A—a THE PONTIAC *PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1968 Allies Join Viet Truce After All-Day Battle SAIGON (AP) — U.S. and South Vietnamese forces joined the Vietcong and North Vietnamese in a Christmas ceasefire tonight after an all-day battle yesterday in which the South Vietnamese claimed their troops killed 159 of the The allied truce was to run for 24 hours, until 6 p.m. tomorrow. The Vietcong had proclaimed a 72-hour truce beginning at 1 a.m. today, but military spokesmen reported during the first six hours, the enemy made seven mortar and ground attacks on South Vietnamese military posts, killing six soldiers and one civilian and wounding 16 soldiers and five civilians. The government said six enemy soldiers were killed. * ★ * Despite these attacks, th^ U.S. Command said at noon that it had no reports of any significant action. But the command announced that the number of “indications” of enemy military activity in the Demilitarized Zone since President Johnson ordered the bombing of A Night 1,968 Years Ago When Christ Was Born By MABY ANGLEMIER Church Editor, The Pontiac Press “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. “And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius Was governor of Syria. ★ ★ * “And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. “And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and lineage of David). “To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child." St. Luke 2: 1-5: TAXING JOURNEY It was about 1968 years ago that Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem to pay their taxes. The journey from Nazareth, more than 70 miles to the north, took Waterford Police Still Probe Deaths Waterford Township police are continuing their investigation of the incident late Saturday in which two men — father and son — were shot to death in their home. However, officers said they have found no evidence that the deaths of James D. Miller, 59, and Ronald D. Miller, 24. were other than a murder-suicide as first theorized by Investigators. ♦ ★ ★ Police believe Ronald first shot his father with a 22-caliber derringer found at the scene, and then turned the gun on himself. A neighbor found,the victims’ bodies in the living room of their home at 6185 Waterloo at about 11:50 p.m. NO MOTIVE No motive has been established, but evidence that both men had been drinking heavily was found at the scene, according to officers. Both died of wounds to the head, investigators said. Ronald D. Miller recently had returned from military duty in Vietnam, police said. 100-Car Mishaps Jam Ford Freeway 5 Hours HARPER WOODS* UPI - The Christmas rush halted on the E4ael Ford Freeway here last night as four accidents involving almost 100 cars tied up traffic more than five hours. No one was killed or believed servlously Injured. * 4 * The bumping started about 4:30 p.m. when a truck Jacknifed trying to avoid a minor mishap and blocked all three westbound lanes. Sixty cars skidded into one another trying to avoid the truck. No sooner had debris been cleared from the first accident than another car skidded and 20 autos were involved in a second accident at 8 p.m. ★ * * When the westbound lane were cleared, the eastbound side jammed with two accidents side by side at 10:15 p.m. Involving 12 cars. The Weather Full U.S. Weather Bureau Report PONTIAC AND VICINITY—Fair and colder tonight. Low in the mid teens. Mostly cloudy and continued cold Wednesday with chance of light snow. High in the low 20s. Thursday partly cloudy and cold. low«it ttmptri Wind Velocity, S itt Tuesday at 11:03 p.m. i»ei Tuesday at 1:45 a.m. Dewntown Temperatures Mean temperature -Snow, 2 Inches, North Vietnam halted on Nov. 1 had passed the 1,000 mark. A U S. spokesman said there had been 1,011 such incidents by midnight Sunday, and U.S. bombers, artillery or warships had opened fire ir at least 305 of these. Johnson in announcing his bomb-halt order said abuse of the DMZ might prove a bar to the Vietnam peace talks in Paris, but allies and the Communists are wrangling about such procedural matters as the shape of the conference table, and here is no indication when peace talks will get under way. American commanders made final-preparations for an unprecedented Christmas pay meeting with Vietcong representatives to discuss the Viet-cong’s- offer to release three U.S. prisoners of war. The meeting, scheduled for noon tomorrow is to be held about 50 miles northwest of Saigon and five miles from the Cambodian border. * * * The U.S. Command, said the three are 21-year-old Army enlisted men captured within the last eight months and previously listed as missing. They were identified as Spec. 4 James W. Brigham of Ocala, Fla.; Spec. 4 Thomas N. Jones of Lynnville, Ind., and Pfc. Donald G. Smith of Akron, Pa. ♦ ★ ★ In the 24 hours Receding the allied truce, 30 U.S. B52 bombers dropped 1,000 tons of explosives on enemy bases and troop concentrations in the arc north of Saigon and in the Central Highlands. The heaviest strikes were concentrated along the jungle approaches to Saigon, some within 24 miles of the capital. several days. Joseph trudged along the dusty road on foot while Mary rode her only means of transportation—a donkey. It was that night now known as Christmas Eve that Jesus was born in the stable, for there was no room in the inn. ★ * * Shepherds in a nearby field watching their flocks by night, heard the first Christmas carol when angels appeared to them singing “Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Those of the Christian faith believe God was weary of the hatred, injustice, bitterness, selfishness and wickedness of the world, so He sent Jesus into the world as a baby to teach people how to live good lives. MOVING SERMONS A carpenter by trade, He grew up in Nazareth and began preaching when He was 30. Hie “Sermon on the Mount” that He preached on the shore of the Sea of Galilee astounds contemporary learned men. ★ * * Jesus taught love and forgiveness. When one of His disciples asked if he should forgive somfone seven times. Jesus answered “e&n unto 70 times seven.” j? Stadium Authority OK'd by Commission AP Wirtplwt* TO PONTIAC POST-Trooper Charles Coleman, 23, a Chicago native, has been sworn in as Michigan’s second Negro state policeman. The first, Jack Hall, was sworn in in August 1967 and assigned to Flint. Coleman will work out The City Commission last night approved formation of a Stadium Building Authority to proceed with the planning of a 65,000-seat domed stadium eyed as a possible future home for the Detroit Lions and Tigers. The commission ordered incorporation papers to be prepared which would enable a five-member authority (yet to' be named) to proceed with planning steps. * * * The stadium would be built near the junction of 1-75 and M59. Plans for the facility were revealed to various metropolitan agencies last summer. Presentations were made by Driker Associates Inc. of Birmingham. It is rumored that the sports teams Assault Charge Dropped; 49-Year Stay in Ionia Ends Christmas for the first time in 49 years will take oh new meaning and a different setting for Mrs. Hazel Luikart. Yesterday, after nearly a half-century of confinement in a mental institution, the 78-year-old former Pontiac Township woman was released to live with a daughter she was accused of trying to kill in 191ft. Earlier in the day, Assistant Oakland County Prosecutor Alex McGarry and Circuit Judge James S. Thorburn teamed up to have the long-standing charge against Mrs. Luikart dismissed. “Hie case is so old that about all we know is that she was charged with assault with intent to murder by poisoning her 4-and 6-year-old daughters," said McGarry. NO TRIAL HELD Mr. Luikart was committed to Ionia State Hospital before she ever stood trial, according to McGarry. A White Christmas for Most of North U.S. A white Christmas seemed a certainty for most of the northern half of the nation today as fresh snows piled into the West and East and zero cold locked the midlands in the remnants of a highwayclogging storm. A new Pacific storm lashed the Northwest with gales and soaking rains along the coast and flung heavy snows Inland from the Cascades and Sierras to the northern Rockies. Lakeview, in south-central Oregon, shoveled through 16 inches of snow. Biting gales sweeping the eastern Great Lakes scattered flurries iqto the Appalachians and dumped heavy snow into western New York and adjacent lake areas. Travelers’ warnings were issued for eight New York counties pelted by snow and winds up to 50 miles an hour. “She’s been there all that time,” he said. In October, the Ionia Probate Court ruled that Mrs. Luikart was mentally competent to stand trial, and she was returned to the Oakland County Jail to await her trial. 