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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1967

Page

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Penny Arcade Sign Changes at Coney Island

U S and world briefs report safety and historic notes. At Coney Island the Penny Arcade sign was replaced with Get your dimes and nickels here, as the last penny machines exit. Of 83 machines, 62 take nickels and 21 take dimes. Capt Fred Hornbrook, 95, longtime Ohio River packet skipper, dies after months of illness. A Trans World Airlines DC9 with Flight 532 makes a wheels-up landing at Wright Patterson AFB. 38 passengers and 5 crew escape injury.

New York Coney Island Cincinnati Fred Hornbrook Dayton Ohio Trans World Airlines Wright- Patterson Air Force Base

Allegheny Airlines denied daily Parkersburg to Cleveland service

The Civil Aeronautics Board refused Allegheny Airlines immediate authority to run a daily round trip between Parkersburg West Virginia and Cleveland. Despite claims of profitability, CAB analysis found the service unprofitable and the case remains set for a regular hearing.

Washington —P Civil Aeronautics Board Allegheny Airlines Parkersburg W. Va Cleveland Allegheny

Fire destroys section of Negro school in Cleveland

Investigators said arson started the Sunday blaze that destroyed part of a predominantly Negro school in Cleveland. The fire occurred about ten blocks from where last week youths hurled rocks and bottles at firemen.

Cleveland

Dayton editor Dwight Young dies at 83 in Ohio

Dwight Edwin Deke Young publisher and retired Dayton Herald editor died at his Kettering home at 83. In Columbus a $1 637 599 Appalachian Development Act grant was announced as the largest for a human resources project in Ohio to fund a joint vocational school and technical center in Muskingum County.

Dayton Ohio Dwight Edwin (Deke) Young The Dayton Herald Kettering Columbs Muskingum County

Traffic Toll Reaches Fifteen In Central Ohio Weekend

A pair of double fatality crashes in central Ohio pushed the weekend traffic death toll to at least 15 for the 54 hour period. The figure matches the previous weekend and the same weekend in 1966, underscoring a persistent pattern of deadly accidents.

Ohio

Parade Honors Medal of Honor Hero Lawrence Joel

Winston Salem proudly honored Army Spec. 6 Lawrence Joel with a downtown parade after he grew up selling firewood to slum area housewives. About 30,000 spectators lined the streets to see bands from local high schools Ft Bragg units and reserve outfits join the salute to the Medal of Honor winner.

Winston-Salem N. C Lawrence Joel Ft. Bragg

Ames Bern Cagers Hear Former UC Coach Ed Jucker

Former UC coach Ed Jucker spoke at the Ames Bern Cagers annual banquet held in Point Pleasant arena. Youth attendance at the event highlighted community sports engagement and school pride.

Orama Point Pleasant National Guard Wisn Cdiss Hevst Cepa Eevichach Ames-Bern Ed Jucker

Bombers Arrive in Thai Battlefield Update

SAIGON AP reports a 24 hour spike in Vietnam ground actions with 315 Communists killed. First wave of three B52 bombers based in Thailand arrived from Guam after dropping 180000 pounds on a suspected camp near Saigon. Additional B52s to Utapao later this month cut raid times to under three hours.

Saigon Vietnam Thailand Guam Utapao South Vietnam U.S. 25Th Infantry Cu Chi U.S. 1St Cavalry An Khe North Vietnam Thai Nguyen Hanoi Red Capital U.S. 9Th Division

AFTRA Strike Ends Tentative TV Radio Deal Reached

New York AP reports negotiators reached a tentative settlement in the first national radio and television strike involving celebrities on picket lines and a schedule of old films and reruns. The deal with AFTRA is subject to ratification by the union, while pickets outside NBC in Rockefeller Center continued.

New York American Federation of Radio and Television Artists ABC CBS NBC Ers Rockefeller Center New York City Ing Patterson National Board of Aftra AFTRA Los Angeles Chicago

Latin Common Market Talks Move Toward Regional Peak

Latin American foreign ministers after 11 hours of negotiations agreed to initiate steps toward a common market for about 230 million people. They aim to ease toward a summit with heads of state in Punta del Este as they trade off trade policy issues and timing.

