a onsen. “— Pe? eae aire Meat ne ay tga oN ND gt is \ | rocket weapons. * * * * * PONTIAC, ua doa SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1957—30 ached MOOT TERNATIONAL awe senvice ‘Police xk * Pd a ee * k * ocket Believed Successful eeking Clues in Cong Si | ‘Murder x * * Air Force Thor — Reported Fired. at Florida Base . Would - Join ‘Weapon Arsenal MISSILE TEST CEN- TER, Cape Canaveral, Fla. —A ballistic sister of the highly regarded Jupiter in- termediate missile may possibly be counted today among the United States’ ‘A missile of estimated 70-foot length—believed to be the Air Force-developed Thor — was successfully Army's Jupiter in United States’. ‘launched from closely- In Today's Press Mamie Out of Hospital Holiday Deaths AP Wirephote GOING HOME — Mamie Eisenhower displays a widé smile as she leaves, Walter Reed army hospital in Washington for the ey eee oy White House. The First Lady reported she felt “pretty good.” Mrs. Eisenhower entered the hospital Aug. 5 and underwent * Out of Hospital, | Mamie Helps Ike Plan Vacation WASHINGTON (INS) — Presi- dent and Mrs. Eisenhower began making preparations today for) next week. The Chief Executive brought aul First Lady home yesterday from Walter Reed Army Hospital, where she had been - hospitalized *\for more than three weeks. She) had — a hysterectomy on| Aug. 6 . Whea Mrs, acer ent. erged at the hospital entrance, she told newsmen: “I feel pretty good.” Smiling: broadly, she and the President posed for photographs for a few minutes before climbing into the waiting car. They were driven immediately to the White House. While in the limousine, photo- graphers asked Mrs. Eisenhower for a “big grin.” “] still have that,” she re- plied. . . neon pected to leave for Rhode Island until after Labor Day. The Presi- | ‘The Eleenhéwers. are: not ex-|. Did Reds Goof t London Talks? their vacation in Newport, RL. American Officials Hint, the same duration. Soviet Haste in Rejecting West's Plan a Mistake By JOHN M, HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (Some ~well- informed U.S. officials now are saying. privately that Russia blun- dered in hastily turning down the Western proposal this week for a first stage disarmament plan. That view is related to*the be- lief in official quarters that the disarmament issue now is caught up in the first round of an all - out propaganda fight, with a princi- pal question being that of blame for the breakdown of negotiations at London. . Although the London talks have not actually ended, some officials here believe the point of- bryak- down-has been reached. Some authorities here believe that even though all major points of the Western package proposi- stood at con Highways © Start to Climb — National Safety Council: Says 420 to Be Killed in Traffic Accidents Holiday Toll Traffic ........... 43 Drowning ........ 1 Miscellaneous ..... 3 Total ..... ssonr Ot By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The. Labor Day weekend ‘death toll begari a slow, but grim climb today as mil- lions of Americans clogged jthe “highways for a final)” ;summer holiday fling. | Before the 78-hour holi-|° \day period is over 420 per- ‘sons will die in traffic ac- cidents, according to a National Safety Council estimate. The count began at 6 p.m. lqcal_ time Friday and will run through mid- night Monday. — The traffic death rate in the early hours today and late last night wag about an_ hour. This rate would bring the final toll to less than the safety organ- ization’s estimates. The Safety Council pointed out that wale deaths . during this year's 4-day Memorial Day week- end and. 4-day Independence Day pene were no greater than dur- pe normal non-holiday periods of There were 426 traffic deaths | over Independence Day and 413 during the Memorial Day pe- ried. The Associated Press, in a test period from 6 p.m. Friday Aug. 16 to midnight Monday, Aug. 19 — 78 hours — recorded 398 high- way fatalities. The record Labor Day traffic death toll was 461 set over a 3- day period in 1951. "Last year over a 3-day period = persons were killed. 4 ' The record over-all toll-traffic, drownings and miscellaneous— . also was set in 1951 with 65%. Over-all fatalities last year num- bered 6596, These included 39 drownings and 72 — deaths. Michigan's traffic death toll o in the early hours of the Labor Day weekend. Archie Lee Griffin, 35, of Snover, was killed Friday night when his (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) Monday You'll Know (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) — t ¥ Press Will Publish - at Noon on Monday Miss F ront Page a ‘Coming “Thirty days hath September, “April, June and November .. .”” * ‘So goes the rhyme which many of us memorized to remember which months onthe calendar were & mite —_—. than the others. “SESSION’S OVER — House down the steps of the Capitol WASHINGTON w — The na-) \their 1957. labors, and