7 fr© ®cfficr V. I. WtiHMr •until Scrtciit Cooler IMMi Put* » VOL. 126 NO. 80 * ★ * PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1968 -92 PAGES 10c U.S., Hanoi Open Talks in Paris Tomorrow PARIS (AP) — U.S. officials today predicted long, hard bargaining with the North Vietnamese as American negotiators headed for the French capital with a mandate from President Johnson to sound out Hanoi's representatives on peace prospects. it it ir An atmosphere of hope in Washington war tempered by the recollection that it took two years of tough bargaining with the Communists to end the Korean war. No one cared to predict how long the Paris talks would last. The big question in American minds was whether the Related Story, Page A*5 Communists really want a peace settlement or planned to use the talks only to press for a bombing halt and other advantages for their military campaign in South Vietnam. W. .Averell Harriman, President Johnson's envoy, and his chief aides were scheduled to arrive tonight from Washington. ★ • it it Xuan Thuy, the chief North Vietnamese negotiator, came by way of Peking and Moscow. The first meeting between Harriman and Thuy was scheduled for tomorrow in the former Majestic Hotel near the Arc de Triomphe. U.N. officials expressed interest in French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville’s speculation that the U S. and North Vietnamese negotiators might move on to broad talks on ending the war as well as the scheduled preliminary discussions on the question of halting U.S. bombing of the North. * * ★ U.S. authorities have made plain that Harriman would seek a military restraint by North Vietnam in return for what Hanoi lists as its priority topic: ‘‘The unconditional cessation of the U.S. bombing raids and all other acts of war " * * * . French diplomats in contact with North Vietnamese officials say Hanoi is confident that it will be able to attain its prime objective in the t a I k s — t h e evacuation of U.S. troops from South Vietnam. " The North Vietnamese are reported to feel that the United States will eventually agree to a. phased withdrawal under the cover of a political compromise ins the South. * * * The informants said this assessment is based on the feeling that the United States cannot carry on a “three-front war" resolving the Negro question, defending the dollar and winning the war in Vietnam. Viet Reds Press Saigon Attacks SAIGON fAP) — The enemy struck hard at Saigon from three sides today but a U.S. spokesman said American forces had smashed a Viet Cong drive to push into the capital from the south and east. On the eve of Paris peace talks, however, the enemy drove closer to the center of Saigon than at any time since the new offensive was launched Sunday. it it ir U.S. military spokesmen said 2,000 American infantrymen from the 9th Division, armored personnel carriers, helicopter gunships and dive bombers had broken up—at least for the time being—the drive from the south and east. Helicopter gunships also wrecked two launching pads loaded with rockets less -than a mile from the -city.-------- Pontiac Praia Phata EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM PANEL- The hard-core Jobless problem in Oakland County was tackled yesterday by this panel. Moderator is Harry R. Halj, president of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. Panelists are (from left) Malcolm Lovell Jr., E. Eugene Russell, Kenneth Walker, Alfred Williams and Lloyd Hanes. FaneT Calls oft Area Businessmen to Hire Hard-Core Jobless, Youth By ED BLUNDEN The call went out yesterday for Pontiac area businessmen to provide (500 jobs for the hard-core unemployed and 6,000 summer jobs for youths. The challenge was issued at a conference on Oakland County employment problems, held at Oakland University and attended by about 150 public and private executives. The conference was sponsored by OU and the Junior League Forum. WWW exploitation in America, Williams, himself a Negro from Chicago, said it was time to correct the inequalities, “artificially, if necessary.” Williams explained how the local approach used by Muskegon businessmen had greatly helped the situation there. He said businessmen there went to the Negroes and asked, “What can we do to kelp?" to do away with “obsolete thinking.” It is in the community’s interest to develop more skilled labor, he said. “We are embraced in fulfillment of the American dream . . envisioned by (the late) Rev. Martin Luther King.” * * * Malcolm R. Lovell Jr., director of the (Continued on A-5, Col. 1) NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT A group of speakers and panelists detailed the problem and what could be done in sessions which lasted four hours. Spelling out the theme of the meeting, in an approach which was well-received and expanded upon by others, was Alfred Williams Jr., director of the Human Development Division of the Michigan Area Development Council. Committees of. white and black persons were formed and the neighborhood concept set up. Working directly in the neighborhoods, the problems of the hardcore jobless and their social problems were being attacked, with a lot of success, according to Williams. News Briefs off the Wires He insisted his desire was to work within the existing framework of the U.S. LOCAL APPROACH Williams urged a local approach to county employment problems, saying “forget government planners, intermediaries, college professors and politicians.” “The Negro has been programmed to death,” he said. » ★ it it .. ‘ Spelling out the Jong history of Negro “There’s nothing wrong with the Constitution,” he said. Helping the hard-core jobless is -only a needed correction, he pointed out. “If you have a bad tooth, you don’t pull all your teeth out.” Williams warned against lumping Negroes Into m i r» Oharacteristics and urged treating them as individuals. He told the businessmen ft was to their own selfrihterest to provide jobs. In Today's Press THINKING ‘OBSOLETE’ This same idea of self-interest was hit upon by another speaker, Edward E. Barker Jr., president of Pontiac State Bank. He said it was time for business Farmington Schools Board explains outbacks planned if voters turned down millage request — PAGE A-4, Model Airplanes Pontiac club sponsors exhibit at Mali - PAGE E-U. IRS System Data-processinf setup called beneficial to taxpayer — PAGE A*7.„ . * i %? Area News ................ A-4 Astrology -.............. E-8 Bridge E-8 Crossword Puzzle ........G-U Comics ................... E-8 Editorials .........s§ — A4 Food Section ........ F-2—F-4 Markets .... M Obituaries .............. G-10 Picture Page ....!.’. v- E-ll 'Sports E-l-E-7 llieaters .............. E-10 TV and Radio Programs . .G-il Wilson, Earl . .... . .. .G-U Women’s Pages .... a B-l—B-ll Showers to End; Mercury Will Drop Partly cloudy skies and showers will end today with skies clearing and temperatures turning a little cooler. —The mercury Is oxpected to fall Into the 40s tonight and climb into the upper 80s tomorrow. m. Partly cloudy and cooler Is the forecast for tomorrow, aiid partly suhny and cool Is Saturday’s outlooks State Counties Get ^ . 