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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1957
Page
1
Record 1956 highway fatalities rose at least five percent from 1955 with totals over 40,000 according to an Associated Press survey. States plan stricter patrols license checks, tougher enforcement for drunk driving and speeding, tighter inspections, roadblocks, and wider use of radar to curb deadly crashes.
The 85th Congress begins amid high stakes as Eisenhower seeks stand by authority to use troops in the Middle East. Civil rights rule reform clashes with Senate decorum as Democrats aim to organize and set terms, while Javits arrives next week and Lausche votes looms.
John W. Brown becomes Ohio’s governor at noon as the first lieutenant governor in 50 years to ascend. His brief term precedes governor-elect C. William O’Neill, who defeated him in the GOP primary. Lausche resigns to become U.S. Senator with votes on Senate organization in the spotlight.
A series of targeted cable cuttings crippled police and highway patrol communications and cut two Portsmouth area hospitals off from telephone service. Ohio Consolidated says the incidents appeared planned to disrupt all service, affecting lines between Portsmouth, Lucasville and the patrol radio system. Police will investigate with sheriff’s office assistance.
Gov. Lausche said C. William ONeill and Lt. Gov. John Brown pledged to deploy the Ohio National Guard to Portsmouth if violence erupts in the southern Ohio telephone strike. Lausche resigns today to become U S Senator, Brown to act until ONeill’s January inauguration.
Washington Republican lawmaker says Postmaster General Summerfield will ask Congress to raise letter stamps from three to five cents. The report notes the price hike would affect everyday mail costs nationwide.
An Israeli army spokesman said a group of Jordanian soldiers crossed into Israeli land and opened fire on a tractor driver south of Beth Govrim on Wednesday.
A 14 member GOP delegation indicates support for a new corn price floor to stabilize production and prices. Secretary Benson prefers changes to the 1938 program but agrees a revised corn policy is needed and may be modeled after a rejected farmer referendum. The House Agriculture Committee will hear administration recommendations next Monday.
AF completes Operation Safe Haven as a C118 Liftmaster lands at McGuire with 45 refugees including No 9700. Eisenhower signals possible future arrivals. From Thanksgiving to Christmas CEM ferried about 5000 Hungarians from Austria and 1750 more landed at Brooklyn on New Year’s Day aboard Gen Leroy Eltinge. Two ships remain to bring 3750 to New York.
A Southeastern Ohio ad showcases bargains in Classification 59. Items include an 8 piece dining set 50 dollars a studio couch 15 dollars a 3 burner gas stove 12 dollars a washing machine 15 dollars a 5 piece breakfast set 8 dollars and a Kelvinator refrigerator 15 dollars. Ad owner Naoma Adams Trimble Route 1 Congress Run notes good results from the paper. Dial 31242 to place your own ad.
President Eisenhower told Soviet Premier Bulganin the United States will present further proposals on disarmament at the United Nations while rejecting a five power talks format for now. He welcomed limited aerial inspection and urged UN guided deliberations to advance disarmament amid the Hungary crisis.
Vienna reports that Hungarian and Russian border guards opened fire on a group of refugees near the Austrian frontier on Wednesday killing one person. Police stated the incident is under investigation and details remain limited.
Santiago reports the Chilean Congress approved a bill allowing a 32 percent wage increase that had been frozen by a government edict last year. Despite price controls, living costs have climbed 44 percent since the freeze.
London reports Prime Minister Eden and French Premier Mollet join the United States in rejecting Soviet proposals for a five nation disarmament conference. They favor UN talks and note a Big Four plus India meeting is unlikely to progress now. Mollet also rebukes Bulganin over Egypt and Hungary coverage as biased and inaccurate.
Albert J. Helman 76 of Lakewood, father-in-law of Ohio Governor John W. Brown, was injured when his car skidded on an icy intersection at Ohio 303 and a county road, striking a telephone pole. He is hospitalized with a fractured leg.
An AWOL soldier Frank Spencer and juvenile Orville Landers from Pomeroy escaped Meigs County jail after midnight Wednesday by climbing from the women’s quarters window onto the garage roof. A statewide search is under way as deputies report no signs of forced entry. Spencer, 140 pounds with brown hair and eyes, was recently sentenced in Probate Court. Landers,17, notes indicate he is at Lancaster’s Boys Industrial School and has been AWOL since December 3.
U S Senator George H Bender’s weekly newsletter, familiar to Ohio constituents for 18 years, circulated for the last time Wednesday after his defeat by Gov Frank J Lausche on November 6. His note asks about peace on earth and good will toward men in 1957.
In Madras two of the nation’s first quintuplets have died with a third girl gravely ill. Doctors say little hope remains for the remaining child as the family endures the tragedy.
President Eisenhower plans a congressional appeal for standby authority to use U.S. military forces in the Middle East if the Soviet Union acts. Secretary Dulles outlined a tentative resolution authorizing military and economic cooperation and 400 million dollars in aid over two years, aiming to deter aggression and keep peace. Hearings begin next week as Congress weighs the measure.
In Chamonix France helicopter crews rescued eight marooned climbers on Mt Blanc after two others Jean Vincendon and Francois Henry were left frostbitten and presumed dead. The two injured men suffered severe frostbite and were found near a helicopter wreckage that had failed during a prior rescue attempt.
United Nations top Political Committee opens with a long deadlocked Korea reunification issue on the agenda as contending blocs push to position Korea early. The Soviet bloc seeks to place Korea after disarmament, while the U.S. favors disarmament precedence and a delayed Korea debate. The committee resumes work after two months of Assembly interruptions.
Salvage work in the Suez Canal intensified as divers and crews attacked two major blockages the collapsed Ferdan bridge and the sunken Egyptian landing ship Akka. The Middle East News Agency cited Mahmoud Yunis saying large ships could move out within a few days and Lt. Gen. Wheeler projected full canal reopening by May for the largest vessels.
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