Macao Rioters MACAO (AP) - Several thousand pro-Communist Chinese rioters sacked Macao’s City Hall and fought with police teas this tiny Portuguese colony faced its most serious crisis since Red Chinese artillery fired on it during a border row" 1952. The demonstrators, reportedly directed by Peking, tore portraits of former Portuguese governors off the walls in the City Hall and tossed books and city records into the street, setting them afire. personal basis” to bring peace to war-torn Viet Nam. ★ ★ * Applause echoed through the blue and gold Assembly Hall Friday night as the member states unanimously approved a second term for the little Burmese ex-schoolmaster. ★ ★ ★ Plainly affected by the ovation, the 57-year-old diplomat told the packed chamber that he had been “deeply touched” by the warm praise he had been receiving from the delegates. ★ ★ . 'T am confronted! by $n overwhelming weight of opinion,” he said, “that under present circumstances, my continuance as secretary' general for another term would serve toe higher interests of the organization and thus represent a positive factor in the current situation," An Air Force career man, Carl Paige, has been named director of personnel at Pontiac Genera! Hospital. Paige joins the hospital’s Staff in t)ie $14,000-a-year post after 29 years of military service. He emerged from toe’Air Force as a lieutenant colonel. Hie personnel post has been vacant Born and raised in North Carolina, Paige, 45, is a graduate of the University of Maryland. fife holds a masters degree in business administration from George Washington University, Washington D.C. * 1A ★ Paige of 6063 Princess, In-, dependence Township, is also a graduate of toe Air Command Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. He is married and has four children. He also suggested that, if tiac had 44 more policemen, nearly 40 could probably be used in the traffic departments. ACCIDENT DATA It was suggested that Pontiac use mechanical tabulation of accident data for toe sake of efficiency, and cost. The city Was also urged to examine toe need for more pedestrian signals and vehicle-actuated signals. Pontiac’s traffic court h a: not adopted written rules for governing procedures and the report suggests that tiie court do so. Birmingham Area News Public Meeting Topic: County Library Needs BIRMINGHAM - Improved library service for Oakland County will be the topic of dfe-cUssion at a public meeting of the newly organised Oakland Citizens Library Committee at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Royal Oak Public Library. The new group was launched feet month at a meeting at the Baldwin Library where representatives taNp i| Oakland Coun-communities met and laid groundwork for a citizens council to work to further good fecal library development in the coon- 710 Suffield, Birmingham; . John-King, 5430 Longmea-, Bloomfield Hills; Mrs. Horace Sheldon, 6165 Bloomfield Glens, West BtotonfiekT Township; Mr*. Bartlett Smith of Milford; Mrs. W. B. Michaelson of Berkley; Mrs. Bernard Vos teen qf Rochester; and Mrs. Mary Allison of Farmington. Full U.S. Weather Bureau Report PONTIAC AND VICINITY—Partly cloudy and continued quite cold today with a few light snow flurries. High today 16 to 22. Fair and not so cold tonight. Low 8 to 14. Sunday increasing cloudiness and not so cold with snow likely by late in toe day. Westerly winds 8 to 16 miles per hour becoming light southerly tonight. Monday’s outlook: Warmer with rain likely. Today In Pontiac Lowest temperature preceding 11 At I a.m.: Wind Valocity I Direction: Wait Sun sots Saturday at 5:03 p.m. Sun rises Sunday at 7:45 a m. Moon sets Sunday at 1 :M p.m. Moon riles Saturday at 10:41 p . One Year Ago In Pontiac !-: 4 Highest temperature ..................<3 n' ■ Lowest temperature ............... “ Mean temperature ................ Weather: Cloudy, drlzila . 14 Escanaba • •14 Or. Rapids •1* Houghton Friday's Temperature Chart 13 4 Fort Worlh’ It 4 Jacksonville 71 38 IS 8 Kansas City 34 It 13 12 Los Angelas 42 43 14 -2 Miami Beach 74 70 Lt. Clayton .A. Randolph of the Pontiac Police Traffic Bureau ami chairman of toe Pontiac inventory committee introduced toe speaker at the session at Fortino’s Steak House, 15 Wide Track Drive North. ★ ★ A Sgt. Johnson is on temporary loan to NAC from the Michigan State Police, Redford Post. DISAPPOINTMENT Thant expressed keen disappointment over failure to bring to Viet Nam, but held hope for the future. * ★ * . “The threats to peace in many parts of the world, and more particularly in Viet Nam, are for me a continuing source of anxiety and even anguish,” he said. ★ * ★ “I was glad to know a few days ago that there is general agreement in regard to a brief pause in the fighting in Viet Nam on the occasion of