1 Order to Redistrict LANSING MV-At least two recent murders in the metropolitan Detroit area have been attributed to loan shark activity, a state expert on organized crime told a Senate committee. Vincent J-. Piersante, chief of the state attorney general’s organized crime division, gave the testimony during a hearing before the Senate judiciary Committee. Piersante testified in support-of a bill which would make it a criminal offense punishable by up tofive^ years-injirison for anyone to charge interest of more than 25 per cent a year on any personal loan without legal authorization. The former Detroit police officer said a loan shark racket, dealing in several million dollars a year, is operating in the Detroit area. The racket includes the use of musclemen, violence and invasion of legitimate business, he said. Morning gouth-to-southeast winds at 12 to 20 miles per hour will Increase to t5 to 25 miles this afternoon and' shift to northwesterly tonight. ★ a ★ Precipitation probabilities in per cent are: today 00, tonight 20. Fifty-Seven was the low temperature In downtown Pontiac preceding 0 a.m. By 2 p.m. the mercury moved to 80. LANSING (AP) The Michigan Supreme Court ruled yesterday that counties must be reapportioned to allow election of supervisors on a one-man, one-vote basis. PMlItt Cmtrai High gchMM Sindt inring C«ne*rMitfio p.m., Friday, Mnv iMh Snmlgc C»ntr*l High School Auditorium—* & ' W. • The ruling struck down a section of the Michigan Constitution. it it ir The tribunal did not indicate whether redistricting must take place this year, See Related Story, Page A-2 strikes down a section of the Michigan Constitution which gives each organized township in a county, regardless of population, one representative on the county’s board of supervisors. ★ * * Yesterday’s Supreme Court majority included Chief Justice John Dethmers and Justices Eugene Black, Thomas M. Kavanagh, Theodore Souris, Michael O’Hara and Paul Adams-Forming a minority of two were Justices Harry F. Kelly and Thomas Bren- timetablp is action.and.,. BIG PUSH A third enemy drive rolled up northwest of Saigon, sweeping aside two U.S. companies in the big push which officials believe is designed to bolster North Vietnam’s hand at Paris. The 9th Division infantrymen, known as the “Old Reliables," reported killing 131 enemy in a day-long battle that was still going on at nightfall. it it ir “For the third consecutive day, the enemy was repulsed trying to enter Saigon from the south,” an officer said. saying the question of “left open by future determination." Acting a month after the U.S. Supreme Court extended the equal-population principle to local governments, the state court reversed a decision it made tw6 years ago. Jaycees Favor^ Open Housing WILL INTRODUCE BILL Six members of the eight-man court upheld a 1966 state law which requires county reapportionment, but did not involve itself with the difficulties which might arise as counties hasten to redraw their districts in time for the Aug. 6 primary. An overwhelming majority of Pontiac Jaycees voted last night to support the open housing ordinance which will be voted on by Pontiac residents at a referendum election June 24. “If we believe in the Jaycee creed , which says that ‘the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations' we have no choice but to support open housing,” said James H. Gallagher Jr., in the last three days.” The U.S. Command announced 2,540 enemy soldiers had been killed by allied forces in fighting around Saigon since the Communist command’s new offensive began. Against this, U.S. casualties were put at 53 killed and 487 wounded. South Vietnamese casualties were reported as 202 killed and 719 wounded. The heavy fighting drove countless thousands of fearstricken civilians streaming across two bridges into the center of the city, and swelled the ranks of the homeless to more than 50,000. Some didn’t make it as the toll of civilian dead and wounded mounted to more than 2,000. State Rep. J. Robert Traxler, D-Bav City, said meanwhile he would introduce a bill extending from June 18 to July 1 the deadline for filing as a candidate for supervisor, giving counties that much longer to redistrict themselves. it it it Some counties have already drawn up redistricting plans under the 1966 act, which the Michigan high court struck down in April 1967. Others had apportionment schemes in progress and some have done nothing. A majority of the Michigan court noted that it and other courts are required to give “promptly responsive obedience" to the federal ruling. > The U.S. decision,-the state court said, “Although we do have a national law regarding fair housing and will probably have a state law shortly, it would not look good in the eyes of the nation and the state and particularly within our own community if the referendum were defeated,” he added. •k it it A lively half-hour discussion preceded the secret ballot vote. “I urge all the citizens of Pontiac to get out and vote for the referendum," Gallagher said. Many Jaycees feel passage of this referendum would enable the economic growth of Pontiac to increase, Gallagher said. 'Health Woes Beset U.S! WASHINGTON (AP) - Government health officials have pictured the nation as beset with burgeoning problems of alcoholism, mental illness, venereal disease and drug use. On top of that, health-care costs are skyrocketing. it it it Testifying before a House subcommittee, the officials said: • There are up to 6.5 million alcoholics and their number grows by 200,000 armuaHy A growing percentage are married, middle-aged women of the middle and upper classes. • In a typical community of 150,000 population, where 3,000 children are born annually, one of five will require some form of mental health service and 240 will be patients in mental hospitals in their lifetime. • Gonorrhea is out of control, with a 12 per cent increase in reported cases in each of the last few. years. In some groups one of three have this venereal disease and don't know it. • All. economic and ■ age groups are involved in taking the mind-expanding drug LSD, but It is falling off in colleges and high schools because of the publicity about its danger. The testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee came from Dr. William N. Stewart, U.S. surgeon general; Dr. Stanley F. Yolles, director of the National Institute of Mental Health; and Dr. David J. Sencer, director of the National Communicable Disease Center. , ★ e k Their statements, made in March, were released yesterday. Dr. Carruth J. Wagner, director of the National Bureau of Health Services, told the subcommittee hospital costs will probably r^ach $100 a day within five years. ably real Egypt OKs Peace Talks CAIRO (UPI)—Egypt