age ▁resulted ▁from ▁the ▁city ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁facilities ▁to ▁pur ify , ▁p ump , ▁and ▁dist ribute ▁enough ▁water ▁to ▁keep ▁up ▁with ▁increased ▁demand . ▁Len hardt ▁announced ▁his ▁res ignation ▁on ▁August ▁ 5 ▁after ▁being ▁public ly ▁critic ized ▁by ▁Mayor ▁Cob o . ▁ ▁July / August ▁- ▁Re ports ▁of ▁an ▁all ig ator ▁in ▁Lower ▁Long ▁Lake ▁in ▁Blo om field ▁Township , ▁Michigan , ▁attract ed ▁an ▁all ig ator ▁wrest ler ▁with ▁a ▁female ▁all ig ator ▁as ▁a ▁l ure ▁to ▁the ▁lake . ▁ ▁July ▁ 1 ▁- ▁Autom obile ▁production ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁six ▁months ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁tot aled ▁ 4 , 8 9 9 , 0 0 0 , ▁a ▁record ▁figure ▁that ▁sur pass ed ▁full ▁year ▁production ▁for ▁every ▁year ▁prior ▁to ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁several ▁post war ▁years . ▁The ▁production ▁break down ▁was ▁ 2 , 4 5 8 , 6 4 6 ▁by ▁General ▁Mot ors , ▁ 1 , 3 4 4 , 5 6 8 ▁by ▁Ford , ▁and ▁ 8 4 9 , 1 2 9 ▁for ▁Ch rys ler . ▁ ▁July ▁ 1 1 ▁- ▁The ▁water ▁was ▁shut ▁off ▁in ▁Ut ica , ▁Michigan , ▁after ▁high ▁levels ▁of ▁chrom ium ▁waste ▁was ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁water ▁supply . ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 3 , ▁Detroit ▁offered ▁to ▁supply ▁water ▁to ▁Ut ica ▁as ▁water ▁there ▁remained ▁highly ▁cont amin