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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1964
Page
1
The Associated Press reports seven children died in a Baltimore Maryland two story brick house fire and five perished in a home near Midway Kentucky. One child remained in serious condition.
Lyndon B. Johnson carried Ohio on November 3 with 62.9 percent, totaling 2,498,331 votes to Barry Goldwater’s 1,470,865. Senator Stephen Young won 1,923,608 to Robert Taft Jr.’s 1,906,781 in the Senate race. Fire damages an Alemite plant in Cincinnati with an estimated loss of 35,000 dollars.
Western Maryland's president told the Interstate Commerce Commission that consolidation with the Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio is urgently needed to meet higher costs.
NEWPORT NEWS Va The nations newest aircraft carrier the USS America sails today for preliminary acceptance trials after builder's trials that earned rave reviews completed November 20 In Singapore a Malaysian navy patrol boat sank a motorized sampan carrying nine armed Indonesians one killed body recovered three captured five missing The other five presumed drowned In New York former Vice President Richard M Nixon elected chairman of the board of the Boys Club of America replacing the late President Herbert Hoover during a Monday night meeting
President Johnson met with top advisers including Ambassador Maxwell Taylor to review intensified actions in South Vietnam. Options discussed included air strikes on Communist supply lines through Laos and bases in North Vietnam, with decisions possibly kept secret until action.
The Senate Rules Committee resumes the Bobby Baker probe with public hearings starting today. Don B Reynolds, an insurance broker, will testify about alleged illegal diversion of 25 000 to the 1960 Kennedy Johnson campaign fund linked to Baker and Matthew H McCloskey.
White mercenaries freed 155 to 160 hostages in the Congo near Stanleyville as rebels close the airport. Four Americans, including William McChesney, are confirmed dead. a fifth, Mary Baker, unconfirmed. Belgian paratroopers rescued 680, returning to Brussels. Government troops, led by mercenaries, captured Bunia as talks over rescue end move to Brussels and Washington disputes US pressure.
U S space craft Mariner 4 travels at 7226 mph toward Mars with a July 14 landing target and maintains a precise trajectory for a midcourse maneuver. Soviet Zond 2 rocket launched Monday trails in the interplanetary race as both craft pursue Mars rendezvous.
Moscow reports Zond 2, launched from Earth orbit, shows power supply about 50 percent below expectations risking data return. Americans’ Mariner 4 also heads to Mars during a favorable window, while prior Soviet probes failed or encountered issues.
Saigon reports Cambodian troops and gunboats aided Viet Cong in two attacks near the Cambodian border. A patrol near Chau Doc Province within 100 yards of the border was struck by guerrillas aided by 100 Cambodian soldiers, with mortar fire causing three deaths and one injury.
Exclusive report from The Messenger’s special correspondent details a dramatic Vatican Council session. The piece emphasizes intense exchanges and the evolving stance of key participants amid high stakes.
The Pope begins a four day journey to Bombay for the International Eucharistic Congress with a Vatican led prayer program planned during his absence. Church officials note it will be the longest papal absence from Italy since 1814.
A Lancaster man George Martin at Fairfield School for Boys was suspended five days dating from Tuesday after officials disciplined two inmates. Commissioner William Willis of the Ohio Youth Commission cited the suspension on the recommendation of acting school superintendent Jerry O'Hara.
A faction of younger House Republicans led by Charles E. Goodell and Robert P. Griffin presses for a mid December party caucus to challenge Charles A Halleck and the Old Guard image. The plan follows a past revolt that elevated Gerald R Ford to leadership.
Soviet Foreign Minister Anrei Gromyko proposes a brief postponement of the General Assembly opening to handle routine actions and possible new admissions. The move aims to delay a formal vote on Article 19 sanctions over the USSR's unpaid peacekeeping dues. U.S. reaction is uncertain, seeking longer deferral and fresh negotiations on peacekeeping terms.
Columbus report notes the 105th Ohio General Assembly in a November start to a December floor session now on its 11th day. Senate actions brief with three non contested bills moving to the House to raise township clerk pay to 3600 and increase township trustee pay to eight dollars a day plus a Greenville land transfer correction.
Jackson leaders say tension exists among civil rights groups in Mississippi but not enough to disrupt the movement. Roy Wilkins notes a recommendation for Mississippi NAACP to exit COFO, with board action due January 4. MLK says SCLC remains supportive.
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