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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1961
Page
1
President Kennedy sends Congress a 1962 tax package aimed at modernizing U S business and creating about 500000 jobs. He urges restraint on broad cuts until next year while pushing a business investment tax credit and curbs on expense accounts and foreign tax havens.
Washington reports a Cuban airliner owned by the Castro government landed at Kindley Field Bermuda at 4 50 a m EST. The United States Air Force declined to provide further details.
Washington reports the House passed a bill adding three judges to Ohio federal courts. The plan includes one permanent and one temporary judge for the northern district and one temporary judge for the southern district.
A lighthearted note mocks alarm clocks as a mechanical device meant to wake people who do not have children, playing on the idea of wake up routines without family duties.
Miami report questions the Havana proclamation praising Castro regime gains. It notes absence of Castro’s voice and suggests anti-Castro forces may be regrouping in the Escambray Mountains, signaling possible renewed resistance and uncertainty about Castro’s status.
About 460 people and 1.6 million dollars fund the Pentagon’s public relations this year, a slow decline over several years. The ASNE Freedom on Information Committee released a critical report targeting State and Defense departments, while the White House disputed the report’s accuracy in a letter from Pierre Salinger.
President Kennedy plans an ASNE luncheon address to discuss the Cuban problem after midnight a White House briefing noted the talk would cover the entire world situation. He is expected to reaffirm a warning to Khrushchev that outside military interference in Cuba would provoke U S counteraction. The editors view a Laotian settlement as unlikely while Soviet blame of U S policy in Cuba looms large.
Cincinnati 4 J ack Rauss former Ohio Wesleyan football player faces grand jury action on two counts of first degree murder. Judge William Keating ordered the action. Rauss, 27, made no statement at the hearing and is held without bond. Police say he admitted killing Mrs. Goldie Cunningham and her husband Jack Cunningham after alleged remarks about his mother.
Hollywood veteran Gary Cooper is gravely ill with cancer and confined to his Bel Air home. A family spokesman said he is critically ill and will be 60 on May 7.
The United Nations General Assembly has announced Mauritania and Communist Outer Mongolia as qualified for UN membership. The decision signals readiness to join the world body following eligibility review by the General Assembly in New York.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller calls for bipartisan backing of President Kennedy’s foreign policy initiatives to present a united front on international affairs.
The Polaris missile launch from the submarine Robert E. Lee traveled about 1150 miles marking a second consecutive success after a minor change to fix undersea launch problems. Defense officials withheld results, but sources say all flight objectives were met.
UN delegates expect the General Assembly's political committee to approve a Mexican resolution calling for ending all aid to Cuban rebels. A seven nation Latin American resolution to aid a peaceful Cuba-US settlement may also pass, but two thirds may be required later. Britain supported the US amid Soviet and Cuban charges of US interference.
A U S airman identified as Richard W Ferron 24 of Westbrook Maine survived a C47 crash that killed 15 aboard while returning personnel to Formosa from Hong Kong. British climbers braved a fogbound 1400 foot slope to reach the wreckage and recover the bodies.
The Communications Commission will consider a proposal to assign channel 20 to Athens Ohio for educational use. Athens already has channel 62, but Ohio University plans to apply for an educational station on a lower channel for wider coverage.
Washington House Appropriations Committee approved a $600 million administration request to raise living standards in South American countries as part of Latin American friendship efforts.
Gary Johnson, a 37 year old prisoner from Choctaw Oklahoma, was found to be a woman after a shakedown at Ohio Penitentiary. He had masqueraded as a man since age 14 and has a varied history including burglary in Powhatan Point and prior time in California and Louisiana prisons. Sheriff George Neff will seek re sentencing at Marysville Reformatory for Women after discovering the deception.
MOSCOW The United States protested against Cuban sympathy riots in front of its embassy and demanded compensation for damage. Charge d affaires Edward L. Freers told the Soviet deputy chief of protocol the United States sought to highlight the failure of Soviet authorities to protect embassy activities and property.
State Senator William H. Deddens of Hamilton asked Ohio's Department of Industrial and Economic Development to explain what he called a flight of industry from Ohio. He cited Eaton Manufacturing in Massillon moving to North Carolina with 700 workers displaced, Gro Cord Rubber in Lima moving to Arkansas with 200 displaced, Hoover Ball and Bearing in Bedford relocating to a southern state, Swift & Co. closing the Cleveland packing plant, and Fisher plant at Norwalk leaving the state.
An anonymous caller to the Spot Cafe disputed newspaper accounts of a holdup. The caller said $518 was taken, but insisted he actually got only $189, and suggested any extra missing money belonged to someone else.
Mrs. Henri Anderson says her son Peter will return to Lincoln High School track after the death of his brother John, a senior who collapsed during a practice run last week. She emphasizes not interrupting the program and preserving the team.
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday ditched a bill to abolish capital punishment in Ohio and today refused to recommend floor action on other proposals to revise death penalty laws.
The Associated Press notes cooler winds in parts of the northeast and far northwest while most areas report fairly mild spring weather in a larger stretch of the nation.
Castro says rebels were repelled on Cuba southern beaches and large stores of U S arms were seized while admitting heavy losses. Reports from Moscow claim intervention would bring dire consequences. Cuban officials declare Giron Beach fell and anti Castro groups fear leaders were already warned. An American source notes residents await clearer results before counterrevolution action.
The Senate is set to approve President Kennedy's minimum wage bill by about 25 to 30 votes with Kennedy as floor manager. Administration aides anticipate a similar margin to last August's 62 to 34 approval after they defeated efforts to weaken the provisions.
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