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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
4
A line of fender benders occurred on Race Street as brakes failed on a late model car. The runaway struck a parked car after crossing the street, then hit a truck which collided with another parked car. Police reported no drivers were present.
Findlay native James Stauffer, a State Department communications aide, recalls life in Stanleyville during the Congo crisis. He describes captivity, rough treatment when commanders changed, and whether the consulate staff believed they would survive the ordeal.
Elida justice of the peace William Crume 71 traveled 24 miles to Portales to answer an illegal turn citation. He appeared before JP Eldon Whitton and was fined 10 dollars plus 7.5 dollars court cost. Crume noted it was his first court appearance in 51 years of driving.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police inaugurates a four‑part crime detection laboratory in Vancouver. Serology can detect blood stains after washing, while document identification analyzes Chinese handwriting to help cases. Hair fibers are reconstructed from shredded notes, and a new $7,000 microscope aids firearm analysis.
The French government named Rosamond Gilder to the rank of officier in the Order of Arts and Letters. She is president of the International Theater Institute and vice president of the American National Theater and Academy. Edouard Morot-Sir presented the citation at the French embassy.
ASHTABULA is developing an interfaith senior citizens complex 30 miles southwest of the e Seventh-Day Adventist Bishop Albert A. Leiske of St. Paul directs a conference of Protestants Roman Catholics Jews and others promoting tolerance. The center should be ready later this year for 92 seniors of all races colors and faiths including atheists. It is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation.
Three overseas English language productions of the off-Broadway hit In White America are planned for this season with shows in Rome Milan and Paris. The report notes space debris craters on the moon range from pin head to Hudson Bay size and that Earth is spared by atmospheric burn up of most particles.
New York actress Denise Moore starts in the Broadway comedy I was Dancing directed by Garson Kanin. She previously appeared in Over 21 The Rat Race Hitch Your Wagon The Diary of Anne Frank and the film Bachelor Mother, building a growing stage career.
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