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     Oakland Danennetilt 
Pour Into Windy City 
for Convention Stay By JOE HAAS 
CHICAGO—with the opening of ‘the Democratic na- 
tional convention only two days away, members of the 
. party from the Pontiac area are arriving here. 
i Those two Oakland County stalwarts, Willis M. Brewer 
- of Pontiac, and Carlos Richardson of Wa- 
terford, are among the first to arrive. 
They are considered to be the Mr. Demo- 
crats of the county when it comes to con- 
j _ vention procedure, 
q The former turned. the county chair- 
manship over to Richardson when he was _ appointed manager of the Pontiac branch 7 office of the Secretary of State, a juicy 
a = that came as a reward for his serv- ce to the party. He is the first Democrat to hold tha that job for a generation or two.. 
ings of a brother and two com- Both Brewer and-Richardson are among Michigan’ s 44 delegates, but that only remotely states the case. Wil-|P2"""" , . , 
eae chee tar eines tot The Vicia, Thyearold_ Allen E, 
Harriman Sees 
Chance fo Win Mennen Williams as other|pronounced dead shortly-after 8 in 
higher ups in state Demo-|the Rickel living room “where the 
cratic circles. four youths had been watching tel- I happen to know Soapy confers|€Vision. with. him on many matters of} An autopsy today will be part 
eae Pronet ploies, rm a nil of an investigation into the ap- : , scope. as es ¥ Haas Fires Questions me that he considers the Oakland] 5 a dies see Ree ee a unty man to be among the best! patrolmen J Sisk and Dal and Gets the Outlook posted in Michigan, politically and Sihecion. oe . ws 
aot the Rich Man’ 
: By JOE HAAS 
- CHICAGO — The Michi- 
gan delegation will be urged 
by Gov. G. Mennen Wil- 
liams to throw its support 
behind Harriman, after the 
initial ballot, it was indi- otherwise. Their twoso 
. t — = Witnesses were Allen's Scetlied: 
cated here this afternoon.   
Teenager Kills | 
Himself Playing | 
Russian Roulette Brother, Buddies Try 
to Halt Suicidal Game 
_ in Living Room From Ex- Chief ~ Delegates Are Waiting | 
HST’‘s Announcement 
at 3:30 This Afternoon ty 
CHICAGO (#\—Harry S&S. | 
Truman kept Adlai E. Ste- 
venson and Gov, Averell 
jHarriman on the political 
hot spot today waiting for 
him to name his preference 
_|for the Democratic presi- 
dential nomination. 
Truman jealously guard- . | 
ed -his-seeret_from-a success 
sion of callers in advance of 
a 3:30 p.m. EST news. con- 
ference. 
But most signs pointed toward 
a pronouncement that—while he 
regards both Stevenson and Harri.’ 
. AP Wirephote | nan as equally qualified, capable posite picture he is flanked by two leading contenders, Adlai | men—he would vote for Harriman 
Steyenson_fiett) and Averell Harriman (right), =e ae pit he were @ delegate togmext 
Oakland Cyclist : 
Killed in Crash William Burleigh Thrown 
Head-on Into Oncoming 
Car on Nine Mile Road 
       
                   
      A Keego Harbor teenager killed 
himself playing Russian roulette 
last night when he fired a fatal 
ballet into his head despite warn- 
  
