Sife Recommended for Elementary ScfiooIlF ^oirip/ex By DICK ROBINSON A 19>acre site, immediately east of the Pontiac City Hall and the Board of Education Administration Building, was recommended to schdol officials last night for the location of a proposed elementary school complex. Reaction to the proposal offered by the Statements from the audience, such as Pittsburgh, Pa., consulting firm. Urban “The whites will move out” and “Let’s Design Associates (UDA), was varied go ahead with the project,” indicated from,board members and the nearly 100 that the issue will be controversial, persons who jammed the school meeting The board didn’t act on the recommen- dations but said it would do so Feb. 28. UDA recommendations are to; • Locate the complex, called a Human Resources Center { H R C ) , betweep the school administration building and City Hall and Auburn, Paddock and Pike streets. • Build "homes and recreation facilities at Kiwanis Park on Osmun for varied income and sbcial groups adjacent to p renewed community commercial area on Auburn. v • Retain 67-year-old McConnell School for community programs, child care and day care centers. Dr. David Lewis of UDA made this remark about the suggested site, which is identified as the center location; I (Continued on Page A-14,Col.'ll Th9 Weather U.s. WMllwr Suruu Chance of Snow, Colder THE PONTIAC PRESS Home Edition VOL. 126 — NO. 8 ★ it ★ it , \ •-%' ' .W'.. : ' , - . . K ■ : PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 —72 PAGES Latest Viet Peace Probes Indicate That Hanoi Rejects Any Slowdown in Fighting WASHINGTON (J) - The latest round of peace probing between the United States and North Vietnam has not produced any basis for halting the bombing of the North and opening peace talks. But Secretary of State Dean Rusk, in reporting this yesterday, declared, the United States remains interested “in a serious move toward peace when Hanoi comes to the conclusion that it is ready to. move in that direction.” Fanfani met early this mmth with two Hanoi representatives who arrived in Rome Feb. 4 and left Feb. 6, according to an announcement of the Italian Foreign Ministry. A report of his discussions was dispatched to the State Department here immediately after the talks. THANT’S CONTACTS Rusk issued a statement after reports from Paris and Rome of intense diplomatic activity on the peace front involving U.N. Secretary General U Thant and Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani of Italy. Both have talked with North Vietnamese representatives. The department was also reported to have been informed of Thant’s contacts with North Vietnamese officials in the course of a trip that has taken him to Moscow and New Delhi as well as Paris. U Thant, spent 75 minutes in Paris yesterday with Mai Van Vo, chief North Vietnamese representative there. News dispatches reported he left the meeting convinced North Vietnamese and U.S. positions are too far apart to provide hope for any early peace conference. State Department press officer Robert J. McCloskey, asked whether Rusk’s totally negative report on the probings covered the Thant and Fanfani exploration, replied: “It takes into account everything we know.” Weather in Area Expected to Cool “At no time has Hanoi indicated publicly or privately,” Rusk said in a statement, “that it will refrain from taking military advantage of any cessation of the bombing of North Vietnam. Nor has it shown any interest in preliminary discussions to arrange a general ceasefire.” Today’s seasonably mild temperatures rising into the 30s are expected to cool off a bit for the next few days. President Johnsm, who has been kept closely Informed of all the exploratory discussions, laid down the basic U.S. position in a September speech at San Antonio, Tex, PREPARED TO HALT The low will register 18 to 22 and tomorrow’s high will reach the mid 20s. There’s a chance of flurries tonight. Cloudy hfith some light snow or flurries and colder is the forecast for tomorrow and again Saturday. Southwesterly morning winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour will shift to northwest tonight and tomorrow. Precipitation probabilities in per cent are: today 10, tonight 30, tomorrow 50. Twenty-one was the low in downtown Pontiac prior to 8 a.m. The 2 p.m. reading was 29. He said the United States was prepared to halt the bombing of North Vietnam if that would lead quickly to talks holding some hope of success. He said he would assume North Vietnam would not take advantage of a cessation of bombing to improve its military position. As indidated by Rusk’s statement, the critical issue from the U.S. point of view is some firm word from Hanoi that it would level off or scale down its military activity parallel with an end of bombing of the North. Hanoi’s position, by contrast, has been that the United States must halt all bombing and “other acts of war” against North Vietnam before peace talks can be held. Willard D. Cheek of General Motors Corp. offered a series of challenges to 260 Chamber members and their guests at the annual Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce banquet last night. “Let us pledge ourselves to help anyone, anywhere, at any time to help himself,” he said. “Let our actions continue to show that we, as a group of individuals, not a committee, are personally committed to the social, moral and spiritual rearmament of Pontiac and the nation,” said Cheek. In proposing a positive action program, Cheek told his Pontiac audience “not to give false hope to those whose problems we share, not to provide ‘window dressings’ of social action and OCCEO Executive Director Is Appointed The appointment of Edward .Revis of Pontiac as acting executive director of the Oakland County Commission on Economic Opportunity (OCCEO) was announced today by Commission Chairman Carl Ingraham. The appointment is effective Feb. 23. training program for in-school and out-of-school youths, 16 to 21 years, from low-income families. In Today's Press Revis, presently serving as acting director of the county poverty program, replaces James M. McNeeley who resigned last week to become deputy director of the State Democratic Central Committee. Revis, 35, of 24 S. Roselawn joined the OCCEO staff in November 1965 as assistant director of the North Oakland Opportunity Housing in Pontiac. A graduate of Pontiac Central High, Revis received his bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University. Before joining the OCCEO, he was eih-' ploy^ by the Oakland County Juvenile Court as recreation director of Royal Oak Township. Winfor Wonder Snow and ice can be fun, pictures show-PAGES A-18, A-19. Lapeer Cleanup begins' in wake of downtown blazes — PAGE A-4. War Support Confidence in LB J policies reportedly ebbing — PAGE D-16. Area News ...............A-4 Astrology ..............C-18 