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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1959

Page

1

Ohio Senate to lift 65 dollar aged aid ceiling

The Ohio Senate votes to raise the monthly aid cap for the aged to 65 dollars, with an estimated 13 million dollar cost over two years. The measure also removes the citizenship requirement and eases residence rules, while not guaranteeing universal increases. The bill advances to the House for floor action.

Columbus Democratic Ohio Senate House Conservation Committee Bob White House Judiciary Committee House Senate

Police Guard Negro Family In White Area

State police kept an all night vigil outside the Collins Park home of Mr and Mrs George Rayfield after crowds gathered twice. About 300 people were dispersed by 12 troopers aided by four leashed dogs with two women lightly injured and a dozen youths arrested.

Wilmington Del Collins Park George Rayfield Rayfield

North Carolina Chief Warns Against Violence in Strike

Gov Luther Hodges warns union and management officials they bear direct and personal responsibility to prevent further violence in the Henderson Harriet Cotton Mill strike. Negotiators prepare to meet again to end the 15 week dispute amid strong telegrams from the governor.

Henderson N. C Luther Hodges Henderson- Harriet

Prestige Question: US policy on Free West Germany

Dr James B Conant warned at Ohio University convocation that the United States faces a grim choice about Germany. He said the Soviets seek East German recognition and to close the West Berlin escape, while East Germany features a rival government with free elections ready to step in.

COMO James B. Conant Ohio University John C. Baker Fred H. Johnson OU Board of Trustees Nigeria United States West Germany West Berlin Dr. Conant Berlin East Germany

Officials to Probe Gore Shooting Spree

Logan Hocking County Sheriff A J Waldron and Prosecutor Hubert Lappen planned to question 43 year old Weldon McGrath and others to clarify the events surrounding a Tuesday afternoon shooting near Gore. William Flood 77 and William Evans 58 are in the county jail.

Logan Hocking County A. J. Waldron Hubert Lappen Gore Weldon McGrath Gore Route 1 Hocking Valley Hospital Jean Brown McGrath Waldron Flood Brown Fiood

Window smash at industrialist Holl home linked to strike

Logan resident Barton A. Holl president of Logan Clay Products Co. says a bottle smashed through his enclosed porch and bedroom window after a Canton business trip. Police tie the act to the Carborundum strike. union officials deny knowledge of such acts by Local 11-630 of OCAW.

Logan Carborundum Co Barton A. Holl Main St Holl Logan Clay Products Co Richard Holl Canton Logan Clay Southeastern Ohio Regional Council George Shay Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union OCAW Carolundum

Proxmire Challenges Johnson Control Of Senate Machinery

Sen. William Proxmire faces strong rebuke from Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson over a revolt against the Senate majority’s leadership. Sen. J. William Fulbright calls the move unimportant, while Proxmire insists changes may come in two or three years if leadership feels accountable to members.

Washington William Proxmire D-Wis Lyndon B. Johnson Senate J. William Fulbright Proxmire

Akron abortionist Carl Moser begins four month jail term

Dr Carl Moser a 66 year old chiropractor who admitted performing abortions for thirty years starts a four month sentence in county jail on Thursday.

Akron Carl Moser

Scrap Lift for Five Battleships and 38 Warships

Five former battleships and 38 other aged warships are slated for scrapping. The move targets then obsolete vessels as part of fleet modernization.

Washington U. S

Democrats Build Protest Fire Over Strauss Appointment

Democrats plan a protest bonfire against President Eisenhower's nomination of Lewis L. Strauss as commerce secretary. Sens Kefauver Johnston and others aim to press delays as the Senate Commerce Committee postpones action pending a Justice Department report on Strauss' Dixon-Yates role.

Washington Eisenhower Commerce Atomic Energy Commission Senate Commerce Committee Kefauver Justice Department Strauss Dixon-Yates Rogers Klauver

Weather outlook and temperatures for WEST VIRGINIA and region

Cloudy tonight with low around 24 to 30 degrees. Thursday mostly cloudy and warmer with a chance of rain south. Ohio Valley: increasing clouds and warmer tonight and Thursday with a chance of rain. lows around 24 to 28 and highs near 47 in the north and lower in the south. Five day forecast shows below normal temperatures, mild Thursday and Friday, colder weekend, warmer Monday. Precipitation near half to three quarters of an inch, mainly in the south Thursday and likely Saturday or Sunday.

West Virginia Albany Atlanta Biemarck Cleveland Fort Worth Los Angeles A Isvilly Waukee Oklahoma City Omaha Taburgh Lake Cy Seattle Tampa

Macmillan Khrushchev Talks Weigh Nuclear Tests

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev press for progress in Moscow as tensions over nuclear tests rise. Khrushchev surprises with ebullient stance and a proposed nonaggression pact while rejecting a foreign ministers conference on Germany.

Moscow Harold Macmillan Nikita Khrushchev Uspenskoye Geneva United States Britain Russia Macmillan Khrushchev Kremlin Dubna Volga River Germany

Nationalist unrest in Nyasaland sparks clashes in Lilongwe

Rioting in Lilongwe after a nationalist march led to tear gas from Royal Air Force planes and fire from the King's African Rifles. Two deaths reported as crowds were dispersed by late afternoon after authorities banned a nationalist meeting.

