The Weather U. &. Weather Buredu Forecast Colder, snow’ flurries : (Details Page #) THE PONTIAC P 116th YEAR | Ragin te we & & PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1958 —44 PAGES . x + Plan Mass Funeral for 87 Fire Victims CHICAGO (#—Plans for. a mass fu- Seventy-five of the injured still re- neral for the 87 children who died in Chi- cago’s worst:school fire were announced today by church officials. Twenty-five priests visited homes of the victims seeking approval for such a service and burial Friday. _ Families were told they can make separate funeral and burial arrange- ments if they wish. In the hospitals the fight for the liv- ing went on. nuns and one a school janitor. Eleven children were in critical condition. x &k ® Their battle made made easier blood and even skin for grafts. and even after. * ® * idied in the blaze, vestigators. That it started in the base of quired hospitalization. Two of them were by the overwhelming response to appeals for Calls from prospective blood donors across the country were so great that, many were told to call later in the week While anguished parents pre- pared to bury their children who the puzzling ‘cause of the fire still plagued in- ] ggg eg ER RN | last week tef ty tine with Sin. gels grimly “mais he dead clair’s 3.2 cent cut in prices, were nut their daughters. Still missing _ re Bernice) Were expected to follow Sinclair Cichocki, 12, Lucille Filipponio, 9,| 1 the latest increase. and Diane Stantangelo, 9. The boost pushes the tankwagon Morgue officials said dental | Price for Sinclair gas to 14.5 cents | where there is a loss of life an‘ : AP Wirephote INSPECT STAIRWELL — Members of the arson squad inspect the stairwell Jeading to the basement where officials believe. the fire started in Our Lady of the Angels. grade school in Chicago yesterday. State Demands Law to Inspect Schools LANSING (#—In the wake of the Chicago parochial school fire tragedy, state Officials joined today ir de- manding a mandatory school inspection law for Michi- gan. Gov. Williams and Lynn M. Bartlett, superintendent, of public instruction, both said they would try to push | | the measure through the 1959 legislature. Glenroy Walk-, : Did It Pay Full Fare? cr. chief of the state fire marshal's division, was another Q§SIDIA nag eee i asking passage of the law. - | _BURTON-ON-TRENT, England checked against dental char- Premium. This set the new base acteristics of the dead. jretail price for motorists at 29 : icents for regular and 33 for prem- According to Sgt. Brown. his: jum. . ~ : (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) Fluctuating all year, gasoline records of the three will be 2 Sallon for regular and 18 for) He emphasized it only was! itheory. | Arson was discounted, but not, Firm Reverses Trend; From Our News Wires ' Steal ht Started Last Week; j.xciwg — the Conlin Com. 8 year. We always suspect arson | Others Due to Follow | mittee last night formally urged a | 296-million-dollar-a-year graduated Reversing a trend it began last income tax as a key measure tO revenue problems. ‘right Michigan's topsy-turvy tax istructure and stave off state bank- ruptey, crease in the tankwagon cost ef} About three-quarters of its im- “=der the income tax proposal gasoline to Pontiac and Detroit pact would fall on higher income | more than 1,500,000 persons will: groups, particularly those in the $10,000 - and -over brackets, with ‘rates ranging from 3 to & per eent. ‘The personal income tax, now levied by 31 states, Alaska and | the District ef Columbia, was ' but ene of a host of recommen- dations sweeping across the en- | tire state tax. spectrum. Nearly all, including a novel |$9-a-year per person sales tax on ‘food rebate feature, were in ac- jcordance with advance notice. Seventeen members of the blue ‘program, including chairman Frank Seidman of Grand Rapids. | They conditioned their approval ‘on acceptance of the entire tax package by the legislature, or : . ' (UPI) — A local bus driver was ©” ; Bartlett estimated that there are 1,800 schools in High Court's Refusal perfectly justified in saying, |ViTtually all of it. \Michigan of a combustible, to Clarify Sewage, “Well. 1 swan” yesterday. A (GAIN $138 MILLION * * * ‘nature, most of them one . | swan waddled up from the river. In a summary of program ef- ° : aK is] , reas | Case Hinders Plans | joined a bus crowd, and got fects, the committee majority Horrible ite eu schools in rural & “| | onto a bus. It rode to the figured it would bring in 391 mil- “It would be tragicalf¥ foolish’ | Refusal of the Michigan Supreme! D¢M stop. got off, and returned to the river jlions in new revenues and abandon :293 millions in existing revenue Urge State Income Tax of $220 Million a Year for a net gain of 138: million dollars The committee called for prompt | creation of a special study group on local government tax and Harvey E. Braver, committee executive secretary, guessed that Snow Flurries, Cold: Forecast for Tonight Snow flurries and colder is the 'weatherman’s forecast for tonight with the low dipping to a freezing 20. Thursday is expected to be cloudy and cold with snow by late after- (prices in Pontiac averaged 33.2)ribbon Citizens