rest up for, what probably will be a rough session when they reassemble} Jan, 7, 19538. The first scusion of the 85th Con-} gress closed down late yesterday} with a historic civil rights bill) passed but with much of Presi- dent Eisenhower's program put) over until next year. SESSION LONG Final adjournment came a p.m, me in the House and) 4:22 -- (EDT) in*the Senate! after™ a longest legislative ses-| sion since 1951 during the Korean) War. j Eisenhower last week ex- pressed himself as ‘“‘tremen- Mousty disappointed” in the ‘labors of this first congressional session of his second term. But the weary senators and rep- resentativeg could look back on an eight-month session that began with enactment of the Eisenhower Mideast doctrine and was cli- maxed by passage of the first civil rights bill in. more than 80 years, ISSUES POSTPONED In their 1958 election year ses- sion, they wil] be faced with a wide variety of major problems, > Jmany of them ‘postponed from this year, - These will include tax relief, extension of the reciprocal trade agreements act,. natural gas regulations, control of union wel- fare and pension funds, liberali- zation of the social security laws, farm relief, and extension of the public housing program. Democratic leaders disagreed with Eisenhower's expression of) yesterday afternoon to show how. they feel about Page Boys Hail Close of Conaress page boys rush fn Washington ident “will find that the record of}! tion's lawmakers were streaming this Congress was as fine as any|0! - economy and budget-cutting, ‘home today to get the yerdict on ihe can recall and that it passed | more substantial’ Bills than the} first session during his first ad-! |ministration,” House Democratic Leader Me- | | Cormack of Massachusetts | called ‘it “‘one of the greatest — ‘eo — this country has ever : ” | But Senate GOP Leader Know-| land ef California said the Con-) t 3.57 2Fe8s_had left untouched much of Navy and Air Force. the _Eisenhower program, even! ithough the President won an over-) | whelming endorsement at the) ‘polls last November. AP Wirephote the end of the congressional session, The Senate adjourned a half hour after the House, thus of- - ficially endjng the 85th Congress. Congressmen Go Home to Get Verdict on Labors a meet tt The 1957 session “rang with cries 'touched off last January by the 'President’s submission of a record |peacetime spending budget of $71, - 1 800,000,000. ‘DRIVE FALTERS The economy drive faltered a bit as the session dragged on but ithen the administration itself took lover with some sharp whacks at! ‘its ‘own. spending plans in the last month. These hit particularly | _ at proposed outlays of the .Army, Congress ended up whacking a ‘total of $4,900,000,000 off Eisen- (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) from Pontiac, took. second the Chamber of Commerce State Fair Parade Awards Won by 2 Pontiac Units + Pontiac marching units won two prizes yesterday in the annual State Fair parade. The Rae-Vens, an 18-girl precision marching team The Chamber of Commerce presentation consisted of place in the parade while display took third prize. lies, with the Land-O-Lakes dtum majorettes following close behind. The unit was a real attention getter and a “‘solid third place”) in voting, parade officials said. The Chamber of Commerce had |planned to use the same float it jdisplayed in the Aug. 19, parade celebrating Pontiac Motor Divis- jon's 50th anniversary, but had to! imeke a last minute change. A rear wheel worked loose on the a new Pontiac convertible? carrying four Pontiac love-' toit and the girls climbed aboard for the trip., The four girls were Diana Beech, 18 McKinley Dr.; Karen Denham, 93 Oriole; Dona Crane, 60 N, East Bivd., and Maria Cosma, 210 Ogemaw. Miss Beech and Miss Denham are former Press Miss Front Pages. John Hirlinger| secretary man- ager of the Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce, drove the convert- lible in the. parade| First prize in the parade was Church News étaceseet thre 9 Comics HNeer Nee eeneseese gee County News ‘ Editorials Co wee ¢ Home Secon eeseee 17 thra 22 Obituaries: Seen heer e eee eee , 24 Sporte....sscietess 4 thru: ib Theaters Aeeteentes. Bb 4 thru 13 TV & Radio Programs ...., 30 al eee eee etewe By JAMES LEE WASHINGTON a Ne pon- derous emachinery ‘Congress Wilsow, WA Busi. ae 13 jeune and whee and cane. 7°" Women's a re } | first intercontinental ballistic mis- \sile, the sovealled “ultimate wea- me Str wants Yes boast, which U.S. tensions os ».