‘ The Wecther : , U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast Warmer. (Details Page 2) THE PONTIAC PRES 116th YEAR xkkenekr PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JANU JARY € 959—22 PAG ES UNITED PRESS INTERN ATIONAL ASSOCIATED PRESS Syracuse Blaze Kills 7A Students Mercury to Climb to 20 I's Warmer---Can You Tell? today with a few snow flurries coming wit. the “warming trend. While most thermometers ; shiverea down-to:a low of about 2 above last night. the weatherman says tonight’s low reading is likely to be a warmer 12 degrees Can you believe it? It’s getting warmer. The weatherman with the Detroit branch of the U.S. Weather Bureau had this little bit of welcomed news today after Pontiac residents were still trying to thaw out after yesterday—the coldest day yet in the 1958-59 winter. * * * The mercury did a little loosening up as it crept upward slightly to a warm- er reading of 7 degrees above zero as On tap for tomorrow, he says, is in- creasing cloudiness and a possible high- er reading yet of 28. look forward The rest of Michigan can 18 Smashes Staten Island Ferry FROM OUR NE Injured as - Barge Storms Cause Deaths, Injuries on Both Coasts Ws WIRES Gale Into: High Winds Fanned Flames B Others Hurt as Fire Sweeps Barracks Dorm Dead Men Were Sent | From Ohio Base to | Technology Institute { | SYRACUSE, N.Y. () — Fire killed seven student airmen and injured at least . to these raising temperatures also, the . : : most ef us numbly made it to work this . ov ee ; : oe “be . A wave of cold, arctic air, . Bureau said, with light snow predicted by . 13 others in a barracks morning. Yesterday, the record cold ; —_ , ae ... Grove into the East in the : : Wednesday afternoon for northern Lowe: : | dormitory today reading was 1 degree below zero at the and Upper Michigan wake of damaging gale . : : same time. x *« &k winds Tuesday, and the’ Winds yw to 50 miles an And it’s going to continue to warm up The lowest temperature in downtown Pontiac season's worst storm lashed hour ed the flames around these parts, our friend from the preceding 8 a. m. was 0. The mercury rose 0 17 the West Coast with heavy through#@the one-story bar- Bureau says. It might get up to 20 degrees at lp. m. . _ . . anise ul m A s ee ue . “| rains and 100-mile-an-hour racks, which housed 45 Air : nds Force men assigned to Syra- ae “4 ' a ee cuse University tos ee - Asthe core of the cold air Ry et shat py os tugy tee = . _ | . \ YSSl; anruag * - * pushed into the East dur- MISS SI SEN SS b. : lhe names of the dead were | ing the night. temperatures a | withheld. pending notification of | ee . plunged to below zero in ee | ? Z t { i * iNew England and ranged * * : oa in the 20s as far south as Phe headquarters of the men tm 6 : = upper Florida. AP Wirephote | WAS Miight-Patterson Air Force : a > . —— 8 | Wind gusts of up to 72 miles WHERE SEVEN DIED San ‘eet WEE ~ A Wane Base, Dasxton, Ohia,. ' — : s 3 oY per hour in advance of the bitter students were killed a ul t 1 ») ‘ wr heir fanned the fire, which me Deke wen p like : . = cold pounded New York City and injure d today when a t { ' dt : } Aa mati h = lt was awflu i on me er (its suburbs Monday, upsetting two i ~ . Snell es fauplanes at La Guardia Airport College Blaze Injures 5 ~~ , and cauenz a harbor collision b- Ce Of C. Would Study Sunday Restriction Issue WILLIAMSTOWN. Mace UPD ms , - ‘ ! Bk ee een e ee WHLLLPAMISTOWN. Mass. + > ; jiween a Staten Island ferry and a — A $100,000 fire raced through | ‘ bare the Delta Kappa kpstion frater- 4 f 4 ai highteen persons were injured: S S e el on a CS u ) a livtise at Willams College x 74 £ a when the ferry boat carrying 1. iy and 16 students fled p wer > ert << | 800 commuters from Manhattan MANS Using ee s of bedclothes . co * # to Staten Island was rammed The Pontiae Area Chg i ren ow hen aie (Rentieve gije eeu) Seu ISiTa Ihe fire escapes ¥ Se, broadside in New York Harber Commerce Board of Wrirectors at hig partment store clected ta stay open Linea slid in dbelow-zero tem- by a gasoline barge cast adrift} wants to delay action on Blue Law Some have voleed strong opin on Sund