agreed today to participate In Middle East peace negotiations in New York but ruled out direct talks there with Israel. Israel already had agreed to the indirect talks. A Cairo dispatch said the proposal to transfer the peace talks' to New York was made by -United Nations envoy Gunnar Jarring who has been ^conducting separate talks in Cairo and Tel Aviv in an effort to reach a settlement. Canadian Chutists Lost OTTAWA (UPI) - A Canadian para-troop training mission ended in tragedy yesterday when the 26-man force missed the drop zone and landed In Lake Allu- rnetjp. jQne body was recovered and a searcn’ros under way today for six men missing and feared dead. A spokesman for Canadian Armed Forces Headquarters said the parachutists missed the target area by 1,000 yards and all but four landed in the lake. kpmemm ARMOR MOVE8 IN - A South Vietnamese army/ tank moves down an alley In the northeastern corner of Saigon after a Vietcong squad moved into the area and harassed govern- * ' P • ' *- l/ i Jt >1 k \ \ ment troops. Residents moved out a* 1^ troops andVieteoog moved In. The offensive against Saigon enters Hs fifth day today. ✓ * • . ** * Jr i TOag^9?m^etJPR1g»S. "TWtTftflDAY, MAY-"ftHHHH»- vw.-ra #*rfiswrr< Rescue Workers Near Trapped Coal Miners HOMINY FALLS, W. Va, (AP)-After a frantic night of rumors and false alarms that rescue of 15 of 25 trapped coal miners was imminent, rescue workers reported today that they were within about 600 feet of the miners. H. E. Sundstrom, director of the rescue operations, said the water level in the mine had receded enough to enable foreman. Frank Davis and Bob Rudd —who had been marooned at another location—to rejoin a group of 13 other miners one-half mile closer to the entrance if they wished. A group of 10, deeper in the mine, is presumed dead. * W * The group of 13 men was located about a mile inside the tunnel, where they $6-Billion Slash Tied to LBJ Tax WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate-House conferees have- agreed to President Johnson’s 10 per cent income tax surcharge but tied it to a $6-billion spending cut he has said is against the national interest. The conferees said yesterday they had accepted these two key points the Senate approved more than a month ago. ★ w ★ Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark., chairman of the conferees as well as of the House Ways and Means Committee, voiced hope the group could complete work on other amendments to the bill at a final session today. AP Wirtphoto The income-tax increase is the 10 per cent surcharge proposal applying to individuals and corporations which the administration has pushed since August. It would yield $10 billion yearly. It would last' 15. months for individuals, from April 1 this year to. June 3®, 1969; and 1# months for corporations, retroac-* tive from Jan. 1 this year to mid-1969. MEDICAL ADVICE — Dr. Lee B. Todd of Quinwood, W. Va., talks with one of 13 trapped coal miners using a radiotelephone, the doctor has been in contact with the men since Monday. Medicine is being sent down a five-inch breathing tube. About 17 million low-income taxpayers would be exempt. Taxpayers who would be exempt are individuals owning no more than $145 , in taxes or couples owning no more than ’ $290. For instance, a married couple with two children and income less than $5,000 would be exempt. County Board's Future Is Hazy WITHHOLDING SEEN IN JUNE Withholding of the additional tax from individuals, if the bill is passed on the Sedufe Its tiandlers are m#BIH8> fjruil- ably would begin in June. Draft versions of the bill would put new withholding schedules into effect 15 days after enact-ment. j& Conferees said there is no intention of spelling out in the legislation’s final form the exact places where the $6 billion spending cut for the year beginning July 1 will be applied. This would be left to the executive branch, which has indicated the cut would affect education, welfare, veterans’ medical, model cities and other programs. • ★ ★ ★ Hie draft legislation would exempt from the cuts Vietnam expenditures, veterans pensions and compensation, interest on the public debt and Social Security payments. ★ * * The 96-billion spending reduction proposal has drawn fire from Johnson and other administration officials. Oakland County still is uncertain about when and how its 87-member Board of Supervisors will.be reapportioned. That it wilt, be eventually reapportioned is certain, due to U.S and state court decisions' And it will greatly change the nature of the county’s "governtffehr11..............■ *--»-»»*. Board membership will be reduced to 27 and the southern, more populated areas will have far-heavier representations. The latest decision came yesterday from the State Supreme Court. It altered the State Constitution provision allowing representation on boards of supervisors by each township. ONE MAN, ONE VOTE Last week, the State Appeals Court upheld the one-man, one-vote principle in county government. On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled one-man, one-vote was mandatory for local government. None of the courts ruled how and when the change was to be made. Still to be decided by. state courts is an Oakland County case in which a proposed reapportionment formula was challenged. .■*.•■***.'■*• mmmm The Weather Full U.S. Weather Bureau Report PONTIAC AND VICINITY — Partly cloudy with showers or brief thundershowers likely and turning cooler today. High 62 to 68. Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Friday. Low tonight 40 to 47. South to southwest winds 12 to 20 miles increasing to 15 to 24 miles this afternoon and evening and shifting to northwesterly tonight. Saturday outlook: Partly sunny and cool. Precipitation probabilities are: today 60, tonight 26. ------Today la Pontiac Lowest temperature preceding I a.m.: 57 At 8 e.m.: Wind Velocity 12 m.p.h. Direction: South Sun sets Thursday at 8:41 p.m. Sun rises Friday at 6:18 a.m. Moon sets Friday at 7:18 a.m. Moon rises Thursday at 5:23 p.m. One Year Ago In Pontiac Highest temperature ____«_ ... .. 50 Lowest temperature..................38 Mean temperature ... ................44 Weather: Cloudy 6 e.n 7 a.m. 8 a.m. f a.m. 10 a.m. Downtown Temperatures Alpena Escanaba Flint G. Rapids Houghton Wednesday's 72 58 74 57 67 40 Houghton Lk. 70 42 60 Wednesday In Pontiac (as racordad downtown) Highest tamperatura ................7\ Lowest temperature..................4< Mean temperature................... 5« Weather: Partly cloudy, rain .01 inch Highest and Lowast Tamparaturas This Data in 86 Years 90 In 1896 30 in. 1966 Jackson LansinQ Marquette Muskegon Oscoda Pellston Trav'erse C. Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boston Chicago Temperatures Detroit Duluth Fort Worth 1 Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles < Miami Beach ‘ Milwaukee New Orleans New York i Omaha Pittsburgh St. Louis Tampa S. Lake City S. Francisco S. Ste. Marie Seattle Washington FORECAST Ffgssroi Show low Temperatures Expocled Until Friday Morning Showers li{Ml Snow IvVf-d Flurries |*X*1 w. Isolated Precipitation Not Indicated— Consult local Forecast were trapped Monday noon when water cascaded through th? entire mine after a wall to an adjacent abandoned, and flooded, mine was pierced. However, Sundstrom said Davis and Rudd had chosen not to rejoin the others immediately, explaining that they were “warm, dry and comfortable” where they were. _ SAVE ENERGY Davis was quoted as saying he and Rudd did not want to expend the energy until rescue appeared imminent, when they planned to “head for the outside.” Meantime, Sundstrom announced that air was circulating through the entire mine, indicating that the water level has dropped below ceiling level in all of the mine tunnels, even at the lowest points. ★ ★ ★ Sundstrom Indicated that the miners might be reached “anytime between noon and 6 p.m. ,(EDT).” Sundstrom said two obstacles might impede the men’s rescue, even after the miners are reached. ABANDONED BUGGY One obstacle is a water pump which is partially blocking the main shaft, the other a battery-driven buggy and two trailers abandoned by Ernest Fitzwater, the only miner who escaped from the flooded mine Monday. Fitzwater said the buggy and trailers capsized in the mine tunnel when they were struck by flood waters, thus blocking the passageway. ★ ★ ★ However, Sundstrom said the escaping men might be able to bypass these obstacles on Ihefi^way .out, ~ ‘ ~ About 100 persons, including the miners’ families, remained at the disaster scene this morning after a crowd of more than 500 gathered about midnight as rumor spread that rescue was near. Rescue officials warned that it might not be possible to bring the men out immediately, They have been cramped for more than three days in a cold, damp area where only a few could stand. Fx-Auto Exec's Wife Is Dead The wife of the former chief engineer for Pontiac Motor Division, Mrs. Benjamin H. (Mar'y F.) Anibal, died Tuesday. Service will be 11 a.m. tomorrow at Bell Chapel of the William R. Hamilton Co., Birmingham, with private burial in White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy. ★ ★ ★ Mrs. Anibal of 1435 N. Cranbrook was a member of the Episcopal Women’s Club of Christ Church Cranbrook, the Woman’s National Farm, and Garden Association of Birmingham, the Coral Ridge Yacht Club of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the Woman’s Village Club of Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills and the Bloomfield Hills and Pine Lake country clubs. ✓ AIDED OU Surviving besides her husband are a daughter, Mrs. William H. Burgum; a sister^ Mrs. J. L. McKee both of Birmingham; and a granddaughter. Memorials may be sent to Mary Fogarty Anibal Scholarship Fund, Oakland University. Mr. and Mrs. Anibal have been benefactors of Oakland University. Anibal House, a women’s dormitory, was named in their honor and was financed through their gift of 1,000 shares of General Motor’s stock to OU. In 1961 when the gift was made, the stock was worth an estimated $56,000. Budget Is OK'd by Sylvan Lake A fiscal year budget of $165,500 was approved at last night's Sylvan Lake City Council meeting. Two assessments also were approved, both effective July 1. One is citywide, for major street improvements. The other is for people living on specific streets which need to be resurfaced. ★ ★ ★ Tjhe fourth consecutive Sylvan Lake weed control program will start again this month, council was told. Residents of the city, part of Keego Harbor and the subdivisions of Pioneer Highlands, Beverly Island and Sylvan Shores annually contribute to a fund used to control the level of weed in /Sylvan Lgke. § CHEMICAL USE HEAVY NATIONAL WEATHER r- Showers will spread through the eastern third of the Mtloo tonight from New England through the Tennessee Valley and into Texas. More showers are expected in the Nevada and Washington areas. It will be cooler In the Plains state*. # *, ,' ' HBIilK':*S,r‘- ••■■■ « Birmingham Area Negotiations on Police Pay Still Stalled BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP - No meeting has been scheduled yet to reopen negotiations between this township and its unionized patrolmen, but indications are that a date will soon be set. State labor mediator Leonard Bennet,, 8884 Cooley Lake Road, White Lake Tqwiljhip, said this morning that he is Attempting to schedule a meeting. ★ ★ ★ Bennett explained that Atty. Winston Livingston, representing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes (AFSCME), the patrolmen’s bargaining jagent, has been out of town and was to return today. The mediator from the State Labor Mediation Board was called into the bargaining talks this week at the request of the anion. OFFER REJECTED Contract negotiations, which have been proceeding since February, hit a snag Tuesday when the patrolmen rejected the township’s latest contract offer by an 8-3 vote. Howard Draft, a spokesman for AFSCME’s Metropolitan C^ncil 23, said the primary issue is wages and that the patrolmen felt that the township’s top salary bracket should be comparable with neighboring departments. However, Supervisor Homer Case said that with the exception of Detroit, the township’s force is among the area’s highest paid. - BLOOMFIELD HILLS— Gitizens for Bloomfield Scfiools (CBST "X“Citizen^ group organized to push for passage of the June 10 millage in this school district, has begun a block-to-block campaign under the direction of Mrs. Thomas Kuzma, 3810 Carriage, Bloomfield Township. Mrs. Kuzma, a member of ..the CBS steering committee, said the campaign, to be called “People to People,” will be designed to communicate the district’s, needs on a personal basis. ★ * * She ascribed the failure of the April 1 lArmill reouesLia parUo the absence of leuucai. in ~ ------ -- - such a personal 3fort: was a” definite lack of communication in presenting the 14-mill proposition, resulting in the failure of the public to comprehend the alternatives to passage.” H. Eugene Weiss, 2877 Courville, Bloomfield Township, CBS chairman, said the district, presently operating on a deficit basis, would have to make cuts even if the June vote, on 9.5 mills for one year is favorable. 