v-t- Tht WMriNT ■?»A /wrjwiyjj XH3E FOjJiriAC PRiSS VOL. 124 ^ ^0.124 ★ ★ ★ ★ C IJ^ l, Pd^lAC,luwkl^AN, FRIDAY, JULY 1> 1966 —44 PAGES Surprising $154 A/lillion is Record State Surplus UNSING (AP)-A record-and sutpriiing-|U4 siillkm es-timatad general bmd anpliu is in the Michigan treasury as the new fiscal year began today. But econmnic ck>^ oonttaued to gather and two budget experts indicated that growth in the new year may not be all that was earliw expected. A booming economy through most of INMI left about «M million more in the treasury than Gov. George Romney had yredieM werid be there wtan he proposed his state Irndget adopted for the now yew, state jpendiag will pore the snrpins to m mtiUon a yew from noif. As the record budget-up $18 million from a yew ago — was use tax coUectim’continued to slump from their record pace, further indicating a tightening of the economic situation. State Budget Director Glenn Allen, taking note of the slump, in effect reduced the governor’s prediction of economic growth for by about one-flfth. Romney has predicted the state’s revenues would grow by 7.5 per cent during 190847. This was to be from a predicted 196546 level of $816 million to an estimated $882 million. have instead tamed be about $832 mtOion, the gov-emw can get his $882 mil-iion with a growth rate of oniy a shade above 6 per centi Allen was asked if he would consider projecting a 7.5 per cent rate on top of the higher 1965-66 revenues and said, “absolutely not.” He said the higher-than-ex-pected revenues for the year Just ended would enable the state “to absorb some” economic ill winds. At the same time good news was coming from the surplus. Revenue Commissioner Clarence Lock was announcing that June sales and use tax collections were only 5.2 per cent ahead of June 1965. Though a healthy increase in normal times, tlw rate was (Continued on Page 2, Col. 5) Hot Time in Old Town to Continue la • a.m. 7 a.m. Sa.m. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES 4 a.m. 88 f a.m. 88 88 18 ajB. 88 87 11a.m. 81 72 noon 98 74 1 p.m. 91 Old Sol is still beamii« his widest smile as the Pontiac area continues to swelter in 96de-gree temperatures. Residents planning picnics and outdoor fun for the Fourth of July holiday can expect wilting temperatures and sunny And what about the rain? NO RAIN There’s not a chance of rain before^jPggay w Wedtoesday Brshowers totaling about one tenth of an inch is forecast. The Weather Boreaa predic- good for those who Uke san-•hihe and heaL Here it is to a day by day break down: FRIDAY — Sunny and warm today. Highs 88 to 92. Fair tonight. Lows 62 to M. SATURDAY - Sunny and hot. Highs 88 to 94. East to southeast winds 5 to 10 miles. SUNDAY — Continued hot. Little chance of showers. Hours Given hr Weekend AD city and county offices will be closed Saturday through In Today's Press Legal Liquor Mississippi ends statewide prtJhlbition-PAGE A4. 2nd Tragedy Mother suspect again in three drownings — PAGE Cl. KeHey WiU urge Romney to veto un on crtanhmUy in- , sane ~ PAGE B-T. Area News..........A4 CM .018 ..M .CM ..A4 .D-1 ...Oil ...JNI ..........C1-04 •neettn . ,. o«-ei T4MM PregrwM ...IM Umb. M V...JM 2 Teen-Agers Drown in Area Gravel Pit, Lake Take Out-of-County Pair MAILING BILLS — City treasurer Walter Giddings mails out Pontiac tax bills with a personal touch. Clerk Crystal Williams, 676 Briarvale, Pontiac Township, helps him with a fat stack of the financial missives. Two out - of - county youths drowned yesterday in separate accidents in the Pontiac area, one perishing as Tax Bills Are Mailed to Property Owners of North Branch; and John Di-mond, 17, of lOOM Sonora, Fenton. RECEPTION LINE—President Johnson passes yesterday. The Presktot’s greeting to the small down a line of greeters at the airport fence in boy with the huge rscing driver’s helmet drew Omaha, Neb., where he made a briM appearance smiles from bystanders. Realtor Raps City Officials 'U. S. Won't Quif Oakland Comity Sheriff’s deputies said Kreiner was awfanmiBg with two friends at Parkimrst Lake about 4:15 p.m. when he suddeniy sank while retaming from a raft. The youth was pronounced dead by a coroner