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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1954

Page

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United Front Goal Drives Senate Talks on Asia Aid

Senate leaders debate foreign aid policy amid Indochina tension as Secretary Dulles plans trips to London and Paris to seek allied unity. Bridges urges reassessment. Humphrey cautions against using aid to pressure Britain and France. Geneva talks with Soviet Union and China loom over alliance strategy.

Washington Sen Bridges R-Nh Congress Indochina Senate Appropriations Committee White House Eisenhower Humphrey D-Minn United Action Southeast Asia State Department Dulles Senate Knowland California U. S Geneva Soviet Russia Red China London Paris Churchill Eden Laniel

Four-year-old Gary Gilkey survives cistern accident

Four-year-old Gary Lee Gilkey fell into a 40 inch cistern at his Luhing Road home. Neighbor Paul Walraven pulled him to safety as Fire Chief Charles Dalton and Fireman Ed Goodwin rushed with an inhalator. Gary regained consciousness en route to Athens Hospital. Sheriff Bathman praised the responders.

Gary Lee Gilkey Sheltering Arms Hospital Luhing Road Gary Lee George Gilkey Paul Walraven Walraven Athens Goodwin George Bathman Fire Department

House Alters Bill To Allow Wire-Tapping

The House approved a bill to allow use of wiretapped evidence in national security cases with court approval, voting 221 to 166. The measure, sent to the Senate, would legalize wiretap evidence for spies saboteurs espionage sedition or violations of internal security or atomic energy acts.

Washington Senate House Atty Brownell GOP

Biggest Coins in Your Purse Bargain for the Household

A lively pitch extols the newspaper as dwarfing all other spending in value providing daily news pictures features columnists comics sports fashion and store news. The item invites readers to consider the paper as a thrifty bargain for the whole family.

Legacy cash lost in house fire amid wrong trunk mix up

Thomas Johnston woke to a blaze at his Los Angeles home and pleaded with a neighbor to move a trunk from his late father's estate. Firefighters controlled the flames but the rescued trunk proved to be the wrong one, burning the $9000 legacy inside.

Los Angeles Thomas Johnston Johnston

Exhumation Sought in Glouster Fire Deaths

Sheriff George Bateman asked coroner Dr John H Elias and Prosecuting Attorney Joel Draper to order exhumation of six members of the Lawrence Richards family from their Glouster Cemetery grave. Pathologist study intended to aid investigation of the deaths after the home fire. The arson bureau probe, led by Willis S Peterson, may conclude in a couple of days.

George Bateman P Ting Garnet Williams Richards Glouster Thewrence Richards Bateman John H. Elias Joel Draper Fisher

Adlai in Hospital Tour Is Cancelled

Adlai E Stevenson, 1952 Democratic nominee, entered Passavant Hospital Chicago for further kidney treatment. He canceled speaking engagements in Indiana this weekend, accompanied by William McCormick Blair Jr. an assistant from his Illinois governorship days.

Chicago Adlai E. Stevenson Passavant Hospital William McCormick Blair Jr Stevenson Illinois Blair Indiana

Columbus Seeks National Air Academy Site

Columbus Mayor Maynard Sensenbrenner says Rep. Vorys reports a committee evaluating a site for a national air academy is weighing a location near Lockbourne Air Force Base outside Columbus. Sensenbrenner urges setting the academy in metropolitan Columbus.

Columbus Ohio Maynard Sensenbrenner Vorys National Air Academy Lockbourne Air Force Base Sensenbrenner

Vietminh Shell Dien Bien Phu In New Assault Bid

Vietminh artillery pounded Dien Bien Phu, signaling a possible new infantry assault on the French fortress in northwest Indochina. The bombardment marked a shift from siege to active attack as forces mass for a fresh strike.

Hanos Indochina Vietminh Dien Bien Phu

Secret Talks On New Arms Curbs Loom

United Nations officials report the 12 nation UN Disarmament Commission plans an immediate private subcommittee on arms reduction and atomic control. India urged rapid consideration of a four point Nehru proposal including a stand-still on bomb explosions and publicizing weapon power.

United Nations N. Y UN Disarmament Commission India Nehru

Rail Control Battle Opens as Central Sets Vote Date

The struggle for control of the New York Central Railroad moved forward with a record date set for April 19 for stock eligible to vote at the May 26 annual meeting in Albany. Proxies were mailed to about 40,000 stockholders within hours of the announcement.

