J) h ! J re A } : o 7 oe / J ; = { 5 ‘ a ‘ , + . 7 * : F The Weather AR | Partly Cloudy and Warmer | Detalls page two . 114th YEAR * *. xk * PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, WEDN NESDAY. FEBRUARY. 29, 1956 +-40 PAGES ASSOCIATED FREAS ' INTERNATIONAL wwe eniee "O7O isenhower Ru x * * Mayor Answers | Enemies of Plan in Sharp Blast Hirlinger, Commissioner: Add Protests to Efforts _to Block Proposal The anti-municipal park- ing group headed by Sam L. Stolorow was sharply criticized by the mayor and commissioners, the man- ager of the Pontiac Cham- ber of Commerce and a/“"es. Zipping along at about 19| spokesman for the “Com-) mittee for Five Cent Park-| ing” at the City Commis-) sion meeting last night. The one-hour discussion’ drew rounds of applause from the 40 spectators seated in the audience of the chambers. Pontiac voters will go to the polls Monday to decide on the fssuance of $600,000 in revenue bonds to boost municipal off- street Saginaw Offers Bonds SAGINAW ® — City council | voted 7-) last night to sell a mil- tien dollars worth of revenue bonds to build a three-level downtown parking facility with a capacity of 606 cars. Parking | sie ae bo receeet Selb tirement. parking spaces in the city to, 1,038. Included in the audience last night were two members of. the opposition group and a stenog- rapher. Neither commented | when Mayor William W.’ Donald- son asked if anyone in the audience wished to be heard. Donaldson. alongside a huge map of the city, answered charges hurled against him in a four-page else, he would have added two days 65, publication released recently by to August and spoiled See Y announced. He had been suffering James H. Little, working for the Stolorow group. FLAILS ALLEGED SLURS a “This has cast doubt upon my| angrily | the mayor “You may question my honesty,” shouted. * judgment but not my honesty and| get away with it.” - He said a lot af 147 W. Law- rence St., next to his home and | business office, was included in in aq ring of parking lots sug- gested by a parking study com- mittee seven years ago. “That was public knowledge and. | on statements. j | be published after Friday’s ¢di- tions. x * arking Opponents Rapped by Officials ae » x *& * for Calendar, He stuck the extra day Added Day in Lea, Year February 29 puts the “leap” in Leap Year, and we have Julitts Caesar to thank for it. Not Women into the calendar, creating > the special year, but it of his female friends. “Making the calendar year equal to the solar’ year was, the original interztion, how- ever distorted it has be- come. The trouble lies ip the fact that the earth’s speed around the sun does not fit into nice, round fig-| |miles per second, our globe makes |the round trip in 365 days, six jhours, nine minutes and -9.4 seconds. . Astronomers trying to divide that figure by the amount of time it takes the earth every day to revolve on its axis—23 — hours, 56 minutes and 4.1 sec- onds—naturally came up with -a- mess too big to fit on a wrist watch. em for centuries, 1 DAY TOO LONG The old Roman calendar had been a pretty good solution, but ‘unfortunately it was one day too, long each year. It was three |months ahead of the sun by the| time Caesar inserted Feb. 29. Actually, at the time of the change, February normally had 29 days. Caesar really added a thirtieth day. But Caesar's successor, Augus- us, was jealous. He wanted to |pame the eighth month after him- |self, but August then had only 30 days; whereas July, named after Julius Caesar, had 31. ‘STEALS A DAY The power of an emperor {ts great: Augustus took a day from \February and tacked it onto Au- gust. Had Augustus immoderately wanted more days than anyone the old rhyme: “Thirty days hath September ..,” which would end up, “ex- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) Deadline on Charges In order that everyone will | have an equal chance on local | issues, The Pontiac Press will observe its customary deadline No last minute charges or new arguments will This pertains to news columns and the Voice of the (Continued on Page 2, Col. 7) | Evepte'< colema. Birthdays Mean More When They Come Only Everv Four Years: cuietonas — Both four years old today, Ste- phen Linney and Cynthia Ann Le, above, extend birthday. wishes to others born on Feb. 29. On their +, list of greetings are Larry J. Epley, also 