Bridge ............... C-18 Crossword Puzzle .......D-15 CoiMIcs ................C-18 Editorials ............. A-6 Food Section ........C-3-C-6 Mariiets C-19 Obituaries B-11 Picture Pages ......A-18, A-19 Sports ............. D-1—D-8 Theaters >. C-17 'TV and Radio Programs . .D-IS Wilson, Earl ...........D-15 Women’s Pages B-l—B-7 A year later he became director of the program’s Neighborhood Youth Corps, administering a work experience-job- Previously he was recreation director for the State Department of Corrections at the Cassidy Lake Technical School in Chelsea. Pontiac area residents will get an opportunity to hear and see the latest developments in care ahd treatment of the heart at a free public heart forum tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Pontiac Northern High School auditorium. The public heart forum is cosponsored by The Pontiac Press and the Michigan Heart Association’s Oakland County Heart Information Unit. advances in identifying heart attack risk factors and ways of preventing heart attacks. NEW TECHNIQUES Featured will be a panel of three experts: Dr. Murray B. Levin, Dr. Michael C. Kozonis and Df. AUen Silbergleit. Dr. Kozonis, a cardiologist at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and presidentelect of the Michigan Heart Association, will speak on new techniques for treating coronary cases used in hospitals today. He will also demonstrate modern heart monitoring equipment. ^ “Heart Theme of the heart forum is Attack — Survival 1968.” Dr. Levin, chief of medicine at Pontiac General Hospital, will speak on modern The fascinating area of advances in heart surgery, including transplants, will be covered by Dr. Silbergleit, a cardiovascular surgeon on the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital staff. Downing of Flier by Chino Probed From Our News Wires WASHINGTON - The United Sjlates tried to determine today the fate of the pilot of an American plane shot down near the island of Hainan by Red Chinese jet fighters. The Pentagon said the Navy A-1 Skyraider downed yesterday had strayed inadvertently into Chinese Communist airspace because of navigational difficulties. Nang, South Vietnam, “last saw the other plane in a vertical dive and smoking, ” the Pentagon said. The pilot, according to a State Department source, saw a parachute. Phil G. Goulding, assistant secretary of defense said the two unarmed Navy planes were over the Tonkin Gulf about five miles from Hainan Island. It was understood the Red Cross was trying to determine whether the pilot of the slow-flying propeller-driven craft was captured or killed. He is officially listed as missing. Red China claims a 12-mile water and airspace territorial limit. It accused the United States of war provocations in a Peking radio broadcast monitored in Tokyo. The pilot of a second Skyraider which escaped the MIG attack and fled to Da HANDING OVER THE GAVEL—Outgoing president Howard Nelson (left), manager of Sears Roebuck and Co. hands the presidential gavel to incoming president E. Eugene Russell, district commercial manager of Michigan Bell Telephone Co. The installation took place at last night’s 58th annual Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Elks. C of C. Challenged to Vow Social Action Racial Tension Forum Tonight “Navy pilots of the People s Liberation Army immediately dealt a heavy blow and shot down one of the planes and damaged the other,” Peking said, describing the plane’s destruction as "punishment.” A forum to discuss problems, causes and possible methods of alleviating racial tension throughout the city will be held at 8 tonifeht at City Hall. The meeting will be sponsored by the city’s Human Relations Commission. The Rev. Jack H. C. Clark, pastor of North Oakland Christian Church, chairman, will moderate the discussion. The Pentagon denied several hours later that the second plane had been damaged and .said its pilot was unharmed. It added it did not know how many MIGs were involved. The Skyraiders were on a ferry flight from Subic Bay in the Philippines to the aircraft carrier Coral Sea. The carrier is in the Tonkin Gulf, operating off Viet- thereby further burden and frustrate the overpromised and underserved.” “The people must realize they have councils and committees working with such community organizations as the family YMCA, Urban League and other civic groups, and that these organizations are ready to convert concepts into realities on a business-by-business, industry-by-industry basis,” he explained. Rev. Clark said he is hoping for a representative turnout. He said the commission will consider any grievances brought forward and will hear positions by individuals or groups regarding any facet of race relations. It was the ninth reported penetration by U.S. planes of Chinese airspace. The dive-bomber was the eighth American plane lost in such incidents in the past three years. The Defense Department list-s four of the planes as having been shot down and three are missing. A panel composed of members of the Human Relations Committee will join in the discussion. Cheek added, “The leadership within the ranks of the disadvantaged, disheartened and disillusioned should see more of us in these community organizations now.” PANEL MEMBERS Panel members are William Anderson, Ronald Covault, Samuel Baker and James Mathews. SOURCE OF HELP “Only our revitalized, personal commitment wil^ give them hope and encourage thern not to set out in anger and frustration to get attention by destroying their only lasting source of help — the business'es and industries of our community. Clark said that if the program scheduled tonight is termed a success, future forums will be held, with the next scheduled for a week from tonight. He said the Human Relations Commission — recently revamped to stimulate more activity — is interested in seeking and acting on .solutions to social problems. The Red Cross has not been able to learn how many of the pilots of the other lost American planes are prisoners. One, Air Force Maj. Phillip E. Smith, is known to be a Chinese captive and another, Navy Lt. (J.G.) Robert J. Flynn, is thought to be. A Skyraider came within a few miles of Hainan Island only a few days earlier, the Pentagon said, but turned back apparently without incident. Sicily Is Still 'Shook' PALERMO, Sicily t/Pt — One month after the earthquake that killed hundreds of persons and wrecked or damaged 51 communities. Western Sicily is still stunned, bewildered and afraid. E. Eugene Russell, district commercial manager of the Pontiac branch of Michigan Bell Telephone Co. was installed as the new president by outgoing president Howard Nelson, manager of Sears Roebuck and Co. Nelson received a plaque signed by every board member. Griffin Tells County GOP Credibility Gap Hurts LBJ Chairman for the evening was Edward E. Barker