The Pontiac Press

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OU Libraries has completed digitizing a portion of the Pontiac Press newspaper, spanning August 17, 1953 to December 31, 1969. These digitized issues capture a transformative period in local history, covering Oakland County's rapid suburban growth and demographic shifts, as well as chronicling important developments in the history of our own Oakland University. In addition to offering a unique window into the social, economic, and political landscape of Oakland County, the collection includes coverage of the civil rights movement, automotive industry developments, and significant local history such as the Detroit Rebellion of 1967. This resource will be of particular interest to researchers interested in labor history, the automotive industry, and urban planning. The collection also contains classifieds, political cartoons, community events, and advertisements, providing a rich cultural snapshot of southeast Michigan.

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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-08
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    Williams 'Finds' $19 Million for State Coffers ; He Didn't Like Visit to Pontiac ; Primary Draws Kennedy, Nixon -- and Rocky ; Budget Secret 'Slips Out' ; GOP Choruses 'Told You So' at Discovery ; Ike Sees $4.2 Billion Surplus Goodby to Tight Money? ; Charge Unionist in Kohler Strike ; Snatch 2 from Ice, 25 Waiting Calmly ; Red Missiles to Hit Pacific ; 'Show Us!' Skeptics Cry to Ike ; Harrelson Blaze Called Accidental ; Pontiac Northern Principal Wins Fulbright Award ; Swings Death Blow to Marine Swagger Sticks ; Novel to Start ; Chill Back On Again Over the Weekend
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-28
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    Governor's 1960-61 Budget Holds Tax Line ; Mental Health, Colleges Given Bigger Support ; MSUO Request Chopped ; Farmington Twp. Residents Menaced by Escape of Inflammable Gas Fumes ; Tank Is Sealed, Easing Scare for Many in Area ; Junior Chamber Selects Its Finest ; Men, Too, Brave Weather to Attend Cooking School ; Haskill Is 'Outstanding Man' ; Press Publisher Predicts Prosperous '60 for City ; Probe Plight of Area Family ; Joint Graduation for PCH, PNH at 8 Tonight
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-30
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    Romney Vows Anew: 'I Won't Seek Office' ; Wouldn't Even Accept Draft or Nomination ; Record $6 Million City Budget Adopted ; Army Seals Off Insurgent Camps at De Gaulle Acts ; No Hike in Present Tax Rate Seen by Willman ; Climax to Press Cooking School ; Milk Walkout Threat Swells ; Budget Hints Eastman's Going Soon ; Overjoyed at Winning Stove ; Medaris Warns -- Space Disaster ; Will Crisis Send Paratroopers into Paris? Believes France Will Rally Round De Gaulle ; State Road Deaths Up 5 Per Cent in 1959
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    The Pontiac Press: 1956-01-18
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    Tanker blast kills 16; 20 missing: Blaze destroys gasoline ship, Louisiana dock ; Detroit orders 150 GM diesels for two streets ; Meg abdicates glamor throne to cousin 'Alex' ; Ohio jet crash kills one pilot ; Bank re-elects board, officers ; Believe missionaries died while fighting Indians ; Wilson verifies Ridgway charge ; Gun duel kills officer, robber ; Two men injured as auto hits train ; Give tentative OK to city's '56 budget ; Long captures Louisiana ; Higgins says toll roads will help cut state taxes ; Plan six major traffic changes in city ; The day in Birmingham: Socony, Jacobson's start new Woodward buildings ; Police open fire on India rioters ; Experts have many ways to solve road problems ; Group eyes erection of shopping center ; 'Calculated risk is vital to guarantee peace' - Dulles ; LeRoy Richards dies at home ; New Ford stock surges $5 before trading begins ; Cancer unit officer resigns Pontiac post ; Area engineer dies suddenly; Ike endorses plan to have interests share costs of water benefits ; Attack by shark kills state man ; Soviet worker envisions more labor austerity, sacrifices under new program
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    The Pontiac Press: 1956-01-23