1 McGarry cited a variety of legal reasons why he moved to have the case dismissed — “insufficient evidence,” among them. CHRISTMAS AT HOME “And then there was Christmas,” he said. To make sure that Mrs. Luikart would spend Christmas “at home,” McGarry cut red tape to have her released immediately from the county jail and into the custody of her daughter, Mrs. Edna Turtzer, 7260 Trent, Warren. Mrs. Turtzer, the youngest, of Mrs. Luikart’s children, said she “wasn’t sure what we’re going to do for Christmas.” “It will take awhile for mother to get adjusted,” said Mrs. Turtzer, a widow, and a clerk for the Chrysler Corp. “Maybe we’ll just stay home. It’s been a long time since we’ve been together. “She’s really enjoying herself.” LATE SHOPPING Both her sister, Shirley and her father Roy are dead, said Mrs. Turtzer. Today, Mrs. Luikart and her daughter were going shopping. "I'm going to buy her a new dress for Christmas,” Mrs. Turtzer said. may be looking in the near future for a newer and more centrally located site to replace Hger stadium near downtown Detroit. Other sites under consideration include the State Fairgrounds at Woodward and 8 Mile and a Detroit waterfront location. Neither the football nor baseball team owners have announced any positive intentions yet, however. The stadium authority will be able to proceed with planning for construction and financing with all final decisions left up to the City Commission, it was pointed out. ★ * * In other action, the commissioners established a parking violations bureau. The change will involve administration of parking matters and no change in policies were announced. Hearing was set for 8 p.m., Jan. 7, on a $40,000 sewer project near Auburn and Eastway to provide service for the College of Osteopathic Medicine now under construction at Opdyke and Auburn. The line will also service future buildings near the site. Costs assessed to the college were placed at $22,400. TO READVERTISE BID Because no bids were received on a 6t4-acre site at East Boulevard and Featherstone, the city-owned parcel is to be readvertised for bids, it was determined. A letter was received from Harambee, an all-Negro housing group, and the Metropolitan Detroit Citizens Development Authority concerning a request to purchase two parcels of city-owned property. The letter indicated Harambee wished to buy land through negotiation rather than competitive bidding. The parcels are at Lake Street, adjacent to the railroad, and at Brush and Bagley. Mayor William H. Taylor Jr. indicated the commission did not wish to vary its policy and the letter was referred to the cty clerk to advertise for bids. Flash DETROIT W) - The Detroit Ne said today that Chalmers “Bump” 1 llott, head football coach at the Udivi sity of Michigan for the past 10 yen has resigned that post to become i sistalkt athletic director at the univi sity. Biafra Flights Resumed GENEVA (AP) - Mercy flights to Biafra were resumed during the night after an unexplained two-day ban imposed by the government of Equatorial Guinean the International Red Cross committee announced today. A spokesman said speedy resumption of the eight to 10 flights a night assured a virtually uninterrupted food supply for approximately 650,000 war refugees, mostly children, in the rebel territory. Pontiac Child Star of Color Picture The wonderment of Christma shines from the eyes of Marthi Franco, the young lady sharing ou Spectacolor on page 1 with i Christmas tree. Six-year-old Martha is a fire grade pupil at Webster Elemer tary School. Her parents are Di and Mrs. Napoleon Franco of 14 Elizabeth Lake. Blue Geese' Help Thais Build NATIONAL WEATHER-Snow flurries are forecast tonight for the northern half of the Rockies and the eastern Great Lakes region. Showers are predicted for northern California. It will turn colder along the East Coast and will be warmer from the central and southern Rockies through the Plains states. By BOB HOPE BANGKOK, Thailand - I've heard of “Merrill’s Marauders" and “The Flying Tigers" and “CantreaU's Raiders” — but “the Blue Gees e?” They sound like a flock of birds with chilblains. But don’t you believe it. The Blue Geese are a U.S. Army engineer detach-ment operating In the remote and increasingly dangerous area in northeast Thailand. They work quietly and effectively and the job they are doing may well be the most important mission being performed by our troops in Southeast Asia. * ★ ★ The Blue Geese are engaged in civic action in a sector where Communist guerillas are gaining their first real foothold in Thailand. Civic actions means that they fight without guns. Their wea- HOPE pons are bulldozers, graders and other road-building equipment. They show the natives the way to a better life, thus making them better able to resist the Communist pressure, by constructing farm-to-market roads. Journeys which used to take two to three days through rugged terrain are now made in a couple of hours. A HAPPY TRIP “When we finished one road to a really remote village,” Capt. Bengt Lindgren, a UCLA grad from Los Angeles told me, “we brought 15 buses into the village to take the people to Sakhon Nakhon, even though the city was only 10 miles away. Most of the villagers had never been there."' Soldiers without military uniform, the men of the 549th Engineering Battalion sport Australian bush hats and Wellington boots along with a light blue Khaki work suit. Hie jeeps they dflve are baby blue. * * * "I guess the way ouT jeeps moved around the villages reminded the Thais of geese,” Maj. Ed Rugenstein of Phoenix, Ariz., told me. "Ever since then we’ve been called the Blue Geese.” Actually the work of . the Blue Geese is but a small part of the wide-ranging U.S. Army program for the development of the Thai nation. Hie progress has been nothing short of remarkable. 