Jr., president of Pontiac State Bank. The Pontiac Central High School A Capella Choir entertained. U.S. Sen. Robert P. Griffin of Michigan warned last night that Republicans face a struggle in defeating President Johnson, but optimistically added that GOP chances are being strengthened by the administration's credibility gap and economic irresponsibility. Complacency is one factor that could hurt Republican aims in the 1968 elec- tion, said Griffin, pointing to the victory of President Truman 20 years ago. Griffin, addressing an audience of about 900, was the keynote speaker at the 79th annual Lincoln Day banquet in .Southfield sponsored by the Oakland County Lincoln Republican Club. Heart Talks to Feature 3 MDs He took postgraduate work at the University of Minnesota with Qr. Christiaan Barnard and Dr. Norman. Shumway, who recently gained world attention with heart transplants in South Africa and California respectively. . Tickets for the heart forum are free. They may be obtained at The Pontiac Press; Pontiac General Hospital; St. Joseph Mercy Hospital; the Oakland County Health Department; Pontiac Area United Fund, 132 Franklin Blvd.; Crittenton Hospital in Avon Township; and the Heart Information Unit, 277 Pierce, Birmingham. Persons without tickets will be admitted if seats are available after those with tickets are seated. While the Democratic administratibn’s credibility gap and “guns and butter” philosophy will be major campaign issues for Republicans, Griffin said the candidacy of George Wallace, the former .-Mabama governor, must be taken seriously, particularly by Republicans. He said that while Republicans shouldn’t completely write off southern states, “The real battle of the 1968 election will be right where it has been throughout recent history — in the large industrial states of the north.” NORTH TICKET NEEDED’ “If we are going to win, the best strategy for Republicans is to -nominate a ticket that can run a good race in the big cities of the north,” said Griffin. SEN. ROBERT P. GRIFFIN Wallace can not win in the north, Griffin said, but his candidacy may turn out to be a real advantage for Republicans in the north. (Continued on Page A-2, Col. 5) Don't Miss the Public Heart Forum Tomorrow Night 'hk : ' 'c,/. A—2 THE PONTIAC PllESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1968 Nixon Again Chides Areo News Rocky on Actions in NY Garbage Dispute By the Associated Press Michigan Gov. George Roto* ney is pressing former Vice President Richard M. Nixon for his answer to Vietnam—while Nixon criticizes New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller’s actions in a garbage strike dispute. Rockefeller’s handling of the New York City garbage strike crept into Nixon’s New Hampshire campaign Wednesday for the second time. Romney and Nixon are the principal combatants in New Hampshire’s March 12 Republican presidential primary. Rockefeller, who says he no presidential ambitions, backs Romney. While the Republicans gaged in their intraparty wrangling, independent presidential candidate George C. Wallace named a temporary running mate who could get a permanent spot on the ticket. Wallace announced former Georgia Gov. Marvin Griffin will go on the ballot for now in States requiring a vice presidential running mate and comment-“He may well be the vice presidential candidate.” Hue Fight Like a 'Bad Movie' Commission has referred ,the rezoning request of Milton^ C. Jones, 1348 Edgewood, to the planning board. Jones had asked that Lot'186 in Birmingham- Forest Hills subdivision, just east of Adanis on Abbey Road, be chan^^ GORDON CRAIG from R1 singie-family residen-‘ *...................residen- tial to R4 two-family i HUE, South Vietnam (UPI) -j The young Maripe falls, a| Communist bullet in his jaw. | His platoon leader in Charlie Company runs out to pull the youngster out of harm’s way. A second crack of sniper fire smashes the Leatherneck of-' ficer’s head. I sit in a deserted house in tiie center of the hattie for Hoe’s fortress, w a t c h i n through a smashed windoi what Lance Cpl. Bradford Sillman says is ’‘like something out of a very bad w a movie.” ' This window views the front line of the battle of Hue. Just down the street snipers pop at In Claremont, N.H., Romney; keynoted his renewed New Hampshire campaigning by challenging Nixon to say what he would do about Vietnam. Former Alabama Gov. Wallace was listed a Democratic presidential candidate on the Nebraska primary ballot announced Wednesday. He told a news conference he might with-| draw his name because he’s an independent candidate. REGISTERED DEMOCRAT Away up there, atop the imperial forbidden city’s battlement, a tattered Vietcong flag wavers. MORE FIGHTING AHEAD All around me, Americans are vowing to pull it down or shoot it down. But between the U.S. force and the flag is more of this miserably cold^ drizzly weather and house-to-house, door-to-door fighting. Charlie Company, learning Hie arts of house to house fighting, is composed of jungle veterans and city Ufe at war is Nebraskan Secretary of State Frhnk Mbrsh said the listing was made because Wallace registered Democrat and „ "".“meetinT'or Booth * District 2; Wesley J. Wood, Dis-the Democratic and Republican itrict 6; and Mayor William H. Pfc. David Hartman of Pontiac, Mich., says, “I’ll take the bush over the city any time.” He charges' into a transformer station, hunting for a map to tell him where he is in Hue. Sillman, 20, of Orlando, Fla., says this is altogether different from the jungle, like the movies. He lopes off, joining Hartman and the others of Charlie. •niey move against those tyak desks. Nixon told a Durham, N.H. questioner New York City garbage collectors broke a state law in striking and GOP Mayor! John V. Lindsay was correct in requesting that Rockefeller send National Guardsmen to remove the rubbish. | Rockefeller rejected the request. SIMILAR COMMENTS “Breaking of the laws of the state of New York or any other state “cannot and must not be rewarded by giving those who break the law what they are gEORGE P. McCALLUM JR. asking for, Nixon said. { He made similar comments last Saturday. ; Request to Rezone Lot Sent to Planning Bod’d BIRMINGHAM — The City association in 1964, Jones said. tial. On a division’ request of the iub-home 0 w tf e r s 4 Incumbents Said Safe Bets Unionist Seen as Top District 4 Candidate By BOB WISLER Veteran observers of city politics feel that four incumbent city commissioners are safe bets for reelection. This is the general tone of comments after the deadline Bpoth Papers the commission improperly rpzonhd the district from RS multiple to Rl. The lot cannot be used for R'l, he said, since it lacks the required 9,000 square feet of area. In other business, the commission received the building report for January, and a report on the emptying of downtown refuse containers. The refuse report followed qomplaints of improper ------------from residents. BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP -Dr. Edwin De Jongh, of 3880 W. Lincoln, has been elected president of the 400-member American Academy of Occupational Medicine. De Jongh has served two . srms on the board of directors ^f Industrial Medical Association' and received the associa-on’s award of merit in 1953. He is clinical assistant professor of occupational medicine and environmental health at Wayne State University and a guest lecturer in the Institute of Industrial Health, at the University of Michigan. He is also serving on the rehabilitation and screening ij committees of the Michigan Heart Association and Exec Retires Board of Directors Elects a Successor for prospective candidates to file for the commission passed Tuesday. A total of 21 candidates filed for the seven posts which will be filled in the April general city election. I Primary elections will be held DETROIT (AP) — Retirement^ ns. 