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Item The Pontiac Press: 1969-01-10(The Pontiac Press, 1969-01-10)Edwards new board head in GOP-splinter Dem win ; Pontiac plan gets a two-way boost ; LBJ wants joint surtax push ; Secret quizzing for Sirhan jury? ; Nixon aides map program for Congress ; Arctic chill to linger still ; US selects moon-landing team ; Civilian heads US team for moon landing ; Milliken, House boost pro-parochiaid forces ; Adman named to new post at Detroit firm ; Red toll six time allies - S. Viet; Unrest hits colleges on east, west coasts ; Employe's death laid to poison ; OU benefactor's will challenged ; Schools to start clothing drive ; Japan to produce jets ; Much of Italy is affected by new wave of strikes ; Hospital eases curb on visitors ; Sweden gives Hanoi full diplomatic ties ; Hospital to dedicate $1-million facility ; New York to honor Apollo 8 crew ; Flu-related deaths triple usual rate ; Troy school officials claim classroom shortage ; New head of county board has work cut out for him ; Police on guard in oil strike ; 3 districts seek state grant to study year-round school ; '68 Dairyman of the Year is Rose Township farmer ; Vickers unit is moved near center in Troy ; Deadline near for tree orders ; Independence Ok to final drafting of sewer-setup plan ; School-closing plan is detailedItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-01-11(The Pontiac Press, 1969-01-11)House Dems bills hit Taft-Hartley 14B ; LBJ farewell talk Tuesday; budget later ; Traffic-copter crash kills pilot in New York ; US serves Big Four, Charges delay on clean-air devices ; Lunar landing crew talks about mission ; Peru airliner hijacked ; General in W. Berlin ; Troy school vote Monday ; Milder weather on the way ; Income tax hike asked by Detroit ; Israeli jets attack farms, Jordan says ; World Affairs seminar will start Jan. 22 ; Murphy death almost official ; Auto magazine honors exec ; Kidnap suspect to stand trial ; Nixon asks Bliss to stay in job ; Safety director at OU to resign ; Pontiac area C. of C. sets meeting Jan. 29 ; Foes of missiles to meet Monday ; 2 state houses start hot war ; Court upholds conviction of 20 in Steren Club case ; Judge Beer picked for riot-death trial ; Pueblo crew on duty ; McCarthy committee pick is a puzzler ; Saturday Evening Post printing its final issues ; Hospital hunts patient killer ; Brink's guard killed, one suspect is held ; Death dancer is found dead ; Water line break wreaks havoc ; concern for child brings Yank deserter backItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-01-14(The Pontiac Press, 1969-01-14)Oil pipeline leak perils sector of Lima, Ohio ; Marines hit beach; biggest Viet landing ; Orbiting Russian might try linkup ; Johnson speech is expected to avoid specifics ; Jet crashes in Pacific, 15 are feared dead ; Two die as blast rips oil refinery ; Son in skyjack try joins mom ; Kresge's plan to move HQ to Troy are confirmed ; Warmer weather due for tomorrow ; Troy voters OK school levy ; New high-speed train service starts tomorrow ; Israel fears foes invent charges ; Dr. Clark faces license hearing ; Birmingham: City agrees to incinerator plan talks ; $200,000 fire kills 7 horses ; 2 Negro leaders criticize Nixon urban affairs choice ; Legislature ends feud over recess ; Nixon appointee to use wiretap ; Liquor license for motor hotel periled ; Nixon choice for interior post takes offensive ; Waterford sets sign-up for its adult classes ; Pontiac Twp. takes plan group stalemate to court ; Rochester fights ABM site ; Democrats' internal fight continues on the county board of supervisors ; I'll run the show, vows board chief ; Utica school board names 2 new execs ; Clean water aid hopes are slim ; Plea is guilty to officer assault ; GOP fights pay raiseItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-01-15(The Pontiac Press, 1969-01-15)Johnson maps broad social reform ; Nixon supports LBJ's plea for keeping surtax ; N-carrier blasts, fire kill 24; 17 are missing ; Red spacemen to switch ships? ; Dense fog lifts; area to warm up ; Detroit tax hopes dim ; City budget gets preliminary approval ; Land-sea sweeps aims to break Cong bastion ; Birmigham; Architectural control unit will be aired ; State Junior Miss pageant nears ; Rosenberg spy-case figure is freed after 17 years ; Detailed quiz for Sirhan jury ; Highlights of LBJ speech ; Parts of Midwest tasting freeze ; Oklahoma's