Presiously. stares had perature, Five students were in- a v% by gale-force winds. controls for 30 days ions against Sunday sales Oth CneTA iubidedt ob an UnMyitten juved 5 Nt The ferry, the Tompkinsville, lobn FE Hirhnger, Chamber train ers, while nog necessarily favor ( Chamber of Conus , = St = “ completed its VuNape to Staten Js. 2RET. 5 vd he would ask tbe ¢ ing Sunday sales, have been | wed oon St Dowhng a surviver said Dowling, . land, where ieolamtuiane ex were Commission for the | mementl agains? passing laws on the ques * “ x ! aie ai Mich was one of ai} hase ec \ ital 4 waiting to remove the injured to a lous on On the sale of furmture and ‘ _ taken to ah rspital [hospital Several police launcher lirlinge re , he would present Atanas nats < ; ' a apiiani eres It was tke anima. ne lo c] and coast guard craft escorted the Mayor Phillip/f.. Row a UES eduled for tanizht r is! opal iraar The amend sepa agesice, hermesncd be idisabled ferry quests passedyby the C of C Boars The propasal as brought: uff ment ld affect 28 additonal Winds whipped the flames into ae , | The double-decked ferry, which) of Directors gnd the Pu dat th during the poe Chrisumas sales pe-7 tems “a river of fire,” said Donald = has a capacity ef 2.500 passengers, Downtown Mi rehants Assn eset eaves ae esr i Dowling, 19, of Rochester, N. Y¥., .. . Iwas about half way between the (DMA}, an offshoot of the chm “Sees eee eee eee T another of the injured. \ Statue ee ee Staten Island ber ; i Mail To: ae Merchants Association ' “! beard a crackling sound I ° mins ck amidships on According to the requests, fur 4 14 E. Pike Street {thought tt was the man who comes - ithe starboard side by the barge ther study is needed before final | Pontiac. Michigan Varound to wake us up I saw an BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE — Waterford Pontiac Press Photo = Jexaco. The impact, which ripped. action on a proposed ordinance 4 { I forunge light Wienng tough the Township High School students Donna Gracey this morning to escape the second day of bone- 4 hilge hole in the ferr.’s side. amendment that would outlaw | , lise 1 out Of bed and opened (eft), of 3591 Lakewood Dr., and Carole McIn- chilling temperatures still gripping the Pontiac | kno ked scores of passengers {0 sale of nonessential items in } : : tT cidoor fy was uke a river of tosh, ‘of 387 Lakewood Dr., share a large scarf area and the rest of Michigan. Pech Sand Dike cial win] bentiae on Sinday x. J fire going down the hall dows, 4 4 it " — ee | The Chamber will apport a spe! 3 : elle ; ! - ta * — | auall comment ete Cee) es be; i Favor Sunday O IENINGS | But the fire and smoke were lo eomy f rd 1 . e s Big Annexation Eyed fo study the proposal Tlirlinger 4 Voy preat that [ couldn't stand it." Trew uC y. An \ - he told reporters, “Everybody was . by Phoenix, Arizona ~ ® * 1 Against Sunday Openings y Jumping out of windows.” : : To sample pubhie opimion on the | gy ilile and his roommate. Sgt. > XN] ne We Blaze PHOENIX, Ariz The City of question the DMA announced I af 1 ‘Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) ® Phoenix is seeking 585 square at 1 oO 1 oo ! } miles of additional territory, 108 Bias oy an eon ual pollayh | Was Oa e 600 new citizens. and an increase of The Poel Press ma n ey in total valuation of over $100 anil me fectin rs es n by full TUT toe re ccc cuuvecevewe 0 ice icers BATH \W?—Firefighters in) this hon is Dalloi toss = asst eee oe ee ee eee , : Poniral \iachic ae Oe areas ow fineness TE to ee AE . WASHINGTON (?) — Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Central Michigan en are still oe three i s, now fr pee i MONT 1 . : . . ; : 7 haking wens will be presented with FI¢ ' LOOMS : A ; . I. Mikoyan was reported today to have assured the ‘'#\!"