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    The Pontiac Press: 1961-01-14
    (The Pontiac Press, 1961-01-14)
    In the next five years: ‘schools need $1 billion’ ; Two high-speed collisions kill 5 men, 7 teens ; City falls below requirement: group push local air flights ; Detect red rocket man-in-space shot? ; Second integration test looms for U. of Georgia ; 50s were too good to last ; Quiz suspects in girl’s slaying ; Swainson calls for equitable fiscal changes ; Country had two presidents March 4th, 1861: First Civil War shots fired 100 years ago ; Apprehend two in store theft ; The day in Birmingham: Pleads guilty in theft; others say: innocent ; Fidel dumps problem right in Kennedy’s lap ; Lawyer offers court changes ; Raid on home nets 13 arrests ; Lumumbra back in Irons following brief release ; Claims Russia has lost 2 men in space flights ; Charge two men with theft try ; Admits drive-in theft in Highland Twp ; Rev. W. A. Alcorn names ‘eureka; topic of sermon, Estranged wife almost killed ; Berkley man injured when car hits tree ; Birmingham driver critical after crash ; Air traffic control blamed for crash ; Earl dines in clouds with popular actress ; Request public ear for talks ; Metropolitans plan meeting tonight at Elks ; Railroadman John Munnings retires again ; Belgian socialists call on Baudouin
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    The Pontiac Press: 1961-01-18
    (The Pontiac Press, 1961-01-18)
    Swainson proposes budget for ‘tight’ year ; Ike predicts ‘period of sound growth’ ; Chrysler is sued for $475,000 total ; Swainson cuts MSUO budget ; Tentative ’62 allotment: $200,000 set for airport ; Gets 60 days fined: young Harrelson guilty ; Slays wife, 4 children and himself ; Add prizes for cooking school ; Public stays silent on ’61 budget ; Two China regiments near Thailand border ; Frightened feline finds refuge ; Calls Red China tough to ignore ; The day in Birmingham: narcotics will be topic for education minister ; May sign treaty with E. Reich: K threatens Berlin move ; Kennedy needs breathing spell ; President Ike very happy he kept us out of war ; Henry is given absence leave ; Joe Kennedy in Washington ‘for the Pah-ty’ ; Okay increase in rules’ body ; HST glad to see all those Dems in Washington ; Highlights of President’s message ; Deaths in Pontiac and nearby areas ; Rocket report by area woman remains mystery ; Flood control probes could affect Oakland ; Russians have hopes for Kennedy ; Premature twins die despite efforts ; Court handles about $1 million ; Leave Feb. 18 for lake in Mexico: Jackson skindivers to hunt Mayan city ; Tickets pull in $87,409 in year ; Will give attention to Adrian plant sale ; Admission price to rise a dime at State Fair ; U. of M. alumni fund has second-best year
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    The Pontiac Press: 1961-01-20
    (The Pontiac Press, 1961-01-20)
    New president plunges into world problems ; 102 passengers escape death as jet crashes ; Coffee break change from Ike-HST in 1953 ; Motor wire smokes, causes excitement ; Area woman to usher a ‘fantasy’ ; Kennedy pleads with Soviets to work for peace ; 1,000 work to clear off ice: parade goes on despite snow ; Plan $5-million area hospital ; Shuffle Waterford school personnel: mayor changes involve new Kettering school ; Resume talks in rail tie-up ; In Royal Oak Township: no warrant on fire chief ; Students tuned to inauguration ; The day in Birmingham: School board sets 1.5 minimum for graduation ; Hold husband in wife’s death ; Deadline for registering is Monday ; Pontiac general to spend $180,000 ; Need 142,000 classrooms ; Pontiac’s Earl Maxwell heads Negro fund here ; Communist Party bacs K’s reforms ; Give AT&T green light for satellite contacts ; Old Man Winter kind to road commission ; Snow sends Hoover back to Florida ; Veteran newsman dies in Holland hospital ; Pontiac fifth among new car registrations for ’60 ; Victims mirror disaster ; Survivors, tell how they fleed ; Dash from wreck cost man $40,000
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    The Pontiac Press: 1961-02-02
    (The Pontiac Press, 1961-02-02)
    Kennedy pushing fast economic projects ; Passengers leaving liner: breathe sighs of Thanksgiving for freedom ; ‘Where’s my electric blanket?’ ; Ask extension of jobless pay, more U.S. jobs ; Pontiac auto output ahead of ’60 pace ; Error behind liner seizure? ; Annual Chamber Dinner hears Dr. Carl Winters ; Lighting bid for hospital is accepted ; Mcmillan to visit JFK week April 2 ; Court drops UAW as cross co. agent ; Air traffic rises 25 pct. ; The day in Birmingham: cash-saving amendment may go on April ballot ; ’61 plates to be sold at Waterford Hall ; Waterford Twp. Chorus readies for performance ; Faces felonious driving charge ; Book puts students in a bind ; K to give Ukraine official 2nd chance ; Sues tavern owners for serving husband ; Women, office workers help fight droughts: six million Chinese uprooted to Farm ; Won’t leave jail till charges dropped ; Cite automation as job threat ; Two PTAs will meet at 8 tonight