The Weather U.|. Wtathtr Buruu Forecast . /Cloudy, Warmer (Details M Page l) VOL* 121 \ NO. 273 THE PONTIAC PRESS Home Edition ★ ★ ★ 4*| PQNTIAC, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1983 —36 PAGES Fire Forces 1,046 From Greek Cruise Ship Over 750 Pulled From Water BURNS AT SEA —. This Greek liner, the Lakonia, was ravaged by fire early today, forcing 651 holidaying passen- gers and 395 crewmen to abandon ship in the Atlantic off Morocco. Many are still missing. LONDON MB — Fire and explosions forced 1,046 persons to abandon the Christmas cruise ship Lakonia in the eastern Atlantic today but at least 750 were plucked from the water in a dramatic air-ship rescue, her London agents reported. This left 296 persons unaccounted for. Planes over the stricken Greek liner said more ___survivors were being picked H ; up. A' U.S. Air Force report said 100 persons were floating in the water and all appeared dead. \ Aboard the 20,314-ton Lakonia ' When disaster struck late last night wete 651 passengers, mostly British or Irish but in- Ruby Witness Packs a Pistol Gun-Toting Stripper Disarmed in Court DALLAS W — Officers took a pistol from a stripper called as a witness today in the bond hearing for Jack Ruby, night chib operator who killed the accused assassin of President Kennedy. ' The gun was found under a scarf in the purse of a strip-teaser named Karen Lyn Bennett, 19 — known as Little Lyn—who performs hi Ruby’s Carousel Gab. It. was found as officers searched witnesses before they were taken into1 the. courtroom to be sworn as a group. __" W* The witnesses* including Mi: Bennett, were sworn, then taken Into' an anteroom to await their calls to the stand. PAID THE RENT Shortly after Ruby's arrest, Miss Bennett said Ruby sent her money for her rent. She lives In Fort Worth. Meanwhile, defense attorney Melvin Belli tried to establish whether Dallas police had (EDITOR’S NOTE'- This is the first of three articles^ on, the Michigan economy as seen , from the inside — by .the merchant, the industrialist, the builder; the wage earner, the politician. This article, No. I, is a review of 1963. No. 2 will delve* into the 1964 business outlook and No. 3 into what effects the Romney administration has had.) By The Associated Press 'if your, 1963 pay envelope hasn’t been fatter, ydurdividend check bigger or youp profit larger—you are an exception among Michigan residents. The state’s economy has been booming. Everybody agrees on that. If may turn out to be the best year the automobile industry ever had.. Automotive News is forecasting 1963 production at approximately 9 million* units cdmpsured with the all-time record of 9,187,919 cars and trucks turned out in 1955. I The year started with 6.4 pef cent of the Michigan labor force unemployed- On Nov. 15, the per- man with an inflamed mind” in preparing for the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with murder In the assassination of the president, from the city jail to die county Jell. 77: > , , 'It was when Oswald was being led from the Dallas City Jail that Ruby stepped from a crowd of newsmen and gunned hittidown. ■" ★ * * Belli asked the “inflamed mind” question of homicide Capt. Will Frits. Fritz replied that no one had mentioned “a mad with an Inflamed mind” at the time plans wire being made for the transfer. , INSANITY PLEA Ruby's attorney have Indicated they Will base his defense on pn insanity plea. His trial Is scheduled Feb; 3. Today’s hearing Is confined to the Issue whether Rnby, held In county Jell since the shooting of Oswald, should bo released on bond. Sheriff Bill Decker said Miss Bennett was placed under arrest after the pistol was found in her purse. , V ' Q fulfil ★ 4 “She will be charged with tarrying a concealed weapon,” he said. Ruby had been moved from his cell to the courthroom early flits morning, aurounded by a shield of deputies. mkmiwm SHOPPING DAY TO CMVM3TMA4 SHOP FOR GIFTS IN OUR AD PAGES Year-End Report Michigan Economy Booming centage was down to 39, and some automakers were recruiting workers from outside the state. AUTOMATIC) RAISE Every auto production worker, and thousands in supplier plants,.got'an automatic raise of six cents hourly or 2 Vs per cent of base pay in September. They also added three cents during the year via Cost-of-living increases. General Motors Corp. paid a $2 extra dividend on top of its regular $2 dividend. Chrysler Carp, split its stock twice two-for-one, so if you had one share when 1963 began and held it yon now have four. Chrysler