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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1962

Page

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Arctic Cold Grips Eastern U S Deep Freeze Sets Various Records

An Arctic air mass blankets the eastern half of the nation pushing temperatures into the teens in northern Florida and the 30s to 40s in the south. Damaging cold hits Florida crops and citrus with multimillion-dollar losses while deaths in the past week rise toward 100 to 150. Florida cities report record lows for December as forecasters warn of renewed cold and short relief.

Associated Press Norern Florida South North Central Indiana Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Illinois New York New England Tallahassee Fla Daytona Beach Tampa

Tick Ridge Boy Still Critical From Fire

Ronald Holbert, nine, remained in critical condition with third degree burns after a fire on Tick Ridge. His mother Mrs Carl Holbert Sr 29 suffers major burns and frostbite. Funeral rites set for Carl Jr four Freda five and Marlene seven Monday at 1 p.m. Mount Hermon EUB Church Sharpsburg with Rev. Lewis Butcher officiating. Mrs Holbert aided Ronald and Jeffrey two in search of help. Jeffrey survived.

Ronald Holbert Marietta Memorial Hospital Tick Ridge Carl Holbert, Sr Holbert Mount Hermon Eub Sharpsburg Carl, Jr Freda Marlene Lewis Butcher Mount Hermon Ronald Jeffrey

Rusk urges NATO to act in cold war wake

U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged NATO to take initiative in the cold war and push freedom as the future. He said the East may dominate worrying, assured allies the US negotiates only on Cuba, and warned that no more nuclear test ban concessions will be offered. In Columbus the Ohio Supreme Court ruled school bus drivers are employees subject to retirement system contributions.

Paris U. S Dean Rusk North Atlantic Treaty Organization Rusk America NATO United States Soviet Union Cuba Columbus Ohio Supreme Court

Ohio Road Report Skims South of Celina Line

Ohio Highway Department reports primary and secondary routes generally normal south of a Celina Dayton London Chillicothe McConnelsville Pomeroy line. Roads slippery in spots, and snow covered near Cleveland Painesville Chardon and Jefferson. Franklin County seeks to block a $350 000 two year legislative printing contract.

Columbus Highway Department Ohio Celina Dayton London Chillicothe McConnelsville Pomeroy Cleveland Painesville Chardon Jefferson Ohio Supreme Court F. Heer Printing Co Franklin County Common Pleas Court

George Sokolsky Dies at 69 in Manhattan Home

Veteran columnist George F. Sokolsky, 69, died Wednesday night in his Manhattan apartment after heart trouble diabetes and cancer. His daughter was present. A longtime conservative voice his work appeared in 299 newspapers including the Messenger.

New York George F. Sokolsky Manhattan the Messenger Sokolsky Donald Feuerstein

Tito Addresses Soviet Parliament Backing Cuban Crisis

Tito tells the Soviet Supreme Soviet Khrushchev’s handling of Cuba aligns Yugoslav and Kremlin views. He notes coexistance policy and supports economic reorganization. Moscow aims to settle West Berlin and sets no deadline as budget and council moves pass. Cincinnati suburb Loveland enacts a 1 percent city income tax.

Moscow Tito Yugoslavia Khrushchev Stalin Supreme Soviet Kremlin Andrei A. Gromyko U.S.S.R West Berlin U.S.S National Economic Council

Kennedy Keeps Cuba Debate Open Ending Stevenson Chapter

President Kennedy addressed Cuba and Adlai Stevenson in a news conference. He urged leaving the Stevenson matter to history, said any historian should tread carefully, and endorsed Stevenson’s U.N. service while denying NSC sourcing of Stevenson’s appeasement portrayal. He signaled new penalties on non Communist shipping, tax-cut plans, and joked about the First Family recording. The remark drew laughter as he teased his brother Ted’s voice impersonation.

Washington Kennedy Adlai Stevenson Cuba Stevenson U.N Gov. Stevenson United Nations National Security Council Khrushchev United States Walter Mills D-Ark House Ways and Means Committee Mills Teddy Ser Edward M. Kennedy

British Chase Borneo Rebels in North Borneo

British troops pressed forward to clear regained towns in Brunei and northwest Sarawak chasing rebel bands into jungles and swamps. Lt. Gen. Sir Nigel Poett said rebel guerrilla resistance was already remote after six days of revolt.

John T. Wheeler Labuan North Borneo Brune Sarawak Sar Awak Brunei-Sarawak Nigel Poett Britis Far East Land Forces Brunei

Natco Fight On Again, Judge Rules

Judge Austin L. Staley of the U S Court of Appeals overruled Judge Rosenberg and lifted all directives in the Natco proxy fight. Great Lakes Industries of Monmouth Ill had sought to clarify its status with the SEC and halt further proxies. No new date was set for the Natco stockholders meeting.

