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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1962

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Dean Gives View On Nuclear Stand At Disarmament Talks

U S ambassador Arthur H Dean told 17 nations at the Geneva disarmament talks that small underground tests can aid weapons development including pure fusion bombs. He argued progress comes from underground tests detectable by seismic networks but not identified without on site inspection. He warned larger tests may be detected but not identified by seismic networks in certain ground, seismic areas and alluvium.

Geneva United States U.S Arthur H. Dean Dean

Able Bodied Veterans Left Out Of Bill

The House rushed a bill to reopen the GI insurance program for disabled veterans of World War II and Korea but excludes able bodied veterans. The measure moves to the Senate where leaders favor allowing all 16 million veterans to apply. The House shortened the bill to cover 1.8 million injured service members and recessed for 10 days.

Washington House Senate

Showdown Set in Strike at Huntsville Moon Program Site

Huntsville Alabama Marshall Space Flight Center which represents NASA appealed to the National Labor Relations Board to go to court to break a strike. The five day forecast for southern and central Ohio shows cooler temperatures with highs around 82 to 86 and scattered showers expected early next week.

Huntsville Ala Marshall Space Flight Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Labor Relations Board Ohio

Kennedy Opens Western Swing At Oak Dam Stop In South Dakota

President Kennedy declared the nation faces a crisis era and warned against waste and delay. He spoke beside South Dakota’s Oak Dam during a weekend westward tour before visiting Pueblo Colorado and Merced California to review water projects and gauge political races.

Kennedy Pueblo Colo Merced Calif White House South Dakota Colorado Richard M. Nixon Edmund G. Brown

Jim Rhodes Calls Ohio To Restore Jobs Growth

Ohio Auditor James A. Rhodes criticizes a 1959 employment claim as half true noting a 223000 job loss in 1958 and modest gains in 1959 and later years. He campaigns for governor promising 200000 new jobs and urges industrial site diversification and expansion to attract and grow industry.

Columbus James A. Rhodes Ohio Rhodes

United States Restores Ties With Peruvian Military Government

The United States recognized Peru's military government today after suspending relations on July 18 when a military junta seized power and Ambassador James Loeb was recalled. Renewed diplomatic ties were forecast recently and informants said the resumption would be announced.

Lima Peru United States U. S James Loeb

Record Number Of Passengers Leave Europe Aboard Nine Liners

New York reports 9860 passengers sailed for Europe aboard nine ocean liners on Thursday setting a new single day record. The prior record dated from 1929 was surpassed last week.

New York Europe

Nenni Improves After Icy Stream Injury in Italy

Aosta Italy doctors report a slight improvement in the condition of Pietro Nenni 71 Socialist leader who was injured Thursday when he fell into an icy stream during a mountain hike in north western Italy.

Aosta Italy Pietro Nenni

Miller to Headline Ohio GOP Convention September 12

William E. Miller, Republican national committee chairman, will be the principal speaker at the Ohio GOP state convention to be held in Columbus on September 12, according to GOP state headquarters.

Columbus William E. Miller Republican National Committee

Space flight limit set for six orbits in Mercury mission

D Brainerd Holmes announced that Walter Schirra Jr. will complete six orbits, with recovery near Midway Island, regardless of flight success. He noted future Mercury missions will extend to 18 orbits, and defended astronauts Glenn and Carpenter against criticisms of limited scientific results.

Blacksburg Walter M. Schirra Jr Midway Island D. Brainerd Holmes Man Holmes National Aeronautics and Space Administration Virginia Polytechnic Insti Mercury John J. Glenn Jr Malcolm Scott Carpenter

Symington halts Humphrey testimony over press insult

Senator Stuart Symington interrupted the Humphrey hearing on nickel deals charging an insult to the Senate by a former Treasury secretary. He refused further testimony and adjourned the session amid tense exchanges and camera glare.

Washington Stuart Symington D-Mo Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey Senate Humphrey Symington Eisenhower Administration Prescott Bush R-Conn United States

PUCO Approves 178000 Annual Phone Rate Increase

The Public Utilities Commission approved a 178000 dollar annual rate rise for General Telephone Co of Ohio affecting subscribers in Fairfield Perry Hocking Vinton Athens and Meigs counties. The increase, about 18 percent in the Athens area, follows a December 1960 request by Commonwealth Telephone which merged with General last month. PACO hearings were held last April with city officials in attendance.