decided to continue its 25-cent quarterly dividend rate for J964’s firsf quarter, after die second two-for-one split. American Motors Corp. boosted its quarterly rate from 20 to 25 cento And paid e year-end extra of 15 cents. Ford, which split two-for-one in 1962, continued a 45-cent rate, equal to 15 cents a share more than before the spilt. There ' was improvement in the Upper Peninsula, as well as below' the Straits of Mackinac. The Escanaba Daily Press said Iron shipments through its port werd up 300,000 tons over 1962 and American Timber Homes Iiic., reported doubling)its i output of recreation type housing. George Dnff, secretary-treasurer of the Detroit Retail Merchants Association, said business was up in all lines of merchandise and estimated the gain over 1962 at “conservatively five per cent;” __The J, L. Hudson Co. said pre- Christmas shoppers were “in a buying mood” and sales up, 3' per ceqt, despite thfe fact there were five tower shopping days between thanksgiving and Christmas this year. ROSY PICTURE The Ann Arbor News painted ah even rosier business picture there, quoting William J. Bott, executive director of, the Chamber of Commerce, as reporting retail sales in the first nine months nine per cent ahead of the similar 1962 period. Generally, PrOf. Pauj W. Me-(Continued On Page 27, Col. 1) Kid's At the two biggest Christmas parties in town Saturday — for children of United Auto Workers members ~ Senta got help (photo at right) from Indian dancer Charles Phillips, 10^ at Fisher Body Local 598's party •at Lincoln Junior High. Trying to Imitate his steps are (from left) William Jennings, 5, end paries Shedd, 19, among the 890 who attended. Dazzled, by a tinseled tree at Pontiac Motor Division Local 663’s party at Pontiac Northern High (photo above) were Shawn McDonald, 8, and hit 5-yfear-oid slater, Kathy. Some ’ 1,000 youngsters showed up for the fun, I Decision Soon ^by3wa®rT Governorship Position Will Be Told Saturday DETROIT MP) — Former Democratic Gov. John B. Swainson said today he will announce on Saturday whether he will be a candidate for governor 4n 1964. Swainsoq disclosed his plans in a statement issued from his law office!, here. The ex-goyernor said three months ago he woqld make bis decision by Jan. 1, but pressure from others, presumSbly his chief rival Rep. Neil Staebler, D-Ann Arbor, forced him to deside earlier, he said, Referring to President Kennedy's assassination, Swainson said “quite frankly, I would have, preferred to wait, a little longer before announcing my intentions. | “But, in fairness to those who i have indi6ated that, their deci-sions otL-thelr candidacies dp-pend upon mine, I Intend to honor my original commit-1 ment.” Swainson had said earlier that statp politics should wait for a Ume in view of the assassination. WITH HIS FAMILY Swainson said he would spend the time between , now and through Christmas Day With, his family at their Lansing home. He said he will enter the .University of Michigan Medical Center at Ann Arbor Dec. 26 for a two-day physical checkup. He said he would make his announcement on the governorship from his Detroit office at 11 a. m. Saturday. eluding four Americans. The liner carried a crew of 395. The passengers, many of them women and children, were bound for a gay holiday on the Portuguese island of Madeira. ROCKED SHIP ____ All but the stern of the ship was ablaze, aqd explosions rocked her 608-foot length by 4he4ime rescue vessels reached We scene 180 miles north of Madeira and 550 miles northwest of Casablanca. . The ship listed heavily to starboard. The water was dotted witKllfehoatsand-swimmers trying to escape the peril of the repeated explosions. Great clouds of smoke rolled up from the red-hot hulk. People wild with joy waved from lifeboats as rescuers approached. Others struggled to swim as far away from the Lakonia as they .Could. ■ l , ■■ *■* i, The water temperature was 64 degrees, warm enough ' give those" in fluTsea a charice : | to survive. > CHILDREN ABOARD Officials of the line believed two babies and 30 to 34 children under 12 Were aboard. Some accounts told of mothers tossing childrea--into-4ifeboatt:'and of parents struggling in the water to keep their children afloat. V • U.S. and British military Cardinal Spollman Flies to South Pole AUCKLAND, New Zealand <0 — Francis Cardinal Spellman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, loft Christchurch, New Zealand by Navy plane today’ to spend Christmas with American servicemen in Antarctica, ’ Cardinal .Spellman Will celebrate mass Christmas Day at the South Pole. Where Holiday Cruise Ended In Firq Winter Makes a Mild Start Winter eased in with a bright smile this weekend, bringing warmer temperatures and only nominal snow. Sunday, shortest day of the year, was the season’s official debut. , The hoary old than has settled gracefully. Temperatures will average near the .normal high of 14 and low of 22 for the next five days. Even precipitation will '‘dwindle to less than two-tenths of an inch in snow flurries. „ ■' The low before 8 this morning was 28 degrees. By 2 p.m., the mercury had risen to 30. Lights on Perimeter Road Timed to Speed Traffic Traffic lights on perimeter road were progressively timed this, webkend to Improve steady traffic flow around the top of Pontiac’s central business district. Roy Hetherlngton, city electrical superintendent, said today that lights were timed ' late Friday to allow nonstop travel at 30 to 35 miles an hour. ■ -- “T; iV’ The perimeter, road has been open from Mount Clemens to West Huron for several weeks, w e a Until Friday, it was almost Impossible to use the highway without getting caught by lights at Perry, Saginaw, Oakland and West Huron. TRAFFIC FLOW “Up to Me last week, we felt there wasn't enough traffic using the road to justify throwing the progressive system off on the other streets,” Hetheringtun said. ★. • Hr ★ “However,.the volume of traffic Increased steadily, so we made the change late Friday.” ■ ,. a . a • * originally, city officials had not planned to .change traffic light timing until the whole road was complete and open to traf- Nation Ends Mourning for Kennedy WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of'candles burned bright in the gathering dusk of Washington as the nation ended a month's mourning for John F. Kennedy. Sheltered against a biting wind on winter’s first day, they symbolized that*the late President’s ideals are still aglow in the \yorld. -— ★ * ★ Bareheaded and coatless |n 'brilliant winter sunshine Kennedy had said In his Inaugural address on Jan. 20, 1961: “The energy, the faith, the devotion which wc bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve— and (he glow from that fire can truly light the world.” Bareheaded and coatless last night, President Johnson told more than 14,000 gathered at the Lincoln Memorial and the nation by radio and television) “Thirty days and a few hours ago, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 36th president of the United States, died a martyr’s death. Ilia world will not forget what ha did here. He will live on In our hearts, which will be his shrine.',’1 ■ ,**' ‘.„ Thus, with the rhythm of Lincoln'AGeUysburg Address, Johnson marked the end of the 30-day official period of mourning he had proclaimed on. his predecessors assassination Nov. 22. An hour and a half later, die new President turned a switch to light the national Christmas tree behind the white House. planes crisscrossed the area, spotting swimmers and lifeboats and directing rescue boats. A U.S. Air Force Air Rescue report received in Orlando, Fla;, from the Azores told of the casualties. It said “the 100 were [wearing life Jackets but aH ap-peared to be dead.” s Tbq British liner Stratheden radioed she had picked up 300 survivors; some injured, phis some dead. The A r g e h t I n a freighter Salta was alternately reported to have from SO to 400 sur-(Continued op Page 2, Col. 4) - ■ Vessel Sinks; 20 Are Saved 7 Dead, 2 Misting After Stormy Ordeal HALIFAX N,.S. (AP)-Twenty crewmen of the sunken French freighter Douala were plucked from the stormy Atlantic yesterday after spending 27 freezing hours in two lifeboats.« Seven other crewmen died. Two, Including Capt. Michel Labre, are missing. The storm — one of the worst to hit Canada in recent years — was blamed for 19 other deaths. t Chief Engineer Gabriel Sines-tre, 49, believes the captain went down with the 2,300-ton Douala in a bowling storm 35 miles southeast of Burgeo, Nfld. “Our ship was sinking and the captain ordered the second lifeboat to get away,” Sinestre said „in Pori Aux Basques, Nfld. Sinestre and 14 other survivors arrived in Port Aux Basques last night aboard the Canadian icebreaker Sir Humphrey Gilbert, which rescued them after they were spotted by a Royal Canadian Air Force search plane. The engineer, senior surviving officer, said the survivors used their last distress flares to attract the piaae. The freighter Ludwig rescued two other crewmen about 60 miles southeast of Port Aux Basques. Health Minister James McGrath of Newfoundland said three other survivors were aboard the freighter Langlade. He said the Ludwig also has one body aboard and the Langlade two bodies. •—:.....