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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1967
Page
1
Vatican City Pope Paul VI today marked the start of Lent for Roman Catholics worldwide by receiving the ash cross at St Peter's during the weekly general audience. Thousands gathered as the pontiff led a season of penance and prayer.
In New York and more than 100 cities thousands of churchgoers begin a three day fast for peace in Vietnam starting Ash Wednesday during Lent. In Columbus four Republican governors Spiro Agnew David Cargo Dewey Bartlett and Raymond Shafer will attend an industrial development seminar Friday hosted by Gov. Rhodes.
Billie A. Bradley, 26, of the Ashland post in District 3 Massillon, received the Ohio Highway Patrol’s first Patrolman of the Year award for outstanding service during 1966. The honor is open to patrolman ranks only. The Senate voted to extend Vietnam era veterans benefits to earlier conflict veterans, while the Defense Department announced an April draft call of 11,400 men, 500 fewer than March.
In London the Beatles agreed to continue recording as a group for nine more years. The deal was signed Tuesday by manager Brian Epstein and EMI Record chairman Sir Joseph Lockwood, securing their collaboration with Parlophone and the label's future projects.
Miami based report by Julio Garceran claims Che Guevara, missing nearly two years, is directing a secret tunnel network in the South American Andes. The exiled former Cuban Supreme Court justice cites Guevara as active across Vietnam, Africa, Latin America, and other regions.
Foreign Minister Willy Brandt arrives, plans to tell President Johnson that West Germany will resist signing a nuclear nonproliferation treaty unless peaceful atomic energy use is allowed for non-nuclear nations. He will meet after talks with Rusk Katzenbach and Rostow.
One man was killed and 22 others were injured in a fire and explosions at Chase Brass and Cooper plant in Euclid suburb near Cleveland. Nine firefighters were among those hurt in the incident today. The blasts damaged the plant and disrupted nearby streets as emergency crews responded quickly. Follow up reports were expected on the cause and casualties.
House debate centers on Gov Rhodes remodel of bond issue plan and a constitutional amendment that passed and moves to the Senate. Page 8 notes a Commission recommendation to the President for a lottery draft and younger entrants. Page 13 features an Army Nurse from Shade describing Vietnam duty experiences. Page 15 lists Sunday drawings for area high school basketball tournaments. Page 18 reports Ohio U receiving a new DC 3 aircraft from federal ROYOTRNOTE.
A fast moving blaze at Dale's Penthouse atop the Walter Bragg Smith hotel in Montgomery killed 26 people, including former Public Service Commissioner Ed Pepper and his wife Ann. Firefighters faced icy streets as FBI and police worked to identify victims. Pepper had been indicted on extortion counts.
Gov. James A. Rhodes reaffirmed his opposition to a 6 percent state income tax. He warned such a tax would destroy Ohio cities, drive industry out, and threaten 60,000 to 70,000 jobs annually. Proponents argued funds would aid public schools amid a national shift to income taxes.
Pope Paul VI appealed to the United States and to North and South Vietnam to convert the lunar new year's truce into peace negotiations. He thanked President Johnson for favorable reaction and urged Thieu and Ho Chi Minh to pursue a just and honorable settlement while the Lenten season began.
Premier Kosygin said the Soviet Union would help search for peace in Vietnam if the United States unconditionally stops bombing North Vietnam. He spoke at a banquet and warned of legitimate alarm over rising extreme right wing nationalism in West Germany.
In Vietnam the Tet cease fire begins with minor truces as a U.S. RF1001 jet is downed north of Dong Hoi. About 22 incidents occur in the first 10 hours, eight significant, with patrol and sniper fire. The U.S. suspends bombing for four days while continuing reconnaissance.
New York and the East struggle to recover from a severe blizzard as bitter cold returns. Temperatures dip to subzero levels with New York City at 0 degrees at 2:30 am. Over 39 deaths attributed. 13 inches of snow in NYC, hundreds seek heat in state armories, schools closed coastwide, businesses crippled.
In Hobart Tasmania AP reports a massive bush fire season killing forty people and leaving ten missing. The blaze driven by 70 mile per hour winds scorched twelve towns, burned 612 houses and 50 other buildings at over 11 million dollars in damage. Rural lands blackened with dead livestock and three major industries including a brewery carbide plant and a cannery were ruined. The fires started from seasonal blazes near Mt Wellington.
The Associated Press reports brutal cold across Ohio with readings from 14 below at Toledo to 1 above along the Ohio River at Marietta. Central Ohio sees subzero temps while Pandora in Putnam County ties a record of 10 below. The forecast calls for well below normal temperatures through Thursday and Friday with light snow flurries and about one third inch of melted precipitation.
NATCO Corp plans a temporary shutdown at its Diamond brick plant after 45 workers were laid off amid a national slowdown in construction. A NATCO spokesman from the National Fireproofing Co. said the plant will not close permanently and a restart target is set for within a week to 10 days.
Tokyo AP reports Mao Tse tung's forces expanded anti Soviet protests across mainland China with demonstrations in about a dozen cities and new orders to fight the Kremlin aligned communism. The Red Guards warn of palace or armed coups as posters accuse troops of suppressing revolutionary elements.
Adam Clayton Powell faces a House hearing as nine members consider whether he should be seated or expelled. Powell, already ousted as a committee chairman, is slated to testify about his contested status in Congress.
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