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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1967
Page
1
Gov James A Rhodes forms a legislators committee to study a possible Vietnam era veteran bonus similar to World War II and Korean War payments. Ohio officials note long standing veteran benefit parallels and urge careful consideration.
The death count from Colombia's earthquakes reached 65 as of Thursday night, with Huila province bearing the brunt amid a region long troubled by political violence and banditry. Also, in Washington, Adam Clayton Powell's wife and secretary were subpoenaed to testify next week before a special House committee examining the Harlem minister's eligibility for seating.
Inside Today U S Rep Hays discusses Adam Clayton Powell and raps Rhodes and Clay. Substantial coverage suggests more light will be cast on the subject in the Hocking County Courthouse. A federal grant of 184400 is noted for Middleport projects. Toledo league leaders face a 12 year jinx against Ohio U tomorrow.
The Associated Press reports a new East Coast snowstorm delivering up to 14 inches, disrupting transport and prompting school closures while a dawn tapering suggests warmer temperatures may melt the snow. Maryland and Virginia faced hard impact with counties under snow emergencies and Salisbury recording 14 inches on the lower Eastern Shore.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Communists plan more fighting in Vietnam and want no real cease-fire progress toward peace talks. He noted violations of the Lunar New Year truce, North Vietnamese arms resupply near the DMZ, and rejected calls to halt bombing without concessions, urging Western capitals toward a lasting peace program.
Washington officials studied Wilfred Burchett’s AP dispatch noting a possible long term arrangement in Vietnam with North Vietnam as an independent Communist state and South Vietnam a neutralized non Communist country under a coalition. The Viet Cong would seek a decisive role. U S officials reject full Viet Cong control but may accept individual Viet Cong leaders in a loyally independent South. Public talks remain unlikely until core issues are clarified.
New York AP report on Charlotte Moorman a 28 year old avant garde cellist seized attention in Times Square theater. Police charged her with indecent exposure after she performed in an electric bikini and discussed nude antics during the recital.
Tokyo AP report says two armed men in the Chinese chemical industry ministry were arrested on charges of stealing atomic secrets. One man identified as Ting Tiesheng, an official, with Security Minister Hsieh Fuchih investigating whether secrets reached a foreign country. Moscow protests continue over China Soviet tensions as Mao era power struggle grows.
Chillicothe Ohio faced a widespread blackout when a power line short caused a transformer fault. Downtown and residential areas lost power for over an hour while traffic lights failed and two radio stations WBEX and WCHI went off air. Electric service carrier Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. blamed a loose line on a transformer for the outage.
The forecast calls for five days from Saturday to Wednesday with daily highs in the lower 20s to upper 30s and nighttime lows in the single digits to the teens. Snow or snow flurries are possible mainly in the latter part of the period with about an inch melted. Temperatures trend warmer on Tuesday before returning to cold conditions.
Ohio lawmakers near completion on administration bond commission and apportionment resolutions expected by May 2 with a June election bill passing 22 to 9 after a heated session. Debate between leaders Gray and King over timing and scope of the bond plan and apportionment changes continues as the bill returns to the House. New measures include eviction stays for needed repairs, state employee health coverage, higher damage rewards, a municipal court in Huron, and adopting Beautiful Ohio as the state song.
Officials from twelve states attend a Columbus seminar on Ohio industrial development and financial management praised by Gov. Rhodes and Finance Director Krabach. The session highlights Ohio's "Jobs and Progress" program, credited with 475,000 new jobs, as Rhodes Raiders promote the formula to firms in Ohio and beyond.
U S officials report a massive North Vietnamese supply buildup in the first three days of the lunar new year truce and the suspension of bombing. Estimates say 35,000 tons of material could move south toward the demilitarized zone if traffic continues, with 900 boats sighted and rising truck counts.
Ohio's National Farmers Organization members met to plan a milk withholding action aimed at boosting prices by about two cents a quart in 25 states. A secret start date and a 8 to 10 day window were discussed, with daily market reports to be sent from Corning Iowa. The plan also includes cutbacks on livestock and some crops to raise demand while asserting rights to price and organize under law.
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