“Hr — The Doualq sank about noon Saturday after its batch covers were ripped off by pounding j waves and winds up to 100 miles per hour. Waves reached a height of 76 feet.- In Today's I Press T Hopeful? | Five possible ’64 csndl- E dates eyed j—1 PAGES 7, I 23, 24, 30. Space Program ^ Year’s space efforts | marked by tow successes | — PAGE 18. , yl Robeson Back | Ailing singer ends fhw 1 year self-exile in Russia | - PAGE 18., i Area News ....;.. < | ‘ Astrology ....... 88 £ Bridge ............88 J Editorials .........I I Markets....... ....80 I Obituaries ...,....30 I Sports .........11-81 1 Theaters ..........27 g TV A Radio Programs 81 | | Wilson, Earl.......81 | i Women’s Pages . ,t.. 14-17 i TWO THE PONTIAC PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1963 House Vote Delayed GOP Stalls Aid Bill WASHINGTON -r* A Republican objection slowed down —ancfprobably blocked House consideration today of a disputed $3-billian compromise foreign aid appropriation. The“ objection by Rep. Paul Findley, R-HL, was to im-’ mediate consideration of a resolution to bring die aid bill before die House. Such resolutions by the rules committee cannot be considered on die day they are introduced sn- bers approves. If the resolution does not obtain the required two-thirds, it can be considered the following day by a simple majority vote. The resolution, approved 84 this morning by the rules committee, was designed to allow the House to vote on a provision in the aid bill to authorize President Johnson toap-prove government credit guarantees fpr the sale of wheat .to Russia. STANDING VOTE ■ On a preliminary standing vote, Republicans voted almost solidly against considering the resolution today. The vote was 171 to consider the resolution and 83 against. This vote was followed by a roll call. An earlier quorum call showed 288 members present. Ftbw Info Drops After Big Rush By JOHN 0. KOEHLER BERLIN (AP)—The flow of West Berliners through the Red wall dropped sharply today after a,weekend rush. Most people apparently were saving their precious passes to visit relatives in East Berlin during the holidays. Only about l .300 1adjpBBn»1 through the Communiist control points two hours after they opened. More than 12,000 went through the wall diming the same period Sunday. ■ I ★ ★ . \ But at the 12 permit offices in West Berlin, about 13,000 persons queued up in freezing weather to apply for permits. ( West Berlin authorities said most of the passes issued were German Reds Fire in Escape Attempt '“BERLIN (AP)—East German guards fired on a man attempting to flee from -East Berlin today as other smiling Red guards were admitting West Berliners through the Berlin wall to visit relatives in the Communist sector.,' , L ■ Gdmmunist guards , fired 10 bursts from submachine guns at a than apparently trying to struggle through the barbed wire on the southern outskirts of West Berlin. i h it | West Berlin police said they could not see the victim because of poor early morning light and heavy fog. They beard the guards shout “Halt! Haiti” This was followed by a fusillade, followed by the screams of a man. -for the Christmas holidays and New Year’s Eve. 34,001 OVER The official East German news agency ADN reported that 31,000 West Berliners crossed into the Communist zone over the week- ber going over since the visits began Thursday night.' For nearly all it was their first reunion with relatives since the, Communists built the wall in August 1961. ★ a Communist authorities announced they had approved 358,-000 applications for visits. About 800,000 West Berliners are eligible. “ Queues formed outside Hie 12 permit Offices in snow-covered streets before midnight, more than 13 hours ahead of the 1 p.m. opening hour. After receiving the passes, the West Berliners have to wait a .full day before they can cross into East Berlin, to remain only until’ midnight. ONE WAY ONLY The permits are only available for West Berliners. The Communists don’t let the East Berliners travel the other way. As on the previous nights, there were tearful partings Sum day night at the crossing'points as West Berliners went back home. “There are enqugh tears being shed along this Wall to wash it away,” one man said after leav* ing his. elderly mother in the Reid zone. “It’s just like visiting someone in prison,” said a young West Berliner who saw his aged parents^ The Weather Full U. S. Weather Bureau Report PONTIAC AND VICINITY - Mostly cloudy, little temperature change today and tonight with chance of an occasional snow flurry. High today 32. Low tonight 24. Tuesday partly cloudy, slightly warmer. High 34. Winds east to northeast from 10 to 1$ miles an hour. I temperature preceding S * At I p.m.: Wind velocity S Direction: Northeast Sun lets Monday •> p.m. Sun rues Tuesday at I a.m. Moon sets Tuesday at 12:47 e.m. Moon rises Monday at 11:12 P.m Saturday In Pentlac (SI recorded downtown) Lowest temperature ........