The Pontiac Press: 1959-04-04

Abstract

Chief Straley fired by city civil service panel: Unanimous vote cites incompetency, neglect ; Thompson stunned by guilty verdict ; GMC gets AF, army contracts for $2.8 million ; All safe in belly landing ; Shooting is a hoax, Oxford officer says ; 85,000 county voters expected Monday ; Fishing on the fairway? ; Here's peek at major state candidates ; Pontiac worker suing police ; Flood crest due at Midland ; The day in Birmingham: Presbyterians to expand church but five years old ; Schools pinch pennies ; Appeasement out, says Ike ; Spends 5 years as a hermit in California park ; Eastman says he's pleased hearing over ; National Library Week is scheduled April 12 to 18 ; 7 bound over to circuit court ; Area Optimists elect officers, adopt bylaws ; Car crash: girl, 18, dies ; Alcorn quit in fear of '60 ; Today's auction day at Yankus' Dowagiac farm ; Sees auto production up 82 pct. this April ; Princess Grace as successful appendectomy ; Fallout over state rises but no danger ; Guilty as boss of dope ring ; Men still outnumber women as smokers ; Ex-boxing champ caught in robbery ; Peary at pole 50 years ago ; Re-using antifreeze can be costly ; Army develops minute lamp, radio device ; Fiji's polio scourge over after 4 months