The Pontiac Press: 1961-05-05

‘Boy, what a ride!’ cries spaceman, back safely from first U.S. flight: travels 115 miles aloft, lands at key ocean spot ; Lawmakers fail to heed pleas for MSUO aid ; ‘Shepard’ll never be forgotten’: congressmen cheer space feat ; Bloomfied Twp. boy drowns in lower Long Lake ; He’s fine, physically,’ say doctors ; Pontiac gleeful over spaceman ; Astronaut’s wife and parents happy ; Believe JFK willing to send troops to VietNam ; Red, pro-West delegates meet on Laos cease fire ; Pope receives British Queen ; Sets hearing in teen slaying ; The day in Birmingham: two staffers appointed at Cranbrook Institute ; Nixon starting political tour ; 2 will bring back Holland slayer ; Kennedy puts ink to minimum wage measure ; Fidel’s invasion prisoners, jammed into filth, disease ; U.S. protecting Cuban escapees l Area youngsters to attend safety patrol rally ; 16 districts to vote: board filing date near ; Election set in North Oxford ; MacKenzie clinic to elect officers ; Students, many others rehearsing at Avondale ; State employe hurt in crash near Romeo ; Brandon seeks okay of $395,000 bond issue ; Immunization clinic slated ; Romeo grades slate fair at South School ; Optimists honor oratory winner ; Firm and inspector plan tour, dinner