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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1965
Page
1
A Washington briefing reports Sen. Everett M Dirksen calls negotiation of a ceasefire in South Viet Nam dangerous to U S security He plans to respond to Sens Church and McGovern who urged talks for ceasefire in South Viet Nam.
Defense Secretary McNamara tells lawmakers South Viet Nam’s fate is crucial to check communism in Southeast Asia and beyond. He asserts the US must stay involved, warns a Viet Nam success could validate broader communist goals and domino theory.
Pasadena scientists report Ranger 8 has executed a 59 second thruster burn to adjust its course toward Mare Tranquillitatis. The camera craft will transmit more than 4000 pictures during a 13 minute 40 second descent toward the moon's east central region with a landing expected Saturday.
Gov. James A. Rhodes touts a $290 million capital improvement bond issue to fund higher education facilities research and wide public works. If approved voters on May 4 would decide funding for a prison water pipeline archives building classrooms health labs airports juvenile services and sewer and water line extensions to attract industry and tourism.
UN delegates raced to block Albania in a bid to force a U S Soviet clash over General Assembly voting rights. Albania's Halim Budo pressed for an end to the voting moratorium. If Assembly President Alex Quaison Lackey cannot sidetrack the move he may postpone the session. Red China was suspected of pressuring its ally to disrupt plans to recess until April.
Athens administration discusses grants and project plans under federal aid with IRD on page four. A Gallia judge halts a trial and rules two Huntington men are innocent on page six. The Bobcats defeat Miami 65 to 55, presenting Ohio University with a birthday win on page sixteen.
New York police the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police searched for more possible accomplices in the thwarted plot to dynamite the Statue of Liberty the Washington Monument and the Liberty Bell. The pursuit spread to Cleveland Detroit Washington Philadelphia Chicago Baltimore Toronto and Montreal. Raymond Wood 31 an undercover officer aided the investigation which led to the arrest of three black men and a white Canadian woman. Twenty two sticks of dynamite said to have been moved from Canada by Michelle Duclos 26 were seized.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said broader civil disobedience measures will be used in Selma and Dallas County if Negro civil rights demands are not met by local leaders. He spoke after a strategy conference and warned the nation may be drawn to the struggle, with possible night marches and jail fills. King travels to Atlanta and plans to return to intensify the vote drive. He urged faster voter registration and vowed Negroes will be dissatisfied in Alabama until they can register without obstacles.
Cleveland police said 17 year old Harry J Madol Jr an encyclopedia salesman alternately confessed and denied killing 16 year old Beverly Jarosz in Elyria. He was tied to another stabbing of Gerda Leedy and faces lie detector testing amid questions about his whereabouts on December 28.
The first woman to fly the equatorial route around the world is believed to have piloted a small plane that crashed in the San Gabriel Mountains killing two aboard. The coroner will confirm identities after the husband views the burned bodies. he names Joan Merriam Smith, 28, as his wife and dead, with Trixie Ann Schubert, 42, of Los Angeles, the other passenger, who was writing Joan's life story.
A West Virginia letter to Governor Hulett Smith outlines Ohio’s push to fix the Ohio River center as the boundary with Ohio and Kentucky. It proposes a land swap trade for river width, suggesting Cincinnati zoo area, Columbus stadium, Akron industry, and even pro teams as leverage, while cautioning against ceding too little.
Rep. Robert E. Sweeney charges Interior Department discrimination against Ohio as he notes the state paid over 6.6 billion dollars in federal taxes last year, yet faces only 3.7 million dollars in Ohio funding next year. He warns Ohioans must seek recreation opportunities in neighboring states.
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