The Pontiac Press: 1955-05-24

Abstract

Troy Township approves $4 million race track: Expects course to yield taxes of half million ; Floyd Diamond pleads guilty in girl's death ; Twins tip scales beyond 20 pounds ; Boost county's evaluation up $216 million ; Passes on the favors ; GM, UAW plan day-long talks ; More much-needed rain falls in dry Pontiac area ; Second-round Salk shots will be given Wednesday ; Waterford boy drowns in pond ; Reward posted for dog lost in fatal crash ; Cruelty charge faces mother ; Authorities hunt Kalamazoo girl ; Genuine case of treenaping stumps police ; Maple golfers win Press prep tourney ; Judge commits Pontiac boy, 12 ; State road improvement plan may wind up in ditch ; Dulles rejects Bonn neutrality ; The day in Birmingham: 15-point C of C program will be presented tonight ; Deadline today in Miss Pontiac 1955 contest ; Demand state build mansion ; Are TV meals to blame for parent-child friction? H. W. McRath dies; was sales official ; Jaycees Road-E-O scheduled tonight ; Heat, humidity and storms hit eastern US ; Garment maker admits payoffs of over $6,000 ; Bermuda shorts too distracting in high school ; Murder conviction brings prison term ; New ordinances slated for study by commission ; Summer garb flattering to youth and adult alike ; 5 new charges filed in fraud ; Michigan national banks lose fight to escape tax ; Professor tests giraffe's blood pressure ; Canada reports violent holiday ; Nationalists warn West on Big 4 talk ; House passes 'bait' ad bill ; Sitting Bull's autobiography published in Smithsonian Institution pamphlet ; Charge is denied by Calumet miners ; Pontiac man held on breakin charge ; Tastier burgers hit opposition in legislature