New York New York Central U. S Central Albany N. Y The

Reward Offered for First Sock in the Nose of Pvt Schine

Retired U S major general Arthur R Wilson 59 offered a $100 reward to the first non commissioned officer who socks Pvt G David Schine in the nose. Wilson noted the Army allows a private to tell generals in the Pentagon what to do.

Frankfurt Germany U. S Schine Arthur R. Wilson Army David Schine Joseph McCarthy R-Wis Defence Department United States McCarthy Roy Cohen Fort Dix N. J New York Cohen Wilson Pentagon North Africa Europe

Jury Indicts Press Critic of McCarthy

Federal grand jury indicts Las Vegas Morning Sun publisher Q M Greenspun on mailing copies of a column about Senator McCarthy that allegedly incited murder. Greenspun calls the column facetious and says the charges curb a newspaper critical of McCarthy.

McCarthy Las Vegas Nev Q. M. Greenspun

McCarthy Offers Steak to Injured Inquiries

Senator McCarthy says he will give a T bone steak to any innocent person hurt by his anti communism investigations. He spoke in a Nogales cafe and vowed that if he has harmed anyone innocent he will compensate them. He and his wife plan to leave the Tucson ranch of columnist Westbrook Pegler for Washington this weekend.

Tucson Ariz Sen. McCarthy R-Wis Nogales Mexico McCarthy Jean Westbrook Pegler Washington

Elyria Man Poses as Doctor Admits Guilt

In Elyria Ohio a 27 year old workman Dale Bohoric admitted to police he posed as a county doctor and examined seven young women. He allegedly warned them they would face a $100 fine for refusal. Bohoric is jailed on a felonious assault charge.

Elyria Ohio Joseph Guzik Guzik Dale Bohoric Bohoric

Blue Rain in Detroit and Davenport Baffles Residents

Detroiters report blue specks staining hundreds of homes on the Northwest Side with a purplish tint in Davenport similar sightings. Civil defense found no danger while health commissioner Dr Motner blamed fallen Elm tree buds and damp ground with wind dispersal and paint chemicals. Davenport scientists cited vegetable matter pollen spores.

Detroit Davenport Iowa Pacific Civil Defense Joseph G. Motner

Press Hunt for Missing Jetliner Shocks Britain and Canada

Canada probes worst aviation disaster after Trans-Canada Airlines North Star collision with a military trainer in Moose Jaw. Thirty seven people died, including MPs, pilots, and a cleaning woman. The plane narrowly missed a school, ignited homes, and left 18 identified bodies by morning.

Moose Jaw Sask Trans-Canada Airlines North Star L. E. Lewry Royal Canadian Air Force Montreal Vancouver Martha Hadwen

Brownell to Air National Security Speech Tonight

Attorney General Brownell will address internal security measures focusing on Communist activities in the United States. The coast-to-coast 9 p.m. EST television speech follows President Eisenhower’s recent address and is billed as nonpartisan and in the public interest. It airs on CBS DuMont NBC with radio rebroadcasts on CBS Mutual NBC and ABC stations later tonight.

Washington Brownell United States Eisenhower White House CBS DuMont NBC Mutual ABC

Stolen jug contains poison no antidote found

Akron Ohio report states a half gallon plastic jug disappeared from an automobile between Akron and Wadsworth. Floyd S. Owen told police the unmarked container holds poison with no known antidote. Exterminator company agent identified the item.

Akron Ohio Here Floyd S. Owen Exterminator Company Owen Wadsworth

Slayer of Husband Is Judged Insane

Mrs. Hattie Boggs 31, accused of killing her husband James A., has been judged legally insane at Lima State Hospital and will be returned to Portsmouth Common Pleas Court for disposition. The March 5 killing occurred in the Boggs rural home.

Portsmouth Ohio Hattie Boggs James A Lima State Hospital Common Pleas Court Boggs

Weekend Weather Brings Warmer Days and Showers

A warming trend is forecast from Saturday to Wednesday with temperatures about 4-5 degrees above normal. Normal lows run 38-40 and highs 56-63, with showers bringing nearly an inch of rain Saturday night through Sunday and again around Tuesday.