20 PCT. CUT “Without passage,” he added, “the district must operate on $1.5 million less money — a 20 per cent reduction from current operation. “Such a reduction, compounded by projected enrollment increases, would spell disaster for the school district. It is doubtful that the professional staff could survive such a pruning.” ★ * ★ Chairman for the “People-to-People campaign have been appointed in each of the district’s seven precincts. They are: Precinct 1, Mrs. Howard H. Fitzgerald, II, 4820 Echo, Mrs. Merle D. Polen, 1469 Sodon Lake, and Mrs. Elson Spangler, 1465 Sodon Lake; Precinct 2, Mrs Dan DeGraff, 4116 Pomona Colony, and Mrs. Michael Puffer, 3853 Shellmarr. OTHERS LISTED Precinct 3, Mrs. Seymour Feuer, 532 Kingsley Trail, and Mrs. Herbert Beyer, 120 Denbar; Precinct 4, Mrs. Robert D. Carrie, 7435 Wing Lake, and Mrs. George D. Thomas, 6856 Sandalwood. Precinct 5, Mrs. Albert Sobey, 730 N. Valley Chase, and Mrs. Irving Rubin, 4430 Queens Way; Precinct 6, Mrs. James A. Read, 175 E. Hickory Grove, and Mrs. Frank Arens, 1615 Winthrop; and Precinct 7, Mrs. Sydney W. Jentzen, 4175 Westpver, and Mrs. Richard Poole, 4165 Ladysmith. China Rebels Executed Approximately 160 gallons of the weed control chemical was used in 1967. This was considerably heavier than treatment in previous years, but there were no reports of ill effects to any person, animal or vegetation, a program spokesman said. ■> Information regarding the program i^ available at Sylvan Lake City Hall, 1820 Inverness. Donations will be accepted there. * ... Want Ad Swaps Piano for Boat . . “We had 6 calls from our Press Want Ad and made a fine swap. Delighted with results.” ,Mrs; L. C. UPRIGHT PIANO FOR boat motor, tent or what hava you. PRESS WANT ADS seems to work magic In many ways. In fact there are 125 ways to uae them. How can one serve you? Dial 3324)181. or 334-4981 OU Caught in Funds Fight Between House, Senate - Oakland University appears to be caught up in a battle between the State Senate and House over how much operating funds to give the university. A bill introduced on the House floor Tuesday put back in OU’s 1968-69 budget $480,141 cut out by the Senate. ★ ★ ★ “This Increase brings the budget request for Oakland back to the level requested by Gov. Romney,” commented Rep. Donald E. Bishop, R-Rochester. This is what has happened so far: • The university’s current appropriation is $4.4 million. OU requested $6.3 million for the next fiscal year. • Romney at first recommended $4.9 million for OU and then after being confronted with university protests, lie increased the figure to $5.2 million. • Then the Senate passed a bill containing $4.7 million for Oakland. The Senate bill would contain barely enough money to provide for 6 per cent increases in salaries and wages for personnel let alone funds for expected growth, OU Chancellor, Durward B. Varner has said. * “This increase reflects the concent of the House over lack of funds appropriated In the Senate for a growing, progressive and dynamic young university,” said Bishop who serve* on a subcommittee of the House Appropriation Committee in charge of higher education bills. ★ ★ ★ “The increase allowed by the House Appropriation Committee is In line With the committee’s attempt to maintain the quality of excellence which has developed at Oakland University.” Bishop pointed out that the university received only a 12.7 per cent increase In appropriations last year when enrollment went up 26 per cent. “My major concern now is to get the Senate to agree to the improvements recommended by the House subcommittee,” Bishop commented. “I trust the Senate will see the wisdon of our recommendations.” LOOK-Why Pay More For Quality Paint When You Can Get It For Less at SUPER SIMMS - Here’s More Proof! 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Kenneth Conrad, 2252 Yorkshire, a committee member, said yesterday that the committee had “mutually agreed’’ to refrain from individual comment about the Seattle transfer station. The five-man group includes three city commissioners, William B. Saunders, Robert F. Page and William E. Roberts, as well as Benjamin Phelps, 1784 Taunton, Sheffield Estates representative, and Mrs. Conrad, representing Pembroke Estates. The civic associations of Sheffield and, Pembroke, the two subdivisions located nearest the site of the proposed station, have objected to die proposal, complaining that “odor, dust, rodents and traffic” would depreciate property values. By BETTY ANN SCHULTZ FARMINGTON - Cuts to be made in the school program ff the millage proposal fails “are ju$t as definite as the vote June 10,” claims Farmington Schools Supt. Roderick Smith. The cuts wer explained to the 130 residents attending a recent campaign kickoff meeting. H tit :# The request on the June 10 ballot is for a 4-mill increase fra* a 10-year period. The program curtailments, labeled as “drastic" by the administration, aren’t Intended as threats to voters, Smith said. reasons: Increased costs and ticipated increase of 835 pupils. The 4 mills would make the operation levy 29.4 mills and the debt retirement levy 7 mills. . — ★ h * If the 4 mills are approved, the, 1968-69 budget would be balanced at $11,105,000. The 1967-68 budget shows a deficit of $913,610. It will be covered by $1.2 million left over from the previous budget. WEEK’S GOST The remaining $300,000 is only enough for a week's operationVof the district, said Smith. * ■ ^ District voters defeated. a 5-mill proposal for operations last November, but at the same time approved a $9-million bond issue. t ' . W The request for 1 mill less this Unie la because of an increase in the district’s state equalised valuation. It is expected to be about $203 million for 1968-69. Last year it was $154 million. * ★ * Only property owners can vote on the millage issue, as the request is for over a five-year period. WHAT IT COSTS “We are just advising the people what It costs to continue the present level of education,” the superintendent explained. The $811,000 the 4 mills would bring in Is necessary, he said. ★ * ★ The largest proposed cut ($399,300) would be 44 teachers. This would lead to the elimination of the elementary art and vocal music programs, said Smith. It would also cause the abandonment of federally financed language arts programs in the elementary and high school and creative writing iii the elementary. THE PONTIAC PRESS Men News THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1968 A—4 By Troy City Commission Fair-Housing Action Mulled TROY — The City Commission here has agreed to study, a possible “declaration of principal” opposing •racial discrimination in housing. * However, while the commission voted ^unanimously to proclaim “Fair Housing «*tyeek” in Troy as requested by Gov. "George Romney, commissioners , expressed a general reluctance to consider either an open-occupancy ordinance of their own or an endorsement of other pending legislation at the state or national level. ★. ★ * Several speakers from the audience “•"TffgHt"3 session to make at least a declaration in principle. First, Daniel F. Monley; 405 E. Square Lake, and Howard Ebright, 500 Trinway; addressed the commission. Ebright offered a draft of a resolution supporting the principle of open housing, while Monley exhibited petitions which he said were signed by Troy residents and which offered support' for an ordinance or declaration of principle. ourselves and decide what we really A RESPONSIBILITY Commissioner John Kokalis praised Ebright’s resolution, saying, “I believe ~wrW"have~y "responMbili ty -forfooir-afr-• Citizens Unit