4, of Mil- ford; Mrs: Edna Leinenger, 64, off'76 Williams St.; Harry Kimmins, Tt. wasn't just for the benefit! ‘They've wrestled with the prob-’ Kross, 84, of Andersonville. Stephen and Cynthia Ann are children of the Roy Linneys, Township, and the Robert Lees, 95 S. Johnson Ave. ° Reject Request to Limit Voting Every Elector Qualified to Ballot on Park Plan, Attorney Rules City Attorney William A. Ewart ruled last night that any qualified} — elgctor in Pontiac may vote on the parking bond issue next Monday. March 5. The opinion was presented to the! |City Commission after a demand by a private parking opera! ae PRESI “My Answer Will Be . . Affirmative" DENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER : ’ only property owners vote on | $600,000 proposal. Sica!) gpomypel gay called ing bonds gations of = ‘ity e of Goer Ewart sald. “They are payable solely from the révenues re- | ceived from the operation of all | parking lots in the city and are not general obligation bonds under section 5.2737 Michigan Statutes Annotated." Ewart cited two Michigan Su- preme Court rulings and an opinion ‘of the Attorney General of Michi-| A year-old child was killed and gan (dated 1940) to support his his two brothers hospitalized by jraine. ope firmed th’, ¢xPlosion af an oil stove in wart's sion was confirm . by Claude H. Stevens, borid attor-| their trailer home at 1551 E. Ten ney, who said the cases mentioned Mile Rd., Macison Heights yester- in the ruling showed no liability on day. the people of the districts involved./ Ronald Carter was pulled dead \ from the blazing trailer by his! ‘mother, Mrs. Steven Carter, 19.) |His brothers, Lawrence, 2, and! ‘Steven, 3, also brought out by the| mother, were taken to William | Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, age Of/suffering from carbon monoxide the presidential press office poisoning. The mother said she was talking from high blood pressure. with a neighbor about 40 feet away Quirino assumed the presidency when the trailer burst into flames. lupon the death of President Man- Flames blocked the front door, but juel Roxas in'I$48 when the repub- she managed to get in by the back _llic was but 21 months old He door and found Ronald lying on lost to President Ramon Magsay-the floor. She pulled him out.| [ay in the 1953 elections. tien went back in anc brought out Ce the other two doys. ‘How Old Are YOU ? ? Carter was away at work, police | CHICAGO, Ill. w—Whether you - Blast in Trailer Kills Younaster Two Brothers Injured as Oil Stove Explodes: in Madison: Heights Ex. President Quirino of the Philippines Dies MANILA, Philippines @ —For- mér President Elpido Quirino died p. at his home today at the a said. are young at 70 or old at 50 is a —— Mt. Etna Eepiodinal matter of health, mind, body and | Spirit.” Dr. Albert E. Heustis, di-- CANTANIA. Sic ily W—Mt. Etna,} rector of the Michigan State Health sl S-tallest active volcano |Department, told a conference of hurled tons of lava’ into the air, representatives of [Illinois homes'in rumbling explosions every two for the aged last might) or three seconds early today. City High School Student Council Eye County Site Backs Parking ind Race Track ee eiatcaeaaae saan | Farmington Officials OK zations in urgitig the citizens of| Initial Plan for Large Course, Sports Arena y Pontiac to vote for increased mun- icipal parking in Monday's elec- tion. A spokesman for the ‘Committee ‘For Five Cent Parking” made this Plans for a $5,500,000 race track 68, of Cherokee Rd., and Edmund Waterford Bobbie Farnham, above, gets a and cowboy. decorations. Son of Drayton Plains, Bobbie'was born F " FINALLY “ONE” — Since today is his first official birthday, | vision broadcast tonight to Feople. Asked what the issues The President said this broadcast will probably be sometime between 9:30 and 10:30 P. M. (EST). ins ne Second = ‘Stands on dministration Record Running Mate Choice ls Left to Convention But Ike Has High Praise for Nixon; Will Report to Nation Tonight (From Our Wire Services) Ww ASHINGTON — President Eisenhower gave a dramatic “affirmative” answer today to the questions the whole nation was waiting to hear— he will be a candidate for re-election. He told a jam-packed news conference: “My answer will be positive—that is affirmative." The President will make a nationwide radio and