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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1962

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Centaur Rocket To Make First Test Flight At Cape Canaveral

NASA sets Friday for the Centaur two stage rocket test on a 15 minute ballistic flight to 300 miles altitude over the Atlantic. The vehicle carries no payload and aims to provide data on liquid hydrogen behavior in space.

Cape Canaveral Fla National Aeronautics and Space Administration U .S Earth Moon Mars Venus Centaur NASA

Terrorists Slay Nine Patients at Algerian Clinic

In Algiers, gunmen from the Secret Army Organization stormed a Moslem clinic and shot nine patients on their beds, wounding eight others. They also exploded charges in the European director's office, damaging much of the building amid the ongoing French Algerian peace disputes. Police call it the OAS’s most brutal act to date.

Cret Army Organization European Director’s Office Secret Army National Liberation Front

Kennedy Hosts Brazil's Goulart in Washington Talks

President Kennedy welcomes President Joao Goulart of Brazil as they plan to discuss the Alliance for Progress and a developing partnership. They may address Brazil's expropriation of a U S owned telephone company and a major poverty relief program in northeast Brazil. The United States and Brazil near an agreement totaling about 276 million dollars.

Washington Kennedy Joao Goulart Brazil U. S. Alliance For Progress Goulart Janio Quadros Red China Alliance For Progress United States

Middleport Area Mother Missing In Dual State Alert

Police in Ohio and West Virginia seek Grace Hysell 22 of Leading Creek missing since 11:30 p m after leaving infant alone. Husband filed report at 4:30 a m describing her as acting strangely, five feet four inches, 116 pounds, in maternity dress and black coat. President Kennedy's wife and two children were vacationing earlier at the Kennedy home.

Pomeroy Ohio West Virginia Grace Hysell Leading Creek

Readiness Is Tested In Berlin

Ten thousand men from West Berlin Allied garrisons took part in a wide alert drill. Three American battle groups, three British infantry battalions, and a French brigade plus armor moved through the city in the largest test since the Berlin Wall’s erection. units evaluated mobility and reaction to scenarios as MiG aircraft patrolled overhead.

Berlin West Berlin Berlin Wall

Two Escapees Sighted In Bay Area Amid SQ Prison Break

In Livermore California two of five San Quentin escapees were reported seen near a restaurant and a Pleasanton bar. Kenneth Adams 32 once in Modesto jail escapee and James DuBois 28 from Los Angeles County robbery were named as possible sighting subjects. The Post Office Department seeks a 12 percent parcel post rate hike approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Livermore Calif San Quentin San Francisco Bay Area Howard Davis Pleasanton Kenneth Adams Modesto James DuBois Los Angeles County Davis Washington Post Office Department Interstate Commerce Commission

Rebels Seek Truce in Syria Northeast Uprising

Beirut reports Col. Lunay Atassi assumed command of the Northern and Eastern Army in Aleppo and urged Damascus to halt troop movements and negotiate a truce to preserve unity. The rebellion seeks reunion with the United Arab Republic as Damascus warned mutineers.

Beirut Lebanon Syria Damascus Col Lunay Atassi Aleppo Union of United Arab Republic Atassi U.A.R

Power chief says Berlin false alert never reached Kennedy

Sources say SAC chief Gen Thomas Power ordered bombers and prepared crews after a false Berlin era alert but did not inform President Kennedy or Defense leaders. No ground alert was launched as a warning window remained extremely short and communications issues affected SAC links in the north and Colorado Springs.

Washington United States Berlin Kennedy Thomas 8. Power Strategic Air Command Robert S. McNamara Joint Chiefs of Staff SAC Power Omaha Neb BMEWS Far North Air Defense Command Colorado Springs Colo Pentagon

Segregation Leader Seeks Audience With Archbishop

Mrs B J Gaillot Jr, a Save Our Nation leader, awaits a meeting with Archbishop Joseph F Rummel after indicating she received a threat of excommunication over desegregation moves by the archdiocese. State Rep Rodney Burns, who also received a letter, said he will follow church laws after meeting the archbishop.

B. J. Gaillot Jr Joseph Francis Rummel New Orleans Save Our Nation, Inc Rodney Burns

Jobs Created By Contract Union Says

Pittsburgh reports the United Steelworkers Union asserts the new steel labor contract will generate thousands of jobs. Union leader Marvin Miller claims the vacation plan matches 6000 to 8000 full-time posts, with retirement benefits adding more. He sees no expected negotiating troubles with the 11 major firms. Columbus notes Dale Fulton, 47, ex Martins Ferry mayor, joins Ohio Public Utilities Commission as a Republican. Tokyo reports Gen Gen da resigns as Japan’s air chief to pursue politics.

Pittsburgh United Steelworkers Union Marvin Miller Human Relations Commission Miller Columbus Dale Fulton Martins Ferry Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

999 To Museum Buffalo News Item About Engine 999

The New York Central Railroad steam engine 999 travels to Chicago's National Museum of Science and Industry. It was the first steam locomotive to exceed 100 miles per hour while pulling a passenger train.