< Hie Serco allied ie ihe aie ts i” Chant City Man Returns Gain Promotions ate thes quelled a $10 900 .. a _ ee De re Chambe: refiony | ' —_— United States of continued free Western access to Berlin. es a ae oa aes seep those who live within its bounda-i go arity head off what is shapin: 4 ire whir SWE a ‘ambinatie ; ake We : tH Mids } : . Vv I , ‘ ee ee Mes. plus the privilege of having . But he gave no detail that would permit judgment as home and garage owned by JohN' Coin in the city administrations eC S O U @| Nn Ql Goines, Bale Advance to Ww hether the access he of-+— CO Evans. * * * Plans for theese anne’s ions h mere . P to Ranks Th S ht fered would be really free as fae ie what ft ef Abbort 0OPR announced by the city coun 30 Die 100 Injured ey voug eye S We hire hit tiv . . : ran A : * the West understands the 34 Killed in Rioting Mallee said one eee ve edie cil, and the various legal manen ' Describing a “nrghtmare of torture’ anda bullet-filled) 19 Court Action “ . | ce their achieve : Aaa ie r a ‘ word. LEOPOLDVILLE, Belgian Con. A keg of gunpowder on top of a — ee stared vemos in Istanbul Blast flight for freedom, Edward W. Keehn, 20. was back in > * & go (P—Thirty-four people are re- kitchen refrigerator and another Pontiac today after five months in a Cuban prison. Pao Pontiac police officers SuChin alpledgel weld goltonthe 7 . keg in the garage: One of the kegs Thy x 4 ne re Bex ae ten . whose promations were ought all heart of the current Went ported killed and about 100 se" ty. flame-scorched. Also in. the Police enn Entionas ISTANBUL, Turke iAP} Phe ex-GI ante ly accused US. officials of “re fusing the way to the State Supreme ~ e aaa * riously injured in two days of Tit garage: A barrel of fuel a > Lower Pool Hall Aae Thiets persons ~ were believed to lift a finger in his behalf while Impt isoned in a Court by the city got them vester- tension over Berlin's future. It oting in Leopoldville, the Belgian tanks of Jiquid eompressed ga 9 killed and 1090 seriously injured in Batista tail until Jan. J day without the benefit of a high would signal a major concession’ Congo capital. five gallons of carburetor cleaning — BALDWIN PARK, Calif, (EPI) @ [hunderous explosion this ment anierican Embassy official! fused help, he said ee “by the Kremlin to the West's ob- - - fluid. and a cabin cruiser and a —Police Chief Louis Ben Torres '"% that shattered two crowded . 5 . : Pas Safety Diector George D, Fs | ] tir-ste “gn Hidines 4 al Y i if iL ) SOT FualG man ot sed Se a a jections to Soviet demands to Super Tanker Teunched pickup truck. both with full tanks has endorsed a proposal to lower four-story ofice building n j even thougn prison guare hastmat aised Set Fred J. make a ‘‘free city’ of Berlin of gasoline from 18 to 16 years the minimum COM! Istanbul were torturing us and we wd han during New Goines’ rank to heutenant and De- i ; ; : ; PASCAGOULA, Miss. tUPI: = * * 5 * age at which a bey can enter a Three of the dead were passen were held on fr moped wn Ve 1) atiny itective James F Bale’s to sere Mikoyan was understood to have the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. yes- Evans. who did atifo repair work pool hall. gers in a bus which was passing . _ — SHUT NCe are ROFL Iie ron rather pReao! A : : meee . charges ~ are , : € Ae told high level State Department, terday launched a 665-foot super in the garage. told firefighters “It might take a few kids off, and was crushed by the debris charge iencurestaaett cc ations The promotions were certified business and congressional lead- tanker, the S.S. Hagle Traveler— the blaze started after he had the street and give them some Another four died in a coffer Keehn sid the State Department of eye musi “ hein aid. Me | Yesterday afternoon at a special > ni : : P : ne ; ; tie ha said. J MS : ers Maney mel forerunner of a number of ships to thawed out frozen pipes with a ferm of activity,” he told the city shop across the narrow street rom was checking |} st and the vould not elaborate on this point, meeting of the Civil Service Com- be Jaunched in 1959 blow torch. ‘ council. the blast ty of wo other Americans who other than by saying: mission, after Eastman had rec: 1, The Soviet Union is deter- mined to turn over administration East Berlin to the puppet East Ger-| man Communist regime, regard-| less of U.S.