The Weather VU. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast, Cloudy, chance of snow. (Detalls Page 2). ae 116th. YEAR UESDAY, ASSOCIATED UNITED PRBS I INTERNATIONAL ‘ DECEMBER 9; 1958—28 PAGES Sho By HAROLD A, FITZGERALD Publisher, Pontiac Press According to a statement today by Philip J. Monaghan, General Matiager of GMC Truck and Coach DAvisioes, this plant is in the midst of the most i @nd forward step in the history of the ing industry. “Everyone down on South Boule- ale is excited over this wonderful development,” said Monaghan, “and I’m happy to xéport the. + hm we of the whole corporation: shares ‘out enth ° * x * “Some time back, we started a gigantic: ehieyieet - s ing design and quality-control program that*will gaih ~ in speed and intensity as it goes along. This is the - greatest forward surge the trucking industry has ever seen. Furthermore, the plan.is backed by the entire know-how and planning of the GM corporation and the keenest brains and manufacturing ability in the business. “We've labeled the operation ‘High Gear.’ It’s a new philosophy and a new attitude of mind. We started in,” said Monaghan, “to design a truck the way a truck wanted to be built—instead of letting it grow like Topsy. Previously, all trucks used com- ponents of passenger cars, with many changes that tried to incorporate new ideas and Soon, gat But these hodgepodge moves never produced a iscientific vehicle.” . * * * GMC took a clean sheet of paper, forgot the mechanics of the truck as it existed and started over. To scrap the past would cost millions of dol- lars, so Monaghan took these new ideas to the corporation. He sold them on his program and top officials endorsed the complete set-up and appro- priated the money required. The work has been going forward quietly. The walls, floor and ceiling of the South Boulevard plant remain. But a large part of the interior has been replaced and this includes very expensive machinery. The new trucks have these essential qualities: Lighter weight Stronger frames More miles per gallon Moye payload per pound of truck Longer life * * * In passenger cars, looks and personal desires are very important. But -the truck is a_ cold-blooded, mechanical proposition. Buyers want the vehicle that holds the most payload, operates at the lowest cost. has the least weight itself and lasts for the greatest number of miles. “Our new trucks,” says Monaghan, “have licked the entire industry in all these things. We have not re-adapted something that existed before. We started from scratch. Furthermore, for these better products, the initial price is not only tremendously competitive with all other makes of equal sizes; but in many cases it’s considerably lower. I'm more optimistic about the future of the GMC Trucks today than I have ever been in history. The outlook has never been as bright. ‘* * * “New transit buses will appear around the mid- dle of 1959,” he said, “and by October the complete new line will be offered. Probably the bulk of these will require 12 months in the field in the hands of hard-boiled users before the new vehicles have com- pletely established the fact they can perform the way we claim. Truck users — large and small—want to find the essential facts for themselves. “The conversion of the ‘old’ truck plant to the ‘new’ requires the largest sum of money ever spent here in GM’s history. The whole automotive industry is going. forward in the next several years: but we're going to advance faster than the rest. Our potential . growth in the next five years is, the greatest in the history of our division. “We are building approximately 300 large | q 4 This Color Picture Shows a GMC DLR 8000 Truck Model New Truck Design ‘Idea at GMTC | | Fa 4 Given Kierdorf ‘a new trial for Herman Kier- ' Madison Heights, convicted of trucks a day and are falling behind every 24 hours. Orders are mounting. This new vehicle is backed by the best brains in the automotive industry, plus a new philosophy which sponsers a completely new picture. Everyone in our division is squarely behind this development and there is wonderful ance in the whole corporation,” ‘said’ Manager. ic, Mise, our new line ef “equal position. At thé Ic cept- _ neral buses, will Occupy an Jue) the | few : years, we were employing around 7,000 men. Today the. total is 9,500 and we have added a large num- ber. Since the first of October. Our big plant on South Boulevard should be a most stabilizing force in Pontiac. : * * * *: “Our sales don’t necessarily follow passenger cars as people in Pontiac already know; and I think this will be even truer in the future. We have always been a balance wheel of sorts and now our employment is actually creeping toward Pontiac’s. “In 1957.. we built around 600 diesel trucks and since these have been in the field and have proven their worth and merit, the orders have jumped to around ot a pent The ee of eS [eet See