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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1969
Page
1
Bud Wilkinson, former Oklahoma football coach and television commentator, was named a special consultant to the president. He will study approximately 1,500 ceremonial and historical commissions and boards to assess their functionality and will be involved in youth work.
The Wire Service Guild strike against The Associated Press enters its second day as federal mediators plan separate talks after a Thursday session failed to yield progress toward a settlement. AP continues to provide general and financial news, photos, and features with non union staff and exempt employees filling roles.
Charles Allen Tippit, 19, son of the Dallas policeman killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, is charged in Dallas with intent to commit rape. Police say he allegedly attempted to rape a 30 year old woman at her apartment during a New Year’s Eve party.
Cleveland police investigated a possible revenge motive in the pistol slaying of Marleen Steele 37 wife of Euclid municipal Judge Robert L. Steele. He found her two bullet wounds in the head after returning from upstairs. The slaying occurred early Thursday, detectives said.
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned space probe named Venus 6 toward Venus to attempt a soft landing on the night side in coordination with Venus 5, five days earlier. This marks the first known Soviet effort to land on the night side of Venus.
Senate Minority Leader Everett M Dirksen reports President Johnson wants the 10 percent income surtax extended and hopes President-elect Nixon joins in. The surtax expires June 30 and was first imposed as part of an anti inflation measure.
Defense says prospective jurors in the Sirhan Bishara Sirhan trial will be questioned privately. Grant B. Cooper announced plans for secret questioning as the trial neared jury selection after three days of proceedings. The trial paused on Thursday with jury selection slated to begin Monday.
A man from Athens who failed to report as directed is now classified for non combatant duties. The item appears amid a local page of notices and features in a vintage newspaper column.
NASA named Neil Armstrong as commander with Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins on the Apollo 11 mission. The July 15 goal depends on the Apollo 9 and 10 flights, with Lovell and Anders as backups and Borman in ground roles. Armstrong, the first civilian in space, previously commanded Gemini 8.
Saigon reports 191 307 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in 1968 six times allied losses. Saigon cites 17 486 South Vietnamese dead and 14 521 U S battle deaths through December 1968. Enemy strength estimated at 300 100 with 151 000 infiltrations. 21 050 captives and 17 597 defections.
In a nationwide flare up, Queens College plans to reopen after a two day shutdown following the takeover of offices by Negro and Puerto Rican students. Brandeis University and Swarthmore College reported similar student centers under Negro control. Across California protests rose with arrests at San Fernando Valley State College Southwest College East Los Angeles College and El Camino College. Tokyo and San Francisco also saw student clashes as militant groups challenged authorities and a general strike continued at Tokyo University.
AP wirephoto reports hijacker on a Miami to Nassau flight forced the jet to Cuba. Joyce Jernigan, Eastern stewardess, describes the knife length. The hijacker, claiming a Communist mission, fled the FBI and was said to be from Indianapolis. 72 holiday-bound tourists continued to Nassau after landing in Havana.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee remains dominated by antiwar voices led by Chairman J. W. Fulbright and Sen. Gale McGee despite Sen. Eugene McCarthy relinquishing his seat. The panel, nine members strong on the war issue, gravitates against escalation as Paris talks unfold and Nixon approaches the Vietnam crisis.
The president of the Saturday Evening Post Co is expected to announce cessation of the magazine's publication after rejecting a prior buy offer. Martin S Ackerman of the Post Co and Curtis Publishing had a news conference planned amid talks of a merger with Lin Broadcasting Corp of Nashville.
State Sen. Michael J. Maloney said a special study panel has finalized a plan to inject millions more in state sales tax into Ohio cities. The measure would raise local revenues by about five percent, using per capita valuation and local levies to determine the share, with tighter distribution rules to ensure fairness.
Mrs E C Kenny of 85 S May Ave Athens needed an apartment size gas or electric range. After placing a Messenger Action Ad she remarked it pays to advertise and she got what she wanted on the second call. Action Ads work fast for buyers and sellers.
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