— Mean temperature .............. weather: Pertly cloudy Sunday in Pentlac (IS rece/ded dewnt--- Highlit tempereture . Lowest wnaerature ....... Mean temperature ......... Weather: Pertly cloudy Highlit temper Lowest temperature ............It Mean temperature' ....... ....it Weetheri Little snow Highest and Lewest Temperatures This Date In ft Years M In 1003 7 -I In 11 Sunday's Temperature Chart Alpine / 30 S Duluth tl ley Clty4eg. 90 H It Paso as „ Detroit / 91 Ji Port Worth 21 ll ■----u. is | USmIuIU . (0, 70 ” is Indianapolis 29 Jacksonville -2 Kansas City u . s $ STSM S 21 i Louisville V 21 t ii 22 Myrnphli 22 If iVayeriie"^ 3$ J VVI..-. Xfienle 1 jj | New ....... .. feek 1? » i Brownsville as 34 Pittsburgh 33 13 Eufwlo }T » PorfPd. Me. 21 10 ».H \\ i seettiS a! a gir1 f 1 waXgton II] ■, NATIONAL WEATHER - Rain and snow mixed with .*ain Is expected dilong the coastal areas of the Middle Atlantic stales and the Carolines with show In the Interior sections tonight, The north Pacific states will have occasional rain whUe the northern Rockies win have snow. Temperatures will start to rise in the northern tier of itatei from the Dakotas to New England. Rules Committee Chairman Howard W. Smith, D-Va., told the House the wily effect of beating the resolution would be to put off the showdown until tomorrow, , ★ * ★ Republican leader Charles R. Halleck of Indiana said many members whojwanted to be here for the vote were stranded by the weather. Snow was falling in Washington, and there had been a heavy snowfall south of here. ALREADY FINANCED Halleck said he did not . understand the hurry-up tactics since the foreign aid program already has been financed 1 next. January. “Why all the heroics?” he asked. “Halleck said he had been “castigated in too many quar-ters" for his position on the ii islation. “But I’m not thin-skinned,” he added. "L have learned from being around here a long time that, if you can’t stand the heat, you should get out of the kitchen." To rush action today, he said, “is kind of cruel treatment to members wjho can’t be here.” 215 TELEGRAMS Halleck said he had received 215 telegrams over the week-endr and all but six commended “the stand I have taken.” Republicans planned to renew their fight to return the measure to a Senate-House conference committee in an effort to delete the wheat sale financing provision. Even as the Rules Committee acted, there was a continuing Republican - Democratic exchange over who is responsible for the current situation. HORACE E. DODGE JR. Playboy Heir Diesof Ailment Entered Hospital for Checkup on Health DETROIT (AP) - Horace fc. Dodge Jr., 63, playboy heir to a multimillion-dollar auto fortune, died Sunday night. ★ , ★ ", ★ The one-time sportsman and boat racing enthusiast died of a reported heart ailment at Jennings Hospital In Detroit. He was said to have entered the hospital for a checkup on hie falling health. ★ ! * A Dodge JrJ was heir to an estate of. 957 million that has been administered by his mother, Mrs. Horace Elgin Dodge Sr., 63. Mrs. Dodge! Sr. inherited her husbhnd’s portion of more than $146 million from the sale of the Dodge Brothers Co. in 1924-to a firm which sold It to Chrysler Corp. ; 20-ROOM MAN8ION The son had been living in a 20-room mansion In fashionable Grosse Points Farms next door to his mother’s ,127-room mansion. Survivors, beside his mother, include his estranged fifth wife, former showgirl Gregg, Sher- wood. * ★ * • His courtroom attempts to keep Miss Sherwood from running up bills totaling more than $30$,000 for furs, gold dishes, jewels, interior decorating and other items made headlines In 1962. * A A Dodge Jr.’s suit against Miss Sherwood was expected to come to trial In 1964. 