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    29 killed, 137 hurt in coast train smashup ; Williams asks $339 million: General fund request breaks all-time mark ; Investigate tip killer at large in Pontiac area ; Arrest suspect in hotel slaying ; GOP watching Illinois primary ; Milford 4-H girl, 15, wins countywide pie contest ; Horrible wreck described: 'Trampling men, women, children spilled in a pile' ; Local cold snap staying tonight ; Producer Korde dies in England ; New traffic routes become law today ; May take days to acquire names of train victims ; First-degree murder charged to Flint wife ; Kefauver slated to address rally at hall in Utica ; Classrooms less crowded, superintendent reveals ; Deputies probe mystery death ; Ionia woman killed in crash ; The day in Birmingham: Commission agenda full; also to honor Dr. Kemp ; Court sentences husband slayer ; Marketing expert to address chamber ; Aerotrain scheduled for Detroit showing ; Crusader blames public for failing to cure cancer ; Attacks speed in automobiles ; AMA will discuss road safety in Detroit ; Metropolitans, Auxiliary to hold joint installation ; Britons worry about the prince ; Catholics given efficiency rating ; Accused burglar captured as raw operation fails
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    The Pontiac Press: 1956-03-15
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    GOP Senators cutting governor's budget: Revamp funds for 3 hospitals in county area ; Dog tired? It may be spring is on the way ; Citizens study future problems for Waterford ; Irish-American greeting ; Lid on Cyprus tightened ; Senators locked over farm bill ; Eisenhower invites Nehru for US visit ; Speeches, tours on agenda of Irish Premier ; City teachers ask board for higher pay next year ; Wilson hopes Reds will talk ; Start of building seen for March ; Monkey business aloft ; See skillet club for proof ; Romans cut Caesar again by refusal to mark Ides ; This chimp's no chump ; Marroso mute on tax charge ; The day in Birmingham: Lecturers added ; Sale for town hall continues ; Register of deeds to seek re-election ; Level drunk driving charge at official ; Burglary suspects held for examination ; Charge dismissed in knifing count ; Coral reef topic drawing four to the Bahamas ; Projectionist sets high movie record ; Check TV, radio lanes for fraud ; English mothers 'scolded' about vaccine issue
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    The Pontiac Press: 1956-04-07
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    Bank robbery suspects taken in gun battle: FBI and police trap fugitives in rented rooms ; House approves 150,000 grant to toll authority ; City increases total valuation by $22,895,795 ; Big wind rips through Atlanta ; Mexico arrests relatives of wanted Thorpe couple ; Tornadoes rip Carolina towns ; Grace Kelly aboard liner sails past Azores today ; Area pilot dies as jet crashes ; Winds predicted today in Masters ; Wayne U legislation is sent to governor ; Prisoner's plight brings clothing from trial jury ; Ask aid for victims of tornado disaster ; GMC's technical center to be dedicated May 15 ; Educator analyzes water problem ; Mexico issues murder count ; Say Riesel may regain sight ; The day in Birmingham: Eton residents called to third paving hearing ; Arrest adults, teenagers on store burglary charges ; Would double school spending ; Governor gets school aid bill ; Observe Irish setter which bit 3-year-old ; Clawson man faces kidnaping charges ; LA claims census makes her 3rd city ; Iron workers start constructing Mackinac Bridge ; Cites local students for top scholarship ; Attorney eyes seat in Michigan Senate ; Former deputy seeks nomination to sheriff ; Republicans move into new quarters ; Lake Angelus man files assessment suit ; Israel, Egypt still battle in Gaza strip ; Volcanic Cyprus would make fine Hollywood movie ; Paris firm will answer any question submitted ; Alger Hiss to speak on Princeton campus ; Army officer rattled by name and rank ; Oakland County students take honors at U of M ; German student sorry to leave US friends ; School pledges reach $100,000 ; City sets April 23 public hearing ; Drive launched to erect church on Hatchery Road ; Chad Ritchie to talk at Republican confab ; Advertise soon for school bids ; Rabbi to take Rochester pulpit in Sunday service ; Pastor to be installed at 102-year-old church ; Civic leaders to analyze youth role in community ; Bug, woman create mystery ; Boyce Brown, jazz great becomes Brother Matthew ; Globemaster burns, three crewmen die ; Say copper industry in 'A-1' condition ; Ambassadors face review in Congress ; 'Home' from the sea after 2 years afloat
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    The Pontiac Press: 1956-04-14
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    Okay $7 million school budget ; Ike, Benson still mulling over farm proposal ; Twin tax refund makes Friday 13 rosy for student ; Gruenther may 'aid' Air Force ; Margaret heading home floating on a pink cloud ; Kefauver, Adlai meet in Florida ; City ponders crackdown on employe suburbanites ; Mideast peace talks continue ; Snow removal taxes budget ; Saratoga joins the fleet ; Rain dampens Kelly-Rainier wedding locale ; Tax form rush looms at revenue office ; Bridal attendant dies in collision ; The day in Birmingham: Library budget surplus to go into redecorating ; Beaming Rainier relaxes in glow of Kelly 'magic' ; Burglars ransack to Pontiac firms ; Scout chairman wins new term ; Mexican police deny capture of Thorpes ; Acid victim Riesel suffering relapse ; Detroiter Piggins orders vice probe ; Fear missing youth may meet foul play ; Colossal, 9-acre New York Coliseum cost 35 million - opens on April 28 ; Plant may cut farmers' woes ; 2-faced dollar bill oddity is mystery ; Former T-man faces charge on filing returns ; Area school boards OK budgets for coming year ; School team to debate Monday at Imlay City ; Lakeland moves to new church ; MMPA leader calls meeting ; Campaign for Rochester civic concert nears climax ; 'Angora Princess' is Rochester girl, 13 ; Church alters service times ; Milford Masons sponsor DeMolay unit ; Daily Worker joins anti-Stalin campaign ; Policemen nab jittery gunman ; Maine 'selects' women senator for high office ; Report finding vital hormone
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    The Pontiac Press: 1956-09-17
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    Dulles denies US to pay for canal boycott: But pledges oil, dollars if Suez route is blocked ; Approval of budget delayed by protest: Sparks claims salary raises are inadequate ; Brutus comes home ; Linda Vista School opens for 400 pupils tomorrow ; Heart attacks hit 2 on roof ; AAA grants $50,000 to study traffic safety ; Cobo speaks in county cites state's Xway needs ; Farm economy rise revealed ; Adlai readying farm belt tour ; UF solicitors start doorbell drive ; Fourteen killed on Michigan roads over weekend ; Hit by train, railroader dies ; Kroger opens third area food market ; Ike's grandson sports new Confederate cap ; Local blind pig raided, 7 jailed ; Pontiac, Detroit hospitals unite ; Royal Oak doctor dies in hospital ; Suspect some nationalities harder hit by heart disease than others in US ; AF plant studying earth's magnetism ; Swedish Socialists returned to office ; Draft is considered to boost reserves ; Boy, 11, shoots dad in spat near Howell ; State's one-man grand juries colorful, but are they legal?
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    The Pontiac Press: 1956-10-26
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    Press answers budget critics ; Rebels take over west Hungary ; Collision claims lives of children ; New riots stall Polish leaders' trip to Moscow ; 2 killed, 4 hurt in headon crash ; Security rolls hit 9 million by November 30 ; King's assassination denied by Jordan ; Wayne flier, 3 more killed in B47 crash ; Ike, Adlai trade political punches ; $25,000 blaze hits downtown ; School teachers of county to attend educational parley at Madison Junior ; The day in Birmingham: Building seen increasing with business emphasis ; Notify city before throwing away any tree ; Industrial division of UF seeking goal of $414,000 ; School board OK's plans for 2 elementary schools ; Budapest escapee tells of gory fight, 2,500 dead as Hungary resists Reds ; Prison term swayed Hungarian leader away from Stalinism ; Red-spurred mobs rioting in Singapore
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    The Pontiac Press: 1956-11-30
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    Giant parade will escort Santa downtown ; US launches program to furnish oil for Europe: Move indicates canal invaders are getting out ; $5,381,779 budget studied ; Haskill wants new laws ; 200 civilians attack Cuba police posts ; Justice ponders his resignation ; Fatigue called biggest hazard to useful life ; Shorn Romeo student readmitted ; US takes decathlon ; Police check two holdups ; Peeping Tom picks house of ex-boxer ; Mayor checked by city ruling ; US pressing hard for Budapest team ; The day in Birmingham: Lodge may abandon plan for Maple-Arlington site ; Mother and three tots perish in flames ; Police question two in golf club robbery ; Elks to pay tribute to former members ; Doubts boy set forest fire ; New ordinance aids builders
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-01-15
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    Governor tells legislators to use vets' fund ; Oakland's new university is really shaping up ; D. B. Varner named director of MSUO ; MSUO's first building proceeding on schedule ; House Dems simmer with GOP in control ; GOP cuts down power of Dems ; Executions rise to 195 in Cuba ; Army discloses plan to launch 2nd moon probe ; Name Coulacos 'Man of the Year' ; It may be pawnshop for vet fund ; Cannon assails budget pressure tactics ; The day in Birmingham: U of M alumnae plan telephone bridge parties ; Dapper Texan tells his story ; GM shows trucks in Chicago ; Drive launched to help burned out area family ; Waterford teen club closed by police ; Las Vegas hotel wants beauties, not strippers ; Wichita restores part of old west ; Roseville bows to Irish, moves election date
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-01-20
