Thi Wtothtr V.t. wLtto '■mu ■ 8nw OuiiM. e THE PONTIAC PRESS llTth YEAE •k ★ ★ ★ PONTIAC. MICHIGAN, TUESDAYj JA^CJARY 3. i860—24 PAGES ! Labor Act Author Top 'Young Man' A torraer Pontiac resident. Congressman Robert P. Gril-tin (R-Traverse Qty), has been named one ot the coun* 10 "Outatanding Young vt. by the U.S, Junior Chamber ot Commerce. -______~ -■ ' RepiSdrcaiis saw Griffin s set Action.as'« shot In the anh tor his possible bid for Michigan Sen. g^trick" V. McNamara's seat this year. 1 was the second time within a year that the 36-year-old representative shot suddenly into national prominence. The , first came when he success-— Rtfty CD-sponsored the Land-' rum-Griffin labor reform hill. Griftth, whose parents live at 667 Argyie Ave.. and. younger brother, Eugehei at 5204 Cooley Lake R4.. Waterford Township, , will receive his Jaycee award with nine others at the Jaq^ 16 annual ConpMa at the Junior Cpam-|| ber in Hartlmd. Conn. 4 Robert- Hi ^^ark, Jaycee d president, said Griffin was I picked because he "bedted to i natimal prominence as co-, sponsor of the Landrum-Griffin act." Sp«daL Study Group Comos Up With Several Strong Suggestions I A GREAT SURPRISE 1 u GrfQin, back In Washington Irfor the start of Congress this ; week, said his selection was a » "great surprise and a great honors ’ Griffin used to work in Pon-? tiac factories during his sum-'1* mer vacations from Central V Michigan University. After » graduation from the Univer-f sity ot Michigan Law School, REP, GRIFFIN he began practicing law In Traverse City in 19S0. ■ Griffin became active in Republican circles and was first elected to Congress in 1956. Hp was re-elected in 1956. The Jaycees’ "outstanding young man's’’ father, jliiliiia, 4s employed with the Pontiac Motor Oivisiem as a quality control engineer. "Mrs. Griffin and I are extremely proud of Bob, as we’ve always been," Coffin said today. ★ ★ * lie said (kiffin entered the field of labor law in Traverse City when older lawyers apparently jsere not j ^the field as the > 'Whool graduate was. ★ * ★ During this work, his father said, he helped draw up labor contracts for local factories, which never resulted in strikes, the elder Griffin said. atioqi a state sdvtwry board on- delinquency to cope with a rapid increase* in juvenile offenders has been recommended in a report by a special committee named by Gov. Williams. In releasing the report yesterday, the governor said he would give the recommendation “serious consideration.’’ The report said juvenile delinquency has, increased much more rapidly than the growth in child population. vides lessi adequate care and treatment for deUnqneat cUldrea thaa for adult crimlnahi.’' DiSalle to Back Kennedy in Role o( Favorite Son COLUl________________ LsshnAsl V ■ miT ■ rl V. tfrgwttlg ftgrpgtt seek the of fflvio pledged to Sen. John F. Kennedy for the presidential, nomination at the Democratic national tion. The announcement apparently sidetracked a prospective battle for Ohio delegates in the May 3 ^imaiy dection. T Ahifitwn /API r>re leaders have called LAWaiNU (AP) — ore- ^ g4.vot» delegaHon ta the convention in Los Ai^eles next July 11; .JThe Cuyahoga County organization endorsed Kennedy and urged him to enter the Ohio primary in search of delegates, but 70 of Ohio’s 88 counties urged DiSalle to run for favorite BOSTON (AP)-Fires killed almost ^ people a month in the The report listed "lack of, facili-j United States during 1959, the Na- Pontiac General Seeks Final Expansion Funds City commissioners tonight will be asked to make a final ^ipropriation to complete the five-year Pontiac General Hospital expansion pre^ram’ Completion apparently is only a few weeks away. City If^agfFFWalter K. Willman said the target date ' March 1. Ford Production Above Chevrolet Figur« Shaw I4#€HFly 100,000 More in '59; = Rambler Also Up ties, overburdened probsti^ staff caseloads and a need for new''serv-Ices" among the problems hammering the state’s fight against youthful crime. \ To solve these problems, the committee recommeixied that; 1. The SUte CorrecUous Department work with Judges, the state bar and Interested agencies In exploring the problems ot Juvenile eourts. \ While s^ety . tion tarilittes be obtained. S. f^omdderalion be given to rreation of reghNiBl diagaostlc renters. 