'Meanwhile Miss Sherwood had agreed to accept on a $6,250 monthly allowance and pot run up any more bills In his name. READY RINK - With his ice skates on and all bundled upfor outdoor sports, 9-year--Bickman waits-patiently "while Ma— two buddies shovel the snow off a portion of Walled Lake. Francis Peraino (center), 1 11, and his brother Edwin, 14, were among those who cleared their own this weekend. Youngiter^dolted the shorelines of hard-surfaced lakes throughout the area. L^rtacee-te-skate— “Otner property No Action Taken Yet on Henry No immediate action win pe taken against City Commissioner Milton R. Henry, who was brought in for questioning Saturday after making a Speech from the roof of the old county building in downtown Detroit. Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Max A. Silverman said he took a statement from Henry and others today, and “After we get all the fids, we will present them to Mr. Olsen (Wayne County Prosecutor Samuel E. Olsen).” “It will be 10 days,” said Silverman.. “No action will be taken until after the tirst of the year.” * ★ *. ■ Henry was taken into custody bv Detroit police during a memorial service to honor Ne-i killed irr their fight for civil rights during the year. 15-MINUTE TALK The* Pontiac attorney spttkd' from tlie roof of the five-story building for 15 minutes to about 35 persons before police interrupted. He was using a loud speaker. The building, which I* used for,several county offices and a traffic court, had been closed at nooii. Henry made his speech shortly after > 2 p. m. Detective Lt. Albert Schwal-ler said Henry told him, he had remained in the building after lt dosed: and climbed out on the roof to prevent police from Interfering. ★ h ★ Henry said he also wanted to test the validity of the bun on the use of the loud speaker, which he said was a violation of his right to freedom of speech. An hour and'a half after his oration was cut dhort by police, Tie was released on the promise that he would return to police headquarters today to make a, statement. Cost Hike for Clinton Drain Due Commission Tonight -City commissioners will be asked to okay a proposed cost hike and time extension for the Clinton River Drain project at tonight’s commission meeting. The regular Tuesday meeting day has been moved to Monday this week because tomorrow is Christmas eve.,, Commission approval of*'a resolution okaying a $90,000 increase in construction costs and a 210-day extension of the completion date is necessary before the county’s Clinton River Drain can sell bonds to finance th project: ★' ★ ★ —The river work -ha» b^»jl stalled for seven months by litigation in federal courts. SUIT DISMISSED A suit involving Michigan’s Drain Code was dismissed last week clearing the way for resumption of work. > The $90,000 cost increase would come from the proj-1 ect’s contingency fund. It wouldn’t result in any increase of special assessments to city taxpayers which are retire the bonds over a 30-year period. ★1.. a ★ Also slated for action is a resolution establishing the city’s intent to undertake construction of the long - planned Murphy Park trunk sewer in 1964. PROJECT COST The project is > estimated to' cost some $480,000. The resolution calls for the sewer to be ready for. use by Nov, 1,1964. It wag requested by St. Joseph Mercy Hospital administrator*. A new hospital wing under construction can’t be utilized until the. sewage facilities are completed. Commissioners will also con-sider a resolution directing the city manager to. set aside $300,-750 in the 1965 capital improvement budget' for the purchase 1,046 Abandon Burning Liner (Continued From Page One) 'vlvors. The British Montcalm said It had 100 survivors and the Argentine liner Rio Grande another 50. Some passenger! were newlyweds. Others were retired people seeking a sunshine Christmas holiday. The adult passenger* had been singing, dancing and walking arm and arm on the deck when the fire erupted and forced them to scramble Into lifeboats or plunge Into the see. The passengers left Southampton last Thursday for a cruise to Madeira, Teneriffa and the Canary Islands, In the Atlantic off northwest Africa. Then shortly before midnight came the first omlnoue wireless message telling bf fire aboard, ' 1' a It was followed early this morning by this final message: "SOS from Lukonin. Last time, I cannot stay any more In the wireless cabin. We are leaving the ship, Please help Immediately," to Lmtdon,, relatives and friends flooded the ship's offices* with phone oalli. The captain of the Lakonla Is Matio Zarbis, an experienced Greek seaman, 4 AMERICANS The passenger Hit named four Americans: P. Pilcer of Margate, England; Mr. and Mrs. I. Buchanan of Cowling, England; and