T/» Weather THE PONTIAC PRESS Home Idition VOL. 123 NO. 2 ★ ★ ★ ★ PONTIAC. MICHIGAN. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1965 -23 PAGES - UNITKOT^eSS INTMNATH3NAL Cong Downs 3 U£. Copters SAIGON (UPI) — Communist ground fire shot down three U.S. Army helicc^ters in an action 30 miles east of Saigon today. One American crewman was killed and eight others were wounded. The helicopters were among 51 flying government troops into action against a guerrilla force. Heavy fighting was reported on the ground. Vietnam-eiSe paratroops lost nine men killed and 38 wounded. Eighteen enemy bodies were found. The flghting broke out soon after the United States brought in a battery of deadly Hawk Anti-Aircraft Missiles at Dan-ang, 350 mileis north of Saigon, Bar Relocation Now Possible Related Stories, Pages 2 and 7 The suite Supreme Court has ruled that a beauty academy is not a school in relation to state liquor laws, thus clearing the way for relocation of a Pontiac . bar on North Saginaw. Store Owner -SeemingWioL During Holdup Cash Drawer Empty, Except for Change; Partner Is Questioned An Independence Township store owner, Maurice Boucaixi, 47, of 8650 Dixie, was shot and killed last night during an apparent holdup at Rochon’s Country Shoppe, 6450 Dixie. The cash drawer was empty, except for small change, when sheriff’s deputies arrived. They believe the murderer escaped with about $50. HUNT PARTS OF PLANE — Two men aboard a Coast Guard boat stretch overboard to retrieve a bit of debris from an Eastern Air Lines plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Jones Beach on Long Island last night. This boat is part of a flotilla of vessds combing the oflshore area for bodies and debris. Searchers at Crash DEATH SCENE—Sheriff Frank Irons (left) and Capt. Leo Hazen examine the location where Maurice Boucard’s body was found. Bloodstains on the floor mark Ptnllac Prtn Phtto the spot. The sheriff theorized that Boucard was shot while he waS attempting to get beer from the cooler for the killer. ' However, the robber failed to find money which was under the counter and did not take Boucard’s wallet, which Still Without Clue and declared them readv for use against possible air attacks by (^mmunist pilots. Th. a transfer of Spadafwe’s Military officials antkiFated possible Communist reprisals following two days of U.S. and Vietnamese air shrikes against North Vietnamese Ibe “school” question resulted from a dispute over ■ ■ ‘ Bar Saginaw. The transfer was opposed by a group of downtown realtors and merchants on the grounds that the proposed bar would be srlthin SM feet of the Murray Beauty Academy, 1$5 N. Saginaw. Victim Called Hills District OKs a Spunky Man 3.3-M/7/ Tax Increase An autopsy, revealed that Boucard had been shot once with' a small-caliber weapon. The bullet en- i tered the right , side of his b^y and passed through both The Itawk has a r^e of 20 However, in a 6-2 decision the “ Supreme court reversed 'Always Prepared to ____... B- L / incentive pay schedule for teachers was lungs and his Stand Up for Rights endorsed yesterday by Bloomfield HUls School Dis- heart. He had bwcard trict voters who approved a 3.3-mill tax hike. also l^n hit on the head with Maurice Boucard was a 15-year levy was approved by a 1,422-775 own ms men. NEW YORK UD—As sepreherf crisscrossesd the calm sea off Jones Beach today seeking bodies and debris, federal authorities expressed mystification about the cause of an airliner’s fatal dive into the water. Eighty-four persons were aboard the Eastern Air Lines DC7B, a four-engine propeller plane, when it plunged into the Atlantic ' last night minutes after taking off from Kennedy. Airport. lier Circuit 0)urt ruling and gpunkv little fellow , „ . ^ said that the beauty academy This is the wav' his friends "margin. It will increase to 22.13 mills the amount tli^l^'^icirioJen*^ did not come under u«’’sch«i.r reJuves Sstomm collected for operation, shot to death last night to tos 27 gi mills. FACE DOWN No one survived the fiery impact of the 52-ton airliner with the water. A geyser of flame Viet Nam because 0* the mil- In 1963, Orcuit Court Judge Itary crisis left for the United Arthur C. Moore had restrained , The “superior pay for Stotes. There were few tears. the proposed bar transfer and „ ***?Ji‘lJ‘* superior performance” roncept While they were leaving Dan- said that the beauty acadmny flve-lo^two a^ 136 pounds, adopted by the school board ang, powerful U.S. Air F 0 r ce was a school within the meaning in accepting recommendaUons Super Saber and Thunderchief of U»e stote liquor laws. w up w «• righto. ^ ^ teachers’ salary study com- Jets roared off die airport there CASE APPEALED “’There was a previous holdup mittee. which is considered a target for Qty Attorney wiiii«n, .Ewart a«fmpt aUhe store,” his b^^ toe ««* ««. it w«l City will Get Hospital Plan Boucard was found slumped signaled the tragedy to watch-on his left side, face down, in front of a brightly lit beer cool-er at, the south.eqd of the small, J congested nartv store. ’There Sforfes, Picture Romney Asks Cooperation were no signs of a struggle. TVo enstomers, Ronald Maki of Center Line and David Bevby of 6421 Chnreh, Clarks-ton, came into the store almost simnltaneODSly and discovered the My about 16:46 on Page 8 LAN8IHG (M»>-Gov. George Romney asked legislation leaders yesterday for three-way cooperation on tax reform, executive branch reorganization Preliminary plans for a pro- tbe salaries of teachers now addition to Pontiac P*™’ in the system who rank at Hospital will be the sub- _ Police question^ 2^year-o 1 d military poUcemen with carbines court on orders of the then Ci^ ready provided tight security for Commission. * * Shout 1 nno had wS^hl\S the top leveTto toms 7«rl^- jeri of a report, to the City Com- Paul RocM of SllCtoing into Xrmig7 haTe”ta^ In Moscow, About 1,000 --nnived toe bar tramfer hot St. Bernard dog which he kept w tratain* mission tonight. the early hours of the morning - -• student demonstrators hurled ^ behind the store and this dis- *• City Manager Joseph A War- in connection with the death. *! arty owm^ had haltedlt. intruders.” WhUe the sriary schedule will ren is scheduled to report on a Rochon, who claims he ^ ---- ^ U^. Emb^ to^ M ^ _ ^ ... .. . .. ,7TV(n"DNLTPBECAUTI0N^ ““ put »te^ Temperatures will register a than to conduct a prriiminary “However, we would like to .wnmtorino if Uht* i« « 36 tonight d i seu a s i o n of procediffes,” state that the downtowB basi- ^ •“‘“ring if there is and clunb to 36 to 40 tomorrow. Ro^y said. _______ ■Ms neoote Se Bain tl expesetf ■Iann»ast Guard were rushing to the aid of the boys when Racine made the rescue in a boat. six abreast in a quarter-mile-long column. Some of the marchers carried a black coffin labeled “The Body of the British Aircraft Industry—^I.P.” Others waved banners demanding “Why Buy Planes That Are U.S,” These two letters mean “unsatisfactoi^’’ in British slang. * * ♦ “Come on Harold, be British,” one demonstrator declared. “Buy British,” he said in reference to Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s administration. SECOND PROTEST The march—the second big aircraft policy protest in less than a month—was to coincide with a House of Commons debate on a Conservative motion “regretting” the government’s Controversial aviation policy. The censure motion, set for a S p.m. EST vote, was rated