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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1962
Page
1
Kennedy states the government will guide price and wage decisions to maintain wage price stability and spur growth. He champions public opinion as the enforcement mechanism, cites steel price fracas, and urges firms and unions to cooperate while denying new legal wage price fixing powers.
President Kennedy, amid his clash with the steel industry, reportedly shelved a proposed rollback of steel prices and urged Congress to consider restraints. A Taft Hartley like cooling off period and hearings were discussed, but current investigations and calmer markets halted such moves. Kennedy stated no ill will toward the industry as talks continue.
Washington reports Congress may delay action this year on tax relief for political contributors and tightening campaign spending rules. House leaders say many colleagues are not pushing ahead before elections on a proposed $10 credit for donors and Senate approved higher expenditure limits for major parties.
President Kennedy pardons and remits sentences for two reservists. Pfe Bennis Owen, 23, Seadrift Texas, freed after three weeks of a six month hard labor for disrespect to his general. Pfc Larry D Chidester, 24, Salt Lake City, had faced court martial for remarks about Kennedy and possible re election. Court martial canceled.
In Geneva the Soviet Union pressed to block upcoming atmospheric tests in the Pacific. Valerian Zorin urged an unpoliced moratorium and a pledge not to conduct shots over the Easter weekend, but the United States and Britain resisted. No start date was indicated for the tests.
Buenos Aires reports show battle minded troops deployed in the capital as President Jose Maria Guido faces pressure from military chiefs who ousted Frondizi. About 5000 more troops were summoned from provinces while guards reinforce key points amid threats to bar Peronists from politics. Internal turmoil grows as resignations echo the prior constitutional clash.
Cincinnati doctors prepared to test the skull of John C. Jackson 20 of North College Hill. Jackson's stepfather has confessed to killing and dismembering him. Florida police identified the skull found beside a Florida road. The head was returned to Ohio Wednesday night for further tests by Dr. Frank Cleveland. Florida pathologist Dr. James Wilson noted the skull shows two weapon impacts.
Katanga President Moise Tshombe left for Elisabethville by plane amid central government efforts to block him at Leopoldville airport. U.N. and United States officials urged Tshombe's release as Elisabethville declared the government’s actions showed disdain for negotiations.
The Air Force is forming a new Strike Command that blends air and ground units and will include flying generals. Officers and air controllers will direct fighter support from ground positions as Gen Curtis LeMay pushes for more of his staff to train at Fort Benning. Gen Bruce Holloway earned Army paratrooper wings after five jumps as the Strike Command, based at MacDill AFB, consolidates air and land units into rapid task forces.
The Agriculture Department informs farm equipment manufacturers distributors and dealers that in a national emergency they must halt sales and transfers of machinery and parts. A drafted standby order would direct domestic distribution to ensure availability where needed in case of attack or declared emergency.
The 8th District Court of Appeals sustains Frank Smoltz of Dayton in a 3000 burglary of an A and P supermarket in Parma. A cheese piece with teeth marks found by police was a key clue. Smoltz allegedly took money from the store safe on April 30 1960 and police later found torched cash.
Saigon reports that South Vietnamese forces destroyed 25 Viet Cong food depots and 11 other guerrilla installations in an operation last week in Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border. The action underscores ongoing pressure on Viet Cong supply lines during the conflict in South Viet Nam.
Robert W. Trent, 23, died from a head injury after the massive blast at the Olin Mathieson Chemical plant in Brandenburg. The explosion caused $8 million in damages and the incident marked the first fatality. Cuba plans to observe Good Friday with no official acknowledgment of God by Fidel Castro's regime.
Cape Canaveral Florida reports the United States plans a Ranger 4 mission to photograph the moon and record moonquakes. Engineers fix prior booster and spacecraft issues after Ranger 3 missed the moon by about 22 862 miles on January 18. The four day window begins Monday as the moon sits about 235000 miles away in a favorable position.
Iowa City officials will consider Milo Yoder's complaint about scarce hitching posts near town, a Kalona Amish resident wrote council members after repeated trouble parking and tying horses during visits.
The 9178 ton transport Zuiderkruis departed with 865 troops to reinforce the Dutch garrison in West New Guinea amid Indonesian threats. Berlin reports Gen Lucius D. Clay will depart on May 6 after eight months as President Kennedy's Berlin representative.
The hearing on a Commonwealth Telephone rate increase for southeastern Ohio began with expert witness Earl Carter of Indianapolis stating the company is worth 6 642 616. Company spokesman G Thomas Winn defended the raise while opponents cited sharp residential and business rate jumps in Athens Bremen Guysville McArthur and neighboring towns. Bremen village was granted intervention and further testimony is slated for next Tuesday with officials including Logan safety director Richard Donahue Athens mayor Ray Shepard and Guysville representative H E Greiner present.
A dazzling multicolored meteor flashed from Kansas to Northern California Wednesday night. It likely exploded 50 to 60 miles up, cutting power briefly in Eureka Utah. Dr. Robert Kadesch called it a bolide. witnesses heard a loud boom. Separately in Washington a Pan American and pilots group arbitration on jet crew sizes was announced. In New Delhi Jacqueline Kennedy will receive two rare baby pandas to replace two died tiger cubs.
The House passed the nation's largest peacetime military appropriation of 47.8 billion for the next fiscal year. The 388 to 0 vote sends the bill to the Senate and funds expanded conventional ground forces and nuclear and ICBM systems.
At Vandenberg AFB California a secret satellite reportedly orbits Earth. The Air Force refuses to identify its purpose or current location. It was launched from the base on Tuesday.
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