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    Ike declares war on inflation in economy message to Congress ; Adoption code proposal hits 'baby buying' ; Red embassy hit parade ; 7-room house vanishes while owner is gone ; Alaska governor 'critical'; plan emergency surgery ; Walkout ends in Argentina ; Russian heads home, 'glad for welcome' ; Call Harrelson, Kierdorf in trial ; Attack philosophy of tax committee majority report ; How lethal can germ warfare be? ; Propose Sunday beer ban vote ; The day in Birmingham: Ambulance service bids will be sought by city ; Dinner to honor Pontiac doctor ; Willman gets report on jail ; Optimist Club to hear talk by Eastman ; Vaccine for cold almost ready ; $5,919,250 city budget up for hearing tonight ; Perry Street parking cut ; GOP county parley slated tomorrow ; Snow warnings posted ; Bookie suspects mute ; End to time limit on benefits sought ; Re-elect Hartman to head GMTC credit union here ; Civil rights official dies in Washington ; Hawaii statehood bill introduced by Alaskan ; Promoter of Milford shopping center will try again ; New babies her charges ; Hold 4th meet on street costs ; Ike nominates ZImmerman to housing post ; 10 die as fires sweep homes ; Ike cites US recovery as 'lesson' in economics ; Bill asks notes from students ; LeBaron school Cub Scouts receive awards ; Say Reds lagging in farm research ; Castro to attend Havana rally ; Lake Orion baby found dead in crib ; Soil conservation meeting slated at Pontiac ; LA is not for GOP ; Ike pins medals on Von Braun, 4 other civilians ; Antonette De Florio weds at Walled Lake church ; Van Heflin satisfied with acting career ; Plot theory probed in Galveston tragedy ; Reds show gift horses ; Higher grants urged for care of elderly ; Menshikov plans holiday journey back to Russia
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-01-26
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    Ultimatum to Straley: 'Quit or face charges': angered police chief vows he'll fight ouster ; Angry reaction of veterans big surprise to Williams ; More cold, more snow; aw nerts ; Aftermath of Ohio floods ; Given sentence to Tsermengas ; Flooded areas staggering under heavy new snow ; Detroit tot smothers in tub under pillow ; Vote AFL-CIO merger ; Aide to Reuther elected codirector of Region 1A ; Pope to call unity gathering ; Pontiac General suffers record losses in 1958 ; Tanker overturns - milk freezes into ice cream ; The day in Birmingham: To discuss license fees for 'fire hazard' firms ; Cabinet, chief resign in Italy ; US to reassure Reds ; Sedition trial opens after 3 years' delay ; Commercial jet service inaugurated ; Castro back for 2nd 'war crimes' trial ; Hayden, children set sail ; Order trial on assault for Detroit policemen ; Driving rights taken from 45 ; Ask map ban reversal as 1958 supply runs out ; Today's bars 'much worse' than saloons ; Hutchinson says budget critical ; Celeste Holm has champagne spirit ; Error found in rocket launching math
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-01-27
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    MSU, U of M facing crisis: Banks cut off credit ; 'Russians seek to win cold war, not end it' ; $140 million tax hike asked by Williams ; Eastman drafts ouster charges against Straley ; Faithful swan reunited with mate at last ; Teamster owns trucking firm ; Nikita outlines plan for Russia ; 'The future' looks rosy to Williams ; New car sales going up ; Detroit hospital cuts welfare case load ; Snow stealing road building funds ; Up school spending, Williams asks ; Detroit asks Los Angeles for facts ; Pontiac Motor man to retire ; The day in Birmingham: City tightens restrictions on dogs running loose ; Deadline looms for sports queen contest in city ; City's lack of facilities causing river pollution ; Jury may decide Alyea's fate today ; State police herd cattle on Xway ; East continues to suffer ; City PTAs reveal plans to set up polio clinics ; Moon try set for Feb. 28 ; Gold-plated bathroom fixtures coming up ; Michigan Bell starts contract talks today ; Ike's labor message won't ask curbing of union politics ; Sheriff, son fined on assault charges ; Sewage plant issue revived ; Deaf mute will face charge of murder ; Acquitted Alabama judge boasts he 'defied US' ; Man who shot Switzer cleared
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-01-30
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    Williams remedy for cash ills due tonight ; Split GM in two, says Romney ; Roads treacherous as rain becomes ice ; City crime rate soars in 1958 ; London smog lifts slightly ; County GOP wants action ; Crash on Dixie kills Flint man ; Chance meeting nets MSUO $100 donation; Pledges US haste to put man in space ; Area woman dies, mate hurt in crash ; Pontiac industrial leader announces his retirement ; 2 Orion youths face charges ; Dahlberg urges United Church to save world ; The day in Birmingham: Saturday morning swim is popular with youths ; Sheriff's lake patrol featured ; Car output totals 119,300 this week ; Ask committee to probe state labor picture ; Sen. Green resigns as committee head ; Man dies, road melts as oil truck burns ; Seek to restore Michilimackinac ; Mental patients better off with jobs at hospital ; Traffic toll in '68 lowest since '54; "We will not integrate" - South
