06 Feb 1958
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1958
Page
1
Labor leaders tout twin rules to curb interunion strife and costly make-work on construction projects in Miami Beach. One pact assigns new building work to craft unions and settles disputes among leaders. The other bans slowdowns and featherbedding while grievances are processed.
Florida resorts faced a stagnant winter as three freezes and storms cut tourist business by about 20 percent. Swank hotels cut rates from 50 dollars to 11 to 15 per person with meals, while some ads offered incentives like wife’s round-trip airfare for long bookings. The Weather Bureau notes a harsh season driving the slowdown.
United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold met Ohio officials in Columbus after speaking at Ohio University in Athens where he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. He was greeted by Ohio Supreme Court justices elected state leaders and members of Governor O'Neill's cabinet at a brief governor’s office reception.
Middletown received its All-America City award at a Wednesday banquet attended by about 900 people. The National Municipal League and Look Magazine present the honor as one of 11 civic betterment program awards.
Seattle hospital reports Betty MacDonald 49 in very critical condition with cancer. The author gained fame 18 years ago for a breezy life on a backwoods chicken farm.
Eugene Nickell of Excello Ohio has juvenile melanoma a rare tumor in the right eye. Doctors say the right eye must be removed to offer a cure while the left eye remains healthy. Surgery was recommended for next Monday and the boy’s condition is described as good.
Violent incidents surged in Manhattan and the Bronx as a schoolboy monitor was beaten and another stabbed. Police patrols increased at 41 public schools following Mayor Wagner and the City Board of Education plan to curb crime in nearly 900 schools amid a broader dispute with a Brooklyn grand jury probing school crime.
President Nasser begins talks on expanding Egypt and Syria influence into Yemen, with Crown Prince Seif el Islam el Badr seeking membership in a United Arab Republic. El Badr and Imam Ahmed push a federation that would keep rulers on their thrones while granting Nasser a strong central role and a single legislature.
Sherman Adams said the President is studying a plan for a global cultural conference to foster peaceful coexistence and maximize benefits from scientific progress. He described inviting scholars historians artisans theologians educators sociologists philosophers artists and musicians to form a convocation of cultural representatives.
Moscow reports Soviet top atomic scientist Igor V. Kurchatov says progress toward harnessing the H-bomb for power is very close to England's latest claims. He cautions that years of intensive research remain to achieve industrial thermonuclear design. Britain and the U S announce possible brief fusion tests January 24.
A Washington official projects a slight spring dip in Ohio unemployment, driven by seasonal hiring in big cities, with no rebound to last year’s peak. December jobless numbers exceeded 150 000, about double the prior year, and Canton Lorain Elyria Youngstown New Philadelphia Portsmouth Chillicothe Springfield show 6 percent plus jobless rates.
In Edinburgh Scotland Thomas Carberry 43 fell forty feet to his death while cleaning a window. Owner of the window cleaning firm John Allan 54 went to the scene and leaned from the same window and died in the same accident.
The Ohio Newspaper Association marks its silver anniversary in Columbus with a three day meeting. Friday features a luncheon panel led by Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt on handling juvenile delinquency news. Neil H. McElroy will speak at the Friday night banquet with governor’s awards and newspaperboy honors presented.
Covington witnesses a bold theft as thieves strip two front porches five furnaces and other items from houses purchased by the state for rights of way on an expressway under construction. The audacious looting targeted structures acquired for the project.
The National Safety Council reports 95,000 total accidental deaths in 1957 with a rate of 55.8 per 100 000. Motor vehicle crashes caused 38 500 deaths, while home and work accidents fell slightly and public disasters rose 13 percent. Falls and burns contributed notable fatalities.
Ohio State University expert Dr. Robert E. Jewett cites five main obstacles driving teachers from the profession. He lists large classes and overload of clerical work as key blockers, plus evaluation criteria focusing on discipline, maintenance of staff quality, and salaries too low for married teachers to support families or pursue growth.
The first degree murder trial of Michael Dumoulin resumes with testimony from two Lacon police officers in Millersburg Illinois. Dumoulin, a 20 year old Wooster youth, faces charges of taking part in the robbery slaying of Paul Coblentz at an Amish farmer’s home near Mount Hope on July 18.
Fire Chief C. Gordon Smith submitted his resignation to city manager Frank E. Weisbrod explaining that a scorched bronchial tube suffered in a recent fire caused severe after effects.
Dayton voters will decide May 6 on a one per cent city income tax in a May primary election call.
Cambridge report notes two satellites, Explorer from the United States and Sputnik II from the Soviet Union, crisscrossing the nation on different paths and altitudes. Sputnik II passed low over the southern states and could be seen by early risers under proper conditions. The Soviet satellite made three sweeps, ending near Los Angeles at about 140 miles height, while Explorer would pass in the evening at about 800 miles altitude and be hard to observe.
Eleanor Roosevelt leads a slate of lecturers at Wilmington College during the 11th annual International Folk Festival set for February 28 to March 2. The event highlights notable speakers and cultural presentations at the Ohio campus.
Navy officials weigh whether a fully instrumented earth satellite can be orbited next month or within the IGY after the Vanguard II rocket failure. Army scientists planned a heavier instrumented satellite to aid space station data gathering, as salvaged parts and readings are analyzed for the cause of the 57 to 60 second anomaly and final destruction.
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles study a prompt reply to Bulganin on summit talks. They seek to keep a path open for possible meetings and to assess agreeable options for the Soviet Union despite Moscow’s lukewarm signals. Menshikov arrives in Washington as diplomats weigh fresh instructions for East West talks.
Sen. Goldwater says evidence before the Senate Rackets Committee shows goons from Michigan helped the UAW in the Kohler Co strike. The panel plans hearings starting Feb 24 on UAW disputes at Kohler plant in Wisconsin and Perfect Circle in Indiana with UAW President Reuther and Herbert Kohler among witnesses.
John R. Rooney, retiring secretary treasurer of the Ohio CIO Council, denounced a proposed change to the so called right to work law as fancy language aimed at disguising an anti union campaign. Harry W. Arnold, head of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, urged labeling the amendment "freedom of choice" law.
A thief took a peck of pickled peppers from the basement of Mrs. Frank Ruo tolo in New Haven, Connecticut, and fled the scene.
Ohio Fuel Gas Co said trouble began when the wrong valve was turned. About 750 workers, some from Columbus, checked homes to ensure all outlets were shut before the new line is re opened. Most service was restored before midnight with follow up checks planned.
The American Newspaper Publishers Association called on Congress to act to protect the public’s right to know what officials do. It endorsed proposed legislation barring officials from exploiting a 1789 records law to withhold information rightfully due to the people. Col. J. Hale Steinman presented the stance to the House Government Information Subcommittee.
The Ohio Department of Highways plans a four-lane divided relocation of US 52 in the Ironton area. Bids open Feb 18 for a $4.3 million project moving the route from Hanging Rock to west of McPherson Street in Ironton. A second bid package of $1.5 million relocates 2.3 miles of Ohio 128 near Hamilton from 1.4 miles south of Hamilton to the Columbus bridge.
Snow possible with one to four inches accumulation and a colder night. Lows near 24 to 25 degrees. Friday partly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries and cooler highs 30 to 34. West Virginia: snow or flurries late tonight and Friday. windy and colder Friday. tonight 25 to 32. Also notes on Albuquerque to Traverse City with varied cloudiness and chilly readings.
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