The Pontiac Press: 1955-11-23

Abstract

Commission okays parking lot bond issue: Officials await state go-ahead on $600,000 plan ; City manager comments on merger move ; Changes in draft affect fathers: Those above 26 ; President picks Michigan man ; A prayer for Thanksgiving ; Cobo, Bentley want draft call ; Ike set for happy holiday ; Area residents to give thanks ; Ex-mayor Frank G. Ely dies after brief illness ; Mrs. Woodward ready for jury ; Plans for freeway may be abandoned ; Take-home-pay on rise with static living costs ; Study dropping local hospitals ; The day in Birmingham: Council of churches sets Thanksgiving service at 9 ; Commission okays notice on new hospital addition ; State of siege in Brazil ; Pontiac officials to attend 4-day Miami meeting ; Three persons hurt in auto collisions ; Vandals committed to children's home ; Lions rated over Packers, Thursday ; Proposed '56 city budget shows $300,000 increase ; Accident victim dies in Pontiac hospital ; Mailbag pours out hoard of 'knowledge' ; Civilians exempt from Army rule ; Army to reduce troops in Japan ; Dulles takes orders from Mamie also ; Truck driver cited in nine rail deaths ; Temperance Union holds annual dinner ; More slow pokes cited than X-way speeders ; 70 pct. of auto washed have pacts, AFL says