The Pontiac Press: 1954-06-22

Abstract

Guatemala rebels launch drive for rail line: Threaten link between capital and seaport ; High winds buffet Pontiac: 80 mile blow cuts off power in 1,150 homes ; Guatemala rebels check reports ; 2 city convicts caught in break now in hospital ; Benson plans rigid curbs on US farm crops in '55 ; 1,000 families flood victims ; Cox sentences in bank holdup ; Passenger dies after accident ; Three B47 jets make 6,700 mile hop to Tokyo ; Bingo backers seek signatures; Studebaker and Packard merger vote due Aug. 17 ; Truman progressing as well as expected ; US search request rejected by Norway ; Sen. Smith renominated by Republicans in Maine ; Birmingham commission approves $1,000 to speed home fire investigation ; 'Base verdict on top issues' ; Thieves steal $90,000 in gems ; Water pollution nearly licked ; Vote scheduled at Sylvan Lake ; Kiwanians form new club here ; School employes escape storm by only an hour ; 2 wait arraignment on holdup charge ; Two-car collision injures woman, 18 ; Outlines program for road safety ; Publisher hits atomic group ; AF will delay action on base ; Dewey falters over candidacy ; Dairy workers vote today on strike ; Wyandotte searches for revenge gunner ; Four die in crash of stratojet bomber ; Thomas named to head post ; Six high-up Chinese Reds lose jobs in purge move ; FBI picks up hero 'deserter' ; WCTU leader hits beer ads ; Red POW aids French troops ; Reds need only 3.5 points to beat US chess team ; Beauticians ask forgiveness for tonsorial snips ; Aluminum siding goal achieved by city builders ; Tourists getting uranium fever