The Pontiac Press: 1955-02-12

Abstract

Giant freeze grips nation east of Rockies: Mercury drops to two below in Pontiac today ; Reds move fleet of junks near Matsu ; Rats take over Tachen Islands as pullout ends ; Lincoln portrait displayed ; Scene of Maine train derailment ; 2 train wrecks injure 60; Weather cited as cause ; Soviet economy still unchanged, US experts say ; Gives up hope for road ballot ; More homes predicted here ; US takes over job of Viet Nam training ; Rabies program in county cuts disease 75 per cent ; 21 die in blaze at Chicago hotel ; Russians calling for world talks over Formosa ; Pfimlin starts cabinet roster ; Joe Haas visits Pearl Harbor: Would like to meet kin of boys who died there on his return ; Three are held in holdup probe ; Oscar nominees fret at telecast ; The day in Birmingham: Physicist Lapp outlines atom-age developments ; Arrest mother in baby-beating ; MSC marking 100th birthday ; Links M'Carthy to political lies ; Chou reported ripe for peace ; Foes of Harlan shun hearings ; Man being held in hit-run case ; Forgery suspect arrested after postmaster's tip ; Fewer occupations now draft-exempt ; Pontiac motorists warned to clean license plates ; Ona Munson, 48, believed suicide ; Margaret takes vacation from official functions ; Smoking, heart damage linked by medical group ; Police seek gunman in $7,000 bank job ; Death remembers 'forgotten man' ; Prosperity cuts Bonn emigrants to US in half ; Maryland governor predicts Ike in 1956 ; Police officer finds body stiff on arrival