slowly spreads among users. Until a big truck firm has put. a hundred thousand miles on the speedometer and studied detailed cost sheets, it always takes a ‘show me’ attitude. A year from now our new ‘products will have vate. det prorrery and word will be spread- ustry of this ior ne Jaden a RET ces * * *« “f eh aga like to make said Monaghan. “When truck buye r area pass over their own GMC trucks fot ‘compa; t tive makes, they dehy employment in Pontiac and” provide it to Tival cities. We have. the best products | vs in all weights and sizes and we want to think that the local community believes in ‘us and sup-. _ ports us as completely as we do the area. “We take part in United Fund drives, etc. in a big way; and we are sure that truck buyers will return this confidence, especially when they realize they are helping a home industry and pro- viding more jobs in Pontiac. We want the sup- port of the area in actions as well as words. With all of us working together, we can build Pontiac | toa bigger, greater and finer city.” : Serov Suddenly Transferred Izvestia today said he had been transferred to other duties but gave no hint of what-they were. | Serov's successor as chair- | man of the Committee for State | Security also was not an- nounced. Most foreign observers in) Moscow believed Serov may | perhaps have been given an even more important job. F He -has long been a_ friend and close associate of Nikita | S. Khrushchev, who heads | Last Adjournment « Oakland County Circuit Judge Clark J. Adams _ yesterday granted the second and what he called the last adjournment | in the hearing on a fequest for dorf, ex-Teamsters official from possessing a pistol silencer, * * * . William F. Dohany, one of Kierdorf’s attorneys, requested a second two-weeks’ postpone- | ment, saying he and his part- ner, Eric BE. Zisman, had _ fust recently. receivéd transcripts of the original trial and hadn't had time to study them and pre- pare arguments for a re-trial. Judge Adams ordered the hearing be — at 1:30, |arrangements on Dec. 22. i Red Security Chief’ Out aper'' Izvestia annotncerhent did’ not | ‘newly acquired by the Sov iet give his new post, the custom- | ary procedure when a Kremlin official is promoted. | Serov, a 53-year-old army | general, had become well | | ‘known abroad in. recent years | for -being in charge of security | Premier| Khrushchev's trips. He was | widely known earlier for direct- ing the plan to liquidate anti- iCommunist. elements in the | Baltic countries in 1940. Serov was last seen by West- ;ern correspondents at 1 Kremlin \_ ‘reception Nov. 10 for W ladyslaw | |Gomulka, head of the Polish’ Communist Party. A slight, ruddy-faced man | with penetrating blue eyes, he | was usually friendly. and in- | formal in public, chatting | freely with foreign diplomats | and newsmen at receptions. | After having been closely | identified with Soviet Security | organs almost from the begin- ! ning of his career, Serov got | some of the powers, of Lavrenty Beria after Stalin's police chief had been executed in 1953. He formally took command of | the committee whieh is the supreme Soviet police organ in | April 1954. Serov was one of the numer- | ous officials now in top Soviet ranks who worked with Khrush- chev when the present Premier was Communist Party boss in the Ukraine during World War 4 : British newspapers have greeted Serov names as “butcher,” ‘mur- | Neither rain, nor sleet: | age stays postman Fred Hine with: such | | <= i t at Chrysler MOSCOW (# — The Soviet; both the government and the | derer,”” “odious thagr “do ‘Union’s top policeman, Gen., Communist Party. | “jackal.” -- : Dodge-Plent: Walkout Wea Ee as Pech ere een Western” experts én | The attacks icf" ‘basedépri- ss “Hits Ply h lieved of his job. ine ’ : | ymouth Output; Th Ae A 'Soviet affairs believed - Serov | marily on Serov's role“in purg- ae enone en lle |had been demoted because the | ing anti-Communists from areas Talks Go On Today Soviet government newsp | Union. When the Soviet Union’ seized the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and: Lithuania in 1940, Commissar Third Class Serov formulated the plan for mass | deportations to Siberia and jother measures to break re- sistance. . DETROIT | (B® — Worker idle- ness at Chrysler Corp.'s auto-| ‘main plant strike. Layoffs in the Detroit area and at Indiana and New York. plants swelled the total in the week-old production rates dis- pute with the United Auto Workers. The layoffs, by which Plym- outh production now also is af- | fected, were attributed mainly .