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: 1960-01-04
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    Thermometer? It's a Plunger! Mercury May Tumble to 4 ; Peace Spreading Over Mills as Steel Accord is Reached ; Pontiac May Suffer Shivers for Five Days ; 32 Spill Out Life on State Roads to Lead Nation ; Saginaw Crash Kills 7 Persons ; French Novelist Killed in Crash ; Trivia Over Steel Peace: They All Have Their Say ; President Going to Buenos Aires ; Moore Moves on Illegitimacy ; Read All About the Fabulous Sixties! ; $150,000 Detroit Theft ; News Flash
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-05
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    Seek Drunk Test Law for Drivers ; Labor Act Author Top 'Young Man' ; Pontiac General Seeks Final Expansion Funds ; Advisory Board on Delinquency Recommended ; DiSalle to Back Kennedy in Role of Favorite Son; Fires Killed 950 in Month in '59 ; Sure, Honey, Smile ; U.S. Trying to Decide: New Steel Pact Good? ; Road Carnage Alarms State Safety Officials ; Ford Production Above Chevrolet ; Here's Prisoner Who Profited From Jail Stay ; 8,700 Tourists Back at Home Port ; Mercury May Hit Zero Here Tonight ; Detroit Judges Charge Bailiffs Paid for Nothing
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-07
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    1960 Will Be Richest Year in U.S. History, Ike Says ; And I Just Had the Suit Cleaned ; Dems in Congress Pushing Civil Rights ; Oakland GOP Officeholders to Unite in Race ; Blaze Guts Area Home ; State of Union Message Looks to End of Need ; Probe Cause of Fire at Harrelson Home ; Knudsen to Talk at Chamber Fete ; High-Powered Jailbreak Plan Foiled in Detroit ; Mortgage Bills in Area Going Up ; Slightly Warmer Next Few Days, but Not Much ; Court to Rule on Wed Student Bans ; Classic Chance for Cooks
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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: 1960-01-09
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    New State Traffic Slaughter? 5 Dead as Weekend Begins ; FAA Brings Out Four New Rules for Safe Flying ; Motorists Note: Snow and Rain Forecast Sunday ; Tuscola County Two-Car Crash Takes 3 Lives ; Was Death Gun Torn From Barbara Finch? ; Vinson to Fight Extradition Try ; Failers Get 2nd Chance at MSUO ; Custodian Gets Insurance Firm ; Bus Troubles to Be Studied ; Nixon 'Willing' Candidate Now ; Wilson Meatpackers Tense Over Bombing ; Broomfield Strong on Ford's Chances
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-11
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    Straley Ordered to Return to Work Tomorrow ; Steel Settlement Won't Kick Off Spiral -- Mitchell ; Train Jumps Rail, Killing 4 ; City Police Chief Told to Report to Eastman ; Ike Gets Secret Message ; Brigitte Bears Her 1st Child, Crowds Cheer ; Teen-Ager Drowns Testing Ice on Lake ; Start 'Marathon' in Women's Section ; News Flashes ; Ike Nominates Miller: Confirmation Next? ; Tuesday Warmer but Skies Cloudy
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-12
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    62 County Schools Close as Ice Glazes Highways ; Sheriff to Crack Down, Issues Lakes Warning ; Interest Ceiling Removal Asked by President ; At Least 30,000 Pupils at Home as Buses Halt ; Boy Drowns in Lake, Second in Two Days ; Castro Rejects U.S. Protest ; Michigan Saves $2 Million More ; Doesn't Return to Work: Straley Seeks Meeting ; Three Moms Attending MSUO Make Honor Roll ; U.S. A-Test Threat Starts Ban Confabs ; Rayburn Declines to Be Chairman of Convention ; Same Old Suppers? Read This ; Negroes to Vote By U.S. Ruling ; Whee! It's Gonna Be About 56 Tomorrow ; Carl Sandburg Will Rescue 'Own' Program
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-13
