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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1965
Page
1
Premier Kosygin flies toward Hanoi to discuss Soviet military aid to North Vietnam and plans brief stops in Peking on the way. Brezhnev and Gromyko accompany the mission, signaling high-level attention amid Sino Soviet tensions.
North Viet Nam backs China in the Sino Soviet dispute while Soviet leaders pledge aid if the U S attacks. In Saigon President Johnson aides begin rounds of talks affirming U S dedication to defeating communists as Bundy travels to advise and press for stability amid Buddhist protests and New Year lull.
BP President Johnson told Congress that farm price support programs should be kept and improved. He urged parity of opportunity for rural Americans, citing nearly a billion-dollar yearly gain in net farm income over four years and linking prosperity to education, health services, and local economic development.
Bangkok reports show quiet yet tense conditions as loyalist Gen Kouprasith Abhay controls Lao capital after an abortive army revolt that left eight dead and 38 wounded. At the Air Force Academy 105 cadets resigned over classroom cheating, while more than 2400 were cleared. In Selma arrests surpass 2300 amid a Negro voting drive as Dr. King faces jail and marches continue toward Marion. Longshore negotiations drag after 25 days of strike with stalled talks in Philadelphia Galveston Miami and Hampton Roads.
President Johnson, hopeful to visit the Soviet Union this year, receives bipartisan support from many senators. He hinted the trip is tentatively in the works and expressed hope that Soviet leaders will visit the United States in 1965. If realized, he would be the first postwar U S president to travel to Moscow since Roosevelt. Eisenhower had planned a 1960 trip canceled after the U2 incident.
President de Gaulle urged a five power conference including China to revisit the UN charter and discuss a new world monetary system. He named the USSR Britain France the United States and China as participants and favored a Geneva meeting. He endorsed basing exchanges on gold as the undisputed monetary anchor.
A strong quake in the western Aleutians shattered live coastal areas with a tidal surge. Amchitka served as the epicenter near Shemya Island with minor damage at an Air Force facility. No casualties reported and alerts subsequently eased.
Inside The Messenger outlines May primaries in Athens Glouster and Nelsonville with pages 2 and 3 giving details. The paper also notes WV officials planning a survey of a proposed airport site near Point Pleasant and a municipal race in Gallipolis.
An Ohio Legion test of about 45 000 high school students revealed poor knowledge of state and federal government and American history. 475 could not name the Ohio governor, 836 confused Flag Day with other holidays, and 1203 did not know their U S representative. Winners will tour Virginia, Washington D C, and Gettysburg.
The Senate granted Johnson discretionary power to ship surplus foods to the United Arab Republic but blocked three domestic aims. An amendment to permit Cairo shipments passed 44 to 38, while measures to restrict Veterans Administration funding and to halt farm agency closings were added to a $1.6 billion emergency agricultural appropriation. The actions followed a lengthy debate and tied to farm policy scrutiny.
Walter Jenkins once close to President Johnson faces a Senate Rules Committee subpoena amid the Bobby Baker case. A committee source doubts his appearance while Chairman B Everett Jordan expects him. The probe centers on Jenkins pressuring Don Reynolds to buy $1208 in ad time on a Johnson family controlled Austin TV outlet.
Yvonne Del Vecchio and three Chicago youths aged 16 to 17 admit shooting Fred A. Christiansen 66 during a robbery while high on pep pills and liquor. They took 11 dollars. Christiansen died minutes later. Del Vecchio says the group laughed and was driven by pep pills.
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