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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1953
Page
1
Secretary Benson pledged to implement the strict marketing quotas voted by wheat farmers for 1954 in an equitable, constructive manner. Preliminary counts show 361,392 in favor to 53,252 against, an 87.2 percent approval, signaling continued high price supports.
NAHA Okinawa JPI A and weather experts report a Western Pacific typhoon veered slightly south and may miss the full fury. Lt. Jim Wolff of the Okinawa Air Base Communications Center says the storm, one of the worst in the Western Pacific, stayed about 200 miles from Okinawa at 3 p.m. Winds reach 138 mph as the typhoon moves northwest toward Wenchow China. Wolff believes the center will pass north of Formosa to spare the island.
Paris report says the French strike wave shows signs of easing with no new walkouts announced and small breaks in the previous solid front. Most demonstrators remain off work though overall strike strength is unclear. Monday and Tuesday will test if workers return after the Assumption Day weekend.
In Columbus Ohio the unofficial tally shows about 66.4 percent in favor of quotas but falls short of the two thirds required. Of 19 580 eligible voters 664 percent backed the plan and 15041 voters opposed 6371 votes undecided. County results include Athens Gallia Hocking Jackson Meigs Morgan Muskingum Pike Vinton Washington Perry and more.
The second hurricane of the season named Barbara moved northeast at 27 mph about 200 miles offshore. It passed near Nantucket early morning, bringing up to 60 mph gusts to the island and light winds near Cape Cod with little damage reported along the coast.
President Eisenhower appointed Vice President Nixon John Roosevelt and Chicago attorney J Erin Wilkins to a new panel tasked with preventing hiring and firing discrimination in plants with federal contracts. The committee aims to enforce fair employment practices under federal work programs.
Rome reports a centuries old nude virgin dance by Gypsies near Gonzaga in the Po River Valley. Farmers glimpse songs and guitar, but no one has witnessed the harvest moon ceremony this year as observers doubt it will occur.
Jim Domer a 21 year old from Connelsville Pennsylvania swam for four hours and 39 minutes along the Ohio River at Middleport. He bypassed authorities, rode river waves between towboats, and was eventually arrested after returning ashore at 7 05 PM. Firemen and Coast Guard aided, crowd watched river drama unfold.
Operation Big Switch reaches halfway in exchanges as Allies return 240 North Koreans and 313 UN troops while Reds release 814 prisoners. Civilians in Panmunjom streets stone Red troops. nine Americans hurt and 814 Reds slightly injured as transfer accelerates.
Ten people killed and 58 injured when a southbound electric train and a Manchester Bacup steam train collided on a viaduct in Manchester at 7 40 am. A coach was torn through the barrier and plunged into the Irk River as wreckage scattered. Passengers scrambled to escape while witnesses reported a mother among the victims and a child crying for its mother.
Giuseppe Pella, veteran budget minister, accepted the premiership and announced a new Italian cabinet not including Alcide de Gasperi in foreign affairs. Pella, 51, will lead the council and ministries of foreign affairs and budget, with sworn ministers due Monday as the government faces a Senate and Chamber of Deputies vote early next week.
The Veterans Administration said it depends on case specifics whether to seek recovery of insurance paid on service members reported killed in action but later found alive. In the Abbott case from Ohio, Cpl. William H. Abbott was released by Communists after a January report of death. VA paid $10,000 to Abbott’s parents and will review the case before demanding repayment.
A Rascoe Bridge span dropped Friday sending two vehicles into the Tuscarawas River at Coshocton. Edgar Tedman, 43, of Mount Vernon, died when his semi trailer plunged about 20 feet into the water. A passenger car was atop the coal truck. both had minor injuries.
Authorities listed four deaths as personal crisis reports after bodies were pulled from the Niagara River on Thursday and Friday. The figures reflect a pattern of multiple fall fatalities around the summer tourist area, with an average of about one body recovered per week.