Punta del Este Uruguay Latin America Estab Johnson United States Latin-American Free Trade Association

Truck Firms Close Doors Over Tie-Up With Teamsters

Hundreds of trucking firms nationwide vow to halt cross country hauls amid a labor dispute with the Teamsters Union. National talks in Washington ended with Trucking Employers, Inc. ordering a 100 percent lockout of drivers, potentially hobbling commerce for days as wage talks remain unresolved.

Chicago Teamsters Union Teamsters Washington Trucking Employers, Inc U.S Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Harvey L. Werner Werner Transportation Co Minnesota Trucking Employers Minneapolis-St. Paul Gordon Conklin Teamsters Joint Council St. Paul Ohio Cincinnati

Breakthrough Seen In Oral Clot-Dissolving Drugs

Denver physician reports potential progress toward oral drugs to dissolve intravascular blood clots, the main cause of fatal heart attacks. Findings from in vitro tests suggest optimism, though the drugs are not yet ready for clinical use. A second presentation notes a 200-year mystery solved on how digitalis works, hinting at synthetic analogs with possibly greater efficacy.

Miami Beach Fla Denver Kurt N. von Kaulla University of Colorado School of Medicine American Chemical Society United States Manfred E. Wolff University of California Medical Center, San Francisco

Meigs GI Dies During Viet Battle

William Price Neutzling 24 a Meigs County soldier was killed in Vietnam when ambushed on patrol. He had been in Vietnam since August. A son was born to him and his wife Patricia Haggy six weeks before his death. Surviving relatives include his wife son parents four sisters three brothers and grandmother.

Pomeroy William Price Sonny) Neutzling Meigs County Vietnam Neutzling Patricia Haggy William Price Jr Norbert Neutzling Mary Whipper Severn Bonnie Smith Columbus Dorothy Stella Sue Norbert Pat Michael U. S. Army Alaska Joseph Ohio University Price Hawk

Hearings Dominate Legislature Hearings Dominate Legislature

Ohio lawmakers focus on committee hearings this week as the House plans a vote on prioritizing presidential vote counting. Senate members consider bills on child abandonment age and emergency corporation procedures while major measures seek pay raises for about 45,000 state workers, a $4.9 billion two year operating budget, and a $7 weekly increase in workers compensation.

Ohio House Senate

Second Night Of Student Rioting Ends In Nashville

In Nashville Tennessee a second straight night of racial violence at Fisk and Tennessee State Negro colleges ended with a light rain and dawn arrests. One student was wounded while police charged two men George Washington Ware and Ernest Stephens with inciting a riot. Stephens said he worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Ware claimed association with Stokely Carmichael.

Nashville Nashville, Tenn George Washington Ware Atlanta Ernest Stephens Tuskegee Ala Ware Stokely Carmichael Stephens Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Carmichael Vanderbilt University Fisk Tennessee

Oscars Tonight: A Man for All Seasons Leads Contenders

Hollywood reports the 39th Academy Awards race tight with A Man for All Seasons and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf leading. Richard Burton and Paul Scofield duel for best actor while Elizabeth Taylor eyes a second Oscar though she may miss the ceremony.

Hollywood Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Thomas More

Humphrey Sees European Diplomatic Gains on Tour

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey returned from a two week, seven nation journey cited as a diplomatic success despite Vietnam war protests. He said his visits reassured European leaders the US remains engaged and may lead Johnson to similar trips. Demonstrators in Brussels Rome Florence West Berlin and Paris were small and did not strike him. He noted ties between Europe and the United States surpass minor differences.

Brussels Belgium Hubert H. Humphrey Europe Humphrey United States Asia Johnson Rome Florence West Berlin Paris

Five Day Forecast Promises Above Normal Temperatures

Temperatures from Tuesday through Saturday will run above normal with highs around 70 north to south, and nighttime lows mainly in the 40s. A cooler Tuesday gives way to warming midweek, then cooler again later in the week with scattered showers expected mainly toward week's end.

Major Apollo Change Asked After Study

CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP The Apollo man to the moon program faces delay to fix workmanship and management problems cited in a blue ribbon board report on the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts. The eight man board spent seven weeks examining design engineering manufacture and quality control deficiencies and urged a major overhaul of the spacecraft including a quick escape hatch fewer combustible items and a review of electrical communications and life support systems.

Cape Kennedy Fla America U.S Apollo

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