Advisory Group to'noon and a high near 26 degrees. cents for regular and 36.2 for prem-|the legislative Tax Study Commit-| Tonight and tomorrow, winds will DPW Shift Hits | | 5 | Nov. 1 they stood at 27.9 and 31.9./Conlin (R-Tipton) supported the State Police reported this morn- ium at the first of the year. On'tee headed by Rep. Rollo G.'b¢ light and variable. ing reported roads and highways in southern Lower Michigan as ‘wet and slippery. * * * There were no reports of ice or snow on main highways but - po- ‘lice said visibility was poor due to fog and mist. In downtown Pontiac the lowest temperature preceding 8 a.m. was 27 degrees. The thermometer regis- tered 34 at 1 pm 7 7 ‘to think what happened in Chicago urd to clarity « 4 to 4 vol Not Likely UTD couians "rappen here." Bart he appeal ofthe Farmington se City Schools block Oakland County plans to Area Father Gets Fine, Court Ultimatum ‘age disposal system case might. . In Detroit alone, he said, there are 38 schools rated combustible consolidate the Drain Commission! By MAX E. SIMON How safe are Pontiac’s schools? by municipal authorities “mean- | Office with the Department of sal ' ing these schools would most cer- je orks: h > ert Q Il , “ad Ss was 1 arolc fire department Crowded classrooms, he said. 14:+ night as he addressed 19 coun- officials and school administrators,|ComPound the seriousness of the ity legislators and officials at a, Shocked) hy thelqragic fire at) Our ron rr [dinner oecting in) Bcridey: Lady of Angels School in Chicago, | “It is an appalling thought in; wondered: “Can it happen here?” ithe face of the Chicago tragedy} ithat Michigan has no Selmer for state inspection of schools for : ‘ fire hazards,” Williams said. DPW act. A proposed measure would call! “If this is not done,” he added, 'for inspection of all public andj‘‘the consolidation proposal we No schools in the city can be private schools every three years have made for you has gone for considered firetraps, Metz said \-' by the state fire marshal and state |naught.” day. ihealth commissioner. Schools which * * * ‘failed to mect standards svould In the past five years. precal-pe closed by July 1, 1961. tions have been taken to prevent; such a disaster, he said, and most, Similar _legistation tailed to buildings are in ‘‘good shape. ‘| pass the legislature during the . ' past three sessions. But, he warned, this . “100 per cent true.” day as citizens, “These plans,’ ‘said Schone, “have to be tempered until the Supreme Court” looks favorably Because of an active fire upon the constitutionality of the prevention program, it's not likely, according to Fire Mar- shal Charles E. Metz. * * . Schone and the Board of Public Works had asked the high court to clarify its split decision of Oc-| ‘tober, by which, because of a rule jof “affirmation by equal division,” | ‘it upheld the late Judge George! | “We still have buildings that are B. Hartrick’s ruling that townships! las much a fire-trap as the one could tax over the 15-mill taxing) Six of the city’s older schools; Chicago.” Bartlett said. limitation when matters of public! were named as risks | He noted that the fatalities come health were involved 2 es from the killing effect of smoke Although this ruling from the These are McConnell. Wilson.:and gases and from panic as well, Supfeme Court supposedly gave Crofoot, Wisner and Baldwin ele-.a¢ flames. | the green light to the $4,900,000 mentary schools and Pontiac Cen- t+ * * | proposed sewer system, county tral High School. | In addition to seeking the man-| (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) All are multiple-story buildings. |qatory inspection bill, Bartlett | Metz and other fire departmenticaig. He would immediately zo ! is not officials were out today checking head with his program. This will _ ‘Continued on Page 8, Col. 3) [recommend that: In Today's Press + + By GEORGE T. Barbara will go to school or Daddy will go to jail, Oakland County Circuit Judge William J. Beer told a West Bloomfield Township man yesterday. Judge Beer, in upholding a Elwin Clapp of 34344 W. 14-Mile Rd. to have his 12-year-old daugh- ter, Barbara, in school within 48 hours or spend 90 days in the county jail. Clapp was also fined $50. Clapp, a Detroit factory machinist, unfolded a strange tale of how the girl had been kept out of Decker Elementary School in Walled Lake for more than 14 months because his wife and mother-in-law feared of a certain neighbor” with whom the family had been having : a long-standing feud. Clapp was scolded by the dictate to him a violation of the state law” | necessarily to pay tax. Federal have to file returns, but~ not income tax returns filed in Michi- gan run about 2,750,000 a year. Many, particularly in the low in- High Winds Fan Flames Toward Malibu Beach 2 Schools, 12 Houses in Path of Devoyring Blaze, Residents Flee MALIBU BEACH, Calif. (® — Racing flames today spread devastation through hills studded with the homes of movie stars and roared unchecked toward the famed Malibu Beach film colony, The fire, driven by high winds, cut an eight-mile swath across the Malibu Hills, destroying an esti-- mated 36 homes and rout- ‘ing hundreds of residents. Firemen battléd