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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1967
Page
1
Three construction workers who vanished after their small borrowed boat capsized at Buckeye Lake Ohio were presumed drowned after a choppy afternoon. Their bodies were not recovered before nightfall and search would resume at daylight.
Eight children under 10 were rushed to a hospital after about 30 classmates ate wild onions in a field near Burroughs School on Toledo's South Side. All were treated and released after a toxic condition and stomach pumping.
Pfc. Bruce Graening of Akron Ohio was identified as the soldier who fought his way to freedom after nearly a week as a Viet Cong prisoner. Graening aged 20 serves in the U S 1st Air Cavalry Division and was captured during Operation Pershing in northern Binh Dinh province in mid March.
The House overwhelmingly passes a sweeping rewrite of U.S. copyright laws. Hearings started last month before a Senate subcommittee. Final action is anticipated later this year. The bill extends protection for authors, playwrights, composers, and lyricists, including works stored or fed into computers.
In Cincinnati Posteal Laskey Jr. faces first degree murder charges in the death of Barbara Bowman. The defense rested, closing arguments began, and Laskey testified he was at home when Bowman was stabbed early on August 14, 1966.
Meigs Local School Board votes to exercise its option on site for a new high school. The decision signals district growth plans and potential construction timelines.
Washington AP reports a three year contract ending a national trucking lockout. The agreement includes about a 50 cent wage rise and awaits ratification by 450,000 workers in 12,000 firms. TEI pledges immediate resumption of operations, easing shortages and panic buying.
Senate Republicans plan to study Michigan Governor George Romney and former Vice President Richard Nixon for 1968 prospects. Thruston Morton says Romney will top an April 19 meeting with Nixon invited later and Reagan discussed as a potential participant. Dirksen sees these talks boosting GOP unity and clarity.
The 7th Air Force board found the Lang Vei strike an inadvertent navigation error that killed 105 Montagnards and wounded 250. Three pilots were docked pay and grounded. a fourth was cleared. Details await appeal period. Grounded pilots from Thailand will face a flying evaluation board next week.
At Punta del Este the inter American summit neared formal sessions as Johnson and Latin American leaders prepared to debate Latin American economic integration. Foreign ministers agreed on a preamble urging a common market with U S backing, but some nations balk at final approval amid U S congressional constraints.
President Johnson signed a law extending the nationwide railroad strike deadline by 20 days as the National Mediation Board announced the action from Punta del Este where a hemispheric summit was held. Congress sped approval as shopcraft unions were urged to cancel strike authority and no walkout can begin before May 3.
York High School students in Buchtel plan a 1130 a.m. walkout to protest the Nelsonville York City School Board decision to adopt Patriots as the nickname and red white and blue as colors. Parents support the protest and will meet outside the building.
Union representatives met OSU officials in Columbus and asked for union dues deductions with the April 30 payroll. OSU President Fawcett said a July 1 start is more practical due to payroll changes and new equipment. Negotiations continue with no strike in sight following an early vacation at Ohio University.
In New York 32,000 Harlem voters gave Adam Clayton Powell an 86 percent margin over Republican Lucille Pickett Williams. Powell, serving as a 22 year House veteran, won while at a Bimini retreat, leaving the House to decide how to proceed as he faces a possible return as a freshman after an absentia victory.
NASA officials rejected a theory that astronaut Virgil Grissom sparked the Apollo craft fire after tests. Dr. John McCarthy suggested a wire kick, but a review board found no Grissom involvement. Officials noted the wire’s location would have required an extreme contortion to reach.
Louisville officials voted against an open housing ordinance, triggering threats of marches and sit ins during Derby week. Negro comedian Dick Gregory and Rev A D Williams King urged demonstrations during the May celebrations, arguing that horses should not have more dignity than people.
TV hosts returned after the 13 day strike by the actors union. Cronkite Brinkley and Jennings resumed duties, thanking those who stood in. Johnny Carson stayed off NBC Tonight Show, claiming contract termination and free agent status. Dean sat in as interim host amid NBC’s hopes for Carson’s return.
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