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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1958

Page

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Engineers Reach Settlement as Airlines Pause Operations

Eastern Airlines and its striking flight engineers reach a settlement and return to bargaining. the ground stop has lasted over a month. American Airlines awaits pilots' decision on a seven point mediation plan. wage ranges cited place pilots among the industry's highest paid. Union leaders vow no cross picket lines, while the new pact sets a ceiling near 2362 dollars monthly for pilots.

Eastern Airlines American Airlines International Association of Machinists Eastern George M. Brown Miami American

Father 29 Charged With Assault in Local Case

Columbus police charge Thomas Perkins a 29 year old father of two with burglary of an inhabited dwelling in a fight season with intent to commit a felony abduction and assault in a case tied to the abduction and rape of Frances Lollar a 29 year old housewife Perkins admitted the assault and faces a municipal court hearing today authorities say he was arrested after a Wednesday car collision with injuries and evidence matching the victim’s description.

Columbus Thomas Perkins Aoung Frances Lollar Perkins

College Head Is Missing

Dr. M Earle Collins 55 president of Missouri Valley College has been missing since Christmas Day. His wife reported him absent after Christmas Eve church services though son in law Jamie Hogue said they are not worried. He was to leave Thursday for Orlando to watch the Tangerine Bowl game.

Marshall M Earle Collins Missouri Valley College Jamie Hogue Collins Orlando Fla East Texas State

Cuban Rebels Intensify Fight in Las Villas Province

Government forces in Las Villas face rising rebel threats as Fidel Castro’s followers reinforce their push. The intensified campaign disrupts Batista forces aiming to expand operations in Oriente, where Castro maintains mountain headquarters.

Havana Las Villas Cuba Fidel Castro Fulgencio Batista Castro Oriente

Ohio Highways Report Says Icy Patches North

Primary routes in Ohio mostly normal with scattered icy spots in the north. Weather advisory notes minor hazards on travel corridors as crews monitor road conditions.

Columbus Ohio

Bardot in Family Weekly reveals dancing misfire and fame muse

In a highlighted Family Weekly feature, Brigette Bardot recalls her dancing talent and believes rivals outshined her, as Hollywood’s Paris correspondent reports. The issue also covers Bowl Games madness, Outstanding Americans of 1958, and a reprint on the Iroquois Theater fire with its lasting code-driven impact.

Brigette Bardot Bardot Family Weekly Hollywood Paris Your Sunday Messenger Iroquois Theater

World Sees Christmas Peace Amid Tensions and Tragedy

As the holiday season continues, nations pause for Christmas while Cold War strains persist. US and UN troops attend to celebrations and aid, with Cuba and Algeria facing violence. Notable events include Pope John XXIII’s Robert Masses and a Vienna air crash tragedy.

Boxing Day Boxings Loses, English Holiday Customs Persist

A humorous reminiscence about Boxing Day in Britain shows residents enduring doorbell ringing by dustmen, postmen, and carolers seeking tips. The piece notes disapproval from authorities and the public’s mixed reaction as families cope with the holiday tradition.

London

Kenny Gets His Wish For Holiday

Eleven year old Kenny Acker spent Christmas in Logan with relatives after a long battle with inoperable cancer. He moved from Logan to a San Diego suburb about a year ago with his parents and younger brother. Doctors diagnosed the cancer two months ago. Kenny does not know he is dying and wished to return to Logan to visit friends and relatives. He was improved briefly on Christmas morning after waking to see Santa.

Logan Kenny Acker Kenny Paul Acker San Diego Calif Santa Claus

Renew Efforts In New York

Negotiators return to the bargaining table in New York to restore peace in the newspaper industry as a 17 day old drivers strike keeps presses idle. About 15 000 of 20 000 employees have been furloughed while AFL CIO unions not supporting the Deliverers Union add pressure on publishers and mediators.

New York Afl-Cio

Youngest Mayor Dies in Bedford Ohio

Robert R Freda aged 31, who was Cuyahoga County's youngest mayor after becoming Bedford's chief executive a year ago, died Thursday at Bedford Hospital from a kidney ailment.

Cleveland Robert R Freda Cuyahoga County Bedford Bedford Hospital

BG Student Drowns Off Catawba Point

A Bowling Green State University student drowned in Lake Erie after he and a companion fell through thin ice about 300 feet offshore from Catawba Point. Authorities investigated the incident and identified the victim.

Port Clinton Bowling Green State University Lake Erie Catawba Point

Nasser Denounces Reds in Syrian Province

President Abdul Gamal Nasser's government renews denunciation of Communist elements in the Syrian province of the United Arab Republic as tensions rise between Cairo and Damascus.

Cairo Abdul Gamal Nasser United Arab Republic

Safety Council alarmed by toll during Christmas travel

National Safety Council reports a sharp rise in traffic deaths during the first part of the Christmas holiday period. Experts warn of a possible new record unless motorists change behavior as homeward travel peaks. The count exceeds pre holiday estimates and this period’s pace tops 1956 figures. Council projects 40 million cars on highways by period end amid favorable winter weather conditions.