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' Though the causes of both fires are still under investigation, Hodgson said he was “pretty sure” that arson had not been responsible for either. > ceiling of the restaurant and the floor of the apartments,” Hodgson explained, “and the fire started in there.” Bulldozer Clears Away Debris At Site Of Restaurant Fire One of the restaurant waitresses said she saw water coming through the ceiling just before the fire, Hodgson added. He theorized that the water might have come from the building’s heating system. THE PONTIAC PRESS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 A—4 hff/l/ms “There was a lot of electrical wiring in there, and the water coming into contact With it might have started the fire,” he said. The , blaze began In the northwest corner of the building, Hodgson said, and the wind at the time was coming from the west. ‘COULDN’T GET TO IT’ “With the fire back in that crawl Lake Orion to Vote on School Projects LAKE ORION — Steps were Initiated last night to seek a $4.5-million school construction bond issue sometime in the spring. A second Issue providing $600,000 for the construction of a pool at the senior high school was also approved. No election date was set on either proposal. and senior high schools, plus $184,500 for future site purchase. 'The bond issue would also cover the cost of bonding attorneys and consultant fees. The board of education, meeting with the citizens’ school advisory committee, accepted preliminary architectural plans W a new elementary school and additions to Webber Elementary, the junior 'The action of the board was unanimous. The constouction program includes a first phase 12-room and service area elementary school to be built in the southern portion of the district. the junior high school; and 16 classrooms, a new instrumental and vocal music department, a new library and expanded cafeteria, athletic facilities and industrial arts department to the senior high school. Twelve classrooms and a library will be added to Webber Elementary School, 3191 W. Clarkston; four classrooms to UNDER CONSIDERATION Plans have been under consideration for a year now by the board and the advisory committee, and the firm of Tarapata MacMahon Associates, Inc. of Bloomfield Hills was hired to draw up the plans. '68 Sign-Up On for Wheat, Feed Grain Programs in Lake Orion DeMolay to Install Officers School Bargaining to Open in March The Oakland County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office is now accepting applications from farmers intending to participate in the 1968 feed grain and wheat programs. Alfred Haack, chairman of the county office, said applications will be accepted through March 15. The 1968 feed-grain program for corn and grain sorghum is designed to reduce total feed supplies in order to strengthen prices. Bumper crops at home and abroad last year led to an unusual worldwide rise in grain production, Haack reported. He said the Department of Agriculture has set a goal of about 30 million acres to be diverted from production of corn and grain sorghum in 1968 to compensate for increased supplies. Payments will be made to all producers who set aside more Uthn 20 per cent of their farm base acreage, Haack said. The major provisions of the 1968 wheat program will be virtually the same as those in effect for the 1967 crop, Haack said. Wheat producers who sign up for the program will be eligible for price support loans on their wheat production and a marketing certificate payment on 40 per cent of the projected production of the farm’s 1968 wheat allotment. Haack pointed out that the payments provided in the wheat and feed grain programs add substantially to farm income. He added that the success of the program depends upon farmer participation. An Addison Township boy, Paul Trask of 730 W. Leonard, will be installed as master councilor of the Lake Orion Chapter of the Order of DeMolay Saturday. Tlie ceremony will be at 8 p.m. in the Orion Lodge, F&AM No. 46, 24 N. Broadway, Lake Orion. Highlight of the evening will be the crowning of Lake Orion’s DeMolay Sweetheart. Others elected to offices were Jim Coleman of 1445 S. Lapeer, Oxford Township, senior councilor: Jim Galloway of 607 Central, Lake Orion, junior councilor; Tom Wiseman P.M.C. of 365 Newman, Orion Township, scribe-treasurer; and Bob Phillips of 444 S. Bellvue, Orion Township, senior deacon. "I FARMINGTON - Negotiations between the board of education and the i Farmington Education Association are expected to open in early March, ac-1 cording to Supt. Roderick Smith. Negotiating teams for the two groups have been chosen. “Hopefully,” said Smith, the contract will be settled by June 1. Chairmen of the two teams are Marinus VanAmeyde, assistant superintendent for instruction, and Robert Newhouser, a teacher at Farmington High. Bargaining will also begin shortly between the board and the Bus Drivers Club, the Farmington Educational Secretaries Association, and t h e custodial bargaining unit. PAUL TRASK space, we couldn’t get to it,” .Hodgson continued. “Just as soon as I got there and saw where it was, I started calling other departments.” to City Manager Arnold Whitney, left about 38 persons homeless. Men and equipment from the North Branch, Columbiaville, Imlay City, Al-mont and Arcadia departments joined the Lapeer contingent in fighting the blaze. Though American Red Cross representatives were available to help them, most residents found shelter with relatives and friends, Calvelli said. Very little was salvaged fropi the building, restaurant owner Carlo C. Calvelli said. Hodgson said a defective coffee percolator, or possibly a cigarette smoldering in a wastebasket, may have been responsible for the second fire, reported at 7:15 which consumed a gas station-spack bar located