NTTAC, MICHIGAN FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1957 —40 PAGES. =+ ae = over all: the-earth Mk inwas ‘ckiesiheoialiuniy and there was darkness until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And ‘Jesus crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands | commend my spirit. dad saying this, he gave up the ghost’. —F rom the Gospel according to St. Luke. ice in Chi ago # gla un n Battle — Religious Devotions Overshadow Conflicts ad Detectives Wait Waterford Sets Special Meeting in Fund Crisis Fate of Police Force JERUSALEM (P—Religious de- votions of many different faiths overshadowed political crises in) the Holy Land this Good Friday. it was Easter season for both Western and Eastern Christians. But it also was a holy time for May Rest on Results Moslems and Samaritans, Across : : z the frontier in Israel, Jews were of Saturday Session icompleting their Passover holi- days, Jordan Prime Minister Hus- sein Khalidi, installed: this week after his nation’s acute political erisis, went to his home in deri- cho to observe, the Moslem day of rest. The Arab country as a The fate of Waterford Township’s police force may be decided tomorrow . |morning .when the Water- ford Township Board holds whole appeared momentarily a special meeting tO re-| more interested in religion than . |view finances. polities. According to Elmer John- son, supervisor, there is only $54,000 left in the township treasury and the jboard must decide how to distribute among the varr ous operations. The financial crisis is a result of a recent opinion by the state at- torney general, which cost the township more than $100,000 in revenue, In Arab Jerusalem, where most} of the holy places are located,} hotels were jammed with visiting) prilgrims. The tourist bureau timated 4,000 visitors poured in,’ reminiscent of the busy days the city knew before last year's suc- cession of crises and war. FEW FROM ISRAEL Only about 400 pilgrims cxsaueil the Palestine armistice frontier from Israel, and few Westerners visitors in the Jordan sector were) Arab Christiams who had come by x & & = other routes from Egypt, Cyprus, He ruled court costs charged by, and Syria. justices of the peace could not be| diverted to township use as was being done in Oakland County. Prosecutor Frederick Ziem backed up this opinion. “Our beard is hoping to find a way of doling out its remaining funds as economically as posst- Booty Mounts to $400 Plateau in Pot-O-Gold Money's mounting in old Pot-0-| es-| All's Quiet in Holy Land Todayi Because of calendar differ- ences, the Eastern and W estern| Easter usually fall on different dates. Once every four or five years, however, they fall togeth-| er, and this year. they coincide.) ‘The various Christian groups had| to follow a strict schedule in the’ Chureh of the Holy Sepulchre to) avoid conflicts, | Moslem visitors crowded into | | the city, This is Ramadan — a fasting month for Moslems—and | salem every Friday in Ramadan | to pray in the Dome of the Reck, | Moslems. the devout like to come to Jeru- | third most holy place in world to | | _lcording to the rules of Moses. in Loop Store Following Tip Trio Mowed Down in Brief Fight After: Firing at Officers In an area where a Jewish tem- ‘ple once stood, a beautiful Moslem dome covers the rock’from which) the Préphet Mohammed is said to} have risen into Heaven on his| i horse. A few miles: te the north on Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, the llast 300 survivors of the Samari-| tan community gathered for their’ CHICAGO i? — Three ‘Saturday Passover feast, un ; ‘changed in any detail since the bur glars ewere slain early - exodus from Egypt. pox ritually today in a brief but violent slain during prayers on the moun- itainside, were being baked in gunfight with. police -de- jearth, to. be eaten with bitter/tectives in the credit de- herbs and unleavened bread, ac- partment of a State Street department store. Legislation May Put End fo County Drain Problems Legislation seen as solutions to many Oakland Coun- drain, sewer and water problems was favorably lwere among them. Most of the| considered yesterday in Lansing. The Senate passed one measure introduced by ‘Sen. ty \L. Harvey Lodge, of mie ton Plains and was rea dy | ito act on another. | Passed was 4 Drain Code amend-. iment allowing boards of eo |visors in counties of more | 180,000 population to leas ‘the| |full faith and credit of the county) |tor sanitary drains. * The measure — described by Lodge as a boon to metropoli- | e burglars walked into a police trap and were mowed down by machine- gun and shotgun bullets. Seven detectives had been hiding in the 11th floor credit de- partment for several hours, said Lt, James J. Lynch, Lynch said police had been tipped on the , planned burglary. He said the three men, carry- ing burglary tools, were about to attempt to open a safe when the detectives ordered them to sur- render, “| Lynch said the~burglars opened le The police, armed with three | nachine guns and four shotguns, - lexchanged shots, killing all three. |No policeman was hurt. | % Slaying Suspect : “Remains in Jail Scott Unable to Moke ENTRANCE UNKNOWN It was not disclosed how the men gained entrance to the Man- del Brothers store, in the heart of | l the Loop. * * Leet identified two of the men ble untij the Legislature acts on a pending bill that would give us-seome relief,”” Johnson said. He referred to a bill which would Gold again, with another $100! ‘ added this week after the judges! gees ‘the House yo Senaee iaies to find a correct solution to| a widoiane Teceaay. Stan 2) Another bill, also affecting rap- legalize the use by the township of court costs. However, the bill contains a jok- er — it exempts money collected from tickets issued on state high-| $81 Million . Budget Cut Proposed by State G OP LANSING. Png oe le legis-| eur spending allotments for high- jators have come up with a series/¢t education institutions, both for - appropriations bills that propose!°PeTstions: and capital outlay. ‘expenditure within revenue”| ‘The -bulk of the remaining 17 Seguin for operating state gov-|million dollars represents | lower! ernment in the 1957-58 fiscal year.|igures for operations and new con- Supporting a “hold the: line’’ pal- struction at state mental hospitals; icy on state taxes, the GOP. law- and related institutions. j makers offér ‘a $330,000,000 general) of the. Berns pectinn: ‘eet fund budget, roughly the same as tutions, “Michigan State Univer- sity would absorb the most re- duction—nearly nine -mittion dol- lars. The Univefsity of Michigan share would be about $5,750,000, | It is part ~6f the Republican plan that the U. of M,,,. MSU-and their 4sister institutions “should recapture (Content on Page 2 .. Col, 3) S| B 31 40} ways. This is where Waterford po-| lice have been writing the great} majority of their tickets, . ® * The possibility of a sharp cut in the 16-man police force has been eyed as likely, in order to reduce expenses. However, citizens are reported) to. be circulating petitions to retain’ the present size force by levying a special millage assessment on| the township to support it. ‘Accident Victim Dies of Sunday Injuries a posteard and postmarked by the ’ t, » Mrs, Vanda Lee Carroll, 21, of ideadline date, you're well on your 35/38 this week's puzzle, making you eligible to walk away $400 richer. to solve. All you do is select one part of the puzzle, write the num- bers in the corresponding squares and mail it in. If you have it on state spending for the aren fis- cal year. wine ff ‘NO NEW. CONSTRUCTION — But‘ Sintéams Sees for "Easter WT ie Ye ot. wii Renin cree in SSGHIVT I e. Showers Predicted due to injuries received in a head- | construction starts tions considerab low’ the level - “Although showers: or thundershowers are expected tonight and recom! Hogs Williarhs). tonnoevow the weather man reports that the rain-will end Sunday, for higher