tele- explain his decision to the Mi when the President states his case before the American will be in the campaign, Eisenhower gave # blunt reply—he will campaign on the record of his administration. The President had wrestled with his decisién almost up to the moment of its announcement. He sald he was still arguing with himself yesterday and: did not tell. any one” else what he would do until last night, Eisenhower told a news conference electric with excitement over the big decision that he doesn’t know whether the Ameri- can people want him or not. He made it clear he. will op-jlay all of his cards on the table, including a candid ‘jappraisal of his health five months after suffering a heart attack. IN GOOD HEALTH The President brushed aside yg on his health this morning, ro ing this is one of the he will discuss toni The Chief Execut np peared in robust health this morning as he answered almost every other question thrown at him. An all-time record total of 311 newsmen attended the news con- and winter sports arena in the —— bo last night's City|Grand River-Ten Mile Road area miss session. were broug today, follov He said the group unanimously) oo : supported the city’s stand on the ing tentative approval of rezoning proposal in a meeting held this|a 24-acre site from residential to week. The students are the first! commercial designation. ee — ee to for-! Initial approval was given. the y entlorse proposal. rezoning petition at a special meet- ing Monday afternoon by the Cloudy and Warmer feincn termur Board. F. Gregoric of Wayne, the organization which holds Tonight, Tomorrow tims "on ‘the property, requested the rezoning. The Weatherman predicts to-| Site for the proposed night and tomorrow. will be partly | ment Is on a parcel ote) cloudy and warmer with a low to-| bounded by Nine and Ten Mile, night of 25 degrees and a high to-| and Halsted and Haggerty roads. morrow of 40-44. : The outlook for Friday is mostly Floyd A. Cairns, Farmington iomneee clerk, said the develop- cloudy with showers and warmer. | ar construct, in addition | In downtown Pontiac, the lowest |~ pectgo n & Tew mperature preceding 8 a.m. was ‘to cee sia geese racing, ase 7a iamonds, tennis courts a |14 degrees. The thermometer reg- heated faciJities for winter sports istered 30 degrees at 1 p.m. jevents. A convertible-type roof aan jwould make the track adaptable Whele. Bay Freezes ime indoor and outdoor sports. seorge Kovacs, owner of. Gen- TRAVERSE CITY (®#—For. the) 7 first time in four years, both the bere iran = red Ramee east and west arms of Grand yrer of the group planning the ‘Traverse Bay were frozen over jcenter, said his associates had not today. | yet: made a decision to locate their Po in Farmington Township. _ “We have four or five sites in view, with options on property in each,” Kovacs said. “We have not yet decided on a location, Getting the township roning ap- proval is a matter of routine, and all the other sites will have to go through the same process, When that approval is given and we have made our choice, then | igan Racing Commission to ob- tain a license.” Cairns said the Farmington iTownship Board tentatively ap-' iproved the project, subject to! review by the planning board a public hearings before presentation [to the zoning board, ag Calendar to Line Up ‘in Numerical Order | MEMPHIS, Tenn, (®—The cal- jendar lines up in numerical order) Sunday, something it hasn't done) jfor 11: more, Sunday's the fourth day of the | third mionth. So the short- form | date reads thus: 3-456. That has-| n't happened since 2-3-45, It won't happen again until 4-5-67. | Pontiac Press Photos cake with one mammoth candle Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farnham, | a:. Thomas f&conomy Furniture Co | . ¢ on Open: House tonight, 7.40 9. 2361 8 eb. 29, 1952. at nosiane st be Pe ‘ 2 NN : : \P t, ban \: j for 11 years and won't do again} |Free Gifts, Refreshments, Demonstrations | }361 8. Saginaw Sr. See related story, page 34. \ference in “the old Indian Treaty {room of the executive offices build- jing across the street from the! White House, © Eisenhower said he was going to be just as honest as he could be discussing his health during the campaign. He added with a wry smile we munt stil! go before the Mich. ithat even his political enemies jseem to conc ede his honesty, jthough at times they may think the is stupid. Asked whether he is hopeful of ;winning re-election, the Presigent | q turned dead serious. nd PEOPLE TO DECIDE He declared this is a question jin the hands of the American peo-, iple, repeating that his compass | (Continued on Page 2, Col.'6) ra In Today’‘s Press County News. ............ ¥. 2 Editorials ....... cerereueiessy Guideposts 0.0... ..66 56.00% Ph) | Sports ........5...28, 29, 30, 35 Theaters .........6.ccce ees 2 | TV. & Radio Programs. ;....38 Women’s Pages.. 21, 22, 23, 24 Grand Opening Tonight! 7 to 9. Gifts, refreshments, démonstra- Legislative Unit Kills Airport Bill vote was 6-2. The bill would have required any city planning to expand an airport by condemnation to get the, ap- proval of the board of supervisors in ‘which toe airport lies, Detroit ie me 74 acres of land in the tewnship and wants to obtain more by condemnation. Chief spokesman for the_ groups protesting the airport site was Frank Runey, president of the Tri- County Civic Assn. Runey, an insurance executive: living in Warren Township, said public opinion is against the air- port and there is no necessity for a new airport in the area. The Wayne Major airport, west of Detroit, is ideally suited for development because of its pres- ent size and proximity to the ex- pressway. The proposed airport site fs bounded hy 12 and 14 Mile roads, \Dequindre and Ryan. 1 Birthdays Are SS DENVER ray: are & | big occasion. for Susan Ellis and Sher daddy, Milton Ellis. _jand her daddy 40, But today was only Susan's first anniversary and her daddy's. 10th, Both were born on Feb. 29. Grand Opening freatene:. 7 to 8. ee. vs S. Saginaw St. soon ky duiee oominds Thomas Economy ee Co.,, tions. ‘Thomas Economy , Purniture Co., vos ere len en. FE 33618 : , eb of Warren Twp. Field Susan is 4 . ‘Cmuaiee members ~ said ‘the . 7 * “er ae } Hove UIAG Ue at | DIVA . . : , _ The Day in ~ City Planners Request © on Oftice Zoning _ road, who ig director of per- . services. for General Tax Chios Hits Ex-Teamster : Indict Samuel Marroso| . for Alleged Concealing | ‘ THE PONTIAC PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1956 - lke Will Run Again if People Want Him _{Continued From Page ove) |] AIKS {wit be the record of-his amin irmingham _front- and 89 degrees at Miami Beach, from bribes received from local contractors to avoid Igbor disputes. Keating, Marroso and two other teamsters officials were given ay terms on charges brought a labor rackets grand jury in 1954. The income tax investigation stemmed from that case, in which the union officials were accused of shaking down employers. Keating stood. mute when._ar- raigned in Detroit: federal court, and was released on $10,000 per- sonal bond. No trial date has been Add Leap Year Day to Equalize Calendar (Continued From Page One) cept February alone . , , and “which hath 32.” - i Fath. qi! Pontiac, Florida? Commissioners to Watch, Wait Ever heard of Pontiac, Florida? This imaginary -metropolis was brought to light last night at the City Commission meeting when the communication, the commissioners decided to take Donaldson’s advice that Pontiac “walt to see how the Dearborn project works out.” ft’s Hot Time in Miami MIAMI, Fila. (—Yesterday was the hottest Feb, 28 in Miami's his- tory—85 degrees, The Weather Bureau reported it was 88 in Bay- front Park a the Miami water- The Weather - PONTIAC AND VICINITY — Partly cleudy and warmer today, tonight and . today 23-39. Lew te-| ight near 25 and high tomerrew 40-44. Peet te southwest winds 8-17 miles an beer becoming southerly by tomorrew Today in‘ Poutiae Lowest temperature preceding @ sm At 8 am: Wind velocity © mph Sun sets : " Moon rises Wednesday at 10:53 p.m. Moon sets Thursday at 9:09 em. Te m.. -1@ «lla m.... e ul M.cpecess 8% = 12 m. 38 Sa. m.., eo 18 ip. @......... bi Sa. m., opces 20 ‘ 1¢ a. m. 3 | AS rd ce ) . (As recorded downtown Highest temperat o-. 2 Lowest’ tempefsture........ cocceccoes Sa «Sean temperagre oe. .ee Decne 13 Weather ferries x Age in Pontiae Fighest temperatu Riacuececsse Se Lowest temperature. .......0006...+ 18 Mean eens 4. - Wepther—Pair, Highest and Lowest Temperateres This “ Date in MY -@ in 16m “‘Tyeeday's perature Chart te 236. 