  
  WHICH WAY WILL HE LEAN? — Party leadérs and dele- 
gates alike eagerly await Harry Truman's announcement of his frequent. 
Cari, 13; George Deacon, 18, of preference for Democratic: “presidential, nominee. _In_above com-_ .. Having more_to do_with -one— 2405 Fordham St “anid Earl 1. Saw- “phase of Michigan convention 166Tribham 
"(Continued ont Page 2, Col. 5) [°° 2 4 eee “Se DON'T KNOW WHY 
oon ‘The . ble , rh 
Busy Port Said ~T allen ‘fired the ‘dhot, They anid re 
Loves Tourists 4-H Youths Pack Ribbons Away 
— and Business stop pulling the trigger “‘because| Hundreds of Oakland County 
it will go off.” lyouths wil<pack ribbons away to- 
The boys sald Allen gave no |day, load prize livestock back into 
PORT SAID. E 7 =<=The| ©*Planation for going to his fa- |trucks and end the 1956 4H Club 
sleepy town of Port Said shut 
down early as usual. By 10 p.m., 
all- shops were closed and most ther’s bedroom to get the .32 Fair. 
lights ‘were out, A few white-uni- b volver. . calibre revelver Behind them, they will leave Tests of powder burns and casts well-plowed fields, thoroughly - 
formed policemen patrolled lonely 
beats in the arcaded streets. 1. palin Poys' hands will Pe| trodden’ paths betwetn booth 
; sites and the realization among” 
An hour after midnight Port 
Said awakened. Lights blazed| “It appears to have been acki-| 
dental,"’ a trooper commented. thousands of visitors that the y * * * 
again. Horse-drawn_ carriages 
clattered through the streetsand farmers of tomorrow are as skill- 
ancient taxi cabs wheezed past. 
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Truman |s not a delegate, but 
will address the convention Fri- 
day,   
    This sort of endorsement by the - 
former President would boost the 
New York governor's stock with- 
out the party-wrecking effect of 
any statement which implied that 
‘Stevenson lacked the qualifica- 
tions to bécome the nominee, 
WILL BACK NOMINEE 
Truman has made jit emphati- 
cally clear that, come what may, 
he expects to support and work 
for the Democratic nominee, With 
Stevenson presently in a com- 
manding position to win the nom- 
ination, Associates” thought Tri- 
man. would not Want to say any- —/ 
thing against Stevenson that : 
might be embarrassing in the gen- 
eral election campaign,       Second place in the operational; After horse judging today, the 
event went to Paul Norland, of over 2,000 4H boys and girls will 
Bloomfield Township, with Rowe lbegin to haul their exhibits and| coming in third, 
Robert Bryan, a Pontia soll animals back home. r a 0 c e 
convervationist, judged the trae- The carnival will | 
tor contest. Supervisor was Leon through tonight. The exhibit booths, 
Storm of Lake Orion, will be closed thi 5 afternoon,     
CHICAGO — Averell Harriman continue | 
told me last night: “If Stevenson 
does not win by the second ballot, 
I expect to be at the head of the 
ticket in the November election.”   
F "erndale Teacher Named 
Principal of Bagley School A former Ferndale teacher, John F. Perdue, has been 
named principal of Bagley School by the Pontiac Board A Madison Heights motorcyclist 
iwas killed on E, Nine Mile Road 
in Warren Township yesterday 
when thrown into the. path of an 
oncoming car after striking the 
rear of another car which stopped 
suddenly, 
Peyerees: Burleigh, 26, was dead 
on arrival at William Beaumont Harriman has sthe hoe of win- 
ning on the first or second: ballot, 
but looks for enough favorite son 
and Kefauver delegates to begin 
an upward climb in the third ballot. 
In my interview with Harri- 
man Friday, he asked more at their chosen vocations as 
any in history, 
Last night's carnival and 4-H 
Cavalcade of Horses drew the larg- 
jest crowd by far of the five-day The boys told investigators Allen 
had gone to the bedroom and came 
out. pointing the gun at them, 
they kept warning           
  questions than I did. He remem- | talking at mile-a-minate clips in | and took five bullets out of the [Tun. of Education. 
bered making the same queries | many trying to sell | six-shot pistol and then the Haaplial ie Reynl Oak. Treman,. 9 pelitieal realist, to we tell seany tam. souvenirs of Egypt. son-ap to he a gp a A ae wo aie teeean He is the first Negro to be named a school principal in Police said Burleigh apparently re ge sald by friends to ennene 
“Because you then did not try| ‘This nocturnal activity; common] “The boys said the gun went offigirls showed their steeds in a|* OotaC. smashed the rear of car driven pee Ri nearby 
    necessarily result in the new 
Yorker's nomination, in Port Said, was caused by one/at the same time they were yelling/horse show =“: arena’ activities to jolly me, but talked straight 
thing—the arrival of a passenger! at him to stop pulling the trigger,” |last night. from the shoulder, I'll ask two of Dyke, careened to the other side Mrs. Golda Holecheck, principal of Bagley School fori Richard Rucker, 24, of Van   
  the same questions.” ~ 
THE QUESTIONS 
The first was, “Why do you think liner loaded with well heeled tour- 