about 40 minutes later after two sheriff’s divers had recovered the body. Today is payday for City Pontiac property owners city-school tax bill in the next couple of days. The total 1966 tax rate will be higher than last year — up $1.20 per $1,000 of assessed property value. Although commonly referred to as the city tax bill, it calls for payment of cUy taxes, school district levies and taxes for Oakland Community College. Hall! will receive their combined Medicare Plan in Effect Today Property owners have 30 days to remit the monies due on the 19 Million Elderly in U. S. Due to Benefit See Tax Rate Breakdown, Pa^A-2 Hanoi Warned by LBJ Criticizes Rejection of Apartment Zoning July 4th weekend won’t be a three-day holiday for everyone. Most Pontiac businesses will keep pormal hours tomorrow but wiU close Monday. Pontiac State Bank, Community Natkmal Bank, and First Federal Saving and Loan Bank will all follow their normal schedule tomorrow but will be closed Monday. Both the Pontiac Motor Division and GMC lYudc and Coach Division wfll close today at 4lw normal time and reopen TUeadny morning. The development of Pontiac is being hindered because obstacles are being created by city officials who are reluctant to move forward, a Pontiac realtor said today. “The city wants to wait for a utopian situation before they do anything,” said Bruce J. An-nett, “and in doing so they are holding up progress.” Aanett, whe since 1913 has played a major role in promoting the development of Pontiac, aimed his criticism at city eomnaittioners who tomed down a 13 million housing development 1^ rejecting a remuing rsgnest Ikwsday. Hie aty Planning Commis- DES MOINES, Iowa —President Johnson has served notice on Hanoi that the United States is in Viet Nam to stay—until an honorable peace can be negotiated. And as long as Communist leaders refuse to talk peace, Johnson warned. Dimond was with several companions at a gravel pit north of Grange Hall when he slipped from a log and went under near the center of the pond, acccad-Ing to Pontiac State Police. three-in-one bill. After 30 days a penalty is applied. U.S. air raids will continue in North Viet Nam. “Let me be absolutely clear,’’ the President told a $l(HKa-plate Democratic dinner Thursday night. “I want the leaders of North Viet Nam to know exactly where we stand.” “We would rather reason than fight,” he saH. “We are using our power to Viet Vowing that as long as he is President “we will stand firm.” Johnson said as long as the North Vietnamese “persist in their aggression against South Viet Nam, we will resist that aggression.' ATTEMPT RESUSCITATION The victim’s friends dragged him from the water and attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but were unable to revive him. The 1966 city tax rate will drop 12 cents per $1,000 of assessed value from last year, while the combined school rate has been hiked $1.32 per $1,000 assessed value. WASHINGTON (AP) - The massive Medicare program providing hospital inaurance tor all 19 ntilllon of the natioo’s senior citizens went into effect today, hailed by President Johnson as “a blessing for older Americans.” Swinging into operation with the program was an optional doctor-bill insurance plan for The mishap occurred about 2:30 p.m. Lll ONES Flash have given us no ed the reuaiog be approved. Johnson climaxed a fast-paced tour yesterday of Nebraska and Iowa — a trip with heavy political overtones — by asserting that this country has never run from its duty nor shipped eut on an aUy, nd does not ioteod to start now. CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. W>-Lunar Explorer, a complex flying physics laboratory, rocketed today toward an intended 4th of July orhit ahout the moon, seeking scientific secrete that could make the “Boy, our electric toothbrush is just great for polishing up my six-guns.” $45.99 PER THOUSAND Thus, the combined tax rate for 1966 will be $45.90 per $1,000 assessed value, compared to a 1965 total of $44.70. This means the owner of a home assessed at $5,691 will pay $6 more in city-school taxes this year than to 1965. Despite the increase this year, the hike is not as steep as the jump