Record-Eagle (Newspaper) - January 22, 1963, Traverse City, Michigan DAILY AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION ABC Audited 12 Months Ending March TRAVERSE CITY NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S GREATEST DAILY THE WEATHER Snow Flurries Colder Detailed Information on Page 2 a Privilege to Live in Michigan DPI FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE EIGHTEEN PAGES TRAVERSE CITY MICHIGAN JANUARY 22 1963 SIXTY-SIXTH PRICE TEN CENTS u Britain Russia to Resume Ban Talks Frigid Front Slugs Nation's New Cold Surge Spreading Across Much of Arctic air threatened VETERANS LEADERS of veterans organizations and members of Grand Traverse county Veterans Advisory Council met at the VFW Home on West Front street Monday evening for an important session covering proposed legislation which might be detrimental to veterans benefits Heading the list of speakers was Jack Feighner Detroit Disabled American Veterans tional service officer Chairing the meeting was Bradford acting president of the advisory council Principals at the meeting were left to right standing Harry Fowler post commander and Jack Feighner Seated are Ervin Flesher DAV commander Milo Bradford and Cecil McGoon for the council Photo Hart to Push Own Proposal Citizens Council to Study Griffin's Dunes By UPI A new outbreak of slugged the nation's today and crops were in southern California The new surge of cold Montana Wyoming the and Minnesota and cold wave warnings were issued as far south as Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas Light snow accompanied ths in- and northerly winds created drifts in many areas Temperatures below ing across most of the nation and sub-zero readings were common over northern Michigan and much of Wisconsin At daybreak it was o-l below at International Falls Minn The weather bureau issued a cold wave warning for the high plains aren from Montana to New Mexico warnings were for South Dakota The temperature was expected drop to 28 in southern citrus area No relief was in sight from either the cold snap or the drought GLEN spokesman for residents of the Sleeping Bear Dunes area said that Con- gressman Robert P Griffin's out- area of acres In- inland lake settlements and a total of more than residences and lino of a new proposal for a dunes i businesses but excluding scenic X national park appears to meet a great many or perhaps most of the fundamental objections voiced against previous plans advocated by Sen Philip A Hart Ovp Jensen president of the Manitou island in Lake Michigan Griffin's park would exclude the settled inland lake areas confining the park to lands west of and The erse City congressman's proposal Citizens Council of the Sleeping would place X Manitou island in Hear Dunes made the comment in the Kivins the public n statement which followed press stories Monday outlining Griffin's proposal for a park in the Sleeping Bear Dunes region Jensen's complete statement was as The Citizens Council can take no position on Congressman fin's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park proposal until the has been introduced and there has been sufficient time for tho ship to study its provisions The official position of the cil has been to oppose tho type of legislation embodied in S 2153 and S 3525 and on July 1C last the council issued a statement of policy setting forth seven basic tions From the press dispatches on the Griffin proposal it would pear that this new meets a great many or perhaps most of the fundamental objections that have been repeatedly voiced We believe Congressman Griffin has rendered a real service in offering the first significant and constructive move to resolve tho problem we have been facing Had this been the ration a Lake Michigan shoreline five miles greater than proposed by Hart WASHINGTON Jan 22 UPI Sen Philip A Hart said today he will continue to press for a Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park of acres Rep Robert P Griffin announced earlier he would submit legislation calling for a park of 37.000 acres including more Lake Michigan shoreline but almost none of the inland area recommended by Hart Hart noted Interior Secretary Stewart L Uriall has proposed a park in the lower gan area His own medium-sized Bear makes the best sense Hart said and I will continue to press for it Ho said he planned to introduce proposal was that it included little of the high ground overlooking the Lake Michigan shoreline The high ground would be subject to sive pressure for com- Hart said his about Feb 1 and hoped for senate hearings in March or April Griffin represents that district in which the park would he cd and his proposal necessarily re- fleets the pressures and needs of original park proposal we are con- j district and not the needs of that there would have been I state and tne Hart no organized opposition such as said S 21 and S engendered In speaking of problems faced by dunes area people Jensen was referring to a reported stifling of the economies of two counties and Leelanau since duction of the first Hart park plan in June Griffin said in an- nouncing his proposal Monday thai it imperative that the prolonged Sleeping Hear controversy be brought to a head and resolved in this session of Congress The Hart plans S 21 and would have established a 5 Candidates in Commission Race April 1 The deadline for tiling a petition as a candidate for city commission passed Monday with no new petitions being re- Accordingly there will no February JS primary election since only five candidates have filed for the three vacancies Mora than six candidates would have been ed to hold a primary This is the first time the city hasn't had a primary run-off for the city commission since Francis McCall city clerk said He