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    City Rejects Straley Resignation ; State Legislature Convenes, Short Session in View ; Campaign Funds Bill Upsets Senate Today ; President Sees Russia's Testing as OK by Law ; Eastman Must Go Too, Chief Allegedly Says ; Pair Recovering After Gunfight ; County Seeking Welfare Cuts ; 19 Apalachin Delegates Fined, Sent to Prison ; Antoine Pinay Leaves Post ; Brigitte Holds Her Newborn ; Suit to Test Legality: To Rule on Trial Board ; Local Barbers Nix Price Hike by Close Vote ; Most Families Look for Prosperity in '60 ; Breath of Spring Silently Stole Away Last Night
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-14
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    We'll Cut Armed Forces a Third, K Challenges ; Straley Back at Work Today -- but Without His Authority ; Eastman Asserts Chief Must Earn Responsibility ; City Officials Disagree on Straley Role ; Williams Asks Tax Truce ; School Board Okays $500,000 Bond Issue ; Experts Will Guide Press' Food School ; Judge Moore Sets Sights on State Boys' Program ; Putnam Chosen to Head Two Music Departments ; Rain, Temperature to Stay About Same ; Proposes Bill to Help Cupid Cross Ocean
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-15
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    Blaming Suicide Bomb in Airliner Explosion ; West Works on Reds to Halt Arms Secrecy ; Williams Lashed for Requesting Heavy Spending ; Evidence Points to Victim With New Insurance ; Follow Our Leader -- Reds ; Car Hits Train, Arrest Driver ; Rain…Sleet...Snow Bring Load of Woe ; Famed Doctor Held in Killing ; To Get One Dollar Cuts Long-Hairs Will March ; Mild Influenza Creeps Into Country ; GM Plane Official Says: Must Desire Air Service
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-16
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    Feared Death in Plane Scandal Near Bomb Suspect ; Finance Deals Tangled Up His Happy Life | 3 Face Treason Charges for Anti-Semitic Acts | TV Writers Strike May Halt Shows ; Youth Boasts of 'Nazi' Club ; Justice Clears 3 in RO Twp. ; State Officials Ponder Moore's Youth Proposal ; Scott Charges Own Union Behind Suit Against Him ; Knudsen Chairman of City-Plant Group ; Now's the Time to Get Cooking School Tickets ; Little Buddies Rest for Awhile ; Another Frigid 20-Degree Night Expected Here
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-18
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    $4.18 Billion Bulge Ike Budget Calls for Surplus ; Judge Promises Fast Hearing on Trial Board ; Dr. Sullenberger Agrees to Take Hospital 'Rest' ; President Says It Can Help Bring Tax Cut ; Was Victim a Hypnotized Dupe? Death-Plane Mystery Darkens ; $500,000 in Surplus to Go Toward New Courthouse ; Ike Will Visit Russia in June ; Produces Atomic Electricity for Over a Year ; Japanese Premier Kishi to Ink Pact in White House ; Bus Strike Over in Kalamazoo: Silence Here ; Area Gets Heavy Snow Warning ; Don't Expect Hike on Mail or Gasoline
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-19
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    Ex-Con Cracks, Reveals Grave in Commerce ; Leads Officer to Companion's Riddled Body ; Three From Michigan Dead in Airliner Crash Killing 50 ; Norfolk-Bound Capital Viscount Shatters on Hill ; Doctor Off for Hospital After Fire ; Light Snow, Colder Two-Day Forecast ; Ranges to Be Prizes at Cooking School ; Schedule Talks on Bus Walkout ; 6 Will Map Plans to Boost Griffin for Senate Seat ; Williams Backs Convention Call ; Last Michigan GOP Appointee to Leave Post ; Billie S. Farnum Named to High Democratic Post
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-20
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    58 Persons Killed in 2 New Plane Crashes ; Ex-Birmingham Man One of Ankara Victims ; Straley Gets Full Power as Police Chief ; Would Have Stepped Down for $35,000 ; Seek Accord on Waterford Name Change ; Utica Patrolman Takes No Lip--He's Hard-Bitten ; Five Days of Snow Predicted for Area ; Hospital Hikes Wages, Rates ; Students Offer School Names ; Five Days of Snow Predicted for Area ; Straley Wants Defendant's Role in PPOA Suit ; Ike Foresees Gilded Future for America