of $3.14 per $1,000 assessed value registered last year over 1964. The bulk of this year’s tax hike comes from increased Pontiac School District taxes — up $1.30 per $1,000 over 1965. MORE MONEY Although the city tax rate is less this year. City Hall actually will receive more money because of a $14.7-milUon Increase in the tax base. Related Stoi^y, Page B-W which 17.3 million elected to pay $3 a month. The two programs were brought into being at 12:81 a.m. to one of the Mgfest operations to medical history. Doctors and patients reserved any prognosis, but the President pronounced it a success in advance. He called it “a test of our willingness to work together.” Annett was negotiating the sale of tbo 21 acre parcel north of the Horrtogtoa Hills SuMi-vision on Pontiac’s far east side between one of the owners, Frederick Poole and Joseph Dresner of Groeae Pointe who had intended on boildiiw 286 apartment units on the property. VOTE The zoning from residential to multiple dwelling was denied by a 1-1 vote, with commissioners Leslie Hudson and Robert Irwin voting in favor of the re- s aO are d I reaUie that the decisions that they atoke are difficMt oms, bat to dds iastonee R seems they were Bstentog to emotions and eonsMeriag the political impU- By Public Health Service count, 6,714 institutions — or 91 per cent of all the country’s 7.-374 general hospitals with roughly 93 per cent of the beds — opened their doors for the insured care of any American aged 65 or over. The nonparticlpatlng hospitals were mafaily to the South. Moot were barred from Medicare paymepts by their faUure to comply with the no racial discrimination provisions of the Civil Rights Act. Yank Beaten by Spaniard hr Net Title I —ighhnrih^ fljn propmsd plojact objected to Me I tor a aumber of Meadow Brook Season Opens would be traveling tbraugb their subdivisloo «flcr the ' ' prefect was cnsnpiatod. ha aenvale,” “nehady in had a togal right to protest PageACoLl) Sis thousand people swarmed onto the Meadow Brook Music Festival grounds tost night for the opening concert. They fillad the Howard C Baldwin Meanortol PaviDon and most of the enlarged grassy area on the hlQside. This ia tee third year far valatelteellrstwlteaBeiglrt-Lltisalosthellrat oral admission seating area has been almost doubled in siae. Mr. and Mrs. Ben D. Mills are chairmen this season. Mills is a Vico praaident 91 tea Fttd stnicted on the south side of the pavilion and a concrete walk laid between pavilion and Trumbull Terrace. i Improvements have been made on the grounds. The genii^ NEW ROAD A new exit road to Adams Road is open.y Designed to speed the flow of traffic after concerts. It hit a snag last night. The Oakiand Cotmty Road Commission had detour signs ere^ at Adams and Squirrel Roads. Concerts wiU continue four nights a week through Aug. 20. Hekets are available from the fesUval office at OU or at the gate. r * WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Manuel Santana, the deft Spaniard who is the United States champion, defeated Dennis Ralston of Bakersfield, Calif., in straight sets todayifor the singles Utle in the All-England tennis title, 64,11-8, 64. The match lasted one hour, 40 minutes and was easily the best final seen here in many yoan. Santana was seeded fourte. Rai' ston, the U.S. No. 1, wns the sixth seed this year. He center comrt wM yacked wHh 1M88 hr tee atetek hi Earepeea te pky In tee heel ef live ftoeh stoee MK. the fans pneked to ten Mnmy beet of tee osotor eopM, nssto famed tennis oonrt In tek world, u Santana triumylMl ^ A*: tHB PONTIAC PRE83, 1. im Planes Continue N. Viet Raids June Brought Heat and Twister Watch I l^oseville June's mercury gradually wept higher and higher ;J'| —despite a tornado watch and some rain. It started with a monthly low of 39 degrees, June 1, I compared to a 45-degree low for June 1965. Then the temperature rose to the eighties. The Pontiac area was under a tornado watch June 9 and the weather offered temporary wisps of rainy coolness while decorating the area landscape with uprooted trees. City Apparently Last Obstacle to Accord Five mid-June rainy days brought the month’s rainfall to 2.9 inches. Last