Harris elected Dem chief ; State Senate 'Raring to go' while House marks time ; No postal politics ; Johnson asks $81.5-billion defense budget ; Here's a tip on hats - they tell a lot about the man underneath ; Troy vandalism report given ; Sewer costs down in Bloomfield Twp. ; Holly OKs plan for new junior high ; Troy engineering firm adds new partner ; Projected Kresge Co. relocation boosts Troy development plans ; W. Bloomfield will continue hearing on sewer district ; Planning unit adds 2 in Independence ; Huron Valley Board changes meeting ; Huber and 17 seek probe of collegesItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-01-16(The Pontiac Press, 1969-01-16)Wider peace talks to start Saturday ; 2 Red spacemen change ships ; GOP predicts deficit in new Johnson budget ; Junior Miss activity will begin tonight ; Postwar recession is feared ; Warmer weather, wind, rain due ; Range of prizes wide at cook school ; LBJ fiscal report stresses advance, warns of inflation ; Big federal pay hikes get Congress rush ; Bloomfield Twp. Executive elected to CNB board post ; Fire Dept's aid sought for 2 subdivisions ; 4 bandits rob city drugstore ; Divorce is granted to Mrs. DeLorean ; Navy probes carrier tragedy ; Supervisors get alternative plan ; Romney: Biggest mistake was speaking out ; 700-acre hunt club in Addison Twp. is bought by county for a sports site ; Troy to air condemnation, operation of golf course ; Septic-system leak is hunted in Pontiac Twp. ; Edison service renewal faces April Utica vote ; Insurance benefits for firemen hiked ; Man on probation for cruelty to child ; '68 road deaths 2 less in county ; Birth rate down, other figures up ; Lake weed control hearing set ; Vice president quits Brandon school board ; Orion youth gets U-M writing prize ; Device reduces injuries - GMItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-01-17(The Pontiac Press, 1969-01-17)Waterford school cutback tentatively set by board ; US troop cuts aired ; 3 cosmonauts are down safe ; Prizes, finals await Junior Miss winner ; Romney confirmation near ; County man to be top aide? ; 1,000 challenge PSH school site ; Cease-fire within 2 months possible, Lodge is quoted ; Dismal weather seen for weekend ; US Hanoi officials approve talk tables ; Autopsy backs Warren report on JFK - experts ; Urban design plan slide showings set ; Soviets getting flu ; DDT killing birds ; Cruise ship is freed ; Sirhan trial landmark? ; House to receive new parochiaid bill ; Air fare hikes tentatively OK; Decision on Clark's license may be reached in week ; Thieves in area take explosives; Brief Waterford school strike ends ; Senate panel eyeing nominees' holdings ; Black-owned market open ; 1,000 pour in ; 'Roundup' tab $15 ; Lapeer hearing draws 100 ; GOP wins county reins ; Dem caucus ousts rebels ; Date is reserved for a Walled Lake school tax vote ; Troy charter requirement for judge hopefuls voided ; Wixom council member quits ; Cash reasons out ABMs ; Hamlin PTA plans film, panel on sex ; State bill seeks to save raisesItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-01-18(The Pontiac Press, 1969-01-18)Procedures OK'd for wider talks ; Governor of Alaska alone on firing line ; Thieu: some GI's to leave in '69 ; Two 'Panthers' murdered in LA ; District Dems back expulsions ; Police guard Teddy after threat ; Mercury will drop into '20s ; Key Milliken talk expected at county GOP club dinner ; 4th cosmonaut down; Red success ; Four week course on botany set ; US plan differs with France on Mideast talks ; County airport reports '68 profit ; County traffic claims 3 lives ; Sirhan jury may be named by Tuesday ; Oil deliverer slips ; 18th district Dems pick Zemmol chairman ; Kresge confirms move to Troy site ; COG will air big health study ; tenure group gets case of fired teacher ; State Dem, wife agree on divorce ; Shaw trial is facing an indefinite delay ; Justice Dept. suit to seek IBM breakup ; Aussie gets a fare treat by US Army ; His holdup of club just a pipe dreamItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-01-23(The Pontiac Press, 1969-01-23)Tornadoes claim 28 in Mississippi ; 5 found dead, 5 still missing in creek tragedy ; Court-martial seen for Pueblo skipper ; Milliken's budget figures criticized by legislators ; Warm trend will continue ; Senate confirms Hickel for post ; Cosmonauts shot at ; Week's GI toll highest in month ; School officials: State aid