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, Gleason Heads for Repairs . a) ~ le ' -_.. i = | o> i 
Contour Will Not Suffer | ) , : Pr: ~~ . 
From Surgery on Midriff\§ | re a , QS xX f | CVa 0 ir : ; _ By EARL WILSON =” J ! = 
NEW YORK—Jackie Gleason enters a hospital —— a;   
soon after New Year's for surgery. on the most i 
famous stomach on television.  -— } 
The operation—for the removal of a cyst—will é eS 
be the fourth he’s undergone in his midsection in a : 
decade. Doctors have advised him to forego strehu- | 
| bron ial bg eve —— = preparation for _ 10 Enjoy Warm i” 
height of bie Sat scope Tay cet | Florida Climate ; : 
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-_ Building, Grain 
in$150,000 Blaze Smoke Hampers Efforts 
of Volunteer Firemen; 
Nobody Injured 
Fire almost completely 
      Ome gripe: 2 
   _Area Grain Elevator Hit by Morning Fire 
    
| reeey Como — hasn’t shaken his ted good 
humor, ' ; 
“I don’t know how long these usually take, but | Stay at Key West May, this one’ll have to be pipet arens oy a = Affect Decision to Seek 
a Friday,” he said last n ie referred A . 
= Aton under which he films shows Tuesdays and P residency Again 
Fridays. in aa 
oceans saan’ | Cane or Ray h ee he said en mnower uew ou operative Elevator in Ox- e : 
Friends believe his stomach problem stems from jof Washington’s cold today 
an emergency appendectomy he had in his hotel [headed for Key West, Fla., 
room about 10 years ago. ~ land-about two weeks of the _ His well rounded contour —so much a part of sun, rest and outdoor exer- ford early this morning. 
| Ward Wightman, man- 
-jager of the Pleasant street 
the “Honeymooners”. comedy—won't be elevator, estimates damage 
affected. : “eee =a ad Oe Gee Bie $150,000. No one was ine “That’s part of his act now,” one friend pointed | 4. oa a) | ' = Sa Al ured. out. When Tacha played Santa here recently, he The presidential plane . " Ralph Van Wagoner, Ox- remarked he was “the only Santa in America who |COlumbine III took off at ford Fire Chief, stated that didn’t haveto use a pillow.” 9:15 a.m. It was due at Boca cause of the fire was un. - - Gleason's planning an extremely heavy schedule Chica Airport, Key West, known. . os . will 40 on Feb. 26, le . for the next few weeks. He in something under four ; “It could have been any 
_|number of things.   
when he’s to be given a $100-a-plate testimonial. [pours _ wt —— They Physicfans recommended warm- | — irs: - had trouble with a broken   
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  | the trip and the choice of Key destroyed the Oxford Cooperative grain elevator. Damage was La _£ |____|er weather and more chance to + ay Se | | - get outdoors ‘to help with Eisen- Pontiac Press Phote / *|belt yesterday or it could - ) rm ee S 0 ans i=: rs convalescense from_ his! ge, ; ee FIGHTING OXFORD BLAZE — Firemen from three communi- | — : —— a the- wae 
i Sept. 24 heart attack. The time for cly Culbertson ties fought a stubborn blaze this morning which almost completely Slate City Vote have-been ~ electric 
West were announced only yester- || placed at $150,000 by manager Ward Wightman. Cause of the blaze , 
~— fo Erect Reserve Armoryjna em «mom Succumbs at (4 (o — on Pay Increase joss 'tsat   
North Atlantic ty Organiza 
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  en. 4 army -reserv | tion commander, was announced Artist Ham Fisher Believed Suicide mon in elevators, was an- -peing built on a S-acre plot bordering on Orchard Lake| ‘i,morine te « hte sadtion | Noted Bridge Authority, Boost: for Commission, Wer Possibity, avenue, was discussed at last night’s City Commission] aboard at tateolt, He may ge | Staunch Pacifist DieseC reqator of ] oe Palooka) Meyor Was Studied by covered the blaze at 5:06 a.nf meeting. = i = oe: of Heart Failure F dD din N Y k Former ‘Officials x he was patrolling. << I r’ ( : j 
A request from headquarters of the Fifth Army], RSenhowers, stay could be, 8 _ ee oun €ad 1n NEW YOr . ua eee ee was presented to the commission, asking the city tOjseek another term, His doctors 
ent beg hope the trip will condition him reserve te, pay for ee Coen wee for resumption of the full work| © £@me of bridge a national rage, tar comic strip hero Joe Palooka, was found dead last|commissioners and the mayor in a| oll stored tm am sdjiaine also put in a/‘ ied , bulld- Bad See bo tae Se ae nad! in ahowt (wo weeks. nap ea _ * before-dinner| night in a friend’s studio, Nearby were two notes indi-|SPecial election to be held in con-| "6 ; bid for a 10-acre plot ns ee PFO" TRUMAN LOCALE | Death was attributed to heart/cating suicide, police reported. Junction with the March 5, 1956| Office records in another adjoin. *posed area, according 0) How nis heart stands that load|failure due to insufficient oxygen. : primary. ing building were saved. City Manager Walter K.|could tip the scales one way or Fisher, 54, whose full name was Hammond Edward The loss was . Willman is other (a0) Gar an al re olec = a Gee from (Fisher, -wrote in the notes of failing eyesight and aby a Citizens Compensation Study ee ‘Van - Wagoner said, 
