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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1967

Page

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Polk award winners cited in journalism honors

Horst Faas Harrison Salisbury and Ramparts win George Polk memorial awards for 1966 journalism. Salisbury cited for Vietnam coverage. Ramparts for magazine reporting. Other briefs note Anna Anderson suit, Lord Snowdon denial, a Soviet fishing ship sinking, Cincinnati sports cuts, Goldberg tour, Ohio patrol fatality, draft proposals, oil price rollback, and fresh snow in Ohio.

New York Jp— Associated Press Horst Faas Harrison E. Salisbury The New York Times Ramparts Magazine Fans Salisbury the Times Ramparts Central Intelligence Agency National Student Association

Meigs ey MIE action committee seeks new route

Athens County commissioners dismiss Route 50E annexation petition for technical reasons. Three Bobcats named to MAC All Academic honor roll. Four teenaged boys confess to a series of crimes in Mason County.

Athens County Nieks Mason County

Rhodes Won't Seek Any New Taxes In Ohio Budget Plan

Gov. James A. Rhodes prepares to unveil a two year operating budget with no new taxes during a joint session of the 107th General Assembly. The budget, pegged for July 1, is not yet priced. Senate action includes an emergency measure for Lakeland Community College and Tuscarawas County University Branch District notes. The commission proposal to issue bonds without voter approval advances after a 27-6 vote, with Republicans in the majority and four Democrats crossing.

Columbus Ohio James A. Rhodes 107Th General Assembly Rhodes Mes Sage Statehouse Lakeland Community College Painesville Tuscarawas County University Branch Senate Robert R. Shaw Franklin Senate Finance Committee

Marines open new landing along central Vietnam coast

In Saigon a battalion landing team of 1,500 Marines conducted an end run along the central coast pulling out of one area and landing 16 miles farther south near Quang Ngai City. Across the country Junction City nears end with 89 enemy dead and five Americans wounded as heavy B52 raids support the Viet Cong base camp sweep.

Saigon South Vietnam Quang Ngai City Cambodia U.S Junction City Tay Ninh City North Vietnam

War Declaration Sought Over Vietnam Bombing

Sen. Joseph S. Clark pressed for Senate approval of a war declaration before further U S bombing of North Vietnam. He would attach the measure to the administration's 4.5 billion supplemental military aid bill as House action looms. President Johnson defended recent strikes as limited and not an escalation while ruling out stopping infiltrations.

Washington Joseph S. Clark Senate United States North Vietnam U.S Clark Vietnam Johnson Pennsylvania House

Natchez Bomb Blast Kills Negro Man Over Hiring Clash

A $25,000 reward was posted by Natchez to catch those responsible for the truck bombing that killed Charlest Jackson, 36, after he took a job once held by white workers. The blast near his home recalled a 1965 attack on NAACP leader George Metcalfe and he had driven with Metcalfe until last week. Metcalfe urged plant closures and a rally at Beulah Baptist church as NAACP plans a protest.

Natchez, Miss Charlest Jackson J. T. Robinson George Metcalfe Natchez National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Metcalfe Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co Jack Jackson

Area Airman Killed In Viet War Dies In Da Nang Attack

Airman 2-C Gary L. Fuller 21 of The Plains was killed in South Vietnam as Da Nang Air Base came under Viet Cong attack. A 1963 Chauncey-Dover High School graduate, Fuller was the second from his class and third Chauncey-Dover student to die in Vietnam. Funeral arrangements were to be announced later.

Gary L. Fuller Plains South Vietnam da Nang Fuller Chauncey-Dover High School Chauncey - Dover High School Michael Merriman Millfield Automation Institute Columbus Air Force Vietnam Judith Ann Kokomo Ind Lawrence L. Fuller Indianapolis LaDonna Frank Shumway the Plains Brenda Cathy Shumway Lisa Fuller Gregg Fuller Inez Powell Athens L. G. Fuller Mount Pleasant Hughes Funeral Home Messenger Merriman

Time chief Henry Luce dies at 68 in Phoenix

Henry R. Luce editorial chairman of Time Inc. died in a Phoenix hospital from a massive coronary at age 68. He had appeared well days earlier at a Hu J. Humphrey dinner and spoke in Tucson for a Presbyterian drive. Born in China, Luce founded Time in 1923 with Hadden and led a publishing empire including Life Fortune and Sports Illustrated.

Phoenix Ariz Henry R. Luce Time Inc Luce Hubert H. Humphrey Tucson St. Joseph’s Hospital China Time Hadden Life Fortune Sports Illustrated Clare Boothe Luce Edior Wright Italy Connecticut Tengchow Henry Winters Luce Elizabeth Middleton Luce

Bromley Hall Builder Norman Tishman Dies in New York

Norman Tishman, 65, founder of a real estate and construction firm that developed high rise offices and apartments nationwide, died Monday. His firm built Bromley Hall on the Ohio University campus, opened in 1965 as the first privately financed college dormitory. He was the region's leading Los Angeles landlord.

New York Norman Tishman Tishman Bromley Hall Ohio University Los Angeles

Indictments in Civil Rights Slayings Kept Secret

Federal indictments were returned in the Philadelphia Mississippi and Vernon Dahmer civil rights killings. Names and counts are sealed until arrests. previously charged figures include Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and deputy Cecil Price. Victims Schwerner Goodman Chaney were slain in 1964, with bodies recovered from a dam on a farm near Philadelphia.

Jackson, Miss Philadelphia Miss Vernon Dahmer U.S Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman New York James FE. Chaney Neshoba County Federal Bureau of Investigation Lawrence Rainey Cecil Price

Oswald Ferrie Linked in 1965 New Orleans Pickup

Dist Atty Jim Garrison received information that Lee Harvey Oswald and David W Ferrie were picked up together by police in New Orleans in 1965. The States Item says a New Orleans officer found two men in a parked car near Lake Pontchartrain and identified Ferrie, while Oswald claimed no connection. The officer took them to headquarters but no arrest was made due to lack of evidence.

New Orleans Jim Garrison Lee Harvey Oswald David W. Ferrie States Item Ferrie Oswald Warren Commission John F. Kennedy Dallas Tex Garrison Lake Pontchartrain

Lower Health Costs Sought By President Johnson

President Johnson urged Congress to pursue government actions to reduce health care costs and expand noncommercial television and radio. He announced a Department of Health, Education and Welfare national conference on medical costs to discuss lowering expenses without harming quality.

Washington Johnson Congress Department of Health, Education and Welfare

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