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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
1
David Lovejoy 23 of Kent tells jurors he went to Marion Correctional Institution to help injured inmates during the August 27 riot that damaged about 100000 dollars. The trial marks the first of 16 inmates facing charges arising from the disturbance.
In Birmingham Alabama former police commissioner Eugene Bull Connor 68 is hospitalized after a serious stroke. Doctors report he is paralyzed on his left side and he now serves as president of the Alabama Public Service Commission.
The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation announced that about 15,000 migrant workers were hired this harvest season in Ohio. Migrants formed about half of the farm labor force, with roughly 15,000 local laborers in the fields at the peak in September.
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk met with Chiang Kai-shek and his wife in Taipei for tea and dinner. Rusk arrived from Tokyo and will depart Friday for Saigon on his way to the Paris NATO ministerial council meeting.
POMEROY man, Bataan survivor, recalls chain of horror dating to 25 years ago today. Ohio lawmakers poll shows strong support for annual General Assembly sessions. About 1,000 students greet the Bobcats after an overtime win.
Gov George Romney visits New York for public appearances and private calls as he weighs a 1968 Republican presidential bid. He may reach out to Nixon and Lindsay while Nevada advisers push western Republicans to back Romney.
B52 bombers pounded a Viet Cong jungle base 25 miles northwest of Saigon in a new campaign to clear the capital area. The U S command reported casualties among Americans and Vietnamese with fewer killed and wounded last week. Saigon mayor Van Van Cua was disarmed after a nighttime incident with U S military police.
Pope Paul VI urged merging the Christmas and Vietnamese New Year truces into a single armistice to enable peace talks. In a 2,000 word Italian speech at St Peter's, he warned that delaying such an opportunity would be dangerous and prayed for a hopeful end to the war.
Reports from Baghdad say Iraq plans to send troops into Syria to confront Israel with a delegation to Syria and orders awaited. The border deployment would bolster Arab League defenses near Jordan, though no confirmed entry has occurred.
In Rambouillet France Soviet Premier Kosygin and Foreign Minister Gromyko hunted pheasants with nearly 100 beaters at a Royal setting. Kosygin bagged six birds while Gromyko boasted ten. De Gaulle supervised the display of game after the hunt.
African members of the Commonwealth pressed for an oil embargo on Rhodesia as George Brown signaled a broader export ban. Britain planned a Security Council resolution for mandatory sanctions but talks with African nations could delay it by a day or two.
Swollen rivers receded from flood battered homes in California's Central Valley as authorities monitor the Salinas River. Army helicopters remain prepared to airlift aid to Johnstondale where roads are washed out. About 600 residents stranded in a logging camp near Kernville. National Guardsmen evacuated 200 from Porterville. One dead and another missing as floods displaced around 700 people. Property damage in Tulare and Kern Counties runs into millions.
The 8,900 ton Heraklion with 281 aboard sank between Crete and the mainland after midnight as a raging storm battered the Aegean. Only 47 rescued hours later while planes and ships searched for survivors, raising fears of a major peacetime maritime disaster.
Columbus Ohio AP resignations by 21 nurses due to pay gaps threaten to shut Ohio TB Hospital. Officials say raises would take 45 days to implement and could trigger broader salary effects at state facilities.
Samuel H. Sheppard disclosed at a news conference that he would have tried to force guards to shoot him in the Cleveland courtroom after a second murder conviction. He said he carried a German Mauser pistol hidden in an athletic supporter and planned to draw it to die rather than return to prison. His wife Arianne sat beside him as he described the plan and his confession followed a NBC Tonight Show interview and advances about his book Endure and Conquer.
Forest Martin reports a 275 pound hog stolen from his truck in downtown McArthur on Wednesday night. Police say a truck backed up, took the hog and fled. Martin had bought the hog earlier at the Athens County Livestock sale for $39.83.
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