hike is not enough ; City stadium authority has first meeting ; Artistic screen to adorn new Pontiac Div. building ; Lecture-discussion series on SE Asia starts Jan. 29 ; Ski school is off: No snow, so no go ; Dr. Clark loses medical license ; Speeders, beware of Waterford unit ; Lake Orion schools chief details need for levy ; Delay by Army a win for foes of ABM sites ; Avon gets cost estimate for water-sewer building ; Three-part rezoning plan for 21 acres wins approval ; Lake Orion JC's 'Boss of the Year' is exec at the Press ; Holly schools to ask 3 mils ; Fire guts 2nd floor of Birmingham home ; Bishop lashes House speaker; GOP loses 2 tax panel seats ; OU names division chief, aide ; Community recreation land lock seenItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-13(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-13)Television schedule ; Crucial vote looms on ed-reform bills ; Area protesters head to DC ; Apollo returns to schedule for Friday's launch ; County is seeking answers on drain ; War demonstration will begin tonight ; Army finishes murder probe ; $1.37 million holdup in NY ; Low in the 20s seen for tonight ; US banning most DDT uses within 2 years ; Symington opposes Haynsworth ; Exec to head family service national unit ; Two in Chicago die in gunfire ; Not going back, separatist says ; Senate opens floor debate on Haynsworth nomination ; Arms talks lid angers senators ; 'Fish-in' to fight oil platform ; Fourth report meeting of PAUF is tomorrow ; Wixom council OKs resuming drain work ; Wixom probe urged of police car case ; He built his reputation ; State unit airs incorporation bid ; Avon planning firm's bid for a higher retainer aired ; A gunman robs area bank again ; New planner is named by Oxford Twp. boardItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-14(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-14)Apollo heads for moon ; Ed-reform plan wins 2 battles in state Senate ; March is solemn, orderly ; Spiro blasts TV networks for 'biased, selective news' ; 200 from OU participate; placard is shocker for one ; PAPC out to break shackles ; Weather outlook, cloudy and cold ; 130 districts to be pressed on integration ; Plunkett drops gambling 'plot' charges of 2 ; Five elected to community house board ; Libya seizes banks ; S. Viet troops hit by own bombers ; Car plates on sale tomorrow ; City voter sign-up will end tomorrow ; Court gets white dad's appeal on dark-skinned boy ; Court fight eyed on Wixom drain ; Lake Orion mum over suspension ; 2 injured in crash in West Bloomfield ; Pact awarded for park work ; Furnace fears put a stop to stories ; Air passenger seized ; Shopping center planned ; Reward set in robbery ; School financing by states seen as answer ; Parents fail to halt use of sons' names ; Social Security hike looks likelier now ; 14 Americans killed in Viet ; Gaylord gets 4 inches of snowItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-15(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-15)March off to peaceful start ; OU students OK in violence ; Apollo spacecraft near halfway point to moon ; PAUF reaches 91.9 pct. of goal ; Hopes voiced for arms talks ; Mercury plunges to season's low ; Works to be farmed out ; Drug may aid 'too ill' heart cases ; Cranbrook show has light touch ; Pentagon to slash proposed output for controversial C5A ; State public school groups girding to fight parochiaid ; 'New Mobe' tried to stop militants but 'We failed' ; Haynsworth gains favor ; Dow napalm output halted ; Top scientists and educators visit MCOMItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-17(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-17)Apollo 12 explorers sweep into grip of lunar gravity ; Vengeful GIs killed 300 Viet civilians ; DC march peace disputed ; Weather fashions a raincoat fad ; Nixon hopeful of N-arms lid ; Man wins press grid contest ; Participants from OU feel a great sense of satisfaction ; Dem panel reveals political reform plan ; Last month's accidents at 1968 rate ; Limits won't quiet jets yet ; Bonds are sold for county jail ; Haynsworth will lose, says Griffin ; Joseph P. Kennedy near death ; China hits Soviet stand ; French aides waylaid ; Clark still the general ; 14 die on state highways ; Prof hits US war role ; Dedication is held for high school in Walled Lake ; School secretaries call in sick today ; Housing panel for Farmington Twp. planned ; Train threat