at 8 Genesee. “When I got there, the fire was FIRST REPORTS already going pretty good,” Calvelli commented. “They let me go in long enough to get a couple of boxes of stuff out of the office, but that was all.” The false ceiling was a factor in thd first fire, reported at 6:45 p.m., which destroyed a two-story structure at 447 Pine housing the Calvelli Cocktail Lounge and Restaurant and 11 apartments. FILLED WI’TH SMOKE The entire building was filled with smoke in “a matter of minutes,” he added. The apartments’ destruction, according First reports from a county sheriff’s patrolman dispatched to the scene had indicated that the blaze might have started on shelves in the station which contained flammable materials. However, Hodgson placed the fire’s origin in a small office at the rear of the station. Elba, Hadley and Metamora fire departnjents assisted on the second fire. CRAWL SPACE “Tbere was a crawl space between the Wolverine Lake President Calls for New State Annexation Laws WOLVERINE LAKE - New state annexation laws were suggested last night by Village President Warren Williams. Just last month this western Oakland County village survived an attempt to annex a large portion of its area to the city of Walled Lake. turned down without comment rezoning for three lots on the southwest corner of Oakview and Glengary. A change from single family to multiple dwelling zoning was sought. Williapis suggested the council draft a letter proposing legislation to prevent such piecemeal annexation in the future. He indicated such laws should make annexation a “whole or nothing” situation. A public hearing on the rezoning had been held Monday night. Also last night, the council approved sending senior police officer Vernon Darlington to a six-week training course at the police academy at Oakland Community College. The tuition fee is $90. Supt. of Schools Lewis F. Mundy was instructed to proceed with the necessary steps to get preliminary bonding approval from the Michigan Department of Public Instruction. Village administrator Clifford K. Cottrell reported last night one annexation petition is still pending. The petition had been held up for checking by the boundaries committee of the County Board of Supervisors when the other annexation petitions were processed and put to a vote. Library Board Will Purchase School Acreage Action on the purchase of relocatable classrooms was deferred for two weeks. The board had anticipated a need for six such rooms next year at Blanche Sims Elementary School to house some 200 students, some of which are currently attending classes at Intermediate School. REVIEW SCHEDULED Cottrell said boundaries committee was scheduled to review the petition at its meeting tomorrow at 9 a m. In-other business last night, the council Drain Project Tabled in Orion CLARKSTON - The board of education will sell Vh. accres to the Independence Public Library Board at a cost of $1,450 an acre. ’The land is located on Orion Road near the Perry Lake Road exit. Cost of the parcel was determined by two impartial appraisals. The library board had petitioned the board to sell the property which is located on a future school site comprising a total of 40 acres. ORION TOWNSHIP-Under consideration here is a $65,000 drain which would alleviate flooding in Bunny Run subdivision caused by spring and winter thaw. Supervisor John Lessiter told a group of residents assembled at a recent Township Board meeting that it was conceivable the township would bear part of the cost, but he would make no estimate as to how much. Petitions for a special election set tentatively for April 15 requesting permission to bond $750,000 for a swimming pool at the Clarkston High School were received by the board from the Clarkston area Jaycees. A $600,000 bond issue for the same purpose included in a school construction program was defeated two years ago. STAND ALONE ' The subdivision is located south of Long Lake. The drain as proposed would consist of ditches emptying into a coiv-cred drain along Detroit between Holliday and the lake. The matter has been tabled for further study. OES Dinner Tomorrow Also dp for investigation is the paving of a cross street between Joslyn and M24. While Lessiter opted for the completion of Waldon between the railroad tracks and the highway because of its shorter distance, he was persuaded to get cost figures on the paving of Silver Bell by residents of the area. Said Robert Brumback, Jjaycee project chairman, “We feel this issue should stand alone and that people should have an opportunity to vote without its being involved in another package.” 'The board, as required by law, moved ahead to seek State Board of Education and Michigan Finance Commission approval for placing the matter on the ballot. OXFORD — The Order of Eastern Star No. 266 will serve a chicken dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Masonic Temple, 181^ S. Wasnington. Lessiter noted the township has been allocated $13,200 in matching road funds by the Oakland County Road Commission this year. Protest Is Called on Urbanization, Higher Tax Trends Troy Planners OK Apartments Plan TROY—Thp city planning commission has given approval to the site plan submitted by Biltmore Development Co. for Somerset North, an expansion of the apartment project. The move met with some opposition from city residents who have conducted a campaign to have the rezoning repealed in order to prohibit the development. LWV Discussion Topic Will Be Millage Vote WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP -Police Chief Melvin Will, Fire Chief Mel Joritz apd Township Supervisor John N. Doherty will be guest speakers at the February meeting of the West Bloomfield Township League of Women Voters at noon ’^esday at the main library, 5030 Orchard Lake. The topic of discussion will be the township’s upcoming millage election. A 3-inllI tax pro^sal — a 1-mill renewal and a 2-mill hike — goes before voters Mnrch25. Petitions are op file with the city clerk’s office opposing the zoning change of 219 acres to allow multiple housing. If the petitions are certified to contain names of 2,489 registered voters (25 per cent of those in the city), the rezoning will be suspended, forcing its repeal by the commission or a public vote on the question. ' / However, according to City Planner George Peek, city attorney Stanley Burke was present and explained the planning commission’s legal position. “Basically,” Peek said, “it was that the commission was under an obligation to approve the site plan unless it was in • error or did not comply with the zoning ordinance.” tj j • r ' '' I . ■ . / , ' Board Opposes School Bill WALLED LAKE — The board of education is unanimously opposed to proposed legislation to provide state funds for nonpublic schools. “The board believes such bills are in violation of the