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HOT Continued hot, showers Low 72-76, high 93-97 and Detail! Face 3 METRO FINAL Knight Offers Advice to Adlai Page 4, Section 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 90 12 noon 92 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 3 p.m.

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125 No. 109 Twenty Cents On Guard for Over a Century 132 Pages EttabUghed in 1831 C. I wlk -fa-Tii 1 i 'A' Jc il' Fir I i-. Ht "i-r-jx I i. Si Cadillac at Detroit in 1701.

The new camera. built to a special design brings wide screen movie techniques to the field of newspaper pictures. The camera sees almost as wide a view as the human eye. At a distance of only six feet, Tony Spina, chief photographer of the Free Press. snapped this action photograph.

Formerly, panoramic cameras were restricted chiefly to the taking of large convention groups or banquet scenes. Everyone had to remain perfectly still while the camera moved slowly in an arc to cover the room. Now a new, smaller and more easily handled camera ill let Free Press photographers take panoramic news pictures anywhere. AVith an ordinary news camera, photographer Spina would have been able to show Free Press readers only sections of the colorful Riverama pageant. A E--nwN THE FREE PRESS new magic wide-eye camera took this sweeping view of Saturday's pageant which opened the first annual Riverama festival.

Shown here for the first time in any Detroit newspaper is a 140-degree scene of the opening day tableaux, re-enacting the landing of Cadillac Lands Again in Detroit He Joins Indians, Racing Tugs And Boats in Opening Riverama Detroit's eagerly awaited Riverama festival got off to a flying start Saturday aided by dancing Indians, fighting Marines, a tugboat race and a massive review of 800 vessels. I ri 6 States Declared Disaster Areas Ike Acts to Rush Federal Aid; 27 Lose Lives in Camp Washout Free Tress Wire Srrrieeg HARTFORD, Conn. The death toll in the Eastern Seaboard's worst floods approached 150 Saturday and seemed certain to rise even higher. Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed" in Detroit for the third time in 254 years Saturday to open the nine-day festival. Several hundred persons braved the 90-degree heat to watch the colorful re-enactment of Cadillac's historic landing.

The perspiring Cadillac (in real life Richard S. Mitchell, of 3275 Rochester) stepped ashore with his trusty lieutenant, Al phonse de Tonty, portrayed by James Dugan, of 2523 Springle. THEY WERE accompanied by a score of feather-bedecked In dians who promptly broke into an Osage mourning dance. Cadillac and his entourage were greeted by Detroit'! his torian, George W. Stark, and Mayor Cobo.

Cobo noted that Detroit ha changed "somewhat" since the original landing. Cadillac and his group were piped ashore by the Pfeiffer In dians, of St. Paul, champion drum-and-bugle corps, and Arthur Black's orchestra. The mayors of 15 Detroit river cities also were on hand. CADILLACS landing ceremony completed, attention shifted quickly back to the Detroit River.

Five tug boats chugged across the finish line at the Civic Center after a dash from Fort Wayne. First to finish was the Turn Page 11, Column 4 Mrs. Krueger, Danny, 9 World Is Shattered State Strikes At New Low A near-record 6,358 notices of labTT deputes were received by the Michigan Labor Mediation Board in the fiscal year ended June 31. The figure -va- topped only by the 6.416 notices in the 1948-49 period. The 77 si.rikes handled during the fiscal year were the fewest in history.

A total of 5,742 cases were closed by the board through its three State offices. Bing Crosby Boy Not Badly Hurt TACOMA, Wash. (Madison Army Hospital doctors reported Saturday that Pvt. Philip Crosby, one of singer Bing Crosby's twin sons, suffered only muscular injuries of the back in an auto accident last Sunday. Doctors had diagnosed the 21-year-old soldier's injury as a vertebra fracture, with two other "possibles." Homes Near Schools If home hunting for your family involves finding a location near a tchool for your growing youngsters you 11 be interested in the special real estate offerings listed on Today's Free Press Want Ad Pages.

You'll find several choice real estate selections situated near public and parochial school facilities advertised under the heading HOMES NEAR SCHOOLS on today's WANT AD PAGES Patrolman Shot Dead By Drunk Gunman Is Killed In Rooming House Police officials sought ways Saturday to remove the sudden death factor from one of their most common calls: "Family trouble." A patrolma answering such a call at 9268 Olivet early Saturday died of a shotgun blast from the dark. The gunman died under a hail of police bullets. THE "FAMILY TROUBLE" call is "our biggest problem" when the man involved has a gun, Police Commissioner Edward S. Piggins said Saturday, as he and ranking- police officials hunted a new way to handle the problem. But they doubted that a standard procedure iuld be worked out the individual policeman must adapt himself to the circumstances on each call.

Other policemen, who talked of little except the early morning death of their fellow officer, Patrolman George E. Krueger, 29, agreed that answering such dangerous calls is part of the job KRUEGER WAS shot early Saturday in the hall of the sprawling rooming house by a drink-crazed gunman, Ellis Bailey, 31, of Shelbyville, 111. Bailey, whose wife, Linda, 22, Turn to Page 4, Column Shore Patrolmen Get the Hot Seat DALLAS (IP) Navy shore patrolmen said they thought they had a sure arrest. A Marine deserter, they -vere told, planned to visit a South Dallas house. The SP's parked their patrol wagon a block from the house, hid and watched.

Two hours later, they gave up, returned to the patrol wagon and plumped themselves into the front seat. Both jvuiiped out howling. Somebody and the Sp's think they know who had strewn grass burrs over the front seat. Grenade Tossed At Envoy's Home SAIGON, Viet Nam (JP) A hand grenade tossed from a passing automobile exploded in front of the residence of the American ambassador. It blew a small hole in the road.