to Circulate Petitions Asking Cityhood ★ ★ ★ Kokalis then read a prepared state- ment calling for support of a declaration of principle, stating, "I believe we in Troy should support the right of any individual to live in our city.” ★ ★ * Mayor Jule R. Famularo, while agreeing that there is a need for openhousing legislation, stressed the necessity of “uniformity.” He added, “To deny this would be to invite chaos." it it it —Famularo predlcted. .passage of nend-ing state and national legislation and said he thought the commission would “avow itself to enforce any law passed at the state and national levels.” ★ ★ ★ “I would like time to jell my thoughts on this question, and to allow the rest of the commission to jell their thoughts,” Famularo concluded. ACCREDITATION THREAT The teacher reductions may threaten the district’s North Central Association accreditation, which aids graduates applying to college, Smith said. ★ * ★ The superintendent added that, in the event of a millage defeat, teachers now employed won’t be released but some may be offered other assignments. ★ * * The second largest cut of $97,000 would reduce preventive maintenance — such as painting — to a minimum. ★ ★ ★ ..X* decrease of ~$49300~eliminates -att- interscholastic athletics and. other extracurricular student activities except varsity football and basketball. The two varsity sports are ,self-supporting through admissions to games. MORALE ENDANGERED The elimination of sports, said Smith would definitely effect student and staff morale. Other proposed cuts: • $57,350 for data processing and other administrative functions. ★ ★ ★ $34,200 for mi.scf%nqoi|? .activities Trailer Camping Plea Back to Oxford Twp. Planners OXFORD TOWNSHIP - A rezoning request which would permit summer trail-. er camping on 102 acres on Stanton Road, Distressed School Loon Bill OK'd by State Senate Including athletic equipment, part of in-service teacher training, and some of the adult and summer education courses. $30,000 for instructional equipment Z WOLVERINE LAKE — The citizens “committee is to circulate petitions this •weekend proposing home-rule cityhood -for the village and part of Commerce Township, said Village Manager and ‘committee head Clifford Cottrell. Cottrell said he. expects to have the -required number of signatures (100) and ^submit the petitions to the Oakland ^County clerk early next week, w ★ *• ★ Z The nearly four square miles of the township considered ^are to the north, west and southwest of the village. The area has about 500 residents, said Lake Orion OES Sets Benefit Sale, Dinner LAKE ORION — A benefit sale from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday will be conducted by Lake Orion Chapter No. 340 OES at Allen’s Furniture Store, 24 W. Plint. The chapter will serve a roast, beef dinner from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Masonic ‘ Temple, Flint a nd, Broadway. The public is invited. Cottrell, who quoted the village population as about 3,000. The proposal of these petitions is the same as that of the petitions declared invalid by the boundaries committee of the county board of supervisors last February. MO^tE SPECIFIC The only difference is that the current petitions state specifically that the area up for incorporation comprises at least 2,000 persons and at least 500 people to the square mile. The original petitions were declared invalid because of the absence of those specific words. w ★ ★ A tentative $194,562 budget will be presented to the public at the Village Council meeting Monday night. The public hearing is set for June 10. Cottrell points out that while more services are planned, there is no increase in the 8.5-mill village tax. The proposed budget provides $5,800 for a fifth full-time policeman, about $115 per month for a life insurance and weekly indempity program for village employes, and raises for all employes. The village fiscal year begins July L Citizens Support School Policies LAKE ORION — Agroup of about 20 citizens with Fred Cole, 233 Lapeer, as spokesman appeared unannounced at the board of education meeting last night to state their support for administrative policy. ★ * + Cole announced the people h e represented had no complaint with the way the schools are operated. ★ ★ ★ The citizen appearance followed a meeting two weeks ago in which a group of disgruntled citizens charged unjust discipline practices were being used by the ^phools. The complainants were accompanied by two representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union. including audio-visual office needs. ★ ★ ★ • $26,950 for library books and instructional materials. • $17,000 for bus transportation for about 585 elementary students living less than 1% miles from school. The bussing of these pupils is for safety reasons and isn’t reimbursable by the state, explained the superintendent. ★ ★ ★ • $15,000 for half of the driver training program. The student left out will just have to wait, Spiith said. The program cuts were recommended by a committee of staff members and then approved by the board of education. LANSING (AP) - A bill to permit emergency state loans to financially distressed school districts passed the Senate Wednesday and was sent back to the House for concurrence in minor amendments. m The measure creates a $1.5-million pool from which districts in proven financial trouble could receive the emergency loans. ★ it it Provisions for repayment to tne state are included in the bill, enabling it to continue as a revolving fund able to pay out more than the $1.5 million specified. Tile fund idea originally was conceived to help out the Inkster School District, near Detroit. east of Baldwin, was referred back to tha planning commission last night. About 20 nearby residents Appeared at the Township Board meeting to protest rezoning Jrom agriculture to recreational. The planning commission had originally approved the request, made by Billy Van Arsdel of Addison Township, but the county coordinating planning and zoning committee recommended denial. ★ # ★ Residents protested on the basis of what added traffic would do to already poor roads' and the problems of police and fire protection for such an area. NO ACTION TAKEN NOT ALONE REASONS FOR HIKE The millage hike is needed for two Fire Fighters Unit, Board Sign Pact “But Inkster is not the only one in trouble,” commented Sen. Frank Beadle, R-St. Clair, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “There also are others who need the money.” ★ ★ ★ Sen. Coleman Young, D-Detroit, said the loans will be, in effect, an advance on school aid payments. “There are ironclad guarantees for repayment,” he said. No action was taken on sewer con-tracts-wtth the Oakland County Department of Public Works in regard to construction of the proposed Paint Creek Arm of the Clinton-Oakland Sewer Interceptor. Supervisor Lee Valentine said such action would await a further meeting with county