3 Memphis 60 31 15 | ew. Orleans 68 40 é | York 3 2 37 Phoenix ™% 41 9-2 8t. Louls 41-33 6 4 8. a 47 we F 6. %-3 3 2} 47.39 : 7% 41 “2 w 62 36) _+ : is living in Memphis, Tenn. . plan. In each of the three courtyards, a hickory tree will be growing, in view of the nine classrooms, library, and offices. Under the saw- “ Dairy Farmers Receive Backing Motor City Créamery Agrees That Producers Warrant Price Boost DETROIT o — Dairy farmérs fighting for higher milk prices had the support of at least one cream- ery today. . * * John Stewart, president of Twin Pines Farm dairy, said yesterday at a hearing before a U. S. De- partment of Agriculture examiner that Twin Pines and other Detroit ; “agree that farmers The hearing was called at the request of the Michigan Milk Producers Assn. which is de- Samuel T. Angott, president of the Detroit Milk Dealers, Inc. said increased payments to farmers would be reflected in higher milk prices to consumers, Angott said the creameries were ‘‘caught in a tempting to supplant the MMPA as bargaining agent for the farm- ers, went to court today to fight expulsion from the parent asso | Clation, t -uiPontiac Deaths William J. Johnson * William J. Johnson, 53, of 586 Auburn Ave. died yesterday after- noon at Pontiac General Hospital. [He had been in ill health five months. : He was-born in East Tawas July 16, 1902, the son of William James and Olive Roney Johnson. On July 30, 1927 he was married to the hiformer Amy Tyrer. Mr, Johnson was a member of First Congregational Church and had been a resident of Pontiac 30 years, Before working for Cy Owens, he was employed as city controller of Grosse Pointe, had worked for the state highway department, Harold Turner of Birmingham and as an accountant for the City of Pontiac. an Besides his Wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Olive Fox of San Mateo, Calif., two children, Mrs. Virginia Fromius -of Detroit, Lt, LeRoy Johnson of Kingsville, Tex. (marines) and two grandchil- dren, Two brothers also survive, Bert Johnson of Kirkland, Wash. and LeRoy Fox of San Mateo, Calif. Service will be at 1:30 p.m. Fri- day from the Huntoon Funeral |Home with the Rev. Malcolm K. Burton, his pastor, officiating. Bur- ial will follow in Oak Hill Cem- etery, Mrs. Lelon Graham Mrs. Lelon (Sylvia) Graham, 57 of 623 Arthur St. died Monday in| Pontiac General Hospital, She had Born in Holly Spring, Miss. Sept. 192 she was married nenden, Miss, in Her- Mrs, Graham came here six years ago from German Town, Tenn. where she was q member of New Bethel Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband and son, Sylvester Burnes of Evan- $ton, Ti. A brother, William Harris, Service will be at 2 p.m. Thurs- day from the Frank Carruthers Funeral Home. The Rev. Charies H. Peoples, associate pastor’ of New Bethel Baptist Church will of-| ficiate with ‘burial -in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after T o'clock this evening, Electric power in Ireland, pro- duced by-a Government-sponsored LANSING w — A bill designed] to cut costs of .Blue Cross and other cooperative hospitalization in- surance plans was ‘killed yesterday by the House Insurance Commit- tee, . : * * »* The bill, introduced by Rep. Al- lison Green (R-Kingston), would have required the cooperative plans House Group Defeats Bill to Cut Costs of Blue Cross cut Blue Cross rates as much as 20 per cent. A 15 per cent’ Blue Cross rate boost has been approved by the state insurance commissioner and takes effect Thursday, Rep. Andrew Bolt (R-Grand Rap- ids) said the bill had some good features but that the problems in- to be deductible so that subscrib- ers would pay part of the costs for the first days of hospitalization. Solons Hurrying to Dispose Bills Deadline Approaching as Scores of Legislation Must Be Voted On. LANSING — Working against an imminent deadline, Senate and House committees hurried to- day to dispose of scores of bills still hanging fire under their con- trol. * * * Included and apparently doomed were a number of the chief legis- lative recommendations of Gov. Williams. 