Mies E. Driscoll of St. Leonard’s, England. The Lakonla, owned by the General Steamehlp Co., Lid., of Greece, wae formerly the Dutch liner Johan Van Olden-Amsterdam In 1930 and was refitted early title year. In April, during^ a 17-day bruise from Genoa, British pas-, ertuae from Genoa, British passengers complained that there was debris left frorti the refit In some compartment!. The ship provided dancing and movies every night, organised .games (or adults and children* concerts and gale dinners. There wore swimming pools, a library and a gift shop on the vessel. The liner wni due In Madeira today, The Sues Canal provides nearly $1G0 million per yelr In foreign exbhange earnings for lES|ypt. and improvement of some urban renewal lands. They are also slated to authorize the city to apply tor a federal planning grant to cover further detailing of the city’s current general development plan. ASKED TO ACT Commissioners will be asked to act on some revised resolutions covering the sale of some city-owned land on the west side of South. Saginaw south of Franklin Road. ' f Sr ■ ★ Resolutions approving bids from Joseph Mihalek and Don R. MacDonald were passed last week. They recognized pertain deed restrictions on the laMt. 'City At(orney William A. Ewart had erroneously dealt with the wrong deeds and has since found there is no restriction on the use of the property. Birminghdm Area News* Rezoning of Church Land Up for Hearing Tonight BIRMINGHAM - A rezoning bearing on property owned by the Church of Christ 'will precede tonight’s City Commission meeting. The ..church is seeking to bave'a parcel in the southern portion of Birmingham re* Zoned from three- and four-family residential to five-family residential., The petition requesting a hearing on the matter was filed some seven months ago. Th6 property is on Lincoln, east of Floyd. Consideration of the proposed chdnge wae postponed last month when hearings on other property to fee Lincoln . Wovd - liandon-^Ann area were held. REQUESTED CHANGE “Other property dimers in the area lave requested changes from' residential to neighborhood business zoning. Their requests have been denied and they have applied tor | hearing. The city planning commission has recommended t he area be maintained as residential. /y | City commissioners tonight also will consider a number of changes In traffic regulations. The rules have been in ef-fect for some time Mtempdfhiy measures but must now be ap-proved by the commission to ' jermanent orders. DefecVerdid on Petitions LANSING (ASP)—lb® State Board of Canvassers today deferred until Dec. 31 a decision on whether or not the Vigilance Tax Committee petitions on tike city income tax law should be accepted. The Vigilance Tax Committee seeks te farce the legislature to consider legislation making a vote of the people necessary for any city to- city income botes on nonresidents. The humberofSignatures on Initiatory petitions are based on 6 per cent of the total vote for governor to the tost preceding election. (Earlier story, Page 4.) Birtoingham girls and their dolls will be entertained at a holiday party at Baldwin Public Library Friday afternoon. The festive event, being held for the third tfane, is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. to the Mary Lambie room for boys and girls., Dolls — new or old — can ied by girls of any age. Than will be ah introduction of dolls, a story, two short films appropriate to (tiwr occasion and refreshments. Wreath in Dump mMemory of 'Murdered' Baby 'A large wreath “to memory of the baby murdered by his father” was found hanging at the Pontiac dump this morning. The memorial was discovered by C. E. Marotz, 369 N. Saginaw, who took a load of garbage to the dump early today. Last month, a young woman reposed to Waterford Township police that her husband had delivered their baby in December, 1961. He then drowned it and placed the body in the dump, she said. ' Even though the husband concurred with his wife’s story, the prosecutor’s office could not develop a case because the body was not found. , - The man served 10 days in the Oakland County*Jail for non* support and then was released. DETROIT (AP) - Safecrackers, entering through a skylight, stole between $10,000 and $15,000 froijn the Universal Wine & Liquor Co. oh the weekend. Theme of Book President Dies,- Nation Carries On A beloved president dies and a nation’s pulse momentarily elope, then qulckehs with the orderly accession to power of a new leader. This la an underlying