less severe than a no-confidence motion. A defeat, while Harold Wilson’s prestige, probably would not lead to the Labor government’s resigns- RECOVERED DEBRIS - Coast Guardsmen lift a piece of wreckage of the Eastern Air Lines DC7B that crashed last night off Long Island, N.Y. Boats picked up a few bodies and scattered debris from the area after the plane crashed with 84 abpard. Crowd Light OS King Leads Voter March MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Vice President Humphrey and — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | acting Atty. Gen. Nicholas Kat-led a procession of about 200; zenbach. He said he hoped to BraridLSchool Temporary Measure in Bloomfield District Birmingham Area News Residents Plan Program for Home Improvements BIRMINGHAM - FederailMitchefl. “There will probabfy Bv the time thev aet to be Improvements Is be more d this, w let to be as residents' ^ high school sophomores, cmenV^ jhe south end of the eighth - grade students in the city are concerned. Bloomfield Hills district will' “We don’t want to wait two have a whole school to t h e m- <»■ three years for the federal , government to come into the ____ Frank Mitchell, presi- . uii r , i \ k ‘t“t of the Leinbach-Humphrey EstabUshment of a b r a n c h RagidenUal Association, told the high school in the district’s yet- city Conimlssion last night. to4)e-constructed third junior, was an emergewy step' board of educa- “lastead we are going t»hen by the board of educe- your-neighbor program, tion last night. association was formed' The board adopted a policy recently when some homes in concerning Its problemt with“-gjearea bounded by Woodward, Mayor Charles Renfrew told Mitchell that the commission would delay its v Joint meeting with homeowners, realtors, builders and bankers unto they receive a re- day’s meeting. The meeting was to determine If Birmingham . is equipped to cope with the prob-leHT-om----------------- the proposed site of the district’s stcond high school, now being contested in “ " Cona^ CirettH Court. Lincoln, Grant and 14 Mile became the target of criticism due to their appearance. Commissioner Robert Pago commended the association “for taking a fwward approach in helping itself rather than going to others.” Negroes today fai a quiet voter registration march in this city of his first racial triumph. ITie crowd was much smaller than the Negro integration leader had h(^>ed for, but he said civil rights workers would continue their campaign throughout the day to get more Negroes to join those who walked to the courthouse with King. * -k * I church rally Monday night. King had urged Negroes by-the thousands to join what be described as the “peaceful goodwill” voter registration campaign. King was scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. in Washington with Libel Trial Set for Area Man Last month, 10,000 men, most | of them from the British air-j craft Corp. (BACi, paraded to] protest rumored government' plans to scrap the $2 billion BAG f project for the TSR2 supersonic I bomber, one of the most ex-j by the Oakland County Prose-pensive British military projects cufor’s office as the self-styled Onetime Host to U. S. Nazi Party Leader A Farmington man, described talk later in the day with Preii-(^t Johnson. From the nation’s capital, the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner plans to return to Selma, Ala. to resume command of th three-week-old civil rights struggle in that west Alabama city. Negro leaders directing the Selma campaign in King' sence promised to continue r i g h t-to-vote demonstrations ! throughout tne week. Another in the day-by-day series of protest marches in Selma sent 57 more to jail Monday — including the Rev. James Bevel, one of King’s aides -r after Negroes refused to sign a voter registration waiting list made available at their request. King, returning to Montgomery in a chartered plane, told hundreds of cheering, hymnsinging Negroes jammed into a church Monday night that Negroes must demand registration in massive numbers to “let the power structure know we are determined : ever started. TheWedther Full U.S. Weather Bureau Report PONTIAC AND VICINITY - Hazardous driving warnings this afternoon or tonight. Increasing cloudiness and slowly rising temperatures this morning -With light freezing drizzle or rain south portions this afternoon spreading over north portions tonight and changing to rain generally late tonight or early Wednesday morning. Turning slightly colder with rain ending Wednesday afternoon. High today 30 to 30. Low tonight 32 to 36. High Wednesday 30 to 40. East winds 10 to 26 miles this morning shifting to southeast this afternoon and northwest Wednesday afternoon. Thursday outlook mostly fair and colder with a few snow flurries near Lake Michigan; t I Wind Velocity 10 r Case Against Councilman Is Dismissed Legal action challenging the qualifications of Sylvan Lake Councilman John D. McKinlay to hold office was dismissed In Oakland County Circuit Court Xest&rday by Judge Stanton G.: Dondero. temperature residents of S y 1 v a n Lake requested the court to rule on Mc-Kinlay’s eligibility, saying that he did not meet the residency ■. Tamperaiur. Chart requirements of the City Charter n 2 Jacksonville ?f 62 when he was elected last No-37 34 Kansas City 3j 31 vember,, 17 I Los Angeles 47 44 22' 13 Miami Beach 74 72 The City Charter, however, S ’J NeToUSins ”2? »'*<) Contains a clause that 2 d ‘3I r, shall be the 41 54 Phoenix 40 42 Ipdge Of its own members. 33 14 Pittsburph 51 32 /L S M « 2 It was on this basis that the leader of the American Nazi party in Michigan, faces trial dn a cJiiarga of criminally libeling the Negro race. w ★ ★ Farmington poUce brought the charge yesterday against Russell Roberts, 64 , 32710 Grand River, onetime host to George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the' American Nazi party. Police Chief Maurice Foltz said that Roberts tried to induce a 14-year-old newsboy to spread leaflets that “degraded” Negroes. ■ Foltz said Roberts gave the boy a quarter last Dec. 26 to dis- House Switch on U.A.R. Aid Elates LBJ Tri«i h>. nnutnnned until Mitchell made his remarks '"’’Tlh. tT” SrfUl? 1“^ l?- Pl«»i"4 Dli«lor WU-use of the Lahser Road site. Brownfield following an^ * * * ' : inspection of the area by a rep- The 40-acre parcel owned by resentative of the FederaJ Hous-the board was designated as the and Home Finance Agency. euvuon. programs under urban re- ...... DEADLINE SET newal since so few homes would jent Johnson’s program Construction deadline was set ■ require improvements, but that clean up the nation’s waterways for September 1986 to avoid! another proposed plan m 1 g h t greeted warmly Wi overcrowding at the [wesent high I be applicable. j Congress today but some mem- school. ' Mitchell said that not even I bera raised the question of cost. th"to latter program is accept- I . The far-flung proposals sub- able to his group. ^ mitted to Congress in a special . X s — 1 message Mdnday cut across the ——This—is—not—a major TO*!