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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1961

Page

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Mechem leads senate censure of Disalle actions

The Ohio Senate debated DiSalle criticisms as Senate Majority Leader C Stanley Mechem defended the legislature and attacked the governor. Mechem blasted Highway Director Everett S. Preston for lobbying excess while warning of budget cuts and waste. Democrats countered with questions on campaign spending as Sen William Deddens signaled ongoing feuding and ethics reforms passed the House en route to the Senate.

Mechem Senate Columbus C. Stanley Mechem Athens Wheeling Everett S. Preston Sen Fred L. Hoffman R-Hamilton Pres Department of Highway Safety DiSalle General Assembly Assembly Finance Statehouse Repub Ohio House Michael V. DiSalle

Finch and Carole Finch Jailed for Wife Murder

In Los Angeles a jury spared Dr. R Bernard Finch and his red haired mistress Carole from the gas chamber granting life terms instead. The pair sobbed as jurors sentenced them after a year and a half of suspense and about 750000 dollars of taxpayer money. Under California law parole is possible in seven years if their records allow it.

R. Bernard Finch Carole Tregoff Finch Carole California

Juror reveals Finch murder trial jury verdict reasoning

Mildred R. Brown a juror in the third Finch murder trial says the jury found the defendants guilty because they were their own worst witnesses. She cites the doctors account of the shooting and disbelieves Carole’s version.

Finch Tregoff Los Angeles Carole Mildred R. Brown Los Angeles Examiner

Kennedy Macmillan plan Laos ceasefire talks push

President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan enter day two of talks in Washington to map a strategy for a Laos settlement. They seek a guaranteed ceasefire and plan to focus on unifying and neutralizing Laos while differing over Red China UN membership.

Washington Kennedy Harold Macmillan Soviet Union Red China Laos Macmillan United Nations United States Britain White House U.S Dean Rusk Lord Hume NATO Honey Fitz

Tshombe Defies UN In Katanga

Elisabethville fights with UN forces as Tshombe rejects a UN truce. UN spokesman Michel Tombelaine is ejected from a hotel amid jeers by white residents. General McKeown warns of reinforcing with Indian troops after mob violence. Swedish troops foil a Katanga detachment at Elisabeth airfield as Tshombe orders general sabotage.

Elisabethville Katanga United Nations Moise Tshombe Michel Tombelaine Congo Sean McKeown Ireland Tshombe Elisabeth Airfield

Akron teacher acquitted of assault while contempt cited

Cuya hoga Falls junior high teacher Charles L. Irish was acquitted of assault and battery against 14 year old John Ross after a five hour trial. Judge Edward J. Mahoney found him innocent and also cited 14 year old Bernard Clark and his father Donald Clark for contempt of court during proceedings.

Akron Cuyahoga Falls Charles L. Irish Bolich Junior High John Ross Ross Municipal Court Edward J. Mahoney Mahoney Bernard Clark Donald Clark Orval Hoover Clark

Little Man With Voice Commerce Head Deflates Himself

Richard Wagner, new president of the U S Chamber of Commerce, describes himself as a pot bellied man with a big voice. Wagner, 64, also chairman and CEO of Champlin Oil, notes his one year tenure begins May 2 and will limit time for chamber duties. He recalls earning 12 cents an hour in 1910 and rising to bank executive before leading Champlin’s acquisition and name change after financing ventures and oil.

Washington Richard Wagner U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wagner Chamber Champlin Oil and Refining Co Chicago Champlin Loop Horatio Alger Chicago Corp Champlin Company

Eichmann Transferred to Jerusalem Trial Center

Adolf Eichmann moved from a Haifa prison to the Jerusalem Community Center to stand trial for major responsibility in the extermination of Jews during World War II.

Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann Haifa Jerusalem Community Center

Ouster Fails at Westinghouse Stockholders Meeting

A proposal to remove the top three Westinghouse Electric Corp. executives failed by a wide margin in a stockholders vote. The company had been fined recently for anti trust violations.