225-MILE ROAD NET Last week dur ambassador to Thailand, Leonard Unger, and Thai prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn dedicated a 225-mlle road network built by U.S. Army engineers. The new road stretches from the shores of Shattahip on tfye Gulf of Siam to the rolling Korat pleateau in the Northwest. The first 61 miles were completed back in 1966. * * * The change along those 61 miles has been startling. More than 300,000 square miles have been cleared for agricultural development. Tapioca and rice now grow where once there were only weeds. The final two segments of the road were completed last fall. Economic benefits promise to be even greater in the years ahead. Birmingham Area City Approves Changes,in Awnings Codei BIRMINGHAM — An ordinance amending the city code regarding the regulation, construction, installation and design of awnings, marquees and canopies was approved by the City Commission last night. The commission peted on the recommendation of building officials following a complete review of the city’s awning regulations both in the city code and in the basic building code. * * ★ Howard C. Weber, a building official, reported to commissioners that the regulations were comparable and the intent for the protection of the public were the same both in the building code and in the city code. The commission chose to delete certain sections of the city code regarding awnings from the city code and adhere to those listed in the basic building code. In other business, the commission passed a resolution requesting the Southeastern Oakland County Water Authority and the City of Detroit Water Board for approval to serve the Erb-Restrick and Byrne Plywood property, located on Cole. Part of the property extends into Troy. BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — This Christmas, the class project for fifth graders at the George P. Way Elementary Schobl, 765 W. Long Lake, Bloom-,field Township, focused on the spirit of giving. The students of Mrs. James S. White's class joined the auxiliary volunteers of Pontiac General Hospital to help stuff stockings for children hospitalized over the holidays. * 4 * Each child made and stuffed two stockings, one for a boy and one for a girl and helped in their distribution. BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Following is a list of events at Cranbrook through the end of December: Today at the Christ Church there was to be an open house beginning at 3 p.m. ; at 7 p.m. a family service with Christmas carols; at 9 and 11:30 p.m., Festal Holy Communion and sermon. Tomorrow at 10 a.m. there will be Holy Communion and sermon and Dec. 29 at 9 and 10:45 a.m., morning prayer and sermon, the service of lessons and carols. At the Institute of Science planetarium special demonstrations of ‘‘The Christmas Star” were to be held at 3:30 p.m. today, Thursday and Friday; regular shows will be held Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Issuance of Dump Tickets Continued The Waterford Township Board last night overruled objections from the township Fire Fighters Association and approved a continuation of the Issuance of dump tickets through the township's three fire halls. The tickets allow township residents to use Pontiac dump facilities for trash disposal. ♦ 4 4 . Association representatives firqf’voiced objections at a board meeting three weeks ago, but board members, after Informally approving a continuation at that time, passed a final resolution yesterday. 'Board members called the issuing of tickets an important public service. W other business, bids on a new jpolice van were tabled and a traffic violations bureau within the new township district court was established. New Life One of the most heartening/ and as far as I know never publicized, projects of the entire civic action program was the construction of a model village at Ban Seio, 75 miles south of Karat. 70 Yds. of Carpeting Finds Ready Buyer “We had greet results from our Press Want Ad. The very first caller bought.” Mr. C. L. , CARPETING, USED, LIKI NSW, tpprox. H to. »i».. goM cotof. PRESS WANT ADS are the best little “people-pleas-ers.” Hundreds of people find them so, every day. Have you used one lately? Dial 332-8181 or 334-4981 The Weather U S. Waathar lur.au Foracaat Colder (Datalli Pag. i) THE PONTIAC PRESS Hjome Edition yoL. 126 NO. 276 ★ W w PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1968 ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL —36 PAGES Apollo 8 Circles a Big Gray Moon SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) -The incredible voyage of Apollo 8 swept the three astronauts into a Christmas Eve orbit around the moon today and they gazed in astonishment at the wild and wondrous terrain of earth's nearest neighbor. “It looks like plaster of paris, or sort of grayish beach sand,” was the first impression Navy Capt. James A. Lovell radioed as Apollo 8 zipped just 69 miles above the lunar surface. it it ir This was minutes after Lovell, Air Force Col. Frank Borman and Air Force Maj. William A. Anders fired themselves into lunar orbit and etched their names beside those of history's great explorers. After a suspenseful 36 minutes which the astronauts were out of contact behind the moon, where they executed the orbit maneuver, Mission Control Center excitedly announced: “We’ve got it! We’ve got it! Apollo 8 is in lunar orbit.” EVERY THING WORKS After a check to make certain all systems were working, the control center asked: “What does the old moon look like?” Navigator Lovell replied: “The moon is essentially gray.. No color ... The Sea of Fertility doesn’t stand out as well here as it does on earth ... We’re getting quite a bit of contrast as we approach the terminator.” The terminator is the line between darkness and light on the moon. AP/4HHr«Wwl* THE VIEW FROM OUT THERE—Manned Spacecraft, earth on screens at Mission Control in Houston. Apollo 8 gave Center Director Robert E. Gilruth (left) and Apdlio Program tffe earth a look at itself Just before slipping into the moon’s Manager George M. Low watch yesterday’s telecast of the gravity field. VIEW ‘VERY GOOD’ He added that the view was very good and that it was easy to pick out landmarks. Charting landmarks on the surface to guide future moonlanding astronauts is a major goal of the .flight. * * * As Apollo 8 passed north of the craters Colombo and Guttenberg, Anders reported “very good detail ... they're very visible.” Gazing down on a landscape of crater-pocked plains, boulder-strewn plateaus and rugged mountains, Lovell reported on the great number of craters. CRATERS BOMBARDED “The craters are all rounded off,” he said. “There’s quite a few of them. Many of them look like, especially the Related Stories, Page ^ C-5 round ones, look like they’ve been hit by meteorites or projectiles of some sort. The walls of the craters are terraced, about six or seven terraces on the way down.” The historic engine Ignition that propelled the astronauts into lunar orbit odcurred at 4:29 a. m. EST. They had been behind the moon for 10 minutes before firing the engine for a four-minute burst that consumed 16,000 pounds of fuel and dropped Apollo 8 into an orbit ranging from 69 to 193 miles, almost precisely the path sought. “Keep a good eye on us,” Borman advised the ground after Apollo 8, a tiny speck in limitless space emerged around the edge of the moon. THEY’LL CIRCULARIZE ORBIT Later, they planned to circularize the path at the 69-mile altitude. They are to circle 10 times in 20 hours above the rugged lunar terrain, photographing it and paving the way for future astronauts to land. Apollo 8,earlier had been caught in the grasp of lunar gravity and was zipping along at about 5,700 miles an hour when it darted behind the backside. Tension built rapidly in Mission Control as Apollo 8 bore down on the moon. “410 nautical miles ... 350 miles .... 