3 - Under House and Senate rules, all bills except taxation and ap- propriation measures not ap- proved by committees in the chamber of origin by midnight will die, A flurry of activity Tuesday pro- duced these committee decisions on some of the important bills: _The Senate Taxation Committee killed a bill to permit cities, with voter consent, to levy a tax of up j | _|to one per cent on wages, sal-| aries and net Income of businesses and evisesional men. * * ‘The Senate Liquor Committee favorably reported a bill to take. the state out of the retail liquor lets which do about four per cent| of the state's 167 million dollar an- nual liquor business. The Senate State Affairs recom- mended passage of a measure to enlarge state water resources com- mission powers to deal with water and sewage problems, and pro- vide for a banding together of local communities facing such problems in water supply and sew- age disposal! districts. -A bill embodying the state school ald recommendations of Qair L. Taylor, state school chief, was re- ported favorably by the Serate Ed- ucation Committee, but with some changes. It was referred to the appropriations committee. Among bills approved by Honse committees was a measure. sanc- tioning payment of state unem- ployment compensation along with private supplemental -layoff pay. Pair Confesses Part in Holdup of Tavern commission. Its enactment would| result in closing of 99 retail out-; volved are too complex to solve in “rush” legislation, He said a resolution would be introduced recommending a joint interim legislative committee to study the problem. A similar study committee is expected to be ap- pointed by Gov. Williams soon, ‘Joseph A. Navarre, state insur- ance commissioner, told the com- mittee the Green bill is prema- ture. He urged that legislation be delayed until the studies are com- pleted. Also appearing at today's hear- ing were executives of Blue Cross, who said the bill would not im- prove the rate en a bit. ” Under the Green plan; patients would pay the cost of the first day and 15 per cent of the charg- es after the seventh day, “It is unwise to make the de- ductible provision mandatory be- cause times and needs change,” said William S. McNary, executive vice president of Blue Cross. - McNary was asked whether doc- tors are in the best position to Stop the abuse of Blue Cress bene- fits since they are the final judges as. to whether patients should be admitted to hospitals. * * McNary answered that. many doctors told him that their patients had threatened to change to other physicians if they were not sent to the hospital. Tax Deadline Today for Residents of City Today is the last day for Pontiac taxpayers to: pay 1955 city, school and county taxes, City Treasurer | Walter A. Giddings announced. Tomorrow all unpaid taxes must| be paid at the Oakland County Treasurer's office along with in- stallments on special assesments. Starting tomorrow, a*four per cent collection fee will be added to delinquent taxes and one-half of one per cent additional each ‘month thereafter until sold at the annual tax sale for 1955 taxes. The treasurer’s ofice is on the first floor of the City Hall -and will remain open today until 5 p.m, ~ ‘Breaks Window, Wall Hickory Grove Bids Accepted Will Be Built Around _3 Courtyards; School Outlay $376,220 BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP Bids for construction of Hickory Grove school district's new build- ing, built around three courtyards, have been-accepted here, with the total expected outlay of funds at $376,220. Board of .education members in the district, which is in Bloomfield Township, awarded contracts to low bidders for thé school, designed by Linn Smith, Birmingham archi- ect. The general contractor will be Bundy Construction Co., Pontiac whose bid was $259,000, mechan- jeal work will be “done by Great- Lakes Power Piping Co. of Detroit, $80,500; electrical, by Darwish Brothers Electric Co., Detroit, $29,265; and kitchen equipment, Gold Star Products, Inc., Detroit, $7,455. September 1956 is the expected date for students to occupy the classrooms, with administrative of- fices being completed later.. A large hickory tree centers each of the. school’s three open courtyards, with an unusual saw- tooth roof of thin shell concrete above a multi-purpose room. The nine classrooms will be grouped in clusters of three to be reached by a gently ramped passage from the administrative area. Masonry bearing walls re- duce the steel required, and brick is used throughout the building to keep down maintenance. Colorful porcelain enamel on The President said in emphatic terms that once a man has passed into the Supreme Court he is an American citizen and nothing else — not