Christmas and other holidays. ‘Is it too much to hope,” he asked, “that what is made possible for just a couple of days by toe occurrence of common holidays may soon prove for a longer period by the new Pontiac Exec to Head Group Charles F. Brown, Pontiac division manager for Consumers Power Co., has been elected president of toe Southeast Michigan Tourist Association. ■I Other officers elected are Edwin O. George, a vice president of the De-troit Edison ;Co., vice ident; anc iel W. Burlin-BROWN game, a trust officer of Manufacturer’s National Bank, treasurer. Secretary-manager of the group is Sidney L. Baker of Detroit. The association serves tourist-oriented businesses and industries in an eight-county area which includes Oakland. commitments that peace requires so that, an atmosphere may be created which is Sary for meaningful talks to be held in the quest for a peaceful solution?” Parents Look Ahead J 12 I tl Orleans 75 47 (M rtcorOod downtown) Hlgkoot tomperaturo ............. Lowast temperature ............. Mean temperature Weather: Morning, few flurries; 12 S. Francisco « ? s. S. Marie 19 Seattle 4 Washington PITTSBURGH (AP) - Their doctors say Mr. and Mrs. Michael Aranson .endured the "terrible thing” — the deaths of their quintuplets — bravely. . | Today, the young cpuple looks Jjjto the future “maturely and » 4s| sensibly.” And, perhaps the fu- 42| tore will bring a normal, healthy baby. A week ago today, Mrs. Aranson, 22, gave birth to quintuplets, all girls, 2W months premature. The joy was dulled by toe realization that the survival of all five was indeed a long shot. *' ^NATIONAL WEATHER—Snow is in prospect tonight fpr Hm Plains, southern Rockies, southern Appalachians _r elevations of toe Plateau region. The weather Myt Ml rain in the Pacific coastal states, toe eastr a Guff Coast and lower elevations of the Plateau. Commissioners, City Attorney at Nevada Confab Pontiac’s seven city commissioners will attend the four-day convention in Las Vegas of the National League of Cities. The convention wa$ to open for registration today and end Tuesday evening with a banquet.1 Also attending the convention is Philip E. Rowston, city attorney. Rowston is attending at his own expense. ★ V ★ City commissioners receive $50-a-day for living expenses and paid air transportations Brown is a past president of tiie Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce, a member of toe Oakland County Planning Commission and a director of toe Southeastern Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross and of the Pontiac Urban League. State Grower TellsConfab of Labor Ills One by one, they died. Ron! Sue, .toe biggest and strongest with the best hope of survival, died Friday. HELD ON At birth she weighed one pound, 11 ounces. She held on for six days, enduring jaundice, a 75 per cent blood exchange, immature lungs and possible brain damage. Dr. Lee Bass, Mrs. Aranson’s pediatrician, said Roni Sue died from “probably twain damage and pulmonary immaturity." The three died Sunday — Amy Beth, Susan and Kimberly Ann. Marci Jill died the next day. The deaths were blamed on respiratory ailments. Their lungs weren’t mature enough to sustain life. VANCOUVER, B.C. (UPI) Michael T. Scepansky, New Lisbon, N.J., was elected president of toe North American Blueberry Council at the dosing session of toe council’s second annual meeting here yesterday. Lad; of Sufficient qualified labor for harvesting bl is creating a serious problem In all growing areas, toe ddegates were told by S.C. (Jack) Johnston, South Haven, Midi., outgoing cdundl president. Legislation that fixes minimum hourly rates for farm labor will jhange the historic practice of paying on toe basis of picking production, Johnston said and will further complicate toe labor situation. Richard Draw, Gate, Wash., was named first vice president, and Burleight Crane, Milbridge, Maine, was elected second vice president. J. P. Holbein, Grand Junction, Mich., was named executive secretary. More than 100 delegates representing grower groups Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia attended toe meeting. DETROIT W — Robert Pad Pearson, 28, of Detroit has been named Peace Corps Operation Officer for Afghanistan. He win coordinate toe planning and programming of Peace'Cetyw projects in the Aston country where he was a Peace Corps volunteer teacher from 1962 to 1964. DETROIT » — The Detroit Post Office said Thursday it is seeking to hire privately owned trucks for delivery of Christinas mail. ' , DETROIT (® — li» St Lawrence Seaway, scheduled to close today, will remain open at least until Tuesday, Seaway officials said. The1 length of the Seaway's operating season is determined by water temperatures at St. Lambert, the gateway to the inland canal system. LONDON * - A Henri Matisse painting belonging to Henry Ford II was auctioned here yesterday. The painting, “Le Vase de Chine,” brought $79,380 from an unnamed American. Three other Ford paintings were np for sale. They did not meet their reserve price and were bought in by toe auctioneer. DETROIT <*) — The Detroit Fire Marshall yesterday warned against the use of gas ranges for extra heat in toe home. Fire Marshall Bernard DeCosfer said Detroit firemen r e c e n 11 y removed four children from home because a gas range used for heat had used up the oxygen in the air within the house. THREE RIVERS (I) — proposed city budget of $536,000, some $68,000 more than last year, will be aired Dec. 12 at public hearing \ in City Hall. Most of toe increase has been earmarked for city employe salary increases, property purchases, street paving, park development and increases in “ brary costs. THREE RIVERS <*G. Edward Griffin, offlet spokesman for toe John Birch Society and a member of it since 1960, will speak before toe Joseph County Lecture Forum here Tuesday. He will talk about toe United Nations. The forum had Sheriff Jim Clark of Selma, Ala., as guest speaker Nov. 15. Hi talk was attended by about 500 people. Clark’s speech was sponsored by toe American Opinion Speakers Bureau, " Birch affiliate. DETROIT UP) — Jane Har-rold, known to Detroiters as the J. L. Hudson Co. wedding consultant “Carolyn Chase," died in a hospital here yesterday after a long illness. She was 58. A report of the committee’s meeting wito toe County Library Board will be presented Tuesday along wito proposed bylaws. . Members of the steering committee are Mrs. Junes Camer- The question “Where Does ^Energy Come From?” will be examined from the Christian Science point of view at a public lecture tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Derby Juntormigh School, Derby and Adams. * * * Gertrude E. Vdguth, C. S., a Christian Science practitioner from Flint, will speak under the sponsorship of the First Church of Christ Scientist of .Birmingham. WASHINGTON tfl - The Department of Housing and Urban Development said yesterday Northern Michigan University in Marquette has reserved a $3 million construction loan for two dormitories. «.£ TRAVERSE CITY W> -r a $637,660 addition to the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. oflfce here is nearing completion, a npaoy official said yesterday. Junes Becket, area manager, says toe phone company will move its business office Into the new addition Monday. DETROIT if) - Police arrested a Jackson Prison escapee and a companion listed as one of Detroit’s “five most wanted men” in a downtown hotel yesterday. James E. Bailey, 35, who escaped from jail Oct. 30, and Eugene Carr, 39, were hew on an armed robbery warrant for questioning in several holdups. I IONIA UP) — Robert K. Brook*, 31, of Ionia was struck by a car] and killed, yesterday as he walked on M66 here. | C ‘ , -. Libbey Hostess ‘silver foliage’ _____________glasswares leverage Glasses—Box Set of 8 299 goblets—sherbets-cordial glasses set of 8-your choice ' • silver foilage decoration on each l—CP : piece • each piece on stem • regular A B , $740 value. rnmtmimmmtwtmtmmtmamm : decoration on these i • choice of 916-oz., 12-oz. it 15Vi-oz. sizes • ideal for holiday >r gift-giving • regular $4 value. SIMMS DISCOUNT ANNEX 144 N. Saginaw St Coast Guard Starts Investigating Lake CLEVELAND (AP) - The OoMt Guard opened its investigation into file sinking at the Great Lakes ore carrier Daniel J. Morrell here today. The investigation is being conducted by the Coast Guard’s Board of Inquiry* which studies. only major ship disasters. He M of f daring a howling gale, aas found Friday la 191 teat of water about II mfies north at Berber Beach, Mich. The Coast Guard is continuing its search for bodies o( seamen lost hi die Morrell disaster. Bodies of 28 or the 28 crewmen aboard have been recovered so tar.lWbn»shrvl**msI>ea-\ nb Bale, V, of Ashtabula, Ohio. Meanwhile, a sister ship of die MorreU, die 800-foot freighter Townsend has been ruled not seaworthy fay Coast Guard to- The Tww^seed had her certificate of safety llflad after discovery of an 18-tacfc crack hi a steel plate amidships. The crack was reported by the ship's skipper, Cap*. T. J. Connelly. Ship Disaster y Both die Townsend and Morrell were iwrthbound for Minnesota when the gale hit the north-em Lake Huron area, but the skippers reacted differently. The Coast Guard said the MorreU headed north-northwest, following the steamer channel and taking the seat and wind on her starboard (right side). The Townsend abandoned the and headed northeast into the lake, meeting die high seas head-on. ~ The Weather Foggy THE PONTIAC PRESS VOL, 124 — NO. 258 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1866 —68 PAGES Romney Halts GOP Official's Trip to East N«w Hampshire Talk on Presidential Bid in 1968 Is Called Off LANSING M) — Gov. George Romney today said he has told Michigan’s Republican national committeeman John Martin to cancel a trip to New Hampshire where Martin was to confer with GOP leaders about Romney’s running in the 1968 presidential primary there. “He’s canceled it,” Romney said when asked his reaction to Martin’s comment last week that he would visit New Hampshire later this month. Pontiac Junior Miss Johanna Lynn Yansen s JCs Make Believer of New Junior Miss All 17-year-old Johanna Lynn Yansen could think was “me? It’s not really me!” as she was crowned Pontiac junior Miss at yesterday’s pageant The program, sponsored by the Pontiac Junior Chamber of Commerce, cli- maxed two days of testing and rehearsing at Pontiac Northern High School. She will compete in the state Junior Miss Pageant in Pontiac Jan. 27-28, which also will be sponsored by the Pontiac Jay-cees. Runner-up award was presented to Helen Jancik, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Jancik of 754 Shortridge, Avon Township. The new Junior Miss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Yansen of 80 Chippewa, is secretary of her senior class at Pontiac Central, captain of the varsity cheerleaders, a member of the choir and of the thespians. She is also Pontiac’s Demolay Sweetheart. Johnson's Driving Back in the News AUSTIN, Tex, OfV-President Johnson’s Texas driving habits are back in the news again. Hie White House, using figures from an official log, ■aid Johnson “drove at n moderate speed” on Ms way to church along a fog-bound high- “It was a good rest,” Romney said, adding, “It’s good to be bade.” Her musical skit for the talent performance was titled “My Musical Formula for Friendship,” It was based on a recent summer in Holland on the “Youth for Understanding Pro- But a newsman and two photographers driving separate cars said they couldn’t keep up with toe President despite traveling M to 85 miles an hour, and faster in some gram. Johanna received $100 scholarships from the Pontiac Jaycees and Matthews-Hargreaves Chev- Johnson’s accelerator foot stirred stories of Mgh-speed driving la March 1IM hut Secret Service cars screened newsmen enough to keep teem from clocking the President (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) In Today's Press Yule Features Two special series to run through Christmas Eve - PAGES B-ll, B-U. Games Dropped Supermarket chains ending promotions — PAGE A-8. P Days intWilds Couple survive air crash, snow—PAGE C4. Area News .........A-4 Astrology ........ D-4 Bridge.............D-4 Crossword Puzzle .. .0-11 Comics ............D-4 Editorials .........A4 Markets ...........D-2 Obituaries B-» Sports ...... C*l—C4 Theaters .......... W TV-Radio Programs D-ll Wilson,Eari .........D4I Women’s Pages B-l—B-4 U.S. Moon Landing in '68 Called 'Distinct Possibility Von Braun, head of the Saturn V rocket program, discussed the manned moon-landing in n copyrighted interview in "U.S. News 4c World Report." . “Our confidence that we wffl do it before the decade is over Is very high,” said the Ger- “Our confidence that we will do it in 1968 is not nearly as high. There is a distinct possibility teat, If everything really clocks and we don’t hit any major snags, It may come off in He said tee abjective of the first mission to file moan will be essentially to demonstrate teat it ten be done. ilp" iiv m ■p * i Slick Streets Slow Motorists in County Ice-glazed streets brought on by freezing rain throughout the evening caused thousands of motorists to he late for work in Oakland County this morning. In some areas, the ice combined with steep, winding streets in subdivisions made maneuvering impossible, and motorists waited until a midmorning warming trend cleared the roads. The Weather Bureau predicted a high of 42 degrees today, With some light drizzle likely tor this evening. The hazardous driving conditions early today made motor- ■ ists extra cautious, with tee result that only a few accidents were reported to area police. Main roads in the county were salted throughout the evening by crews from the Oakland County Road Commission, and, except for a few reported slippery spots, were in good condition. were alerted to tee freezing rains, and trucks were loaded and on the road when tee rain began about 11 p.m. yesterday. A number of schools in tee county were closed for the day due to road conditions and others that were reported open were not providing bus service for students. “AO the gravel roads leave something to be desired,” said Oscar Loomis, maintenance superintendent for the road commission. Loomis said his work crews About 100 men using some 75 pieces of equipment salted the