to keep the blaze out of Malibu Canyon, but lost. the fight just before dawn when flames 100 feet high roared over the top of the last ridge and bore down on the homes half a mile below. In the path of the flames are a dozen homes, a Catholic church and school and an elementary school that is being used as fire fighting headquarters and an evacuation center. The fire has already destroyed several expensive homes, among them the $50,000 hilltop house of actor Lew Ayres. A barn on actor Ronald Rea- gan’s ranch burned. Ranches owned by Bob Hope and Glenn Ford had to be abandoned. Ford * |trucked out several head of prize cattle. come brackets or those with large families, would find any tax-lia- bility wiped out by tax credits of $40 for each adult and dependent child in @ family. The first $1,000 of income would be exempt. Thus, for a married man with xk * ®& In the Malibu Beach colony, resi- two. dependents, there would be no cortie ability for the © belong- | $5,400 of wages or salary, to : * * * : Here are examples of the net] Fire officials said the blaze lcost of the tax to families in| ™&Y.be worse than the mam- | various income brackets: moth Malibu fire two years ago : that burned for five days,. COUPLE blackening 42,000 acres and de- UNDER $4,000, NO TAX stroying 99 homes. rae a ae Some of the same ground. is $ 6.000 $ 88 being burned over now, but most $ 8.000 $172 of the fire is in the hills running $10,000 $480 down to the picturesque seashore , about 20 miles from Los Angeles. COUPLE, TWO DEPENDENTS Eight firemen were burned when UNDER $53,400, NO TAX a sudden wind shift sent the blaze Income Net Cost j|roaring back at them. They fought $ 6,000 $ 24 through to safety but were hos- $ 8,000 $109 pitalized with first-degree burns $10,000 $211 on their faces and hands, $15,000 $448 x * * SINGLE Evacuation centers were set up “of “ , 7 in three sehools along the ocean AUER S2a0t. NO Ne Coe side of the hills. More than 150 $ 4.000 $47 persons were bedded down in $ 6,000 $11 «| ‘hem. $ 8,000 $257 About 1,000 head of cattle were $10.000 $413 brought out of the threatened $15,000 $670 (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) * * * As to higher income brackets, ithe report said: “Since the state tax is deducti- ble from income for federal inconie 12, Out of School 14 Months TRUMBULL JR. justice court conviction, ordered for the girl's safety “because taxpayer of the state levy, after giving effect to the federal ‘offset,’ in no case exceeds 3.5 per cent of adjusted gross income, (notwith- standing the ceiling rate of 8 per cent).” ° It would reduce total tax liabili- ties on business an estimated 31 million dollars a vear. Aside from the 220 millions an- ticipated from the persona] income (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) Army Unveils Juno, Huge Moon Rocket | judge for allowing his wife “to which requires chil- dren between 6 and 16 to attend school. “You should realize vou are head of the family and should not surrender this position,”’ ATTENDED 4 DAYS Cecil G. Seott, principal of enrolled Barbara in the sixth Judge Beer lectured Clapp. the school, said Mrs. Clapp had grade in September of 1957. He said she attended only four days’ and then a continued, absence » was noted. Donald A. Milligan, attendance officer for the Walled Lake school district, was pressed into action. Milligan said he visited the Clapp home several times only to be repelled by a sign on the front door telling visitors fo leave their calling red letters also were returned to resort,"’ said Scott, “so we asked for * Justice Elmer C. Dieterle found immediatel:’ appealed to the Cir- s convicnon was upheld. * Wisconsin to Get Gunaca 4! superintendents and school | cards and they would be contacted. \boards have an immediate inspec-| Comics ...........---. ST | : LANSING (>) — Gov. G. Men- ition of their buildings made by| County News ..........-++5 10 | Milligan néver was. Registe nen Williams today issued a |responsible fire department of-| Editorials ...............+.- 6 him unclaimed. warrant for the return of John |ficials. : . Markets .....--..50055:0-5. 38 | “It is always our last Gunaca to the State of Wiscon- | Every school district in the state,| Obituarfes ............... 8 | the warrant against Clapp.” , sin where he is wanted on |regardiess as gn improve and| Sports ..............5-+5- sacs xk * $s charges in conne¢tion |step up its fire program. Theaters . = ee ae ee _ ; : ite - ibe 1;-year-old Tike Every school examine storage| TV & Radio Program 43 | seers” aaa yee o Mee a te on, ei against the Kohler Co. outside (spaces and other areas for possible| Wilsen, Earl sove oe BS 4 ; ley mt y in Janey ‘ an Sheboygan. fire hazards. ~ | *Wonten’'s Pagess 25.8 | ELWIN) CLAPP cult Court where yesterday bi ‘ | . 