Pittsburgh Westinghouse Electric Corp

Electric Firm Official To Wed OU Graduate

PAINESVILLE OHIO James F Lincoln 77 year old chairman of the Lincoln Electric Co and Jane D White dean of students at Lake Erie College plan to marry June 24 Miss White daughter of Roscoe C White of Fredonia NY is a graduate of Ohio University and has a Master s Degree from Wellesley College

Painesville Ohio James F. Lincoln Lincoln Electric Co Jane D. White Lake Erie College Miss White Roscoe C. White Fredonia, N. Y Ohio University Wellesley College

Harold Simmons Charged With First Degree Murder

Harold Simmons, 34, of Reading, faces first degree murder charges for the alleged killing of his father in Cincinnati. The case stems from a fatal shooting reported earlier this week.

Cincinnati Harold Simmons Reading

Power for space vehicles solar wind discovery

MIT scientists report a Thor Delta launched probe from Cape Canaveral detected a strong solar wind rushing from the sun at millions of miles per hour. The four foot long instrument collected charged particles in a cup sensor to generate electrical signals for earth transmission. Wind direction inferred from particle entry timing as the cup faced the sun.

Cambridge Mass Cape Canaveral Fla Massachusetts Institute of Technology Outer Space Earth

Kennedy budget projection reaches eighty seven billion

Washington estimates say President Kennedy will send Congress a first on its own budget around 87 billion dollars. Revenues would need to rise to balance, with the figure about 6 billion above current levels, depending on a satisfactory economic recovery.

Washington Kennedy Congress

Castro Executes Two in Havana Firing Squads

Firing squads at La Cabana executed two more men today, raising the unofficial total to 601 since Fidel Castro took power on January 1, 1959.

Havana la Cabana Fidel Castro

SAC Still Tops Washington Says Russell on SAC Power

Senator Richard Russell of the Armed Services Committee declares the U S Strategic Air Command the most destructive striking force in operation. The remark underscores SACs role in national defense and deterrence policy.

Washington Richard B. Russell Senate Armed Services Committee U.S. Strategic Air Command

GOP Seeks New Boss for National Chairmanship

Sen Thruston B Morton of Kentucky will turn over the selection of a new Republican national chairman to a 26 member executive committee meeting in Washington on April 21-22. Morton, who steps down in June, heads the committee and may recommend his successor with Rep William E Miller of New York the leading candidate, currently heading the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee.

Washington Thruston B. Morton Kentucky Morton William E. Miller New York Miller Republican Congressional Campaign Committee

Parma Police Probe Third Explosion at Parma High School

Parma police continued the investigation into the latest blast in two days, the third in two days and fifth this year, traced to a washroom at Parma High as students left. No injuries were reported.

Cleveland Parma Parma High School

UN Chief Hammarskjold offers resignation stake

Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold told the United Nations General Assembly he would resign if the assembly asked, a move amid Soviet pressure. He said silence could imply he remains, noting his term runs to April 1963 and urging the body to decide his fate.

United Nations N. Y Dag Hammarskjold United Nations General Assembly Hammarskjold Congo Khrushchev General Assembly

Founder Of Saturday Review Dies At 82

OSSINING N Y Henry Seidel Canby noted editor teacher and leading figure in American literary criticism died in Os s ning New York on Wednesday at age 82 Canby was a founder of the Saturday Review of Literature and the first editor in chief of the Book of the Month Club He left the club in 1958 after 32 years of service He had suffered poor health for six years

Ossining N. Y Henry Seidel Canby Canby Saturday Review of Literature

Rich And Poor Help Sgt. York With Fund To Clear Tax Debt

Thousands of letters poured in to raise 25000 dollars to wipe out Sgt. Alvin York’s federal income tax debt. Donations ranged from $1 to pennies, with prominent figures like Speaker Sam Rayburn contributing. York, famed for his WWI heroism, was praised as a great soldier by Gen. John J. Pershing.

Sgt. York Washington Alvin York Capitol Hill Joe L. Evins D-Tenn York Tax Fund Sam Rayburn D-Ten Denver

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