-British-French Denun- | ciation of the plan. | 2. The Soviet Union ts not try- | ing to throw the Allies out of | West Berlin, even though Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushches, in a | Nov. “87 note, suggested with. | drawal of all Allied treops fron | the city. 3. The Seviet Union simply feels) the time has come, 13 vears after, the end of World War II, to give. Berlin a new status 4. The United States, Britain and: France, in replying last week to) Khrushchev’s note. were remiss in! not coming up with some counter- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) | i i In Today's Press | : : a os ne County News ............... 1% Editorials 6 Green Empress . . 8 Markets ......0-0...00005. uu Obitwaries ee FIVE NEW PONTIACS AC ; tt Sports os pte nesae SUMS eis NTIACS ACQUIRED — The Oakland County Sheriff's Depart Theaters 8 ment added a new streamlined look to its fleet of patrol cars this week. Shown here TV & Radio Programs ... 22 27 five sleek 1959 Pontiacs just acquired for use by the department. Here, Sheriff _ Wilson, Earl .............,, 8 Frank W, So! (right) and three uniformed deputies look over the new cars. Accord- ¥ Oakland Sheriff's Patrol Takes On a New Pontiac Prees Phate ing to Irens, the department has been looking forward for some time to the ‘addition of the new cara to the present fleet. all the usual standards for patrol cars,” Fi he said with a smile. “The new cars perform beautifully and surpass 182 Pingree St | “Armed men swarred out and |. | even children. ommended to (ity Manager Wal- We want fa let people know ter ok. Willman that they vhat could and did happen to a) he made. fea people whoa became victims of Pimcurestinces cad then aver troines will fill the vacancy cre fused help ited by the retirement of Lt, * a A Claude A. Evans. a veteran of al Keehn saad he & a iewpapen years saith the Department Bales af Dic Een eon Py moves up ta Corres position hand Obre were vlmost killed - * - during their daring escape from Oakland County Circuit Judge Cul yi ive Greater the over, Clark J Adams had issued a court (throw of Batista forces hy Castro writ on Oct 3, ordering the pro- el motion of Goines. Bale and Detec- ie wad Gleavesanaincrlexdsho oo Herbert C Cooley, all of whom had been en route ta Jamaica for had been demed promotions by Po- Chief whose decision was upheld by Will- Ves tye > (Sproles n holiday. Keehn said. when their [Ut Herbert W. Straley, ‘troubles began fast summet They were arrested “fer no rea BSE son” during a routine airlines stop After city commissiogers voted at Camaguay, Cuba. said Keebha 61 Nev, 3 to appeal dudge the son of Mrs Eihth Mo Keehn. Adams' decision, Poatiac City Attorney William A, Ewart filed an application for leave te appeal with the State Supreme Court on Nov. 18, Judge Adams ordered the pro- ‘motions after trial of a lawsuit istarted by potice officers in June. They said they should have been promoted to yacancies on the force: since they placed on top of the oa (Continued on Page 2. Col. 7 “We were just walking down the street when suddenty fight. ing broke out,” said) Keehn, fired on anyone within range, “Naturally we ran, but they caught up with us and took us to prison.” The Batista goverfiment. in ‘Continued on Page 2, Col. 2 ' an-; Hatt fer Rent fer Speciat Occasions, Convenient. Ample parking. PE ¢T1et, Reliable Furnace and Chimney Co. We clean. repair ae rebulid = chimners Clewn and repair all types of furnaces fireplaces, incinerators and water heat-| 39% Reid Barbering ot Kimmel's, 278 ers. Registeed Co. 8-0020, Baldwin Ave, | Se 5. ‘ ere . ge | Dies in Florida William J. Fisher, 88, Laid Out Sewer Plan, | Paved Saginaw Street, William J. Fisher, 8&8, forme: city engineer and member of the! City Planning Commission. died vesterday in St Petersburg, Fla He had been ill the past three eae nies Th Ail a gravduate of Pontiac jlich Scheel and the Universits of Viichigan, Class of 189), lo IS91 Mr. Fisher was appointed that time sich if werner iil Pins first cement walks were daid trent of the property maw Oo jupied dy Une Elks Lodge ci On chard Lake avenue Ainong his achievement, as city engineer was replacing of the old cobblestones on Saginaw street With a new pavement. During his term weoden bridges over the Clinton River were re placed