280 miles ...” counted down a voice in Mission Control. “We’ve got our lunar maps ready,” Lovell commented. “We have loss of signal,” Mission Control reported at 4:49 a. m. as Apollo 8 slid behind the backside. Borman, Lovell and Anders planned to send television pictures twice to give earthlings a closeup view of their closest neighbor, 230,000 miles away. The show was scheduled for 7:30 a.m. EST and 9:31 p.m. ' ‘ ‘ CHRISTMAS GESTURE Borman promised before the flight that the crew—-would make a Christmas gesture from space, perhaps during the second telecast on Christmas Eve. To be meaningful, he said, it would have to be spontaneous. He hinted it might be a plea for peace and unity. ★ ★ ★ Although Borman, Lovell and Anders are more than a quarter million miles from home, they’ll know it’s Christmas. Mission control plans to pipe Christmas Carols and a recorded church service to them over the radio link, and they have on board a turkey dinner. They’ll be on their way home tomorrow as they plan to fire out of lunar orbit at 1:06 a m. to start the 58-hour return trip. Army Explains Efforts in Area 'ABMs Near Cities Not New Fanllac Frtii NiM CHRISTMAS CAROL PARADE-Hundreds of Pontiac area citizens braved snow flurries, icy pavements and strong winds to march in the first Christmas Carol parade in downtown Pontiac last night. Mrs. Charles R. Williams of 2755 Watkins Lake, Waterford Township, walked the entire route from First Methodist Church ft) the YMCA with 19-month-old Nickie Marie strapped to her. Carolers carried homemade lanterns with handles to light the way. The parade was sponsored by Poiftiac Pastors’ Association. Deployment of antiballistic missiles next door to urban areas is not a new policy, an Army spokesman declared yesterday. Col. Robert C. Marshall, director of rite acquisition for the Sentinel ABM system, told the Army’s side of the missile site controversy at a briefing for newsman and concerned citizens at the Holiday Inn, 1801 S. Telegraph, Bloomfield Township. ★ ★ * Arranged by Congressman Jack McDonald, R-19th District, the briefing featured little information that was new, but did provide the Army an opportunity to defend publicly the ABM program. Marshall emphasized the missiles did not represent a hazard to nearby population and that Congress was told the Sentinel Spartan and Sprint missiles would be located near major cities. “I don’t believe there has been a change (in the policy),” Marshall told one critic in the audience. “This is an area defense system.” The colonel from Huntsville, Ala., was responding to a question from Dr. Alvin Saperstein of Wayne State University. Dr. Saperstein contended the Congressional Record contained specific “nos" when Army spokesmen had been asked if the Sentinel sites would be near population centers. WWW Marshall did admit that there did appear to be some misunderstanding on the projected location of the missiles and their related radar. Several areas of Oakland County are being studied as potential sites for a Sentinel installation. No decision has been made on a tentative site. According to Marshall, the tentative selection will not be made until late January or even late February. The House Armed Services Committee must approve the selection. Marshall said the antiballistic missiles have been thoroughly safety-tested by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department. Fire, a plane crash on the silos and other eventualities have been considered. WWW He added that the amount of land involved in sites also ruled out any danger to surrounding areas from the conventional explosives that have been stored at the Sentinel sites. WWW The colonel added further that elaborate safeguards are taken against the accidental launch of the Sentinel weaponry. ‘2 PARALLEL PROCEDURES’ He said It takes two parallel procedures to arm the antimissile missiles. Speaking of the three-stage, 55-foot long Spartan, Marshall said: “Nuclear detonation can not occur except at the safe (high) altitude.” (Continued on Page A-4, Col. 1) Santa Will Need & Lap Robe Tonight The weather will be nippy when Rudolph guides Santa’s sleigh through Pontiac and Oakland County tonight. The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts fair and colder weather, with the low plunging into the midteens. WWW Frigid temperatures will continue on Christmas Day and there’s a chance of light snow with the high in the low 20s. Partly cloudy and cold is Thursday’s forecast. WWW The low in downtown Pontiac preceding 8 a.m. today was 16. By 12:30 p.m. the mercury had moved to 23. SHOPPINC DAY 'TIL CHRISTMAS AS HER HUBBY SEES IT—Marilyn Lovell looks at an Associated Press wire-photo of the eafth, as televised from Apollo 8 yesterday. Her husband, Navy Capt. James A. Lovell, is commander of the moon-circling flight. Freed Pueblo Crew Flying to San Diego SEOUL (AP) — The 82 freed crewmen of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo winged their way toward San Diego today for a joyful Christmas reunion with their families. Two Air Force C141s took off with the men and a coffin after a memorial service at Seoul’s Kimpo airport for Fireman Duane H. Hodges, 22, of Creswell, Ore. Fatally injured when the North Koreans captured the Pueblo Jan. 23, he was the only fatality. The planes were scheduled to arrive at San Diego’s Miramar Naval Air Station at 5 p.m. EST after a refueling stop at Midway Island. "Related Stories, Page C-5 The Navy said at least 167 wives, children, mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters have gathered at the base. A U. S. Army band played as the men boarded the planes. Clad in blue Navy fatigues, they appeared rested and smiled and waved at a crowd of 200 persons seeing them off. The Pueblo skipper, Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher, 41, was the last to board, stopping on the way to thank the band members. w w w The simple memorial service for Hodges was held in an open field near the planes two hours before they left. It was conducted by Lt. Cmdr. Stanton Wilson, chaplain for Navy forces, in Korea, and was attended by Bucher. Adm. Edwin M. Rosenberg, in charge of the Pueblo crew's repatriation, and PO 3.C., Ralph E. Reed. 30, of Duncannon, Pa., in whose arms Hodges died. The casket, draped in a U.S. flag, was carried from a military ambulance by eight Navy men. A platoon of sailors and Marines and about 200 Amercian soldiers and civilians attended the service. MEDICAL EVALUATION Rosenberg, who accompanied the crew on the flight, told a news conference earlier the men were in “fair to good condition.” They were given preliminary medical checkups and spent the night at the 121st Evacuation Hospital outside Seoul following their release Monday. Before their departure today the Pueblo men were visited by several top U.S. and South Korean officials, including Premier Chung Il-Kwon. * * * His face working with emotion, Bucher told Chung he “hoped at no time did we ever embarrass your country" while in North Korean captivity. "There were methods used that made us sometimes ashamed of ourselves,” be said. “But we tried to give at least some evidence that we didn’t believe a word of what we were doing. “Freedom is worth more than anyone's life,” Bucher continued. “You have a splendid country. I hope South Korea stands a thousand years at least.” Yule Series Ends The concluding article of the Press Christmas scries about the Old Testament prophets appears today on page B-10. Raitr a ntw Pontiac 7 My*. Mt. No miloayo limit, Budo*t Rani A Car. (Audalt* Ponllac) 1190 w. Maple. Troy. 64M900. —Adv. BELATED CELEBRATION Apollo 8 is to splash into the Pacific Ocean at 10:50 a.m. Friday and the astronauts will be reunited with their families in Houston the next day for a belated Christmas celebration. With Apollo 8 functioning perfectly since its takeoff from Cape Kennedy Saturday, flight controllers last night gave the go-ahead for the lunar ortft. * ★ ★ Commander Borman executed a small course correction by firing small jet thrusters for 12 seconds, placing Apollo 8 on the desired path to swing around the back side. Earlier In the day, the astronauts slipped through an invisible point in space 202,700 miles from earth, where lunar gravity took over from earth gravity. 