a member of any political party, He kept the newsmen on pins and needles for several minutes at! the start of the news conference as he discussed several other matters. For the first eight minutes of the session, the President, calm and collected, tantalized the news- men by talking first about various other matters—such things as the Red Cross drive for funds, the pending farm bill, and a water resources measure. which is be- fore Congress. PERSONAL IN NATURE With the tension mounting, Ei- senhower finally turned to the sub- regarding a second term. He said he had an announcement which was something more per- sonal in nature, and recalled that he had promised the newsmen that he would disclose his Second term plans to them first if it couldgbe rked out that way. Elsenhower then said he had reached a decision whether to bid for another for years in the White House, He went on to say that his de- cision involves so many factors that it was impossible for him to express it in terms of a simple! yes or no. Eisenhower's announcement pre- sages his nomination by acclama- tion at the party’s.Aug. 20 con- metal panels set in aluminum sash) are set in the exterior yma walls. Besides classroom and multi- purpose rooms, which will provide gymnasium, food service and pub- lic. meeting space, there will be a kindergarten and library. | Burglar Takes $20, A thief who broke into Vincent Vanish's service station at Middle. belt Road and Northwestern High- way last night got away with $20 from a cigarette machine and. two boxes of candy bars, Oakland County Sheriff's detectives said to- day. — In addition to breaking out a window in the overhead garage door, the robber cut a fair-size hole in the wal] of the men’s room, which has an outside entrance, they added, .- . a, 4 fo Conclude today, a nine-woman, jury was expected to begin weigh-| ing the fate ‘of a former judge) charged with attempted ‘murder. | Only two witnesses remained to be questioned in the trial of Ciif- Two men pleaded guilty yvester day in Oakland County Circuit, Court to taking part in the armed, robbery of the Lake Orion Bo-Inn/ been ill a year. pe Feb. 4. | They are Thomas Bailey, 22, of 5, 1898, she was the daughter of #8 S. Broadway, Lake Orion, and Michigan in 1941, later serving as Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan Harris. In Donald Smith, 31, of 451 S. Ander-, Fenton. village attorney. son, Pontiac. | Smith admitted he drove the car used in the holdup with Bailey+ and Gerald K. Davis, 28, of Avon! Township, accompanying him. Da-| vis’ has admitted he entered the! bar, armed with a shotgun, and took $216. _ The three will be tried March 12 along with John D. Fortson, 23, of Auburn Heights, who has ad- mitted joining Davis: in the $890 stickup Jan. 18 of Tom's Bar, 928 jford B. Dye, 54, accused in the Chief Assistant Prosecutor George non-fatal. shooting last Aug. 26 of Fenton tenant farmer William C. Clark, 27, who leased a farm) from Dye’s sister. Dye was a magistrate in Louis- ville, Ky., before moving to Clark, recalled to the-star}i yes- terday, gave testimony conflicting with that previously submitted by a state police ballistics expert. The farmer said three shots were fired, the one that hit him from 15 to 18 feet. The expert had testified there were powder burns on Clark's shirt and the bullet traveled about 18 inches. Under cross examination by Exnect Dye Assaulf Tria -|" Just-before Eisenhower ended his vention in San Fr some development meantime al- ters the situation. ~ Republicans frotn top leaders down .through the rank and file have been hoping and praying that Eisenhower would consent to run again. ; SOME WOULD DROP NIXON In the absence of a definite nod from Eisenhower in behalf of Nix- on, there remains some division of the party, however, about a vice presidential. nominee, Some elements would like to drop Nix- on. oe e 8 .e@ Tt ts generally accepted that wants.