The event was passed off as minor by the police. Patrolman Jested: 'Maybe Vll Be Killed' Grim Joke Ahout Financial Plight Turns into Tragic Truth Friends moved Saturday to solve financial troubles that have hovered over a modest home at 2664 Casper. North Africa Riots Kill Hundreds ALGIERS (U.R Violent rioting and fighting broke out across a arc of French North Africa Saturday and at least 450 persons were killed. Government sources said 351 Arab terrorists, French soldiers and civilians were slain in fighting in and around the city of Constantine, near the Mediterranean Sea. In Morocco, the Government reported the death toll at more than 100 after a day of violence which saw Foreign Legion paratroopers battle robed Berber tribesmen in the Atlas Mountains.

The naMves rose, up Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the former Sultan of Morocco's exile by France. The French resident general Morocco, Gilbert Grandval re ported the well in hand Saturday night. But he said he was heartbroken at the rioting nd bloodshed. CASUALTY reports from Mo- rocco were confused because terrorists played havoc with communications by felling countless phone poles. But semi-official sources reported from Rabat that 30 Europeans and 60 Moroccans died during the rioting in that region alone Saturday.

Scores more were Injured. In Moroccan cities, riots were staged by Nationalists demanding the return of exiled Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef. In the Atlas Mountains, the violence was touched off by Berber tribesmen, followers of the present Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa. In the Algerian fighting rebel troops attacked French military strong points with bombs and rifle fire. The fighting erupted in 13 suburban areas next to Con-tantine.

Sneezer Blows In CHEBOYGAN Charles Presley, dean of Cheboygan's hay fever colony, has arrived from his Sharon (Pa.) home for his 61st annual visit Buckling bridges, bursting dams and torrents of water piled disaster on disaster in six hard-hit states. The worst single tragedy was uncovered in the Pocono Mountain resort area of Pennsylvania. Rescue workers found grim evidence that a camp with 42 women and children vacationers had been washed away, leaving only three known survivors. Twenty-seven bodies were found about a mile and a half down the creek from the camp near East Stroudsburg. Twelve still were missing and feared dead.

Six others had left the camp before the floods hit. The camp tragedy raised the known dead in Pennsylvania to 87. There also were 30 dead in Connecticut, 17 In Mssachu- Wby "showers" flooded the Northeast. Page 2, Section C. setts, four in New York, five In New Jersey, two in Virginia and one each in Delaware and Rhode Island.

That made the over-all total 147, with many more still missing. The damage was counted in billions. SCORES OF communities still were in turmoil, their communications virtually cut off, utility services dead, roads destroyed and undermined, drinking water polluted. President Eisenhower, acting to rush federal aid to the areas, designated Pennsylvania, Connecticut, North Carolina, New Turn to Page 10, Column 1 Smoking Package Jolts the Experts FRANKFURT, Germany 0J.P.) Badly frightened postoffice employes rushed a smoking package out of a crowded railway station and dumped it in a vacant lot. Firemen and bomb experts roped off the area and waited for the "bomb" to explode.

When it didn't, demolition men opened the package and found a toy auto whose battery powered motor had short-circuited, causing the smoke. Lef Have Another Steam Bath BY ED YVTSGE Free Press Staff Writer With a steamy 95 predicted for Sunday, at least 92 for Monday and no relief in sight, one fact became self-evident: They just don't make summers in Michigan the way they used to. And haven't for the last four years. Detroiters used to brag: "We never have more than 10 hot days a summer." A "hot" day, by Michigan standards, is when the thermometer boils above 90 degrees. STATISTICALLY, this is still true if you average out the 80-year period from 1874 through 1954.

But look what the last four summers have done to us. So far this year, Including Saturday, we've had 26 days of 90-plus heat. Last year there were 17, and in 1953 there were 20. The record was set in 1952, with 29. That means there have been an average of 23 "hot" days a summer for four years.

After a Hot night, thunder-showers were forecast for Sunday with the accompanying high of 95. There was no foreseeable relief from the heat wave. A cold front, stubbornly standing still in the Lake Superior region, is blessing the Upper Peninsula with temperatures in the low 70s. But a funnel of hot air streaming up from the Gulf of Mexico will keep things steamy in Detroit. Floods Kill 30 KARACHI, Pakistan (VP) Thirty persons have died in the last 24 hours in floods in the hilly frontier districts of Peshawar Kohat and Dera Ismail Kahn.

Carol and Linda Their Patrolman George E. Krueger had worked hard to solve them until a shotgun blast cut him down, making a widow of Christine Sophia, 23, and orphaning their three tow-headed youngsters. Shock and grief Saturday kept Mrs. Krueger from thinking about the future the mortgage on the $8,500 house, car payments, other debts. SHE DDDX'T know it, but The Hundred Club, philanthropic group of leading citizens, already had gone into action.

Donald M. Mumford, secretary and a director of the club, promised an immediate investigation. The club is orearized to aid widows of policemen and firemen killed in the line of duty. Customary procedure is to put a check in the widow's hands within a day for immediate expenses, then take care of all obligations. Mrs.

Krueger wasn't sure how much is owed on the house, purchased in February. "It was hard to make ends meet, but he never complained," she said. "He was a good manager." But Krueger recently had con-Turn te Page Column 4 Youth Gets 7 Draft Choices Young men have seven choices of length and type of military service. See Page 15-D. Fashion Pirates on the Prowl you'll find the story on page 1-B Gas Tycoon Turns to Beef riding local range on page 1-C Devine Shows Sports Evil in story on page 2-D As of Today 2-D Movies, Stag 14-B Astrology 16-B Overstreet 6-C Bonanza Bill 3-A Dr.

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