57 on Ship. Missing KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent. 6.W.I. I*I — Officials have increased the number' of persons missing and presumed dead in the sinking of the schooner Federal Queen from 41 to 57. Thirty-eight passengers survived the disaster. * * * The interisland vessel sank suddenly Saturday . while ferrying construction workers from Union Island to -their homes on St. Vincent for Christmas. Officials said the boat capsized when deck passengers rushed from one side to the other to escape spray from choppy seas. No Press Tomorrow The Press will not publish an edition tomorrow, Christmas Day, so that employes may observe this holiday with their families. Regular editions will be resumed Thursday. In Today's Press Kidnapers Tagged Coed identifies couple who buried her — PAGE B-4. Alaska Politics GOP leader named to U.S. Senate vacancy — PAGE A-7. A Merry Christmas Girl, 8. leaving hospital after successful heart surgery — PAGE A-12. Area News . Astrology Bridge Crossword Pu/.zle . Comics Editorials High School Markets Obituaries Sports Theaters TV-Radlo Programs Vietnam War News Wilson, Earl Women’s Pages . Yule Story ......... A-4 B-9 B-9 .....C-U B-9 A4 11 1, B-2 B-U B-3 C-l—C-4 B 10 .....C-U .....A-2 .....C-5 A-8—A-ll C-It ...i 1 NEW JUNIOR HIGH—Construction is still proceeding on eonii»c Pm Photo parts of Birmingham School District’s new West Maple Junior Designed by O’Dell, Hewlett and Luckenbach, Inc., the build- High School, located at Maple and Inkster in Bloomfield Town- ing will cost an estimated 13,160,000 and will bouse 825 ship, although classes in the School began a month ago. students. THE PONTIAC PRESS ’l.TESl)AY,,DECEMBER 24, lOtSK Salary Issue Left to New Board ha N By JEAN SAILE Members of the outgoing board of supervisors yesterday sang “Auld Lang Syne" upon completion of their last agenda—an agenda put over from last Tuesday. Of the present 87-membership, only 11 will be returned to office with the incoming board. • It was a day for winding up and setting affairs in order — except for the controversial $4,000-a-year back pay and salary increase for Oakland County’s nine Circuit Court Judges. This issue was left for the new board. Once again board members were polled on a roll call vote to approve $72,000 and fringe benefits in back pay for 1967 and 1966 and to increase the present salary of the judges from a total of $30,000 to $34,000 a year. LACKED MAJORITY Again the roll call failed to get the required 44 votes (an elected majority) to approve. The count was 39 in favor and 25 opposed. The vote last week had been 35 yes and 32 no. The issue was reintroduced to the floor by Wallace F. Gabler Jr. of Royal Oak, Two Architectural Firms Will Merge as of Jan. 1 BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Two major area architectural firms will merge as of I Jan, 1. Glen Paulsen and Associates Inc., 480 Pierce, Birmingham, and Tarapata-MacMahon Associates Inc., 1191 Square Lake, will join forces to become Tarapata-MacMahon-Paulsen Associates Inc., architects, engineers and planners. * * * The firm will occupy the recently expanded Tarapata-Ma^Mahon offices. Paulsen, who last year became president of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, will continue in that post on a nearly full-time basis until he can devote more time to the new merged firm. His associates in his present firm will become part of the enlarged organization. EARN AWARDS Tarapata and MacMahon have earned a number of citations and awards for design during the past 10 years. Among structures for which they were honored are Bloomfield Hills Junior High School, Groves High School in Birmingham, Southfield High School and the Central Plaza Development in Canton, Ohio. * ★ ★ They have also received awards for over-all development of a 280-acre site for three campuses, including a community college for 12,000 students, a high school for 2,500 students and a junior high school for 2,000 students. In the area, the firm has recently designed a classroom building for the department of education and social science at Oakland University and the new Blyoomfield Township Public Library. ★ * ★ Glen Paulsen and Associates has won awards for the designs of the Shapero Hall of Pharmacy at Wayne State University, Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2225 E. 14 Mile, Birmingham, and the Ford Life Sciences Complex at the University of Detroit. ABMs Near Cities Not New, Says U.S. (Continued From Page One) Thefc Sentinel "thin” shield ABM system is made up of two types of BEGGED OFF missiles. First there is the long-range Spartan with nuclear warhead rated in "several megatons" and, secondly, the shorter-range Sprint. enemy would seek to avoid a defended area." Ths system employes two types of radar. One is based at the site of the missiles, while the other Is located at a separate site. Oakland County is to have a pair of the Sentinel sites. The entire program will include 15 ABM sites across the country, providing protection against a relatlyely unsophisticated missile attack. Sites being considered here are in Troy, and Avon, Pontiac and Orion townships. CHINESE ORIENTED Marshall pointed out that the $5-billion Sentinel program is Chinese - oriented and Would not provide protection in the event of ah attack from a nuclear power like Russia. “Most major cities are Involved in this (Sentinel) deployment,” explained the Sentinel site director. Marshall appeared to doubt whether the location here of a Sentinel site would make the area more of a target for a missile attack. "In our judgement, Detroit is already a substantial target," he said, adding that "you could also argue that an When questions at the briefing aimed at the concept of the ABM program, Marshall begged off, stating that he could not be put in the position of defending decisions made at the highest national level. The hourlong briefing was called by Congressman McDonald to "determine if the suggested locations In Oakland County are in the best interests of the community, or whether there is an inherent danger to the metropolitan area." ★ * * MacDonald at the beginning of the meeting pointed out that some opponents to the ABM system were dwelling on the fears of possible disaster in order to build opposition to the program in* general. The Pontiac area controversy over the ABM sites is not the first concern raised over the Sentinel program. Opposition was aroused in some Chicago suburb! when a Sentinel site was suggested there. ★ * * McDonald, who indicated he thought there was time before the House committee made its decision on a site to offer further opposition, said he would now seek a secret briefing on the Sentinel program to gather further information. School-Bonds Vote Date Set by Rochester ROCHESTER — The board of education last night passed a formal resolution scheduling a special election Feb. 8 on a proposed $8-milUon bond Issue. The bond issue, which would provide classrooms for 3,100 additional students within the next five years, is expected to amount to a 2.2-mill tax hike for district residents. The election will be the district’s third In less than a year on a bonding question. Veoters previously turned down a 82-million request In April and a 11.8-million proposal in June. Those requests, according to Schools Supt. Dougals Lund, were only to provide for projected enrollment increases over (he next two school years.