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 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 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 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 The Pontiac Press: 1958-07-16(The Pontiac Press, 1958-07-16)Item The Pontiac Press: 1958-03-13(The Pontiac Press, 1958-03-13)Item The Pontiac Press: 1958-02-22(The Pontiac Press, 1958-02-22)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 The Pontiac Press: 1955-08-17(The Pontiac Press, 1955-08-17)Item The Pontiac Press: 1955-03-28(The Pontiac Press, 1955-03-28)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 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 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 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 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 conferenceItem The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-24(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-24)Figy fired by state agricultural commission ; Rape and death suspect is held in Indiana town ; St. Joseph has new director ; Accidents claim 16 lives in state this weekend ; 1st freedom ship arrives, bands blare out welcome ; Pontiac guardsmen start second week of training ; Union wrangle delays GM job ; Not guilty please entered by Gilleos ; Princess' friend flying to London at early date ; Iran's treasury is 'very empty' ; Lattimore trial charges pushed ;Parade will mark arrival of GM science show here ; 7 Arab nations plan security conference ; 2 months in Russia enough for Perle Mesta ; Birmingham commission considers sewer plans in tonight's meeting ; County officials back san board ; 19 Michigan POWs feed on weekend ; East Germans, Reds sign pact ; Bell Telephone head at Birmingham dies ; Phone cable hacked in Kansas City strike ; 34 of 142 sons of generals casualties in Korea fight ; Ike will study trade barriers; Panel disagrees on McCarthyItem The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-25(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-25)400 POWs choose to be Reds ; New death list given as 1,651 for Allied men ; UN may ignore South Korean boycott threat ; Man's hearing improves with $150 lesson ; Rape suspect not identified ; Livonia machines moved as GM-union dispute ends ; Pontiac Co. M in 3nd day of maneuvers at Grayling ; Detroit Tigers' sale rumored ; Spouse cleared in wife's death ; Will sidetrack Moroccan isssue ; Appoint acting head of TB sanitorium ; Eisenhower to meet with Mexican leader ; Orders to draft US fathers go into effect today ; GM's Parade of Progress arrives for 4-day exhibit ; All crewmen safe from crash of B29 ; Birmingham commission OKs emergency program limiting lawn sprinkling ; Name deadline for nominations ; Telephone pact hits deadlock ; Bar association votes Reds out ; ask auditorium for Bloomfield ; Assails casualty insurance firms ; Detroit to cast advisory vote on charity bingo ; Appropriate $20,000 for alcoholic clinic ; Service held today for Malcolm Bingay ; Greenlanders vote today for first time ; Firing of Figy raises question of post replacement ; City to consider further action on parking project ; 3 marihuana suspects waive examination ; Rains threaten battered Greeks ; CIO-AFL join in pay demand ; Claims Lumpkin violated act ; UN Red Cross quite frustrated ; Adenauer fights for re-electionItem The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-26(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-26)UN charter needs change, warns, Sec. Dulles ; Re-question son in slaying ; State hospital superintendent is appointed ; FBI may enter Parmenter hunt ; Cent pay boost in auto plants ; 3,000 will see GMC preview ; Petitions favor doctor but san patient charges that nurse used pressure in securing signatures ; Vishinsky pulls coup at UN ; Biggest mystery in Korea now is fate of Gen. Dean, highest ranking POW ; Radford says US must check defense ; Pontiac family gets news POW son will be home ; Ask Birmingham rezone two lots on Woodward to permit bank building ; Wife of agency president dies ; Defer action on assessment ; Two new stores opening in city ; Bar is opposed to book burning ; Hunt three men in Ecorse death ; Detroit research men hint of help for heart troubles ; Stars greet Vic Damone from Army ; Reported dead, GI claims he's 'plenty alive' ; Posse hunts Michigan man ; Plan for new test case over fifth amendmentItem The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-27(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-27)US wins fast down-the-line victory in UN ; Extended drouth threatens crops ; POW from city on death list ; Child flies from Germany to join parents in city ; FBI can't join Parmenter hunt ; Son is released in slaying quiz ; 150 more Americans are released today ; GM Parade of Progress opens to public for four days ; Birmingham ranks 7th in nationwide survey of traffic safety during 1952 ; Figy's ouster blamed on lab ; Board approves TB san policies ; GM hourly, salaried rates up on Sept. 7 ; UN considers Morocco talksItem The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-28(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-28)Congress hails 2 billion slash in US spending ; FBI traps two top Reds in High Sierra hideout ; Pontiac tightens sprinkling ban ; Keego animal poisoner sought ; GM show draws 7,000 persons ; UN Assembly endorses US plan for peace talks ; Mahoney to ask new trial here ; Operators quit in Washington ; Engineer sticks to flaming train, saves all but self ; County must explain phenol in sewage ; Pontiac man sees quakes on visit to native Greece ; Move to cut congestion on Maple Road gathers support in Birmingham ; Architecture of century on exhibit at CranbrookItem The Pontiac Press: 1953-08-29(The Pontiac Press, 1953-08-29)Warn of grass fires as heat wave continues ; City PW freed last night may be war's 1st prisoner: Martin Strahan taken on 1st day of land action ; Senator charges printing office has game ring: McCarthy claims books are being operated by government employes ; Volunteer workers swarm to Flint disaster project ; Quiz suspect in slaying of New York union chief ; 19,900 persons see GM show ; Reds to return 'criminal' PWs ; FBI seeks 7th Red conspirator ; Husband killed, wife questioned ; ROK's ask American site for conference on peace ; Reds to evict Berliners seeking American food ; Birmingham plan chief suggests neighbor units help shape board ideas ; Pontiac Motor picks assistant sales head ; Name principal in Waterford ; Telephone strike tension eases