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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1957
Page
1
Ohio transfers Mansfield Reformatory inmates to ease crowding as the state faces a surge in young adult crimes. Maury Koblentz, chief of the Division of Correction, notes the prison system hit a record 10,882 inmates in custody on January 23.
A South Side home death ruling cites carbon monoxide as the cause for three fatalities: William Sexton 50, Fanny Sexton 49, and Green Gearhart 86. Separate cases include a Cincinnati murder and arson tied robbery charge, a Lake Erie area homicide with suicide, a grand jury review in Muskingum County, a tax lien against Donald Krueger, and Dwight Deavers sentenced for a wife’s shotgun slaying.
The Ohio Dairy Products Association at its 40th annual convention cited five Ohio dairy companies for outstanding safety programs including Fairmont Foods of Columbus. Seiberling Rubber in Akron reported 1956 earnings down 6.7 percent despite record sales due to intense price competition in the tire market. Major Cleveland dairies cut milk prices by one cent a quart to 22 cents delivered. Negotiations aimed at ending the seven month Southeast Ohio telephone strike continued in Columbus. Baldwin Wallace College trustees in Berea approved a five year expansion costing over four million dollars.
In Richmond Indiana Cynthia Delores Corradetti 23 pleaded guilty to bigamy and received 90 days in prison and a $10 fine. The case was decided by Superior Court Judge John Brubaker on Monday.
Nikita Khrushchev stressed that last week's replacement of the foreign minister does not alter Soviet policy. He told a Russian Bulgarian party crowd that policy remains continuous and not tied to any single individual. Andrei Gromyko replaced Dmitri Shepilov, fueling observers to expect a tougher negotiating era.
Hollywood previews place Ingrid Bergman and James Dean as frontrunners in the 29th Academy Awards race. Bergman is nominated for Anastasia, while Dean earns a best actor nod for Giant, which also dominates best picture talk after Monday's nominations.
Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, designer of Redstone and Jupiter missiles, claims an ionic rocket could reach Mars in 400 days and return in about 320, traveling up to 86,400 miles per hour. He describes an ion thruster expelling stripped ions and envisions a 600 ton rocket with a 150 ton payload capable of Mars and back.
Washington reports Army officials plan to demobilize 950 military dogs now serving as scouts and sentries at home and abroad. Earlier efforts to motorize funerals and to abandon mules and carrier pigeons are noted as context for the modernization drive and economy rationale.
A plane carried six hundred twenty grams of enriched uranium ore to the Netherlands as the first shipment under President Eisenhower's atoms for peace program.
Forty five thousand dockworkers from Maine to Virginia remain idle as disputes over contracts in Baltimore and Norfolk block a general return to work. Union leaders condition a resumption on nationwide port agreements, with Philadelphia striking a local contract settlement and federal mediators expecting a return by midweek.
Charles Van Doren boosted his quiz show winnings to $143,000 on NBC Twenty-One but was matched by Vivienne Nearing a 30-year-old Manhattan attorney. He had won an extra $5,000 earlier by defeating Kenneth Gould of Searsdale New York.
The Georgia House approved a resolution by 107 to 33 with 57 not voting calling for impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren and Associate Justices Black Douglas Reed Frankfurter and beginning impeachment proceedings. The measure cites high crimes and misdemeanors tied to rulings on sedition and segregation.
Montpelier Vermont Senator Flanders warns the American oil industry could be taken over as a public utility if oil companies continue to raise prices amid a favorable foreign situation. He cites high stocks and expansion capacity and suggests future legislation to set government controlled prices.
Swedish stage and screen actress Marta Toren, 31, died today from a rare brain disease after being hospitalized less than 48 hours. She had been unconscious since Sunday night following a performance at the Alle Theater, with doctors noting the illness can strike persons of all ages without warning.
United Nations debate on sanctions against Israel was postponed leading to intensive U S efforts to resolve the Middle East stalemate. Israel seeks more time to decide on troop withdrawals from Gaza and Egyptian areas as U S lawmakers weigh sanctions and Eisenhower returns to Washington for talks.
President Eisenhower flies back to Washington from Thomasville to press for relief of the Israeli troop withdrawal dispute. He will confer with Dulles on the Middle East situation and brief congressional leaders on possible White House moves. Hagerty offered no details on sanctions or policy steps.
Washington reports that National Guard generals urged postponing six months active duty for new recruits. House Armed Services subcommittee heard recommendations including a one year delay. If the Army order stands, recruits joining after April 1 face six months active duty training. The Guard seeks to limit six months to those 18 and older, with younger enlistees doing 11 weeks training.
London reports a majority of Suez Canal states approve an interim operating plan to guide the waterway from clearance until a full international agreement, to be presented to Egypt via Dag Hammarskjold. The United States backs the proposals. the Soviet Union is not included and Egypt’s acceptance remains uncertain.
The 102nd General Assembly plans action in two to three months on many issues. Education moves include using 1955 bond funds for needy districts and governing school buses, plus foundation law revisions and dormitory financing. Highway actions cover finishing the 1953 bond issue and utility right of way costs. Other topics include jobless benefits, state employee salaries, and water rights.
Sen Mans field says the United States should lead in placing a UN emergency force to guard Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba as an alternative to sanctions. He favors interposing the force and calls for a permanent UN police presence in troubled Middle East areas. He follows Sen Knowland on pressing sanctions for cited nations.
Kevin McCann president of Defiance College and Eisenhower speechwriter told Lorain County Republicans that modern Republicanism means no division in the party. He argued the party stays true to Lincoln Roosevelt and Hoover while adapting to changing tools, schools, factories, and cities.
Three Navy attack bombers conducting firing practice near Bloodsworth Island overshot their target and struck the Coast Guard lighthouse at Point Lookout Maryland. Two lighthouse keepers received minor scratches as missiles ricocheted into the structure. tanks with fuel and oil were ruptured but no fire occurred.
The House Veterans Committee rejected a proposed 5 percent interest rate on veterans home loans and voted to keep the current 42 percent rate. The Eisenhower administration had urged the increase to align VA guaranteed loans with FHA insured loans.
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