The Pontiac Press: 1961-10-24

Abstract

Winds carry fallout south: N-bomb backfires on Russia ; Size of blast estimated at 30 megatons ; Delegates at Moscow not told about blast ; Guards get new weapons ; Bonn wants West to press for removal of Berlin Wall; Seize goods on way to Cuba ; UF drive nears half of its goal ; Pleads guilty to manslaughter ; Sentence leads to flood of words at Con-Con ; Goldberg is ‘man of night’: Met opens with a ‘western’ ; Hold meeting on U.N. head ; Agree on Burma delegate, differ over his advisors ; Katanga peace terms ratified ; School safety program OK’d ; Plan of U. of M. study of Red Chinese law ; Autopsy reveals man died before accident ; Waterford to settle on tentative budget ; Longpre plans to retire soon ; Five hearings slated tonight ; AF school bus crashes; 4 die ; The day in Birmingham: city commission okays purchase of land tract ; Warns groups to end dispute ; To counter U.S. Polaris threat?: Reveal Red underwater N-test ; Sentenced to prison in fatal car crash ; But town is dead: old-time miners hang on ; Brushes off suit by Hoffa ; Electric power cut off in Tampa as car hits pole ; Bolivian students stone building to protest gas hike ; Belanger to head AMVETS past here ; Meat packers sign contracts ; Zulu chieftain to accept prize ; Thailand, Cambodia urged to settle up ; McGuffeys must go, rules school chief ; Police fire on mob in Peru; man killed ; Plan to modernize state phone system ; Great Books Groups will meet tonight