The Pontiac Press: 1955-01-12

Abstract

City commission OKs fluoride for water supply: Plan for dental hygiene passed by 7 to 0 vote ; 15 killed as planes collide in air: Kentucky crash takes 5 victims from Michigan ; Hammarskjold on way back to US ; Congress warm on pay, cooler to postage hike ; Central America in trouble: Costa Rica capital strafed by raiding fighter plane ; 20 million given to Protestantism ; Mack Square to be name for site of new city hall ; $600 million plan aired for roads ; Struck, oushed and threatened, he calls it quits ; 68 parachute as planes burn ; UN chief wings home with report still secret ; Nationalist bombers hit Red island bases ; Snow makes roads slippery in county ; Hunt 9 Eskimos adrift on floe in Hudson Bay ; Monaghan says Pontiac's truck output vital to US ; Miss Thompson discusses peril ; City approves building permits ; UAW contract meetings open ; Cold hampering 30,000 pilgrims in Mexico walk ; Sees rockets speeding mail ; Detroiter will speak at local synagogue ; Papers stress aid to retailers ; Port Huron to get slum-clearing aid ; The day in Birmingham: Attorney, manager work on Shain Park proposal ; Urge college lead to end segregation ; Weather clears in most of US; Midwest snowy ; Weapons board adopts revised arms system ; Liquor pilferer faces thirty thirsty days ; Sen. Potter assigned to committee posts ; December blood collections hit holiday high ; Pair ask hearing on burglary charge ; Sammy Davis back on stage ; Sheppard's father in critical condition ; Mrs. Vanderbilt tells of poverty ; Special program may offer new hope for unemployed in over-45 age group ; Jury orders death for convicted slayer ; Bar association to give free aid in security cases ; Dog saves life of master, 69 ; Williams drops-Rathnaw from state liquor board ; Overseas livestock planners in meeting