* The superintendent predicts nearly a 50 per cent rise — from 8,064 students to 11,500 — in total enrollment by 1873-74. He has anticipated that two additional elementary schools, a 900-student junior high school and a 400-student addition to the new Adams High School, which will open to 1,000 students next fall, will be necessary during the five-year period. * ★ 1 * Also needed will be a maintenance-supply center and another 114 acres to provide future senior and junior high and four elementary school sites, according to Lund. School officials have pegged present enrollment at 748 students over system capacity, with some overcrowding In some elementary classrooms. Figuring present development at 25 per cent of ultimate, the district could eventually ! contain 30,000 to 36,000 students, according to the superintendent. 2 Property Tax Proposals Referred to County Boon Outgoing Officials Bid Adieu who said that despite voting “no” last week, he wished to see the matter reintroduced. He voted “yes" yesterday on the roll call. An attempt to amend Gabler’s motion in an effort to have the retroactive pay considered separately from the increase failed. A motion to that end was made by Monte R. Geralds of Madison Heights. Lee Walker of Madison Heights asked Corporation Counsel Robert Allen if the statute limiting Circuit Court judges’ pay to- $30,000 has been proven illegal in a court of law. He was told it had not and further that supervisors’ action to ignore it might be suspect. $30,000 BARRIER The judges reportedly hope to break the $30,000 barrier on the basis of action taken in Oakland County in 1966. At that time the county paid $14,000 and the state paid $15,000 of the judges’ $29,000 salary. The state Increased their stipend to $20,000 and supervisor’s cut back the county’s share to $10,000. State laws require thSC no judge's salary be reduced during his term of office and that all judges be paid equally. The contention Allen rendered last week In an opinion Is that the county’s cutback constituted reduction in salary even though judges wound up with $1,000 more a year. Philip O. Mastin of Hazel Park repeated his opinion that judges should prove the validity of their claim and whether they indeed got an increase or decrease in salary. Once the main motion was voted down, Mastin moved to refer the question once again to Allen for the purpose of seeking a declaratory judgment. Gabler amended the motion successfully to have the declaratory judgment part stricken. He said it should be left up to the new board of supervisors to take the action they deem fit. A move to get some property tax relief for homeowners was referred yesterday - to the Oakland County Board jd Supervisors Legislative Committee. k k k Vance Fouts of Hazel Park, chairman of the equalization committee, recommended that two resolutions be made to the State Legislature. • To give homeowners a flat $2,000 exemption on state equalized valuation. • To exempt all personal property used in a home from taxation. GENERAL AGREEMENT General agreement was expressed on the latter resolution, and the first passed on a board vote, but there were supervisors who deemed it "inadequate’’ to take care of the present high taxing situation. Fouts explained that based on the State Constitution and action by the State Legislature which provided that property be assessed at 50 per cent of market value, it would be necessary this year for individual taxing units to spread an over-all increase from 3 to 48 per cent across their various categories. Property, in particular building costs, have risen 45 pier cent in the last three years, he said. The matter was presented to the legislative committee once before but died there. It was the hope of the equalization group by taking the matter before the whole county board, some action could be obtained through the legislaive committee. NEVER ENFORCED Collection of personal property taxes (on material exceeding $10,000 total value and $5,000 state equalized value) are provided for by state law. The law has never been enforced, but a recent ruling by Circuit Judge William Beer orders the Royal Oak city assessor to go about spreading such a tax. Royal Oak is now appealing the decision. ★ ★ ★ Opponents say homeowners’ personal property taxes are almost impossible to collect and that the cost of collection could easily outweigh the money received as taxes. In other business the board approved the expenditure of $176,550 to upgrade retirement benefits for county employes. The action provides for up to 10 per cent increase in benefits for those now retired and for up to 1.5 per cent yearly increases providing consumers index shows at (east that amount of increase. PAYMENT APPROVED Also approved was the payment of $5,835 to Mrs. John p. Murphy, widow of the late County Clerk. Murphy was reported missing July 26 in a boating accident in Lake Michigan, il ★ k k The sum represents, an amount equal to what would have been his salary from his date of death to the appointment of his successor. A figure of $63,000 from 1968 unappropriated surplus was set aside for the provision of morgue facilities and staff at Pontiac State Hospital. The facilities there will he used until such time as the new County Jail is completed. ROAD RELOCATION The board also voted to spend $151,000 for relocation of the Sendee Cantor Drive around the proposed jail Action to construct the jail itself, estimated to cost $9 million, has been left for the new board of supervisors. The county agreed to spend up to $25,000 for a feasibility study with the Grand Trunk Western Railway and City of Pontiac on a railroad near Service Center property for ; tension of Agtyitcalm Street. The street was seen as a heeded ditional route to downtowo^PonUac. Board of auditors Chairman Daniel |f. Murphy reported on Supervisor m. Lahti’s request regarding the clrtjgjgg store operated \by the county for indigents. He sald-an expert committee qf retail merchants will survey operations carried on at 1 Lafayette, Pontiac, and make recommendations tj» the county. Murpby said he expected to he able to make s full report in 60dam. > . - % a? I d - ’ s.: Lahti noted sodaltservices committee activities in regard to straightening out some Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) problems earlier this fall. With New Concepts Farmington Eyes FARMINGTON — The board of education last night instructed an architect to continue development of working drawings for the district’s 19th elementary school. The board previously disrussed the drawings, which evince a new concept for an instructional area in a work The proposed new type of instructional area permits a classroom to be changed in size by movable partitions .This would allow the creation of large spaces where several classes could work together and team teaching could be used. LIBRARY REPORT A report on what is being done in the elementary school library facilities and materials was given by Miss Zielke, director of elementary curriculum. She was assisted by Several elementary school principals and teachers. A recommendation that all high school commetostoeots he held in Ford Auditorium, Detroit,' was tabled until the next meeting. The board decided to wait so they; could hear the comments of Superintendent Roderick Smith who was absent test night with the flu. Romeo to Continue Classes tor Adu/fA ROMEO i— The adult (education, program at Romeo Community Schools will be continued during the secern semester, provided there is sufficiedt interest. __* . . Courses will be scheduled to run fqr 10 weeks and 'will meet one evening per week. A minimum enrollment of 10 is for each course. » Troy Library Display Shows Gifts of World , Under consideration for. the second form are bookkeeping, ceramics, gour-TROY — The TYoy Public Library, (™et cookin8, electricity for home own-5044 Rochester, is featuring an exhibit of /ers- floral arranging, conversational “Gifts From Around the World” this / French< interior decorating and design, month. 