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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Item type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1966-02-21(The Pontiac Press, 1966-02-21)Item type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1955-08-19(The Pontiac Press, 1955-08-19)No-tie-short- sleeve fans greet return of summer ; Floods cover six eastern states: Rescue action saves hundreds from drowning ; Bank announces expansion plans in Pontiac area ; Water boils through streets in many towns ; Williams sees possibility of calling solons back ; Mercury cracks record for this date in Pontiac ; State disaster plan discussed ; Gallagher guilty in POW deaths ; Ferry service on Detroit River to end Sept. 25 ; Nab cop killer in Chicago raid ; Wise guy gets his ; Rail and highway traffic hit by torrential rains in east ; Several dead in train wreck ; 1,948 treated at polio makeup shots clinics ; The day in Birmingham: Chief urges bike owners to get licenses by Sept. 6 ; New committee chairman revealed by supervisors ; Reynolds fires 152, 16 back of leaders ; Seven killed in crash with trailer truck ; Business was good in spite of nature ; Detroit woman, son injured in accident ; Powerama excursion slated for employes ; Apprenticeship cut by printers' union ; ‘Wise guy’ Ducky's ‘date’ is in his room ; CAA probes Saline air crash deaths ; Well, we'll know all about it on Sunday ; Equal airlines fare reached ; US farmers wind up swing through Russia ; Rivera slates surgery, draws up will, weds ; Flash flood death toll rising in JapanItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1955-07-18(The Pontiac Press, 1955-07-18)West offers proposals for peace at summit: End 'dreary exercises' of Cold War, Ike urges ; Area man in airliner crash ; Chicago airport smashup takes 22 lives Sunday ; US leaders huddle ; Rescued from burning plane ; Graham advises summit leaders to forget greed ; Zhukov, president renew WWII friendship tonight ; Lakeville man dies in crash ; Truck and Coach division picnic attracts 30,000 ; Freed Cardinal goes into hiding ; Russians visit American farm ; Wiffi retains big early lead ; Warm temperatures remain here today ; Ferrymen threaten weekend walkout ; House to okay Social Security ; Death toll now 63 in Moroccan riots ; County officer named to post for Washtenaw ; The day in Birmingham: 2nd parking lot costs to be reviewed by city ; Mrs. V.C. Koch dies in hospital ; Traffic mishaps kill 13 in state ; Fog, near clam beset Chicago, Mackinac racers ; Skilled workers move on UAW ; Wilson defends service plans ; Early morning fire hits building here ; Geneva again plays host to history ; Animals could teach lowly humans a lot ; Bigot group wanes so leader resigns ; Quiz suspect on missing girl ; Wyoming to probe prison riot causeItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1961-10-04(The Pontiac Press, 1961-10-04)Ford’s 2-hitter leads Yanks to 2-0 Series win ; Bill Skowron. Elston Howard clout 4-baggers ; Red warns U.S. on Berlin action ; JFK, Gromyko hold crucial talks Friday ; Reuther talks to Ford officials ; Court hits ‘irregularities’: criticizes selection of jurors ; Knight names Nixon envoy ; Pick Van Dusen to be chairman ; Open convention on cheery note ; New Pontiac sales hit high for period ; Keep bullies out, U.N. is warned ; Awaiting word on airport aid ; Finns drink little, but hard ; Check champion to appear at YMCA ; The day in Birmingham: psychologist to lecture before university women ; Face long wait for ride home ; Expert can’t see magic answers to tax problems ; New C-rations get army test ; Orders 495 doctors, 154 dentists drafted ; Movies change code on sex deviation ; New sport-style hardtop: 1962 Hawk has a continental flair ; 80 are expected at the Board of Education Clinic ; Urges Con-Con unit for finances, taxes ; Katanga and U.N. at odds again as accusations fly ; Typhoon Tilda slams mainland of China ; 41 Oakland County drivers will be walking awhile ; Ask legislature call session to air ADC ; Sam Rayburn on critical list ; Air corridors into Berlin soft spot in Allied position ; JFK will hold conferences on regular basis ; Fallout shelter interest surges ; It’s getting easier for wives to fool husbands ; Recreation dept. to resume class on oil paintingItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1968-06-12(The Pontiac Press, 1968-06-12)Storms sweep state; One dead, 3 injured ; 450 graduate from Kettering ; 'City school system mostly segregated' ; Harriman slams vicious attacks on Saigon area ; Inmates agree to free hostages ; Teacher talks to continue as schools close ; Storm cuts power to 3,000 homes ; UF allocations to member units are reviewed ; School is ending in city, Waterford ; In 5-2 commission vote: Fair-housing OK urged ; Illinois primary boosts Nixon delegate total ; Birmingham area: Youth unit meeting is set tonight ; Congressmen will run again ; Death claims city man, 79 ; White Lake man bucks Anderson