4. \ | J erate i es Si a eel ee eee CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (® | — The Army unveiled its huge moon rocket — Juno Ii — Tues- day when the service tower was rolled back as part of the prep- arations for a launching expected within a week. The powerful rocket, very sim- flar in appearance to the Jupiter. ' C that fired three Explorer satel- lites into orbit, will be used for far into outer space. * * * away the base of the Army’s highly touted Jupiter intermedi- | ate range ballistic missile was | seen. The top of the rocket was covered, however. For the moon shoot, the Ju- | piter will be used as a first- stage booster rocket in place ef the smaller Redstone missile Jupiter-C satellite vehicle. b , \tax purposes, the net cost to the, the Army's first attempt to probe When the tower was rolled | which gave the big lift to the | ‘Stags and Does’ to Shop Separate in Pontiac Stores Men and women will get their chance to get out and do some “separate’’ shopping tonight as i Pontiac merchants observe Stag jand Doe Night. : Beside the stores already stay- ing open evenings until Christmas, ‘about 16 more shops will keep their idoors open until 9 tonight. The men’s. stores will offer their services exclusively to fe- male patrons, while men only will be admitted to the women’s shops. The same will be true department-wise in larger stores carrying both men's and 'wom- | en’s furnishings. Many of the stores will feature professional models showing the ‘latest fashions. Other stores will ‘offer special gift wrapping serv- lices and some will supply special personal guides for shoppers who possibly ‘‘don’t know just what to - get him or her.” Some stores will serve refresh- ments. a a ae lg Bien ia eS Vie’ y ee oS Bene vg Ae ee . we — 7° peal ey : Pa — peetite eg ew } pr : AO | - ——— ‘ “THE PONTIAC PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1958. ‘ie coe Tax | Urged by Group (Continued From Page One) tax, the. committee proposed these “ other new or increased taxes: A & per cent tax on corporate income, 110 millions, with an ottset of 45 millions through a hal a ferporation fran-|. chise fe 2 making it ‘pay. able as @ minimum alterna: tive te the inéome levy. A 7 per cent tax on net income of banks, small loan companies, building and savings and loan as- sociations and other financial in- stitutions, . increase over present structure of $11,500,000. Business activities tax revision, including wightirawal of deductions for rent, interest and depreciation and bumping the rate applicable. to publi¢ utilities to 6.5 mills, 5 mil- lions gain, Adjustments. to taxes on insur- ance companies, 8 millions gain. Impose sales and use tax on | telephone, telegraph, leased wire | and similar services, coupled | with 1 of présent exemptions | under sales tax, 18 millions gain. Twenty per cent tax on cigars, pipe tobacco, and other tobacco products other than cigarettes, four, millions gain. Replace present $1.25 a ceri tax on beer with a tax of 7 per. cent imposed on the price invoiced to the distributor, 4 millions gain. ESTATE, GIFTS TAX Impose estate and gift see ranging from 6 to 22 per cent in place of the existing es tax, $7,500,000 gain. oe ” r- | saouimeel race a 7 oor cant jdowntown Ponfiac area may be and on harness racing to 4'2 per | wondering what creates the bright | cent, and discontinue state sharing ‘glow at Saginaw and Oakland when | of pari-mutuel tax with cities in|viewing the intersection from a exchange for granting cities ad-|distance of several blocks. —- by this photo taken mission tax authority, $2,200,000 | The glow in this case is created) by four experimental street lights. The four test lights were installed jlast Friday by Consumers Power }Company in cooperation with the | City of Pontiac. The foar fluorescent fixtures, gain. Existing rates are 6 per cent | -at thoroughbred tracks and 4 per cent at harness tracks. Besides the 120 million dollar per- EXPERIMENTAL LIGHTING INSTALLED— ‘The dark winter nights are a lot brighter these days at Saginaw street and Oakland avenue, as Pontiac Press Phete reason is four new experimental fluorescent lights installed by the Consumers Powers Co., the first of their kind in Michigan. last night. The Street Lighting Experiment Creates Bright Glow in Pontiac Shoppers and motorists in the| using “power groove” lamps, \as efficiently as officials believe are the first to be instalied in | Michigan and one of the first in- stallations ef their kind in the United States for street lighting | purposes, according to Ed Kar- kau, Consumers Power district (system was installed in 1946. manager. imakes use of 10,000-lumen lights The immediate use of these new 24 ie a good lighting lamps is to highlight the new cen-|!00 af that iter-island recently constructed at! In December, 1955, Pontiae be- ithe intersection. If the new lights | came one of the first cities in iprove to illuminate the intersection! the state to install 20,000-mmen = | fluorescent lights around the new \they will. more may be installed jat other key city locations in the |tueure, * * * The present downtown lighting franchise taxes, these tax re- = peals or reductions were pre posed: ' City Hall, for sighitione driving in Pontiac. by the board yesterday in The jonnson of Ferndale: ideas eee ~e for 87 Sc hoo ] Fire Vic tims: make it one on safest streets | Nine dollar a person rebate estimated sales tax paid aes on food, with state assuming a po-| tential 63 raillion dollar obliga-; {Continued From Page One) theory on the start of the fire was iborne out by these facts: i It was usual practice about 