estimated that the city will save about by not having a mary Electors will pick three from a field of five at the April 1 general j election Candidates are George A bert Kenneth Lindsay Carter B Strong Ralph A Lile and Gerald K Mover SHERRY Traverse City's Junior Miss Still Many Key Issues At Stake Discussions WASHINGTON Jan 22 UPI The United States Britain and Russia planned to resume nuclear test ban talks here today ently closer to agreement in ciple than ever before Yet though President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita S Khrushchev na.rrowed the issues j in an of letters ed this there were still key i and dozens of details in dispute Tho talks latest in a series which began in October 1358 in Geneva with preliminaries going to were due to begin i at p.m EST at the state The United States and are ready to sign an agreement ending nuclear weapons tests in tho atmosphere outer space and under water They this i would not require Hut they insist on lions for a treaty which would in- lude underground tests since these arc hard to distinguish from earthquakes Russia has ruled out partial test ban insisting on all or ing and thereby making the in- issue the key one Much earlier in the talks Russia accepted the principle of Study Water Pumping Commission Denies Request of T C Country Club By UPI Hazardous driving warnings were issued by the Detroit weather reati for southwestern Michigan day as blasts from Lake Michigan heavy snow and considerable drifting i Up to eight inches of new snow j piled up in the western section of i he state overnight and the rest of i Michigan received light snow Five persons died in attributed traffic accidents day and a Kalamazoo man died of a heart attack while shoveling to raise to at least eight the i death toll from winter's latest blast In Flint a boy was hospitalized for shock and sure after lie became separated from hfs older brother and sisters they returned home from a matinee performance of a circus At Pageant in Pontiac Traverse City's Junior to Compete Traverse City's Junior Miss for Miss Sherry Milliken of tral high school is one of several high school seniors in the Michigan's Junior Miss Pageant on January 25 and at Northern high school in Miss Milliken daughter of Dr and Mrs John Milliken 1435 insula Drive won the local pageant ed All local pageants are sored by chapters Judging is based on character charm personality intelligence talent and poise with particular at- tention o Tight Quarters FACES EXAM IN DEATH STANTON MICH Jan 22 UPI Chancey L 52 who failed lo call police when his time friends had been missing in the woods for several days was scheduled to be examined on slaughter charges today in tion wilh he death of the friend Henry Lawrence 72 died in tho woods near the farm home in rural Montcalm county shared by the wo men MARYSVILLE Calif Jan 22 I UPI Mrs Margaret Swindell opened a dryer at her last November 17 She leaves for laundromat and out popped a pair of legs Airman Don Pontiac Friday with her parents Representatives of the local cees will also be present to aid Traverse City's entrant The state contest is to select this state's ideal high school girl The winner will compete in the America's Junior Miss Pageant in Mobile Alabama with a total of in cash scholarships at stake The number of candidates for this year's fifth annual state pageant reflects another increase in response which has grown each year since the pageant was Cardwell owner of legs told sheriff's deputies who arrested him be curled up in he dryer thinking it his racks at Reale Air Force Hase llc teanis only areas of Russia where earthquakes com- i occur The West wants this broadened each country to check on possible underground blasts in No- the Russians denly refused even to discuss on- site inspection Premier Nikita Khrushchev has now again accepted inspection teams in principle He agreed to two to three trips a year in Soviet territory The United States says this is not enough U.S officials have mentioned eight to ten trips but this may be ible The West has indicated ii would accept strict measures to satisfy Russia thai inspection teams were not used for espionage possibly including flying them to designated locations in Soviet planes with screened windows The makeup of the teams has not been settled The West has proposed that teams visiting Russia be half westerners and half trals but would permit Soviet ob- servers along Russia talked of half western and half I Soviet teanis i The Russians also have implied j TO ANNEX UPJOHN KALAMAZOO MICH Jan 22 Kalamazoo city com- mission night unanimously adopted a resolution to annex t the city the industrial plant of the i Upjohn Co in accordance with a j agreement reached j Dec board wilh the Portage township Deal Griffin said in a statement pre- pared to accompany his that the fundamental principles under- lying my cannot be mised Hart said the size of the park will be decided by the committees which have over these matters His primary of Griffin's LONDON Jan 22 ald Tricker won a divorce day after a witness testified his wife Mary played strip poker with two men and lost every hand Chuckle This is a land of opportunity Everyone can become a taxpayer First of Six Performances Things Are Looking Down It's definitely not June in January Tho mercury's sinking spell will not only continue it will worsen the weather man says Heavy snow flurries with blowing and drifting are pre- for today with tures sinking to between -2 and -S tonight Wednesday's high will be between -3 and 3 above if you can imagine that Thursday will bring a con of this frigid wave All in all a sad story Passion Play Here Tonight The first of six performances of the world-famous Passion Play in the tradition will be presented at p.m night in