year the June total was 2.6 inches. HIGH FOR MONTH The high for the month came on June 24 when the mercury hit 96 degrees. Last year’s high for June was 92. Last weekend’s 90-degree weather caused a mass exodus to lake areas. Public beach officials had to lock gates against the sweltering hoards to prevent overcrowded beaches. However, the mean temperature for the month was 71.5 degrees, only a shade above the 71.4-degree mean • year ago. It was a sharp contrast with May, when the mercury never registered higher than 83 degrees and the low was 27. Realtor Raps City Officials (Continued From Page One) the development because none lived within 500 feet of the site.” Families of Pontiac servicemen killed in action in Viet TBtKvir I AM '"'I receive assistance un- THAI- no JAM ^ ‘ These people created a tre- (.jjy mendous traffic jam in ihelrj Making the announcement was minds, and assumed that all thei Kenneth P. Anthony, superin- traffic from the development te„(,ent of PonUac Municipal Viet Victims Can Get Free Burial Space ; »- ■ys A ROSEVILLE (AP)-The city ^ of Roseville today appeared to be the final stumbling block in ^.governor Romney’s efforts to || settle the 1-696 Freeway route. ^1 Meeting in Southfield City Hall Thursday night the gover-, I nor exchanged heated words i with Roseville Mayor Arthur IjS.C. Waterman. The exchange ended with Romney ordering I engineers from the city and ithe State Highway Department brought into the session to settle a dispute over construction costs. Southfield, Lathrup Village, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, and Huntington Woods have all agreed to let the governor and the highway commissioner pick the route if the other balking communities agreed to do the same. Roseville’s representatives stood firm in asking for a Ten Mile road route rather than one through Eleven Mile. They argue that the Eleven Mile route will cut their community in half. The marathon meeting between Romney and representatives of 15 suburban Detroit communities broke up at 2 a.m. with the governor hinting he may ask the Legislature to help break the impasse. SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) — U.S. pilots smaihed another North Vietnamese fuel depot today as they continued the air campaign to keep fuel from the tanks of trucks hauling men and supplies to the Communists in South Viet Nam. A U.S. spokesman said Navy pilots put all their bombs “right on the target area” in an attack on the Dong Nham storage depot 15 miles northwest of Haiphong. He said it contained an estimated 14,000 metric tons of fuel. would go south on Bay Street.” Anaett said that be never denied that traffic would be Increased through the area but that this was a problem that could be resolved later. Attempts were made to obtain property on Mount Clemens to allow for another driveway, but only one option was obtained and the width and length of the parcel made it impractical because to improve it would double the cost of the land being considered for development. < “For some time there has been a lack of cooperation between the heads of departments in the city and developers,” said Annett. Cemeteries. According to Anthony, families of Viet Nam victims will receive a free burial space from the city in either Oak Hill or Ottawa Park Cemetery. Anthony said the Defense Department reimburses a family for the grave service costs to bury a veteran, but that the family ordinarily would have to! purchase the burial space. ‘OBSTACLES’ “It seems they want to throw up every obstacle imaginable, rather then put out the red carpet to developers as other cities do,” Annett added. “They prefer to say why something can’t be done instead of giving advice as to what can be done. “These planners, these dreamers, aj-e tonsing out deterrents, and act ds If they were doing you a favor. Romney has indicated he might seek a law which would allow a decision on the freeway route without requiring the consent of all communities along the way. At stake in the dispute is more than $100 million in federal funds for highway construction. The government has indicated it might withhold its funds if no agreement