2:30, repeal, Z a Serres | mu same iP. m. for boys to take waste paper, Bra desea re deepite vals:|S° BoGer roetn, tater By .Jenttors: zer ob . * « spot dk praposed ie parce! A boy’s washroom is nearby. It would soba the burden of taxes'i8 @ good place for a boy to steal! borne by Michigan families with |* smoke. Old examination papers| under $5,000 income. jalso were stored near the area. “The increased load to be car-| Brown said two "boys were in. ried by the higher income groups/the northeast part of the building | ranges from *2 to 1 per cent offas late as 2:40 p.m. Monday, | $7,000 bracket to 2.75 per cent for \two before the first°alarm ito the basement to be burned in! x However, “szconting to officials, the pedestrian traffic in the down- town area requires a higher level jof illumination than arterial high- jways and suburban streets. Thus, the four test lamps were set up, "each lamp having an output | insisted the area was clear of | any refuse or stacks ef papers as of last Thursday. He doubted snyibing was placed there Fri- day, a school holiday. The FBI stood by in the case, saying “it is maintaining a liaison a ma 35,000 lumens. with Chicago officials to see if! earn y one and a half ‘there is any way we can assist.” ‘times that of the Perry street Examination of a steel 30-gallon jiohts and three and a half times ‘ean found near the wooden north- that of the present lighting on Sag- east stairway failed to turn = ‘inaw street. ‘any helpful clues. Raymond < Raging Fire Menaces lhe had seen such a ¢an~ ie | but didn’t know why it was there. income for those in the $5,000 to emptying. waste baskets. That armm\" Whe ¢ SPEED those with incomes in excess of|was $10,000," he said. smelled something smoldering. | But frem his hospital bed | More Cold Air | James Raymond, 44, the janitor, Spee ing way High Court Refusal ‘Hinders DPW-Shiff (Continued From Page One) By The Associated Press Rapid reversal of a warming trend in parts of the Midwest, mame ie Henne Wite the causes ot oo oie Film Colony Homes perts came forth with explana- ‘tions for the terrific speed of the| (Contimued From Page One) |blaze. So fast did it spread that areas and moved to safer ees. | dozens of children were trapped tures. and killed in their classrooms. | A Five | Casurnieioner (Guinn Wa ia Less fortunate were the deer The Day In Birminghanr Deteat of Millage Increase Buckeye, 91, of 15525 Buckingham, Annual U.S, carrot crop runs to Rd., will be held at 3 p.m, Thurs- more than $39 million and includes day at the Bell Chapel of the Wil-/ the harvest trom. = thousand acres, liam R. ‘Hamilton Co, Burial sed | ea won : epsom cnet be in Joliet, Hl, | Another 71 of these lights were | recently installed on Perry street! } - ; | -BIRMINGHAM — Letters signed by Fred W. Graupner, of 6388 Da- kota. Circle, are being distributed to urge the defeat Monday of the Bloomfield Hills school district’s proposed millage increase, * * * | Arthur J. Picotte; chairman of ithe citizens’ committee which) iGraupner represents, said a pubtic {meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Fri- (day in the Bloomfield Township Hall for further discussion, _ Pieotte claims the beard of education information is not giv- ing the whole picture And says that actually the increase will be a a board states, = value’ will increase the four mills tota] of 7.2 mills. * * * This, he said, plus a $14 increase for the bond proposal, will put a |total tax of $86 on a. $10,000 as-| sessment, He alse criticizes the educa- tors’ “anticipation program” and claims the beard is asking resi- dents, to “‘spend money now for the future.” Meanwhile, Parent Teacher Or- ganization groups are solidly back- ing the educators. Members have behind the entire issue. Superintendent Eugene Johnson |said the Hills does not have a “fancy” construction program but , It} Stresses well-built schools staffed r the best teachers available.’’ The Birmingham Recreation! | Board yesterday made an error in 'the telephone number they told The Pontiac Press would be used to contact Santa Claus weekdays, |Dec. 8 through 19, from 5:30 to! i$ p.m, * * * MI 6-7222 not the number reported Press, The committee meeting sched- ‘wed for tomorrow night's discus- | sion of the new Birmingham Teen Club will be held at 8:30 p.m. in the Community House. The pub lic is invited, Members .of Graupner, who will be the prin-| cipal speaker, says the ‘‘equalized | asked by the board 1.8 times, or a 61-year-old woman lived at 436| | Bonnie Briar, Birmingham. | munity —< | signed a resolution stressing their | faith in the board and stand firmly. The correct telephone number is | the Westminster Guia of the First Presbyterian! Church will meet at 8 p.m. tomnor- row at the home of Mrs. Clarence W. Bilenman, _ 1381- Birmingham Blvd. for their annual Christmas program Members will bring cards and stamped envelopes which will be taken to adult patients at the Pon- * * * Minn. - Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Russell Dawson and Mrs. Clif-| send. Mrs. Caroline Burlingame Mrs. Caroline Burlingame, a. former Birmingham resident who organized the Community Infer- mation Services for the Community Chest in 1945, died yesterday at the Whitehall Nursing Home, Arn Ar- hor, following a lorig. ilmess. Cremation was held today in Woodmere Cemetery. A memorial service will be held later. | Until she became ill in 1957, the! grandchildren and one great-grand- | child. Sputnik Carrier Due CAMBRIDGE, Mass, (P?