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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1955

Page

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Dulles Rejects Japanese Request for Talks With Hatoyama Envoy

In Tokyo, Secretary of State Dulles declined an immediate top level policy talk with Japan. Japanese sources call the move not an affront while opposition claims it signals a political crisis. Hatoyama allies hoped envoy Mamoru Shigemitsu would ease tensions over rearmament and ties with Russia and China.

Tokyo John Foster Dulles Washington Dulles Ichiro Hatoyama United States Japan Mamoru Shigemitsu Hatoyama Democratic Party America Russia Red China U. S

Japan Seeks Clarification After Paced Washington Response

Hatoyama voiced disappointment at Washington while noting Japan should have consulted the United States sooner. A government commission led by former President Hoover urged restructuring of defense transport, proposing civilian and military directors and privatizing a third of transport spending to private industry.

Tokyo United States Hatoyama Washington Japan Socialist Party Obama Wastu Nurun — Um Congress Commission On Hoover Defense Department Military Air Transport

Nixon says no war plans. U S not seeking conflict

Vice President Richard Nixon told the American Association of School Administrators that there will be no major war unless Communist nations initiate one. He warned against claims of a hidden war party and resisted pledging defense of certain disputed Chinese islands.

Cleveland Richard M. Nixon Congress American Association of School Administrators United States Nixon Eisenhower Quemoy and Matai Natonal Islands

Progress Seen For Metals

Dr Clyde Williams president of Battelle Memorial Institute says metals and chemicals are merging, accelerating progress in both fields. He notes uranium and thorium as engineering materials, copper as plant food, and nylon as bearing material, with future markets limited only by imagination.

Sincinnati-Up Battelle Memorial Institute Chemical Almos Clyde Willams American Chemical" Society Dr. Willams

Fire at Belgian Rio Theater Kills 39 Including 22 Children

Relatives gather at a makeshift morgue in Liege as Belgium’s King Baudouin arrives to witness the disaster scene after a fire at the Rio Theater. Officials say 38 of 39 victims have been identified, most of them matinee attendees crushed while fleeing exits. A police officer suspects an oil stove near the screen sparked the blaze.

Sclessin Belgium Rune Baudouin Liege Rio James

State Retail Sales Rise Across Ohio Markets

Ohio retail sales rose five percent in the first two months of the year, led by automotive sales. The Ohio State University business research report notes increases in 13 types of business, with grocery stores showing declines in fresh meat sales by about 15 percent, while shoe stores rose around 10 percent.

Columbus Ohio Ohio ‘State University Area of Business Research Ohio Retalesti

Fire destroys Northgate Inn at Piketon incl empty room loss

A century-old Northgate Inn at Piketon burned yesterday destroying the 10S room and causing an estimated $180,000 in damage. No injuries were reported. owner John Hatterick of Piketon said the blaze began near the [room] and affected the facilities about a half mile from the Atomic Energy Commission plant north gate.

Northgate Piketon Atomic Energy Commission Pike County John Hatterick

Wilson Sticks To Plan for Cuts In Army's Manpower

Secretary of Defense Wilson confirms plans to cut Army manpower. He cites tests at Fort Benning and Fort Hood to redefine unit structures and meet conditions for reductions by June 1986. The aim is an orderly strength down from 1 027 000 to about 1 040 000 with potential loss of one division or one regiment.

Saia Wilson Fort Benning Fort Hood Tex Washington Matthey Bi Ringwey Matthew B. Ridgway Chet Din Wilson Hower Hag Ridgway United States

MacArthur Demands Full Release of Yalta Documents

General Douglas MacArthur says he will support publishing documents on Yalta only if the entire record is released. He warns partial releases would mislead the public about responsibility for Yalta decisions. The Army has classified his wartime messages and will defer to Defense for release decisions. He denies pressure to concede to the Soviet Union and refutes Senate claims tying concessions to his advice.

Uen Douglas MacArthur Yalta Japan MacArthur United States England Army Department of Defense Defense Department Washington Post Times-Herald Russia Senate

Government lawyers press Lamb testimony in FCC hearing

Edward Lamb the publisher of the Erie Dispatch and radio operator faces questions as a federal FCC inquiry resumes April 18. The Toledo attorney testified Friday about past associations amid attempts to renew his television license for WICU. The exchange touches allegations of Communist ties and Lamb offered rewards to expose evidence against him. Dalts of a Western storm and Vanderbilt estate news are included in the era’s coverage.

Washing Edward Lamb Toledo Federal Communications Commission Lamb Erie, Pa Dispatch Radio Ieylvania Florida Hig Efe WICU Sat Great Plains Lao Jon Fay Colorado Kansas City Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr Vanderbilt Kane l Newport Wyoming Montana Upstate New York Massachuset Vermont New

Tragedy Ends in Double Death and Injury in Athens Township

A dairy farmer, Arthur Ervin age 46, killed his wife Mabel 44 and wounded daughter Peggy nine with a rifle at the mother-in-law’s Athens residence before taking his own life. Coroner ruled murder suicide as Sheriff Bateman detailed the sequence near the Athens Gun Club. Peggy was later reported as in fair condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital.

