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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1962
Page
1
Thousands marched and clashed with border guards and police in Berlin as tear gas grenades and a Communist water cannon were used. A red haired demonstrator urged the crowd to disperse as others pressed toward Checkpoint Charlie and Bernauerstrasse shouting that the wall must go.
Eastern Air Lines will resume a full streamlined schedule by September 13 after a June strike. Airline President Malcolm MacIntyre warned that a machinists strike could trigger an injunction. The company is negotiating with the Flight Engineers International Association while considering pilots and outside hires for vacancies. In Ohio a five day forecast calls for highs near 82 to 86 and cooler midweek. Separately in Berlin police shot an 18 year old refugee at the wall provoking anger toward American forces and Checkpoint Charlie.
Long Beach California report on Tania Verstak Miss International Beauty who refuses to wear the royal robes and to tour the world. She returns to Australia to train as a welfare worker aiding refugees from communism and to invest her earnings in her father’s insulation business.
About 1500 private contractors at the Marshall Space Flight Center resume work after a near week long strike. A federal court order ended the walkout four lost days in protest against non union electricians on one project. President Kennedy flew back to Washington from his western weekend trip.
Dr Harold C Hunt Eliot professor of education at Harvard urges creation of a federal planning commission to map a cohesive national education policy. He notes $2 billion annual spending supports 300 programs but lacks overall direction and asks AFL CIO delegates to propose naming a commission to the President.
Geneva reports a Soviet spokesman rejected a partial ban treaty as Swedish scientists said the USSR conducted a new atmospheric test. The aim to ban all but underground tests is viewed as unsatisfactory. The Arctic blast measured about 12 megatons, among Sweden’s fourth such test in the current sequence.
Governor Michael V. DiSalle calls for Republican rival James A. Rhodes to publicly justify his Ohio industrial expansion proposal. He asks for timing on 200 000 jobs, debt implications, loan interest rates, loss allocations, and comparisons to any similar state programs.
The Seismological Institute at Uppsala University reports a new atmospheric Soviet nuclear test. The explosion registered at 4 02 a m EST occurred in the Novaya Zemlya area and is estimated near 12 megatons.
In Watseka authorities investigated the cause of a three car derailment of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Dixie Flyer that killed two. The Florida bound train carrying 91 passengers left the rails Sunday, a sleeper and two coaches at the rear derailed and rolled along the tracks for two or three blocks.
Economy Minister Alvaro Alsogaray launches a national recovery bond drive as part of a sweeping program to revive Argentina's crisis ridden stamping economy.
Two bombs exploded in Madrid at the Catholic Ya publishing house and the Pueblo plant, injuring one worker and causing damage. A third blast hit La Vanguardia in Barcelona, injuring another employee. Officials call it part of a series of nuisance political bombings.
In Budapest the Communist party ousted Matyas Rakosi and 24 Stalinist followers in a purge exiling Rakosi’s circle. Karoly Kiss, a leading Stalinist, was demoted from the Politburo as Janos Kadar led the four day Central Committee meeting. Ernest Geroe, 63, expelled after succeeding Rakosi during the 1956 revolt exile.
Rep Walter H. Moeller of Ohio argues for sending two spacecraft into orbit rather than two astronauts in one craft. He cites scientific advantage and notes his role on the House Science and Astronautic Committee as he seeks a third term.
Health officials in the United States and Canada raced to locate and vaccinate all potential contacts of 14 year old James William Orr, a Canadian smallpox patient who traveled through Idlewild, Grand Central, and a Toronto hospital after arriving from Sao Paulo. Canadian authorities declared smallpox likely, with tests pending, and U S officials agreed on the imminent diagnosis. The boy’s illness prompted a citywide contact tracing effort in New York to prevent an outbreak.
Scientists report a new radiation belt 600 miles above Earth created by a July high altitude nuclear test. The belt may threaten astronauts and delay Project Mercury while emitting radio signals that could disrupt radio astronomy. Researchers led by Dr James Warwick and Dr James Van Allen confirm the belt strengthens the inner Van Allen ring and may last months to years pending further study.
State Auditor James A. Rhodes assails Ohio's Department of Industrial and Economic Developments in a campaign speech. He pledges a plan to create 200000 jobs and an industrial development authority while accusing the department and the DiSalle administration of wasting time and $1500000.
London radio cautioned that three American U2 reconnaissance planes stationed in Britain face the same fate as Gary Powers if they cross Soviet territory. A U S Air Force spokesman said the planes are on temporary duty to sample upper atmosphere radioactive debris from nuclear tests. The aircraft, flying from Plattsburgh New York, Sunday, are likely capable of long flights at very high altitudes.
The 22 000 ton Savannah becomes the first known atomic powered merchant vessel. Its maiden 2% day voyage from Yorktown Virginia to Savannah Georgia signals a new era in commercial sea travel as the United States vies with the Soviet Union in nuclear technology. The ship could sail 34% years on one fuel load and cover 300000 miles, fueled by 17000 pounds of uranium oxide.
In Ca Mau Peninsula four days of fighting pitted government troops and U S advisers against Viet Cong guerrillas. Government tallies claimed 124 dead while American counts were 60. The main Viet Cong force evaded capture as Gen. Paul D. Harkins led the plan.
The Veterans Administration will study its funds to decide if a special GI insurance dividend can be declared to aid the economy. Administrator James S. Gleason Jr. ordered the review, due by mid September, following a $230 million dividend paid last year on Kennedy’s orders.
Governor Michael V. DiSalle will hold his weekly cabinet meeting at the Ohio Exposition Center on the opening day of the Ohio State Fair. This marks the fourth year of taking the cabinet to the fair. He will also attend Crippled Children’s Day luncheon on August 27 and address Senior Citizens’ Day on August 30.
Johannesburg reports show the first weekend since liquor sales opened to nonwhite patrons occurred without the predicted violence. Police noted no unusual complaints as nonwhite buyers accessed liquor on equal terms with whites.
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