Columbus the Utilities Commission General Telephone Co Ohio Fairfield Perry Hocking Vinton Athens Meigs Commonwealth General J. B. Kimball Commonwealth Telephone Co General Telephone PACO Telephone Company

DiSalle Tours Two More Ohio Counties

Gov. Michael V. DiSalle campaigned for re election touring Medina and Wayne counties. He praised three privately run institutions for handling problem and delinquent children and said state programs are inadequate by comparison.

Wooster Michael V. DiSalle Medina Wayne Counties DiSalle

Police deny questioning ex convict in Plymou th mail truck holdup

Rhode Island State Police deny reports they are questioning an ex convict who claims to know robbers of the 1.5 million Plymout h mail truck theft. Lt O Connell says three men were questioned and none held. Providence police say 12 were questioned and released. Columbus Ohio reports high job growth in fiscal 1961 and 1962 per administrator Leach.

Boston Rhode Island Plymouth Peter O’connell Providence U. I Columbus Ohio Donald B. Leach Bureau of Unemployment Compensation

Bus Slams Truck on Ohio Turnpike Killing Woman

A Greyhound bus traveling from Pittsburgh to Cleveland rear ended a steel-laden tractor trailer on the Ohio Turnpike, killing one woman and injuring 23 passengers including four in critical condition. Twenty seven aboard, both westbound lanes blocked for two hours as crews cleared wreckage.

Ravenna Greyhound Turnpike Patrol Pittsburgh Cleveland

Commission Directed To Adopt Radiation Safety Code

Ohio governor Michael V. DiSalle ordered the Industrial Commission to adopt a radiation safety code. He set a 37 day deadline after a Cabinet meeting with Atomic Energy Advisory Committee members present.

Columbus Michael V. DiSalle Industrial Commission Ohio Atomic Energy Advisory Committee

Finkbine Granted Abortion Operation in Sweden

Mrs Finkbine a 30 year old Arizona homemaker and television personality was informed by Sweden's Medical Board that she may have an abortion to end a pregnancy she fears will produce a drug deformed baby. The operation is expected next week at Caroline Hospital where foreign women have received similar care.

Stockholm Sweden Sherri Finkbine Caroline Hospital

Viet Forces Kill 40 Red Guerrillas in Ca Mau Sweep

Viet Nam government ground air and sea forces killed 40 Communist Viet Cong guerrillas and captured 60 more in a dawn operation in Ca Mau Province mangrove swamps near the coast. About 3000 troops combed the area with fighter planes and naval craft as the campaign continued.

Saigon Viet Nam Ca Mau

Sukarno Talks Of West New Guinea Deal Progress

In Jakarta President Sukarno announced the Dutch agreement to hand over West New Guinea and said Indonesia's other problems can be solved as we go along. He also set groundwork for better ties with former colonial rulers during Indonesia's independence anniversary. In Columbus a transfer of about 1.5 million from unspent mental hygiene and corrections funds was approved by the State Controlling Board.

Jakarta Indonesia Sukarno West New Guinea Netherlands Columbus

Mayor Tate Funds Grand Jury Probe Into City Hall Scandals

Philadelphia Mayor James H. J. Tate signed a bill approving 112000 dollars for a special grand jury investigation of alleged City Hall scandals during former Mayor Richardson Dilworth's administration.

Philadelphia —P James H. J. Tate Richardson Dilworth

Six Americans Freed By Pro Reds In Laos Release

Five Americans and a Filipino freed after over a year held by pro Communist forces in Vientiane Laos. The group includes Maj. Lawrence Bailey Laurel Maryland assistant military attache at the U S Embassy John McMorrow Brooklyn New York John Shore Jr Galloway Tennessee Sgt Orville Ballenger Columbus Ohio NBC cameraman Grant Wolfkill Shelton Washington and Lorenzo Frigillana Philippines.

Vientiane Laos R Lawrence Bailey Laurel U.S John McMorrow Brooklyn N. Y John Shore Jr Galloway Tenn Orville Ballenger Columbus NBC Grant Wolfkill Shelton Wash Lorenzo Frigillana The Philippines

Marilyn Monroe Will Filed For Probate

New York report says Marilyn Monroe's will is filed for probate after her death on August 4 from an overdose. The estate is estimated at more than half a million dollars.

Marilyn New York Marilyn Monroe

Dewitt Mackenzie, longtime AP foreign news analyst, dies

Dewitt Mackenzie, a pioneer in foreign news analysis for the Associated Press for many years, died in Glendale, California, at age 78. He helped shape international reporting and served as a leading voice on global events for the AP.

Glendale Calif Dewitt Mackenzie Associated Press

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