The Pontiac Press: 1961-12-29

Abstract

Pontiac shivers at 2 below zero: calls for road service hit 75-100-an-hour clip ; Parolee admits leaving cleric to die in blaze ; Two teen-aged brothers help care for invalid ; New Year’s arriving without any hard liquor ; Worker is killed as clothes catch in power shovel ; Proposes ministers meet in Berlin ; Savings to earn four per cent ; Aims at increasing income: JFK to unveil new farm plan ; Fred Burmeister retires after 46 years at GM ; Floridian freezing again once more ; Snow, ice cause chaos in British travel schedules ; Start shelter study in Pontiac Tuesday ; Royal Oak Twp. lacks funds to meet payroll; EAL pilot grounded for errant ‘landing’ ; Laos summit flop admitted ; Congo rules, U.N. await Katanga cue ; prizes ready for the winner ; Jackie’s trip to India may be postponed ; JFK’s father shows marked progress ; Ex-president’s widow is dead ; Liz Taylor wins top movie prize after rough year ; First baby born in PGH 48 years ago on Dec. 24 ; Chrysler’s Townsend optimistic … ‘if’ …: predicts ’62 will be prosperous year ; ‘West Side Story’ judged ‘best’ by NY film critics ; The day in Birmingham: raise two-thirds of goal for Bloomfield Art Center ; Blaze destroys hardware store ; Virtue is his own(ly) reward for good deed ; Carpet buyers loose in court ; Saudi Arabia king invited to capital ; British agree but won’t press issue: Hong Kong women seeking to abolish concubinage ; Caricatures of well-to-do ‘dangerous’ ; 72 Oakland motorists lose driver’s licenses