06 Dec 1951
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1951
Page
1
Washington AP reports a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on an alleged tax shakedown sparked conflict over testimony. Rep. King cites possible perjury and orders testimony records sent to the Justice Department for appropriate action.
In Tehran a five hour clash between 5000 pro communist students and 2000 police and nationalist mobs left at least three dead and over 200 injured. Police used tear gas water hoses and clubs as nationalists routed the Reds who shouted death to Mossadegh. Public property including a communist headquarters and newspapers were burned.
United Nations negotiators accept a key concession allowing inspections only at specified points under joint Allied Red teams as Panmunjom talks continue. The eight-point plan aims to supervise the armistice while Red China and North Korea object to joint internal affairs concerns.
Arch bishop Alojzije Stepinac says he remains legitimate archbishop of Yugoslavia despite Tito government limits. He is banished to a Croatian village and barred from exercising duties as archbishop, while Vatican circles condemn civil pressure over spiritual leadership. He did not seek conditional release from Lepoglava Prison.
Boston report says playwright Eugene O Neill in poor condition at Faulkner Hospital with Parkinsons disease. Only wife Carlotta Monterey may visit as his health declines.
Be on the lookout for your Messenger carrier at his regular collection time. If no one is home to pay, he dips into his own funds and loses profit until he can collect. Give him a break and have the exact change ready.
Senator Tobey asserts Eisenhower will enter the New Hampshire presidential primary next March. The claim comes as Duff of Pennsylvania urges Democrats out in 1952 and Byrd with Taft accuses Truman of steering the nation toward socialism.
Gallipolis native Sgt. Milton E. Casey lands in Seattle today after completing duty in the Far East. He served with honors and returns to Ohio following overseas service.
In Paris the United Nations General Assembly postponed the election of an 11th Security Council member after eight ballots failed to reach a two thirds majority for either Russia or the United States backed Greece. Chile and Pakistan were elected to fill two vacancies amid mixed opposition as factions seek lines of support for later rounds. The delay aims to gain backing for a Western aligned outcome.
COLUMBUS Ohio Bell Telephone Co would shut off service to 10 Columbus residents who applied for federal gambling tax stamps as announced by City Safety Director Donald D. Cook. Franklin County outside the city limits would also see service discontinued for gamblers per Sheriff’s Capt. Henry A. Keeley. Internal Revenue Collector Harry F. Busey said 45 to 50 more names who registered for gambling stamps would be released today, following about 60 already disclosed from a 28 county area.
The Ohio Public Health Council filed statewide regulations requiring trailer camps to meet minimum lot sizes, spacing, and boundary rules, with licenses for camps of three or more trailers starting Jan. 1 and enforcement by 135 city and 88 general health boards. Additional rules cover walks, dust control, access, operations, and record keeping, with stricter sewage and electrical provisions to follow on Jan. 1, 1953.
The OPS cleared the way for possible price increases on cars clothing meat foods milk butter gasoline coal tobacco drugs beer cosmetics wool cotton yarns fabrics soft drinks liquor wine lumber mill work petroleum canned and frozen foods chemicals and insecticides. The rule requires approval before ceilings change and permits reductions on other lines to balance pricing.
In Camiguin Island Philippines the Hibok Hibok volcano blasted ash and gas halting rescue work. Officials fear 500 percent more bodies may be buried in a six square mile zone of lava and ash as two more eruptions occur. Ten thousand villagers crowd the coast awaiting evacuation decisions as refugees pour in from Mambajao and Mahinog.
Jefferson is told by Mary Bolte a 61 year old farmer's wife that a mild winter is certain. She bases forecasts on leaves remaining late, hog spleen shape, autumn frost patterns, thunder, animal pelts and corn husks. Her husband William doubts the method.
Rollie Hemsley, ex major league catcher and former Columbus manager, was appointed manager of the Toledo Madhens of the American Association. The club, previously a Detroit Tigers farm team, will operate independently under new ownership in 1952 after last season with the Texas City-Lamarque Gulf Coast League club.
Portsmouth city officials announce higher fees at Greenlawn Cemetery effective Jan 1. Grave digging costs increase from 25 to 35 dollars, infant graves rise from 4 to 8 dollars, and foundation work for markers doubles to 2 dollars per cubic foot. City manager Edward Beall cites lack of cemetery lot sales as a factor.
Iran orders New York Times correspondent Michael Clark expelled within 48 hours for activities deemed against national interests. Clark is the third foreign journalist ousted since oil nationalization, with two other American reporters remaining in Iran.
Memphis, Tennessee. Admiral William Fechteler outlined how smaller lighter atomic bombs enable carriers to launch multi bomb attacks from any ocean position to targets up to 600 miles away. He also noted possible mothball fleet ship conversions to guided missile launchers.
Six Strategic Air Command B-36 bombers completed a 10,000 mile non stop flight to Africa and back to Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth Texas. Crews praised the food including 54 filet mignon steaks for an 18 man crew on the return leg.
A tree top prank with a monkey leads to chaos as a police officer entertains neighbors. A grease pan starts a kitchen fire, flammable rags trigger a washing machine flood, and the Grenald home floods with four inches of water while residents search for the missing monkey.
Donald E. Morrow and Raymond E. Wares were sentenced to 15 years each in federal prison for robbing the Lower Salem bank of 5000 dollars on April 4. U.S. District Judge Mell G. Underwood imposed the terms after their guilty pleas.
Cincinnati report says R. S. Kuhn Ohio sales manager and second vice president of Red Top Brewing Co. resigns from the firm. He stated no future plans have been formulated.
Kenneth Bolding, 18, was found guilty of first degree murder by a common pleas court jury in Columbus for the Dec 4, 1950 killing of Virginia Bates a hotel caterer. The verdict carries mandatory life imprisonment though sentencing was postponed pending an appeal. The state said Bolding was the lookout for Frank Branc the alleged triggerman who is undergoing a second sanity test at Lima State Hospital.
An 11 year old boy, William Albert Bickers Jr., was in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself with a .22 caliber rifle. He crawled 100 feet toward his home after being struck in the abdomen.
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