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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1954

Page

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McCarthy Probe to Drop Some Charges and Set Rules

The six member censure committee plans to drop some of the 46 counts against Senator McCarthy and draft relevancy rules to keep hearings focused. A key charge about a $10,000 Lustron fee for a housing pamphlet is under debate. Committee aims for public hearings with limited coverage and possible televised restraint. Ellender says Wisconsin voters reelecting McCarthy implies absolution. other members flag oath violations and overstepping bounds as major issues.

Washington McCarthy Rwis Watkins Utah Edwin C. Johnson D-Cole Lustron Corp Fuller D-Ark Senatorsnders R-Vi Morse Ind-ore Ellender D-La Wisconsin Senate Fulbright Flanders Gen George C. Marshall Gen. Marshall George Dga Illinois American Legion Chicago R-Wis W. Sterling Cole

Patrol Adds 32 Men To State Highway Patrol

Col. George Mingle announces 32 new hires for the State Highway Patrol, boosting strength to 620. He expects full authorized strength of 650 uniformed men by year end.

Columbus State Highway Patrol George Mingle

Phenix City Grand Jury Meets to Probe Vice Death

Phenix City jurors convene in secret to determine who killed A. L. Patterson and to expose payoffs and neglect linked to vice kings. About 18 jurors, 125 witnesses, and 3000 subpoenas target corruption as investigators eye indictments within days.

Phenix City Grand Jury Phenix City Ala A. L. Patterson Walter B. Jones Montgomery George C. Johnson, Jr Amb Ingicumehls Russell County Patterson Phenix Aot Enor Hoe Amaiesaaen

Three Stores Entered In Same Building At Point Pleasant

Three businesses in the same building were broken into Sunday night in Point Pleasant. Fruth's drug store suffered a forced entry with a cut wall and a grass sickle used to pry a safe. Missing from Mason County Tractor and Implement Co. were three shotguns and 8 to 10 boxes of shotgun shells. Case Farm Machinery Sales and Service had an interior entry with nothing reported missing.

Point Pleasant Jack Fruth Fruth Jackson Ave Mason County Tractor and Implement Co Jefferson Case Farm Machinery Sales and Service Mason County Implement Co

Violence in Morocco as protests surge near Aid al Kebir

Violence continued in French Morocco with Istiqlal protests against rule as Aid al Kebir nears. Port Lyautey saw 13 dead and 48 wounded after clashes with Europeans and Moroccans. Fez and Rabat reported unrest amid orders banning sheep sacrifices. Police reported European fatalities and ongoing street fighting but no Moroccan deaths.

Casablanca Morocco French Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef Abraham Isaac Istiqlal Independence Party Istiqlal Rabat Port Lyautey Fez

Berserk Man Held For Court In Cincinnati Shooting

Police say playground caretaker George Ridley 24 will face a charge of shooting to kill after he fired 14 bullets into a crowd of over 100 at a playground. Nine year old Daniel Smith was hit in the hip, minor injury. Ridley allegedly attacked a 13 year old girl, then, after a struggle with Rev. Junior Haliburton Dawson, retrieved a rifle and fired again.

Cincinnati Daniel Smith George Ridley Junior Haliburton Dawson Church of God Ridley

Bizarre pen incident triggers fatal shooting and chase

In Danville Virginia two Army Air Force privates from Ft. Bragg quarrel over a pen at a restaurant. One man shoots the pen, they flee in a car, crash on a Dan River bridge, attempt to swim. Gerbitz drowns, Smith survives and is jailed for felonious shooting and DUI.

Danville Army Air Force Melvin L. Gerbitz Augustine Smith Ft. Bragg N. C Dan River Gerbitz Smith

Ohio Weekend Death Toll Reaches 15

The Associated Press reports Ohio registered 15 accidental deaths over the weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Traffic crashes caused 12 fatalities, with one drowning, one from a train incident, and one from a boy’s contact with a charged cattle wire. State officials plan 32 extra troopers to curb accidents.

Ohio Associated Press George Mingle Mingle

Middletown Driver Victim Dies After Wreck

Emma Elizabeth Chambers 46 of Willowick Lake County Ohio died in Middletown Hospital after injuries from an automobile accident last Wednesday.

Middletown Emma Elizabeth Chambers Willowick Lake County Ohio Middletown Hospital

West Branch Readies Hoover Birthday Parade

Small Iowa town prepares for Herbert Hoover's 80th birthday with a parade and official visits by Governor Beardsley and Vice President Nixon. A formal program at the state park honors the former president, who will visit his birthplace cottage and its preserved furnishings.

Iowa Herbert Hoover West Branch State of Hoover Jesse Clark Hoover Hulda Minthorn Hoover Williams. Beardsley Virgil M. Hancher University of Iowa Richard M. Nixon Washington Eisenhower Ding Saw Hoover Iowa State College J. N. Ding Darling

Atomic Weapon Wanted by Rhee

South Korea seeks U.S. atomic weapons and naval air cover to drive Communist forces from the Korean peninsula. Rhee told U.S. News and World Report that Britain and France are not clearly anti-Communist and that the United States restrains him and Chiang Kai-shek from fighting. He urged broader military aid and warned against delaying decisive action.