the Traverse City junior high school auditorium The play which depicts the last seven days hi the life of Christ has been brought here under of the Traverse City Zonta Club Performances will be given and Thursday nights at the same time and place and i hires wilt be presented day Thursday and Friday at in the auditorium four internationally famed US portrayer with his wife Ann Kelley playing the role of Mary Magdalene Over local persons many of them children have been recruited to fill out the cast Beginning with the Sermon on the Mount the Passion Play takes its spectators through the drama the Last Supper the Agony in the Garden the Trials before the High Priest Council King Herod and Pontius Pilate Crucifixion and the Resurrection The play is based on the production first in Bavaria in after de- The cast is headed by Val liverance from the Black Plague CIRCUS TRAIN STRIKES special Chesapeake Ohio railroad train bringing some Grand Traverse region youngsters home from Monday's Shrine Circus in Grand Rapids struck this car at a crossing in Comstock Park The two teenage occupants of the car were hospitalized and their model car smashed but no one on the train was injured Chaperones credited the engineer a Grand Rapids resident with preventing possible injuries to passengers by bringing the train to a smooth joltless halt Witnesses said the train was delayed about an hour at the scene nt the crash occurring about p.m but only minor damage was done to the engine Dr James Johnston ot Traverse City administered first aid to the injured youths identified as Mark and Dana Platte both of Comstock Park Witnesses said the train was traveling at a low speed at the time the collision Photo Works on Reunification of The Congo KATANGA THE CONGO Jan 22 UPD United Nations officials following up the peaceful U N of this last Katangese stronghold laid the groundwork today for bringing Ka- tansa province back into The Congo j The next reunification moves were expected to take place in i lie provincial capital of ville where representatives of I Premier Cyrille Adoula's government were awaiting tulks I wilh Katanga's President Tshombe j Tshombe who had vowed to I fight to the end concluded his j secession officially by surrendering troops entered the important i mining without a shot j I The action brought all maior military operations in The Congo to an end although were mopping up small pockets of resistance in the north Where Weather Page 2 Radio Program Page 4 TV Log Page Comics Page 6 Ann Landers Page 81 Society 12 Theatre 12 Calendar of Events Page 12 j Sports Page 14 A request of the Traverse City olf and Country Club that the take over the water pumping station it has at the foot of hill or make an ance for the cost of this operation denied by the city commission at iis regular meeting Monday at city hall but a Mve alternative was approved The commission denied re- quest in view of anticipated plans to provide normal water line sure at the top of hill by June 1 C reported that ad- ministration study shows ii may be practical for the city to construct a pumping station ro serve the Boughey hill area and the coif course and to two dead-end mains there and im- prove the water system He said there is also an live plan costing but he did not recommend it lie urged the commission to study both to the problem Tho commission tabled the pointment of a consulting engineer for the proposed million water improvement project after Com- missioner A R Jacobs urged the commissioners to take further time to study actions and commitments of past commissions The clerk and city attorney were instructed to review the minutes to determine if any binding actions had been taken Without a careful check we might take an improper action Jacobs said Purchase of a 250 KVA trans- former from the Independent tric Company of Muskegon whose low bid was and 1.100 feet of from the Fred W Co Niles Michigan whose low bid was was approved A city planning e 0 in m i s s i o n recommendation that Raymond Seese be granted permission to op- erate a used truck sales lot In con- with his business at 511 E Front street was accepted and a public hearing was set for ruary -1 The petition of businessmen in area favoring the granting of a used car lot mit on property formerly used for this purpose on Eighth between a service station and a bank branch was denied upon dation to do so by the planning I commission Ralph dis- I seined The planning commission said there is no legal way to give j such permission since zoning 1 prohibits used car lots Tho lot previously operating there was non- i conforming it was pointed out The mayor and clerk were authorized to sign an agreement with Mr and Mrs Walter Fulton regarding a bird sanctuary op of land on Carter road The property is deeded lo the which is using it as a tree nursery According to the agreement the Fultons may re- main on the properly for the rest of their lives nnd conduct their bird development projects for the on a mutually agreeable is The property was j deeded to the city by the Fultons I in but through a technicality was not properly handled re- it from the tax rolls of K a member of I board of review for 211 years was with and tions tha a letter expressing appreciation for his long service be sent Damoose reported that an- report of the fire department shows the lowest loss total of record According to Chief Jack Cooper Traverse City fire losses for came to only The cily manager was directed to work with Frank Wilson gutting the Marine Hand to play iu Traverse City Wilson briefly discussed his efforts in this with the commission ST LOUIS Mo Jan 22 UPI Kennedy 13 attributed his success in the round oC St Louis spelling bee day to a tranquilizer He said he milked two cows to relax before spelling
