The Pontiac Press: 1961-03-16

JFK wants farmers to draft own program ; Ex-mental patient erupts ; Fires at painting in state hospital ; Pontiac sales high in March ; Soviet demands Congo talk start ; PCH has easy win but St. Fred tumbles ; Sen. Hart can’t see it: U.S. parochial loans unlikely ; 300 Utica students flee as steam boiler explodes ; Gives Congress sweeping plan, power of veto ; South Africa hit by U.N. for acts ; American held by Congo troops ; Nation tragic and lonely: South Africa faces peril ; Drinking buddy faces warrant ; Avon Twp. boy hurt when struck by car ; Kennedy may spend Easter in Florida ; Will fight idle bill changes ; Tax collections for cars, trucks fall $1.3 million ; The day in Birmingham: 200 to gather April 3-7 over educational plans ; New Firestone plant may double its force ; Where’s the money for interstate high ways?: predict rough going for JFK’s road plan ; China menace upsets SEATO ; Oak Parker named to Democratic post ; Gasoline dealers to hear speaker