officials. * * ★ Valentine reported on a State Department of Conservation hearing last week regarding boat control on Stoney Lake. He said it had been recommended that the eastern part of the lake be closed to high-speed boating to protect two bathing beaches there! Announcement of an $8,000 capital Improvement program for township parks was made. The program will be financed with a % mill levy approved by the people. LETTER FROM ACLU IShelby Postpones IDecision on COG SHELBY TOWNSHIP - The Township Board has “postponed for further study” the question of whether to become a • member of the Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments (COG). The board delayed a decision on COG ..membership after hearing a presentation cm behalf of the intergovernmental ; organization by its chairman, Supervisor Vfilliam L. Mainland of Milford Township. - ★ ★ ★ X Mainland urged the board to join COG, stating that if Shelby failed to “get ^together with its neighbors in adjoining Xcommunities, sharing experience and —knowledge,” it would be “inviting the —imposition of a metropolitan super ■•government which will make decisions.” HI Better to join other' communities in co-ordinating planning and .avoiding duplica-—fion of effort, the chairman added. GREAT CHALLENGE “The great challenge lor the future is „ in our hands — it is the responsibility Of getting people to work together and live together/’he said. pfe* mm: Shelby Supervisor Kirby Holmes noted that the board had received a letter from the Shelby Republican Gub, asking that the question of COG membership be put to a public vote. ★ ★ ★ “Before paying dues,” Holmes continued, “we will ha we to ask ourselves what the benefits-would-be for-ShelhyL. Township. If there jpe benefits to be gained, I would assume we would join.” The supervisor went on to list several unusual attributes of the township: its police and fire departments, retirement system, parks and recreation, and other services. \ .’ * ★ A “If the primary concern of this organization is to review federal aid requirements,” Holmes said. “It isn’t like-, ly to help us in the items mentioned.” Mainland? however, theorized that the advantages listed might have resulted front Hie cooperative attitude o f preceding township governments, and concluded. “We aren’t seeking to be specific, but to build a solid basis for future achievement.” Schools Supt. Lewis F. Mundy said a letter outlining charges ' had been recieved this week from the ACLU. The* board moved to set up a meeting with a four-member citizens’ group afid ACLU representatives to go over the charges. Results of the meeting will be made public at a later board meeting, Mundy said. ★ ★ ^ ★ Most of the complaints center around the board's policy of suspending students on the third time they are suspected of smoking. WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP -The Township Board and the local fire fighters association here have signed their first collective bargaining contract. The association, Local 1721, is affiliated with the International Association of Firefighters. The contract for the eight full-time firemen provides for a $950 raise over a three-year .period. This puts the top salary at $8,100, said Donald Nelson, local association president. Other benefits gained by the one-year contract retroactjve to April 1 include more vacation, more holidays off and more pay for working on a day off, said Nelson. ★ ★ ★ Negotiations began about two months ago. BUDGET BALANCING The measure further calls for school districts receiving such loans to balance their budget or face reorganization by the State Board of Education. The bill was approved by a 31-1 vote with only Sen. James Gray, D-Warren, opposed. , it it it The Senate also passed and sent to the governor for signing a measure permitting instruction on birth control in the state’s. public schools. This is a companion bill to a similar measure allowing general sex instruction previously approved by the Senate. Local school districts are allowed discretion on approval of the sex education courses. The measure further provides that competent instructors must be provided. it it it Parents further can request that their children be excused from attending the classes. Schools to Seek 5.5-Mill Hike in Huron Valley A request for 5.5 mills for two years will be on the June 10 ballot in the Huron Valley School District. The Board of Education last night unanimously approved the request members as compared with 53 at the organization’s founding in 1948. WHO, a specialized agency of the United States, attracts little attention as it pursues its elusive goal. This is nothing less than “the attainment by all peoples of the highest level of health.” WHO has done remarkable work in checking such dread diseases as polio, leprosy, cholera, malaria, and tuberculosis. WHO’s major current project is eradication of smallpox by \l976. The organization calculates that only $180 million would be required to reach that ' imiectiiie. • .v„- ■ . Meanwhile, there has been an ominous increase in other communicable diseases. William Burrows, professor of microbiology at the University of Chicago, recently reported that cholera has spread from Southeast Asia into the Middle East and is now near Europe, f Bubonic plague — the “black death” of the Middle Ages — also is on the rise in Southeast Asia. The price of the world’s health is not to be measured so much in dollars as it is in unceasing vigilance. The election campaign could stand some color, says the Los Angeles Times. It could use a little more tone, too, adds the Wall Street Journal. Or, more accurately, so say those behind-the-scenes image makers, the make-up men and voice coaches. . • ★ . ★ ★ The Times, noting there are now nearly 30 million color television sets in American homes; relays the opinions of a make-up artist on several candidates: • If Ronald Reagan is doing his own make-up, he shouldn’t. Richard Nixon has the problem of toning down a heavy beard, but not so much that it looks worked on. George Wallace looks pretty grim without the right make-up, especially in color. • Eugene McCarthy could use some red in his face to give it warmth. So could Hubert Humphery. Nelson Rockefeller also looks a little “pasty.” Robert F. Kennedy needs a haircut. As for the “oral communications experts,” they are convinced President Johnson’s voice was a principal reason for his decision not to seek re-election, says the Journal. It had become so grating to many people that the more they heard him, the less secure they felt about him. He no longer sounded like a President. ....★ Jg.Ar.....