Pittsburgh Austin L. Staley U. S. 3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals Federal District Court Louis Rosenberg Natco Corp Rosenberg Great Lakes Industries Inc Monmouth Ill Federal Securities and Exchange Commission Natco

Ohio Capital Normal After Water Famine

Columbus faced sub zero temperatures as utilities failed for 24 hours. A major 8 inch main break left downtown Columbus waterless for eight hours, followed by another rupture on the Southeast Side affecting about 200 homes with restoration hoped for by early today.

Columbus Ohio

Mariner II Close Encounter Near Venus This Friday

Washington reports Mariner II will skim about 20 000 miles above Venus on Friday at 3 10 pm EST. Instruments will study radiation from the planet while a Soviet probe heads for Mars. The mission, despite a damaged solar panel, aims to set a new record for radio signals from a craft 36 million miles away.

Mariner Venus Mars

Tulane lauded for admitting Negroes in landmark move

In New Orleans an attorney for the first two Black students praised Tulane University after the 128 year old school admitted Barbara Marie Guillory and Pearl Hardin Elloie. The admission came voluntarily following a federal court decline to compel enrollment.

New Orleans Tulane University Barbara Marie Guillory Pearlie Hardin Elloie

Pomeroy Judge Emmet W Peoples Dies at 82

Emmet W Peoples Meigs County Court Judge 82 died Wednesday at Meigs General Hospital after a hip fracture from a fall. OSU Law grad served as Meigs Common Pleas Judge county probate judge and county prosecutor. Surviving: son Robert Pt Pleasant. daughters Helen Rea Edith Ford Florence Mickey all Columbus. brother Everett Huntington. eight grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Ewing funeral home with Jerry Masters officiating Beech Grove Cemetery burial.

Pomeroy Emmet W. Peoples Meigs Meigs General Hospital Peoples Ohio State University Law School Meigs County Democrat Pomeroy Church of Christ Robert Pt. Pleasant W. Va Helen Rea Edith Ford Florence Mickey Columbus Everett Huntington Ewing Funeral Home Jerry Masters Beech Grove Cemetery

Gas Failure in Carbon Hill Leaves 89 Customers Without Heat

In sub zero conditions an ice blockage froze a regulator in Carbon Hill causing 89 customers to lose gas service. Ohio Fuel Gas Co workers restored supply by noon after removing ice and relighting appliances, using gas from multiple sources during the cold snap.

Carbon Hill Hocking David Young Ohio Fuel Gas Co Young Sonville Athens Gasco Ohio

Must Pay Katanga Bill Court Says Must Pay Katanga Bill Court Says

United Nations reports Thant urged advisory committee to consider new steps after World Court opinion binding UN members to pay Congo peacekeeping assessments. Budget committee 75 to 17 with 14 abstentions approved the move. Soviet Union and France plan to ignore assembly action. Revenue up in November and year to date per Ohio Turnpike Commission.

United Nations N. Y U. S Congo U Thant Katanga U. N U. N. Congo General Assembly Soviet Union France

Collapse Kills 5 Workmen in Oregon Reservoir

In Hillsboro Oregon fourteen men fell sixty feet when a partly completed reservoir roof collapsed Wednesday night. Five were killed and nine injured. One of the injured is in serious condition. The workers were about to pour the last concrete on the roof when scaffolding gave way.

Hillsboro Ore

Kennedy to Appear in TV Review of White House Years

President Kennedy will appear on national TV Monday night to review his first two years in the White House. The hour long program will be taped in advance and shown at 6 30 p m by ABC and CBS and at 8 30 by NBC.

Kennedy Television Review Washington White House ABC CBS NBC

Record-low cold grips Hocking Valley region and beyond

Northeastern Ohio endures subzero temperatures with twenty below readings at Poston Station and Logan’s state highway garage. Snow totals climb to 40 inches in areas like Novelty and Conneaut, while Cleveland clears 1450 miles of streets. Schools remain closed as Arctic conditions persist.

Hocking Valley Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company Poston Hamley Run Logan State Highway Garage Athens C. L. Colmer Poston Station Ohio Painesville Lake County Army Reserve Center Ashtabula County Ohio 45 Rome Rock Creek Canada Ashtabula Buckeye Burton Chardon Conneaut Cleveland Novelty Harry Ziskind Mentor St. Mary’s Catholic School

Romanoffs to Close After IRS Crackdown on Dine Out Exp

Beverly Hills restaurant Romanoff's, a longtime star hangout, will close its doors December 31. Proprietor Mike Romanoff says the timing aligns with the IRS crackdown on expense account living, labeling it the end of an era.

Beverly Hills Calif Romanoff

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