for House seat ; City pickets hit talk breakdown ; Testimony ends in Spock trial ; Youth drowns in area lake ; Ray's interlude in Britain eyed ; High court to review area case ; Reds impose Berlin travel curbs ; Ky quits post as feud flares ; Reelection try ; Planners hired for centennial ; W. Bloomfield schools explore satellite feeding ; Clarkston totals the cost of salary hikes; Orchard Lake getting lift from Cass transfusion ; Oxford planners hear proposal for site development ; 2 enter supervisor race ; Council decides to maintain level of Wolverine Lake ; Taxpayer unit to quiz county candidates about spending views ; Brandon school board. teachers ink new pact; ; 'Need' Voters' magic word ; Trustee resigning in Brandon Twp ; To reform interstate commerce taxes: McDonald Hopes for Bill Okay ; 'Galt' stayed at apartment in AtlantaItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1961-09-18(The Pontiac Press, 1961-09-18)Fisher Body settles with Pontiac still out ; Dag Hammarskjold dies pursuing peace for world ; Secretary general’s death puts U.N. in deepest crisis to date ; Send-off should be warm: school child needs love ; Motor Division last strike bound plant: GM, local 596 agree ; Adenauer’s party loses 27 seats but will hang on ; Officer beaten on melee here ; 37 die as Electra falters on take-off: ‘no control’ call clue in crash ; Details include new fenders, roof: Olds reveals ’62 profile ; The day in Birmingham: Flint minister to address Missions Institute Oct. 6 ; U.N. troops OK, Ireland learns ; Interiors glamorized: silhouette low on longer larks ; Cuba deports bishop and 135 priests ; East Germany readies new law for defense ; U.S. dollars keep Commies warm? U. of M. to filter transferees ; Unit to oppose ‘forced’ unions ; Peru’s president arrives in U.S. for visit today ; Sukarno says happy with U.S. responseItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1961-09-02(The Pontiac Press, 1961-09-02)Expect Red N-blast to speed decision by JFK ; Officials seem confident U.S. will resume tests ; Believe part of big bomb exploded ; Nehru condemns Red war threat ; Don’t change your glasses, it’s the pictures ; Plane section could be clue ; Asks GM to OK profit sharing ; Yellowstone Park deluged by snow, strong winds ; Evening showers may visit us again ; Truck lights on as reminder to holiday drivers ; Guard Kennedy against escaped mental patient ; E. Reich protests U.S. garrison ; The day in Birmingham: commissioners to attend municipal league parley ; Goulart invited to be ‘president’ of Brazil ; U.S. traffic toll climbing fast ; Electronic firm to move south ; Pioneer’s daughter Mrs. Newman dies ; Pair confesses slaying spree ; Two arrested for bad checks ; Saarinen rites to be held today ; Part to roll out bandwagon for William O’Brien ; Doctors await ‘Discoverer’ ; Tears missing for air victims at busy Cook County morgue ; Reveal paper on air corridor ; Kennedy eyes post for dean ; Graham asks if people ready for nuclear war ; Present big problem: why don’t people ride the buses? ; Will prosecute man who punched Soapy ; Little boy enjoys life’s big things; swipes a busItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1965-11-03(The Pontiac Press, 1965-11-03)Lindsay, Cavanagh are winners ; Youth, shot in head, goes after assailant ; Detroit voters OK fluoride ; Luncheon will close UF drive ; Mayor loses in Sylvan Lake ; Pontiac tops sales marks ; Pontiac aide - no conflict anticipated ; Unit to restudy district issue ; City agrees on plan for utility installation ; 20 oppose OCC center plan ; Protestor of Viet policy burns self to death in D.C. ; Killing suspect still is sought ; Rough seas, slow talks stall exodus ; 'Traffic heavy' in Mosherville post office ; Record players top most sales in Saudi Arabia ; Even the cautions find death near in Viet Nam's 'sick war' ; 2 House hearings on Ionia are slated ; Drive begun for dog-sitters ; Fall gales block Scandanavia ships ; Road-building program OK'd.Item type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1969-06-05(The Pontiac Press, 1969-06-05)PSH holdup trio eludes city police ; Milliken sees abortion bill OK ; 79 on jetliner believed dead ; Church rector discusses impact of Black demand ; GMC Truck adds to record string ; Critics of military up in arms ; Sex education: handle with respect ; 'U.S. nearly quit on Omaha Beach' ; Birmingham - cuts detailed if millage vote fails ; Candidate hits school district on information ; 3rd Latin nation cancels Rocky ; Hopeful urges 'better budgets' in Waterford ; School aspirant raps board's 'indecisiveness' ; Bell expansion plan is within the law, city plan board says ; School election poses quandary for Brandon voters ; Troy school funds report satisfies 2 board factions ; West Bloomfield police to form crime file link ; Machine hikes work volume ; Five-day smoking withdrawal clinic set in Lake Orion ; Milliken breaks deadlock on clean-water bonds issue ; Final Senate action due