Athens Township Pleasant Hill Road Arthur Ervin Mabel Peggy Ervin Athens “County John H. Elias Saide Mex Bowles Bateman Ervin Mirein Hee Mothe Med Be Bowles Ervine Blackburn Eights Cattintae

Congress Should Tend to Knitting On Formosa Problem

Senator Wiley urged Congress to mind its own business on Formosa defense, backing President Eisenhower to decide if Quemoy and Matsu should be defended. He joined Chairman George D. Ayls in saying U S must not bind the president’s hands, stressing separate powers and responsibilities.

Congress Wiley Washington R-Wis Eisenhower Formosa Strait Senate Foreign Relations Committee Quemoy Matsu Formosa George D-Gay Foreign Relations Committee United States Chiang Kaleshek George

Stassen Solon to Discuss Differences on Pakistan Project

Subcommittee members accuse Stassen of obstructing probe into a contract for train storage elevators in Pakistan. Stassen denies obstruction and offers to testify. McClellan subpoenas the Foreign Aid Chief to produce all records at a public hearing set for Wednesday. Stassen says pertinent records were made available weeks ago.

McClellan Stassen FDA Subcommittee Pakistan McClellany

Train Plunges Into Canyon in Colima Dead and Injured

Nine cars of a packed train plunged over the rim into the Canyon of Death in Colima Mexico. Officials report nine dead and 78 injured with many still missing as rescue work realigns tracks along a narrow ledge above the canyon. Gov Salinas Reyes visited the wreck site to assess the casualty list and condition of survivors.

Colima Mexico Canyon of Death Salinas Reynose

Move them once more in Messenger Classified ad

Advertising unused, year round items through Messenger Classified ads. Call before 9 AM to have your ad run the same day. Prompt placement helps shift items to eager buyers during housecleaning time.

High Atom To Be Teste High Atom To Be Teste

LAS VEGAS The highest U S atomic test burst will be unleashed six miles above Yucca Flat to morrow weather permitting The nuclear antiaircraft device was to have been tested afterward but weather was unfavorable and the Air Force plane scheduled to make the stop A weather briefing today will determine the time of the high altitude shut Previous high nuclear explosion in this or any Nevada test series has been 000 feet.

Las Vegas U. S Yucca Flat Air Force Nevada

Farming Drop Of Beds Seen In Soviet Economy

Two Washington authorities Dr Ernest Shim Kin and Dr Demett B Shimkin discuss the Soviet economy noting livestock growth and land use changes. They say Russia has begun plowing marginal lands to raise production for three to four years while the United States and Western Europe outpace the USSR in overall growth.

Washington Ernest “ Grittitn Contresa Demett Shim Kin Bureau The Cen Columbus Mulcast Shimkin Russia United ‘States Stern Europe Ussr

Man killed by giant fish in Suruga Bay incident

In Numazu Japan 47 year old arō Goto was killed yesterday when a 30 pound broadbill struck him in the forehead after he landed the 4 foot fish with a harpoon in Suruga Bay. The mackerel like creature flailed during the strike.

Numazu Japan USA Aro Goto Suruga Bay Goto

Mask Tested For Civilians In Army’s Gas Shield R&D

Army researchers Bernard Siegel and Frank Shanty report a $2 civilian mask could protect against arsenic gas germ agents and radioactive dust if tests at the Chemical Center meet requirements. Mass production possible if successful. Also Columbus man Charles Fairbanks is held after admitting an escape from the state penitentiary in 1950.

Carey AP Science Cincinnati-Up Army Bernard Siegel Frank Shanty Army Chemical Center Pscaper Columbus Charles Fairbanks Jilby Ain State Penitentiary Robert Benton

Bus Strike Threatens Across 10-State Atlantic Greyhound System

AFSE bus drivers union threatens a walkout affecting Atlantic Greyhound lines across 10 states including Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia Florida and the District of Columbia. Division 1439 members led by Daniel W Maroney Jr meet after arriving in Charleston to press for contract talks this week.

Charleston Afse Atlantic Greyhound Camp Atlantic Greyhound Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Tenessee Virginia Carolina Georgia Florida District of Columbia Association of Street, Electric Railway and Moe Coach Employee of America Daniel W. Maroney, Jr

Churchill and Queen Elizabeth Dinner Amid Rumored Resignation

London reports say Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II may dine at 10 Downing Street as Britain faces possible Prime Ministerial resignation this week. Observers note palace plans amid cabinet shifts and Eden’s influence on a potential election.

London Winston Churchill Churchill Downing St Evernight Tras House of Lords Jatesman Britain Poe Sicily Huckinghar Anthony Eden Ider Statesman Platter Miller

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