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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1963

Page

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Inquiry Continues Plans Services For Thresher Tragedy

A Navy court of inquiry resumes work to determine what disaster befell the nuclear submarine Thresher with 129 crew. The sub sank about 8,000 feet deep, 220 miles east of Boston during a test dive last Wednesday. A brief pause will be taken to place a wreath near the wreck site.

Portsmouth N.H Navy Atlantic Ocean Boston Portsmouth Naval Shipyard John Wesley Harvey New London Conn Patrick M. Garner Mystic U.S Atlantic Thresher

Secret pamphlets spark clashes during Easter march in London

British protesters clashed with police as officials seized secret government leaflets detailing wartime distribution sites. A man with a wheelbarrow of leaflets was arrested for assault as the pamphlets, linked to the group Spies for Peace, circulated amid Parliament scrutiny of Prime Minister Macmillan.

London Harold Macmillan Spies For Peace

May Rewrite Regents Bill In Ohio House

Ohio lawmakers return to Columbus for a 15th work week to advance a bill creating a board of regents to oversee the state's universities. Caplin dodges taxes deadline as he files 1040 amid public attention in Washington.

Ohio Columbus Board of Regents

House tackles tax cut and utility reform as timing tightens

The legislature moves toward adjournment with key bills in flux. A $29 million personal property tax cut for merchants and auto dealers faces House action amid possible rewrites. The hot wires bill lets utilities appeal to the Utilities Commission over local zoning conflicts. A waterway safety fund funded by motor fuel taxes advances, while the big $1.3 billion appropriation bill nears House floor approval within two weeks. Egypt, Iraq, and Syria back a united Arab Republic constitution with plebiscites planned soon.

Board of Regents House Senate Regents Board Utilities Commission Waterways Safety Fund Waterways Fund House Finance Committee Ralph Fisher R-Wayne

Yorks Condition In Critical With Heart Trouble

Nashville Tenn Sgt Alvin C York World War I hero in critical condition from heart trouble possible pneumonia and circulatory disturbance at St Thomas Hospital aged 75 Pall Mall Tenn his wife and seven children at bedside York awarded Medal of Honor for famed feat of killing 25 Germans and capturing 132 in a single engagement union workers to return to Ohio Rubber Co job today after 11 week strike St Lawrence Seaway opens for what officials call its busiest season in Montreal

Nashville Tenn Alvin C. York Pall Mall St. Thomas Hospital John J. Pershing

Doctors thaw man from 80 degree train car in Cincinnati

In Cincinnati General Hospital doctors began warming techniques after a 80 degree body temperature man was found nude in a railroad refrigerator car. Tentatively identified as 44 year old George Pack of Youngstown he was in serious condition with frostbitten hands and feet. Police suspect he was slugged and placed inside the car. A prior similar case last January left some skin loss but full recovery expected. An Iceland airliner with 12 aboard crashed near Nesebya Island west of Oslo.

Cincinnati General Hospital George Pack Youngstown Pack Lima

Dr. Benz Dies At 63 In Columbus Hospital

Dr. Harry E. Benz, 63, of 38 Fairview Ave., died Sunday morning in University Hospital Columbus of a heart attack after a two week illness. He was a professor in Ohio University College of Education and named in Who's Who in America. He was born in Hokah Minnesota, son of the late John E. and Elizabeth Benz. His father was a Methodist minister.

Harry E. Benz Fairview Ave University Hospital Columbus College of Education Ohio University

Messenger Obituaries Column Consolidates Notices

Obituaries and funeral services will be included in a special Messenger column starting today. The new column will appear in a centralized page with the front page index guiding readers to the page number.

The Messenger the Messenger Messengerland

Compromise Tax Cut Seen Likely

Washington says a White House compromise on tax cuts could speed congressional approval for other Kennedy programs. A Ford group seeks large income tax cuts and lower corporate levies while delaying revenue-law changes. If deficits are trimmed and programs reduced, passage chances rise.

Washington White House Kennedy Congress Henry Ford II Senate Ford

Boy Found Dead On Ball Court In Nelsonville

Michael Ray Vernon 12, of Route 33 Nelsonville, died Sunday after noon at a basketball court behind 159 West Canal Street. Coroner says preliminary finding accidental. body found by no witnesses. Survived by parents William and Betty Vernon, brother Bryan, sister Janice Kay, and grandparents. Funeral Wednesday at Warren Funeral Home with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.

Nelsonville Hocking County Michael Ray Vernon William Vernon Laurel Run Rd Thurman Kline Canal St Mount St. Mary Hospital Charles Patton Athens County Max Valkinburg Laurel Run Starr Washington High School William Betty Hanning Vernon Bryan William Janice Kay Mabel Hanning Charles Elsie Saxon Warren Funeral Home Thomas W. Stockdale Green Lawn Cemetery

No End Seen To Aid In Spite Of Critics

Washington notes Congress may debate foreign aid but life remains: AID chief David Bell says aid will continue until recipients are economically self supporting, with years expected for some and quicker end for others. In fiscal year ending last June 30 the U S spent 6.7 billion on aid, 1.5 for military and 5.2 on economic assistance.

Stanley Meisler Washington Congress David E. Bell Agency For International Development (Aid Bell Kennedy United States Agency For International Development

Texas Chief Derails Near Lomax injuring 11

The Texas Chief, a Santa Fe passenger train with about 250 aboard en route to Houston, derailed near Lomax Illinois Sunday night, injuring 11 passengers. Fred T. Marsh, 67, NY Times book reviewer, died Sunday.

Lomax Ill Houston Illinois New York Fred T. Marsh New York Times

Three Year Old Survives 65 MPH Turnpike Fall

Pamela Reid, 3, rode in the back seat of a car traveling 65 miles an hour on the Ohio Turnpike when the right rear door opened. She rolled onto the pavement two miles from the Cleveland interchange and was treated for head and foot injuries before continuing to Pittsburgh with her family.

Cleveland Chicago Thomas D. Stewart Pamela Reid Turnpike Patrol Hiram Southwest Community Hospital Berea Stewart Pittsburgh

Steel price raises ripple through industry and Kennedy

The piece traces a wave of selective price increases by Wheeling, Bethlehem, and Lukens as U S Steel leads with higher costs. President Kennedy urges restraint while warning of broad increases. If unions push for higher wages, inflation could spread as steel sets the pace.

Lukens Steelworkers’ Union Kennedy

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