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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1958
Page
1
A foreign affairs analysis explains how oil and strategic position drive Arab nationalism led by Nasserism. It notes U S prestige declines after Jordan and Lebanon interventions, warning Washington faces a last chance to salvage influence among Hussein Chamoun and Lebanon’s Christians amid rising pan Arab sentiment.
Secretary of State Dulles flies to Rio de Janeiro to mend ties with President Juscelino Kubitschek and discuss war and peace, coffee prices, and inter American unity. He carries Eisenhower’s message as Kubitschek proposes a Western Hemisphere summit to boost regional development and counter Communist influence. The talks may be referred to the OAS for action.
Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged Senate action on higher Social Security benefits and related legislation. He warned adjournment chances depend on Congress finishing work, saying the session may extend beyond two weeks while urging extended daily sessions. The House already approved a 7 percent Social Security increase and tax hikes to fund it.
London reports the death of John Jeffreys Dennis, the Royal Navy's oldest rear admiral. He died today at age 100 after retiring in 1918.
West Virginia shows fair tonight with low 60s to 66 and similar Tuesday. Ohio pledges mostly sunny and warm Tuesday with fair nights, low around 62 to 65 and highs near 87 to 90. Five day outlook predicts near normal temperatures with a warm Tuesday and cooler midweek, with scattered thunderstorms Tuesday night through Saturday.
The Eighth Circuit heard arguments on a 2 year delay of Central High School integration in Little Rock. Spectators filled a small courtroom as NAACP appeals to accelerate desegregation, noting past mixed attendance under federal supervision.
Surgeons at Children’s Hospital in Columbus say a seven year old boy will likely lead a normal life after being sexually maimed with a pocket knife. The attack occurred on a school playground and the assailant forced the boy into a car and fled toward the south side before escaping. Franklin County sheriff’s deputies joined Columbus police in searching for the attacker.
Gov. C William O Neill announced approximate Nike Hercules launcher sites in Pickaway and Fairfield counties to guard Lockbourne Air Force Base and Columbus. The batteries, with atomic capability, are planned for completion in 18 to 24 months.
Robert Kubat a 23 year old from Chicago escaped Noble County jail in Caldwell Ohio as he awaited extradition to Florida for armed robbery. He and cellmate Harry Clark Jr 22 of near Caldwell allegedly sawed their cell door lock and fled with two automatics and two revolvers. Deputies said they may have had outside help and left the state as Ohio authorities pursued the pair.
In Beirut and Tripoli over weekend the United States increased tanks and troops to 13 000 plus as politicians argued Lebanon’s representation at a Middle East summit. Rebel leaders demand Chamoun step down. U S conciliator Murphy notes Baghdad hopes eased.
Washington reports the U S Post Office Department ran out of one and four cent stamps over the weekend as demand spiked after new higher rates. A spokesman said the shortage would be remedied with all deliberate speed.
Cape Canaveral reports the first complete successful firing of a fully powered Atlas, seen as a major advance toward an operational ICBM. Convair Astronautics confirms all test objectives met as the 85-foot rocket hit a designed South Atlantic impact area, with a full-range test anticipated within two months.
Lt. Gen. Robert W. Burns assumed command of U S forces in Japan in Fuchu Japan, taking over from Lt. Gen. Frederic H. Smith Jr Smith left to command the Air Training Command at Randolph Field Texas after the ceremony.
Harold K. Happy Claypool, 72, longtime Democratic congressman from Chillicothe, serving three terms from 1937 to 1943, died Saturday.
The United States speeds preparation of Mideast proposals for a United Nations summit while awaiting Khrushchev's word on attendance. Khrushchev may back French Premier de Gaulle's five power plan or Eisenhower Macmillan bid for a UN Security Council session around August 12. Reinhardt leads a State Department team drafting concrete, constructive steps.
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed Sunday due to a washout from flash floods near Parkerburg. Trainmaster Harold F. Lydick said main-line tracks likely won’t be cleared until Tuesday morning and traffic will reroute through Wheeling. About 30 cars derailed, some ignited by a broken electric line touching inflammable aaphtha, while a propane car burned without exploding.
Cool breezes and fresh rains eased a northern Italian heat wave that has caused at least 21 deaths from sunstroke and heat exhaustion over three days.
The Messenger reports a deadline for livestock entries in the upcoming shows. School board plans a five year operating levy. Weekend accidents left injuries and two arrests. Little League tournament opens August 11. Six Mason County men seek nomination. Local pages cover Athens Glouster Chauncey Logan and markets in Gallipolis Nelsonville.
President Eisenhower vetoed a large appropriation bill funding 17 federal agencies totaling 62 billion dollars. He objected to more than 500 million dollars for the Civil Service retirement fund as unnecessary and warned against enlarging a possible 12 billion dollar deficit. This marked his first veto of an appropriations bill since 1953.
Gunmen ambushed a party of Turk Cypriots in Kyrenia wounding two. A group at a Nicosia bus stop was sprayed with automatic fire. One Greek Cypriot was killed and another wounded. Five more Cypriots died in two months of bloodshed between Greek and Turk factions.
Space and rocket experts from the United States and the Soviet Union began four days of formal reports on earth satellites and upper air exploration. They will meet face to face for direct discussion to share details not yet exchanged, aiding fuller scientific use of manmade moons.
Air Force sergeant Richard Kozina quit after 60 hours in a bid to outtalk a North Carolina woman who had set a 92 hour record. Two sergeants dropped out, including Johnson who kept joking, while Kozina said he felt strong though his wife awaited childbirth. Captain Norman halted the contest for safety.
In Moscow, signs point to Soviet Premier Khrushchev possibly objecting to Nationalist China's participation in a Middle East UN Security Council summit. Western diplomats cite secret Peiping talks between Khrushchev and Mao Zedong and note delays in Khrushchev's reply to Western letters. Moscow signals a cautious approach as Rome and UN discussions consider composition and timing of a summit.
About 300 people attended a labor rally in Uhrichs ville where Walt Davis of United Organized Labor of Ohio said the 354 209 signatures required to place the right to work issue on the November ballot cost roughly one dollar per signature. He noted students hired by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce earned 3 dollars an hour and supervisors were paid 28 dollars a day.
The American command in Formosa announced that F100D Super Sabres were deployed to Taipei but denied they were sent in response to calls for late-model planes for Chiang Kai-shek's air force. The planes were ferried from the Philippines for routine training, as before.
Washington reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration choosing a Lorain County site near Oberlin for one of eight million dollar air traffic control buildings. The agency hopes to occupy the facility by July 1, 1959.
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