★ The worst candidate of all, voice-wise, is Kennedy, who sounds too much like Bugs Bunny. He could stand a dash of chest resonance. Nixon speaks in too much of a monotone and both Roockefeller and McCarthy make the mistake of raising their pitch when they want to emphasize a point. Now, as for the issues . . . Singing Teens Restore Faith in Youth m By JERRY ROBBINS City Editor _________ A group of Mason Junior High ninth graders has helped restore my faith in the younger generation. Until recently | my opinion of : youngsters was I dipping near| lock bottom. ; I felt this way | primarily because too many teen-agers and I young adults •cross the: ROBBINS Country have been: • Protesting one ridiculous tiling or another at colleges and universities. • Burning draft cards. mAmtz . . r • Taking LSD trips. • Turning into bathless hippies. k k k Although I still have second thoughts on where many of our teens are heading, the Waterford Township Mason students made me realize not everyone under 25 is a protesting drug addict with long sideburns and unwashed clothes.. These students, under the direction of Mel Rookus, presented a musical program that captivated the audience from the first number to the last. ★ A A It was a pleasure to sit back and. listen to these 38 young voices sing out with "some of the toe-tapping “favorites of- yesterday and today. It was equally rewarding to see no long sideburns, beards, shabby clothes or unscrubbed faces. All of these youngsters are a credit to their generation. * ★ ★ In all probability, the hippies and protesters will be around for a long time. And chances are more draft cards will be burned and more LSD trips taken. But thanks to Mel Rookus’ Mason students and thousands of others like them I’m confident the younger generation isn’t skidding toward oblivion. of the People: It is ironic that Mrs. Wallace, , who succeeded her husband in office a short 16 months ago, had been distinguished for her compassion for the afflicted and the victims of adversity. ★ ★ ★ We can only accept the belief that she fulfilled the mortal mission or-dained by the Almighty, leaving behind a personal monument of fortitude and devotion to family and duty. 'Bobby Says He'll Be One Of The Pallbearers!' David Lawrence Says: Futility of Primaries Stressed WASHINGTON - Sporadic primaries — meaningful to some observers and meaningless to others — are expensive for the cand idates, anddonot n e c e ssarily indicate who will be nom-inated by either party. Every candidate can derive some sat- always binding on the delegates. HUGE EXPENDITURE He calls attention to the tremendous amount of money they cost each candidate, and says that in a sense primaries are “auctions on a temporary basis.” He adds: “Personally, I would like to see primaries^ if they are going to be maintained, conducted in all states r on a certain , day and under rigid limitation -o f expenditures, rather than to continue the haphazard expensive procedure which is now followed. “If this were done, it would mean, in my opinion, that the national conventions, at which the delegates — and not the people — make the choice, ctiuid be done away with.” I (CopyrijDI. 1**1, Publisher,-Hall Syndic*!*) LAWRENCE Negro Students Charge White U.S. Killed King Experts See, Hear Defects of Presidential Hopefuls isfacitoa..li^^ primary this week. . Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York didn’t get a majority of the Democratic votes, but he did get more than either Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota or Indiana’s Gov. Roger Branigan, who is presumably a supporter of Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Perhaps the most important effect is what significance is being attached to the Indiana results by the delegates in other states of the union which do not have primaries. ★ ★ ★ There is certainly no sign that any of the Democratic aspirants has the nomination tied up. Nor can former Vice President Richard M. Nixon be sure that Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, who has entered the race but is not participating in the primaries, will not develop a strong organization at the national convention and become a formidable competitor. There are few states which have primaries, and their chief value is to give each of the candidates a chance for nationwide publicity prior to the conventions. NOT MEANINGFUL The speeches being delivered today, however, may not be pertinent by the time the conventions are held in August, as the issues before toe country may be even more complex than they are now. The country will want to know then how each candidate stands. This could have much more meaning than what.was said to the Indiana voters in the campaign prior to this week’s primary. • ★ ♦ Maybe the primaries this year will serve a useful purpose in demonstrating to the people the futility of the present formula. Favors Lower Age Limit for Privilege of Voting The 18-year-olds in oyr country should be able to vote in the presidential election. If these young men are able to go to Vietnam and fight for their lives and their country, they should have the privilege and honor to express their opinion by voting. CAROL SADLER 905 HICKORY RIDGE MILFORD Appreciate Interest in Display for Law Week The Waterford Township Police Officer’s Association expresses appreciation to the Pontiac Mall management for extending the space for our display for National Law Week. We commend the Mall management for a fine job it is doing to make the Mail a safe place to shop. Although there have been isolated instances which raised some doubts in the shoppers’ minds about the safety of shopping there, the Mall management is doing everything possible to keep this to a minimum. ★ Sr ‘3k We praise the public for stopping to talk with the officers at the display. We hope we were able to answer the questions and that people have a better insight into law enforcement. GERALD L. SMITH SECRETARY-TREASURER WATERFORD TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICER’S ASSOC. Asks Questions- About Schools in Waterford Recently a Catholic parent asked why they should be concerned with public school millage. The answer was that many., Catholic children receive help such as corrective speech, and some students have classes in public schools. I’d like to know where in Waterford Township this goes on. We are not getting this in our school. Are there some Catholic schools that are? JUST WONDERING Comments on Attitudes Toward Education In regard to more taxes for schools and colleges, the performance of students doesn't give mpeh credit to our educational system. If students go to high school or college with the idea they know more than the school officials, they waste both the teachers’ and their own time, besides taxes. Let those who know they want an education go to school and the so-called smart guys get out. SENNATE MARTIN 6866 OAKHILL, CLARKSTON ‘Nonresidents of Pontiac Need a Fair Deal’ As a nonresident of Pontiac, paying one-half of one per cent income taxvdo I still have to pay the ten per cent surtax on services performed for me by Pontiac General Hospital? If I am not mistaken, this same hospital received a Federal grant in the area of $90,000 for modernization and improve- ' ments—and where