29 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
1
Eisenhower aides plan a long term foreign-aid pledge to back projects abroad. Congress would decide annual appropriations, with funding varying by project size. Administration aims to spur long range efforts while facing Senate opposition and budget scrutiny amid a rising foreign-aid request.
Westinghouse Electric Corp and the IUE failed to break a 44 000 member strike across 30 plants. A deadlock persisted after the company rejected arbitration and refused binding mediation as federal mediator John R. Mur urged settlement. James B. Carey again proposed arbitration.
Ohio Highway Safety Director urges police to run a vigorous campaign over New Year weekend with full patrols to curb drunken driving and reduce traffic accidents. State officials express hope for a sobering effect after a deadly holiday toll and note patrols will be deployed as needed.
Stars and Strips rise again at Little America as remnants of the first two camps appear in the Antarctic snow. The article recalls Admiral Richard Byrd and notes a second settlement built in 1928, with poles and radio wires still visible.
In Jackson County authorities command the Trago family to vacate their home. The incident appears tied to local tensions and ongoing legal matters. No further details are clear due to fragmented text.
A warehouse was entered by masked gunmen Wednesday night. They bound two employees and took a large quantity of cortisone valued by company officials at about $50,000. The cortisone was stored in the warehouse.
In Montreal the surviving Dionne quintuplets Romette Cece Marie and Ivonne hosted a private gathering in a north Montreal apartment after reports of outside influence. Harold Edwards, a trust official, said the sisters plan to visit Callender Ontario with their parents in January while insisting they want a private life away from the family.
In a two hour address to the Supreme Soviet Khrushchev accused Eisenhower of crude interference and dismissed open skies as military spying. He boasted the Soviet hydrogen bomb can be increased and warned against Western arms race tactics while criticizing Dulles and urging unity against Western colonialism. He denounced the Baghdad Pact and Israel as destabilizing moves and warned of alliance bloc risks as Germany’s future security was debated.
Ethel V. Stacy, 26, Newport Kentucky, held for investigation in a Christmas traffic crash near Portsmouth that killed Levi Colemart, 18, of Columbus Ohio and another man. State patrol says Stacy will be brought to Ohio for questioning at U. S. 52 crash near Franke In Furnace. The car Stacy rode in was reported stolen from Newport the same day.
Agriculture Department reports a new threat of dust storms across the Great Plains. By Dec 1, dry soils and below normal rain could leave about 20 million acres vulnerable to wind erosion, with conditions noted in Kansas Colorado and neighboring areas.
President Eisenhower continues medical orders by taking daily exercise after arriving from Washington. He began with a golf practice session lasting about 30 minutes under the doctors guidance at the hospital.
Local notices indicate the Messenger newspaperboy will again collect this week. The instruction urges cooperation and notes an early collection effort to ensure timely delivery.
In Van Nuys California a court hearing examined whether fibers and hairs from Burton Abbott’s car match those of 14 year old Stephanie Bryan, who vanished April 28 and was found July 20 in a mountain grave. Testimony from Bradford and Dr. Kirk highlighted blue and turquoise fibers, with experts debating identification limits and the strength of the link to Abbott’s car and clothing.
Delegates and church leaders spoke on equality and social justice at a World Mission conference. Dr Eliezer and Rev Jerald Brauer of Chicago addressed themes of politics, religion, and revolution, urging the church to support the search for equality and responsible social action.
Relief and reconstruction workers in California and Oregon resume after floods. hundreds rescued as areas recover. Dozens still reported missing or presumed dead in California and Oregon amid ongoing recovery efforts.
Communist Chin Peng halted guerrilla talks and walked out, offering to end fighting if an elected Malaya government assumes control of military forces from Britain. London is to host negotiations ahead of Malayan independence, with Singapore's federation status similar. The offer follows two days of talks, which Chin Peng rejected, insisting on continued struggle to the end.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 4200 strikes in 1955 caused 28 million man-days of idle time, up 21 percent from 1948 and 24 percent above 1954. Despite rising idleness, 1955 was the third best postwar year for strike activity, with 26 large disputes involving 10,000 workers.
The body of Smith was found with a head wound in the Ohio River near Greenup. Authorities theorize he may have shot himself or leapt from the Ashland Coal Grove Bridge after visiting Gallipolis and his movements remain unresolved. Sheriff Delbert Renaie and deputies traced leads to a Ventura Hotel bag and a man named Arthur Jones, with connections to the Ashland Bika Club and Mrs Winifred Switzer, as they work to identify the bag and confirm events surrounding the death.
Washington growers vote in four referenda on federal quota imposition for burley Virginia sun cured Pennsylvania fire cured and other cigar filler types for the next three years. Approval by two thirds of voters is required. Quotas aim to curb excess supplies with no government price supports.
Two men, Wawa Bonecutter, 5, of 2rd street, and Marion Hatfield, 30, of Prestonburg, Ky., were charged Thursday morning in A. M. Goodwin’s Court with a morals offense involving a 13 year old girl. Preliminary hearing held to waive to grand jury. both jailed at Mason County Jail. bond to be set by Judge Lewis H. Muller.
Formosa patrol vessels clashed with Communist gunboats near Kaoteng, in an hour-long fight that the Central News Agency reports ended with the Red gunboats routed. The battle occurred Wednesday night as darkness hindered identification of surviving forces.
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