* jurisdiction of Tfv*ry| - servation area,” said MitcheXtJ^'®"^"^. U.S. Cleanup Gets Reaction Some Warm to Idea; Others Ask Questions WASHINGTON (AP) - Presl- While the board was prohibited from building the unit, itantkorised architects at Tar- Inc., of Bloomfield Hills to begin preliminary planning during the litigation. In view of the emergency situation, the architects now have been directed to switch over to plans for the $1.8-million junior high school to be built near Lone Pine and Middle Belt. * * * They have assured the board the school can be constructed by September 1968. It originally was to be completed by the fall of 1968, but the date had been moved up a year. AWAIT OUTCOME The board decided to await the outcome of the Circuit Court case after studying other possible high school sites, board president Richard H. McGraw said last night. “In each case the cost of ! tbe land, the location or other factors militated against an- ; otter purchase,” hd laid. ’ McGraw nbted that the board will have to buy additional buses transport students farther but that the new buses will be Of the 800 homes only about 25 are in bad need of repair.'' ★ * ★ Mitchell said that his group will meet 8 p. m. Thursday at the Community House to hear a representative of a Detroit bank explain the differeht types one of which geared itself prompt action. * w * Rep. George H. Fallon, D-Md., chairman "of the House Public Works Committee, said he was "favorably disposed” toward tbe program and assumed much of it would come of loans that are available to befg„ his committee, home owners. ^ subcommittee headed by OFFER HELP Rep. John A. Blatnik, D-Minn., “Already a widower has been approached by several mem-bers of the association who want to offer their time and material to fix his home,” said ings for next week on a water pollution bill already passed by the Senate. Fallon said the water measure may be made the vehicle for carrying other phases of the program. Rep. William C. Cramer of Florida, senior Republican on Fallon’s committee, wanted to know, “Where Is the money coming from?" The President’s prop-am called for an assault on air and water pollution, establishment of more parks and recreation Takes Man, 85^ from areas, beautification of the Po-I , _ tomac River, elimination or Groveland Twp. Fire | concealment of eyesores such as ; junkyards along national highways and establishment of a Area Fireman Saves a Life ........ dramatic rescue effort by national wild' rivers system. needed anyway as the district » Brandon Township fireman grows. i early this morning saved, the -(life of an 85>year4>ld man as While not ideal, the temporary his house burned to the ground, solution makes it' possible toj * * * mainteTn life ai8fricrs"pre^ The firemaii, Alfred Bemor, papers but the boy told his par-ife, who ■ .... thorities. I turn notified au- WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic congressional leaders reported ttiat President Johnson expressed pleasure today over the House action backing off from the chamber’s insistence on an end to surplus food shipments to the United Afab Re-| public. House Speaker John W. McCormack and Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana, the Senate Democratic leader, tojd newsmen they reported to Johnson fast pace being set in both houses of (Congress. level of instnictibn, he said. ★ ♦ ★ It will assure that students will not be shortchanged by having to put up with half-day sessions or overcrowded classes. TMt 04l4 in *1 YMrt n 1175 I Fort Worth 57 3* 40 Untti— u dismissed, since th,= -- 4 T»tnpl, M 45 Michigan Supreme Court has NATIONAL WEATHER-RainTrpm the southern Plains through the eastern half of the nation, mixed with snow in northern part, and showers in the north Pacific area is prediction for tonight. It will be warmer frofn the southern Plateau to the middle Lakes area and colder in the northwest, parts of New England and the western Gulf area. " ruled that when such a provision appears in a charter, the court has no jurisdiction. ♦ * * , Another unit stpmming from the same matter, was postponed for two weeks. The suit, brought by another resident, Fr^ Crossman. requests Dondero to order the city council to pass judgment on McKinlay. ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONED McKinlay^s eligibility was questioned on the grounds that he was, not a resident for two years before being elected. The five residents claimed it was necessary for him to live in Syl-Yan Lake on or before Nov 3, McCormack said present indi-I cations are that Ups 2yill be , . „ “one of the most energetic con- Arraigned in Farmington Mu- grasses in my memory.” nicipal Cknirt, Roberts stood Mansfield said he was much mute and was released on $100 cheered by the high degree of bond for trial Feb. 26. | cooperation between the Presi- MISDEMEANOR The charge, a misdemeanor on the first offense, is punish- fine, or both. In June 1963, police halted a .speech by Rockwell at Roberts’ home after a crowd had formed and gave signs of becoming unruly. A stone was buried at Rockwell and he departed. In court, Roberts told news-men, “I’m guilty of'being i white man in a world of niggers and Jews.” ★ * ★ He said be believed in Adolf Hitler “1,000 per cent." ABOUT NEGROES FolU said the afleged illegal literature war in the form of a ”lmt ticket to Afrioa” and con- coftiments about Negroei. dent and Congress and between the House and the Senate. Mansfield predicted a “fruitful sepon" of ^nyess. Last week the House sup-ported 204 to 177 a Republican move to ban an estimated $37 million in food shipments under an agreement that ends June 30. The Senate, responding to pleas from the administration, voted to leave up toTraliiait Johnson whether to carry out the sales. Monday the House voted 241 to 165 against a Republican effort to histnict House representatives on a joint conference committee to insist on the ban. This means the Senate view will prevail and the restriction will be eliminated in the final legis- 1962 and that he did not move into his home until December I Judge Sylvester Pheney is-McKinlay said he rented his I sued the warrant on the recom-home on Nov. 1, 1962, but did mendation of County Prosecutor not immediately move in. j S. Jerome Bronson. y 2 'Bondod' in Gold rA^IS (UPI) - President Charles de Gaulle’s call last week for a return to the g(dd standard has earned him a new nickname in the Paris financial circles—Charles de Goldfinger. Russia Protest Outrages U. S. WASHINGTON OBr-The United States denounced the ink-slinging demonstration against the American Embassy in Moscow today as an “outrage.” ' ♦ * ★ State Department Press Officer Robert J. McCloskey told a lews conference when ques^ tinned by reporters about government reaction here: 35, was on his way to work shortly after 5 a.m. today when he noticed the fire at 4151 Grange Hall, Groveland Township. Bemor found the owner, Edward Youngs, in the bathroom, where he had fgllen into the bathtub while trying to escape tbe flames. Berner carried Youngs out the back doer to safety. Firemra from Brandon, Atlas Township and HoOr resyoded to Beinor’s alarm, but tbe fire had a good head start and nothing could be salvaged of the two-story house or its contents. * k k A small garage adjacent to the house was saved by water- “It is deplorable that demonstrators are permitted by police to damage and deface “Here in the United States we protect the Soviet Embassy and otiwr~einbuslB8' from thlx kliJ of outrage, according to interna-tional law and custom." The statement here coincided with dispatches from Moacow reporting that U. S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler had made a vigorous protest to the foreign' office against the