The Pontiac Press: 1959-02-12

Thousands homeless as flood crest rolls on ; Storm could cripple area ; The United States 150 years ago ; Boundaries vague in 1809 ; Bad weather tears up city, county roads ; 32 hurt as train derails in east ; Area delegates favor Lindemer ; Bosses man planes in Pan Am strike ; Saturday is deadline for absentee ballots ; Says racketeer given reprieve ; Pilot bails out at 800 mph and learns source of courage ; Recites Gettysburg address ; George Eastman guest teacher at East Lansing ; Chrysler Corp. has rough year ; The day in Birmingham: Major crime rate up; most offenders 17-20 ; Oak Park police officers accused ; 12 harness race horses die in blaze at Jackson ; Byron Kelly, 84, dies after long illness ; Booth papers prexy resigns ; Police seek cause of 2 river deaths ; Thieves pick wrong spot for burglary ; Lady Bowes-Lyon succumbs in London ; New method sound for removing gland ; Cyprus accord expected soon ; Faithful pooch's lonesome vigil is rewarded ; Lincoln set out in his canoe to find a living - and changed the world