Buffalo N. Y New York Central Railroad Chicago National Museum of Science and Industry

Sold Double Kitchen Sink Adette

Classified notice offers a white porcelain kitchen sink 22 by 42 by 9 inches in good condition for $10 with LY 22641. Mentions daily money saving classified pages and a 16 word three time ad for $1.76. Encourages selling unwanted furniture or appliances and provides LY 3-1242 to start an ad.

Dutch Say Landings Are Non-Existent

Hollandia, New Guinea. A Dutch naval spokesman called Nasution’s claim of guerrilla landings along the west New Guinea coast “old news” and said the March 25 and 26 entries near Kokona were interdicted. He noted only infiltrators had reached Waigeo and surrounding areas but were being wiped out.

Haris Nasution West New Guinea Nasution Kokonoa Waigeo Island Dampier Strait Sorong

New York Banker Burns Canceled Securities in Daily Cremation

Rus sell W. Goble oversees the destruction of canceled securities valued at millions at Chase Manhattan Bank. Each trunk is sealed in steel, taken to the 61st floor, shredded, and burned in a furnace with a witness present. Goble has done this for 34 years and notes the heat can be intense.

Goble Chase Manhattan Bank Chase Manhattan Financial District

Holl Elected To General Telephone Board Of Directors

Marion Barton A Holl of Logan and Peter S Mykrantz of Columbus were elected to the General Telephone Co board. Clare E Williams of Marion was reelected president. Holl, former Commonwealth Telephone president, recently won the Professional Manager's Citation at Ohio University in March.

Marion Barton A. Holl Logan Logan Clay Products Co General Telephone Co Peter S. Mykrantz Columbus Clare E. Williams Hall Commonwealth Telephone Co U.S Ohio University

Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher divorce to end three year marriage

Rumor becomes fact as Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher announce they will part their three year marriage. Divorce proceedings will be instituted soon. Questions rise about Burton potential marriage and Sybil Burton's possible response amid reports of strain and separation.

New York Elizabeth Taylor Eddie Fisher Louis Nizer Liz Rome Elizabeth Miss Taylor Cleopatra Richard Burton Fisher Will Burton Sybil London

Indicted brokers linked to Swan Finch stock fraud

A father and son brokerage pair expelled from the American Stock Exchange were indicted on new charges of conspiring to manipulate and sell unregistered Swan Finch Oil stock. Five others, including former Swan Finch president Lowell Birrell, face related counts as U S authorities stated the Res used their exchange positions to fix prices and distribute Birrells stock. The case helped spark a major exchange shakeup after a long market probe.

New York American Stock Exchange Jerry Re Gerard Swan Finch Oil Corp Lowell W. Birrell Swan Finch Brazil U.S Robert M. Morgenthau Res Swan-Finch Birrell American Exchange

Katzenbach Named to Justice Post by Kennedy

Nicholas de B. Katzenbach becomes assistant attorney general and chief of the office of legal counsel, chosen to succeed Byron White who is appointed to the Supreme Court. Senate confirmation required for both moves.

Washington Byron R. White Justice Department Nicholas de Borde Katzenbach Katzenbach Department Kennedy White White Supreme Court Senate

White House Probes Astronauts Gifts of Houston Homes

The White House opened an inquiry into the acceptance by seven Mercury astronauts of fully furnished $24 000 homes from the Houston Home Builders Association. NASA had previously indicated tacit consent, finding no law barred gifts, and officials initially called the offer an advertising promotion.

New York White House Houston Home Builders Association New York Times New York Herald Tribune National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington Dispatch Times Houston Builders

Glenn School Seeks 3 Mill Levy for New John Glenn High

East Muskingum District Board of Education plans a May primary vote on a 3 mill levy for five years to cover operating expenses tied to the construction of the new John Glenn High School. Voters previously rejected 4 mill levies twice last fall.

New Concord East Muskingum District

Noted Jurist Dies in Memphis Hospital

John Donelson Martin, a liberal jurist and former president of the Southern Baseball Association, died in a Memphis hospital Monday night.

Memphis John Donelson Martin The Southern Baseball Association

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Howard Benedict Algiers OAS JFK Middleport Area Florida West Palm Beach, Fla Joseph P. Kennedy Charlie A. V. Solovyev Frankfurt West Germany East Berlin East Germany Royal Sam Neua Laos North Viet Nam 27Th Volunteer Battalion Reds Eastern Army Command Damascus Radio Burns Chancery Tokyo Minoru Genda Japan Hollandia, New Guinea New Yorker Russell W. Goble Barton A, Holl B. A. Holl Burton By Pierce Lehmbeck News Index EEA Athens Chauncey Tres Gallipolis Ghouleoe Logan Deere Tees Nelsonville Ee Pleasant Caevvetdes Pomeroy Middleport Etree Eee Sports Ase Esas Erseeasseses Glenn
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