—The Pullman-car-sized rocket of Sput- | nik IT was expected te burn up and fall te the earth teday. Scientists at Smithsonian Astro- physical Observatory indications were it would fall somewhere between central Eurepe and the Middle East. * * * The rocket has been orbiting , She was director of the Com- Information Services | | from 1945 to 1952. From 1932 te |. | 1957 she was director of the De- treit League for Planned Parent- | since it fired Sputnik I i | oe Naas orbit last May 15. Sputnik itself Surviving are two: sons, Richard! is expected to continue circling of Ypsilanti and Andrew of Grand | the globe for another year be- | Rapids and five grandchildren. | cause its mere compact shape The family requests memor ial offers less atmospheric drag. lto the Detroit League for Planned! ~ * Parenthood in lieu of flowers. VICTOR J. McKINLEY Service for Victor J, Mc Kinley, | |65, of 156 E. Frank St., will Be held at 1 p.m. Friday at ‘the Man-! ley-Bailey Funeral Home, Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. McKinley died yesterday at! St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Pon-- tiac, followng a long illness, Smithsonian scientists said earth since it would burn up j through friction on catering the earth's atmosphere. West Ministers to Meet WASHINGTON (UPI) — Amer- He had been employed with the , __ : Birmingham re Aap EAE | isters would meet in Paris Dec. department for 2° years before | | It 15 on the Bertin situation. he retired last year because of ce OEY, i! health. He was a veteran of % « Wortd War | and a member of give the fragrance of happiness : weed Surviving are his wife, Marion; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Ny- ;berg of Clawson and Mrs. Robert six sons, : | Richard, Thomas, William, and by LENTHERIC ‘Charles, all of Birmingham; Har- ‘old of Troy and Robert of Royal Qak: a sister. Mrs. Marion Miller of Birmingham; a brother, Rueh! McKinley of Auburn Heights and | Six grandchildren MRS. K. C. BUCKEYE Service _for Mrs KC. 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Take- fo Burn, Fall Today Mrs, Buckeye died yesterday at} Urged for Bloomtield Hills we Malcolm-Palmer Nursing : Home, Southfield, following a long : illness, is She was a member of the West- § minster Presbyterian, Detroit and, the OES Chapter at, Heron ae \ Mrs. Gene Perry, Esther Buckeye, tiac State Hospital for them to ford Smith, all of Birmingham; a & |son, Garland of Gary, Ind.; seven! anne sore Y NOVELTY Metal BANKS : Make Nice Christmas Gifts MAIL BOX BANKS. Shaped as a mail . box. Holds coins, ] 49 SAFE STYLE BANKS 4 very combination J. . _rermer CASH REGISTER BANKS Holds nickies, tet 3.95 lay $4. | probably very little would remain | | of the carrier rocket as it hit the | ' can officials said last night the | Western big three foreign min- | : With lock & key. t Shaped as a safe ; se 1.99: dimes quarters, Many Other Styles Too! a Pid cats. er We 2 my = 5 7. vf vt aa 4 | ! gens | 4-Pc. Ball Pen Set with FLASHLITE : «$1.25 98° Value P Set has one ball pen, 1 ink pen. I pencil and |} small pocket flashlight. Gift boxed 3-Pc. Ball Pen Sets Set has | ball pen, 79: 1 ink pen and |} pencil. Gift boxed. 6 Ball Point Pens ¢ & Pocket Secretary $1.00 5 9° 3 in pock et mote secretary as shown SIMMS. | alue OV smooth writing pens De DD DD. 3 esd: 3. Dud DeBuBe BaPDeD DB DLD.2. DT Dde Dee DDD DM De DD Di DeDDe Dede BeBe DiDe DD. DidDe Dede Dedede near-zero cold in northern New England and mild temperatures | elsewhere characterized most of — strength of the split opin- the nation’s weather today. Cold air from Canada, pushed * * * officials were leery about the | , the second floor were open, per- mitting fire and hot gases te spread quickly. In it, four justices sided with’ First floor doors were closed.'to touch off the fire at noon Tues- || “When a fire gets going it moves: that live in the hills. _ faster than you can run.’ males memes reese Carbine 88 G | the area. arbine un i Newenst Ete | “This thing has gone crazy.” Prot ks xi 95 V ection ares said open doors suid County Fire { Keith. $8.95 Value 88 agrees * d ue Klinger. who is directing more:'y Wester? style. lever 6 % ac on te Fer. rs scociation engineers (42. 