The Pontiac Press: 1956-05-03

US defense funds boosted above 33 billion ; Fire guts Sanders building in Detroit ; Cobo maintains his silence ; Informants tell of Arab scheme to murder Dag ; Discuss possible solution to water supply problems ; Chamber seeks regional status ; Governor, state officials schedule local 'report' ; Passage seen for soil bank bill ; Bury Sen. Barkley in Paducah today ; Assault retrial denied by judge ; Citizens league to honor ex-police officer Gilpin ; Detroit Derby entry scratched after injury ; Detroit widow is named American mother of '56 ; Benefits periled, union claims ; Michigan man dies in Rome ; NATO changes seem imminent ; The day in Birmingham: Recreation board may okay driving area plan ; Farrell E. Roberts tosses hat in ring ; Radar timers still to be used ; Summerfields sorry for speech slip-up ; Jet bomber crashed in Nebraska; 4 dead ; Court slaps NLRB on issue of pickets ; Donald O. Menzies seeking nomination ; Teacher guilty in wife murder ; Woman held in murder try ; Papers press for public trial ; Engineering can open door to future success ; Aims rock at nuns 'just to be helpful' ; ROK's Rhee starts re-election drive