Washington Syngman Rhee South Korea United States Korea U.S. News and World Report Rhee Britain France Chiang Kai-shek North Korea Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Communista United Nations Lon Formoua Risenhower

Anti Red Balkan Pact Signed By Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey

In Bled Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey sign a military pact to deter any Cominform aggression. The accord links Yugoslavia with the West while pledging allegiance to the United Nations and preserving Greek and Turkish NATO obligations.

Bled Yugoslavia Turkey Greece Balkan Russia Koca Popovic Stephan Stephanopolous Faud Koprulu Marshal Tito North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO United Nations Moscow Europe

Driver Pinned By Tractor In Syracuse Accident

Larry Hubbard Pomeroy, 20, of Syracuse, was injured when a tractor slipped on wet ground and pinned him between a house and the vehicle. Neighbors freed him, with arm and stomach burns and possible rib fractures. He was taken to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, then to Pomeroy by ambulance.

Pomeroy Larry Hubbard Syracuse Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Hubbard

State AFL Delegates Convene at Cleveland

Some 750 delegates representing about half a million AFL members begin a four day convention of the Ohio State Federation of Labor in Cleveland. Phil Hannah, executive secretary, says the 69th annual meeting will focus on unemployment and government measures to avert it.

Cleveland AFL Ohlo State Federation of Labor Phil Hannah

Toll of Auto Crash Increases to Two

KEYSER West Virginia Mrs LaFollette Otis Heltzel of Monongah West Virginia died Sunday at Potomac Valley Hospital after Friday’s collision near Romney involving two cars. Her death brings the death toll to two in the accident. Another victim, Mrs Burt Bussard 67 of Van Wert Ohio, was killed outright.

Police Nab Man Selling Wine From Baby Carriage

Boston police arrested Vincent Guinta, 29, after two detectives spotted him wheeling a baby carriage at an early hour and shouting for customers. He was selling wine at 75 cents a bottle without a license.

Boston Vincent Guinta Guinta

Man Predicts Death After Sting by Bee

Samuel Jones of Caroline, Kentucky, died after a bee sting caused anaphylactic shock. Coroner Louis Wright ruled the death caused by the sting ten minutes after he told his brother the sting would kill him while cutting down a tree. James Jones said they were searching for wild honey when the bee entered Samuel's sleeve.

Greenup Samuel Jones Caroline Louis Wright James Jones Samuel Wright

Civil Defense Course Opens at Ohio State University

The first FCDA civilian defense course away from the Olney national school starts tomorrow at Ohio State University. The week long sessions invite 55 state civil defense leaders and cover planning operations analysis and personnel.

Columbus Federal Civil Defense Administration Art College National School Olney Ohio State University

Hearing Postponed in Sheppard Murder Case

A Cleveland court delayed today's preliminary hearing in the Dr Samuel Sheppard murder case until Thursday morning. Defense lawyers filed an affidavit of prejudice against Gershom M Barber, alleging bias by the acting Bay Village mayor during proceedings. Judge Merrick granted the delay after prosecutors and defense agreed they needed more time to subpoena witnesses.

Cleveland Bay Village Council Sheppard Samuel SH. Sheppard Marilyn Gershom M. M. Barber Barber William J. Corrigan Common Pieas Frank J. Merrick

Car Plunges Over Bank Near Route 35

An 18 year old woman driver escaped with minor injuries when a 1950 automobile jumped a guard rail and plunged down a 15 to 20 foot embankment near the New York Central underpass on Route 35. Mrs Delores Proctor of Kelton Lane Gallipolis was found in mud and slush. a companion Jack Boggess of Nitro was slightly injured. The crash was investigated by city patrolman Ernest Hesson and state police.

Point Pleasant Delores Proctor Kelton Lane Gallipolis Holzer Hospital Jack Boggess Mra. Proctor New York Central Railroad Mra Proctor Montgomery W. Va Clay County Ernest Hesson

New York Police Crackdown Nets Over 200 Hoodlums

New York police swept Times Square Central Park and Rockaway Beach in early morning raids, with more than 200 people detained in the crackdown on hoodlums and undesirables. The weekend operation marks the largest haul since the drive began July 27.

New York Times Square Central Park Rockaway Beach

Retired sports editor dies in Carmel California

Carmel California obituary notes the death of Edward W Cochrane a former sports director for the Hears newspapers and ex Kansas City and Chicago sports editor born in Rome Michigan He died Sunday.

Man 33 Kills Mother Believing Devil Possession

Detroit police detain Glenn Green after he admits beating his 79 year old mother Alice Green of Vicco Kentucky to death to drive out the Devil. Green, veterans status mentioned, reportedly attacked in his home as family watched.

Man Mother Devil Detroit Glenn Green David Harris Alice Green Vicco Ky Green Ollie Louis Mia Army Ft. Eustis Pearl Harbor Valley Forge General Hospital

Nine boys retrace Mormon grandparents trail in desert hike

Aziz Mesa reports nine youths aged 14 to 18 hiked 70 miles in the Superstition Mountains east of Mesa following the route used by pioneering Mormon grandparents who settled in Utah. The group hunted rattlesnakes and wild game, living for days on desert flora and meat with little changed from the original trek.

Mesa Aziz Here Mewa Utah

Airliner Crash at Terceira Island Kills 30

A Colombian Constellation crashed near Terceira Island Azores killing all 21 passengers and nine crew. Madrid Barajas officials identified one crewmember Herbert Hop king an American engineer. The flight was en route from Hamburg to Bogota.

Terceira Island Azores Madrid Barajas Herbert Hopking Hameburg Bogota Colombia

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