fails to materialize in state after call ; Zoo backers have a hefty persuader ; TV self-examination is urged ; Fires are fatal; US bombs inside Cambodia ; Queen is chosenItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-18(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-18)Saigon money-racket hub ; Haynsworth's backers push for vote delay ; Joseph P. Kennedy loses fight for life ; Plush new motor inn is open ; Little change seen in weather picture ; Body of girl found near Battle Creek ; Astronauts set for lunar landing ; Milliken to request crime-probe panel ; 4 Viets tell story of killings by Yanks ; Ice rink find bid OK'd ; Soviet setback in space seen ; Noted physician dead at 56 ; US and Russia open arms talks ; 3 captured Yanks OK ; Children learn police can be nice ; Official eye landfill, wonder where garbage is going ; Police in Birmingham riled by pact delays ; Back to a 1-room school ; Enforcement not solving traffic ills ; Deficit seen on water, sewers ; Exec's wife, child found murdered ; Open house Sunday of new high school ; Huron Valley OKs school bond vote ; Dem-reform legislation eyed ; Man-altering virus possible in 10-15 years ; Jet pilot ejects, then surfs to safety ; March Blackmail told ; Issue of N-arms on Okinawa reportedly settled ; Driver group to meet at OU ; Neighbors come to aid of injured Illinois man ; City to study bids on $2.5 million short-term notesItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-19(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-19)On-target astronauts walk moon ; Senate war critics decry pull-out pace ; Sen. Williams will vote no on Haynsworth ; Draft lottery plan gets Senate's OK ; Money racket corrupts Viets ; Wintry weather blows into town ; Church tax status at stake ; Pravda claims US fans Mideast fire ; Lahser panel will discuss curriculum ; Battle Creek slaying victim is described as 'nice girl' ; Season's first snowstorm finds service crews ready ; Kennedy rites not sad format ; Aide to Nixon: No recession ; State PTA leader attacks parochiaid ; Final PAUF report due tomorrow ; School meeting off ; Philippines deny US payment ; Supervisors eye night meetings ; Joint party at arms talks ; Highland fire hall near end of era ; Milliken backs crime panel plan ; Birmingham school board rapped ; Company hits contract award ; 2 legislators to talk on education reform ; Immigrant is mute to murder charge ; Police still probing fatal auto crash ; State council to beef up aid to consumers ; '70 car price averages $61 over 1969 ; Gains claimed on state aid for poor childrenItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-20(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-20)Astronauts reunited in lunar orbit ; Lodge, aide quit at Paris ; NY, Nigeria plane tolls stand at 91 ; Couple to prison in drugs case ; Okinawa vital, Pentagon says ; Another chilly night ahead ; Viet infiltration up, says Laird ; Waterford cash pinch detailed ; Husband pickets wife - tired of being yes man ; School millage rally set ; County NAACP hears call for more black newsmen ; Hundred of villagers slaughtered in Viet - GI ; Schools head urges stand on special ed ; Week's war casualties highest in two months ; Big drop seen in January draft ; 7 put on spot on Haynsworth ; Phone failure angers Bloomfield Twp. official ; At 94, he bakes for fun ; 2 reporters get Milliken scoop ; Farmington OKs park plan, will seek state contribution ; Furnace at Avon library gets clean bill of health ; Neighborhood at is a hero ; Car-wash snag is ironed out ; Youth faces exam on flag charge ; 2 Avondale students air exchange programItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-21(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-21)Orbiting astronauts film moon, near flight home ; Judge Haynsworth rejected by Senate ; PAUF drive short of goal by 5.4 pct. ; US to return to Okinawa ; Weather to turn warmer - briefly ; Parish schools in fund crisis ; What 'yes' vote means ; Vice President turns guns on newspapers ; PGH proposes record budget ; Four sentenced to prison, plea for help nixed ; GOP fills finance post ; Boy, 10, killed in 2-car crash ; Pilot safe after 18 days in Arctic wilds ; Waterford tax OK promises relief ; School issue is supported ; Waterford schools get HUD grant ; Supervisors stall on resolving Oakland-Orion airport issue ; Police chief apologized to 'end' row ; He fights generation gap ; Fire