Widow R | Reserve activities in the|!@ ' concerned. years. Be became serieesiy m (diabetic condition. He said Committee. composed of three for-| ayes, fire departments, Oxford, Eisenhower will stay a¢ the | last May, but recovered. Two |that he had swallowed ’ i Culbertson, 64, who helped make) NEW YORK (?—Ham Fisher, creator of the popu-|recommended pay hike for the city] tien of supplies of gasoline and 
  
                
  area have been conducted) 1. naval base which was a.| weeks he stricken again. missigners. : oa oe unpub eee cecal : in a building at 37 W. Law-} taverite vacation spot of former | .. = = sg some pills. — ‘| “The recommendation calls Clenls of omehe tress the atk a Members of his family said it] The body was ot _ rence St.. which has proved) President Truman. had become so difficult for him] about 9 p.m in the stu commulasioners, execpt the - |grain hindered the volunteer fire- inadequate in size for the| Mrs. Eisenhower is not going.|to breathe that he had spent the left, whéce Fish eat Mae Set cosh wielal |mien irom Sighting the bint, Unidentified Man Saves)" The White House noted that her|last four nights sitting up. | (Of Moe Leff, where Fisher meeting $25, not to exceed $1,- | AS soon as the wreckage has n cote necessary training program,|-cener Mrs. John §. Doud of| The famous nad been working lately 300 in ‘any one year. cooled enough, investigation as to Mrs. Maude Jenner inireservists have said. __‘|Denver is in Washington for the| bridge authority deveted much of during his friend’s absence They, presently receive $5 a wee eee a Several tee House Fire ' | According to Major Edgar W./holiday season. ~ this: time in his middle years to ajfrom town. The discovery meeting and not more than $300 a | men ,remalned on duty watch 
Grea aed a ae Bets ane ee nae cea ant | was made by another friend, chy ‘charter of 20h, Toe Me —— An %-year-cld widow, saws Rigpehaowss e activities, oo [last week of a new granddaugh-|a youthful revolutionist. N. J., whom Fishes wife ballot. would be on a charter Relie in Sight! helpless without a cane, was res-jto fulfill requirements ter. ee : , [POPULARIZED BRIDGE Marilyn had called- after amendment. * R 
ced et a bee ed ee et ee ee Ge Culbertson was credited with de-/ becoming alarmed over not Under the proposed plan, the Hevenue Boys terday unidentified be necessary to add a fourth re-| The President's annual State of — g = mayor would be paid $2,000 7 = = eens “* |the Union message, outlining the|Véloping an effective contract| hearing from her husband. based on 12 equally installments CO Fill Your Form ‘ who rushed in before firemen ar-/serve unit in the Pontiac area. caanloticaene 0 1s88 legislative |ridge system. He promoted it) Police said Fisher's mother had 
  
    rived. . Presently, the 70rd Tank aBt- |program, will be sent to Congress |With exhibitions, contests, lectures} received a call from’him, her only ently receives the same Mrs. Maude-L. Jenner was taken! tation, Headquarters Detach+ |Jan. 5 — twa days after the law-|2% books. child, early in the afternoon. He- aut of te comaniamanane ° |Reveour Sarvicn stands realy ta from the living room of her home| ment of the 307th Ordinance Bat- {makers convene. _ In 1923 he married Josephine/ spoke at length with sentiment and If passed by the voters, the fill out your income tax returns at 966 Oakland Ave. where fire| tallon and the @ist Postal Unit | __- _—__——-5 "| Murphy Dillon, ai’ attFactive wid-|/ feeling. The time of death was set hike would take effect for'the chat (for you next year, as in years past a= oe aia fer)| ™ake wp Pontiac’s reserve. Che d d W. ow and bridge teacher. Two chil-| at about four hours later around | aiid jmissioners elected in the April Russelt-C. new 1 broke out after burning papers ) ou y an ; armer * eae | CD Pm. e ais eau - leity election, — internal revenue commissioner, : 
Fishgr, whose strip was syndi- 4 ale netic yesterday countermanded 
ted at the time of his death in . bd : : ° which would have barred such help : 
sone fa newepa newspapers, was a set. |Syracuse Papers Gift Swap Deadline | 31 but tie tinerat, the stow 4 
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  for 4 minutes, said about $1,500|are training two nights a week in| The low tonight will range from| ! worth of damage was done, mostly|the Lawrence St. building. 26-30 degrees and the high tomor- ee ce | marie iat SYRACUSE, N. Y. w — The /S¢nerally- accepted deadline for|fices last Oct. 17 at the direction in the living room. If the new site is approved, con-/row will be frob 36-40 with occa- _— , N. Y. _ exchanging Christmas there of Harrington's predecessor T. 
