03 Jan 1966
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1966
Page
1
The two day old transit strike snarled New York traffic as Mayor Lindsay inspected chokepoints from a police helicopter. By dawn the grid began easing and Traffic Commissioner Barnes said Manhattan traffic was loosening up as the city faced a possible shutdown.
By 8 a.m. traffic was nearly normal as drivers avoided Manhattan lanes. Barnes cited early commutes reducing morning tieups and warned of possible jams later. New Yorkers felt the strike effects since a holiday weekend. Lindsay urged commuters not to drive into the city. Negotiators returned to the bargaining table.
Michael J. Quill head of the Transport Workers Union AFL CIO was due in State Supreme Court today to answer a show cause order as New York City activated emergency measures for a 7.4 million daily subway and bus riders. Extra transit, parking and taxi rules, school closings, and a mayoral appeal to limit car use aimed to curb disruption and protect commerce during the stoppage that could cost stores about 40 million dollars daily.
About 33 000 bus and subway employees walked off at 5 a.m. Saturday in defiance of a court order hours after Lindsay became the city's first Republican mayor in 20 years. The Amalgamated Transit Union AFL-CIO seeks higher wages, shorter weeks, and benefits the Transit Authority estimates would cost 680 million dollars. Quill offered to cut demands to 180 million, but the TA rejected it. The TA had proposed a 25 million package labeled as peanuts. Wages now range from 2.64 to 3.46 dollars per hour.
Hanoi calls Washington peace proposals trickery and demands the United States halt all war acts unconditionally. U.S. envoys Harriman and Williams push diplomacy as Hanoi sustains four-point terms, including troop withdrawal, amid a 11th day of bombing moratorium. Pope Paul VI appeals for mediation as China’s PeopleDaily blasts U.S. actions.
Cincinnati taft Jr. news conference fuels speculation he will seek the Republican nomination for the First District U S House seat now held by Democrat John W Gilligan after losing the 1964 Senate race to Stephen Young. In East Alton Illinois production of gunpowder for Viet Nam resumes as union members approve new contracts and return to work. The Machinists AFL CIO voted 1599 to 1543 and the Electrical Workers ratified similar terms.
In Tashkent India Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistan President Mohammed Ayub Khan arrived for a summit with Soviet Premier Kosygin. Talks begin Tuesday and are seen as unlikely to alter the Kashmir dispute significantly.
The three day New Year weekend traffic deaths reached 556, a national record for the second straight holiday period. Ohio recorded the nation's highest toll for most of the period with 46 deaths by Sunday midnight. The article compares to prior holiday totals and notes other record weekends.
The Hocking River held steady near crest at 14.94 ft in Athens as rain eased and colder weather began. Several area roads stayed closed Monday, according to the State Highway Patrol, with the river rising more than 11 feet from typical levels before stabilizing.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey arrives in Honolulu after a Far East tour noting World War II Korea and Vietnam dead nearby. He visits Manila harbor and Corregidor and Bataan horizons while urging defense of others.
U S paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade slogged through mud and swamp in a first major Mekong Delta invasion. A large Viet Cong force slipped deeper into Red sanctuary, eluding pursuers as artillery air strikes and tanks backed the probe.
Rural Jackson County tragedy ends in double murder suicide as couple George and Evelyn Frey fall to gunfire before their six children. Sheriff says Frey told deputies he shot himself as wife planned to take the kids. Eight-hour manhunt and field reports mix with Vietnam war updates in nearby dispatches.
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A Sunday derailment of two cars on the Louisville and Nashville Miami to Chicago South Wind in Franklin sent four people to area hospitals and ten more treated. Passengers described luggage flying from racks and a chaotic scene as emergency crews responded.
Administration sources indicate the government may reduce its orders for Bethlehem Steel Corp structural steel framing if the company does not drop its $5 per ton price increase. President Johnson calls the hike unwarranted. Bethlehem argues it reflects product improvements.
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