is reached. Ninety per cent of construction costs for interstate highways is provided by the government. Anthony said the city feels this is a small token of appreciation which can be shown by its residents for those who gave their lives for the protection of our country and our freedom. I Mental Patient, 44, Muskegon Soldier Dies in Viet Fighting WASHINGTON (UPI) ■ Muskegon Army private was among the latest victims of fighting in the Viet Nam war, the Defense Department said yesterday. He was identified as Pfc. James A. Tazelaar, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Tazelaar, Muskegon. The Weaffier Full U.S. Weather Bureau Report PONTIAC AND VICINITY—Sunny and very warm today. Highs 88 to 92. Fair tonight. I/)ws 62 to 66. Saturday sunny and hot. Highs 83 to 94. East to southeast winds 5 to 19 Onf YNr A9« In PmHac leaps to Her Death LEAPING LBJ—President Johhson leaps over a hog trough and into a pigpen yesterday at the Woodrow W. Diehl farm near Indianola, Iowa, after peeling off his coat in the 95slegree temperature. The President and his party visited the Des Moines area as part of a busy day, which ended with Johnson’s speech at a Democratic fund-raising dinner in Des Moines. French Withdraw From NATO Today On the ground, American Infantrymen pushed a badly battered Viet Cong unit back toward the Cambodian border after an ambush that backfired on the enemy 60 miles northwest of Saigon. A U.S. spokesman said American counterattacks, artillery barrages and air assaults killed nearly 300 of the enemy in the An area. By late afternoon, contact was broken and the 271st Viet Cong regiment was reported streaming toward Us Cambodian haven a short distance away. PARIS (AP) —Business as usual—as much as possible— was the word today as France quit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s military commands. President Charles de Gaulle withdrew slightly more than 2,-000 officers and enlisted men from integrated allied military command posts. France also declared that, as of today, its 72,000 troops in West Germany are no longer controlled by NATO. arrangement to keep the troops there until a French-German accord can be reached. Contents of the note were not disclosed. The French withdrawal from NATO military headquarters here and elsewhere in Europe Record Surplus in State Treasury (Continued From Page One) only about half the growth of late 1965 and early 1961 months, and confirm^ the slackening seen in recent months. The sales and use tax growth A 44-year-old mental patient at Pontiac State Hospital leaped to her death from a 14th floor fire escape at the Pontiac State Bank Building about noon yesterday. The victim, Peggy J. Schnor-berger of Madison Heights had just been given ground privileges yesterday, according to a hospital official. She had left the hospital with another patient, but ran away from her, he noted. Mrs. Schnorberger, a patient at the hospital since May 24, landed on a third floor roof. was conducted discreetly. The rate is usually an accurate in-French flag still flew alongside Jdicator of over-all economic the flags of the other NATO na-jgrowth, tions outside the allied com-1 mand post near Paris. Dej Auto sales tax collections Gaulle says France remains a i were off 7 per cent from June part of the-North Atlantic airhges reflecting the drop in the liance although French troops!car market ™ CONTINUE Adjusting to the new situation, officers at the NATO command Fowlerville Teachers Ratify New Contract FOWLERVILLE (UPI) -Forty-six teachers in the Fowlerville school system have ratified a new contract for the coming year. The school board said that in addition to the contract raise, ratified Wednesday, the teachers would be given increased salary from 70 per cent of any increased school aid the .system will receive from the state. posts continued their planning for joint military action to defend Europe in case of attack. But their work was complicated by uncertainty over what they could expect of France in case of an attack. CONTRIBUTION France’s previous contribution to the European shield, available for immediate retaliation, was the two divisions and two