The Pontiac Press: 1954-12-16

Abstract

Four workmen injured in gas main blaze: Drayton area phone service cut for 7,500 ; Report cardinal held in Hungary has been freed ; Christmas light contest entries being accepted ; 4-minute quake jars wide area in western US ; Outdoors takes on white Christmas raiment ; UN near end of 1954 agenda ; S-D Day tally lists 44 killed ; County, city hold traffic mishaps down in S-D Day ; Pope's X-rays indicate hernia ; Woman killed in house fire ; Bulge anniversary talk warns of Reds ; Local radio fan gets quick tip on Nevada quake ; Drayton Plains man named to state post ; MSC staff physician resigns his post after predicting end of world Dec. 21 ; Europe defense needs A-arms ; Sam's lawyer charges case tried by the press ; The day in Birmingham: Fund goal of $52,400 set in Community House drive ; Russians to break off aid pact with French ; Court date is set in Birmingham suit ; Justice without TV set gives George $10 fine ; Cancer heads quit protesting UF ban ; Christmas giving much more pleasant with gay, carefully-chosen wrappings ; Aircraft employes make more money ; Action toys popular ; Petrified potato is really rock, scientists explain