demonstration, which itself protested U.S. retaliation attacks on Communist bases in North Viet Nam la6t weekend. EIGHTH PROTEST JdcCloskey said a search of the files shows that since June 1958 there have been seven demonstrations at the U. S. Bm-baaty in Moscow, today’s being the eighth. Store Owner Is Shot to Dieath It wps not known if the home was injured. The cause of the blaze has not been determined. Youngs was taken to Whee- lodt McmpjriaLJigaBi ' rich,' where he Is being treated for minor bums. Reverse Ban on 'Goldfarb' NEW YORK (g)-A court ban on the showing of the movie, “John Goldfarb, ^Please Come Home,” was reversed today,. The University of Notre Dame sought the ban because of references in the story to the university’s football team. A five-man court of the appel-division,of the State Su-imme Court, in issuing its decision, granted a. UMay stay of the entry of the wdo-. This had the effect of giving the university time to ask for permission to appeal the ruling to tbe court of Appeals, the state’s highest court. / in Independence «>>ntinu(f(l'^rom Page One) matic pistol from Mrs. Boucard after the-shooting. She uM tbe pistol was kept at the store, but her husband made her take It with her when she went to the laundry at night. Capt. Leo Hazen, chief of detectives, said that a team of detectives would be sent to the State Police Crime Lab today with the evidence already gathered. ♦ * ★ This includes three 22th pnsdai Bronston. Recipients of the coveted star of tomorrow awards were Mia Farrow (daughter of John Farrow and Maureen O’Sullivan), Mary Ann Mobley (former Miss America), Celia Kaye. Harve Presnell, Georgp Segal and Karn Chiam Topol, and Israeli jmtar ' Actor James Stewart was presented the Cecil B. De MUIe award for his outstanding contribution to the entertainment field. ♦ ♦ * Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren, the Italian-born costars of such hit films as “Marriage Italian Style” and “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” were chosen 1964’s international film favorites. BEST FOREIGN FILM “Marriage Italian Style” was named the best foreign film. Actress Carroll Baker, attired in attention-getting gold-se-quined cocktail Capris, accepted the award. Dimitri Tiomkid, perennial awi^ winner, received two Nineteen movie awards and three television awards were given out at the aissociatiqn’s glittering banquet in the anut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel. 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American-Motors—Dedicated to ExeetietKe HOUOHTIN a SI ROSE RAMSLIR FOUR ■ V T / , the PONTIAC press, TUMPAY, FEBRUAHY 9. 196.5 ^^ig^argiirPatr Oviner^larksl^n 5dTdol Bond tssue CLARKSTON ^ A |S-niflUo» 1)00(1 issue to flnence (x>n8tnHv tion of school facilities was ap-provecl h; school district residents yesterday by a nearly 4 to 1 margin. With a turnout of some M per ceat ef the legistered voters, the special election proposal received fiSS affirmative votes and 163 negative. Tke solid sepport for the bond issae was kafkd by Sapt. of Schools Dr. L. F. Greene as recogaiUoa by the citisens of the needs of the school systens. "The administratim is very pleased the public supported the board of education on this bond issue," Df. Greene said. Board of education members authorized the special selection last Dep. 14 following a study of projected enrollment growth by 1970. ENROLLMENT HIKE Enrollment increased from 4,536 in 1963^ to 5,029 in the current school year. Ibe figure IS expected to swell to nearly 7,000 by 1970. Preseatiy, six of the scheol system’s seven baildiags have capacity: The immediate project will be to expand the high school and provxje e 1 e m e n^t a r y space.^ equivalent to one-and-a-haU, to two elementary schools. ★ a w This (fill require about half. or 41.5 million, of the bond issue. PLANS STARTED vPreiiminary plans already are under way for the 16-room tsidition at the high ylKMrf." Dr. Grem saldT “Work could! possibly be started late this spring.” New elementary school sites are new being considered and construction of new facilities is expected this summer, according to Dr. Greene. Passage at the proposal will not affect the present tax_r«te, Increased valuation of the school district produces ap|»mi-mately $120,000 a year more now tor retiring bonlied Indebt edness than in 196$.' VALUATION INCREASE , Equalized valuation has in-, creased from $17 million in 1956 to $31 milUon now, according to. Dr. Greene. The last bond issue which financed the present high school and Bailey Lake Elementary School was passed in 195$, Lake Orion Sewer Alfernate Gets Limited OK at Parley BY ALLAN S. COLES LAKE ORION-At a "summit meeting" last night of representatives from two state agencies, two county agencies and the Village Council, only limited, informal approval was given to an alternate plan devised in hopra of forestalling a $1.36-million sewer project. The plan,..which involves an Interceptor sewer along Paint Creek to collect storm sewer discharge which is polluting the stream, calls for a combined sanitary and storm sewer system as an interim stop-$ap. Ideally, the village would like to use the proposal, made by contractor Bud Schaar, until the Clinton interceptor is laid in the area some 15 years from now. * ★ * But R. W. Purdy, chief engineer of the Michigan Water Resources Commission and Maurice S. Richmond of the Michigan Depi^ent of Health engineering division told the councilmen that the interim system could be used for only five years. If that. 04LARQEMENT And they pointed but Hurt construction of a combined system would mean enlarging both the interceptor and the treatment plant in order SEEK MEMBERS — Thrhe members of the membership committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce being organized in Auburn Heights talk over recruitment process to date. They are (from left, seated) Robert Grusnick,_RobetL JVood -and Robert handle infrequent, but high-volume flows which would occur during storms and snow runoffs. At 'the end of the S-year period, they said, the village would have to begin construction of a separate seqrer system anyway. Village President William V. Shoup, who arranged last night's meeting to discuss the possibility of an alternate plan, said in a prepared statement AREA HEWS School Board to Campaign Seek Ciarenceville FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP-The Ciarenceville Board of Education is firming up plans to that another alternative he pro- campaign for adoption of two po^ has not worked out. | fund requests in its March 29 This involved collection of j special election, samples of discharge from | w * * seven storm sewer outlets in an | The board is seeking a $3.5- Hearing Set on 3rd in Rochester 2 Rezoning Requests uKd ROCHESTER-Twd rezoning i for opening to development in requests were granted by the! the near future. Village Counefl last night while ‘ The seven acres were rezoned a third was scheduled for a from residential to general bus-public hearing March 6. iness classification. on the former Higbie Manufacturing Co. property. No objections (yere raised at the Elks heariag aor at the oae that followed on rezoaing the m acres on Ladlow firom office, use to multiple roMdeat-ial classificatioB for the apart- The^ onar that threatfaed to halt proposed construction of the 35-40 apartments at the north end of the street was the village