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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1960
Page
1
In West Virginia a political contest heats up as candidates court voters amid a contentious legality question raised in Los Angeles involving oil interests and campaign themes.
Kennedy makes southern West Virginia stops including Beckley while Humphrey tours six towns. both seek votes in the May 10 Democratic primary. Pauley defends fundraising legality as Boyar notes $300,000 raised toward a $450,000 goal. Byrd emphasizes national significance of the race.
A downtown Huntington blaze early today destroyed a jewelry shop and a finance firm on the second floor and caused extensive smoke damage to several storefronts. Three firefighters, Harold Lemley, Glenn Warren, and W. V. Johnson, were injured. Lemley and Warren suffered severe burns. Fire chief John Gallagher said Lemley and Warren were knocked down stairs as flames blew open a door. The fire began shortly after 4 a.m. and burned for nearly two hours. cause is undetermined and damage estimates were not provided.
Illinois voters head to the polls on Tuesday with two political empires in play. Governor Stratton seeks a rare third term against Hayes Robertson in a downstate GOP race while Chicago Mayor Daley faces threats from Stephan Mitchell or Joseph Lohman as potential challengers to his governor-backed candidate Otto Kerner in the Democratic primary. Nixon figures as nonbinding presidential choice with broad GOP interest.
A weekend notice invites readers to place want ads for home hunting housekeeper car purchases or items for sale in The Messenger Want Ad Columns. Call LY 3 1242 to resolve and benefit through results.
Government scientists in Tokyo announced a method to dehydrate sake and package it in a tube. Mixing one small tube with water would yield a 60 proof beverage.
Delegates at Kent State University stayed up until 3 45 a m Sunday to finalize a ticket for the mock convention with Adlai Stevenson as president and Sen Stuart Symington as vice president.
Six rebel guerrillas died in Tizi Ouzau as they rigged a time bomb hours before French Premier Debre’s planned arrival. The guerrillas were reportedly hit by a heavy artillery shell while attaching a clock mechanism. Garcia’s proposal for U.S. missile bases drew bipartisan support in Congress today.
Rand Daily Mail reports the Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd may have suffered greater harm from two bullets than medical bulletins admit. Surgeons say two .22 bullets remain in his head while he recovers, as security tightens and ministers consider acting leadership. Arson at a Port Elizabeth church is also noted amid strained racial tensions.
Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson work on a compromise to provide federal hospitalization and nursing home care for Americans over 65. They consider linking to Social Security or creating a separate program, with action hoped this session.
A 34 member New Albany High School class from Ohio travels to Europe on a $20 000 budget. The trip includes Sweden Germany and Denmark with 13 days on the road and themes due before graduation. The school granted an exception to allow the trip, praised for the students hard work earning the funds.
In San Francisco Daryl Chessman’s lawyer George T Davis says new evidence may save the condemned author from the gas chamber by naming the true killer known as the real red light bandit The attorney said they know who he is but not his location.
Robert L. Mullins, 29, an Akron attorney, is appointed deputy superintendent of insurance for Ohio, effective June 1. The move to the state department follows his legal work and cites expertise in insurance regulation.
President Eisenhower orders a study of elderly health care proposals focusing on health hospital and medical care. Rayburn and Johnson push for action while Nixon seeks concrete plan this session. Eight GOP senators propose federal state subsidies for private insurance for seniors 65 plus, lacking White House support.
Hollywood reports William Stanciu, Beverly Radland's latest boyfriend, died from a self inflicted gunshot after forcing entry and threatening her. Beverly narrowly escaped harm amid a turbulent romance that included marriage proposals and denials. Stanciu’s death is ruled suicide. autopsy pending. Beverly remains in Juvenile Hall awaiting a review of parental supervision status with a hearing set for Wednesday.
Gov. Michael V. Di Salle said state registrar Cliff Ayers is examining reports of political payoffs by deputies. Reports claim Cuyahoga County deputy registrars kick back five cents of a 35 cent license plate fee for party operations. Coleman has not seen any of it.
A 22 minute Seattle area earthquake rattled buildings and swayed light fixtures Sunday night, prompting safety checks and possible aftershocks concerns.
William McKinley Mooney, famed for knocking Theodore Roosevelt flat in a White House boxing bout, dies at 94 in Washington. A postal clerk and amateur boxer, Mooney later served as Washington postmaster until 1938 and left a widow and two sisters in Steubenville Ohio.
Melbourne officials confirm the eye of the hurricane sits 1000 miles east of Brisbane as of Sunday noon and moving southeast. The report marks a roughly week of advance notice from the Tiros I satellite with praise for the U S effort and no damage reported yet.
Madison Wisconsin Charlie Mohr 22 from Merrick New York remained in critical condition after brain hemorrhage surgery following a 165 pound bout with Stu Bartell of San Jose State in a National Collegiate Association tournament Saturday night Mohr was rushed to a hospital after the boxing match in Madison Wisconsin.
About 5000 people gathered outside the Statehouse Sunday to support Negro demonstrations in the South. The crowd heard Rev. John Quick plead for a boycott of chain stores enforcing segregated service.
In Lafayette two Southwestern Louisiana Institute engineering students fled a store after a burglar alarm. Robert Earl Davis 19 died after hitting a high voltage line and plunging 60 feet. Louis Napoleon Reiser 21 survived a five foot jump and faces burglary charges.
Lt. Col. James C. Clem of Columbus elected president of the Ohio National Guard Association. He succeeds Col. Erle H. Bridge water Jr. of Athens, who was named a trustee.
A Cornell study shows men who hit an ideal weight at 20 and stay there may double body fat by age 60. Dr Fryer suspects fat shifts inward as well as under the skin, with 60 men over sixty studied.
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