0 and a variety of other courses and ap- Contained in the library Showcase, t» ttvities., \ - t J ,. gifts include articles of carved woqB, Program informhfionmtty be obtained china, porcelain, brass, copper, silver from the school otyices, 297 Prospect, and tin, and dolls from 26 different cdun- Monday through Friday from 8 • m fo tries. 5 p.m. tyilrnt Night, NigRt As tha holiday season spreads Warmth and jay throughout our town, It is a pleasure for us to pause and wish our many friends the very best of Christmases. We hope that every home is blessed with abundance and good cheerl CAPfm SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION meeneoMATee ieee • MNeme. tmmm 75 W. Huron Pontiac 338-7127 THE PONTIAC PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, A—s amazing new They Last a Lot Longer The Year That Was—2 February: Month for Conflict Games By JOY STILLEY Associated Press Writer Hie Communists had proclaimed a truce for seven dpys. It was the time of Tet, a time to welcome the lunar new Year in proposed that the state temp-Vietnam with feasting, family orarily take over the sanitation QUALITY MallorY All Sices on Sale SIMMS JS 98 K. Saginaw ARDEN SHOPS The Pontiac Mall reunions and fireworks. The fireworks turned out to be real. " Into the merrymaking in-traded terror, destruction and death as North Vietnam shattered the truce and struck swiftly and tellingly from Quang Tri in the far north to Ca Man, in the Mekong River Delta 500 1 miles to the south. For the first time, the war that had been fought in the countryside was brought home in bloody reality to the. population of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. Vietcong guerrillas attacked the U. S. Embassy, military billets, airport, government buildings and American and South Vietnam head-quarters. In many districts house-to-house fighting raged. -> HUE BATTLE By Feb. 4 a semblanue of order had been restored in the country, but in Hue a fierce and desperate battle continued for weeks. Toward the end of February the Tet offensive had run its costly course, with record casualties for the war to that date. In a less serious conflict — a bloodless but still bitter confrontation on the international sports front — the 10th Winter Olympic Games opened Feb. 6 at Grenoble, France. About 1,500 athletes from 37 nations competed. From the opening ceremonies, sera by 60,000 spectators, to the final contest 13 days later, there disorder and dismay. Marring the festivities were bad weather, accidents and disputes ranging from politics to the question of whether women contestants really were women. Norway took team honors by winning six gold meadls, six silver and two bronze, while 19-year-old figure skater Peggy Fleming took home to Colorado Springs the only gold medal awarded a U.S. compeitor. U.S. PROBLEMS There was plenty of con-trolversy back in the United States also, especially in New York City where Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mayor John V, Lindsay faced each other belligerently over a 100,000-ton pile of garbage as t h Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association went on strike Feb. 2. The state’s chief executive turned down his fellow Republican’s plea that he call the National Guard to clean up mess. Instead Rockefeller department, paying a 8425 an nual Wage increase recommended by a mediation panel. The city paid instead and ended the nine-day walkout. Another stirke, this one in Florida, resulted in the first statewide school tie-up in the history. On Feb. 19 classes for more than 500,000 children were suspended 26,000 teacher; walked out in a dispute over state funds for education The educational outlook for college students took a new turn Feb. 16 when Lt. Gen. Lewis B Hershey, director of Selective Service, canceled for 200,000 graduate students, with the exception of those in medicine, dentistry and the ministry and those in or beyond me§Rv their second year of advanced.Romeny of Michigan withdrew study. The directive a 1 s o from the presidential race Feb suspended the list of essential 28. occupations, striking out] deferments for 340,000 men ini four fields. , But for at least one man life! was peaceful, and that was the way Clint Wescott wanted to deep it. “Hand me a dollar and IT1 take it . . . buy a little drink, a little smoke. But I don’t want the 819,000. I just want to keep living this life,’1! the 51-year-old resident of a weed patch near Los Angeles j told newsmen who had searched! him out. He turned down the] proceeds from the sale of pro-i perty he had abaondoned 15 J years earlier, as well as 84,000 left him by his father. The topsy-turvy month was topped by the first of the year’s political surprises. Gov. George jq^|| j COUNTRY GARDEN CENTER 5812 Highland ELECTION NOTICE TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF KEEGO HARBOR, OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a special election to be held at City Hall, 2025 Beechmont, in aaid City aff Keego Harbor, Oakland County, Michigan, on Monday, tho 10th day of February, 1969, the following question will be submitted to you: Do you favor the confirming of a franchise to THE DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, granting permission to erect, construct, lay, operate and maintain, within the CITY OF KEEGO HARBOR, oil needful and proper poles, towers, mains, wires, pipes, conduits, and other apparatus requisite for the transmission, transforming ond distribution of electricity for public and private use, subject, however, to all conditions and restrictions of said franchise, as passed at a session of the City Council of sold City, held on Thursday, the 19th day of December, 1968. A copy of said franchise is on file with the City Clerk, ond it it open to the inspection of the electey returned, it was gone. want to do everything I can Q * *. - * to make sure we have a hard-1 reported it to the police working team in. 'Congress.lsaW Bo"n!* ChaviTheysaul Welre all relatively young 1 J and 1 believe we will really be1-;and:jheT. «««», Sally O’ able to get things done.” iCra^saU Monday they would u r firrjj1 sell their last valuable posses n!? « a television set, to ^ 5,^ stake them to food until they as well as Gravel, 38, and Hick-... el, 46. hnd job. Time again to say, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Joe’s Army-Navy Surplus 19 N. Saginaw Today, an estimated 1,702,1 Wishing Yon And Yonr Families The Merriest of ing off the last traces Of what symptoms, he calls a 24-hour fid, j An aide said the President- Nixon said he wasn’t taking elect -still has slight. cold any medicine, only the sun. Divorces Valrb M. from Wllho E. Paulson. Alica M. from Harold L. Demon. symptoms. Nixon was accompanied by his wife, Pat, and daughter, Tricia. They brought along the family’s two dogs, a terrier poodle. Nixon sought privacy and rv I. mi Diane K. from Jerry Eddls from George Hurst. Richard L, from Hazel J. Wilson. Dorli A. from Etfwih R. Kaczmarciyk. Franca* A. from Thomas C. Steiger. from Marvin* S. Olson. John from Esther Green. Gall from Doan Schwartz. Barbara J. from Glen L. Disbrow. Joyd 6> D. Ramon A. from Shirley i.. __ Audrey from Arthur Puckett. Jqrry Harnack Don Auten AUTEN 6605 Dixie Hwy. furniture 625-2022 ... and much joy we send to you our patrons and friends CONN’S Men & Boys Wear 73 N. Saginaw Alaska’s political makeup. MIEPIRHNEMIIHPiiRIIEip ________________________________ was significantly altered thlsl Pollock, Gravel and Stevens Americans 35 years of age and j. t!uKw. year, beginning with the pri-jserved as members of the legis-older are threatened with Pg?rf•1^S\T*fI*?