The Pontiac Press: 1956-05-14

Abstract

20 twisters skip across Michigan; 6 die, 200 hurt; floods threaten ; Flint, Davison, Ithaca, Oakland County mauled by vicious tornadoes ; Air shift causes state tornadoes ; The day in Birmingham: City slates talks tonight on oiling of 61 streets ; Flood danger follows Flint tornado ; Topsy world greets the eye at Flint scene ; Pair try holding bulging window as twister hits ; Radar, GOC eye area twisters ; Tornado-wise residents begin cleaning up Flint ; Area youngster hurt by bullet ; Schoolgirls pass out in Gotham heatwave ; Oddities are part of twister tradition ; 3 dead as freighters ram off California coast ; Foresee delay of month on hospital wing pacts ; Drake is successor to famous World War II duck ; GMC shows new Army amphib ; 3 youths win driving contest ; H-bomb test drop delayed once again ; Oregon mother of three wins Mrs. America title ; Power failure blackens western New York area ; Clifford drive dies in accident ; Name 7 disaster areas ; Floods add to disaster in Flint area ; Eden may reveal frogman facts ; Jewish festival, Shovuos, starts at sundown May 15 ; State highways claim 7 lives ; Area pioneer dies Saturday ; Ailing circus elephant dies on Gotham street ; Conservatives top Austria vote ; Mrs. M'Donald dies in hospital ; 3 Flint vacationers die in plane crash