by stone and concrete, The first sewer system jn Pon fac was fant out and supervised | fits * bd * In 190? fe Poilt the West ee treet pavement to secul the stat The street! formed a fair for Pontiac fhaingt nicks were al Thorpe Mr Fisher chip in 1845 known as Fisher Broth ers, Architects and Civil Engineers Phi firin wed aa school de siQnil parrine: pecial the Pontiac which ex built railway fi 180E he Sylvan Lake tended from the city te the Syl van dake Hotel. Later he taid out a railway from Frederick to hast Jordan. Nir Fi her of 0 Franklin ippeinted ter the City halen serv Bid wa Commission Tare chiar nin * * * rimemiber uf st de Pan heh, onthe S100 and the Fomeritins Acsoenition of the Michiyin Vineent Landers Club oof the tniver Hews Tamir iy oof A native of Pontiac, he was meteried to the former Josephine Gaukler, ie yo oxon Truman of mele baldneny LIN IW t Petersbureit, User pes reat porapile fetleby en the AP pom anal ifecitation of the Wednesday in Funeral Home, will bie fallow ing Rus ufy ul 1 the Poe MKC) Davis an kiks Lodge of Sorrow conducted af ® pom held at VW) aan Vincent ce Mito Vay easter wall be Thursday from St Chorch with em Vir Fishes othe funeral Wednesday burial yay ola tay hody may be wrewed home atfer do pom WILLIAM Tish Tribal Festival Serves True American Food When 200 tribal IDALILL, Ohba 0? fiyitcuis Kol foye ther for oa Berke ul ical festival, there were American dishes that aren t served Wy dats bee daiant They aneduded tataulla Clactiain hominis) banana shick bread, and Patichalulunia toracwert corm with The Weather full ( % Weather Nureaw Report Pontias and vtelmity—-Parth viowids net oxo cold today few snow Flurtins foitar. thigh near ‘OH Seuthweat te aouth winds TH 1a miles an howe Partly clouds pet eo cold tonight Low f° Lomertow tista men rushed down on use in Hand 2000 miles aeross the Atlan-| 1200 and 2,000 miles after cuttin: ‘the jubilant crowd. His son and, “i . DG es irs tis ® deep. They spotted our white for George D. Mitten lie Was ther goal, ther purpose loose the balloon . Mudie looked tired and somewhat, oie oe Mente, Bibewa cone mites prison cuniforms and beg ao a scientific stidy ef Atlantic ~ trade * * * | shaky and asked for bottled 4, damages pce! estimated fodey in Fontiar , shooting nt ts.” Service for George Do Mitten, Winds The halloon crossing had = The expedition was captained drinks, F noe actly a about $1,900, __ I Ss Keehn did not disclose the means nanager of General Motors’ Argo. bever been made before hy Arnold Riolart, 31-year-old) At the hotel they were given’ 7 ee " whereby he Gleaves and Graham naut Realty Division, will be held Part Way across they came London manufacturer of ash trays, rooms overlooking the Atlantic, ‘ : oe were able finally ta get clear of at tf) acm. Wednesday at the Bell and promptly relaxed in hot, fresh! 714 Community Nat'l on lireies at 49 Cuba Chapel of the William R. Hamilton) water baths, with a meal of grape- Bank Bld tiaes Meedtnesdss ac 4 fe mo Tt Musertya, Fda ny Wednesday, Co. Birmingham Burial will be fruit, soup, salad and flying fish, &- Downtown Temperatures however, They were met by friends in Acacig Park Cemetery, in their rooms, Be. ‘ “ Wl hat Tnternational Airport, and with A * * Their first callers were West In| Phone FE 4-1568-9. na ites 7 pe Hi inency sent by relatives were able Mr. Mitten, 60, of 34 Cambridge dies Prime Minister Sir Grantley) oe : mis hom . St Pleasant Ridge, died Sunday} Adams, his wife, and the wife of sisrday in Pant: : yen nk wa _ . in William Beaumont Tspital, Roy; the governor of Barbados, Sir) es A i 7 lea Wien ra 1 ss al iiiost moryne ee al Ox ik, following a brief illness | Robert Arundell. Before bedding BAKER & HAN. EN ae ceeeamice. Yand resume my normal life," said * * i: down for the night, the Small Meee eas ON He had been employed at Gen-. Worlders celebrated with Bar- nev Aear Ac, tm Pawel : ceral Motors stnee 1919 and with the bados rum punches, water down Richard H. DeWiu Donald E. Hansen ‘ther tae . 