\péits. were not inclined to doubt, with flat rejection of Western ‘dis- armament, proposals for 4 two"year poe del Congress, Soviet Missile, that if, arroga | Sarat sa denn humanity to an indefinite | this} “tte of tmmpasurable danger.” - The President. spoke sadly of what he-called Russia’s “scornful! words.” He said it would-be “tra Wisconsin Hold Spotlight ticket presidential candidate and), swift, anieaihs secret reappraisal of its own progress in develop-| There. was no. disposition in high echelons of government. to believe that the Soviet syper;weapon has manerey altered the balance of ~ which in ment of ogean-spanning missiles. may join in the observance of The Hace ne ol snot eaeayt 30 da =e float on the trip to Detroit and it}won by the Michigan Conference the holiday, The Press will pub: | - _ a 's dead HAILS RECORD was abandoned at Square Lake of Seventh Day Adventists. lish but one edition Monday, at Bt - september. Senate Democratic Leader Lyn-|and Telegraph. The fair opened yesterday and noon. Regular edition times will | . We can't tell: you any more today, but you'll’be seeing her and | don B. Johnson ‘of Texas said he| The convertible, from the Pontiac! will continue 10 days, jaativen 4 Sept. be resumed Tuesday.- reading about her oh this page Monday. believed. on reflection the Presi-|Retail Store, was ‘driven into De-/8. The Past Week's Top News in Review / \fury-trial provision, The vote was) 1279 to 97, Southerners denounced the legislation jas “judicial black- mail’ and } in “political sop." : | The measure went to the Senate. | There, hopes of action sjowed only -[by: opposition speeches of “‘reason- lable” length were dashed . when in| Sen, Strom Thurmond on took ' as stubborn a foe of racial equal- ite guarantees as there is in pub- lic life, staged a solo filibuster, RR ED He ‘kept the Senate tocked in its|. first all-night session\ol the year. [But at last he= stopped. talking, ‘after 24 hours and 18 mimes, and ~ Discover Body of Detroit Man in Waterford. Attempt to Trace Back His Movements. Since Monday Night By HAROLD 8. COHEN The mystery surround- ing the slaying of a 40- Pontiac yesterday after- noon. “ i. Waterford Township po- Sheriff’s detectives investi- lice and Oakland County . gating the gang-style mur- . der of Earl E. Atwood, 4808 Cabot St., Detroit, are work- ing today to try and trace his movements since Mon- day night. * ATWOOD with his clothing and toilet articles, A search of area motels was be- gun, as well as spots to try and find out if Atwood spent the four days before his death in the Pontiac area, BULLET NOT FOUND No trace of the bullet that passed through the victim’s head (Continued on Page 2, Col. 6) T™apope Some Showers May Spoil Fun But Warm Weather Due for Most of Labor Day’s Vacationers The Labor Day weather picture promises lots of warm tempera- tures for good picnicking and swimming but. possible scattered showers may spoil some ofhe fun. * * * “In the Pontiac area, partly ‘icloudy and warmer weather is expected, with a low in the 60s and a high reaching to 82-86 to. is expected to reach (Open coe “ "updays : nee 6@ : ii in Sylvan Lake 4 ‘Optimum Use’ Planned ef Property Fronting ‘on Orchard Lake Ave, NEW DISTRICTS = - City Attorney Tom Reese is pres- ently amending the city’s 1947 die i Hl s® t i ta 7 s temperature by listening to and watching nature's insects. The best gauge of all is counting the chirpsjthe death of Sen. Joseph R. Mc- of the black cricket for fourteen sseconds and adding forty. That will be the temperature. ‘ ; The Weather Fal U.S. Weather Burean Report PONTIAC AND VICINITY — Partly cloudy and warmer teday through to- “today 7% te 82, low 82 to 6. Variable mestiy easterly winds at 5 to and willd ‘Trew, lew 62 te Teday tn Pontiac : saaasaed temperature preceding 8 a.m. At 8 a.m.; Wind—Caim, Gun sets Geturdsay at 7:06 pm, Sun rises Sunday et 6:57 a.m. Moon sets Saturday at 11:63 pm. Moon rises Saturday at 1:12 p.m.-- Downtewn Temperatures 6 a.m., a OO TE Bc eci cece 68 7 om. se. 83 SM. cnse-s00s 72 $ 6.m.,., oo i pm 74 9 6.1... Peery .s,; . 1¢ a.m., 6 , Friday in Pontiac (As recorded downtown) Highest temperature .,..........%...79 Lowest temperature (7.11 21'°77"""" 66 : a0 sdeah SUE OE Or 5 e t—Trace of Rain . ee ae One /Year Ago in Pontiac Sp peeneveess ren 86 08, * ¥ ae : gM De: ry Pallor, listlessness, loss of appetite and pain in the joints “matic + fever in = i i | i Special Se in| | | | | | oy Sucka 2 | :| ane *_| SWEATERS A wonderful array of . the newest Fall fashion - colors... and just in time for back-to-school wardrobes! eS Kl canroais "20" ive M. eh 10M. to. 10 Me Sunday thru 1 4 + SA: = = —e 4 4f. : - | : — Cee / | BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES - : _ —_ a hw Sree fue Wome f . | [AT'S Easy To SEE . wid | TY WHY MRLTRUE 1S ’ st DIXIE DUGAN a coef Lyles —| i ; ¥ ee jjigananeanr i g — A “ DM eiaatapie : Rete Ta 4 - , GRANDMA ee Fas es saeyty 4 ©. 8. Pot, Otten —\. ; —— —— , : “t5 - - i oy SAYS ITLL BRING -.. JUST AS SOQN AS HE GETS ave fe Buss TOF ITZ THE GIRLS TPA /) ad : HE M IN A Mil <_<. AC Bouts A MILLYUN A Tas ielideteii oeaeanianiteaeieg Se i 4 i i DONALD DUCK : ! os "It’s very nice of you, Mother, but there’s a little more to it than! | Suk sewing them on.” 2 LS volt Ar { ae i