major arteries throughout the night, according to Loomis. NO DAMAGE Neither tee Detroit Edison Co. nor Consumer Power Co. re-(Continued on Page 2, Col 8) “It created tee impression teat I had encouraged him to make tee trip and that was not tee case,” Romney said. Martin has been national committeeman from Michigan since 1957 and is a dose friend of Romney. Questioned again on his possible candidacy for tee 1968 Republican presidential nomination, Romney toldt a news conference: “What I said before was teat I intended to take a long, hard look at tee question. I haven’t. IN EFFECT “What I’ve said in effect is that it’s something I intend to explore. But I have not made a decision and I am not a candidate.” Parts of U.S. Hit by Bad Weather By The Associated Press Gale-driven rain lashed most of the Pacific Northwest today, and freezing drizzle gave an toy coat to many Midwest highways. Hazardous-driving warnings were issued In both regions. Heavy snow in the Cascade Mountains doped • towtoliiy ;V highway linking west and east Oregon and forced cancellation of a ski race IfitMl “That’s my private position and teat’s my public position, and I haven’t indicated any differently to anybody,” Rom-new added. Romney, looking tanned and fit, returned to Michigan Sunday from a 12-day vacation in Puerto Rico. ; Ice-Covered Cars Plagued Motorists Like Sheriff's Deputy James Heiligenthal In Letter to U Thant LBJ Vows Peace Effort Also in Oregon the U.S. Coast Guard reported winds of more than 120 miles per hour early yesterday. Rains brought tee CoquIUe River in southern Oregon to flood stage. No danger to cities was expected. ROAD BLOCKED Interstate 8, the main north-south Oregon highway, was blocked in its southbound lanes yesterday when trades Jackknifed in heavy snow. The Weather Bureau reported a foot of new snow to the area. The governor, landslide third-term winner to the Nov. 8 general election, announced plans for three trips later this week. He will speak before tee Charlotte, N. C. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, will fly to New York Thursday for speeches before a National Association of Manufacturer’s luncheon and a United Jewish Appeal dinner, and will attend tee Republican Governor’s Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday and Saturday. WASHINGTON UR—Dr. Wemher Von Braun said today “there is a distinct possibility" that the first American may land on the moon in 1968. But he is convinced the Soviets haven’t given up the race to get there first. UNITED NATIONS, NY. (AP) — President Johnson, in a letter to U Thant congratulating him on his reelection as U.N. secretary general, said he will give “closest personal attention” to U.N. peace problems. But meanwhile, Thant told a Newsweek magazine interviewer Washington refused peace talks he tried to arrange with North Viet Nam in 1964-65, saying it feared even tee rumor of a meeting might topple tee Saigon government. There was no apparent connection between Johnson’s letter and Thant’s interview. A State Department spokesman said last night there would be no immediate comment on tee Newsweek article. Unanimously elected Friday by the U.N. General Assembly to a new five-year term, Thant told the assembly he would keep repeating that “this war must be ended” and teat he would “make every effort on a personal basis’’ to promote a solution. is more indispensable than ever before. THE GREAT TASK “We are therefore especially pleased teat you have rededicated yourself to this great task. “You may depend on my continuing closest personal attention to tee problems confronting tee organization in its search for peace.” Johnson did not mention Thant’s plea Friday teat the holiday truces in Viet Nam lead into a longer cease-fire to create an atmosphere for peace talks. appeared to imply an invitation for him to continue seeking a solution to the Conflict. LONG EFFORT In the interview with Newsweek columnist Emmet John Hughes, Thant said he worked from September 1964 to January 1965 with the late Adlai E. Stevenson, then U.S. ambassador to tee United Nations, to try to set up peace talks. Surgery for Ike lii Idaho, most mountain passes were snow-covered or Icy and more snow was expected. . High winds lashed at the north coast of California and picked up even more velocity in the mountain passes. Traffic moved slowly through rain, sleet and drizzle in much of the upper Midwest Hazardous-driving warnings ware posted in eastern Wisconsin, much of Michigan and northeast Indiana. In Chicago a United Air Lines passenger plane headed for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, skidded off the runway at O’Hare Interna- U.S. sources said the United States had made no commitments to Thant regarding Viet Nam, but the President’s letter