theme In the Important book, ’‘The Torch Is Passed,," now being offered to The Pontiac Press readers. Prepared by skilled writ-, ers of The Associated Press, this book not’only chronicles the tragic events of Prlel-dent Kennedy's eisaubia-tloii, but the elgnlficence of hla own words. * ★ * At hla Inauguration, President Kennedy spoke of the responsibility end (rust passed to a new generation of Americans, With hie death, this Obligation met a severe and dramatic test. NEW ROLES "The Torch Is Passed" tells of the transfer of authority to President Johnson, and of the many others who suddenly found themselves playing new roles on the stage of history. ‘ ★ Sr This book should be ordered nqw for delivery in early January. Payment of $2, which Includes postage, should be In a eheck or money order to the Asaod-atod Press, along with the following coupon. + * , dr The volume is a herd-cover edition with both color and black-and-white photographs. It will make a handsome library addition, along with tie historical value. "THE TORCH IS PASSED" ORDER FORM Maifcoupen and ft loi THE. PONTIAC. PRESS , , Box .350,. Poughkeepsie,. New. York Send me.. . copies of “The Torch It Passed.'* Enclosed Is $..,... (make checks payable to The Associated Press.). NAMB ............V.............i......,U', THE PONTIAC PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1963 THEBE GIFTS OF THE MAGI'" I The chain in her hand seemed to flash with a to-flotfoa of her ardent spirit. "Isn't it a dandy, Jim?. You || have to look at the time a handled tlihes a day how. Give me your watch, I want to see how tf looks on,it," BY O. HENRY I”it n ir febJI Foreign News Commentary: French Euromart Threat Real 1 By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Newt Analyst French officials say President Charles de Gaulle is in deadly earnest about h»D©CvSl deadline for a Common Market farm policy agreement. if none is reached H^y Christmas, he will call a cabinet meeting Dec. tl to get the green light for his next move. This is lively to be a freeze on any further progress toward completing the Common Mar- ket. French ministers also. may~ boycott Euromart meetings. I ' h .★ It is just conceivable de Gaulle might decide on a complete walkout.—77----------- diplomatic sources in Tokyo sayauch a visit in 1964 is adis-tinct possibility. There ijre signs1 the Philip- Western officials are concerned that the Christmas passes for hundreds of thousands of West Berliners to enter Communist East. Berlin 12 .Makes 3 to 10 cups Of real coffee . . . keeps it St drinking temperature after brewing. Chroma plated finish, stainless . steel one-piece pump. This price while Quantities last. 91 North Genuine SUNBEAM QUALITY at CUT-PRICE AUTOMATIC Percolator $19.95 Value m may touch off serious incidents In which the Westem-powers-inevitably would be involved. !| They discussed this danger ' during last week’s NATO minis-teriaFcouncil meeting in Paris. The three Western commandants in Berin are being instructed to keep a close eye on the situation. der a law promulgated, -years- -ago7when feeling against Japan! was still strong in the Philippines. ri^.y.. ,4________________ Now, according to Japanese diplomatic' sources, it’s only a question of time before the anti-Japanese business restrictions are lifted. A stream of Red Chinese trade and cultural missions to America may be expected sooh, as well as a state visit, or two by a top Peking bfficiaT So far, not one top Chinese Red has visited Latin America while several high Soviet officials,^ including Premier Khrushchev, have. ' Mao Tse-tung and Lieu Shao Shi have standing invitations to visit Cuba, and Latin American pines at long last is going'to swing the door open to .Japanese business. The Jhpanese already have one foot in the door,. They have so-called "liaison offices” in Manila which do everything normal businesses based there do. It’s strictly against the law but Philippine officials tend .to look the other way. r Officially, Japanese can’t do business in the Philippine^ un- > The French are ready to take over United States and British responsibilities in Cambodia. French. -Defense Minister Pierre Messmer flies there Jan. pj^TO arrange a military aid pact following the ouster of the United States military and economic aii>f rbdlo with hi-fi lound. AQR tl pt*1f With case, battery and 8 GE 6-Transistor Complete radio sat for Christmas 1198 ,'jBlft giving. Case,, battery, ear- I I £fc................ 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