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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1958
Page
1
Nations marked the new year with varied scenes from Times Square crowds and New York police to Paris austerity warnings and Tito’s call for a disarmament conference. Eisenhower hosted a Gettysburg dinner as Churchill and Batista spoke to their publics amid inflation and political strife.
The Associated Press reports Americans faced heightened risk during New Year festivities with roads busy and fire hazards rising. The National Safety Council estimated 130 traffic deaths in the 30-hour period from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight New Year’s Day, above recent averages. Forecasters note snow and ice from the Rockies to the Atlantic, with northern Michigan and Wisconsin seeing travel impediments.
Russell J. Spetrino of Columbus was named by the Ohio Utilities Commission as superintendent of motor transportation. He has served as commission attorney examiner since February and was previously an assistant attorney general for two and a half years. He succeeds Edward Schreiner who is reassigned pending retirement. Spetrino will oversee regulation of truck and bus companies in Ohio.
FBI agents recovered a tractor trailer loaded with electrical appliances in Cleveland on Tuesday and arrested an Elmira New York man in connection with the theft.
Beginning Wednesday the Internal Revenue Service requires Americans to keep detailed records of all expense money received and on the job costs for 1958. The law dates to 1921, but enforcement resumes for tax returns filed in 1959, with itemized expenses including taxis mileage food and entertainment.
A steel bridge being dismantled over the Schuylkill River in downtown Philadelphia collapsed with a crew on it. Initial reports said 12 to 20 workers were present. three men were pulled from the river with minor injuries in the immediate moments after the accident.
Gov. C William ONeill and Sen John Bricker arrived by train for the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena. Officials greeted them briefly at Pasadena Station before the private cars were detached and returned to Pasadena for New Year’s Eve and Day.
Cincinnati Attorney Harry Abrams said he has asked Governor ONeill to commute Lemuel Trotter's death sentence. Trotter and Robert Jackson face execution January 23 in the Ohio Penitentiary for the fatal shooting of detective Walter Hart after the Ohio Supreme Court recently affirmed their convictions.
The Ohio Turnpike will bring in about 20.57 million dollars in 1957, a 34 percent rise from 1956. Turnpike Commission Chairman James W. Shocknessy reported a year-end statement showing increases in both passenger and commercial traffic.
President Eisenhowers plan for four year federal aid to education faces mixed reaction with critics calling it insufficient. Dr John Baker of Ohio University notes the need to broaden scope beyond science and stresses education in other core areas while highlighting state role and matching funds.
President Eisenhower arrives at tentative final figures for the fiscal 1959 budget in Gettysburg. Officials, led by Budget Director Brundage and science adviser Killian, expect a balanced budget with a possible small surplus and strong military spending to meet Russia’s space age challenge.
A North Carolina farmer, celebrating and thinking he was in Asheville, was robbed of $275 by two youths aged 16 and 17. Cincinnati officers stopped the pair on a hunch, recovered the cash, and the grateful farmer was returned home by bus.
Moscow announced seven international writers scientists and peace workers selected to receive Lenin Prizes, awards formerly known as Stalin Prizes.
Mrs. Louretta Kneisel, 34, of Cincinnati died when her car left the road and struck a tree in Glendale. Her three children were injured in the Tuesday wreck.
Dayton Newspapers executive says strikers misstated Monday negotiation details. Union leader and Dayton Newspapers executive cite unresolved issues since December buildup. Federal mediator Young may convene another session later this week.
An attorney discovered securities valued around $50,000 under a tin plate in the chimney base of Harold S. Rausch’s cluttered cellar. The funds were reported to Probate Court today. Rausch was shot twice at his Hough Avenue home where he lived alone. he owned about 300 properties awaiting value appraisal.
Ohio Department of Health reported three flu deaths last week in Stark, Cuyahoga and Crawford counties bringing the year total to 157. The week also added 20 new influenza cases for a statewide total of 7 733.
Adlai E. Stevenson released a statement in Chicago on a perilous year noting a fateful arms race that neither side can win. He warned the East West divide is widening and urged peaceful purposes, stressing humanity and the need to live with both allies and adversaries.
The Rev. Paul C. Schnake, 67, a Cincinnati pastor, and his wife Ann, 62, died Monday when their car struck an embankment on Ohio 124 eight miles east of Jackson.
President Izhak Ben-Zvi in Jerusalem called leaders from ten parties to talks to form a new government after David Ben-Gurion’s cabinet resigned in a dispute over national security. Ben-Gurion’s Mapai party tops the list for discussions, with him likely to be asked to try again. Ben-Gurion and his ministers remain as caretaker government.
The Ohio Department of Highways reviewed 1957 achievements under Charles M. Noble. The program placed contracts totaling just over 290 million dollars, 67 million more than 1956, resurfaced 3072 miles of roads, painted white edge lines on 6249 miles, and included 272 new bridges plus 186 miles of rural roads hard surfaced.
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown reminded Ohioans in military service they can apply for 1958 primary ballots starting New Year’s Day. Ballots must be ready for armed service voters on March 7, with filings due February 6.
More than 1000 veterinarians and their families from Ohio Indiana and Kentucky are expected at the 74th annual convention of the Ohio State Veterinary Medical Association in Cincinnati January 8 to 10, the organization announced.
In East Liverpool Ohio mayor elect Fred P. Lawrence lobbied to cut his $2400 yearly salary to one dollar a month to fund a higher paid safety service director. Council rejected 4-3 before Wednesday swearing in, making a mid term salary change impossible.
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