GETTYSBURG, Pa. (UPI) -Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower plans to enter Walter Reed Army Hospital Dec. 8 for an operation to reiitoVO his gallbladder. tional Airport. None of tee 42 sngers and ft i four crew members were reported injured. A band of fog added to the traffic woes from Oklahoma and northwest Texas to Iowa and Illinois. Area Stores Loaded With Toys Johnson’s letter, delivered to Thant yesterday, said in part: In these troubled times, tee devotion of tee best talents, energies and efforts of men of good will to tee cause of world peace (EDITOR’S NOTE - Until Christmas, The Pontiac Press will present a series of articles offering shopping tips for gift buying.) LI’L ONES By JEANNE NELSON Remember childhood dreams of one day owning a candy store? Wefi, it’s finally happened. Today’s youngsters may well find their very own “chocolate factory" waiting under tee tree Christmas morning. Less than $8 in one area store, It comes complete with melting oven, generous supply of balk chocolate, several molds and a dipper. roller skates this year. She is priced under $13 including the skates. Pull tee string and one doll whispers delicious secrets to her enchanted owner. Dressed in her Sunday best organdy the, cost for this is about $10. hoursof fun Holding tight to her Magic umbrella, the “Mary Poppins” doll promises hours of fun for young imaginations. In addition to tee work-a- day outfit she wean, twa other changes are included to the price of about $S. Golly gee-whiz, Batman is in on this Christmas caper. The now fa to o u s “Battnobile,” made of plastic with Batman and Robin at tee controls stands ready to protect Gotham Oty at any cost It’s priced under $3. r i von braun you can take apart?" Area toy departments are apparently stocked to tee ceiling with all Mods of dolls. A favorite from, last season, “Baity First Step” has graduated to * *A $ "Bemie Bernard,” man’s best friend, appears on tee scene with his ever-ready keg of whatever it is St Bernards carry around their necks. He’s soft and cuddly. Pull Ms string and be says “We’re not lost . . . er-r-r are we?” Approximate price is about $12. Fifth and sixth grad* boyt can practice for Junior high days with i Sfife *'■ i a “Tiger” guitar and lta i amplifier. It cMMk with carrying case for under $2$. 1 THE rpNTlAC PRESS. MONDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1960 British Give Rebels More Time SALISBURY, Rhodesia (AP) — The British gevemment gave] Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and his cabinet more] time today to consider proposals which Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Smith agreed could provide a basis for an end to the; Rhodesian rebellion. The British warned Smith,! however, that pressures were building up which demanded an j answer from Salisbury within! the next few hours. * * * Smith and his cabinet met for more than four hours this morning without deciding to accept! or reject the “working document’’ which the two prime ministers worked out during a 48-hour meeting on a cruiser In >the Mediterranean. [ The Rhodesian answer had been due by noon — 5 a m. EST. RECESS Forty minutes after the deadline, Smith left his office to tell newsmen a decision had not been taken yet He said the cabinet had recessed for lunch. * * * I Smith radioed this word to! .London, and the British govern-! ment replied that pressure was ! building up “which makes an answer imperative within an| “It is a matter of accepting it hour or so.” ■. *»' ;or rejecting It,"'be said. “AQwa * * want is a telegram saying ‘yes' Arrangements went ahead) in or ‘no.'” W:m. ' London for a meeting this after-! * ' * * noon of the Commonwealth! Smith outlined the proposals committee on sanctions against to the Rhodesian cabinet shortly Rhodesia to consider a request after he returned to Salisbury for mandatory U.N. sanctions if [Sunday night. The cabinet went [the Smith cabinet rejected the hack into session this morning. P^**08*18- Although Wilson on his return RULES OUT CHANGES [to London read a statement say- Wilson Sunday night had ruled ing he and Smith had produced out any changes or delay in the [what he called “a working docu-' document, which his cabinet ap- ment,” Smith called it “British proved shortly after his return terms” and refused to tell news-from the Mediterrean confer-men whether he accepted it per-ence. Isonally. BIRMINGHAM-ere held recently to {dace the top structure on the frame of Birmingham’s newest office ....ig at 700 E. Maple ba- Hunter and Elm. Stick to Facts, Draft Parley Told CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Chicago draft conference, warned to deal only with facts, takes a hard look today at advantages and disadvantages of the present Selective Service system. Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of the Selective Serv- ice, told the conferees in prepared statement that “if conference such as yours is to have even a remote chance of producing really new ideas, it must start its thinking from fact rather than faulty assumptions misinterpretations which have deluged and warped dis- Supreme Court Airs Georgia Issue Today WASHINGTON (AP) - The fight over selection of Georgia’s next governor goes before the Supreme Court today in a classic test of the right of states to run their own elections. The battle is three-sided, its overtones broadly significant •k k it Specifically at issue in the one-day hearing is the constitutionality of a 142-year-old section of the Georgia constitution. It provides that when no candidate for governor gets a ma- UF Officials Will Be Feted Dr. Don 0. Tatroe, campaign chairman of the Pontiac Area United Fund, will be among those honored Thursday at the Michigan United Fund Campaign Achievement Celebration in Lansing. Also attending from Pontiac are Howard H, Fitzgerald II and Thomas Wiethorn, MUF Executive Committee members, and Donald J. Frey, executive director of the PAUF. ★ ★ * The annual celebration luncheon honors volunteers throughout Michigan who have been active in local campaigns. jority of the popular vote in an election the state Legislature is to choose between the two candidates who got the most votes. PASSED UP Such was the case when Georgians balloted for governor Nov. the Republican candidate, Howard H. Callaway, got 451,082 votes and the Democratic candi-j date, Lester G. Maddox, 448,598. Passing up the two segrega-] tionists, 57,832 Georgians castj write-in votes for former Gov. Ellis G. Amall, a moderate. As a result, Callaway had a plurality but not the required majority of the total vote. ,★ it it Under the Georgia constitution this would have thrown the election into the state Legislature, which convenes Jan. 9. With the Democrats ih overwhelming control, Maddox's election would be likely. Selective Service cussions of recently.” ★ ★ * National concern over the draft — and its alleged inequities — has swollen since the United States stepped up its involvement in Viet Nam. In the past two years, about 600,000 yt sylvama community from Up- state New York to play Santa When you have trouble, you can always tell who youlr friends are,” said the boy’s mother, Mrs. Walter Cummings. “And we discovered we certainly have a tot of them." The family has received widespread offers of financial aid from as far away as Texas, Kentucky and West Virginia, said Mrs. Cummings. ★ ★ ★ One caller volunteered 'port were damaged. Here for folks wt the coast of North m A" Mercy Hbspital and facing arraignment is Chalres W. Cor-mendy, 24, of Beverly Hills. Cormendy suffered frostbitten feet, allegedly while hiding in a swampy area near D & W Foodland, 1605 Ortonville. Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was to arrive on the Oakland University campus this morning for a three-day round of activities. He is scheduled to give a public address at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in OU’s Sports and Recrea-Both men face charges of tion Building, breaking and entering. I During his visit, Wilkins will rv rurTFrTivFS toefeatured at a break' by Dfc.iti.cuve.!> fast meeting, three luncheons, Williams w a s apprehended tw0 coffee hours and three din-early Saturday by Oakland ners. He also will participate in County sheriff’s detectives!discussions and a seminar with Charles Whitlock and Lewis various student groups. Doyleand Sterling Township Lt. Richard Oakes. Williams is accused of being one of three men who burst from inside the market and escaped a hall of bullets about 3 a.m. Saturday. The store had been \ entered through | a kicked-open front door and tile safe tampered with, Whitlock said. The market was surrounded by some 16 officers from Farmington, Oak Park, Southfield and other departments. FORMER HOME Cormendy was apprehended yesterday by Clawson police as he approached his former residence there. ’ * k k Whitlock said a John Doe warrant has been obtained for the arrest of a third man believed Involved in the break-in. Area Youth Killed as 2 Cars Collide jA 19-year-old Bloomfield Township youth was killed Saturday when his car collided with a second car at South Boulevard and Opdyke, Bloomfield Township, at 10:40 a.m. •k kk Killed was Robert M. Fulton of 2540 Hickory Grove. k k k The driver of the second car, Joan Daniels, 21, of 510 Cameron, Pontiac, received minor injuries, according to Bloomfield Township police. In Japan there is an average of 265 persons per square kilometer. In Manhattan, the average. is nearly 30,000. Nam, the U.S. destroyer In-gersol fought a gun duel with North Vietnamese shore batteries this morning, U.S. headquarters reported. A spokesman said the shore batteries opened fire on the In-gersoll while she patrolled six miles off the southern coast of North Viet Nam. The Ingersoll replied with her five-inch guns. Yanks Changed $70 Illegally, Soviets Charge MOSCOW (AP) - The amount of money that two young Americans ace charged with illegally changing in the Soviet Union is about $70, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said today. kkk Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. 