department's handling of blaze is questioned ; City water near in walled Lake ; Leader Dog week proclaimed ; Ed reform a long way off ; Higbie Manufacturing to acquire Colorado Stainless tube firm ; County OKs ADC clothing fund ; OCC weighs 4th campus; Astronaut acclimation, landing hailed ; Petoskey Santa eyes sky-jump ; Adopted Koreans now Yanks ; Women 'invade' barItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-22(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-22)Nixon vows 'balanced' court ; Agnew is target of Muskie attack at fete for Hart ; Judge weighing his future after defeat in Senate ; Waterford millage hike ; How much will it cost? ; Apollo 12's journey home speeded by earth gravity ; Weekend perfect for hikes, jogging ; 24 investigated in 'Viet massacre' ; 3 escapees captures after killing ; Oil firm fishes for platform as protesters hold fish-in ; Masons give 32nd degree to 9 in area ; Press newsboy honored in rescue of friend, 81 ; Millage hike to average $90 ; Birmingham police on job ; Tiger star is chased from airport in Troy ; Muskie hits Agnew bid for muzzle on news media ; Senate unit sets Vietnam hearings ; Canada will extradite Romeo killing suspect ; Fears of Japan seen in 1970s ; Mideast strife flares ; California eyes ways to protect the consumer ; Make US hope of world, Nixon urges businessmen ; Teen of week enjoys playing sports, music ; State group honors Waterford official ; Ski area opens ; Scientists are delighted with astronauts, lunar equipmentItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-24(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-24)Television schedule ; Waterford heads list of area school votes ; Kidnaped boy pulled from lake ; Brunettes are Junior Misses in Pontiac and Waterford ; US and Russia ratify N-pact ; Apollo 12 nears splashdown ; Clouds just teasing ski buffs ; 3rd arms huddle ends ; Education unit taps Seaholm as member ; Lodge calls 'untrue' charge he balked in private talks ; Sen. Griffin scoffs at tax-cut move ; Lieutenant to face court-martial in 'massacre' at Vietnam village ; Last PAUF report for '69 due tomorrow ; Area schools voting on millage ; Weekend traffic kills 15 in state ; Library error rectified; assets, dispute fade ; Garage-home blaze damage put at $15,000 ; New Novi exec is optimistic ; Phone firm answers attack by Bloomfield Twp. official ; 3-hour blaze damages barn; landmark in Bloomfield Twp. ; Utica school bonds gain fans ; Florida senators ask Cape name change back to Canaveral ; Moon touchdown 'No piece of cake' ; Hornet crew will unfurl its welcome ; Wives' tension near endItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-25(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-25)Television schedule ; Viet killings charge is vaguely defined ; Former official gets probation, must pay $5,100 ; Germ warfare renounced ; Lake Orion manager fired in find query ; Astronauts sail to Hawaii ; Waterford school voting is heavy ; N-spread treaty still faces obstacles ; School bill being revised ; Police ask fund accounting ; Mansfield supports surtax - reluctantly ; Unit on violence urges vote at 18 ; Lazaros hires Lee Bailey for perjury trial defense ; Smashup in Avon claims Ohio girl ; Perry Pharmacy employe robbed on way to bank ; Holiday road toll may reach 800 ; Road workers OK pact ; 3 aboard plane die; 2 from area ; Answer to lake pollution in county: sanitary sewers ; Lake Orion appoints acting manager ; Adult talent is sought ; Sanitary sewer line weighed for southeast White Lake Twp. ; Suburbs, industry urged to help solve problems of Detroit ; US pounds Red positions after 3 copters hit by fire ; GOP senator raps Agnew's news standItem The Pontiac Press: 1969-11-29(The Pontiac Press, 1969-11-29)Television schedule ; Ex-POW's remarks stir Congress furor ; Missile site is a real steal ; Drug abuse efforts stir county dispute ; November to end on a cool note ; Spacemen welcomes back by families, crowd of 400 ; Housing code petitions filed ; Statue to hold Tower of Pisa ; Federal report heats mine workers' election ; Exec named to VP post with ad firm ; Former 'M' coed slain in library ; Ex-Thieu aide, 3 others sentenced as Red spies ; Welfare shelter to be mulled ; Pontiac, Buick recall models ; Fire puts 4 families out in cold ; Preliminary arms talks going well ; US Navy turns first delta base over to S. Viets ; VC supply flow halved, claims Yank guerrilla