| to parts shortages. Chrysler has Nothing Stops Postman | said the strike ultimately can NETLEY, (UPI) — | idle 50,000. workers. The auto union's 7,000 work. ers at the key Dodge main plant walked out last Tues- day, charging an unfair pto- | duction speedup. The com- | Letters : to Santa | See Page 20 | Eng. nor from completing his appoint- ed rounds. Hine covered his usual eight-mile route yester- day on his 80th birthday. | Pany denies this. Included in the vital Dodge plant are Dodge car assembly, | two foundries and a stamping | operation. Negotiators failed again yes- Today ' Ss Press. : aoe “<8 | terday- to, reach an agreement | {for study in its investigation of a: 7 Life in Prison Main Desire of 1 Woman MIAMI, Fla. ww — Estelle Mason, 63, wanted to spend the rest of her life in jail. Instead “IT hoped I'd get life,” said Mrs. Mason. ‘‘All I got to live on is a $50 a montir pension and where can you live in Miami on $50 a month? In jail I never had ,it so good — radio, food Served. in my room and no dishes. we’ Returned. from a year in a hospital, the Whitehatred Mrs. Mason pleaded guilty in Circuit At her insistence, the state recently agreed to retry her for’ manslaughter, giving her a sec- ond chance at her goal—life in| Gives Books for Tax Check But Goldfine Records | Not Complete, Says | _ Internal Revenue BOSTON, Mass. (2 — Indus- trialist Bernard Goldfine has turned over books and records of his companies to the Internal Reventie Service as ordered by federal court, but tax officials said the records are not com- plete. A spokesman for the Inter- nai Revenue Service said Goldfine employes did not turn in the records for one of his five companies ami that. the records of the other four concerns were found to be incomplete. The tax, officials said Gold- fine’s representatives pleaded they lacked ‘sufficient time ‘to assembie all the records. A spokesman for the indus- trialist sdid a bookkeeper was at home sick and hence not all the records could be collected at short notice. James W. Kelleher, one of Goldfine's attorneys, said the court's order would be complied with 100 per cent. Federal officials said Gold- fine aides failed Menday to produce the records of Gold- fine’s Lebandale Mills, Inc., Lebanon, N. H. Federal Judge Charles E. Wyzanski had directed Goldfine and his secretary Mildred Paperman to turn over the records of five corporations to the Internal Revenue Service | the firms’ tax situation in 1957 Court Monday to a charge of, manslaughter and received a. five-year suspended sentence. Mercury Hits. Icy 6: Degrees ria During Night the judge turned her loose, 4 ring Ig Ships Locked at Soo; Eastern U.S. Also Gets Pelting TODAY’S TEMPERATURES 12:30 a.m. 10 8:00 am. 6 2:00 a.m. 8 10:00 a.m. 9 4:00 a.m. SU ween A pre-winter blast of Snow and near-zero tem- peratures held its icy grip on the Pontiac area ay, as a big part of nation fought back from the season’s first storm. Although winter doesn’t offi- cially arrive until Dee. 21, you _couldn’t prove this to the hun- dreds of Pontiac area residents | who made their way through yesterday’s all-day snow only ito shiver to a 6 degrees early this morning. Z And the mercury is expect- | ed to plummet to a low of about 3-above tonight, a read- ing which many residents of outlying Pontiac areas ¢Xx- perienced this morning. A slight warming trend should be here by Thursday, the Weather Bureau said, with Wednesday's daytime reading expected to reach around 22 de- grees. The cold spell that moved in- to Michigan and most of the eastern United States sent the thermometer to 17. below at Peliston. This-.deep-freez¢ left seven loaded ships ice-lo¢ked in_ the lower St. Mary's River. * * * In the northern New York community, of Oswego, snow- plows battled drifts up to 20 feet high in efforts to free the town virtually isolated by a storm that: deposited 5 feet of snow in 24 hours. Snow accumulated to about four inches in the Pontiac area Monday and made driv- ing extremely hazardous. A spokesman for the County Road Commission said most major roads today were “in good shape.” Law enforcement officials in the county said, © strangely enough, motorists manuevered over slippery streets yesterday without any serious accidents. As cold as it was in Pontiac this morning, residents were relatively ‘‘warm’’ compared to the traditionally coldest spot in. the, nation, International and Pas years, Falls, Minn, It was 28 degrees below zero there. Who Have | mas candlesticks we have | Christmas tréé. Comies oo... cece ee 21 ‘and scheduled another effort | County News .......... .. 14 | today. | FEé@itorials .............. 6 | Chrysler laid off°12,840 men Markets .............00. 22 | at half a dozen plants, including Obituaries 2.0... 0...5... 4 more than 6,000 in’ Detroit Sports ....,.. piviaieiwiece 17-19 | Plymouth factories. At Plym- Theathers ............. . 2 | outh Body 3,800 were laid off TV & Radio Programs .. 27. | and another 2,400 at Plymouth Wilson, Earl ............ 27 +| Lynch road assembly were sent Women’s Pages ..... 