The Pontiac Press: 1961-01-24

Luxury ship seized in attempt to start dictator’s downfall: Caribbean is searched for pirated liner ; Ticket holders brave weather: ‘Fantasy of Foods’ begins ; ‘Just like a child’s pirate tale’ ; Novi man fired outside New Hudson Bar: admits shotgun slaying of stepfather ; Sons safe in Africa ‘best gift’ ; ‘Sleeping beauties’ mother gets a year ; Expenditures for 1960 are revealed: GM spent $250 million in Pontiac area ; Bruins trade Stasiuk, Labine to Red Wings ; State of the Union from JFK Monday ; City crime up 15.5 pct. in past year over 1959 ; City pupils getting diet of exams ; Gable’s final role is tops ; New bills aimed at modernizing our immigration ; Press parley slated for MSU: John W. Fitzgerald nominated for post as director ; The day in Birmingham: restrict trailer parks to State, U.S. highways ; Pilots captured, says Red story ; Trains chug to start as tug strike ends ; Pontiac YM names new staff man ; Kennedy’s ‘New Frontiers’ linked to past ; Blame ruptured oil line for Saratoga blaze ; To reopen auto license office ; Second chapter … the call to arms: President Lincoln cries: thank God for Michigan ; Deaths in Pontiac and nearby areas