6f Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ray Buel Wortham Jr. of North Little Rock, Ark., each 25, Were arrested Oct. 1 and charged with violating Soviet currency regulations. If (tonvicted, they face sentences of three to eight years. CHARGED WITH THEFT Wortham also is charged with stealing an antique statue Of a bear from a Leningrad hoteL The embassy spokesman said the hotel valued the statue at $168, but during the investigation experts appraised it at $333. Conviction on the theft charge carries a sentence of up to three years. Claus at the party, Mrs. Cummings said. “Since Saturday night have been getting phone calls from all over the country asking what they can do to help us,“ she said. GENTLE YANK Lance smiled Sunday as Santa Claus — played by a family friend — bounded through the frontdoor. i From his wheelchair, the boy gave Santa’s beard a gentle yank. Before tong, Santa had filled the boy’s lap with toy trucks, cars, airplanes, books and other gifts. kkk Mainy children, including Lance’s five brothers and sisters, gathered around his wheelchair as he opened the gifts and proudly displayed each item. Slick Streets Slow Motorists in County (Continued From Page Two) ported any damage to the! utility lines. “The fact that there were no strong winds helped,” said a spokesman for Consumer. Michigan Bell Telephone Co: also reported there was no damage to its lines. A low of 32 to 36 degrees is expected tonight by the weather bureau.) The outlook for tomorrow is mild with some rain. SIMMS DISCOUNT ANNEX 144 N. 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The aeronautical en_ from Cleveland, Ohio, outlined (dans for his flight at the annual Christmas dinner of die Kansas and Missouri chapters of the Experimental Aircraft Association during the weekend. Bede, 33, is having a special plane built in Wichita, Kan., that looks like a glider. Its wingspan of 53 feet is more than twice the 27-foot length of the fuselage. It weighs only 1,725 pounds but can carry twice, that weight in fuel The craft' has a six-cylinder, 210-horsepower engine. SIX DAYS Bede figures the flight will take 150 hours — about six days. To get ready for it, two weeks before takeoff he plans to practice sleeping only a couple of hours at a time. An automatic pilot will control the plane while he sleeps. “This whole thing is a private venture,” Bede said, “but the manufacturers have given me assistance. Some components have been donated, but the technical advice is what I’ve appreciated die most.” ♦, ■ w _ He has talked to astronauts and doctors at Houston. “They told me that food had been no problem on their flints, but water was,” Bede said. “The doctors said I should drink at least ludf a gallon of water a day, but I’m taki along a gallon for each day.” FAMILY ADJUSTS Bede graduated from Wichita University fa 1157, worked for North American Aviation Gorp., then formed bis own business in Cleveland in 1961. ★ ★ He said his wife and four chfl- j dren have become adjusted to j the idea of the long flight. Scientists Study Latest HATTIESBURG, Miss. (UP!) — U.S. scientists today studied data recorded in an underground nuclear detonation in the Tatum Salt Dome near here Saturday but emphasized it will be several weeks befqrfe the full effectiveness of the test is determined. Preliminary findings from the st, tamed Project Sterling, indicated yesterday it west sue- REPORTS FIND. - Dr. Frank J. Low of Rice University mid the University of Arizona is one of two scientists who disclosed that their discovery of a newborn star-planet system has provided a missing link in astronomers’ theories. But Atomic Energy nission (AEC) official dined to make any firm Cam- theory of deceupHag or 1 fling, which was being tet hi the, shot which equaled teas of TNT. The over-all objective ol project was to improve the nation’s ability to detect possible unfriendly nations. The U.S. and Russia test ban treaty does pot prohibit underground testing. 4 * * Scientists were ' particularly Interested in testing the decoupling theory that Masts set off in underground caverns would be greatly muffled by the surrounding air pocket, lessening the chances of detection. 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