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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1958

Page

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Ohio GOP Eyes Indiana for Political Clues

Ohio Republicans look to Indiana for lessons as a union shop loan proposal looms on the Ohio ballot. Indiana's anti union shop law, approved by a Republican legislature and upheld by Gov Handley, influences campaign strategies with labor forces planning a strong November push. Indiana primaries show split support for the ban, while labor groups vow to mobilize to defeat its supporters in the election.

Buckeye Indiana Ohio Harold W. Handley Indianapolis Associated Press Indiana Senate Indiana House Louis Hutchinson Indiana State Federation of Labor Indiana Right Charles W. Bailey Anderson

Congress Eyes Adjourment Amid Backlog of Major Bills

Washington aims to close shop this weekend as senators rush to vote key measures including Social Security benefits, a $3.5 billion foreign aid bill, and federal education aid. House action on an omnibus farm bill is expected after past defeats. Adjournment targets remain uncertain.

Washington Congress Senate Lyndon B. Johnson HOUSE

Meir Arrives in London for Talks With Lloyd

Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir arrives in London for discussions with British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd. They plan to focus on Israel’s airlift ban over its territory supplying British troops in Jordan and the resulting sea shipment route via the Gulf of Aqaba.

London Golda Meir Middle East Selwyn Lloyd Lloyd

Train crash in New York leaves five dead and twenty five hurt

Five people are killed and at least 25 injured when two Erie Railroad trains collide head-on after a missed signal near Sterlington New York. The wreck trapped riders as rescuers from Hillburn Fire Department aided the injured and survivors described shock and chaos at the scene.

Sterlington N.Y Erie Railroad Monroe Hoboken N. J

Professional Soliciting Is Studied

A House Veterans Committee report targets unscrupulous fund raisers using veterans group names. It urges 50 percent of net from ordered mailings to go to the veterans named, bans selling donor lists, and demands fuller disclosure of groups chartered by Congress or using mailed charity drives. The findings cover eight organizations, four chartered and four not.

Washington House Committee House Veterans Committee Congress Veterans

Ammonia Fumes Send Two People to Point Clinic

Mrs. John Cheap of Fifth Street and Jerry Pickens, both affiliated with Valley Bell Dairy Products, were rescued after ammonia fumes leaked from a truck line and overpowered them in an apartment above the dairy. Pickens entered to assist Mrs. Cheap. others in nearby units were unaffected.

Point Pleasant John Cheap Fifth St Jerry Pickens Point Clinic Mrs. Cheap Valley Bell Dairy Products Company Pickens

Husband kills wife in street shooting after divorce bid

In Columbus four months after Ray Saunders shot and wounded his wife, they reconciled and went on a drinking party with two others. In a car on a city street he opened fire killing Myrtle Saunders and wounding Robert Poff before turning the gun on himself. He died eight hours later. the coroner called it murder and death by own action.

Columbus Ray Saunders Saunders Myrtle Saunders Robert Poff Poff Carl] E. Tetirick

British Critics Favor Belafonte Over Robeson in London Shows

In London, Paul Robeson at Royal Albert Hall and Harry Belafonte at the Movie House drew full houses. Critics favored Belafonte with praise while Robeson faced sharp critique for microphone use and political content in his performance.

London Paul Robeson Harry Belafonte Robeson Royal Albert Hall Belafonte Albert Hall The News Chronicle

Reginald Hammerstein Dies of Heart Attack at 61

Reginald Kent Hammerstein, 61, veteran stage director and younger brother of producer Oscar Hammerstein II, died Saturday from a heart attack. He was active in the New York theater scene and associated with notable productions.

New York Reginald Kent Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein Il

Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Ohio

Partly cloudy tonight with low 60s to 70s. Tuesday warm and humid with scattered thunder showers. Ohio similar tonight with showers and thundershowers. not so warm tonight in the mid 60s to upper 60s. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures and about half an inch of rain in scattered thundershowers tonight, Foster night, Wednesday, and likely again Friday or Saturday.

West Virginia Ohio

U S Laws Linked To Fund Cuts

Washington Democrats on a House committee blame Eisenhower era funding cuts for years of lost missile research while Republicans on the Government Operations Committee accuse Democrats of political grandstanding. The inquiry followed the Soviet satellite launch last year.

