—— aan 2. == hich met atthe Pontiac En-+ ~ message shown last night. } Reviewing some of the dramatie » The Weather Friday: Cooler i 118th YEAR a: xxx AC PRESS PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1955—76 PAGES oe ASSOCIATED PRESS INTERNATIONAL wen SS"TERS & rents to Be | Appointed LANSING (®—Gov. Williams ip day appointed Clark J, Adams, of Pontiac, as a member of the State s Commission for a term expiring Oct, 1, 1959. Adams is a former leant ad- viser to the governor and a former supreme court justice. He suc- ceeds Talbert Smith of Ann Arbor, who resigned to accept an ap- pointment @s supreme court justice, GM Employment | Stabilized Here Work Week in Pontiac Averages 40.1 Hours in Past 5 Years: Genera] Motors hourly employes in Pontiag averaged 40.1 hours of ee, ee ee contract which year; RR: M. onaceneld, viee president and Pontiae Divi- sion general manager said last night. He spoke at a meeting of the Pontiac General Motors Club, gineering building with Pontiac businessmen as guests. ‘During the five years the GM hourly pay rate advanced 44 cents. During the same period, Critchfield pointed out, jobs in GM divisions here increased from 25,- 561 in 1950 to 30,783 in 1955. tormaled” §117,637,462. In 1954 the annual payrolis in Pon- tiae had climbed to $155,105,527. A pledge that General Motors _ ~ Intends to “‘work hard in an effort te arriv a _new_agreement. the UAW-CIO which will be fair and of mutual benefit to all” was made by H. W. percha vice- president in charge of personnel of General Motors in a filmed benefits: that General Motors em- ployes enjoyed under the 5-year agreement,-Anderson said that as a result of it General Motors was able to ‘Plan ahead in research and new development and to expand its facilities tremen- dously: to meet the growing cus- tomer demand. : “This all added up,” he said, “to higher pay, steadier employ- ment and the addition of 128,000 good new jobs in General Motors durjng this five year period.” ~ Pontiac Seeks Civil Defense Fire Fighters Always been excited by the sight swith; 'Anti-Toll Road Group Charges Bring Rebuttal Tells Chief Engineer Turnpike Authority's Viewpoint | for the Michigan Turnpike Authority (MTA) to coa- tinue in operation against engineer for the MTA, re- plied today to a series of statements made in o oA sition to the proposed Rock-Saginaw HH Bh The statements were made Monday night at a meeti in Devon Gables of the Citi- zens’ rrotective Assn. of Mich., ~vhich is fighting the | *** plan. Baker and two aides were pres- fore the meeting ended, without Epi: to join in- the discus- Geet nap of a planned route until last Thursday when engirleers submit- ted it for our study.” desired information from the MTA. “We wrote Dearborn's mayor April 6," Baker stated, ‘offering ;to meet with him at his conveni-| ence with an index map of the. road and discuss local problems." Similar letters also were sent to | (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3)_ Legislative restrictions] ‘|would n.ake it “irfipossible c= to County Home Representatives of the MTA have | . terday was committed to the Oak- cross) seve haar base Ok to aot] UF President Elected to the presidency of the | Michigan United Fund today at the organization’s eighth annua! ‘meeting in East Lansing was Irv- | ing A. Duffy, vice president and | general manager of the Ford! Tractor and Implement Division in Birmingham. He served as first | year president of the MUF last Boy Committed Hearing Set April 26 for 12-Year-Old—Youth in Vicious Attack A 12-year-old boy, who police say admitted beating a three-year-old | girl with a spiked two-by-four yes- “Terry Allen Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. King, of 255 W. | Fairmount St., was arrested Tues- day night shortly after Cindy Lyntie | Montgomery - scious in a partially completed home on West Ruigers street. | eritieal condition in Pontiac Gen- eral Hospital today suffering k (Comoe on Page 2, Col 418 Polio Vaccine on Move Newark. also closed. Storm-Battered South Braces for Tornadoes New York City Gropes Along as Pea Soup Fog: Cuts Visibility- By UNITED PRESS The storm-battered South- | land was warned to brace for possible tornadoes toda anda pea-soup fog cut