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-21
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    37 Lose Lives in Jamaican Airliner Explosion ; Only 9 Escape Flames, Capehart Kin a Victim ; Air Crash 'Dead' Man Still Alive ; PPOA Wants Straley AND Eastman to Quit ; Vandals Idle Holly Buses ; Spanish Envoy Blasts Fidel ; Cuba Boots Ambassador ; Demand State Extend Highway ; Winter, Brief Style, to Stay Here Awhile ; Russia Begins Pacific Testing ; Osteopaths Convening Here ; Cooking School Tickets? Sorry, They're All Gone ; U.S. Rocket Carries and Ejects Monkey ; Sale of Pontiacs Set a Record Pace Last Year
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-22
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    Trapped in South Africa, Hope Fades for 400 Miners ; 2 Rock Slides Seal Pit Near Johannesburg ; Honored for 29 Years Service ; Spears' Wife Admits Contact 2 Weeks Ago ; Flu Outbreak is Possible, Health Director Warns ; Install World's Largest Carillon ; Chance Played Role in 'Kirk' Bell Story ; Sullenberger Off to Battle Creek ; Stoke That Fire Next Five Days, Near 15 Tonight ; Kremlin Reports 9 Cases of Smallpox in Russia ; Living Costs Drop Mile in December ; Hospital Finances Better ; Dr. Pauli Hospital Chief ; 'Xway Protest Hopeless Act'
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-23
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    Detroit Mother Strangled in Rape Attempt ; Adam Scores Scholle Suit ; It Began on Mediterranean ; De Gaulle Fires Algiers General, Citizens Angry ; Do Tranquilizers Cost Too Much? ; Local Hospital Rates Compared ; Joint Rites Sunday for City Schools ; Apportionmnet Public Issue, Local Dems Told ; Tar No Longer at Sea -- It's MSUO for Him ; Car-Train Crash Takes 2 Lives ; 'Chief Pontiac,' Car's Symbol, Taken by Death ; Hillcrest to Host Women's Golf Open ; Varner, Coach Throw Ball at Each Other ; What to Do in Defense Emergency
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-25
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    De Gaulle Tells Algerians to Give Up or Face Force; Colonials Fight From Barriers: 21 Die, 153 Hurt ; Ocean Traffic Victim ; 'Young Punk' Grilled in Detroit Strangle-Death ; Men, Women Scream, Flee Algiers' Shooting ; Deny Lawsuit Aims at Straley ; Cooking School All Set ; State Senate GOP Leader Raps Romney's Neutrality ; Is This the 'Phantom Cat?' ; Hold Detroiter Here in Highway Death ; Navy Launches Biggest Balloon From Vessel ; 'Sneaky' Ted Williams Signs Contract for 1960 ; Cold and Snowy, Is the Area's Tuesday Outlook
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-26
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    Parolee Confesses Strangling Detroit Woman ; 'Punk' Blames 'an Urge' for Friday's Killing ; Ike Throttles Talk of Action Against Castro ; Lined Up for 'Operation' Tonsillectomy ; Struggle Ends for Actress ; Straley Has Police Reins ; Graduation Thursday for Two High Schools ; You Know How It Is When Guests are Due ; Magnolia Wilts From Favor in the Southland ; Raps Concentration on 1 Space Project ; Requests Vitale Venue Ruling
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    The Pontiac Press: 1960-01-27
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    Commission Decides to Let Voters Settle Police Hassle ; Unaminous Call Goes Out for Charter Revision ; Blaze Started With Explosion ; GOP Seeks Foe for Bagwell, Nixes Romney ; 4-Day Press Food Classic Under Way ; De Gaulle May Try Dictatorship ; $100,000 Fire Strikes Hide Plant in Oxford ; Romney Puts His Foot Into McNamara's Door ; Straley's Entry in Suit OK'd ; Snow, Freezing Rain Pose Road Menace ; Press Publisher to Speak Tonight at Jaycee Dinner