tactical air force squadrons she has had stationed in West Germany. The West German and French governments are now negotiating on the future status of those forces. The talks are snagged on several issues, including German insistence of knowing how closely France intends to cooperate With NATO If war breaks out. West Germany sent France a note Thursday as part of efforts by Bonn to set up a temporary Lock, noting that some auto makers have finished making 1966 models, said the slacker sales and use tax growth rate would probably continue through at least September as Job layoffs mount. For Romney, the higher-than-expected surplus continued his record of never overestimating state revenues. In January 1965, when he flnt proposed his budget for 1965A6, he foresaw revenues of $766 million—about $76 million less than what the state is winding up with. Hit Fuel Depot Nearitjiphong GIs Push Back VC Unit in Ground Fight BLOOM^ELD HILLS - Negotiating teams representing the Bloomfield Hills EducaUon Association (BHEA) and the acbool board have tentative^ agreed on a new salary schedule. The proposed scale calls for $376 boost in the system’s base pay, emrentiy at $5,300. George E. Cavbi, head of the teachers’ legoliatiBg team Birmingham Area News Tentative OK Reached on Reboot Wage Scale bereached antil die eatire contract has been completed aad ratified by both teachers and hoard. EIGHTH DAY Today was the eighth day of raids in the past two weeks on fuel storage facilities in North Viet Nam. Since June 3, attacks have been made on about 14 different such storage sites in North Viet Nam, particularly around Hanoi. Despite considerable adverse international reaction to the bombings on the doorstep of Hanoi and Hailhong Wednesday, the United States went ahead with its campaign to reduce the flow of aid to the Viet Cong in the South. The spokesman said the Skyhawks, Phantoms and Intruders from the carrier Constellation left a column of black smoke rising high into the sky from the Dong Nham fuel depot. Dumg another attack, over the North VietnameSfe Panhandle north of the 17th Parallel, enemy fire shot down an Air Force FKKl Thunderchief. The pilot bailed out into the Gulf of Tonkin northwest of Dong Hoi, and a rescue helicopter picked him up 40 minutes later. It was the 273rd American plane reported lost over North Viet Nam. The salary schedule agreed to last night would provide beginning teachers with bachelors’ degrees a starting salary of $5,676 and a maximum of $8,975 after 11 years. Teachers with bachelors’ grees plus 20 hours would receive ^,875 starting salary with a maximum of $9,175 after 11 years. AGREEMENT The salary schedule for teachers with masters’ degrees was agreed to last week. It calls for a starting salary of $6,150 and a maximum of $10,500 after 11 years. Teachers with masters’ degrees phM 39 hours would receive M«4i9 startiug salary and $19^99 after 11 years. The school board also tenta lively agreed to the BHEA proposal calling for 5 per cent incentive pay for any teacher who is eligible to receive it. Hie present piu4 is that only •0 par cent of the teachers may receive incentive pay. REQUIREMENT To be considered for the extra pay, a teacher must be on tenure and have taught in the district at least one year. The two teams also agreed to a duty-free lunch period for all teachers and a siek leave of 19 days per teacher per year, cumulative to 199 days. CSivin said this includes two personal business days, although tbete 1$ sUIl disagrennent on how these days may be used. Also included in the agreement isaproposal that the board allot $125 per teacher per year for hospital and medical insurance except where the total premiums are less. In this case, Gavin said, the board would pay the amount of the premium. Another meeting between the board and teachers is scheduled for Thursday. French Visitor to Hanoi Linked to Viet War VIENTIANE, Uos (AP) -Jean Sainteny, former French minister of veteran affairs, arrived today en route to Hanoi on a visit believed connected with the Vietnamese war. Sainteny made an overnight stop here because no flight clearance was received from North Viet Nam. Duck Lake