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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1959

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DiSalle Refuses Compromise On Sales Tax Bill In Ohio

Ohio Senate and House move through bills as Gov. DiSalle refuses further compromise on the sales tax proposal. Lawmakers debate funding hopes of 365 million dollars via tax increases, with 117 million from sales tax and other revenue items. Senate caucus ends without a breakthrough.

DiSalle Columbus Michael V. DiSalle Ohio State Senate Senate Senate Democratic Caucus Senate Democrats Frank W. King House Cleveland Municipal Court Lake Erie Port Clinton Senate Taxation Committee Judiciary Committee Ohio Supreme Court

Panama Prepares for Cuban Invasion After Takeover

Panamanian troops brace for action near Nombre de Dios as U S fighter planes monitor the coast. An OAS envoy team seeks to halt the improvised invasion by Cuban based forces led by unnamed local collaborators. The 89 invaders include 84 Cubans with mixed nationalities among 89 total.

Panama Cuba Panama Canal U. S Caribbean Organization of American States Ernesto de la Guardia National Guard Nombre de Dios de la Guardia

Delaware approves mandatory whipping bill for robbery

Delaware lawmakers push a bill to set 20 to 40 lashes on first robbery conviction and at least 30 for each subsequent offense The House approved Senate version by a 22 to 3 margin Gov Boggs will decide early next week whether to sign

Dover Del Delaware House Senate J. Caleb Boggs

Seek Murder Trial Jurors Seated In Columbus Case

Fifty more prospective jurors were ordered to court as the murder trial of 21 year old David Stanley Smith continued. He faces first degree murder for the slaying and attempted rape of Janice Ora Porter, 24, shot in the forehead after being bound and gagged. Smith pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. eleven jurors have been seated.

Columbus David Stanley Smith Janice Ora Porter Smith Porter

Body found in Ohio River near New Martinsville

The body of Virgil Horner, 57, of Bridgeport Ohio, was recovered Wednesday afternoon after a boatman spotted him floating in open water near New Martinsville. Horner had recently fallen from a barge into the Ohio River at Wheeling.

New Martinsville W. Va Virgil Horner Bridgeport Ohio Horner Ohio River Wheeling

Young Bridegroom Cleared In Killing

Robert Hale of Texas was cleared by a coroner's jury in the death of his 16 year old pregnant wife Kathleen Hale in Fort Worth. The shotgun discharge was ruled accidental during a troubled honeymoon. Hale testified he wrestled the weapon from her after she threatened suicide.

Tallahassee Fla Robert Hale Texas Kathleen Hale Hale J. B. Hale FBI Texas Christian Univers

Retired Mayo Pathologist Arthur Sanford Dies at 77

Dr. Arthur H. Sanford, 77, a retired clinical pathologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, died Tuesday from a heart ailment.

Rochester, Minn Arthur H. Sanford Mayo Clinic

Auto Deaths Rising Across Nation In Early 1959

The National Safety Council reports 8080 auto fatalities in the first quarter, up 5 percent from 1958, with March deaths at 2790, nine percent higher than a year ago. The council cites complacency as a cause after two years of declines.

Chicago National Safety Council

Woman Dies After Burglar Alarmed Her At Home

Columbus police report 74 year old Ellen Gertrude Bentz died from a heart attack after finding a burglar in her home around 2 15 am The widow was taken to St Anthony Hospital where she died about 45 minutes later

Columbus Ellen Gertrude Bentz

Woman dives floods to free trapped family in car

Nellie Bridges of Corriganville Maryland swam through a rain swollen stream to reach a farmhouse and call for help after her husband and three children were trapped in a partially submerged auto near the Pennsylvania Maryland line. Two volunteer firemen then swam to the car and brought the family to shore.

Hyndman Nellie Bridges Corringanville Bedford

Dutch Ship Friso First to Pass Seaway into Chicago Harbor

The 353 foot Dutch freighter Friso became the first large ocean going vessel to sail the rebuilt St. Lawrence Seaway into Chicago. A gala, parade, and banquet welcomed Capt. Sander Klein and crew as 15,000 spectators watched the Milwaukee dock arrival. The Friso carried wines artificial flowers glass mushrooms toys and farm implements among its cargo.

Chicago Johan Willem Friso St. Lawrence Great Lakes Midwest Friso Montreal Sander Klein Milwaukee Lake Michigan

Luis Moya Granted Execution for Nurse Olga Duncan Slaying

In Ventura California a jury sentenced Luis Moya to die in the gas chamber for his participation in the strangulation of Olga Duncan a 30 year old pregnant nurse. He is the last of a trio convicted of first degree murder in the case.

Luis Moya California Ventura Calif Olga Duncan Moya

Dogs Under Quarantine Stricken Citywide

Columbus imposes a 90 day quarantine on about 44 000 dogs after one dog dies from rabies prompting health officials to enforce controls and monitor for further cases in the city.

