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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1954
Page
13
A Communist party spokesman in New York says the party will not bow to the new law outlawing it. He predicts a court test of the law once the government moves to curb Communist activities, after Eisenhower signed the act.
Joseph Lefferson, 41, of Carey was killed early Thursday in Marion when a utility pole he was working on snapped and fell while transferring electric wires to a new pole, police said.
The body of Leroy Baumgarner, 17, was recovered Thursday from the Ohio River near the capsized skiff. His father Arnold Baumgarner, 39, and brother James, 14, remained missing.
A compact TV and theatre reel lists WCHS Channel and Friday highlights with Bob Boaz Ernie Saunders Weaherman Pantomime Quiz My Hero To Be Announced Racket Squad Star Theatre News to Me TV Shopping News Saturday entries include Big Top Market Bulletin Vacation USA Badge and Bullets Kit Carson Weatherman Stage Show Playhouse Jack Paar Thats My Boy Chronoscope Sports Showcase Chicago Wrestling Sports Showcas Movie Time.
Four teen suspects were indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury on first degree murder charges for thrill killings. Willard Menter endured cigarette torture before drowning in the East River. Jerome Lieberman Melvin Mittman both 17 face second degree manslaughter in Rheinhold Ulrichson beating. Jack Koslow 18 and Robert Trachtenberg 15 indicted in Menter case. all pleaded innocent. Judge Samuel Leibowitz set probable trial timelines.
Polio cases last week totaled 2207 the first week of the year surpassing 2000 for the initial time. The Public Health Service notes a 15 percent rise from the prior week, with California leading states at 1873 cases, Texas 1742 Michigan 711 Florida 685 and Ohio 631 as the disease year continues.
Readers are invited to write to the Dean or visit campus Tuesday September 14 to plan courses for the term. Messages should specify desired classes and indicate interest in the night program at Rio Grande College.
A terse classified note lists wrecked 1949 Ford models and a 1950 Ford panel plus 1949 International Panel and Marmon Harrington front end parts. Rosenberg's at 79 Depot St closes at noon Saturdays. There is a want ads line promising a place for everything except secrets.
AP reports Cincinnati livestock and egg markets with firmer cattle demand and steady to higher cow values. Hog prices ease, cattle weights above 740 pounds scarce, and feeder lambs mixed. Egg receipts show large white and brown percentages with current case mix and poultry prices noted.
The U.S. Air Force plans to pull many Sabre jets and other aircraft from Korea and shift its headquarters to Nagoya Japan. The withdrawal follows the armistice and comes as four of six infantry divisions are redirected home. Experts estimate at least 100000 Americans will leave Korea with some units reassigned in the Far East or sent back to the United States.
Anthony Wilhelm, two, of near Paulding Ohio, drowned Wednesday night after wading into flood water from a creek near his home. The tragedy was reported locally with scant detail on rescues.
Amsterdam based Trouw speculates KLM Reyal Dutch airliner missing since Monday over the North Sea could have collided with a Danish jet. Danish air force says no jet missing. ejection seat found among recovered debris and bodies. KLM denies collision rumor as search continues northwest of Amsterdam.
In Paris Kentucky James Stone Jr. lost 44 cattle after his herd was sprayed with an insecticide meant for plants. The U S Department of Agriculture and University of Kentucky found the wrong chemical and a solution twice the proper strength was used, causing the deaths.
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