The Pontiac Press: 1955-08-19

Abstract

No-tie-short- sleeve fans greet return of summer ; Floods cover six eastern states: Rescue action saves hundreds from drowning ; Bank announces expansion plans in Pontiac area ; Water boils through streets in many towns ; Williams sees possibility of calling solons back ; Mercury cracks record for this date in Pontiac ; State disaster plan discussed ; Gallagher guilty in POW deaths ; Ferry service on Detroit River to end Sept. 25 ; Nab cop killer in Chicago raid ; Wise guy gets his ; Rail and highway traffic hit by torrential rains in east ; Several dead in train wreck ; 1,948 treated at polio makeup shots clinics ; The day in Birmingham: Chief urges bike owners to get licenses by Sept. 6 ; New committee chairman revealed by supervisors ; Reynolds fires 152, 16 back of leaders ; Seven killed in crash with trailer truck ; Business was good in spite of nature ; Detroit woman, son injured in accident ; Powerama excursion slated for employes ; Apprenticeship cut by printers' union ; ‘Wise guy’ Ducky's ‘date’ is in his room ; CAA probes Saline air crash deaths ; Well, we'll know all about it on Sunday ; Equal airlines fare reached ; US farmers wind up swing through Russia ; Rivera slates surgery, draws up will, weds ; Flash flood death toll rising in Japan