Constitution which specifies separation of church and state,” said Schools Supt. peorge Garver. Board members, at the recent meeting when they took their vote, also questioned the inadequacy of state funds for public schoois, added Garver. $2,000 an acre, reports Garver. LIST APPROVED The transaction will be completed shortly, he said. The board has also approved a list ^designating who will attend the new Loon Lake Elementary when it opens this Fall. Those pu-l^ils affected will be notified, said Garver. Two appointments wete made to a committee to study year-round schools. completed in one year. The board endorsed and offered its assistance to the new Helping Hand program, sponsored by the PTA Council. The program provides for stickers to be placed in windows of home to indicate a place youngsters can trust for help in an emergency. In other action, the board decided to acquire another site for a junior high school. The district now has two junior highs and some land for a third building. Tlie land about to be purchased is 38 acres on the southeast corner of Wise and Bogie Lake roads. Commerce Township, going for Board members Robert Thibi-deau and Mrs. Charles Scully will join the committee’s 25 teachers, parents and administrators who will have their first meeting Tuesday. ENDORSES PROGRAM The superintendent said he anticipates that the study will be The board approved the expenditure of some ^,000 for maldng a library out of the boys’ locker room in the Dublin Elementary. Garver expects the facility to be done next Fall. Another approval went to the in-/Stallation of a $9,033 alarm system for the Clifford Smart Junior High School. The silent alarm system will notify the state police, the sheriff’s department and a school authority. I N D E PENDENCE TOWNSHIP-A man who feels that he, as a “committee of one,” can do something to stop the trend toward higher taxes and urbanization of the rural area has called a protest meeting for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Clarkston Junior High School. Robert Kraud of 7840 N. Holcomb, a salesman with Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Detroit, has been a long-time foe of the township’s new zoning ordinance. “I don’t believe in the government’s right to tax us to the point that we cannot afford to retain acreage around our homes,” Kraud has said. Also an avowed watchdog of spending, Kraud said he wanted some answers regarding engineering costs on the township’s part of the projected Clinton-Oakland Sewer Interceptor program. Kraud said township officials had been invited to the meeting and that he hoped to obtain a crowd of about 200 taxpayers. “I don’t intend to ask what the government is doing for me,” said Krqud. “I want to know what it’s doing to me.” PTA fo Serve Dinners AVON TOWNSHIP - The Stiles Schoc PTA will serve spaghetti and tun casserole dinners from 4:30 to 7 p rr Friday at the school, 3976 S. Livernois THE PONTIAC PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 A--3 The Easy Way to Teach Skiing ST. MARTIN DE RELL-VlLLE, France (UPI) — Developers of this new Alpine ski re-^ sort will bring ski instruction out of the i^iddleage and into the elretronics age ^ext year' Officials of the resort announced an agreement with a French electronics firm to design a radio system linking ski students with a' professor planted <- -tn a warm chalet below. The professor will be equip-|t;ii ped with a small transmitter j-:': and the pupils will have(:i; miniaturized receiving s e t s . j S They will wear numbers on their parkas. “Make a Christiana, No. 2,” the instructor will command. “Bend your knees, I^o. 1,” or “No. 7, keep your skis parallel . The new operation Is being tested prior to being tried commercially next winter. Corner jSdginaw and Huron Downtov^n Pontiac, FE 4-2^ 11 Here's your chance to moke big savings on^ seasonal overstocks, special purchases, and clearance items. Sorry, no mail or phone orders. Shop tonite and Friday 'til 9. UAW Points to Pacts' Ends I MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) -The United Auto Workers union has served notice on Allis- . Chalmers Mfg. 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Fifth Floor Special *18 THE P(MNTIAC PRESS 48 West Huron Street ” Pontiac, Michigan i , V., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 Howarb H. FlTzomAts. It ----- . JoMM ^ FmanitB ixeouttv* VIo* IMld4 •ad Bdltor JOHW A. RIUT B«|re(i^and Adv*rtl>ln( Ramt J. Rin Treuore# and Flnanca Marshall Josrak County Finances Make ‘Black’^News ‘At a time when many governmental bodies including school districts are dipping into red ink to balance their operating budgets, it is heartening to find a shining exception—and close to home. The exception is Oakland County. Thanks to sound fiscal planning on the part of County officials, revenues and expenaifttres for 1968 were slated to break even at a figure slightly over $21 million. ★ ★ ★ that $1.7 , will flow into County coffers from this source. And an additional $400,000 (it may run to $500,000) is in sight thanks to a new State law that permits counties to retain the proceed^ of a tax on land transfers within their jurisdictions. But, bearing out the old saying that “nothing succeeds like success,” some unanticipated windfalls will give the County treasury an even “blacker” look. Oakland County thus stands to gain $2 milUon-plus from these two unbudgeted sdurces. But, like a family whose, breadwinner is given an unexpected salaiy bhoSt, the County will have no difficulty putting the additional dollars to work- A new , jail’ and badly-needed upgrading of the area airport are high pn the priority list. In projecting revenue last fall for the current year, potential income from the State’s new income tax was wisely disregarded since there was some uncertainty about the status of the tax. Now, however, it appears We commend the Oakland County Board of Supervisors and the fiscal planners whose combined efforts are so favorably reflected in the County’s financial state. Howard Lindsay A 50-year veteran of the stage made his last exit when Howard Lindsay died at 78. One of the most versatile personali-ties ever to grace'! Broadway, Lindsay | was not o&y preemi-1 nent as a playwright I but a giftpd director ? and actoras well. He abundantly I demohsirated the I breadth of his talent ■ when after collaborating with Russell Crouse in authoring “Life With Father,” he not only directed the hilarious play but played the lead role for five of its seyen!