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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1961
Page
1
Four of five defendants in Britain's biggest spy case since 1950 are named with Ethel Gee, 46, a co worker at the Portland navy yard, linked to Henry Houghton. The article notes the alleged leakage reached Soviet planners.
A witness described how five defendants stole Royal Navy secrets for the Soviet Union. Capt. George Symonds testified that photos of secret pages on ships including the Dreadnought and its atomic reactor were found with Gordon Lonsdale. The case centers on microdots as a covert data transfer method used by the spies.
The Traffic Safety Committee of the Ohio State Medical Association urged physical examinations for Ohio drivers at six-year intervals as a license requirement. It also recommended annual exams for commercial vehicle drivers and exams every three years for family car drivers over 65.
Thirty three cars of a 116 car Erie Lackawanna freight train left the tracks today near Meadville Pennsylvania in a derailment. Authorities investigated the cause and no injuries were reported. Local responders cleared the scene as cleanup operations began.
Columbus figures show the first gasoline tax distribution of the year will total slightly more than three million dollars for cities and villages. State Auditor James Rhodes announced that checks will be issued next Wednesday.
David L. Ladd, a Chicago attorney and West Portsmouth, Ohio native, was chosen by President Bed to be patent commissioner.
President Kennedy urged Congress to approve a health insurance program for 13.7 million seniors and 500,000 railroad retirees funded by Social Security tax increases. The plan, self supporting, would start benefits July 1, 1962, and raise the earnings base to $5000.
Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson, back from Moscow, will confer with President Kennedy, Secretary of State Rusk and others on improving U S Soviet relations and possible new talks with Khrushchev. Laos and Congo tensions dominate the talks as officials seek stronger policy to curb pro Communist influence.
State liquor stores will be closed next Monday in observance of Lincoln's birthday. The closure affects all outlets statewide and resumes normal hours the following day.
The dispute centers on whether a missile gap exists as Senator Prescott Bush urges Senate inquiries. Senator Dirksen calls for MacNamara to disclose details of a Pentagon briefing, while Senator Bridges accuses Kennedy of shifting position. Kennedy says a report on strategic weapon capacity may come by February 20.
President Joseph Kasavubu names a new provisional Congo government with Joseph Ileo as prime minister and a plan to stay in office until a national parliament is formed. Mobutu’s regime is replaced as the city braces for a more politician driven leadership amid UN talks and Lumumba release discussions.
In Columbus Senator C Stanley Mechem proposes a buy American policy for all state purchases to protect Ohio jobs. Representative Thomas D Gindlesberger favors a license fee up to 8000 dollars per store for trading stamps to balance competition between chains and small businesses. Mechem argues foreign competition harms taxpayers and local workers. Gindlesberger says the fee is a middle of the road step toward halting trading stamps. Legislators wrap up their sixth week after brief sessions.
Advertiser reports quick action for a furnished first floor apartment with utilities paid. Contact numbers LY 2 1784 or LY 3 1893 and LY 3 1242 for want ads. The first party rented the unit after one insertion. ad canceled.
The Standard Oil Co of Ohio says 1960 produced the second largest sales and third largest net income in its 90-year history. Un audited figures list net income at 24,662,000 dollars, or 4.94 dollars per common share.
The United Mine Workers Union and its welfare fund ask the court to dismiss a $30 million anti trust suit filed by small coal operators in southeast Tennessee.
Columbus Attorney General Mark McElroy announced that 5880 Ohio motorists had their driving licenses suspended in 1959 60 under the state point system.
Barbara Bognar a senior at St Johns Hospital School of Nursing was chosen Miss Student Nurse of 1961 in Cleveland.
President Kennedy appoints George F. Kennan as ambassador to Yugoslavia and Livingston T. Merchant as ambassador to Canada in a presidential diplomatic move.
Edinburgh observers at the Royal Observatory sighted Moscow's seven ton satellite as it passed over before dawn. The Sputnik appeared as a second magnitude star and was visible despite overcast skies, with no radio signals heard by Western scientists yet.
A historic winter storm blankets the Mason Dixon region, halting traffic and closing hundreds of schools across northern Virginia Maryland and West Virginia. Two deaths are reported as drifts reach four to five feet and totals surpass two feet in places with emergency declarations and National Guard assistance.
Ohio Supreme Court agreed to rule on whether the state can collect 10159 from relatives for care of a mental patient. The suit by the Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction against Andrew Pizon as guardian of his incompetent wife and seven adult children moves forward with partial defenses upheld. The court noted the law does not clearly assign responsibility when both husband and father are living.
Three year old Caroline Kennedy viewed the scarlet Marine Corps Band and listened from the stairs as President and Mrs. Kennedy hosted a 5 to 7 p.m. diplomatic reception for Washington's foreign corps. She wore a white organdy dress and was guided by her nurse during the event. The Kennedys greeted about 240 diplomats and their spouses and spent about 50 minutes visiting in the State Dining Room.
In Naples police patrolled as 4000 commuters faced a snap strike causing mass disruption. Streetcars and buses reappeared after the transit company reinstated 17 workers, while repairs began on burned vehicles from a riot that shut down homeward travel.
Refugees arriving from Communist China report hunger and malnutrition undermining health and morale. They describe passive but crippling sabotage taking hold in some areas.
Welfare Director Mary Gorman ordered the creation of a statewide adoption register to track the whereabouts of every adopted child in the state Columbus.
Common Pleas Court Judge Kenneth L. Sater approves a petition creating a new sixcounty Scioto Conservancy District expanding regional land and water management authority.
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