4. All social servires he strengthened where posslbl£. The comnytte? urgS that the state take Hw lead in the delinquency battle by financial support, legislation, setting of standards, (Continued on Page.2, Col. 1) DETROIT (UPD-Ford won first prize in the annual passenger car production derby by turning mit almost 100,000 more cars than Chevrolet during 1959, according to company figtuvs revealed lo-day. Production figures released by the Atarious^ companies showed Ford in the lop spot with assemblies, including Falcons and Thundfrbirds during last year com- output of 1.428.9y Thr money will be u.sed mostly rvaira to covei ChWolets, Corvettra'’i!S3Torvalff The biggest production gain registered by Rambler, which \clkimed third place ahead of Plymouth because Chrysler Corp. dods hot include its Valiant production along with its Plymouth output._________________________ is one of the largest in a series.^ which the city has poured into the hospital since 1956. ★ But there are two. big differ^ emrs, Wifiman'* pointed out. Ndt only is the $450,000 supposed to be the last contribution to the hospital. this time it is in thd form of a loan. FOR REMODELING The money is going costs in the remodeling of the jios- Here's Prisoner 'ho Profited pm Jail Stay pital’l east wli^. The hospital 'has promised to pay much of the remodeling-costs back. Up before the CommlHNlon tonight la a propoani to borrow the f4S0,IMa through notea lasiied In anticipation of INI tax collection. cover loans made to the hos-oitaL during the year to finance completion of the, remodeling * a * It is estimated that the remodeling project, begun last Mairh, will cost alxMil $670,000 by the time it is finisbed. PLAINg. N. y. gained hla freedom. Hie ex-mayor,\Chauncey T. R. Flah, a, board \ yhalrmaa of Westchester Commlmlty College, was Jailed last Wedhesdav. OfOrlals said Fish woiiied on the estate papers during his five-day coaflaeiweat and Reseated the accowatlng Monda.v la Rurro-gale John J. INIJen. who ol^vrcd a Month in'59 Thirty Per Cent Were Children; 10-Yeaf Loss Set at 116,000 tional Fire Protection Assn, ported today. More than 30 per cent of fire casualties were children and more than half the estimatea 11,3 deaths occurred In homes. orgqplutlan reported Its priiUnriBary estlmntes indicated a U^t nductlen In fatalltlea H the l*-year losa, hi- The NFPAs^^mid preliminary figures pointed tb more than 100 mil-ddlars a mMth in fire losses in the United Stmes last year for estimated total\if 81,275,000,000. This is an indicated decline of $3,800,000 in the ovek-all loss. Hie 1956 property ibn included buildings and conteim worth |l,0il5;Ub,in0, plus mHllons in aircraft, motor vehicles, 'ferests, and other nonbuilding fire^^am-age. The corresponding figure for 1958 were, respectively. $1,056,306,-100 and $222,500,000. Rubbing It In SACRAMENTb. Calif. (UPD-Avclino Garcia ■ complained to pisttco yesterday heffW NIWF costly advice he didn’t ask for. Garcia said he found $180 stolen from a smaH safe in his home and a note reading: "Get a better safe." Try Again COPENHAGEN (UPI) - Knud Larsen and his family worked unsuccessfully for five days to splve a huge crossword puzzle before giving up. They went to the next room yesterday In get the puzzle solution.