A 30-year-old Baltimore man, John Waddell, was jailed without charge in Grafton West Virginia as FBI agents from Pittsburgh joined state troopers to investigate potential links to two Pennsylvania Turnpike killings and a later shooting wound. Police say the shootings appear the work of a lone maniac. Waddell was arrested at a truck stop near U S 80 after drivers reported him acting suspiciously.
Philippine President Elpidio Quirino leaves Johns Hopkins after a seven week stay with two stomach operations. Doctors say he is fit to campaign for re election on his return home via Washington and San Francisco.
Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise celebrated her third birthday with a picnic cake and a tricycle race beside Balmoral Castle. Her brother Prince Charles joined in, as the royal family hosted gifts from Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, and other relatives amid grouse-hunting season noises on the Balmoral grounds.
A Mason County soldier reported by the communists to have died in captivity in Korea is Sgt. Herbert G. Sayre. He belonged to the 24th Infantry Division and had been missing since December 7, 1950. Sayre is survived by his parents and three brothers. Other Virginia and West Virginia soldiers were listed among the prison camp casualties in the same period.
Meigs County reports a record 18 polio cases as Long Bottom infant Berdell Dwaine Townson, seven months old, is hospitalized in Camden-Clark for paralytic polio affecting the left arm. The 17th case, Patricia Stethem, 15 months, remains in Children's Hospital Columbus. officials note the two infants are cousins.
The Defense Department on Saturday released 33 names of American soldiers reportedly escaped from Korean prison camps as claimed by communists, including two from Ohio. The men are Pvt. James L. Dentz, 21, of Brilliant, and Cpl. Joseph C. Brown of Briggsdale.
Two persons, Leslie Warden and his wife Ellen of Detroit, were injured when their car swerved from Route 27 near Winfield, crossing into a ditch and striking a bank. Leslie Warden remained in hospital, Ellen Warden in observation with fractured ribs and contusions. Investigating officers were Sheriff Martin Wede and Deputy G L Colben.
In Casablanca Berber chieftains appoint Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa 172 as leader of the faithful amid civil war threats. They do not press ouster demands against Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef 44, nephew to the sultan. The French hope the move averts a protectorate civil war.
At the Fraternal Order of Eagles annual convention in Indianapolis, rober W Hanson of Milwaukee was named president, J McGriff of South Bend elected vice president, and William G Watson of Zanesville Ohio chosen as secretary.
In Lancaster Ohio Mrs Elizabeth Rhodeback 27 is jailed for questioning after her 9 year old son Byron died. Coroner Dr Joseph A Greer ruled death by blunt force trauma with multiple injuries from a hemmocidal assault. Authorities describe bruising and severe head injuries consistent with a fatal beating.
Japanese police reported a deadly flood near Kyoto with at least 59 killed and 150 injured as torrential rains struck Ide village and the surrounding area. The disaster washed away hundreds of homes and disrupted the region's southern suburbs. Authorities described widespread damage in the narrow Valley region east of Kyoto.
The 45,000-ton US Navy carrier from the 6th Fleet and seven support ships anchored at Arms Talion near Ka fallinia to aid air relief for quake victims. It will serve with Ka fallinia, Ithaca, and Zakinihs islands hit hard by the disaster, which officials say killed over 114 people. Vice Admiral John H Cassady notes the situation remains serious as relief operations gain momentum.
Common Pleas Judge Clifford L Belt sentenced four persons to one day in jail and $300 fines for contempt of court in a labor dispute at Barnesville Metal Co. Esther Baker 25 and three others plus Joseph E Walker pleaded guilty to violating a temporary restraining order issued by Mehrank Co of Bridgton New Jersey Walker is Pittsburgh district board rep of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
In Ohio at Point, a grandfather attempted a second Lake Erie swim but failed after more than three hours. He reportedly completed about two thirds of the roughly 30 mile distance before giving up.
Weather expert Charles G Abbott predicts a dry spring and summer across the Southwest in 1976, with a longer drought than the current year. Abbott argues sun weather cycles span about 22 years and envisions decade ahead forecasts for farmers and oil interests.
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