Drowning OTSEGO (41 - Keith Preston, I, of Kalamazoo drowned yesterday in Duck Lake, about six miles south of Aiiegan. Sheriff’s deputies said Preston was fishing with his son when their THREE RAIDS The Strategic Air Command’! B52s staged three raids In South Viet Nam Thursday, twice pounding a suspected guerriHa headquarters near the coastal city of Quang Ngai and once hitting a Viet Cong concentration area in the zone C Jungle, 8 miles northwest of Saigon. Other U. S. planes flew 384 support and combat sorties in the south, some of them also aimed at fuel dumps. A spokesman said there were 40 secondary explosions, indicating hits on fuel or ammunition. Four 7th Fleet warships shelled the coast north of Saigon. Spotter pilots reported excellent results, the spokesman said. Ommttwn TtmiMrctwrtl I Worth 04 73 Eiconabu 71 *4 JockMnvIMt 71 73 17 Gr. Rapidl 73 *2 KanMI City It 71| 70 Houghton 70 SI_____________ - - , 73 SI Miami Saach It 73 74 74 Mllwaukaa 14 141 71 U Naw Orlaant II II! II S4 New York 04 73 70 S7 Phoenix too 731 10 41 Plttiburgh Leaves Kresge Foundation Post Amos F. Gregory, 65, executive secretary of the Kresge Foundation, retired today after 42 years of service. Gregory of 1216 Dorchester, Birmingham, is one of the three original trustees. Sebastian S. Kresge, the founder, who resigned last week, and the late Paul W. Voorhies were the other two. Gregory serves as a trustee of the Wesley Foundation of Wayne State University, the Methodist Union of Greater Detroit, and Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory have two sons, one daughter and eight grandchildren. During Gregory’s years, the foundation gave $75 million to colleges, universities, medical research, hospitals and to charities of various kinds. NATIONAL WEATHER—Tonight's weather will be rainy iisriir parts of the Plains, Gulf Coast stqtes and south Atlantic Cteast states. Temperatures will continue to be very warm froiB lbs Rio Grande through the Plains, Gulf Coast, Mis-Maippi Valley, Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley, south Atlantic Great Lakes., Foundation President Stanley S. Kresge I said, “Amos Gregory is one of the finest men 1 know. It is difficult choosing worthy causes, yet it is one of the most rewarding tasks a man can have.” Gregory will remain as one of the five trustees. 'The other four are Stanley S. Kresge, William H. Baldwin, Donald F. Valley and Wilbur R. Pierpont. FROM PENNSYLVANIA \ Born on a farm near Weatherly, Pa., Giteg-ory graduated from Pennsylvania State and, a few months later, was offered a Job as personal secretary to Sebastian S. Kresge. When Kresge estabUsbed tte Fsuiida-thm in 1924, he appelated Gregory trustee , AMOS F. GREGORY Cavanaghlslll; Rotary Talk Reset U.S. Senate candidate Jerome P. Cavanagh canceled his speech yesterday before the PonUac Rotary Club because of illness, but rescheduled it for July 28. The meeUng was one of several Cavana^ had to forego because of the flu, according to his chief administrative ai^t-ant Anthony Ripley. Ripley filled in for the Detroit mayor at the noon luncheon in the Waldron Hotel. Howell Man Is Dead of Traffic Injuries Tax Rate Broken Down The following is a breakdown of the 1966 combined city-school equalized tax rate for Pontiac taxpayers (rates per $1,000 of assessed valuation): Oty of Pontiac 1965 1966 $12.56 General Fund .. $12.73 1.88 Capital Improvement ... 1.90 .54 Hospital Debt ... .51 .78 Sewage Debt ... .73 2.14 Waste Collection ... 1.91 $17.90 TOTAL ...$17.78 Pontiac School District 1965 1966 $12.18 General ...$12.21 10.98 Extra voted ... 11.13 2.39 Debt ... 3.51 $25.55 TOTAL ...$26.85 Oakland Community Collega 1965 $1.25 1966 $1.27 Scout Fund Drive Goes Past Midpoint A total of $275,740, or better than half of the campaign total, has been pledged to the Clinton Valley Council Boy Scouts of America Lost Lake ReservaUon Development Fund, it was an- The dri^goal is $660,000. The major gifts division, headed by Robert M. Qritchfleld, has solicited $191,949 to date, or 55 per cent of its $360,000 goal. John Z. DeLereaa, wha heads the campaiga for the purchase aad prelimiuary development ef 2,2t4 acres of land near Clare as a Boy Scout reservation, saM he was “eaconraged” by reports coming into campaign headquar- l«n40iiHln«4lnpockol.i 7‘ HOWELL (UPI) -Philip Sun-burg, 64, Howell, died yesterday of injuries suffered in a fraffic accident Tuesday. Police said Sunburg was injured when his car was itnidc by anoUier vehicle which swerved to avoid hitting an animal on a road in Oaceoia Township, Livingstob ^lounty. He said the council’s executive board is spearheading the drive by pledging $29,991. 