engineer’s report that the six-inch sewer toat runs .rVT Following the two public hear-] According to project engi-ings which opened the session, peer Robert C. Smiths, the-Elks the council approved rezoning propose to erect a lodge hall properties to permit (bnstihc- Which will (sntain a ctab room OK of Fund Raquestsl^tion of a new Elks Lodge andil«,$6® square feet In stoe. It a 35-40 unit apartment con^lex. [would be designed to be ex-The Elks plan to build their' P*™***’*' new lodge on a 7-acre she i OTHER AREAS „ _ _ _ south on the Mill P o n d I Also include would be park-; noth in" th«t swtion would be property which itself is slated ‘ ing, recreation and picnic areas | inadequate to serve the multiple [ housing units. ! Engineer William Sinclair [ said apartments would overload I the existing sewer and he es-I timated it would cost about : $11,000 to put in an eight-inch line. I LARGER Line ! Discussion followed on tho j availability and proximity of a I larger line coming in from MILFORD - Some 300 Huron was jumped from $5,006 to $5,- Woodward Street near the rall-Valley School District emjrioyes,' 304 and the maximum from $7,-! eaublidied for aom. ot Ih. or- K," ° 7^“* P ” > , * • • i Ctark, sanizations and the entire a The holder of a master’s de-1 said he w«Bhl investigate ganizations and the entire, ^ $120,000 sala^ increase |gree'wiU start at $5,406 rather farther costs relative to as- program. wh^ rato^tte base than $5,116. Top figure in this sumiag the sewer projectioo pay fr^ $4,900 to $5,200, is not | category is $8,580 compared to ' expeasn himself, expected to require a jump in 17,544. million bond issue and 4-mill operational fund Increase, neither of which is expected to raise the tax rate. effort to trace the sources of the pollution, with Intent to take local action against the sources. HIGHLY POLLUTED But, said Shoup, the sampled' were so highly polluted that they exceeded the maximum testing ability of the Oakland County Department of Health. And it turned out to be impractical, if not impossible, to force all the residents and contributing to the to find another way^ of getting rid of their sanitary *!.*■?** ■ requested by the board property taxes. Village Attorney Robert Pa- ^ would be sold over a four- or, raises nembers plan to spend Monday, Tuesday and ’ Wednesday of the three weeks preceding the election talking to PTA and civic groups in the district. schedule will be announced when complete. Salaries lo Get Boost at Huron Valley Schools according to Schools Sopt. Erwin M. Johnson, will be finpncqd through a three-mill levy in effect since 1963. ^ The third zoning request on NEW CATEGORIES i,st night’s agenda was from Three new categories w e r e , the BapUst Church which wants created on the schedule. Mini-1 to add an auditorium to seat mums and maximums for them j 700 onto its present building. Minton. Behind them is David Zuehike, Waterford Towhship Jaycees extension chairman. The next meeting of the Auburn Heights group will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the fire - hall on Auburn Road:------------ Expected to Pick Chairmen rent! pointed out that tangled' five-year period as the need legal problems would likely re-1 arose and as they could be fi-sult if the Schaar proposal were nanc^ without increasing the used. ; tax levy. in^nuu wvy » inicr master’s plus 10 credits. $5.- He said that it would be diffi-! ^Ih^^^of the proposed ago credite, S’,512 and $8,970; a^ j J!"t!2 cult to determine who would be buiwing Vogram would cover * M MO^' specialist, $5,616 and allowed to tap into the jntenm! 11250,000 worth of construction J? n. u! '‘^*'urch is located would have system during the 5-.vear period, y ^e completed by the 1966-67 r^^f for a other*action th^ board of LEGAL ACTION ■ school year. ^ ^ ^2struct the educatioTl^Tp;,(S^^ I Since, as Richmond stressed. Additions at Edgewood Ele- buildings. , l Benson 778 ^on to serve f the system would not be expand-1 mentory School, the high * * * | as a school trustee until June. . NOW OWNS 3 LOTS I able unUl separate storm and : schiwl and junior high school The three mills have been go- i Benson will fill the unexpired i The church now owns three I sanitary sewers were eventual-1 would be included. j mg into a reserve fund for two j term of Eugene Russell, who re-! of the five lots, i ly constructed, those residents The 4 mills for operaUon are years and the levy wfll not ex^rsigned because of buSness com- ^ who did not have a chance of being soughj to expand the (fis-; pire for another three years. mitments. , using the interim system might trict’s educational program at SCALE ADOPTED ; have grounds- for legal action its present rate. The Avondale Citizens School,dale Senior High School is ex-Study Committee, in the midst to result in the naming of organization for a five-year chairmen for various corn-study of future school district mittees. needs, will meet again Thurs- These include groups which day. j will study the elementary, * * * junior and senior high educa- The 8 p.m. session at Avon-^ tion programs, population. Bosses Night Set . # by Area Jaycees buildings, public relations and finance. There also will be a steering Gomniittee which will cooperate with consultants from Wayne State University in directing the efforts of the committees. The school board allocated a maximum of $5,00d to pay for the Wayne State consulting serv- CLARK5TON - Awards to the outstanding man of the year and outstanding boss will be presented at-the Clarkston Area Junior Chamber of Commerce Bosses’ Night Banquet Feb. 17. Die third annual banquet is as proclaimed by the Independence Township Board. Brigadier Robert McMahon, manager of the Salvation Army’s Eventide Home in Detroit, will be ’f speaher. _______ Community Activities Inc. building. Waterford Township. . It will culminate Clarkston Area Junior Chamber of Commerce Week, Feb. 11 through 17, Phone Rate Saving ior Area Customers Telephone rate changes pected to save Walled Lake and Wixom area customers $19, 990 annually have been approved by the Public Service Cbmmlssion. The first enlarges the base rata area of the Walled Lake zone of the Pontiac district exchange. atfecting 481 customers. The second eliminates four-party service in the Walled Lake juid Wixom exchanges. Bom in Glasgow, Scotland, I McMahon has been an officer in the Salvation Army for 33 years. He is a graduate of Booth Memorial College in Chicago. ★ * a Toastmaster for the evening will be Ralph (Poc) Thayer and '______Preadent Uwia Wtot will open and close the program. Rev. Paul A. Johns, pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church, will give the invocation. SERVICE AWARD Presenting the Distinguished Service Award to the outstanding man will be Keith Hallman, chairman of the judging. Kelly Burnette, a Jaycee director, will present the outstanding boss award. ^ - A review of the.year’s highlights will be presented by Jay-: cee vice president Robert Jones. when they were asked to help pay for it. Despite the drawbacks of the interim combined system, the couneit decided 4aask Ted Beal of village engineers Hub-bell, Roth & Clark to come up with a rough cost estimate for the Schaar system. Beal is to have the estimate ready for Monday’s Village Council meeting. .. Shoup said that "I do think we I owe it to a lot of people to explore every possibility, although The board expects a 2-mill cut in its operational allocation and-would coyer the other 2 mills by ' ! ’The index salary schedule sys-1 /•% /f ^ tem-was adopted by the board '''' ' L.UIKC ATTENDANCE LESS Attendance at initial meetings has been less than at the Grst meetings of previous citizens study groups, but school officials said this wm a fesiilt of 8Ct»d-uling, not public apathy. Schools Supt. George E. Shackelford said that “we are trying to find out which night is best for meeting. “We have already gotten started with the education program committee."