1959 Dog Tags on Sale | a:gonaut Division since 1928, He! to take away some of the sting. Rea, FE 5-3792 Res. FE 2-5513 ee CaaS ‘ t City H Il; Pri | $2 had been manager of the division The fishing boat that rescued - een temperature is @ y a ; rice $ 5 . Ue Ween since 1948 them meanwhile towed the Small Homeowners’ Policies Highest and Lawest Temperatures This Dog fags for YOs9 are now on * * * World's gondola into Bridgetown Jate In 84 Years i | 62 ‘rn 1946 Tin ten4 Mr, Mitten was inktrumental in | | Monday's Temper rature coarse R Exans announced toaey ; acquiring General Motors’ prop- | eetiing ears Race te Automobile Insurance ; mpe : Pee ke : , 5 Alpes x rt : Mara re 4 : i. ee rchased " fore aed 13 her erty In Milford for the 1,268-acre { ments finally res Liability Insu rance Baltimore 201) Memphin » cost $2 apiece, she said. After that, be orce tored order : Bien aoe <4 =} Miaint Rearh 68 & ‘ve ect) ac Ce) proving ground, He alee) powers | and placed a on the 4 Burg 1 ra owene 1 4 Mi} ikee 1 {1 b Brow neville Ay Lime uk nl organize the moving of GM Re. | guard gondol lary Insurance Buffalo 120 Minneapolia 18 ? \ at headquarters of the harbor po- Charleston 41 25 New Orleans 4 Last year, 7.574 dogs were | search Laboratories from Dayton | lice TS Le ; ane ST! tHeensed in’ Pontiac, but Mra, to Detroit and the acquiring of | : * A A weveiane ? Pelbato 7 eve fer 5 . , Bodde ds s ae : Mls Evans believed that many dog the land for the Technical Center lpwelltcurl irises tteeretios be Detroit 12 $ Pitesbure! fe ) Owners were delinquent In pur at Warren. F pal pohanel jgiven the freedom of the city this, Mutat S17 t Hitt 17 67 a - ; Al, 4 LAG aa A © Th beeworth, 36 a0 & Prancisco no 3, “HRMINE tags. . | Surviving are his wife, Ehzabeth BALIAION a The map traces route of 2 balloon, _afternoon. There also were tenta-’ as a forgiving disposition. see are nos a. Marie I) 8 She urged dog owners to pur-'F.; a son Hugh T. a daughter Small World, from the Canary Islands to the Barbados. Four Brit-- | tive arrangements for them to Jacksonville a 29 Washington 24 1 chase tags before May 15, to’ Mrs. Louise MeCally. and a sis ons, whp tried the flight, were found floating at sea in the gondola | make a triumphal drive through | aneh itv 2 17 Sent 4 i . . : oe dangeles 68) 1 Tampa 49 - avoid the $1 penalty iter, Mrs. Fred Brow, of the balloon, ithe city’s main streets, ’ : a I a Tells of Cuban Jail THE PONTIAC PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1959 The Day in Birmingham Field Purchases Chicago Paper $16 Million Price Paid to John S. Knight for Daily News Weights, Me BIRMINGHAM — Last night's city commission appointment of Arthur Ball as sealer of weights and measures revealed a busy and varied career is in store for him. CHICAGO (AP) — Field Enter-| In order to perform his new du- prises, Inc., owners of the Chicago ties, Ball will need an appointment /Sun-Times, has bought control of, |to the Police Dept. Additional jobs \the Chicago Daily News for an’ with the city include electrical and estimated 16 million dollars. ‘carpentry work, special assign- Marshall Field Jr., head of Field’ ments with the Dept. of Public Enterprises and editor and pub-| lisher of the Sun-Times, and John S. Knight, editor and publisher of | the Daily News, made the al) Police Officers nouncement aay Mowiay: Sit cl eda ote Oe Ur Receive Promotions - more than two-thirds interest and | offered the same price to holders of the balance of the stock. The | ‘total number of outstanding shares was listed as 481,293 of which more than 75 per cent were held by Knight Newspapers, members of the Knight family, and execu- tives and employes of Knight papers. Purchase of the minority hold- ings by Field would boost his out- lay for the Daily News to an esti- mated 24 million dollars, thus 'making the deal one of the biggest n@wspaper transactions in history. In 1955, S. I. Newhouse bought the Birmingham, (Ala.) News, the (Continued From Page One) 'service eligibility lists drawn up after written and oral tests. Bale was not a party to the suit! 