1.000 men on the fire lines. Halas over 850 BBG reported heavy weeden doors on | A prolonged dry spel] that left ‘hillside brush bone-dry, a sudden, rise in the wind® and a spark laean an unknown source combined $8 North ee wy te down model nannd2ndmod2DOORADDDAADADDADOESDADADDADOE : eae am : 98 N. Saginaw —Main Floor | ASE Pie BPP BRD - BRIT Thursday Only Specials 3 2nd FLOOR BARGAINS = by winds nearly 30 miles an hour, sped through North Dakota and! Judge Hartrick. Minnesota. It was ending a trend,ers did not answer this particular toward higher temperatures from question in the appeal. the mid-Mississippi Valley into 3 “The reason for our re-hearing Great. Lakes region. irequest was to have them answer, By late afternoon, the rush ofj|this one question which will have’ cold air was expected to push| such a great effect on the sale of southward into Tennessee. ‘bonds for other DPW projects,’ The clash of cold and warm air Schone said. brought more than an inch of snow | ek ok Pe to the southern shores of Lake} County officials today were . Superior. An inch or less fell from/awaiting a written decree from the eastern Dakotas to Lake Mich-;Lansing, while Claude H. Stevens, igan. corded 10 degrees, the lowest tem-| projects. peratures — 20s and 30s — were! : felt in portions of the Ohio Valley eag’ sovreved by the ooard of | and the mid-Atlantic Coast states. : The Weather Full U. 8. Weather Bereaa Report islation which ceunty lawmakers will strive for during the session opening in Lansing Jan. 14. the county’s bond attorney, was re- Aside from northern New Eng- analyzing the 44 decision to see land and Frazer, Colo., which re-|what effect it will have on these "| Supervisoss, tops the list of leg. | The Legislative Committee of, with the club owners. while four oth-\the investigators were quoted as day along a main highwav eight - Saying, protecting classrooms miles inland from the Pacific. ithere. Some 1,300 students were} * * * in the U-shaped building when the! The possibility that an arsonist fire broke out. e | < * & set the fire is being investigated. { A fund established by Mayor moved Vibe tara Daley to aid Sige the families of the injured and the! casional oak trees toward th = € 1e ‘dead reached $23,100. Two hundred! hills, which are dotted with luy-, dollars was collected in Jackson, | ury homes and ranches. Miss. | | | Ut swept over a huge ranch used by the 26th Century-Fex to American League Prexy , make Western movies. causing a Will Harridge Resigns | rine opiate a television with incredible | | WASHINGTON (AP) — William | Harr idge resigned today as presi- dent of the American League. Harridge, who headed the league | Since 1931, made his decision! |known this morning after meeting fore the driving winds, \deputies in radio cars From its starting point the fire speed through grass, light brush and oc- As it gathered momentum be- sheriff's sped [through the residential areas RBPRNM BR @ 34 PIECE VILLAGE CABOOSE @ 10-PIECES OF TRACK Battery operated engine moves SPECIAL:-PURCHASE Saves YOU Money on Gijts 48-Pc. Battery Operated Train Sel @ LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE @ GONDOLA — TENDER — @ REGULAR $5.00 VALUE ee SS 8 == 4 5% = Rollmaster ELECTRIC SHAVER Regular $23.50 List i Add $2 Without Trade 1959 mode! Sunbeam Roll- master with rolling-edges for more comfo shaves. Triple-twin shaving heads for closer, taster & TELIA Teer ee eer ee reeetety SSARAASLADEAAAAD ARABS EAE EDL Ae With. TRADE-IN* 3 aaa forward and reverse, a whistle rtable 14x22” RUBBER TIRE ae Mats ; a ] 7: Auto rubber trre link mats Really shoe: for docrweys, porches, etc scrapes mud and dirt off PONTIAC AND SICSNEY — Cloudy, sleet todas with freezing rain aftern Winds merged: shitting beg easteriy by noon te northeast te north 12-18% miles this shermeen, —. cloudy and colder flurries. Tomorrow 2%. Light variable winds night and temorrow. a Teday in Pontiac Lewest temperature preceding 8 2.m. At § am: Wind velocity € mph. Direction — South. Sun sets Wednesday at $ p.m San rises Fhurades et 7:44 am er the Board treated legislators to a! te snow Steak dinner last evening during fective as tla get-acquainted affair and study. of the county’s 1959 legislative pro-! gram. * * * Only legislators in attendance at) |the Northwood Inn were State Sen-| lator L. Harvey Lodge and repre-: isentatives-elect Arthur J. Law \(District 2-Pontiac), James Clark- ison (District 4), and William Hay- \ward (District 5). The county’s' | His retirement will become ef. soon as the leagte is, prepared to select his successor. Digitalis, an effective heart med- ‘icine, is derwed from the foxglove home, pouring water over it while, plant, and some now comes from flames leaped 25 feet all around jtoads. a CLLEGE EMS EL MEL EN A LL 2 NM ME EE alerting homeowners to the threat. ¥ lends realism. Set operated on standard flashlight batteries Shaves. In gift case. *Trade must Families piled children, pets and Better than pictured. (Batteries extra.) be standard men’s electric razor |whatever else they could grab . Ut into their cars and poured out of & 9g Nerth ! the hills. Saginaw tS eae SIMMS BROTHERS x * * Street j MM eal D ) g Floor . . Heroics by individual firemen oN: Saginaw —Meia'ifiecs were commonplace. One man was ¥ BPR BBB. WHI. BBR RWWA WMI BMW RD DD PF BiB DDB BH PBB seen alone on the roof of a $50,000, him. | I nee a ——— | ATTENTION NOTICE OF TAXES Ladies— ‘Give “Him” 14424-INCH SIZE Coco Door Mats a New Suit Long fibers firm- Downtown Tes Pemperatures gem. m ir AA... 3, of _ Representatives, William S.: OM. ce cee : SOoa | fom”... os Ton ines 33 Broomfield, attended the meeting, Ssh...:... 2 *' also. 10am 0 | i Tuesday in Pontiac : ‘ BROPE SE ERAN, Reet usa ot Pi ong oe f 'y 6 (; } d | ten neste _ Tue Calendar | Weather — Partiy cloudy. a a One Year Age in Pentiae “4 DEC. 3 a Fighest temperature... 