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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1961

Page

5

Western World Reacts To Titov Space Flight

Western Europe praised Maj. Gherman Titov's space flight while voicing concerns it could be used as a military tool. Analysts noted timing with Khrushchev's Berlin threats and the broader race to the moon, with figures like Sir Bernard Lovell and Cassandra weighing science against political intimidation.

London Europe Maj Gherman Titov Soviet Union United States Britain Sir Bernard Lovell Science and Technology Lovell Jodrell Bank England Titov Solar System Cassandra The Daily Mirror Khrushchev Washington

Weekend traffic crashes keep Nelsonville police busy

The Nelsonville police logged several weekend traffic incidents. Eva Mae Sanborn backed into a parked pickup at Canal and Harper causing minor damage. she was cited for unsafe operation and posted a $30 bond. James Lairson pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after a collision in Happy Hollow, fined $100 plus costs and a three day jail term. Other incidents included guard rail damage on Sylvania Avenue after a loss of control, a two car rear end near Mason City Hill injuring Burl Lanning, and a park area accident damaging George Figgins’s car with no citation for the other driver.

Nelsonville Eva Mae Sanborni Logan Canal and Harper Charles Earl Mourn Sylvania Ave Route 216 Mourn Warren

Television Listings Include Evening Schedule Notes

The Messenger cautions that errors may appear in program lists when station schedules lack corrections. The tabulated lineup shows times and titles from 6:00 pm to 12:30 am with boldface color programs and recurring segments such as News Weather and The Tonight Show style entries.

The Messenger

TV Previews Offer Mysteries and Charities Tonight

At 7 p m Sea Hunt finds Mike Nelson tracing a truck wreck to a deceased political boss. The killer’s son is a close friend. At 7 30 p m Americans presents The Bounty Jumpers as Ben tackles an enlistment racket in New York City. 10 p m Barbara Stanwyck stars in Adventure on Happiness Street aiding a doctor’s charity clinic in Hong Kong.

Mike Nelson Lloyd Bridges Cato Bay Mike Ben New York City Barbara Stanwyck Hong Kong Happiness Street Miss Stanwyck

Evening TV Schedule Listing

The 6:25 edition through 9:30 program blocks show Stanwyck NBC News Racing Sea Hunt News Americans Weather Wells Fargo Sports Whispering Jack Paar Concentration and News at 1:00.

Jim Twacker Stanwyck Tallahassee NBC News Huck. Hound Jack Paar Wells Fargo

Evening TV Schedule with Classic and News Slots

A late afternoon to night lineup lists programs and times from 6:00 to 5:30 featuring San Francisco and Paradise slots, News at 9:30 and 11:00, films and serials including Cinderella, Caspar, and Love Bob, plus weather updates and a Rescue segment.

TV Schedule Fragment from 1950s Station

A fragmented listing shows daily airtime blocks with programs like M Squad Paradise News Fog Peter Gunn Weather Trackdown Sports Cheyenne Surfside Six Bud Starcher Day in Court Queen Gale Storm Who Trust Love Bob Bandstand Camouflage Whirly Birds Womens Pay Stagecoach Alcoa Weather Silents Wyatt Earp and more with multiple time slots and shows.

Jingies Young Wid Cinderella Gale Storm Love Bob Camouflage Susie Weather Casper Young World Rocky Paradise Peter Gunn Cheyenne Bud Starcher M Squad Stagecoach Alcoa Prev Wyatt Earp

Radio Schedule Fragments Highlight Morning Lineup

A fragmented listing shows 9 30 Ann Souther 10 00 Glenn Miller 10 30 Brenner 11 00 News 11 10 Weather 11 15 11 20 Movie 12 45 Way of Life with unspecified items and times.

Whtn-Tv CBS Chan Huntington Spike Jones Ann Southers Amos-Andy Glenn Miller Pete Gladys Buddy CBS News Srdh Tomor Stooges Life Riley Amos- Andy Doble Gillis Loretta Youn Dr. Malone Daddy Hollywood San Franciso Stagecoachews Alcoa McGraw Focus WU News Weather Wyatt Earp Ann Souther Brenner Univ. Hall Ann Reider Srch. Tomor Flippo

Savage Breed at Cheyenne Sets Hunter on Rival Marshals

At 7:30 Cheyenne airs Savage Breed as a ruthless marshal hires out to guide a buffalo hunting party. At 8:30 Surfside 6 features The Im practical Joker with Ken Madison probing a prank that becomes murder. Paradise presents Who Is Sylvia at 9:30 with two women arriving to claim a passenger job. Peter Gunn at 10:30 A Tender Touch shows Pete arranging a meeting with a bank president and a thiefing teller.