'but his promotion was ordered be- cause he placed first on the ser- geant eligibility list. During the trial, officers con- tended that Chief Straley’s per- sonal hostility to them was re- sponsible for blocking the promo- tions, “Regardless of whether the pub-) lie officials of the city like it or not, the law (civil service) must) asures Post Is Given to Arthur Ball Works and assisting City Clerk Irene Hanley in the care and oper- ation of voting machines. * * * Com mis sioners re-appointed | Percy Burnett and Arthur Hinkle’ ' to serve on the 1959 Board of meet Mar. 3, 9 and 10 at the City Hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There was no action taken on the city manager’s recommenda- tion that Birmingham back plans to make the unused contagious | hospital available to mental] pa-° tients. As a group, commission- ers agreed that more study should be made before they lend their support to a project that will cost taxpayers $300,000 a year or more. | Two deficiency rolls, totaling ' $23,354.60, on the Maple-Willits al- \ley were approved. There is an ' $11,194.86 deficiency on the right lot way and $12,204.74 on the sewer jane paving projects for the alley. | Mrs, Man Degen, 58, of 327 |Southfield Ave., suffered severe | lacerations to her right arm yes- terday morning when struck by a car at Woodward and Maple ave- nues, | Huntsville, (Ala.) Times, a Tv)|be obeyed,” Judge Adams added.| \;/. Degen told police the rear- AP wirephete [Station and three radio stations Willman’s tria 1 testi mn Y| View mirror on the car door struck CUBAN PRISON BSCAPEERS — Relaxing for the first time in Graham Jr., of Akron, Ohio. They are showing Mrs. Julia Gra- for $18,700,000. ed Ohe eben raley her. She said the driver ‘hesitated three days are Edward W. Keehn (second from right), of 185 ham, Jonathan s mother, a souvenir Cuban rebel flag. Keehn, 20, Th Sait md bane also|he felt the eligible men were er and then drove on.” Pingree St, Pontiac, and two other escapees from a Havana and his two companions arrived in Akron Sunday after an ordeal les the peopeety = Fad En-| qualified, Willman refused to make . ; — prison, Dean L. Gleaves, 21, of Portland, Ore, and Jonathan of jail, bullets and rebellion. terprises. It was erected in 1929 the promotions for other reasons. A special meeting of the Birming- * = a = = = = ee Officers Start Classes lo Offer Courses Following Escape Police Techniques in tngineering One) nouneing the arres first accused i] ) Keehn of the ane robbery of a Vlavane pambling spot manager (Continued From Paye establish Keehn deemed any hoowledye of A trmning program: fop city po-ced the ment oof an in the: cadre . . . jhee officers got under wiry yestel-| service training program | Will Begin Monday at: Ane Luater, Jie mb they were tekken oa Dorcexcnibe whe Publ All patrolman will receive two | MSUO SAB to Bl Principe Prison in Plavane Aduiintetcation cmrvice Feport on weeks of schooling, with super: Winter term graduate engineer. where they met the third Ameri fe (once) Police Dept Hecvtratn | Misory officers in classrooms for can, Jonathan J. Graham Jr, of; _ _| three weeks. ing progam, will tun through State University Oakland Continu- Ahn, ORG early Maret In addition, command officers ing Education Center, 3070 Butler: Deadline ped sa ae * & will be plyen training through @ Rd Avon Township, will begin) ving ithsa arrested for pip apparent . menies of balfconfercuces: feld at ine. re j reason byopuards who swarmed! The PAS report eritiaved the requinchitavals Public Safely Di: = . down on his Phvorna bofel room tineh of teatime: given poliee of reclon daxvhe An, eaxtiman aul Dr. Lowell Eklund, director of All three were mecused of being fieers in the city and recommend | ie ae ~ > eoentinuing education at MSUO, supporters of the rebel movement * * ‘said the engineering courses — like Among Hint Mikoyan Pledge :::. thre aris and trying te supported “They burned) our legs with cigarettes, make us Confess we " Keehn said are traf¥e control, minority group relations, traffic ac- Custre, * { jzationg field interrogation, report ice for the local residents through “They foreed us to put on ¢ Ai of Access to Berlin writing: and physical arrest tech- the facilities of MSUO. uniforms and took our photographs nique. Fey eutued ae \und beatles | evmanee