U.S House Committee United States Eisenhower Government Operations Committee

UN Panel Warns Even Small Radioactivity Increases Harm Health

A 15 nation UN scientific committee warns that even slight rises in world radioactivity from nuclear tests endanger health and calls for quicker research, broader defense powers, and non government study, while rejecting an immediate ban on tests. The 228 page report, based on over two years of work, notes cancer and genetic risks and cautions that current estimates are tentative with wide uncertainty.

United Nations N.Y United Nations Scientific Committee

Probers Split Over Adams Report In Raglaine Case

The House Armed Services subcommittee released a unanimous report finding no evidence that presidential assistant Sherman Adams sought to influence a 40482 penalty refund to Raglaine Worsteds Inc. in Manchester New Hampshire after 17 years. Republicans hailed the finding as Adams vindicated while members differed in interpretation along party lines.

Washington House Sherman Adams House Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee Adams Raglaine Worsteds, Inc Manchester N.H Porter Hardy D-Va Sen Styles Bridges Chester E. Merrow New Hampshire Irving M. Ives Raglaine

Flying Veteran Dies in Denver Tragedy

Captain Robert L. Ruth, 40, of Howe Nebraska, a formation service officer at Lorie Air Force Base, died of a heart attack at the scene where a 133 jet trainer crashed. Two men were killed in the crash.

Denver Robert L. Ruth Howe, Neb Lowry Air Force Base

UN Move Urges Lebanon Jordan Troop Withdrawal

Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and 75 aides prepared to push for an emergency UN session demand. The United States and Britain would withdraw when the UN can guarantee protection for Lebanon and Jordan. Mahmoud Fawzi pressed for withdrawal with Hammarskjold proposing new UN backed security and economic measures for the Middle East.

United Nations N.Y Andrei A. Gromyko UN General Assembly U.S Lebanon Jordan Gromyko United States Britain United Arab Republic U.A.R Mahmoud Fawzi Middle East Dag Hammarskjold Pebanon Israel- U.A.R. Frontier

Hospitals Endanger Tax Status

CHICAGO non profit hospitals in several cities risk their tax exempt status by renting space to physicians and commercial ventures. The Foundation for Management Research cited three threats to exemptions including possible IRS crackdown, local property tax deductions prorated by private use, and denial of deductions for donations to hospitals with on site doctors.

Chicago Foundation For Management Research Internal Revenue Service

Psychologist Probes Driving by Tranquilized Drivers

University of Cincinnati psychologist Dr Alfred Kristofferson begins a study on how tranquilizer pills affect driving. He notes tranquilizers impair driving and milder doses are widely used, with about one in sixteen people under their influence in daily traffic.

Cincinnati University of Cincinnati Alfred Kristofferson

Only Two Die On Highways On Weekend

Ohio recorded only two highway fatalities from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday per Associated Press data. The weekend also saw four drownings after swimming, two linked to a swimming challenge. Five other deaths included a ladder fall, a three-man plane crash, and a fatal cabin cruiser accident on Lake Erie.

Ohio Associated Press Lake Erie

Counties Report Sufficient Signatures On Petition Drive

Five of eight Ohio counties report excess valid signatures for a vote on banning the union shop. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown notes some counties did not certify counts, so no statewide total yet. Auglaize Coshocton Jackson Knox and Miami reported. Clermont Morgan and Tuscarawas reported earlier.

Columbus Ohio Ted W. Brown Brown Auglaize Coshocton Jackson Knox Miami Clermont Morgan Tuscarawas

Train Blown Up Near Orleansville in Algeria

A passenger train was blown off the tracks by a rebel mine near Orleansville. Three people were killed and many injured. The dead were members of the military escort that accompanies trains in rebel Algeria.

Algiers Orleansville Algeria

Storm Brews Over Sale Of Tiny Island In TV Prize

Storm brews over the sale of Stroma, a two mile offshore island off Caithness, to a CBS program prize on Bid n Buy. Caithness County Council orders probe into owner John C Hoyland's authority to sell without council consent and considers seeking state officials to block the deal. The laird is John C Hoyland, a visiting umbrella maker who does not reside on Stroma.

Storma Britain Pentland Firth Columbia Broadcasting System Bid ‘N’ Buy Caithness County J. L. Russell Stroma Caithness Queen Motier Elizabeth Mey J. Arbrach Mackay Mackay Secretary of State For Scotland Lord Lyon King of Arms John C. Hoyland Island

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