2... eee 95 1 fale ee 3 - _ Buy Christmas cards, with = — Fair. | 4 children’s help. Specify quick ~~ arcanstienate, Temperature Chart |, delivery if you are ‘having || eee rok - m is you plan to make-any, buy 7’ avitte | . v ¢i Batialo $2.24 ainneupets 43 ge|- Materials and figure on || renee 3 mee ane oH schedule. | Cleveland 3 Omans 8. 38|° ~~ Decide whether to have in © egret ; FA Phoenty a de relatives and guests, or Z| Pit 39 17) whether to make it just a © Worth oe. Louis 3 (3 4 » . 2 Oke and % D4 s Brenctaco % 4 family celebration, and plan 4 agen i» 3 S fumes | accordingly. 3 Kaan = @ Weshis gion 4 33% se Les Ss {Sabino 2 Gee Diba wh pER ckenspe . #d ', 1 ‘representative in the U.S. House, CITY OF PONTIAC The 1958 County Taxes in the City of Pontiac will be due and payable at the Office of the Pontiac City Treasurer December 10, 1958 through January 20, 1959 without fees. On January 21, 1959 a collection fee of 4° will be — to all County taxes paid through February 28, On March 1, 1959 all unpaid County and 1958 City and School Taxes will be returned to the Oakland County Treasurer's Office and must be paid there with additional fees. Payments made by mail must bei postmarked not later than January 20, 1959 to avoid penalties. Wolfer A. Giddings yt City Treasurer > 35 S. Parke Street, \ Pontiac, Michigan P 1 ARCHIE BARNETT or Coat for Christmas! If He Has Bought His Clothes Here During the Past 5 Years WE HAVE HIS MEASUREMENTS ! ... OF Bring in His Suit Coat or Odd Pants — We'll Know His Size! Bay Ht Now — Charge It —* Pay Alter Christmas IsFpaaQian: 150 NORTH SAGINAW ST. $1.29 Value ly bound. Cleans mud and dirt off shoes. Limit — 1 per person. Fits Any Style Faucet gsuowrn Spray PEEVVUUTYVEVUCVY UVES EV ELEY UTVTYTYY! $! Value on cr) [deal for shampoos, baths. ete. All rubber with mas- sage tips on head. As shown Simm Bra aths 98 N. Saginaw 2nd Floor. showers, pet , cockdails-at home EF Ce Wai ad re a = oN os 6 teow WS a ye fe + y = a ¥ | % 4 4 THE, PONTIAC. PRES. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1958 * eagugae sg a. ee es ge tan si (eg WN Jf aS 5 gee a © of ae * Recor 2 “es —" aed “NEW YORK (UPI) — A group of scientists said today that. an increase in deaths resulting from lung Gancer may be traceable in part to the increased content of arsenic in. cigarettes. They said cigarettes have been i eeasih Pega of the ‘medical re- search and radioisotope units of the Veterans Administration Hos- pital and the De of Surg- reported in the current issue of ery, Southwestern Medical School} of the University of Texas—were * * * “The coincident increase in lung The Texas scientists said that im the last 25 years the arsenic content of American cigarette tobaccos has increased between 200 and 600 per cent. laboratory and clinical research.’ The scientists said that in a study of five. regular-sized, unfiltered leading-brand cigarettes they found the arsenic concentration ranging from’ 42.5 to 52 parts per million./plants, they said.. They noted that three parts of * * *indt regulated. in this respect, scientists said. ~ the; Most of the arsenic cand in cigarettes is believed to come from insecticides used to spray tobacco n Cigarettes May Be Causing Lung Cancer the second third is fa the ashes and the remaining third goes into the smoke, : Filters have proven less than 30 per cent effective as a protection against arsenic, they said. e 1 Ok ‘\found to contain arsenic well in|Cancer, a journal of the American cancer deaths during this period|arsenic trioxide per million is the Of the 45 micrograms of ar- eg ; §QUAL TO THOSE SERVED excess of the amount permitted in|Cancer Society. The study was|suggests a casual relationship,”|maximum permitted in food prod-| senic found in the average ciga- oo alentists a on some ; AT WORLD-FAMOUS BARS | fo01. supported by. the National Cancer |trey said “However, this analogyjucts. Since cigarettes are not re-| rette, the scientists said, roughly P leved that the amount _The findings of the scientists—a remains to be proved by further Institute. garded as a food or drug, they are: one-third remains in the butt, * of arsenic in cigarettes was too smal] to cause lung cancer, while others felt that it might be a No waiting for action when you use Dr. Schol)’s Zino-pads. Pain stops in a jiffy. Used with the separate Medi- eations included, Zino-pads remove contributing factor. As for themselves, the Texas iscientists said they believed the inhalation of arsenic in minute doses might lead to changes which ultimately could result in cancer. corns one of the quickest ways known to medical science. Get a*box As Rightists Secon Elections Sees Fear for Future of Democracy in France By J. M. ROBERTS press in the name of stability, if AP News Analyst a sufficient crisis arises. Fears for the future. of the * * * democracy in France are now be-| De Gaulle, of course, will have jing more widely expressed than |the power no other president has lever because. of the number of ‘had to rule parliament under the De Scholls Zin Lino pads : Make them | the quick, easy way with Holland House Whiskey Sour Mix. Just add your favorite brand of whiskey to the Mix t and you'll serve perfect Whiskey Sours every time. Other popular Holland House (