Cheyenne Ken Madison Paradise Sylvia Peter Gunn Pete

Evening TV Guide Highlights and Cast List

Pete and Gladys farce about renting next door followed by a tale of a family move in. Cara Williams and Harry Morgan lead early evening scenes with Verna Fulton. Spike Jones and band perform. Ann Sothern and Barnley House cast clash over a mistaken gift. Glenn Miller hosts with Johnny Desmond and Ray McKinley and Patty Clark singing.

P.m Pete Gladys Cara Williams Harry Morgan Verna Fulton Ann Sothern Barnley House Katie Bartley House Glenn Miller Johnny Desmond Ray McKinnley Patty Clark

Shocking Miss Pilgrim and Other TV Listings

TV guide entries show films and time slots across channels. Programs include The Shocking Miss Pilgrim on Channel 10 at 5:00 PM Monday and Baby Face on Channel 3 at 11:20 PM Tuesday, with additional listings such as The Penalty and Bond of Fear across channels and times.

Tulsday Baby Face House of Menace Tee Rand

Births at Hocking Valley Hospital Note Generations

A birth announces a son to Mr and Mrs George Haughn of South Bloomingville and a son to Mr and Mrs Clarence H Ray of Logan. Admissions include Howard Hockman Lancaster medical A V Lipscomb Londonderry Route 1 medical and Harry Nelson Barberton. Discharges include Mrs John Fox Logan and daughter and Mrs Anna Griesheimer Chillicothe as well as Joe Foltz D W Miller both Logan and Miss Viola Weaver Logan Route 4.

George Haughn South Bloomingville Clarence H. Ray Logan Howard Hockman Lancaster A. V. Lipscomb Londonderry Harry Nelson Barberton John Fox Anna Griesheimer Chillicothe Joe Foltz D. W. Miller Viola Weaver

Logan Man Unhurt After One Car Crash on Route 595

Donald E. Flood 21 lost control of his car on Route 595 at Green School. The vehicle skidded over 500 feet and turned over into a roadside ditch leaving the Logan man unhurt and Nihiser the investigating officer.

Logan Green School Donald E. Flood Nihiser

Destructive 1960 Quake Hits Agadir Mexico

A major earthquake in March 1960 killed about 12,000 people in Agadir Mexico, a region where seismic activity is rare. The disaster stands as one of the deadliest in recent years and marks an extraordinary event for its unlikely location.

Agadir Mexico

Laurelville Man Knifed At Tavern

A cutting affray at Johnny's Tavern in South Bloomingville led to Rodney Buskirk 21 Laurelville being treated at Hocking Valley Hospital for cuts and a stab near the left kidney. Charles Marcum 25 South Bloomingville Route 1 was taken into custody and jailed as charges were to be filed in Hocking County Court.

Logan Johnny’s Tavern South Bloomingville Paul Hartman John Jenkins Clarence Nihiser Jesse McGrady Jr Hocking Valley Hospital Rodney Buskirk Laurelville Charles Marcum Buskirk Marcum Hocking

Mount St. Mary Hospital Admissions and Discharges

Mount St. Mary Hospital notes list new admissions including James Skinner Bertha Elder Edward Warren Harley Jeffrey William Crawford Kemper Latta Patience Wallace Eugene Bailey James Doody Burt Lanning Robert Musick Edward Figgins Ed Dewhurst and others. Discharges include Maude Hardy Susan Gail Madeline Snyder Florence Lowry Marie Breeze Mellie Hearing Rachel Hamer Homer Copley Ira McKibben Martin Huffhines Mildred Shuttleworth Beatrice Barber Lena Safreed Nellie Wycinski Willie Gibbons and others.