ists, It had anchored in the har- 
bor, waiting to pass through the an investigator said, : * * *   | An impressive array of farm — 
machinery, featuring the jatest | 
    Mr. and Mrs. Vern C. Rickel,. his 
parents had been out visiting a Suez Canal tri F a wealthy man cannot be elected) past. ng tite neighbor atthe time,_They.eould|-   innovations in power steering, 
hauling equipment’ and combines, | 
alse drew attention to the arean. Leite *20 years, has been” named jof the road,'.and crashéd head®on 
| principal of LeBaron School] into a car driven by Ezra Meade 
ito replace Mrs. Bery] Sher- 
man, who retired in June. iJr., 36, of Hazel Park: 
The drivers are being questioned       claimed 6 
votes on the first ballot: Harri- 
_iman's Steve: ‘s backers have 
of the necessary 686" 
have sald— Pere, 44, will take over daties by township police, - | 
will have 350 to 400. Both clafiie oo te not explain any reason why their 
Ships entering the port at night/son would want to take his life. must wait in the harbor till 7 a.m. 
voy for the Ishour imp sounTving Likes Ike! 
Latest Lyric voy for the 14hour trip south 
Proves He Does the waterway under the 
guidance of canal pilots. 
NEW YORK (INS)—Song Writer 
Irving Berlin has written a cam- While the ships wait, most tour- 
ists go ashere. Merchants, hawk- 
paign song for President Eisen- 
hower titled, ‘Ike for Four More might be inflated, 
The Stevenson camp estimated 
it might lose 50 votes by a Tru- . 
man od to Harriman. Harri- . 
man's followers said they could 
come close to Stevenson's claimed 
total on the first count, 
Whatever his reasons for making 
it, Truman's endorsement was sure 
to have a psychological impact on 
the convention, Truman controls 
no state delegation, not even that 
from his home state of Missouri. y president?” He recollected that -=-~—=-—~—Gst—<C< ti 
4 four years ago I teld him that a 
great many people are jealous of 
financial success, expecially when 
the foundation for it was in- 
herited. 
He agreed with me, but point- Yesterday safternoon, runnersup 
in the Tractor Field Day contest 
finished in a tie with Charles 
Wright of Galloway Lake taking) Refuses to Act on Bills top plowing honors and James 
Thompson of Milford taking the to Help Jobless; Sets 
top tractor operation award. Sept. 19 to Reconvene 
BYRAN, STORM JUDGE 
Second placé in the plowing con- 
test went to. Lynn Rowe of Gingell- 
ville and Thompson took third. for the fall semester. He plans to, ’ 
jmove to Pontiac from his present Watta ¥ no.— 
lhome in Detroit. : 
J * 
a Nice Weekend Perdue attended college after 
‘service in the Army during World : 
Partly cloudy with little change 
in. temperature ig the prediction War Il. He was graduated from 
the University of Toledo in 1950 
for the Pontiac area tonight. The 
low will be near 60 degrees. and received a master’s degree 
from the University of Michigan 
The weather ‘man says tomor- 
row will be fair and pleasant with <a 1956. 
a high of 82 to 86 degrees.   
ers, ‘vendors and guides descend 
on them, offering every kind of 
souvenir from fly whisks to fez- 
zes. For the stay-aboards, mer- 
chants roll out in skiffs to sell LANSING # — Michigan's Leg- 
islature recessed its marathon spe- f s 
cial session -for the fourth time He formerly was associated with 
an insurance agency in Philadel-   
    feeling against him, “because I Years.” . yesterday..without acting on Gov.|phia where he was born. In downtown Pontiac, the lowest! 1h. eiyi) righte-deune-wae-caus not only was born on the right from the side of the ett Simple in verse and tune, it goes N eed E xtra Wi fe? Williams’ unemployment compen-| Perdue has taught seventh and|tempeérature reading preceding), ing ‘some fireworks in platform side of the railroad track, bat Headlines of the world’s press |), this: * sation proposals, eighth grade subjects at Grant 8 a.m. was 60 degrees, The mer-| iimittee hearings but sg mee my father owned the track. tell of tension over Egypt's ma- jour more ‘years — four more Get. Them While e 6 6 _— in Ferndale for seven years. leury rose to 86 degrees @t1 P.M. | wore striving to k the . con- The other question. was: “What| “omalization of the canal, . but years’ The lawmakers agreed to return troversy in hand, i businesd goes on as usual me 
Port Said merchants, w 
There are two convoys daily— 
aero g and évening—from each} 
erid of the canal, At almost the} f= 
Fhey'ré Legal _ | suse. 3, 1m the mousine, they TUNIS, Tunisia ( — Tunisians|Said, they will keep an eye on the 
have less than five months left if;}unemployment- picture, 
they want to take an extra wife. «Give us what we'd like, 
What we'd like is Ike 
For four more years. 
Three--cheers—with Ike— 
For four more years,” — inspires a man of great wealth to 
seek the highest office in the 
world?” 
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Harriman siaierods “Service is ‘Gov. George Bell Tiniteoteene 
dr, of South Carolina told the 
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) Cleveland Pro 11 Crushes 
  