Blantyre Nyasaland Britain Africa Royal Air Force Lilongwe King's African Rifles Market Place

Grand Jury Begins Study Of Murder Count

Cincinnati reports the Hamilton County grand jury starts reviewing a murder charge against Edythe Klumpp, 40, a part time teacher held since November 17 for allegedly killing Louise Bergen, 32, the estranged wife of the man Klumpp wished to marry.

Cincinnati —Y Hamilton County Edythe Klumpp

Meany Plans To Stay On As AFL-CIO Leader

Meany, turning 65 next August, says he has no plan to retire as federation president. The decision came at AFL-CIO Executive Council winter meeting closing session. Walter Reuther emerges as a strong No. 2, and leaders agree to push a Washington unemployment demonstration with 3000 to 4000 idle workers.

San Juan Puerto Rico George Meany Afl-Cio Meany Afl-Cio Executive Council San Francisco Walter Reuther United Auto Workers Union Reuther Old Cio AFL Washington Pennsylvania Ave

Youth Admits Four Entries in Logan Burglary Ring

A 19 year old Logan youth Roger Howdyshell confessed to burglaries at Sears Roebuck Earl's Bar and Grill The Building Center and the Pine Club. He linked to the Five Mill Inn burglary on Nov 8 with two youths now in federal custody. The burglaries began Jan 21 when police nabbed him entering a rear alley with a crow bar. Arraignment set for noon in mayor's court.

Logan Roger Howdyshell Sears. Roebuck Co Earl's Bar and Grill The Building Center Pine Club Five Mill Inn Howdyshell Logan Theater Sears Mayor's Court

Sharon Steel to reopen Lowellville plant in Youngstown area

Sharon Steel Corp. announced the Lowellville plant, shut for the past year and a half, will reopen. The facility will hire between 700 and 900 workers and resume production in the near term.

Youngstown Sharon Steel Corp Lowellville

Judge To Swear Wife In Van Wert County Probate Post

Van Wert Municipal Judge Robert L. Harrington will swear in his wife Cathryn as Van Wert County probate judge here Saturday. The ceremony reflects local political succession and marks Cathryn Harrington’s official start in county court.

van Wert Robert L. Harrington Cathryn

Birthday trip marks 71st for Dulles in hospital

John Foster Dulles, confined to Walter Reed, marks his 71st birthday with a 300 foot wheel chair trip to the X ray room for radiation therapy after a hernia operation revealed cancer. Eisenhower may visit. the usual family celebration is missing. Radiation continues for three more weeks. Lincoln White reports no adverse reaction yet to increasing X ray doses.

Washington John Foster Dulles Dulles Lincoln White State Department

Comics MERTANE sek kexed PERRO E oobi sachet

Local notes list arts and sports entries with scattered names and places including Point Pleasant, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Glouster. The fragmentary index mentions women and various teams or events without readable details.

Logan Rue Ares Ois Ante Yates ‘Comics Mertane PERRO

Two Los Alamos Lab Employees Die In Blast

Two Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory workers were killed in an explosion during routine machining of a chemical explosive used to study shock waves. Officials reported no radioactive material or radiation involved and noted the explosive had been handled here for years without incident.

Los Alamos, N. M Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Name's The Same But They're No Relation

Rep. Clarence J. Brown said Nancy Smith Brown in his office is not related to him. He noted his surname is common and many Browns appear on payrolls among 65 House members with identical names who are not necessarily relatives.

Washington Clarence J. Brown Robie Nancy Smith Brown Brown House

OVIA estimates flood damage avertable with completed projects

The Ohio Valley Improvement Association says 20 million dollars in damage could have been prevented in the January February floods if authorized flood control projects had been completed. An OVIA analysis cites $112 million in damages and $120 million saved by existing defenses, naming specific reservoirs and sites in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and their potential savings.

Cincinnati Ohio Valley Improvement Association OVIA Ohio Valley Ohio River Corps of U. S. Engineers Allegheny Pennsylvania Warren Allegheny River Shenango River Sharon

Missing Chicago gangsters stump Senate probe

Senate investigators report Sam Giancana and Ralph Capone remain at large after subpoenas failed for nearly a year. The Labor Management Committee probes tie between gangsters and corrupt labor union officials alleged to terrorize coin machine operators in Chicago and suburbs.

Washington Chicago Senate Robert F. Kennedy Senate Labor Management Committee Sam Mooney Gineana Ralph Capone al Capone Kennedy Giancana Acres

Labor Wants Increase in Death Benefits

Labor leaders push for a $6000 rise in death payments to survivors of workers killed on the job. Governor Michael V. DiSalle says compensation should be based on the needs of surviving dependents.

Columbus Michael V. DiSalle

ABA Urges Tighter Laws To Curb Reds

Chicago report notes the American Bar Association urges Congress to tighten laws aimed at curbing Communist activity. The House of Delegates backs a committee proposal calling for clear powers for the House on un American Activities while defending intact Supreme Court jurisdiction.

Chicago American Bar Association Congress ABA House of Delegates Supreme Court Lawyers House

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