visi- bility near zero at New | ' York City. the people’s wishes and con- | , . Meanwhile, a warm sun = the state's road build and zooming’ temperatures -| ing program. melted blizzard snows in the } _E. Thomas Baker,—chief West. The Columbia, S; -C., Weather Bureau -issued a | Special warning of possible 'isolated tornadoes in seven counties in the southern part of the state. Three days of freakish, savage weather across the nation’s south- ern half have left at least five | | persons dead and property dam- age estimated in the hundreds of | thousands of dollars, In Mississippi, more persons were feared dead in the collapse — of a 100-feet— bridge over the flood-swollen Homochitto River. At least two, and possibly more, cars plunged into the raging river | when the bridge biickl@d late yes- terday near Woodville. Authori- ties said they could not be sure how many vehicles fell or how many occupants had been carried to their deaths. The vast spring storm started with blizzards in- the Northern Plains which swept ingo Oklahoma and Texas. Choking dust storms swept from Texas into Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi. The savage squall line ripped Mobile, Ala., , a tree-top- The storm spread farther east , across Dixie and took the form of | a@ pea-soup fog along the Atlantic | Coast. A seamafi was killed and another was injured when two freighters collided in a fogbank _____ off the North Carolina Ca; In New York low-lying fog forced shutdown of all major airports. The last plane took off from Idle- | wild at 11 o'clock last night. _Airport—in-. New. Jersey Showers Ene in Area Tonight Predicted showers failed to ma- terialize this morning, but are ex- pected to appear for a while this evening. Tomorrow will be partly ‘cloudy and somewhat cooler. With ttle mercury at 60 degrees at 8 o'clock this morning, rising to 70 by 2 p.m, the expeeted low tonight will be from 46 to 50 de- grees, Tomorrow will bring a high ‘of 61-to 65 followed by more ‘oc- casional showers tomorrow night ‘and a low of 60 to 64, the U. s. Weather Bureau says.: - In downtown Pontiac yesterday | thermometer readings ranged fa low of 50 to d igh of 71 shortly after six last night. Seaway Funds Asked LANSING a— Gov. Williams | organization on world trade. {national situation, including prob- from |. pounds of Salk vaccine. of be Kaitican Thomeegin,.Ss Celine, ‘THE Sea siggeint Sad 7209 _ ONLY SLIGHT INJURIES — The driver of the car | ‘shown above under a milk truck; Walter W. Boes, 62, escaped with only slight injuries. Police in Dayton, | Ohio, say he ran AP Wirephete a red light at an intersection. ‘The | truck driver escaped injury. Ike Seeks OK of Trade Group 34-Nation Organization | Is Designed to. Police World Commerce AUGUSTA, Ga. «—President Eisenhower today seeks congres- sional approval of a new 34-nation The President, in the midst of | ja work and golf vacation here, arranged to send a special message ' to Washington, He also scheduled a late after- neon visit with Sen, George (D- Ga), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at the Augusta National Golf Club. James C, Hagerty, White House press secretary, said the meeting would be “purely social” and that the chief executive plans to intro- duce George to a few friends. _ But the session does provide® an opportunity for review of the inter- b lems in-the Formosa area. Eisenhower's special message to Congress seeks approval of a 34- | nation unit known formally as the Organization for Trade Coopera- tion. An agreement for its creation was signed at Geneva, Switzerland, yielded, at least partially. Solons Ready to Draw Up New State Road Program LANSING (#—Legislative leaders apparently are ready to start all over again on a new highway, expansion pro- But 11 weeks of dispute ne were not lost— | because there was evidence that the leading House oppo- nent to a so-called “arterial” highway program nea) Rep. Emil A. Peltz (R-Rogers City), chairman of the | | House Roads Committee and father of the much-battered | ~a~ staté“Department” spokesman Peltz highway bill, told the House-Senate Conference | said that the vaccine developed by | Committee on his bill that he was willing to give in and | Jonas Salk was taking its place