The Weather b.a. Wtmlktr Buna FanMi Fair, little warmer (Ucuiu raft I) THE PONTIAC P^ESS Home Edition VOL. 121 NO. 85 ★ ★ ★ PONTIAC. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY. ^iARCH 20, 1963 -32 PAGES - .f,-, FtalUe PrcM nmU During Hailstorm Yesterday Frosty Stare of Winter to .M Spring Tonight The official arrival of spring was only a few hours away, Jjut someone forgot to tell winter. Rain, snow, sleet and hail storms marched across Miehigart late yesterday and returned again today. But ------------------------------fPohiiac still awajts the Requests Bill for Funds to Seek Olympics Detroit Dem Asks $35,000 to Enable Romney to Push Bid From Oar News Wire* l^ING - Rep.„ seph Gillis, D-Detroit, has asked the House Ways and Means CommrEtee to introduce a bill providing S35,-000 for Gov. George Romney to carry Detroit’s bid for the 1968 Olympics to Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, next October. “k guess nobody else thought of it,” said Gillis after appearing before the committee. The Detroit bid wUI be considered along with those of Mexico City, Lyons, France, Vienna and odier cities when the Intemational Olympics Committee (IOC) meets in Nairobi to select a site. Gillis said the need for the special appropriation arose after he checked the records and found only $200 in the budget for special commissions. ♦ ★ ♦ The money would furnish pro-totion expenses and transtwrta-tion costs for the governor to make the trip. Romney said'earlier he would go “if needed and Child-Aid Bill Hit LANSING (AP) - Gov. George Romney is defying federal officials who have called his ADC-U biU “discriminatory.” ^Romney fired off a tough teie-' jgram to Anthony J. Celebrezze, secretary of health, education and welfare, announcing that the bill providing aid to dependent children of the unemployed had passed. The governor said he intended to si^ the bin and that he wanted clarification of reports that Michigan might be denied the aid benefits. The legislature, at the urging of See No Rival for Hamlin in County Post I heralding of spring at 3:20|,i,,e to^etawdy. a.m. tomorrow. ^ Ispecial message The U.S. Weather Bureau pre-i ^ . ___ ... ... n • j The governor has sent a spe- dictscontmued snow flumes andLj3j ^ the legislature snow -----“■---------■■ ................... when s and ti through tonight, thanking them for their help in ire expected to clear designating Detroit as the U.S. -atures drop to 2S. candidate for the 1968 Olympic Games. ;ury will climb to near tomorrow. the next five days tem-m win rise to the apper Ms and the lows wHI remain in the high Ms, the bureaa said. Less than one half inch in a few short periods ol rain possibly By DICK HANSON Chairman of the Oakland ty Board of Hamlin is likely to be for the top county post when the boiu^ officers next month. Re-election of th^ supervisor from chairman would b/for an un-! _ . ... ^ precedented eighj. consecuUve Hie storms did very htUe dam-term / '^ge yesterday, mostly because ^ . ... ^ . . , , . vavaiiaKii mhu a vriiuijr the strong winds were at a high Detroit’s Metropoli- I no oppoatKm at | altitude. tan Airport that his city was go- mixed with snow may be expected spearheading with Romney -year-old ipriday through Monday. I would like to express sincere appreciation for the fine at-titu^ and wonderful cooperation displayed by members of the legislature,” Romney said. Mayor Jerome Cavanagh re-imed to Detroit yesterday to a tnmnltnoiis wek^e after the Detroit Olympic Committee the battle to be redesignated as the U.S. city to bid for the Games. Cavanagh told a wildly cheer- Romney, yesterday passed the bill to bring Michigan under the federal program for aid of children of the unemployed. Wilbur J., Cohen assistant secretary of welfare for legislation, had said he would recommend to his chief that the Michigan aid be denied because it was discriminatory. Cohen, a former University of Michigan professor, complained that the Romney-backed measure would exclude persons not covered by unemployment insurance, domestic workers and farmers. This was Just the same, he said, as excluding redheads or people with black hair. ★ ★ ★ Romney declared the issue is fi whether . the legislatures of the separate states have the authority to define eligibility for aid. He said the law is very clear on this point. The governor cited a phrase in the law which said the beneficiary of the aid should be “as de-'fined by the state.” I In his telegram to Celebrezze, {Romney said: . I “We have met all the stated requirements and it is my intention to sign the bili into law.” The gnvpmnr Mill tho Iggisln-:ion was drawn up with the knowledge and approval of the Chicago office of the federal agency. It had been given clearance as late as March II, he said. ‘BIPARTISAN-SUPPORT’ Romney made a point of mentioning in his wire that the bill was passed “with bipartisan support.” Actually, Senate Democrats fought it until the last minutf, (Qinlinued on Page 2, Col. 7) IflprMC w %' w KENT«:DY plays host - President Kennedy poses with his guests on the balcony of the American embassy in San Jose, Ctosta Rica, yesterday before a luncheon for the middle American presidents. At the railing (from left) are Panama’s Roberto F. Chiari, Guatemala’s Miguel Ydigoras, Ramon Villeda of Honduras, Costa Rica’s Francisco J. Orlich, Nicaragua’s Luis Somoza and El Salvador’s Julio Rivera. Can Affect -Some Cases in County Latin Chiefs Plead for Aid BAN JOSE, Costa Rtea