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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1960
Page
1
Ohio end of holiday period yields high death totals with 362 traffic deaths plus 61 fires and 73 miscellaneous for a 496 day count. Officials note three day period began Thursday 6 p m and ended Sunday midnight with one car crashes dominating.
Two declared candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination target Wisconsin as a pivotal contest. Hubert Humphrey says the April 5 primary is central to his prospects while John F. Kennedy hints at entering Wisconsin and perhaps other states. Both have campaigned in the state and foresee a two primary contest.
LAS VEGAS Nev. a slender ex convict says four members of a Kansas farm family died last November because he and a fellow robber did not want any witnesses. Richard Eugene Hickock's signed statement Sunday night supplied all the answers to the Clutter family murders.
Augusta reports President Eisenhower will end a nine day working vacation Tuesday with his budget and State of the Union messages nearly final. He will fly to Washington for final polishing as sessions with key advisors over the weekend shaped the messages.
The UN Command disclosed that two American soldiers on orders from Captain John W. McEnery shaved the heads of Koreans Ae Soon Kim and Jong Jon Kim on a military base. 1st Sgt Ora Carnutte and Sgt Harry Saunders carried out the act at the 7th Division unit orderly room. The incident prompted an investigation by the UN provost marshal.
President Eisenhower, fresh from Europe and Asia, is expected for a two day stay in Buenos Aires around February 24 or 25 as part of a four nation Latin American tour. Argentine Foreign Minister Tadaba confirmed the plan after a meeting with President Frondizi, with Washington yet to confirm.
Portsmouth officers and Kentucky state police captured 42 year old Thomas Arnold of Waverly after he fired a volley at Patrolman Dave Miller near the police headquarters. Arnold, jailed for drunkenness and resisting arrest, gave a false name before the vehicle check revealed his identity.
Deputies arrested Clyde Watts and his wife Mima on charges of contributing to the neglect of their four children. The four room frame home was found dirty and littered with beer and wine bottles. Three children aged 2 to 5 were sent to a receiving home and the infant, six months old and with measles, was taken to Hughes Hospital.
Young members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen seek to depose 67 year old president W P Kennedy at the Cleveland convention opening today The dispute centers on reform required by the Landrum Griffin Act and the possible election of Grand Lodge officers Titler a delegate from Hiller Pennsylvania backs a challenge to open the convention to regular business and to oust Kennedy with Weir named as replacement The insurer involvement and a prior court action add to the turmoil surrounding the union leadership
Chicago group SAPS proposes seven day National Spouse Week to honor wives. Founder Margaret Jane Fink notes Mother's Day is insufficient while husbands receive year round recognition. About 30 Chicago area and Wisconsin women back the plan urging husbands to take over chores for a full week in February.
Floyd E. Hargrove 35, charged with first degree murder in the Christmas Eve sniper slaying of Charles R. Clark 35. Hargrove admitted shooting through a kitchen window in Mentor, while Clark’s wife Lois 30 and Hargrove had an illicit eight month affair. no weapon was recovered and details differ. Lois Clark was not implicated.
In Hamilton, Mexican centavos are found in coin changing machines. Police say the coins are worth half a cent and payout two dimes and a nickel. A laundromat faced a loss of $21.56 from centavo activity, and authorities suspect a one person coin changing racket moving between cities.
COLUMBUS Calvin Clarke 66 former chairman of the Selby Shoe Co. in Portsmouth died Sunday at University Hospital after years of heart disease. A former IRS worker in Washington he was a noted federal tax expert and among Portsmouths largest real estate owners. He led Valley Supply Co. and the Bluemont Corp and owned coal and timber lands in Kentucky.
Temperatures will average 4 to degrees below normal with a normal high around 45 to 39 and low near 22 to 24. A cold period persists with brief warmups Tuesday afternoon and Friday or Saturday. Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches expected late Tuesday night and again Thursday or Friday with frequent snow flurries near Lake Erie.
The 116 day steel strike cost more than six billion dollars in wage and production losses. It lasted from July 15 to November 7 last year and was halted by Taft Hartley law. Half a million steelworkers lost about 1.16 billion in wages and lost production neared five billion dollars.
A senior from Auburn University says scheduling a statewide interracial and interdenominational meeting in Alabama next spring may be too difficult. William W. Branch Jr. led a group to an ecumenical conference in Athens Ohio and reported that about one third of Alabama attendees were Negro. He aims to foster understanding of integration to ease a Christian transition.
Otto Standke, a starling eviction expert from Great Bend Kansas, used a contraption to drive away at least 20000 birds from the Mahoning County Courthouse in heavy rain. He will tackle seven more plagued buildings under a contract paying 100 dollars per building now and 600 dollars later if the birds return. In Warren Ohio burglars stole fifty four guns from the Warren Sportsmen's Shop over the weekend, with break ins Friday and Saturday nights.
Washington AP reports the eight month steel dispute ended as United Steelworkers Union and industry voluntarily accepted government recommended terms. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell and Vice President Nixon mediated after 22 hours of talks at the Sheraton Carlton. Union leaders prepared to present terms to their Wage Policy Committee for ratification, with anticipated delay until both sides approve.
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle said the favorite son decision will be announced Wednesday and will not be altered by Sen. John F. Kennedy's bid for the Democratic nomination. He will inform Kennedy by telephone before releasing a five page statement to reporters. The move could affect Kennedy's Ohio primary strategy on May 3 and the effort to keep Ohio's 64 delegates unified behind a preferred son for the convention.
The captain and six crewmen aboard a lifeboat reached a Singapore area island fifty miles south, while 30 other crew members were rescued earlier. The freighter Valley Forge foundered on a reef New Year's Eve in the South China Sea, with names including Capt. Peter F. Petrone and crewmen Carl Vineyard Jr and John Frangos among those aboard.
A shoeshine boy asking if spilled gas would ignite led to a match being thrown into a station spill. Fumes from the main tank exploded causing a badly damaged car three ruined pumps and minor injuries to four firefighters.
The Kenneth Nelsons of Libby Montana welcomed twins born six days apart in different years. The first twin, a boy, arrived six weeks early last Saturday. The sister followed on New Year’s Day. The mother and babies are reported to be doing well. Their family also includes a boy who will be one year old next month.
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