Alone in the house at the time,|struction of the center for train-|sional rain predicted possible late The Joe Palooka strip was/Syracuse Herald-Journal and Sun- in Poritiac stores was aabopeoren Coleman Andrews. They had a) Mrs. Jenner said she was tryiNg)ing of 400 reservists would prob-|in the day. — a started in 1930 after Fisher came day Herald-American have dropped|by the Retail Merchants Associa-\¢Voked some protests in Congress. { to fight the fire with a blanket ably begin in 1957. Friday will be cloudy and colder in to New ‘York. Joe began as a not-) classified-advertisement  sec-|tion of he Chamber of * * @ 7 “ tried as fast as I could to put) winman said the entire area|with occasional snow flurries. i jtoo-bright “and__guileless young, : ee ee oe ON mmerce.| _ Those instructions said the tax- it out, but the fire was too swift) crved as a city sanitary fill for) The lowest temperature in down-| fighter but later developed into ajtions, at least temporarily, from) According to John Hirlinger, as- payer assistance program should for me,” she related. “I might not/19 years and now has: been cov-|town Pontiac preceding 8 a.m. was. gentle, well-spoken chap devoted their early editions in order to con-|Sistant manager of the chamber,|be limited to showing citizens how have been able to escape. I WaS|.04 qver with rubbish. 17 degrees. The mercury rose to to sportsmanship and fair play. serve newsprint. the date has been recommmended |to prepare their returns; but should getting very warm and smoke W@S! 1. communication from Fifth|3? at.1 p.m. Many episodes in the strip high-| Publisher E. A. O'Hara said-to-|“™™Ualy by the association andjnot furnish “unlimited service to fling my eyes.” ; Army was referred ‘to the com- — _ fight against bigotry). that “it has iaipad ome a has bape herd Uoreis of most city all taxpayers. . .” : ‘Soviets Approve Budget | qurougrent ve eas a : an ee =e - H -§ a 3 The strip brought Fisher wealth Very serious situation’ and has a ns Bossie to Be Saved’ 
GM s Curtice |i om : MOSCOW (INS)—The Council of} © arid fame jmade it possible for us to finish| Million Ac ; 7 ‘SC os illion Acres Ruined . gg : : } Breaks Reco Nationalities of the Soviet Parlia-| . aS SS ae ————— out the year.” ; Army tug steamed up the Sacra- 1 CULBERTSON ° 4 e | ‘iy Chosen as Time , Comet rd ment approved today the Soviet ELY : Shingin’ in D‘shougher The classified ads have been SAN FRANCISCO (®—Army en-|mento River last night towng a ‘ ; f the Year LONDON W®~Britain’s glittering/budget for 1956. It provides for|dten were born to them, Loyce- yl ms ; gineers estimated that one million! big barge. Its mission: to rescue Man o Comet III jetliner streaked non-|593,000,000,000 rubles in — = on = —- Ish Fi-ine in Dish Town Tyas Macey ne man-( es, % northern California were|between 1,500 and 2,000 cows NEW YORK @ — President Har-|stop across tlantic and 507,0007000,000 rubles in expen- vorced him in Reno </ > rjunder water at the height of last/stranded on levees in the flooded 
Curtice of General Motors i Montreal to London today. in a(ditures.. ‘The official Soviet "ex.|1%98, charging mental cruelty. Ute ane ee week's flood, . 600,000 along the|Nicolaus area, 17 miles north of bow - 6 hours, 8 minutes. The| change rate is four rubles to a dol-|_ Although divorced, they con- |: 4, Pd Gueae ta tan apartment “We have had no complaints, |Coast and 400,000 in valleys. here.   . shattering Time magazine's 1955 “Man of (¢isiane's builders ciaimed a record)lar, but the purchasing power ‘of| tinued their business partnership |i "nee, wnt mered saniant | The advertisers have been very , Year.” = for civil airliners. the ruble is considerably less. - (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) When he turned on the tap he got| Coperative. We are making al- 
