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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1963

Page

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Sinatra Son Abducted From California Motel

Frank Sinatra Jr was kidnapped at gunpoint from a motel room in Stateline California as he prepared to perform with the Tommy Dorsey Band. Deputies, FBI and local police chased two suspects identified as Joseph Sorce and Thomas Keating, found tied to the crime and suspected of a bank robbery in Long Beach. Deputies blocked mountain roads on the California Nevada border while the search continued.

Stateline Calif Frank Sinatra Jr Sheriff's Deputies Joseph James Sorce Thomas Patrick Keating San Francisco Keating Sorce Long Beach Youth Authority Tracy FBI Lake Tahoe George Byers Douglas County Nev California-Nevada Sinatra Young Sinata Sam Donahue Tommy Dorsey Sinatra Sr Joe Foss Dorsey Band Sinatra Jr

Americans Still Held In Bolivia

In Bolivia 21 hostages including four Americans remain held by tin miners near Catavi with strong militia guards. Thomas Martin, a 27 year old U S Information Agency officer, reports he and the others are well. President Paz Met with his Cabinet as troops moved into Oruro and Johnson offered aid to secure release.

LA Paz Bolivia Johnson Thomas Martin New York U.S. Information Agency U.S. Em Oruro Catavi White House

Thailand's New Chief Is Pro-West

In Bangkok Gen Thanom Kittkachorn was named premier after the death of Sarit Thanarat. The 52-year-old deputy premier and defense minister succeeds Sarit with royal approval from King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Police and provincial officials were urged to watch for subversives tied to Communist activity in the northeast.

Bangkok Thailand Sarit Thanarat America Southeast Asia Thanom Kittkachorn Bhumibol Adulyadej Thanom Praphas Charusathien

Snowstorm Tapers as Eastward Move Brings Deaths

A brutal snowstorm system eased its grip after dumping up to a foot of snow across the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Iowa and Nebraska. Five people died eight were injured when a Greyhound bus collided with a car near Little Falls Minnesota. Temperatures fell to near zero in North Dakota as rain hit the East Coast from Virginia to New York. In Tokyo surgeons claimed a historic breakthrough rejoining severed nerves in a shattered spine after a train crash.

Little Falls Minn Greyhound North Dakota North Central Virginia New York State New England Tokyo

Lodge Nomination Questioned by Eisenhower Request

In Saigon ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge says Eisenhower has not asked him to seek the 1964 Republican nomination. The New York Times reported Eisenhower urged Lodge to return to the U.S. to run. Lodge says no communication has been received and he has no intention to run, preferring to continue his work in Vietnam. A candle service will mark Kennedy’s mourning period at the Lincoln Memorial. Funeral rites planned in Midland City for 11 killed in a car train crash. Linus Pauling arrives in Oslo to accept the delayed 1962 Nobel Peace Prize.

Saigon Viet Nam Henry Cabot Lodge Eisenhower Lodge New York Times United States Washington Lincoln Memorial Kennedy Midland City Ala Oslo Norway Linus Pauling

Taft Opposes Shortening U S Work Week

Rep. Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio criticized a shorter work week saying it would raise business costs and hurt U S firms in competition with foreign companies. He spoke on a radio broadcast after announcing his bid for the Republican U S Senate nomination from Ohio.

Washington Robert Taft Jr Ohio Taft U.S Robert A. Taft Senate

Nehru Opens UN Population Conference in New Delhi

Prime Minister Nehru launches a United Nations conference on population control in New Delhi. The meeting addresses India's rising population pressures and aims to coordinate global efforts.

New Delhi Nehru India

Boy survives heart wound from stray bullet

Eight year old Harold Adams was shot in the heart while playing in his rural Madison area yard. Doctors at Huron Road Hospital reported he is recovering with no ill effects. Sheriff’s officials questioned hunters and confiscated rifles as ballistics tests may follow.

Cleveland Harold Adams Huron Road Hospital Harold Madison John Storer Storer Edwin I. Sjo Lake County Dixon D Eye Painesville Adams

Bolton poised to seek Ohio at large House seat

Rep Oliver P Bolton of Ohio is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will run for the state's at large House seat rather than seek re election in his district. He plans a 9 am Cleveland news conference and is seen as bolstering the GOP ticket ahead of the 1964 campaign.

Washington Oliver P. Bolton Ohio Bolton James A Rhodes Stephen M Young Young Senate Taft Cleveland

Woman at 100 Keeps Pink Cheeks Through Indian Club Exercise

PAINESVILLE Mrs Matilda Trass aged 100 credits daily Indian club workouts for keeping her cheeks pink and heart gay. The former gym teacher reads greeting cards and chats with residents at the Madison rest home after a long life in Bos ton and Lake Erie College teaching. She celebrated her centennial on Saturday and learned gymnastics at the Allen Gymnasium in Boston before marrying Durward Trass, who died two decades ago.

Painesville Matilda Trass Madison Trass Allen Boston

Jet Liner Explodes 81 Aboard Die in Maryland Delaware Crash

Pan American Boeing 707 with 81 aboard crashes near the Maryland Delaware line after lightning strikes during a holding pattern near New Castle Airport. Flight 214 had stopped in Baltimore with 71 passengers disembarking. wreckage spread over four square miles as investigators from CAB FAA and FBI began the probe.

Elkton Pan American World Airways Puerto Rico Philadelphia Baltimore Edgar Startt Cecil County Wilming Henry Lindell Newark Del Civil Aeronautics Board FAA Greece Henry Berry Edwin R. Tully FBI Tully Lightnine Pan Am Flight 214 San Juan

Witness Recalls Pan Am Jet Crash Near Elkton Maryland

Elkton resident Raymond Gregg describes a Pan American jet exploding near his home during a Sunday night crash. He and his wife fled with their four children to the cellar as a fireball lit the ground, then the plane veered, struck the garage, and exploded twice, killing one person.

Raymond Gregg Elkton

Johnson orders defense cuts and budget review

President Johnson plans a defense budget review with Secretary McNamara and General Taylor to assess consolidations andPossible eliminations of installations. Top budget officials join to study allocations for Justice State Veterans Affairs and the Federal Aviation Agency.

Washington Johnson Defense Robert S. McNamara Maxwell D. Taylor Joint Chiefs of Staff Kermit Gordon Justice and State Departments Veterans Administration Federal Aviation Agency McNamara

Studebaker to cease U.S. auto production

Dow Jones News Service reports Studebaker Corp will end auto production in the United States while maintaining Canadian car output. The South Bend plant, in operation 50 years, will lay off about 6000 workers, including 5000 hourly staff. Production will shift to Hamilton, Ontario. The decision to be announced at a New York news conference Tuesday.

New York Studebaker Corp United States Canada Dow Jones News Service Studebaker South Bend Ind Business News Service Hamilton

NLRB rules insufficient evidence against Marietta firm

The Ninth Region National Labor Relations Board finds no unfair labor practices by Marietta Manufacturing Co. after a charge filed by Machinists Local 1583. Tu-Endie-Wei Metal Trades Council charges are rejected. Cincinnati reports four store arrests in a Sunday crackdown on Ohio violations.

Point Pleasant Howard E. Miller Marietta Manufacturing Co Ninth Region National Labor Relations Board Tu-Endie-Wei Metal Trades Council

Weekend Road Poll Reaches D

The Associated Press count of weekend traffic deaths in Ohio tallies at least 18 fatalities from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Fifteen occurred on highways, two involve children in miscellaneous accidents, one is a trailer home fire death of a 47-year-old Youngstown man. Only five deaths reported in the first 30 hours.

Ohio Youngstown Associated Press

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