on several bills ; Toll believed 7 in plant blast ; Agnew denies guilt in real estate dealItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1959-12-30(The Pontiac Press, 1959-12-30)Mayor, attorneys huddle over Straley return ; Thousands flee tidal floods: New England coast battered by epic deluge ; Sen. Humphrey flings his hat into '60 arena ; 2 thugs elude police net after holding up grocery ; Nab teen wife in check fraud ; New city engineer, DPW chief named ; Seek to take 11 from parents ; Babson's forecast will appear Friday ; Retiring from circuit court ; Novi woman killed walking along road ; Hedda Hopper calls Ed Sullivan a liar ; Test truck smoke, noise law ; City will buy airport bonds ; The day In Birmingham: Bloomfield Art Assn. plans to offer dramatics classes ; '1960 best year for America' ; New inspection deadlock looming in arms talks ; No hope seen in bus deadlock ; Township fires police, firemen ; Cubans arrest nine as 3 planes land ; Judge Noel P. Fox to stay in Muskegon ; Contrasts to greet New Year ; Nikita's daughter, husband bored by Paris shows ; Two Argentine cabinet officials duel with sabers ; Chrysler, Plymouth suppliers OK strike ; Predicts brisk auto output ; Drinking water pollution rages ; Silence of grave envelops bird with gift of gab ; Business tax deductions to get sharp eye in 1960 ; Nixon becomes prime Dem target ; Battle looms on bond interest ; Says executive is a tippler ; Philip Morris, ASR considering merger ; Wolverine Shoe okays 2-for-1 stock split ; 4 cities, cooperative seek to run A-plant ; Claims Castro actions insane ; Sees hard year ahead in labor ; Denies Red Army stays inside Nepal ; Unhappy chimp taken to FloridaItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1958-07-16(The Pontiac Press, 1958-07-16)Item type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1958-03-13(The Pontiac Press, 1958-03-13)Item type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1958-02-22(The Pontiac Press, 1958-02-22)Item type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1956-06-27(The Pontiac Press, 1956-06-27)Road bill to provide Michigan superhighways: officials predict network going through state ; Girl Scouts to arrive tomorrow: bus cavalcade to bring them to campsite ; Steel talks enter critical stage ; Convention mascot ; AF plane hits, 11 die in flames ; City to proceed with tax bills ; The panther prowls again, flees from gun-wielder ; Governors discussing politics and A-energy ; Frail parakeet nicknamed Pete is birdnaped ; Twister rakes Gratiot County, rain hits here ; Pontiac establishes three new stock car records ; Seeking raise in jurors' pay ; Snatches sister in auto's path off to safety ; Jet base site spat continues ; The day in Birmingham: C of C planning July 4 giant fireworks display ; George says cuts in aid may cost US leadership ; Cherry crops in state down ; Soviet plows up virgin Asia soil ; Ex-Teamster head faces prison term ; Hungarian star of water polo given asylum ; Ike fine, can have two steaks a day ; Police of township probing two breakins ; Directory of officials is now available ; 1 additional arrest made in drug case ; PTA members ask Perry Street light ; Secret sea weapon to alter sub warfare ; Ohio triple slayer believed cornered ; Moscow losing its hold on satellites, says Dulles ; Steel strike will cripple other industries ; Scientists study effects of nuclear radiation on future generation ; NAACP maps racial strategy ; Peru police would rioting gas strikers ; Holding safety inspection at Sylvan shopping center ; Gotham rackets jury hears Jimmy Hoffa ; Michigan airman dies in AF bomber crash ; Aussies now make synthetic rubbers; TV set change ordered by FCC ; Jaycees throw noisy shindig at convention ; Ancient guild of fishmongers fetes Truman ; Red leaders start task of erasing Stalin's nameItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1955-08-17(The Pontiac Press, 1955-08-17)Keego seaman in London ; Diane’s punches getting weaker: Damages light as hurricane moves inland ; Koreans injure Army officer at neutral site ; Pier and beach resorts in path of big blow ; Threat to shoot puts down Nebraska prison rebellion ; Loose plug on gas line may have caused blast ; Peronistas end uneasy truce ; Burke assumes top Navy post ; Tentatively OK annexing land ; Pontiac merchants’ ‘Frolic’ held today ; Suspect soldier in Gorham case ; Brothers suffocate in old refrigerator ; Oakland Citizens League proposes county manager ; Officials plan new POW code ; Polio clinics continue slow pace in area ; Nike missiles set for defense ; A-power knowhow unmasked by US ; The day in Birmingham: City okays 86, 000 bid in Eton Park rink start ; POW murder trial continues ; Williams orders housing for mentally-ill youngsters ; Discussion set on Institutions’ lack of space ; Commissioners seek pay hike after 30 years ; Study new proposal on prisoners release ; Sunday Dixie crash claims 2nd victim ; GM auto sales set 10-day August mark ; Court fight looms on cut-rate glasses ; Snake cultists plan rite with killer rattler ; Dawson examination re-scheduled Sept. 7 ; Pontiac boys’ clubbers hold ‘bike rodeo’ today ; Red Chinese accuse US of Korean truce breach ; Guide children in entertainment ; Returned flier to fight for sonItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-18(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-18)Police scour resort area for missing broker ; E.A. Parmenter flees city after probe opened ; Quiz 2 more in sex slaying: Earlier suspect cleared after police show up ; Soviets suggest five 'neutrals' for peace talks ; Laniel builds barricades against seething strikers ; GM may move into Willow Run ; Reds list Holly GI as POW 'escapee'; Britisher jailed in 1949 in Red Hungary released ; Democrat chief dies in Ireland ; Bandits grab bank official ; Pett tells all about women after years of unofficial and stormy observations ; Urge more street lights, cutting weeds for safety ; Birmingham commission decides to assess part of West Maple widening ; Commies free three POWs from Michigan ; Quake victims ask US aidItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-19(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-19)Search for escaped rapist in Pontiac slaying: Felon who fled Ionia is linked to murder case ; Royalists oust Mossadegh: Premier flees as nation riots; Shah to return ; City cuts down weeds to deter sex molesters ; Await Soviet explanation of conference proposal ; Pontiac to work through week ; Slaying suspect faces trial here ; Pontiac 24th of 81 cities in 1952 traffic fatalities ; Korean War cost 25,604 GI dead ; Continue search for Parmenter ; Citizens again protesting starlings; Tree cutting plan held too expensive ; Kinsey book extracts in Thursday's Press ; Board of Education cuts $166,167 from estimates on two school additions ; Model builders get top honors ; Royal Oak pilot dies in crash ; 2 Michigan GIs among latest freed POWs ; POWs defy Communists to pray in prison camps ; State cigarette tax remains in effectItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-20(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-20)Rapist strikes again at home north of city: Intruder flees from house as woman screams ; US confirms Red H-bomb blast: America ahead in her research by two years ; Pontiac to push output by using Chevrolet unit ; Check slaying statement to fix scene of crime ; France ousts Morocco sultan ; Tehran radio announce Mossadegh taken captive ; Stevenson sees freedom ahead ; 2 smashups kill three teenagers ; Alton Blakeslee, Associated Press science writer, summarizes Dr. Kinsey's book on women ; Citizen fire study group plans September report on Birmingham's needs ;Woman missing from Royal Oak for ten days ; Quake awakes sleepy town ; Air Force secretary back from Europe ; ITU convention eyes 'Unitypo' ; Reds have no worries (nor fun) on vacationsItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-21(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-21)Wife admits taking part in robbery slaying ; 2 Non-Red unions quit French strike ; Legislators get secret briefing on Red H-bomb ; Arafa is proclaimed Sultan, Youssef exiled to Corsica ; Quell disorders in prison riot ; Interest fades in Ionia escapee ; Would question Rothschild story ; GM takes over Kaiser factory ; Kyes calls for national defense based on air power ; Shah flies home to Iran to resume his royal role ; Parking meters disgorge sticks, slugs and wires into Birmingham's till ; Crooner Haymes in legal snarl ; 25 jets swish across Atlantic in nonstop hop ; Find Grunewald felled by gas ; 60 state men now restored to UH hands ; 17 lost hikers found in woods ; Doctor Liu told not to worryItem type: Item , The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-22(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-22)Report Parmenter seen in northern Michigan: Four identify missing broker in last week ; Exultant Shah home: Officials weep, kiss his feet; Zahedi present ; Chiefs hail new French-backed Moroccan Sultan ; Journalist dies after collapse ; Repair machines struck by blaze ; GM keeps 35,000 on jobs despite fire in Livonia ; Seek new clues in local slaying ; POW tells tale of huge hospital built inside hill ; Settle $16,000 tax debt for 50 cents on dollar ; Now says wife aided in plan ; French bakers begin walkout ; Hannah eyes draft for Navy, Air Force ; Syndicate will sell incinerator bonds with interest rate of 4.25 ; 7 city officials to attend meet ; Adlai, Ike come to town 'just like old times' ; Church plans accepted ; McCarthy calls open hearing ; India is blocked, Lodge predicts ; Businessman's funeral today ; Commies free 3 more PWs from Michigan ; Last digit on card names claim day ; Boy scout, civil defense training used in rescue ; Sore elbow can't keep Ike from his fly-casting ; State hospital appeals for aid ; 1 in 4 decorated in Korean battle ; US to support UN revision conference