'This, he pointed out, was 112 per cent of the target set for the ex-ocuUve board. The council’s staff has also! topped its target amount by 17 per cent. I lOc pock 4i( M cImk- 7‘ Named to WSU Post DETROIT IB — Frances Xavter (Frank) Tuobey. 49, has been named assistant vice president for university relations at WayncBtati Uiiiv|ndty/| However, reports from various districts are lagging and he urged campaign workers “to make a concerted effort to conclude this drive successfiilly.” Macomb District has collected 32 per cent or Its goal; Manito District 9 per cent; Ottawa District 37 per cent; and Pontiac District 17 per cent. More than 1,900 acouters and friends of acouters arc working on the drive in the 33 townships of Oakland and Macomb counties that make up the geographical area of the Clinton Valley OoundL er I ■* THE PONTIAC PKESS. (TUDAY, JULY 1, 1M« honestly. Our Locatimi and Lower Orerhetd Savi^ you Money on ... V Good, Dependable Furniture Our 30th Successful Year Open Monday and Friday Nights tUl I P. M. aOSED WEDNESDAY AFTEtNOONS FURNITURE 144 OAKLAND FREE PARKING LOT, JUST AROUND CORNER ALONG CLARK STREET! Convenient Terms 2 Stafe Areas His by Crass, Brush Fires Mississippi Ends Staled Prohibition Miss. (A*» ~ liis- By UaltMi press IntematieSMl Isissippi. the first state td raUfir r. -_ Grass and tuiish abeTbu^ nmjUmdf ^^bitite in MU, ,to^ to Connty ycrdM Jykaon ver acres' of dry land to at^y last ^ ^ least two sections of the state yesterday. At Cai^ Grayling, nearly 700 National Guardsmen battM a 200-acre fire whidi was reported on the military reservation. The fire was several miles from the main installatkw and through a wooded Twenty separate fires were reported along the Chesapeake and 0 h i 0 Railroad track between Fowlerville and Brighton in Livingston County. Several wheat fields were burned over but no buildings were reported in danger. The blaze was blamed on a passing train. Conservation officers said the forest area is at an explosive danger point. Bootleggers Disgusted JlAKEHwit the last hquor in the United late Thursday night, surveyed the bare, two empty bourbon bot- tles, and rasped: States with an ironic touch. One bootlegger—a man of unknown years who goes by the name Red Hydrick—Is flatly disgusted with the change. Hydrick is probably the best-known bootlegger in Eastern U. P. Alerted to Forest Fire Threat Although liquOT became legal at 12:01 a.m., it won’t really be wet—which will take at least 16 days. Gov. Paul B. Johnson vowed strict conqiiiance with statewide enforcement of prohibition until such referendums are held. It was Jidinson iHm called for legalization earlier SAULT STE. MARIE (AP)-The eastern Upper Peninsula has been alerted to be on the lookout for possible forest fires. Ransom Hill, district four fire supervisor for the State Conservation Department, said Thursday potentially hazardous am-ditions exist under a formula that includes humidity, days since rain, wind velocity and timber types. “I’ve been in this building 27 years and I’ve gone through hell. There has been a lot of money taken in the front door of this shack, but through the hazards of this racket, there has been a lot go out through the back door.’’ About six billion checks are printed annually in the U. S. to supply the need for Uiis exchange medium. Hydrick, like all the other illegal sellers of bonded booze, was closing up. He’s made no plans for the future. Most bootleggers are going along with the 16nn\i> roK mi wiioi i i \mii.^ Ladies’ and Children’s TENNIS DXFORDS LADIES' White, Navy, Green, Black Sizes 4 to 10, N - M CHILDREN'S Novy, Red, White. 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