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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1967

Page

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Violence Rips Hough Area of Cleveland

Violence erupted in Cleveland’s East Side Negro area Sunday night with rock throwing, window smashing, and looting lasting about three hours. At least 20 arrests reported, with 18 in one district and two in adjoining districts. No injuries or firebombings. one minor injury to a fireman. disorder began near a carnival on Superior Avenue, spreading to Euclid Avenue. about 20 stores damaged, police dismissed 26 night-shift patrolmen after curfew.

Cleveland (Ap Cleveland East Side Negro Area Wilmer Kutina Hough Kutina Superior Avenue Euclid Avenue Euclid

Surveyor 3 en route to moon from Cape Kennedy flight

Amer ica's Surveyor 3 blasted off from Cape Kennedy at 2 05 a m EST aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket for a 65 hour 237000 mile journey toward a planned Wednesday soft landing in the Ocean of Storms.

Cape Kennedy Fla America Surveyor 3 U.S United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Supreme Court Denies Clay Draft Stay Induction Set For April

The high court denied Cassius Clay's bid to halt his April 28 Army induction, flatly refuting his injunction request as he pressed constitutional challenges. Separately, the court allowed Michigan to proceed with its suit against Ohio over a Lake Erie wedge, ordering Ohio to file a formal reply within 66 days.

Washington Supreme Court Cassius Clay Clay Michigan Ohio Lake Erie

Vandals Strike Four East Side Schools in Weekend

In Cleveland four East Side schools were vandalized over the weekend. Anton Grdina School on East 77th Street suffered $1,160 in damage as doors were broken and 49 glass windows shattered. A firebomb hit Columbia Elementary in a predominantly Negro neighborhood. Memorial Elementary had paint smeared in a first floor hallway. Warner Elementary had desks and file drawers dumped in 14 classrooms.

Cleveland East Side Anton Grdina East 77Th Street Negro Area Grdina Robert Hemmingway Columbia Elementary Memorial Elementary Warner Elementary

Rhodes outlines multi million plan for Toledo upgrades

Governor Rhodes pitched a multi million dollar Toledo capital improvement plan at a Commodore Perry breakfast. Proposed items include a 24 million Toledo University expansion, 20.7 million in mental health facilities, 1.9 million for vocational schools, 3.8 million in water pollution grants, and 8 million for new outdoor recreation areas. He cited potential 11.4 million in Lucas County tax savings from sewage treatment, and urged bond commission support. He also promoted statewide junior fair upgrades and Ohio University branch campus groundbreaking.

Toledo Ohio James A. Rhodes Toledo Ohio Bond Commission Commodore Perry Toledo University Lucas County Northwest Ohio Rhodes Greater Ohio State Fairgrounds Lancaster Ohio University

Birth Control Change By Church Requested

An American Catholic weekly says a large majority of Pope Paul VI's birth control advisers urge liberalizing the ban on artificial methods. Vatican sources warn a decision may come only after the World Synod next fall. The majority report supports contraception for responsible parenthood, notes natural law, and excludes abortion and sterilization, while endorsing abstinence methods as the church's only permitted option.

Vatican City Vatican Birth Control Advisory Commission Commission

Week end Ohio traffic toll hits twenty deaths

A rash of fatalities pushed Ohio weekend traffic deaths to 20, with 10 from Friday six p.m. to Saturday midnight and extra fatalities Sunday. Ada teens died in a one car crash near Lima, and two Hamilton residents died after their car hit a train, boosting the totals.

Ohio Lima Hamilton

Khrushchev Celebrates 73rd Birthday Quietly

Former Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev marked his 73rd birthday at his retirement country house near Moscow with no coverage in Soviet press. He seldom leaves the residence since his ouster in October 1964.

Moscow Nikita S. Khrushchev Khrushchev

Notable Withdrawals and Fatal Collision Reported

Fragmentary clipping notes Charles Pancake withdraws from Nelsonville event and a two car collision kills a Jackson man. Other scattered lines reference brain extract experiments and a Reds sweep of a doubleheader from San Francisco with page citations.

Charles Pancake Nelsonville Wravoe

Eight States Struck By Tornadoes In Violent Storms

Tornadoes lashed eight central states from Wisconsin to Oklahoma with blizzards and heavy rain. In Keosauqua Iowa one death and about a dozen injuries were reported as storms toppled structures. Owosso Michigan suffered power outages and a service station was displaced onto Highway 21. News crews noted extensive damage across South Dakota Wisconsin Michigan Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas with radio towers at Wewoka Oklahoma knocked down and roofs torn from several buildings.

Central States Wisconsin Oklahoma Plains Keosauqua Iowa South Dakota Michigan Missouri Kansas Arkan Owosso Corunna KWSH Wewoka

Border Zone Pressure Up In Vietnam

American forces shift to northern Vietnam to meet rising Communist pressure in border areas. The 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division took over an operational area in Quang Ngai Province and has killed 100 enemy since April 8, as U S and South Vietnamese forces adjust to the border security challenge and deter Viet Cong terror efforts ahead of local elections.

South North Vietnam South Vietnam 1St Cavalry Quang Ngai

LBJ Asks Injunction In Strike

Washington AP The Johnson administration moves to court to end a one day strike disrupting T35 helicopter engine production for Vietnam The Justice Department will seek a Taft Hartley Act injunction imposing an 80 day cooling off period Avco Lycoming plant Stratford Conn halted at 12 01 a m Sunday over wages cost of living benefits and pensions McNamara urged the move noting the plant is the sole producer for U S forces in Vietnam The union may resume strikes after the cooling off period if no settlement is reached.

Washington Johnson Vietnam Justice Department Avco Corp Afl-Cio United Auto Workers Union Auto Workers Avco Lycoming Stratford Conn Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara U.S

Questions Linger After Speck Mass Slayings Conviction

In Peoria AP report a Chicago townhouse killer Richard Speck is convicted and recommended for death. The jury verdicts prompt post trial motions and appeals while investigators seek motive for eight nurses slain in July. Corazon Amarao identified Speck as the intruder.

Peoria, Lll Chicago Richard Speck Herbert C. Paschen Gerald Getty Cook County Speck Peoria County Willard Koeppel Corazon Amarao South Chicago Community Hospital

Rusk and King Clash Over New York Vietnam Protests

New York and San Francisco peace rallies end amid disputes over crowd size and tone. Secretary of State Rusk says demonstrations will not affect Vietnam conduct and warned against misreading public opinion. Dr Martin Luther King Jr challenges police estimates, downplays Communist involvement, and asserts protesters are patriotic Americans. Nixon comments Saigon on antiwar stance.

New York San Francisco Dean Rusk Vietnam Rusk Martin Luther King King Hanoi Manhattan East Village Washington NBC Meet the Press CBS Face the Nation Saigon Richard M. Nixon United States

Gallia County selects new school superintendent

Clarence E. Thompson, 43, of Gallipolis, has been awarded a two year contract as superintendent of Gallia County schools. Thompson, previously the North Gallia School District superintendent, will succeed T. K. Owens of Jackson who retires in July. A native of Wellston, Thompson is a former football coach at Gallipolis High School.

Gallipolis Ohio Clarence E. Thompson Gallia County Thompson North Gallia T. K. Owens Jackson Wellston Gallipolis High School

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