^n^^nstw*r*n-mary election defeat of Sen. Er-jlator, 1984-66. Gravel was blindness from glaucoma, which ®*||£ a, nest Gruening, 81-year-old Dem- speaker of the House, and Ste- in many cases can be controlled m«*iwL, ir#m oover'w.rRn*.Ia ocrat. Gruening failed in a vens was a house member. Pol- and sight saved if treated ini SSlrcf write-in bid in the Nov. 5 gener- lock was in the Senate. time.* al election. Anchorage real es-j fate man Mike Gravel, the | Democratic primary victor, was ejected over the Republican I Candidate, banker Elmer Ras-muson of Anchorage. PICKED BY NIXON f Then, on Dec. 11, President-elect Nixon named Hickel to ; serve in his Cabinet as secretary of the interior. Sen. BarUett, 64, died that night in Cleveland, Ohio, where he recently underwent heart surgery, Keith Miller, a native of Seattle who moved to Alaska in 1946, | takes over the governorship! from Hickel. A Republican, he! currently is Alaska’s secretary of state. Stevens will serve two years in the Senate before a special [ election in 1970 to fill the re mainder of the term to 1972. HOPEFUL TWICE Stevens’ appointment by Hick el gave him a prize he failed to1 I win In election bids twice. He Host the Republican primary 'earlier this year to Rasmuson, Who, in turn, was defeated in November by Grave^ In 1962, Stevens won the Republican senatorial nomination but lost to Gruening. Stevens served as an Interior Department counsel in 1960-61 and as assistant to Interior Secretary Fred Seaton for two years previously. He said he would go to Washington as quickly as he could confer with Republican party leaders in Alaska. Stevens was born in Indianap-| oils, Nov. 18, 1923. attended high school in Redondo Beach, Calif.,' and studied ah Oregon State Col-' lege and Montana State before, he graduated > from UCLA inj 1947- He received his law degree from Harvard* Law School in 1950. i COMMITTEE CHOICE Stevens said1 his first choice for assignment in the Senate would be to th4 interior and insular affaire committee, and he | said he hoped Gravel also would be assigned to that group. “Mike and I know how to i campaign against each other,” already has bought the house Kissinger, State Department next door. His close friend, C. G. liaison man .Robert D. Murphy, Rebozo, lives on the other side, and Nixon assistant Bryce Nixon said he plans no Harlow, business and no public appear- * * * ances until Saturday, when he is to meet, with his foreign policy advisers. He said they will have a general discussion in that field. Nixon spent some time on the telephone Monday, but press aide Allen Woods said that was an exception in a day otherwise devoted to rest. * Good ehoor, prosperity and good health-these aro our withoa for all our wonderful friends and faithful eustomsrs! %itl‘P$ankci & Sm4- TIL HURON SHOPPING CENTER - FE 3-7879 1550 Union Lako Rd.. Union Lako Super Stocking Stuffer The 1969 Community Christmas Club. Help Santa out next Christmas by joining the 1969 Community Christmas Club today. Just save a specified amount each week, and next November you’ll get a check that can fill the deepest stocking. For example: Save Weekly $ .50 You’IIHeceive $ T5 1.00 50 2.00 100 ^ 5.00 250 m 10.00 500 V 20.00 1000 Stop by one of the .20 convenient Community offices and join the club today. National I Bank Officii in Oakland and Macomb Counties Sank at Community... Most people do! Mombor FDIC Singing Christmas carols with Grandma fat the Obenauf is an avid collector of antifun which tend piano is also part of the holiday fun. Gaily wrapped themselves well to old-fashioned Christmas dec0-packages are ready for opening tomtrrrow. Mrs. rations. A Prut PhUu by Rm Unl.m.hrtr ' chocolate in front of the fireplace and State Hospital, gathers as much family around her looking at old Chirstmas cards is traditional for the for Christmas as possible. From the left are Walter ; grandchildren of Mrs. Walter Obenauf of Clark Taylor, 15; Becky Taylor, 16; Helen Taylor 10; Road; Springfield Township. The widow of the late Mrs. Obenauf and'Mark Taylorj 14 The Taylors Dr. Obenauf, medical superintendent of Pontiac live in Ypsilanti. WoflienA "jrvv. ^ WjjjsgL. iV 'r , . h - :<* '*« M Vti* t 'X*U * • * <■$ if?;' A ' § . r » J- J$ Vi & ' S ; Mrs. Romney Has Flu LANSING (AP) — Mrs. George Romney, wife of Michigan’s governor was “resting comfortably’’ at William Beaumont Hospital today, suffering from an acute case of the flu and an allergic reaction to an antibiotic, the executive office said. Mrs. Romney was taken to the hospital early Monday by ambulance from the governor’s Bloomfield Hills home. There was no immediate indication of when she would be released, the governor's office said. ★ ★ * Romney left his Lansing office about noon Monday to go to his wife’s : Family Gatherings Top All Plans ’ The ghosts of Christmases past are present on this little tree. i Helen and Walter Taylor pick out their favorite ornaments, things ~They have associated all their lives with Christmas at Grandma's. Finds 72-Year-Old Loaf COWLEY, England (UPI) Mrs. Sylvia Rapson was rummaging through an attic full of old trunks when she discovered a 72-year-old loaf of bread. It was wrapped in table linen and bore the message: “made on Good Friday, April 3, 1896.’’ “It must have been baked by my late mother when she was nineteen,’’ aaid Sylvia, 61. * * * “I’ve been told it Is still edible, but I am keeping It. for sentimental reasons,’’ she added. . Be Ready to Change Job After You Tell on Boss By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN DEAR ABBY: I am an employe in a store. I have been here a long time and have a lot of seniority. I am reasonably certain that my boss is having an affair with one of my coworkers. My boss’ wife is a good woman who I am sure knows nothing about this, but it is fast becoming obvious to everybody in the store and I'm sure it is only a matter of time before his wife hears"4he talk. ★ ★ * * ' I like this woman very much and hate to see her being made a fool of. Should I tell her about her husband before somebody else does? She likes me, and I could break it to her gently. TRUSTED EMPLOYE DEAR TRUSTED: Tell the wife only If you’re prepared to document your story with' proof, and to testify in her behalf if she asks you tp. And, of course, to find another asks you Ip. And, i er job. / * y * JY: I wish you v DEAR ABBY: I wish you would ask your readers to write to their congressmen and ask them to introduce a bill to force mothers who have children 18 years old and younger to stay home and take care of their children unless they absolutely have to go to work. These working mothers who are out earning “money for extras" while their kids run the streets are a disgrace to the whole nation. Most of them have husbands to support them, but they're never' satisfied. Thank you. A STAY-AT-HOME MOTHER * ★ * DEAR MOTHER: Some working mothers have better behaved children than the stay-at-home kind who are always gabbing with the neighbors, golfing, bridging, or amusing themselves in other ways. It’s not the quantity — but the quality of the time a mother spends with her children that makes the difference. WWW DEAR ABBY: I am a 15-year-old boy with a big problem. My father. I made the football team again this year and I have a feeling my father won’t see me play in one game.