Columbus

Nonunion Coal Ramp Blasted in Kentucky Violence

Whitesburg Kentucky report of a dynamited nonunion coal loading ramp during a violent period since the UMW strike began in eastern Kentucky. Earlier, another ramp was blown, guards fired on snipers, and Paul Tayloe of Ulvah Coal Co. said union pickets attacked railroad cars while dynamite was tossed under the tipple. one guard suffered a leg injury.

Whitesburg United Mine Workers Kentucky Paul Tayloe Ulvah Coal Co

Steelworkers Meet To Formulate Demands In Negotiations

The 171man Wage Policy Committee of the United Steelworkers of America forms in New York to set union demands for next weeks talks with steel producers. The union plans a pay raise and fringe benefit improvements while the industry pushes for a one year wage freeze.

New York United Steelworkers of America

Dulles Condition Improves Says State Department

The State Department reports John Foster Dulles has improved since week's end and is suffering less pain after his illness.

Washington State Department John Foster Dulles

Interim Ban Placed On Berlin Planes

The United States tentatively will not send more high altitude planes to West Berlin for the next few weeks. Officials cite Britain's concerns that flights above 10 000 feet could provoke an incident and jeopardize East West Berlin talks. The decision followed a confidential review by State and Defense departments amid Soviet Russia objections to the legality of such flights.

Washington United States West Berlin Soviet Union State Defense Departments Britain Berlin Germany

Former State Solon Dies In Knox County

George Kirkpatrick 86 longtime Ohio state representative died at his Knox County farm Wednesday night. Services will be held at the Presbyterian Church in Utica on Saturday. At his 1957 retirement after 14 terms he was the oldest General Assembly legislator and was named honorary House speaker for life by colleagues.

Presbyterian Church Utica George Kirkpatrick Knox County Ohio House General Assembly

Western Big Four Agree on Geneva Conference Plan

The Western Big Four foreign ministers reached complete agreement on a package plan to present at the Geneva conference next month. They ended their session without details in a final communique, after opening the meeting only on Wednesday to unify positions for the East West talks at Geneva on May 11.

Paris Geneva Berlin Soviet Union U.S Britain Europe Harold Macmillan

Godfrey Surgery Confirms Malignant Chest Tumor

Surgeons removed part of Arthur Godfrey’s left lung at Columbia-Presbyterian this morning. The operation disclosed a malignant chest tumor. doctors removed the lesion and lung section. Godfrey, 55, thanked fans and said he would be back soon as three physicians and a team of nurses assisted.

New York Arthur Godfrey Godfrey Radio-Tv Star Columbis-Presbyterian Medical Center

House Upheld Eisenhower Veto On Rural Electrification Bill

The House voted 280 to 146 to pass the rural electrification bill over the President's veto, four votes short of the two thirds needed to override. The measure was thus killed.

Washington House Eisenhower

Newborn Baby Murder Confirmed by Toledo Coroner

Coroner Paul Hohly ruled homicide in the death of a newborn found in an apartment incinerator. Autopsy showed the infant was burned alive and never fed before death.

Toledo Paul Hohly Hohly

Life Saved By A Rope In Fall

Oakland California construction worker Bill Bell aged 36 tumbled from a fifth floor girder but caught a rope used to haul air conditioning gear and swung into a fourth floor window avoiding serious injury.

Oakland Calif Bill Bell

Paratrooper Dangles Upside Down In 1450 Foot Jump

Pvt Frederick M Kamradt 18-year-old paratrooper at Fort Campbell Tennessee suspended upside down after tripping over gear at 1450 feet. He became entangled by a 15-foot static line and required Sgt Richard W Collins from Memphis to assist. Kamradt later descended with a reserve chute and landed in a tree, then freed by nearby residents. His 13th jump awaits.

FT. Campbell Pfc Frederick M. Kamradt Richard W. Collins Memphis Tenn Kamradt East Jordan Mich

Police Search for Girl Sharon Crossman 3

Buffalo police pressed a search for Sharon Crossman a three year old girl missing after her mother tucked her in for a nap Tuesday. Investigators said she vanished between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. and searched ponds and fresh mounds while asking railroads to inspect freight cars. The child’s parents are Sharon’s mother and Robert Crossman both with two other sons in the family.

Buffalo N. Y Sharon Crossman John J. Whalen Robert Crossman Sharon Crossman

Gore to Speak at Midwest Conference Opening

U S Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee will address the 17th annual Midwest Conference of Political Scientists in Oxford Ohio at Miami University tonight. The meeting will run through Saturday with sessions at the campus.

Oxford Ohio U. S Albert Gore Tennessee Midwest Conference of Political Scientists Miami University

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