-as his. running mate. And \many party members believe he would want Nixon since the Presi- dent has repeatedly. spoken his \high regard for him. * 3* 23-minute ‘meeting with reporters, he said he never would have de- cided to seek re-election unless he Late Today Tn Oakland County Circuit Court! Dye ‘claims self-defense, assert- three-man) ing Clark assaulted him, ‘The accused yesterday elaimed Matthew. Satkowiak, a Grand Blanc farmer, ‘‘perjured himself” when thought he would live out the next five years. : That recalled his doctors’ report on Feb; 15 saying the President appeared physically fit to serve “another 5 to 10 years’ in a job like the presidency. ae But, responding to one question, Eisenhower said his ‘decision to run should not have the effect of excluding any other candidates if they want to get into the race; SIX FRIENDS KNEW quoting Dye as saying*.‘“There’s only one way to deal with Clark and that’s with a gun.” Also testifying yesterday was. Pontifie attorney, L. Harvey Lodge, who has represented the Clarks in| law. suits filed against them by) Dye. . * s * Lodge said Dye came to his of- fice with Circuit Judge George B. Hartritk on the day in ques- tion and left about an hour before, the shooting occurred. “| Dye wanted an injunction | against the Clarks stopping them + from cutting corn to feed cattle, sald Lodge. The two attorneys agreed to meet again the following week to reach a settlement without an injunc- tion, he explained. During the dis-) | i .From Woman’s Purse afternoon, Pontiac police were told. Mount Clemens St. Boys Arrested for Theft Two juvenile boys were’ caught stealing hub caps last night, ac- }cording to Pontiac police who claim the pair Was robbing a car at 7 Prall St. when arrested by Special ip-m. corporation, has multiplied 20 Officer Warren Wilson at 11:15 — since 1929. 4 : F. Taylor, Dye said he had heard Clark's wife, Lois, 27, “lie many times and claimed another witness “clearly perjured himself on the stand.” Mrs, Clark has supported her husband's story that_Dye began shooting: at Clark no apparent iClark had title to most of the cat- cussion Dye “paced. fp and down” and seemed “agitated” said Lodge. Earlier Dye had indicated that did not béetong to him. Lodge said) tle and was the owner as long as reason after the couple and their two children had driveg to .the a ye “ he met mort mee payrnents: Cx = : This thé eighth tay of the j ford Township said the billfold was few minutes. - Clark had mortgaged cattle which’: Greek Cabinet, Installed swore in a new Greek cabinet to- day with pro-Western Constantine Karamanlis retaining the premier- attorney's farm to feed cattle, trial before Judge Clark J. Adams. |ship. At another point he said that maybe a half dozen persons were informed of the decision last evening after he had reached it. He did not name any of them. Another question was whether he had made a decision regarding a second term before his Septem- ber heart attack. With a chuckle, Eisenhower replied that is a se- cret he thinks he never will dis- close, except possibly in his offi- cial papers after he has left the White House. : Billfold With $70 Taken About $70, was in a bilifold taken from a telephone. booth in a down- town’ department store yesterday Mrs. Martha M. White, of Water- in her purse, which she left for a! (INS) — King Paul not a sly, scheming trick of any |commissioner ject everyone had been waiting|; for him to discuss—his attitude! - Eisenhower can have anyone he} . ‘land Little ‘do not even live in our Deadline for voters to register eer i : i HL Civic, City Leaders Flay Parking Critics (Continued From Page One) to place a lot near his place where he lived and worked,” he said. about alleged municipal parking problems in other cities which are displayed lots in SAYS SIGNS FALSE “We have information to prove these signs of Stolorow are entirely | wrong,” he said. He read letters Commerce, Albany, Ga.; Cham- ber of Commerce, Binghampton, N. Y.; Twin Cities Chamber of Commerce, Bentén Harbor, and New Haven and Stamford, Conn. groups. : : ‘forced Monday's election on the from the Alton, Tll., Assoc. of|| Income in 1950-52 _» sioners on problems of rezoning) oljege to fill an unexpired. term. ; residential property to professinall us o03 Buick Meter division -{ Another former official of a Pon- Asked who had been taken into [and office use, ag a bumper zone of Giassel Motors it unt, b tiae Teamsters Local was indicted his confidence as he discussed jagainst the city’s business areas. apes an quienes joe Seactey tr eluted beens to his ‘decision, he replied with a |. Members of the board said they| iPAt as nesistint Personnel diree- evasion. : grin that he talked with every. jwant ideas On rezoning to “small) 10° Oar in 1945 '