    
— them Y Only thing you can- ‘give “away same time a convoy leaves «Port 
Said, another starts from the ~The song, copyrighted by Berlin, 
is restricted from petformance limits men to one wife each, 
placés the minimum: age of al By BRUNO KEARNS “top dogs tn tore  COlleGE- All-Stars 26-0 | A new law arinounced last night) _ 
Bustling Betsy Rams. without wondering if you're doing 
: the right thing. I have found that 
the most difficult thing in the 
, world is to give away money. 
Look at the eneinng.” “for profit.” 
The song is being turned over 
to the. Republican National Com- 
mittee. other end at Suez. All ships must 
travel in convoy because the ca- 
nal js too narrow to permit unes- 
, \gorted navigation, Sports Editor, Pontiac Press 
CHICAGO—An educated “Toe” and bulldozing “Mo” 
Jwere weapons the Cleveland Browns used to whip the 
College All-Stars; 26-0, in a lustreless football game at 
Soldier Field here last night. ‘ 
The toe was that of veteran Lou Groza who 
kicked for 14 of the Browns’ 26 points and it was 
linebusting Ed “Big. Mo” Modzelewski who put 
Groza into kicking position each time. 
Groza kicked four field goals in four attempts, plus 
jtwo extra points. This was a new record for total number 
ho “Tt seems clear to us that the|of field goals in an All-Star game and also by one 
turning: point has been reached,” | individual. 
Van Peursem said. “We now have) - The crowd of 75,000 expected to see a wide-open game paar to aes, Seen unforeseen | after Earl Morrall of Michigan State hit end Harold 
et ee 3 min . Apet m4 oe Burnine of Missouri with a first down pass on the Stars’ 
SAUGATUCK {INS) — ‘Three f the unemplovment. sity. |{itst play from scrimmage. |persons, including a mother of en 0 nepccemes situ- pe page a’ column 55 : cane watch is in effect for Puerto : He 
three, were killed instantly and [ation Rico and the Virgin Islands, : 
eight others seriously or critically 
injured’ early this morning) in a 
_{headon collision near Saugatuck. 
Mrs. Cynthia Sirk, 26, of Water- 
_ |vliet, Jesus Laca, 2%, of Helland, 
jand Alejandro Gutierrez, 24, of bride at 15 and permits divorce 
only by, court action. It is effective 
Jan. 1, 
The law doés not nullify plural 
marriages already in existence, 
Under the old Moslem religious 
code, the faithful cin take tp to 
four wives: provided all aré equal- 
ly treated.. Divorce is accom- 
plished by the husband repeating 
“I divorce thee’’ three times to a 
wife, 
3 Killed, 8 Injured 
Near Saugatuck Toward West Indies 
MIAMI, Fila, & — Hurricane 
Betsy, packing winds up to 120 — 
m.p.h., howled near the tiny island ae 
of Dominica in the British West i 
Indies totlay. 
In a 6 a.m. advisory, the San 
Juan, P, R., weather bureau said 
[the season's first Atlantic hurri- eane was centered about 450 : 
miles east-southeast of San Juan 
and was moving west-northwest at 
16 m.p.h, The center was about 
1,516 uiles southeast of Miami. * * *& 
Small craft in the Leeward and 
Windward Islands should remain 
in port, the advisory said. A hurri-       
  Van Peursem's committee has 
been studying the governor's plan 
since the first days of the session 
in early June. 
The committee all-but strangled 
the governor's bill but left the way 
clear for a compromise plan. * * *& ‘Future Reporters View the Ne ews   
     
   
          
      
                    
            
    
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