Bertha Elder Murray City Edward Warren Nelsonville Harley Jeffrey William Crawford New Plymouth Kemper Latta Corning Patience Wallace Glous Benjamin Jones New Straitsville Robert Musick Shawnee Eva Trainer Albany Edward Figgins Ed Dewhurst Maude Hardy Corning Susan Gail Glouster Hala Florence Lowry Marie Breeze Mellie Hearing Malta Rachel Hamer Athens Homer Copley Ira McKibben New Marshfield Martin Huffhines Mildred Shuttleworth Beatrice Barber Lena Safreed Jackson Nellie Wycinski Willie Gibbons Junction City William Drescher Max Walton

Bernard S. Geiger 68 Dies. Logan Native, WWI Vet

Bernard S Geiger 68 a Logan native and World War I veteran and retired plumbing contractor died after a long illness at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus He leaves wife Leota one son Paul Geiger of Logan five daughters two brothers three sisters and is survived by many relatives Religious services set at St John s Catholic Church with Rosary and Solemn Requiem High Mass Burial in Oak Grove cemetery

Logan Bernard S. Geiger N. Spring St Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus Geiger John A Theresa Acker Geiger Geiger Bros St. John's Catholic George Geiger Sugar Grove Rose Hahn Rockbridge Agnes Connor Theresa Ponticus Roberts St. John’s Church John Geiger John Eyerman Charles P. Foy Oak Grove Cemetery

Boy Scouts Tour Washington D C from Troop 99

Twenty five scouts and 13 adults depart for a Capital tour visiting government offices and memorial sites. Troop 99 is sponsored by First Methodist Church with James Stewart and Charles Turner supervising and a list of named scouts and accompanying adults.

Boy Scouts Logan Washington D.C First Methodist Church James Stewart Charles Turner Jeff Bowers Roger Chute Charles Cook Robert Courter Gary Cummins Jeff Drake Fred Durant Eddie Fickle Russell Forsythe James Fraizer Jeff Gerken Simeon Gribble Mike Henry Jeff Hunsaker Joe Hunsaker George Johnson David Moorehead Eddie Penrod Rocky Riddlebarger

Former Logan Man Suffers Heart Attack

Harry Nelson 55 of Barberton, formerly of Logan, suffered an apparent heart attack while in his automobile in Gore. He was taken to Hocking Valley Hospital after collapsing outside Starr's Store during a weekend visit with his wife.

Logan Harry Nelson Barberton Hocking Valley Hospital Gore Nelson Hocking County Starr

Local Guilty Pleas In City Court Actions

Nelsonville man Nelson G Johnson pleaded guilty to attempting to defraud a taxi driver and was fined 10 dollars plus costs in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court. Floyd Perry of Athens was fined 100 dollars and costs, three days in jail for driving while intoxicated. Richmond Six of Athens pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid 10 dollars and costs. Richard Unger of Cleveland forfeited a 20 dollar bond after a citation for driving after dark without lights.

Nelsonville Harrison G. Johnson Earl Hilleary Robert T. Thompson Floyd Perry Edward Sr Richmond Athens Richard Watson Unger Northfield Cleveland

Post To Meet Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post 229

Post 229 of the American Legion will convene at 7 45 p m today in the Legion War Memorial Building according to commander Paul Barrows. Plans for a joint September meeting with the auxiliary and a membership program will be discussed.

Nelsonville Glenford

Farm Bureau Council Holds Chicken Barbecue at Ruff Home

Bear Run Farm Bureau Council hosted thirteen members and eight children for a chicken barbecue at Mr. and Mrs. Don Ruff home. Bud Myers attended. Harold Daubenmier led a talk on community mental health needs. Next gathering set for Aug 11 at Miss Josephine Lowrie and Miss Marguerite Kellerman’s country home.

Logan Bear Run Farm Bureau Council Don Ruff Bud Myers Harold Daubenmier Josephine Lowrie Marguerite Kellerman

Columbus Boy Falls at Cantwell Cliffs

An eight year old Columbus boy, Tommy Walden, fell from Cantwell Cliffs at 11 45 a m Sunday and was brought out on a stretcher. He walked on arrival at Hocking Valley Hospital with only scratches and bruises. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Walden of South Hamilton Road Columbus.

Logan Columbus Cantwell Cliffs Clarence Nihiser Tommy Walden Hocking Valley Hospital Ernest Walden S. Hamilton Rd., Columbus

Kuwait’s Status Split Between Ottoman Rule and British Protection

The report notes Kuwait as part of the Ottoman sphere while highlighting its separate status under British protection since 1608, with ongoing geopolitical implications for Kuwaiti governance.

Kuwait Iraq

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