Zichem Zussen Bolder Belgium United States National Safety Council Britain Elizabeth Eisenhower White House Gettysburg Hishways

Ohio records 13 holiday traffic deaths in

Ohio's holiday weekend toll rose to 13 traffic deaths by 6 p.m. Wednesday with eight on Christmas. A Dayton mother died near Xenia marking the nation's first fatality of the period as tolls continue through Sunday. Only one crash claimed more than one life in Lorain.

Ohio Associated Press Dayton Xenia Lorain

Helicopters To Land Near Wrecked Plane

Anchorage Alaska report says heavy duty army helicopters planned a hazardous landing near the wreckage of an Air Force cargo plane that crashed on Mount Sliamna. The crash reportedly claimed 15 lives. Don Sheldon, a Talkeetna bush pilot, sighted the wreckage on the snowy mountainside and advised the Air Force no survivors were seen.

Anchorage Alaska Air Force Mt. Sliamna

Mikoyan Granted Three Month U S Diplomatic Visa

In Moscow the U S Embassy issued a three month diplomatic visa to Deputy Premier Anastas I Mikoyan for his forthcoming visit to the United States.

Moscow U. S Anastas I. Mikoyan United States

Top Scientists Deliberate IGY Advances In Space Era

Washington reports the IGY draws to close as 1800 papers are read at AAAS meeting. News hints at a lithium hydrogen bomb concept from observations of a strange Antarctic air glow linked to past U S atomic tests. Prominent speakers include Dr James R Killian Dr Wallace Brode and Julian Huxley.

Washington U.S Antarctic South Pacific Eisenhower James R. Killian Association Wallace R. Brode Julian Huxley

Navy Rescues 134 in Flooded Morocco

The U S Navy rescued 134 people and delivered food to 3000 in flooded northwestern Morocco. Helicopters and planes based near Port Lyautey aided the operation which began on Christmas and continued on a diminishing scale today.

Navy Morocco London U.S. Navy Naval Headquarters Port Lyautey

Fires Kill 47 Across Nation on Christmas Holiday

Tragic Christmas fires claimed at least 47 lives nationwide. Families perished in homes and lodgings, with five members of a single family wiped out and three children among those killed. Dozens were injured, including a father and son killed in a western Pennsylvania blaze after Christmas dinner, and three people died in a Northampton Massachusetts lodging house fire.

St. Petersburg Pennsylvania Paul Winger Paul, Jr Northampton Mass

Schools' Split Sessions To End In Cleveland

Cleveland schools will end split sessions for most of 3500 elementary pupils after February. Officials say three new buildings and an addition will be finished Feb 1 and will relieve overload affecting 100 classes in East Side schools.

Cleveland East Side

Five Day Forecast Warm With Rain Chances

The forecast calls for temperatures five to eight degrees above normal across the region. Normal highs reach 89 north and 41 south with lows around 21 to 24. Warmer tonight and early week. Rain likely Tuesday or Wednesday totaling two to four tenths of an inch. West Virginia fair and warmer, Tonight cooler in the west. Ohio partly cloudy and warmer today through Saturday with lows near 30 to 32 and highs around 45.

Ohlo West Virginia Ohio

Dayton Man Named State Liquor Director

COLUMBUS Gov Elect Michael V. DiSalle named Richard C. Grouch a Dayton businessman as state liquor director in the new administration. Grouch resigns as president and treasurer of Acme Precision Products to lead Ohio's multi million dollar liquor monopoly. He will replace Floyd C. Moon who is on leave from the Highway Patrol. Moon will resume patrol duty as captain on inauguration day. The post pays twelve thousand dollars annually.

Columbus Michael V. DiSalle Richard C. Grouch Dayton Crouch Acme Precision Products, Inc Titusville Fla Allegheny College Columbia University Floyd C. Moon Ohio Highway Patrol Moon

Soviet Warning on Berlin War Risk and Nuclear Strike

Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned that Western demands to stay in Berlin could spark a nuclear war reaching America. He spoke at the Supreme Soviet closing session and urged a ban on tests without controls while Khrushchev pressed US Britain and France to withdraw troops by June 1. The West pledged to defend West Berlin amid anti Communist sentiment among 2,200,000 residents.

China Algeria United Nations Europe U. S East Moscow Soviet Union Berlin America Andrei Gromyko Kremlin West Berlin Russia Gromyko Supreme Soviet Khrushchev United States Britain France East Germany

Taxes Set Record in Ohio Real Estate and Utility Taxes

Columbus Ohio Auditor James A Rhodes reports a record 542 million dollars in real estate and public utility tax payments this year, 57 million more than 1957.

Columbus James A. Rhodes

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