credited, Curtce with a] ee oe _,__ lpn" ie Rieetwiere | stems ton, Weare ing we | ther, Daughter Reunite iaud egpared te entaece ot CAlifornia Flood Victims in Dire Straits; “in ths rn ef Somers Pane whey malcene = 6 Christmas—After 31 Years 
Timo reterea to ows vitten |FRO]IOF. Agencies Assist 50,000 Homeless ects etn ane need nk ycttost U.S newspapers “have! Tt was the most wonderful Christmas present in |transport the wine of the region.|of newsprint. Most major newsprint|the world,” said Mrs. Margaret Larie. -noancea earty in 1964 at a time | san FRANCISCO ( —~ Ajreétions of Federal Civil Defense) Yuba City from which 8,000 per- | The driver of the truck yesterday |manufacturers have notified their| Mrs, Lane’s present was a phone call from her father,       
    
  
    
    
      
                 
         it said there was gloomy mmoth clean Diréctor Val Peterson, got under fled for their lives last Fri- |,.,,) 5 pereg an end to the postwar | momentum in. cae cones ty with samy shies prevailing! Quy we wee caeyne aie bet riagpecronc yerigrinl supplies will) Sidney R. Somes, whom she hasn’t seen for 31 years. boom. ED woignsor roves ne Biegler levee collapsed —_———_— The Herald-Journal has a current) | And Mr. Somes, who had hired Pinkerton detectives The magazine said Curtice " waters continued to ex-/ing. ke Gets "daily circulation of 136,909 and The to find his long-lost daughter, dropped in for a visit a job that required it, assumed |poge an increasingly vast pictureiReqiEF NEED GREAT i'ke Better | Herald-American a Sunday citct- yoo 96. He eo yaee. veh : the responsibility of leadership forjof destruction” = ~ 1 Peterson and high-ranking LOS ANGELES (INS) — T w ojlation of 222,874. The classified ads| "°C <0: American business.” at : e-taitered leaders in the field of speech today/had been dropped from 37,481 pa-/New Jersey to see her. - | ea since we saw each other, Time said that as a result of the} Floods receded from hard hitjofficers toured Yubelarmy of both professional. and|picked Winston Churchill, Frank-|pers each day and from 123,210 on| “It was quite a thrilling] 1 aan's remember him at all.” GM expansion move “many an-(areas of northern California andjCity } aren yesterday lin D. Roosevelt and Adlai Steven-| Sunday, 5 experience,” said Mrs. Lane,| 1... « retired-engineer, Somes, other businessman also raised his }southern Oregon after taking toll ‘They found residents tp great | In the forefront of the reliefison as the outstanding _political 139° of 295 W. Yale Ave... a oa 
sae jouer teal sot coeane reports demage  estimhed ates a Peets_particutarty tn [om oa mM tae nae «the mest|BOnN Names Ambassador|‘‘I've been an orphan for eee oarbles bbeagocal saved ek cn soem Sanna into 1955’s|more than $150,000,000. Pe aie shelter,‘ warmth—and food -for improved" speaker. BONN, Germany (Chancellor SUCH a eBoy E wehen|ling to New Jersey for a visit... a 
record year.” Some officials believe property In Today's Press Seed ates Konrad.’ Adenauer's government|.ne ween baby, she seid, and her| Within a month, and he intends ta | Last year Secretary of State) tosses may reach a higher figure = : Shades of Rockefeller, _ [#s nominated Wilhelm Haas, am- whet she was sixiome "© Ponting regelarty fine =o Dulles was Time’s “Man of the| when complete reports are in County News....<....0++.+0. 8 |would use from $4,000,000 to $5,- ~ .  dhassador to Turkey, as West Ger.|™ ' Year.” The first to .be so named, from areas still without nermal , 2 SRSCe FOG HES eee disaster LA SALLE, Ml. (INS)—The bank many's first ambassador to Mos- 
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