Eleanor Roosevelt to Speak at Ohio University Convocation

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will be the convocation speaker at Memorial Auditorium on Monday April 26 at 9 40 a m. She is the widow of the wartime president and UN delegate who chaired the UN Human Rights Commission and served on UNESCO. Her recent travels include the Near and Middle East Chile and Europe.

Eleanor Roosevelt Ohio University United Nations General Assembly Memorial Auditorium Commission On Human Rights of the United Na Tions Near Middle East Chile Europe Ohio

GIS 'Parent' Enters Plea

Delaware Ohio Allen P Daniel former Girls Industrial School cottage parent indicted for felonious assault pleaded innocent and remanded to county jail He surrendered yesterday and was arraigned before Judge Whitney with bond set at 500 dollars A trial date was to be set within a week

Delaware Ohio Allen P. Daniel Daniel Ohio State University Delaware County Grand Jury Common Pleas O. W. Whitney Jr

Bomber Crashes Off Korea Coast. Crew Missing

The U S Sixth Air Force reported a B 26 bomber crashed Tuesday night off the west coast of Korea. Four crew members were missing and the names were withheld.

Seoul U. S. Sth Air Force Korea

State police transfer Trooper Murphy to Point Pleasant detachment

Trooper W. A. Mike Murphy of the Chel Yan detachment of state police was transferred to the Point Pleasant detachment today in a announced move.

Point Pleasant W. A Mike) Murphy Chelyan Detachment State Police

House Panel Raps Benson fund Request

The House Appropriations Committee increased the Agriculture Department budget for the coming year, accusing Secretary Benson of breaking faith. It approved 698,741,812 in cash and 320,500,000 in loan authority for the next fiscal year starting July 1, aligning cash with the department’s request but adding 45 million in loan authority. The panel also approved the full 20 million conservation program funding for the 1955 crop year.

Washington House Appropriations Committee Agriculture Department Benson Congress House Noor Budget Bureau Department

Tax Receipts Still Decline

State tax stamp collections for prepaid sales tax declined in the fourth week of March. The week ending March 27 yielded 2,967,188, down 323,634 from the same week last year, about a 10 percent drop. Total stamps collected since July 1 stood at 124,637,982, still above the prior year’s 119,642,151.

Columbus Roger W. Tracy

Fourth graders plant trees for future Worthington park

Worthington fourth graders dug into frozen ground to plant 1000 Christmas trees as a 1962 project. Each student contributes 25 cents to a "corporation" that aims to harvest profit for a school trip and funds an 80 acre tract along the Olentangy River set aside for recreation. The plan envisions yearly 1000 trees by each class and gradual development of 50 acres for educational recreation.

Columbus Worthington Robert Eaton Forester Olentangy River Ohio Corporation Paton

Jail Escapee Is Captured In Tampa

TAMPA FL A 22 year old jail escapee from Lima Ohio John Dave Rankin was captured this morning while standing in a downtown doorway Two detectives chasing a bank holdup suspect from Rankin’s group grabbed him Rankin carried two pistols in a paper sack and one in his belt He and two others escaped from the Lima jail on March 28.

Tampa Fla John Dave Rankin Lima Ohio Rankin Richard Rupert James Moore

Famed Opera Singer Prud Scheff Dies at 74

New York the opera and operetta star Prud Scheff died Thursday at age 74 in a crowded East Side apartment. The medical examiner attributed the death to old age and natural causes after a career beginning in 1898. She remained active in entertainment including television appearances and a Palace Theatre return four years ago.

New York Prud Scheff Peretta Old Palace Theater East Side

Tumulty, Wilson Secretary, Dies at 74

Joseph P. Tumulty, 74, longtime secretary to President Woodrow Wilson, died Wednesday in Washington. He served during Wilson's eight years in the White House and played a key role in the administration.

Washington Joseph P. Tumulty Woodrow Wilson Wilson White House

Train Bus Collision Kills Eight in Buenos Aires

In Buenos Aires eight people died and four were injured when a locomotive collided with a bus on Thursday. Authorities investigate the derailment and assess casualties and cause.

Buenos Aires Argentina

Ohio Principals Open Annual Spring Meeting in Columbus

The Ohio High School Principals Association opened its twoerthy annual spring meeting in Columbus today. Educators gathered to discuss school leadership, standards, and student achievement initiatives across the state.

Columbus Ohio Ohio High School Assn

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