24 Feb 1966
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1966
Page
1
President Johnson remains firm on a limited war against Communism while congressional critics split between hawks and doves. The debate centers on bombing scope and an eventual negotiated settlement, with Fulbright and Rusk contrasting views on legality and aims.
Gen Maxwell Taylor speaks at Grover Center in Athens this evening as part of university events. Columnists Evans and Novak blame miscalculation for Viet sniping in their editorial on page 8. Meigs Local School District named for new area. Athens eyes SEOAL title bid against Wellston. Scores listed for Pom ery, Middleport, Point Pleasant, Chauncey.
Col. E. K. Kotoka leads a military revolt in Accra ousting President Kwame Nkrumah. Fighting reported around Flagstaff House as Nkrumah travels abroad. Detainees to be released. security forces impose controls. Nkrumah en route to Hanoi with a five nation peace mission.
President Johnson vows no mindless escalation and says the tide of battle has turned in Viet Nam while defending a limited objective and careful use of force. The address sparks dissent from a Peace in Viet Nam protester as antiwar demonstrators march outside the Waldorf Astoria. He cautions the duration of the conflict depends on the aggressor, offering no definite end date.
Equal employment experts face a wage and role dispute at a General Electric warehouse in New Concord. The issue arose after a woman was placed in a male order filling job and a man was reassigned to heavier lifting but paid the same $2.40 hourly rate. About 150 of 180 hourly workers, mostly men, walked off the job in protest.
In Saigon area heavy Viet Cong attacks aimed at U S 1st Infantry near Tan Binh yield at least 89 enemy killed and 11 wounded. Separate clashes include Marine actions near Da Nang and Chu Lai with casualties on both sides, as air and naval forces target North Vietnam.
Athens leads an eight city Ohio priority list for new hospital facilities followed by Celina Kenton Wauseon Lancaster Gallipolis Wooster and Medina Worth. Groups in Columbus reviewed the list discussed Hill Burton funds with federal allocation still weeks away. Localities may present medical needs and must cover up to two thirds of costs before federal funds flow after state and federal approvals.
The souvenir edition details a $1.5 million sixty bed hospital a mile north of Logan. Staffing equipment and operation policies are outlined with public inspection scheduled Friday through Sunday and a formal dedication at 2 p.m. Sunday near Route 664.
In Miami Florida Virgil Halford a 29 year old inmate serving life for a child rape testified about a plot to frame Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers in the death of her wealthy husband He said a Texas witness Mulvey admitted a deal to influence testimony and avoid punishment The trial featured earlier Mulvey recounting a 1962 murder for hire proposal with a $7000 down payment that never materialized Meanwhile the U S Supreme Court hearing for Dr Sam Sheppard to stay out of prison appeared likely to be delayed possibly until Monday and reports said Sheppard and his wife had not traveled to Washington as planned
Johnson departed from his prepared Viet Nam remarks on Wednesday night to read a letter from the father of a fallen soldier. The letter spoke of a young American fighting to aid people being pushed around, a sentiment the president attributed to his son Captain Albert M. Smith Jr., killed in a helicopter crash.
President Johnson will hear VP Hubert Humphrey report on his nine country Asia tour also tied to Viet Nam policy debate. The Foreign Relations Committee may question Humphrey about foreign aid commitments as hawks and doves clash over U.S. actions. Senator Fulbright may invite Humphrey to discuss the trip with the committee.
Ohio State University journalism Dean J. Osborn Fuller says professors overreact to an alleged December offer of the journalism directorship. He released a statement criticizing the faculty resolution and their knowledge of the move.
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