accept Senate ideas which ran contrary to his own—but with some modification. The House had passed the | Peltz bill which retained the | existing formula for distrib-+ uting highway funds: 44) per cent to the. state, 37 per cent to the counties and 19 pei cent to the municipali- ties. It also contained a l4a-cent increase in the gasoline tax and a 25 per cent in truck license fees. The Senate changed the Peltz bill to divide the new income LS) per. cent to the state, 25 per cent to the cities and counties, earmarked the state's share for a huge four- lane divided trunkline artery sys- tem, retain the 1%-cent gas tax increase but dropped the truck | March 21, increase. C. Harris, will present its 28 evening. PHS Band Plays Tonight Pontiac High School Band, the boys’ gymnasium of the school at 8/15 o’clock this Assisting will be a guest conductor, Ralph J. Hermann, under the direction of Dale th annual spring concert in of New York City. Hermann will conduct | the band in two of his own compositions: the overture, “The North Sea,” and two ari from vane Kiddie Bal- Soloist for the evening will be Judith Dickstein, high school sen- jor, who will play the first move- ment-of Mendelssohn's Concerto in G Minor musical director of the Anerren Broadcasting Studios Of special interest will be the premier presentation of Glenn Os- ser’s tone poem, “Hiawatha Land,” composed specially for this occasion, Osser is a native of Michigan and his work is sched- | uled for publication next Decem- ber. Seats for the concert are un- reserved, and tickets are avail- able from band members and will y - Water Survey Driver Walked Away From This One Rur al Residents } Will Get First. Official Notices America Offers Polio Secret to People of | All Nations _ Parents of children who took part in last year’s Salk + vaccine test should be no- tified no later than next week if their children re- ceived the real vaccine or “dummy” shots. Dr. John D. Monroe, Pon- health director, today said parents of children attend- ing rural-area schools will probably be notified first, perhaps by tomorrow. Parents in urban areas should be notified by the middle of next week, he said. Parents receiving a certificate will know their young- sters got the vaccine. . But even if the parents don’t re- ceive notification before the new | Shot series begiris, children need- ‘ing the serum will be given it, he said. Clinic teams administering the shots will have the records with them. Meanwhile, President Eisen- hower directed . Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to offer the Salk vaccine formula and Tn _repert on the menumen- ta Dulles - study to determine when the U.S. will have enough of the drug to export and still take care of do- | alongside atomic power for peace as an American gift to help all ‘peoples of thé world. Beginning Tuesday, first and second graders in the Rochester school district will be given the Aid Proposed Broomfield’s Measure Reported on Senate | Floor A bill to enable Oakland County te obtain state financial aid for a water-resource survey is before the state Senate. The measure, by Sen. heise S. Broomfield (R-Royal Oak), is slated for final consideration next | week. The plan would enable the State Water Resources Commis- sion to request $20,000 to join with Oakland, Wayne, Macomb, Genesee and Lapeer Counties in a preliminary study of water needs. Only Wayne’s north half would be included, Broomfield said. The five counties would also supply $20,000 making the $40,000, which is thought necessary for an initial | survey... Studies would be limited to towns whose present supply is/ inadequate, and may aid in secur- | ing water from the Great Lakes. Pontiac City Manager Walter K. Wiliman last week urged Pontiac to take the lead in finding new water sources. A previous water survey meas- ure introduced by the Oakland lawmaker passed the House, but | was killed in a Senate committee be on oe at the door. in April last year. vid Uti i i I or thelr equivalent for a period of 15 years. 2—Accept students from outside ‘the school district in a special edu- cation program, Both the Pontiac students and those from outside In Today’ s Press Bema... eteeeneen eee % ee eee et ee ee PAGCOR P He ee we ».