____________ The superintendent also stressed the need for ciffzen participation in the study. BELONG ’TO PEOPLE “Certainly-the schools belong to the people of the community,” he said. “’They have a lot to offer in the way of suggestions and have a-Oght to tell us-wtuit. at about 6:15 p.m. they want in the program. “I think they sbouki voice their opinions and this is what we’re asking/them to do.” Frank 'NJ Mulholland, public relations trommittee chairman, said that notes have been tent j home to parents with their children. bonds and reducing the levy for bonded indebtedness. Man Pleads Guilty in Utica Break-In unCA - A 21-year-old Shel- it looks on the surface to be not i j,y Township man was arrested '-—'-I- ” and arraigned yesterday on a charge of breaking into the Utica Hotel & Bar Saturday and taking $180 from the bar. Oxford Twp. Mon Injured John Brouillard of 47450 Van | too feasible.” * * * Also partid|tating in the meeting were Donald W. Ringler, deputy director of the Oakland County Department of Public Works, which designed the $1.36-million sewer system when the vill^ewM ordered to eliininate his arraignment, and wa^tound Paint Credrpollution, and Oicar bVef to Macomb County C^cuit Boyea of the County Department Court on $1,500 bond, of Health. The hotel, at Cass and Auburn, was broken into at about 7 a.m. ^urday morning. Utica police made the arrest. of education six years ago when j _ . toe base rate was established at \ [jQmS tO ShOW ! Slides of Fair All atber salaries oa (be year scale are determined percentage of the base. | Rates for administrators and j WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP -other staff members are yet to A color slide show on the New be computed, but the schedule j York World’s Fair will highlight has been approved for the teach- i a program at the Township HaJl ers. tomorrow night. * * ■* I The half-hour show, narrated The base pay is $100 above : by William Spence of the Detroit that recommended by the teach-. Edison Co., will begin at 8 p.m. ers’ salary committee, com-i ♦ * posed of Huron Valley Educa- [ Sponsored by the White Lake tion Association members and j Township Democratic Club, the James Smith, who represented public program also wilt indude 1 talks by Edward H. McNamara, Helen Gilmore and John Burke. The problem involved here is parUng. He Baptists are including space for 45 cars and- four buses in tbeir pro- witb toe use of bank property parking across the street and the school board. ’TOP SALARY ’^"Wlfli 11 additional college credits,* that teacher can start at $5452 rather than the current $4,954 and advance to $7,-’' 962 instead of $6,985. For 20 additional credits beyond toe degree, toe minimura Mondays primary, eketion. they can accomodnte tU cars. This cannot be allowed, however, because village stqtutes state the on-street parking cannot be taken into consideration in matters of rezoning. The zoning laws ^ provide that one car space is needed for each three seats in the main unit of a place of worship. NEXTSTEP ' The Baptists said that (he buses would take care of 120 people and that toey were anxious to get moving^ witb^ their building program. * * * 'The March 8 hearing was set as the next step in handling rtoe.Fesoaing requ^. r BRUCE TOWNSHIP year-old Oxford Township man was ho^italized yesterday evening wdien his car hit a tree on 32 Mile Road just west of De- ’ quindre. Romeo State Police said that the car driven by Joseph A. | York of 1714 Lakeview apparent-' ly hit an ky spot and left the York was taken to Avon Center Hospital, Avon Township,. and later transfemed to Pontiac | Osteopathic Hospital, where he' is in fair condition with chest injuries7 -^ftODtNaWtCMtNfS-----T" hulp . . . with your INCOME TAX MANUAL I MACHINE I O'Hara in VFW Tribute LANSING (SFi TJ.S. Rep.' * * * ■ James O’Hara, Utica Democrat, Letters also have gone out to j will place a wreath on George clubs, civic groups and other | Washington’s fomb on behalf of organitatiems. encouraging dis- i the Mkhq^ Department, Vet-trict residents to participate In 1 erans of Foreign Wars, (he VFW the study, he said. , j said yesterday. FREEJ.’: I ---------- I MIDWEST TTPEWRITER MMT I Ma. Satimw tl. FEMin |< , N«Kt to Simm* - Opwi Men and Ffl Vil 9iOO . ' I-----------,----------- ---- ---------J| A \ . TljE PONTIAC PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1965 FIVE 1%ws Panorama Kleptomaniac Gets Protection—Erom Self (EDITOR’S NOTE - Peanut ice cream in Georgia, a kleptomaniac’s s e I f-defense treaty in Baltimore, paneless school ones in Philadelphia, ticLst moeepetakes in Dallas an. ) tismarted smart ‘money No. Us comprise this week’s san.plmg from the varied U.S. The ice cream was sold on an experimental basis at nearby Griffln —and it ranked third among 16 flavors. as a froz^ aandwich and with chocolate, as well as in coi^,” aaid Miss Roberson. "The ice cream was sold without publicity." BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) When Mrs. X. goes shoppbig, she wants protection. So the elderl woihan a^ for Mr. Brown as soon as she enters a downtown store. Howard Brown, 37, the store detective, appears and she DALLAS, Tex. (AP) - Dallas-ites were startled recently to learn that four Dallas tlons in three hours competing for a bottle of whisky. The whisky was offered by a police sergeant to spur on his "Will you walk around with me while I make a few purchases?" He smiles, agrees and together they meander through the merchandize-l a d e n counters while she shops. When flnished, Mrs. X thanks Brown politely and leaves. ....._ FROM HERSELF ^ The protection she wanted was from herself. Brown caught her shoplifting several years ago. He learned that Mrs. X is an incurable kleptonumlac. She d o e 9 n ’ t want to steal, but can’t help herself. So Mrs. X and Brown have worked out the system whereby she alerts him whenever she ventures into the store. TOUGH JOB "It’s a tough job and getting tougher,’’ the detective said. "Getting tougher because women used to do most of the shoplifting. Noyy it’s the metf. Youhg men mostly, stealing to get money for pep pills or dope. "They’re harder to catch. ’They’re more likely to fight or run when caught. Back at home I’ve got a big collection knives, blackjacks, brass knocks and other things I’ve taken from shoplifters,’’ he ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Georgia has something new —peanut butter ice cream. "We’ve sent samples to national manufacturers," reports Miss Sara Roberson of the Georgia experiment station at Athens, Ga., !‘and so far replies have bMn favorable.’’ "We sold it between crack^ md coatra The situation has become so acute that many teachers say they can’t keep their classrooms warm. Taylor Whittlef,.auper-intei^ent of schools, has called for an all-out effort, to stop this breakage. He is asking parents, the P-TA and city authorities to lend a hand. One measure is the installation of guard screens. ITie possibility of using plastic materials in new schools is contemplated, and architects are r^uired to particular attention to the location of windows and the use of materials in order to cut down on glass breakage._________ The episode came hHight aft-r a city councilman complained that policemen were being forced by their superiors to write traffic tickets instead of concentrating on seriou$ crime. National Safety Council statistics show that Dallas police hatred out almost a million hazardous traffic citations in • a five-year period, includine 205,-163 in 1963. Figures for 1964 are not complete. \ LOWER FIGURES In contrast, San Francisco issued 172,699 in 1963, Milwaukee 88,955, Pittsburgh 33,270 a\d Boston 10,661. \ Yet, Dallas led all these and^ seven other comparable cities in number of traffic accidents, and was second in number of traffic fatalities. An official of the Dallas Airto-mobile Gub said Dallas is the verge of being labeled a "red alert" cltv, one step short of "speed trap." Lloyd Tuttle, executive head of the club, said Dallas "is proaching this situation where the purpose of traffic tickets is to raise revenue and the heck with traffic safety." nieters, presumably geared to take only the U.S. coins. But the MiStican coins worked. )w, new meters have been instaMid which taka only pennies and dimes—no nickels. There Is no Mexican coin comparable in size to either the UJS. dime or penny. ‘The smart motorist has been fooled himself,” said one city councilman. NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - No longer will tourist drivers outsmart the parking meters of Nogales, a bustling border city. To prove that they have in the past, chief clerk Fidel Encisco went before the Gty (^ncil and dumped a bag full of Mexican five-cent pieces on the floor. The coins, worth only one-eighth that of the American nickel, were -found in parking PHILADELPHIA (AP) - 'The city’s public school system, plagued like most others by a need of money. Is up against a" new and costly problem — broken windows. It cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars to replace broken panes in school buildings last year, and 1965 Is starting off in much the same pattern. In all, 72.166 windows were broken in 1964. Waite's Congratulates the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA on Their 55th Anniversary February 7-13,1965 Visit Waiters Official Boy Scout and Cuh Scout Trading Post. . . Second Floor / n fresh as on ocean breeze . .. beautifully styled in clear, sun-touched poslels to brighten every fashion horizon. Completely woshoble, drip-dry ready to weor. Sizes 10-20,- \2V2-22V2. Chopse tram White, Navy, Pink, blue and scgmpmelon. , 'Barke" a luxurious fabric treated for spot and istonce. Sheath skirt, s jacket that has contrasting trim. While/Navy or Novy/White. Sizes 10 to 18. 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DAKOTA • CANADA 1 - '/ /■■ ■ I THE PONTIAC^PRESS ttWestHunmStfMt Pontiac, Michisan TUESDAY, FEBRUARY t, 196S circuittion Muntnr Nation Pays Tribute to Its Splendid Youth It’s a far cry from a dense tog to the Boy Scouts of Americ|i, this week observing its $5th anniversary. ----But the fact tin pea-soup London fog that prevented an American visitor from finding his way to an address and brought a lad to his assistance led tu the birth uf Amer-ican Scouting a year later. The identity of the youngster has remained a mystery, but it turned out that he was a member of the newly-formed British Boy Scouts, and the Yankee was so much impressed by his spirit of helpfulness that he resoIvM to take the id^ back home. ★ ★ ' ★ Today, nationwide, there are 5,585,700 Boy Scouts who proudly wear the insigne of one of three divisions of Scouting and implement the current organizational program: Strengthen America’s Heritage. It is noteworthy that President Johnson, who earlier in the month issued the proclamation for Boy Scout Week, Is himself Honorary President of Boy Scouts of America and in 1963 had a hand in organizing the Washington Explorer Post. Three former presidents were also actively interested in Scouting. Locally, the Clinton Valley Council, embracing parts of Oakland and - Macomb counties, youths age eight through 17. ★ ★ ★ fatalities in relaUon to the 17 Michigan counties having 100,000 or more population. For this group, the 1963 fatal accident rate per 10,000 registered motor vehicles was 4.0. Oakland’s rate was 4.2, disturbingly ahead of such counties as Ingham with a rate of 2.13, Wayne’s 3.3 and Macomb’s 3.5. Moreover, Oakland’s rate for 1964 rose to 4.6.________________ The county’s 1964 highway traffic toll was 201, compared with 163 for the year previous. Since 1938, 2,977 motorists have been killed on Oakland’s highways. A valiant campaign to combat this mounting public hazard is be-4ng initiated by the Michigan State Police. A six-point program embodying some 93 specifics has been promulgated, with greater highway safety its goal. ★ ★ ★ But in the last analysis, it is the man at the wheel who holds in his hand the fate not only of himself but of those who share the road with him. The Press renders a warm salute to Boy Scouts of America, from whose ranks many of the ^ation^s leaders wBI come, and to the dedicated leadership — both professional and lay — that has brought Scouting to the high place it holds in the culture of our country. Tiei Dilemmfl Unique for US. Stretch in Business Rail Siding Squeeze If you happen to have a railroad siding you aren’t using, we suggest you notify thp firand Trunk Western Railroad Co. The road is running out of them—down to its last two. Which is just another indicator of the vastly improved economic outlook Michigan now enjoys.' MARLOW The GTWR has a total of 2,100 sidings along its 912 miles' of main line, and they’ve been going like the proverbial hot cakes. During 1964, the railroad processed nearly 300 applica.-...._ tions and inquiries regarding sites adjacent to its tracks. A spokesman for the carrier said that the year’s expansion includes 37 industries which have located along its right-of-way for the first time and 24 which have extended existing faculties.___ It is estimated that a total of $65 million has been spent in the two categories. An incomplete survey of the companies involved showed expectation of increased annual revenues more than justifying the expenditures. ★ ★ ★ progress. South Vietnamese are quarreling among themselves. American lives are being lost there — more than 360 killed, more than 1,650 wounded and American aid, spread over years and in the billions, is going down the drain. Voice of the People: Disagrees With Protests Against Fluoride in Water We understand there is some protest to the addition of fluoride to the city water supply. How can anyone place children’s teeth, and eventually their hiealth, in jeopardy when this is obviously a good preventive measure? In Corvallis, Oregon, where we spent four years while attending Oregon State Unlven^,. our children had the advantage of fluoride. Ini>ur opinion it is why they have had no dental work at all. ( MRS. R. C. Union Lake ‘Wife Should Have a Medal for Loyalty* Alabama Ballot Box " Wjnston Churchill would never go for this clipping from your Feb. 1 paper. (The sentence read: “A vending machine was busted open . . .”) ' ★ ★ ★ By the way, you would be delighted to hear my French wife, who is quite a linguist and can run rings arwnd the average American when it comes to language, extolling your paper and comparing it to others. She should have a medal from you for loyalty. JENTON MATHEWE______________ BIRMINGHAM (Editor’s Note: So. 0. K. We award Mrs. Mathews a Mythical Medal of Honor; and our newsman a doleful shake of the editorial head.) David Lawrence Says: Opinions on Practices of Truck Drivers NLRB Can Waive Secret Vote This is in regards to C.L.K. who said he was run off the road by a haulaway truck. ^ I own one of these trucks and I am on the r nd no driver that I know is m stnpid as to play tag. We arc m the road to make a living, not to hurt uyonc. Inculcation of a sense of personal responsibility in every autoist is imperative if the increasing death count on the Nation’s highways is to be reversed. It is easier not to cry over spilled milk than to refrain from weeping when viewing a year’s accumulation of canceled checks. BY JAMES MARLOW Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON V The United States has been in some gruesome and embarrassing spots since World War II but what is happening in South Viet Nam is in a class by itself. Twice within the past four months Communist ■guerrlltas from N^b i lTi Viet Nam have attacked American bases, killing Americans and destroying planes on the ground. In a raid last Nov. 1 they killed four Americans; wounded more than 70. in a raid over the weekend they killed eight Americans, wounded more than 100. The second attack cqme while tfaii country was trying to get Sonth Vietnamese leaders to bury their differences and form a government capable of fighting the North Vietnamese Reds. American efforts in South Viet Nam have been all downhill. The war is being lost. WASHINGTON - Civil rights advocates are demonstrating and protesting vehemently over the fact that Negroes in some parts of the. South are being given difficult tests before being d^m^^l-igible to vote’^ in state and federal elections. | Once they become eligible,! they have, of*" course, the right lAWRENCE to vote by seiret ballot. What then shall be said when a governmental agency—namely, the National Labor Relations Board — holds that an election has been conducted whdn union organizers have circulated cards among employes of a company and have obtained signatures of a majority, even if coercion or misrepresentation has been involved? jected was not improper. The Supreme (3ourt declined in 1951 to review the case. But in another ease in 1961, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the National Labor Relations Board had erred in relying on authorization cards to support Yhe board’s ruling that the union represented a majority. MISTAKEN IMPRESSION The court found that (he cards were signed by employes under the mistaken impression that they were merely a petition for an election. ★ ★ ★ The driver of that truck just must have misjudged your speed and the time it would take to pass. He was just as scared as you were. BENNIE G. WEBB Truckaway Corp. In view of the conflicting decisions, there is an urgent need for legislation to preserve for employes their fighi lo vote in a secret election to say whether or not they wish a union to represent them. (CwyntM. INS. Capital Letter Story Has a Moral to It: Stay Out of Kennedy Tiffs Hie current issue of Reader's Digest has an interesting article about traffic conditions, as seen through the eyes of truck drivers. (Seneralb’, truck drivers used to be csMiieted good and courteous drivers. However, in the past few years. I've had doubts about this. ★ ★ ★ I have seen many incidents where they hive endangered the lives of people. I have been cut off by some; I was passed by a huge flat-bed truck on Telegraph recently going over the speed limH. I have seen a couple of gnvel tmdis travelling side4iy-side on'a double highway for a couple of miles, wHh traffic piling up behind. ★ ★ ★ Here's to more safety on the highways. MRS. PRESTON KENYON Lake Orion ‘Recent Cookingr School Was a Success* The hoard thereupon rides that the union has been named the bargaining agent for the employes and must be re-wganized as such by the em- BY RUTH MONTGOMERY WASHINGTON-That spirited debate engaged in by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and his brother-in-law. Peace ^ authority of the school i must be clarified.” The National Labor - Management Relations Act says that it is an unfair labor practice for an employer to “refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of his employes,” but the law also provides that an election shall be held to determine whether a majority of the employes involved have actually dosen a union to represent them. Bobby, who is devoted to brother-in-law Sarge, probably had to bite his lips to keep from snapping: “You stay out of this senator. You're not a Kennedy.” And what if Prouty had sided the other way around???? (DWiikaM ky Kkw tyMtcktt) Thanks to The Pontiac Press and all those who made the cooking school a success. I was lucky to be able to attend and gained knowledge to be a better cook for my family. MRS. UELLA R. BARNER DAVISBURG ‘Should Meet to Solve School Problems* Situations such as the problems at Clarkston High School should be solved by a meeti^ of all concerned. They should not be aired as it hurts students, teachers and parents. PROBLEM SOLVER MOTHER OF FIVE In Washington: wfio have sat in « on some Ken- Ruth nedy clan ga^- Montgomery Better Course for Urban Areas Fiercely loyal to each other, the Kenqedys present a united U.S. STRUCK BACK------------------------- True, this time the United States^ hit back. On President Johnson's orders U.S. and South Vietnamese planes bombed Red bases in North Viet Nam. While the American retaliation risks bringing the Soviet Union or Red Giiaa into the war, one way or another, there is no assurance this American action will encourage the dilapidated South Vietnamese leadership to put up a solid front. n arises as ib what is an ‘‘election” Must it be done by the casting of ballots in which the person voting is assured of secrecy, or can it be done by-signature to a card demanded under a threat of intimidation? ____ NOT REALIZED It is not generally realized that the s e c r e t balloting process, which is a cardinal principle of the election ctmcept, can at present be disregarded at will by the National Labor Relations Board. scrappers among themselves. The charmed circle consists of the blood kin, who are “iifs”; the in-laws, who are “almost ins”; and a few longtime friends who come next in the ^klng order. —----------- By BRUCE BIOSSAT WASHINGTON 4NEA)-The states havTlnli^ some advisory proposals which are intended to help them set their urban areas — many of them now wracked with chaos-^ a better course. ary total for fiscal 1964. That figure in turn is $5 billion higher than 1963. Just ten years ago. total state-local expenditures came to but $33.7 billion, so they have more than doubled in a decade. make any real headway in the various state legislatures will be worth watching. Metropolitan areas right now are nearly out of hand and their fantastic steady enlargement threatens some with near-breakdown as working organisms. Today’s staggering figures Yet. if the United States pulls out it's a cinch the North Vietnamese Rads will take over all