PecmitecelGre till Gacaec ean ee ne give __| ‘The faculty will be furnished cadeean (illeate tallel to tar! 4 OUrses Wi also be given in vice or approved by the appropriate wand omiost mail and packages! (proposal which might have provid-/suppression techniques and police) ygu departments and all credit jed the basis for negotiation | records. » The Soviet decision to hand! 0 ast Berlin over to Fast Germany| iby next .Mayy in no wity implies al! for these courses will be accu- Instructing the officers will be | Mulated al the East Lansing in- members of the Pontiac and De. | Stitution, trolt police departments, FEI of- from relatives, heehn charged, Ile said that although cimbassy representatives: visited them in Graduate-Level Classes paper, has an average daily circu- ing courses offered at the Michigan New Voter Registration ubjects officers will all credit courses now offered — first ald, are actually extension courses of Michigan State University brought cident) investigation, police organi- fo this area as a matter of serv- concerned only with the non-parti- at a cost of $8,786,000. The purchase of the Daily News reduced the Chicago daily news- paper publishing field to two groups — the Tribune company which publishes the morning Trib- une and the afternoon Chicago American; and the Field Enter- | prises. | The Sun-Times, a morning news- the Police Department. Later, he Public Safety Director Eastman. The public safety director said there is ‘“‘no connection’ between the court case and the promo- tions today, “The vacancies exist and these two men are entitled to them,” he said. U.S. Police Halt Cyclist From India 210 Times ‘lation of 561,978 and a Sunday cir- culation of 630,006. The News, an | afternoon newspaper, has an aver- ‘age circulation of 575,371. Is January 19 Jan. 19 is the deadline in Pon- 'tiac for a new voter registrations for the Feb. 16 primary, City Clerk Ada R. Evans announced today. Changes of address must also be filed in the clerk's City Hall office by then, she said. In Pontiac, the primary will be engineering student from Calcutta, States. torcycle trip. By been stoppd 210 times by U. S. san selection of 10 candidates for| tioning. Oakland County circuit judge April] He said that tops anything faced 6. in 38 countries. + Max Richardson of Waterford ‘Critical’ shook fists and sereamed in “Mik ovan the amis “tday Atluntic crossing that stact-| ated ; drinks murder : ed in the an ikechn noted that this guard was cadence square in Havana when some Ba | loon This British West Indian is: | sailed in the gondola between 1, sale at City Elall, City Clerk Ada Otherwise, they und ended on the' seemed unaffected by their gruel- jail, “they listened indifferently | peace oi war ullimatum: contin | ee : “This will continue to be the pat | when we told them about the tor iF ele trea cerca) mt ettcrline 110| ern, ¥ offle i and iment: tern of operation, pending that | ture, fout living conditions and iyjtes inside Feist Germany, could) oe" “ ls Oakland County bees when sufficient faculty for starvation rations.” be oiiangeleount a vole may hel Prosecutor's Office. these many and varied programs} A Waterford Township father of:line were ignited, setting off the Ao cuatd broke Cleaves’ nose Hfound for the United Nations to) ‘The purpose of the program is are neaitan! at MSUO,”” Eklund two was listed in “very critical” iblast. Keehn said bot an embassy of bliy in yuaranteeing this lo make sure our police are well said, “but this will probably be condition today at St. Joseph} Richardson, vice president and Feavel! thetbl C cere ites Rt ry * t tvreunded in the fundamentals of 8 considerable time into the fu- Mercy Hospital as the result of an manager of Hillcrest Golf and must have fallen down a flight The 63 year old Mikoyan, second: Police work, and tom ake them bet. ture.” ;explosion and fire in his garage Country Club, near Mount Clem- at ] nearly all his clothing from his. Hew te Havana with $1000 ran [Invited were “personal trends Mma or ro ves [body : sem oand grave at to the prison! * * * * * * commandant ta free her sen | ee een wre | A hospital spokesman this morn-