^year Broadway run — one of the! longest in the annals of show bui^ess*' Unlfte his theatrical contem- pdraries, most of whom came up the hard way, Lindsay, bom in Waterford, N.Y., attended Har- * vard College and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He got his first acting part in 1909 and, after military service in World War I, scdred his first Broadway triumph as director of “Dulcy.” '* ★ ★ ' ★ ; LINDSAY Thereafter, his name was on the programs of a contihuohs string of stage hits that sandwiched comedy between musical productions and melodrama. Howard Lindsay was a Show Biz luminary whose biiUiance will continue to glow in the recollections of the multitude for whom he provided unsurpassed entertainment. ‘Maine’ Disaster Sparked America’s Shortest War The pocket-sized battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor on the evening ^of Feb. 15, 1898. The explosion 70 years ago threw partk of the ship 200 feet in the air and illuminated the whole of the harbor. Two officers and 264 of the crew were killed or died-soon afterward. The true cause of the explosion remains a mystery. Cuba under Castro has changed the wording of the Maine monument in Havana to pay tribute to the “victims of the Maine who were sacrificed by the voraciousness of the imperialists in their eagerness to take possession of Cuba.” powerful support in Congress and sections of the press. “Remember the IJfame!” was a cry which swept land. By April 22, President McKinley was forced to institute a blockade. Two days later Spain — reluctantly, it is reported — declared war. The ^ctual fighting lasted less than three months. In any event, Hie tragedy caused great excitement in the United States, abetting the efforts of a war party which had It was, as U.S. Ambassador to London JOHN Hay wrote to his friend Teddy Roosevelt, “a splendid little war.” It flushed Spain from the Western Hemisphere. Now, although pf relatively minor proportion, the U.S. has another naval cause celebre on its hands — the seizure by the North Koreans of the surveillance ship Pueblo. Liberals Teetering on Interest Ceiling By EDMOND LeBRETON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Liberals In Congress and the executive branch are being forced by unyielding eco nomic pressures to search their souls on the possibility of changing sides on a deeply felt issue. The question is whether interest-rate Ceilings written into some laws can be maintained, although inflation and cre(^ demand , bavq pushed much higher the returns that inve^s can {expect. president Ji^son, certainly not a high-interest man past performance, signaled he had made a palafii) decision when he recommended In his economic report flwt Congress lift the 6 per cent limit on interest charged for loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration. The reaction in Congress was swift — and discouraging to some administration strategists who were reported hoping that at, least a tem-> porary lifting^! the ceiling could be pasiW quickly. If Congress does 'hct, there is every indication it will be on-after long, agonizing The other principal federal provision on interest rates applies to government borrowing. It specifies that long-term government securities may not carry a rate higher than 4>/4 per cent. For more than a decade, secretaries of the Treasury of both parties have been recommending in vain that this limit be raised. At present, the government simply can’t raise money at 4‘/4 per cent. RALLYINUCRY But the 414 per Cent limit has long been a rallying cry fqr those who believe in government action to keep interest rates down. Congress li^t year relaxed the rule indirectly. It allowed Treasury notes to be Issued for terms up to seven years instead of five.. Notes are not subject to the ceiling. , So now what actually are medium - term Tre^ury ' securities are selling for more than 414 per cent, while the limit remains on the statute books for whatever symbolic value it may have. The Treasury still can’t sell lopger-term securities because of the ceiling. • FHA interest limitation. 'This is the almost universal practice of charging a discount, expressed in “points” or percentages of the amount provided for a loan. Most of this burden usually falls on the seller, so that in effect he receives less than the nominal cost of a house sold. REDUCE POINTS One of the arguments ad-vanc«i for allowing FHA to insure mortgages carrying more than 6 per cent interest is that this would eliminate or at least reduce the use of points. The contention is disputed, however, by such, opponents as Chairman Wright Patman, D-Texas, of the House Banking Committee, dean of low-interest advocates in the House. Patman contends that in the past when FHA interest was increased -- finally up to the statutory limit — discounting quickly caught up. //. The private market long ago found » way qfound the He argued also that lifting the FHA,ceiling would tend to push interest rates generally up, by bidding up the price of loans, ^nd that states would have to raise their own interest ceilings or see their citizens excluded from FHA benefits. this column. Is 111,4 / Voice of the People: Oh Top Of The Heap! David Lawrence Soys: 'WASHINGTON, - Veteran politicians in both parties are not a bit concerned about the candidacies of either former Go Vi George Wallace of Alabama as a possible third-party nominee or of Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota as . an independent if he refuses to accept the LAWRENCE Democratic party’s nominee, Lyndon Johnson. The view widely held by Democratic leaders is that not only is President Johnson assured of the Democratic nominaticn," but that t h e Republicans wouU not make it easier for him to win by picking a candidate who does not have nationwide support. The oft-heard theory about the Wallace movement is that it may take away electoral votes from both the D e m 0 c r a t i c and the Republican party in various states, and, in a close contest, prevent either of the major candidates from getting a majority in the electoral college. The election then would be thrown into the House of Representatives. . Most of the political experts, however, do not foresee such a close race. Those who think President Johnson will win believe he will do so by a substantial majority. On the other hand, the prevailing view among Republican state chairmen is that it will not be a ^iose contest but a sweeping victory for their nominee. A candidate on a third ticket could make headway only if there were issues on which the major parties’ candidates could not get adequate support. Neither f o r m eT Gov. Wallace nor Sen. McCarthy has a substantial following across the country. Thus, Wallace’s principal means of attracting votes is through the issues which have had their origin in racial friction. He doubtless will continue his efforts to establish a third party. Both the Democratic and R e p u blican organizations, however, are strong enough throughout the Country, including, most of the South, to prevent hlh* froth getting the electoral votes of more than two or three states. The big decision for the voters to make will be whether to change