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-05-20
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    'We'll never fire the first shot' - NIkita ; Farm loan limit cut to $50,000 ; Herter blasts Russian plan for Berlin peace ; Bachelor king in Hollywood ; Dulles clings to life under painkillers ; Hoffa denies strike threat ; Board again okays sewers ; Is state really broke? : County gets $4,387,585 ; The Press wins state award for sales idea ; Women's rights proposal OK'd by Senate group ; Sen. Kennedy to address Dem dinner in Detroit ; Supreme Court justices visit Pontiac ; Rail speed curb urged for city ; Trumans get good news in duplicate ; The day in Birmingham; Expect 200 at workshop on horticultural therapy ; Plane hits barracks: 3 killed, 14 injured ; Retired fire engine 4 scores big hit on city playground ; Holiday Inn blaze jams Ohio X-way ; Reviewing city's assessment policy ; Nixon will start '60 drive soon ; Luring U of M faculty ; Iran battles to keep Reds at bay ; Rescue woman from rapids ; Governor vetoes pay hike, now may get nothing ; United Presbyterian progress reported ; Marigold mob scents victory on Capitol Hill ; Plans useful sky platform ; House eatery must serve Michigan soup
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-05-26
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    State to meet university payrolls: Federal funds for welfare to be diverted ; Counties want to keep part of any new taxes ; Boat blamed in drowning: Walled Lake buy drowns day before his birthday ; GOP eyes increased state budget ; Dulles lies in state at National Cathedral ; Little Rock vote raps Faubus ; Tokyo chosen for site of 1964 Olympic games ; Mother insane, judge rules ; Sen. Hart will deliver Memorial Day talk here ; OK courthouse financing ; Sentenced in gang beating ; Lodge offers new tax plan ; The day in Birmingham: West Lincoln residents oppose wider pavement ; Centennial planners seek funds ; Adopts '59 tax valuation ; High holiday toll feared ; Lynch report causes row ; Kentucky primary today could affect presidency ; Grateful convict helps United Fund ; Sales hopes go out the window in cagey pitch ; Dulles never lacked critics of his foreign policies ; Tennesseean gets welcome ; Army man robs to patch up marital rift ; $2 million gift to save 'palace' ; Cooley school PTA to be organized ; Rich dole-getter dies of starvation
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-06-11
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    Cash crisis is crushing Michigan's creditors ; Long civic interest applauded: Community Council honors Poole for good citizenship ; Flat rate plan under fire: 2 pct. income levy accorded little chance ; Hunt for Susan eases as police discover diary: Detroit girl, 14, was desperately unhappy, may have run away ; 'Fanfaronade' does it ; Hoffa will respect court; labor legislation nears; '61 Open gold tournament to be held at Oakland Hills ; Ionia hospital says he's cured: Will release 'mad sniper' ; 2nd judgeship still possibility ; The day in Birmingham: 3 major programs remain on Arts Festival lineup ; Waterford grads told of system's high standing ; City's Jaycees install leaders ; Herter, Soviet in showdown ; Richman will head merchants group ; To air top missile plan ; SOS sent out for dog that bit little girl ; New nose cone successfully fired ; Pigs of no help to jail escapee ; Alley cat pet saves child from rattler ; Defense at work in Liberace suit ; Ike's state legislator wins master's degree ; Steps taken to link Algeria and France ; 'Fishcal' crisis hits West Germans
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    The Pontiac Press: 1959-06-20
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    Grumbly House OKs rise of debt lid to $295 billion ; Dad is having his day ; Hospital use tops agenda of supervisors ; Press gets first entry in 'Big Fish Derby' ; Traffic safety is people ; Busy schedule wearies queen ; Local Army reservists off for Wisconsin tonight ; Budget rush angers solons ; You'll see her in New York ; Who's the boss in Louisiana? ; The day in Birmingham: Police quiz brothers in abduction, robbery ; Citizens start movement to solve state's problems ; Lack special teachers ; Ministers recess until 13th of July ; Royal Oak loses mayor in death ; Jobless worker charged with stealing food ; Crippling polio case rate up ; Never hoped to be acting governor ; Diplomats flaunt laws in Washington ; Dems in full retreat on spending program ; Sen. Kennedy sure Hoffa to be booted ; Detroit River yields British flier's body