10-13 | home. Open Evening 4& Sunday ti Stapps Juvenile Bootery |: oer Newmman,s Variety, 145 | 28 E. Lawrence Street e Orchard Lake. Open Eves. "til, Christmas 4 ¥ he m “But so-and-so has every Take a gag ruler, for i How to Please Those E verything By JANET ODELL thing!” Maybe so, but you mobile factories hit close to the, can usually find some gift that will please the in- 20,000 mark today in the Dodge dividual and not duplicate what he already has. instance. These are large brass rulers with ridiculous sayings on them, like “Assistant Manager of the Coffee Break Division.” If she is a tea drinker, she’ll love having a silver tea ball with a long handle. This is for people who dislike tea bags and wantt to choose their own brand of tea. You can include a box of special tea with this gift. A variation of the sweater clips that haVe become an ac- cepted accessory with a sweater is seen in one store. This pair of clips « ame be made into a | bracetet. Dresser valets to hold his wallet, watch and rings take the form of a wide-mouth fish, a begging puppy or a pawing bull. Some of the prettiest Christ- ever seen look like, inverted wine glasses. In the bottom section each has a miniature Most. girls would like to have a new evening skirt, especially if the one she gets is a bright plaid taffeta. And if she is at- tending a gala New Year’s Eve dance, she'll love a rhinestone or pearl tiara to set on «her curls. *\ If his hobby is guns, give him each set a miniature of a fa- mous gun. You've all heard of bird watchers. Did you ever hear of a people watcher? It's a little bird you can perch on flowers or on the edge of a 4 shelf. Made of real feathers, too, For the youngsters consider a telescope. With the new interest in sky watching, what with Sputnik and Explorer scooting around the heavens, this should appeal to children. 1335 re A reTMAS:| / a set of cuff links and tie clasp, m ° « ee * the eastern half of the - i ¥ - Nt { i _ TELLS OF MOSCOW VISIT—Sen. Hubert Humph left, gestures as he answers a reporter's question at a crowded _ news conference yesterday. Humphrey reported on a long talk in Moscow with Soviet Premier AP Wirephete rey (D-Minn) Khrushchev. ~ Humphrey Reports to Ike on Kremlin Contérences By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (AP)—Sen. | Hu- bert Humphrey (D-Minn) com- pletes a politically profitable trip today, reporting to President Ei- senhower on his Kremlin confer- ences, With his report go a couple of messages from Soviet Premier Ni- phrey told a news conference Mon- day. ‘‘No great political decisions are in the offing.” But he said the Soviet Union doesn't want a war for at least seven years, because war would ruin her plans for achieving devel- opment goals. * * * kita Khrushchev to Eise : Humphrey disclosed Monday they deal with atomic energy and some Soviet suggestions on how to set- tle - East-West problems in Ger- many. &k& *« Humphrey has gained wide pub- licity from his eight-hour confer- ence in Moscow with Khrushchev and other Soviet leaders, and from the news conferences he has held since then in Moscow, London, New York and Washington. His hopes for the 1960 Demo- cratic tial nomination aren't hurt either by the invita- tion te confer with the President on grave international matters. Eisenhower gave the 47-year-old senator a chance to show himself im international affairs as a dele- gate to the United Nations last year. But he has not previously been in the top echelon of con- gressional Democrat consistently consulted by the administration. * * * “J don’t think we're going to make any progress politically with the Soviets for a long time,”’ Hum- Downtown Yule Concerts Begin Tonight Beginning tonight the Downtown Mechants Association will sponsor afternoon and evening choral and instrumental groups of Christmas programs conducted in the shelter constructed on the courthouse lawn in downtown Pontiac. . The Pontiac Women’s Chorus of the city Parks & Recreation Dept. this evening at 7:30 will begin the , which will continue six days and nights a week through Christmas. . The half-hour performances, part of the Christmas season festivities being put on by the association, will be given by musical groups from area schools, churches and other organizations. The Weather Foll U.S. Weather Bureau Report AND Pe PONTIAC ¥—Partl nd contina tenight a : lower suburbs. , Winds westerly 10-15 teday, becoming light and some< what iable tonight. what vari Today in Pontiac é Lowest temperature preceding $8 @.m. At 8 a.m.: Wind velocity 15 m. p.h. Direction-—West. . sets Tuesday at 6 p.m. Suft rises Wednesday at 7:50 a.m. Moon sets Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Moon rises Wednesday at 7:27 a.m. ‘Dewntewn Temperatures ~ ll a.m @ MM... cee ee 6 ll am........0.- 11 T B.M..ccerceees 6 ADM... cersseenre 12 BBM... .copsees. 6 1 p.m 14 O A.M... ccsces aoe T 10 BM... .0r ene 9 Monday in Pontiac {As recerded downtown) Highest temperature Lowest temperature Mean temperature ......:sseereeres: Weather—Snow flurries, One Year Ago in Pontine Senta eee rerrsee Pe ee Se a pee ee ee eben edene Highest and