-It was gone along with other things taken by a thief. DOin^ TROUBLE — Although her legs are broken and held in a traction device, six-^ year-oM Diane Rowell manages a smile ag she hugs-a toy tiger in the Iliinois Masonic Hospital, ar wirtabeu Chicago, on Sunday. She was injured Saturday when she ran from between two parked vehicles and hit the side of a passing car. U,S. Trying to Decide: New Steel Pact Good? WASHINGTON (AP)-The steel labor peace—bought for the next, 2^ years at a billion - dollar price—loosed today a flood of political conjecture and stirred new misgivings over inflatioa The stock of Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell soared Steel industry leaders forecast immediate’’ price boosts to crank up the Wage-price spiral. But Chairman Roger M. Blough of U. S. Steel Corp., wh billion-ddllar cost tag as i ptss^e RepnWinm Ifekortf airaMnnnl. *aid it .b, Nov,mb,r I* 'I political spotlight, Mitclwll told questioners "I don't know and 1 don’t care" whether tl]^* WJlge announced Mowtey enhanced his chance of becoming the COP’S vice presidential nom Inee. The stock market spurted and otnrials Issued bolder foreeasls of 1N6 prosperity as the seflle-meal, engineered secretly by the NIxoa - Mitchell team, erased fears of regarded as noninflationaiy UNION REJOICES Suddenly flluminated by the ; Tbere were no snch misgivings in the union camp. USW President David J. McDonald told cheering steelworkers in Buffalo, ¥., Monday night they eeuld know that ’’victory is tWirs.” A band pU.ved "Happy Days Are Here Again’’ at MrDoaald strode Into a rally of S.6M anlba-ists to Inform them the roatraet Is a m' per rent belter wage-aad-lienefit package than the roni-panles’ last offer. "We emerge from th&e’ pego- 8,700 Tourists Back at Home Port Rambler moved up from sixth place by turning out 461,403 ears during lOM compared with SIT.-3.33 In 16SR. Plymouth turned out .193,213 cars, which would have been good cnoqgh for third place if output of 19,991 Valiants had been included as Cnrvairs and Falcons are in Ford and Chevrolet output. Trailing behind Plymouth in production were Pontine, 388,-,8M; Oldsmobife, 3m,SM; Bniek. Dodge, 163,'TW: Mercury. U6.76S; Stiidebaker, lAS.-844; Cadillac 138,637; Chrysler 66-411; De Soto 41,483; Uaeohi 38.-S16{ -Edoel (discontinued lu November), 16,671; Imperial, 36,663, aud Valiant 16,M1. Ford was aided in its “victory by the fact that it was ible to produce at almott full capacity (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) Read 'Featherbed' Facts "Fratherbeddlng.’’ or the work eral eonsirucllon funds alloird to ' the hospital through the Hill-Bur-Ion Act. The rest — tlSS.IWO — repi-e-,)ented city funds and (he hospital: has*promised lo pay it all back.! 6343.6m ADVANT6J) About $243,000 was advancHl om the hospital's equipment fund id the rest was earmarked from! capital improvement fund.s. The hospital's Board of Trustees has promised repayment ns noon 1 ffid. It hai stipulated ohly that it first wants to build up a $400,000 reserve. The final loan puts the total price of the expansibn program at around $5,000,000. * t * ■ Financing began in 1952 with $3,000,000 general obligation bond issue which was siqiposed to cover the oMtire costs. By the time construction con-trpets were approved two. years $100,000 of the bond issue had already matured and this mon-heated issue in labor negoua- jey wns 1«1 to the construction Hons, figured Importaotly In the pi-ogram. long steel depdlod^ It will be n mnjor yiuestloli in mil nnlon tniks. Does •’lentherb«‘dding’’ allow the eroplo.Ve to give less Ilian a full day’s ellorl. dr does It Instead proleel him from explol- tafion? A three-part series start- « The final portion of the $950,000! Ing f«»dav 66 Page »• exphn^ — $.316.00(1 — will rome out of] ' (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) The elly then gaVe the has- “The settlement ot the steel situation, which Is so vital to loeni and national economy, gives assurane.e of eootiaued proper-ity for the Pontiac area," ac-ei^iag to ^ 'We are confident that 166 wtH be one of Pontthe Mofn Division's beat years.'• era have ever' enjoyed," he proclaimed. Formal disclosure of else contract terms waited on some formalities — ratification by individual companies and by the union’s wage policy board. Secretary Mitchell, tiredly de-Sf^lng the pact as the "m^ feasibie and practical solution that Road Carnage AlarmsState.- More Instruction for Poor Drivers, Added Police Also Sought ' . 1 , LANSING