administrations at all. If they are in the mood to do this, they will want some one with experience i n dealing with f^eral problems. This means the probable nomination of Richard Nixon — who, as vice presir dent, had eight years of intimate contact with the White House during the Eisenhower administration. Up to now, three public figures have been ^ i v e n foremost mention in the Republican race — Nixon, Gov. Rockefeller of New York and Gov. Romney of Michigan. The recent controversy over the strike of workers in the sapitation department of New York City has caused some of the Republican experts to say that Rockefeller’s political status has been hurt. The 1»liticians: have noted the many editorials, not only inside but outside the state,, criticizing the New York-governor for having taken sides with the union after it had subjected the city to great inconvenience in a strike which, it is felt, should have been left to the mayor of' New York City to handle. The big labor unions, moreover, are openly supporting President Johhsofr for reelection anyhow, and businessmen expect a Republican nominee not to be on the side of labor. Gov. Itomney’s candidacy has been’ undergoing a setback for several months now.-Unless he shows surprising strength in some of the state primaries, he is not likely to be a serious contender for the domination at the Republican .'Nhtianal Convention in Aogdst. ‘ The mood of the country today doesn’t vary with geographical sections. If the Apierican people really want a change, there will be an electoral majority for the Republican nominee. If they do hot want to take the risk of a clmnge. President Johnson is idceiy to wind up with a 1 sizable majority. > C^onyrlght, '1»4(, Publlthor>-H«ll Bob Cons id ine S^ysK Lifesaving Organization Result of Near Tragedy NEW YORK - Back in 1956, in Turlock, Calif;, a young girl named Linda Collins cut her finger and was routinely sent to a hospital. The doctor, preparing to give her a shot' of tetanus an-j titoxin, madej the scratch! test with a sin- j gle drop of thej________ serum. The CONSII girl instantly collapsed in great pain. The serum had ti^^ered a terrifying allergic rieaction know as anaphylaxis. She bordered on the brink of death for three days. Out of that near tragedy came Medic Alert, founded by her father, Dr. Marion C. Collins. now wear Medic Alert emblems, and the number increases by 2,000 a month. Turlock remains the home base of what is now the Medic A1 e r t Foundation International. It i9 a nonprofit, charitable, tax-exempt organization dedicated to educating and encouraging Individuals t o wenr on their person iden-tifiration of any medical problems that sh<^d be know in an emergency. The cost iS:$5, but it is free to any persoh in need. The company maintains around-the-clock switchboard service at Turlock and a card-index case history of each member. Calls from hospitals, doctors and others who are attending a stricken person may be made collect. As for Sea< McCarthy, few politicians are taking his campaign seriously. They have assumed that it has more to do with the effort of Sen. Robert Kennedy to build an organization for the 1972 presidential election than to produce a candidate for the 1968 campaign. In substance. Medic Ajert is a cooperative dedicated to saving lives of persons who must face emergency treatment. It first finds out the-person’s medical problem or problems, then issues him a wallet card, or necklace or bracelet—stamped with: the person’s medical problem. There are 1.8 million epileptics, and countless diabetics, who can mistakenly be taken for/drunk when ill. One in every 10,000 Caucasian males is a hetnophiliac who may bleed to death froili the slighteBt eut, unless properly and swtitiy attended. Verbal Orchids John Virley ’ of Milford; 91st birthday. Ray E. Walker of Holly; 81st birthday. In the event he is stricken away from home, dr .away from his own doctor, the attending doctors or L nurses may then be guided jh their ministrations by sjni‘'F}’y referring to (he “record he is wearing, assuming he is incapable of explaining his symptoms himself.. About 200,000 Americans r rtRubn- •xcluslvely to the QM.ft cation of all local mnOs nrinieo m this newspaper ei well ei ell AP The PootiBC Presrls delivered by ____________ ______ - Is S18.M e year; elsewhere in AAlchlgan and all other places In the United States $24.00 a year. All mall sub-scriiUions payable . In advance. B___r___ I____ed him lightly on the beak “If you were out shoveling the|particularly enjoyed cMdwm.f^t^ ; ^ near Midland, everyone « ^ «W he- thought But a MtUt mupshnniinn hu ihp\^ .... . . .— ,____llKnPW whifh r>hi1Hrpn Kp lilrpHl™ FOU ™OW WUat DC 010. .He “Vi**!! take U.. eh.-™i .i.7l,.S;Kn™ ^ chll*»-h ™ s very, verylend ^ he cookhi t t _ ® ^ *rhe Brambletts said FredI One neighbor who‘caughtback.” crow style — right By GLENN M. ROBERTS MIDLAND (iP) - “Fred Crow” has been exiled to the north following an investigation^ of federal mail violations. Although not really a bad sort of fellow, Fred was accused of opening mailboxes in the Siebert School area of Midland and pilfering the contents of some. It was thought for some time that Fred was raiding nei^bor’s mailboxes and ' enacting a self-imposed censorship o n outgoing neighborhood mail. But the ’ clincher came when he was ac- i cased of swiping a check being mailed to the Consumers Power Co. for an electrical bill. i Rumor also had it that Fred was suspected of stealing a Social Security check. With all these alleged federal offenses piling up, the Post Office Department investigated and notified Fred’s “family” the lawlessness could no longer be tolerated. , They suggested he either be^ caged or destroyed. The suspected feathered felon was owned by Bobby Bramblett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bramblett. After some thought on the Judgment, a pardon was asked by the family on condition that Fred be exiled to a friend’s home in the Houghton Lake area. < The conditions were accepted by postal authorities and' sentence imposed. VERY SOCIABLE Fred, acquired from a trecj near the Bramblett home early j last summer, was a very! sociable character and often! greeted neighbors at breakfast by rapping on their windows. i “He liked to be where the action was,” explained Mrs. Bramblett. SALE ONLY AT DOWNTOWN 27 SOUTH SAGINAW PIANOS UPRIGHTS «suw $30 SPINETS *189 STEINWAY *248 Upright GRAND standard 1 O Make Jm U W ORGANS HAMMOND .s uw $339 Other Spinets *288 As Low as TV-Phono YOiJR CHOICE TV hriStereo *78 Save Up to 46.95 Low Budget Terms SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT - “Fred Crow” is caught in the act and the mystery of who had been pilfering mail in the Midland area solved. 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Her scooter, which is battery-operated and has three wheels, sp