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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1960

Page

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Air Force Plans Evacuation Of Charley Station Ice Floe

In FAIRBANKS Alaska the Air Force stepped up plans to remove 20 men from Station Charley a scientific outpost on a crumbling Arctic ice floe. A flight to the station would pick up four men amid continuing disintegration including a 200 foot runway loss and a floe reduced to about one mile by one mile.

Fairbanks Alaska Air Force Arctic Ocean Charley Ladd Air Force Base

Call To Expel Sen Young From Hamilton Legion

Hamilton County American Legion Council calls for charges to expel U S Senator Stephen M Young over a New York speech to ECIL on December 15 1956. Fourth District votes to urge action while Eighth District defers and suggests Young may surrender his card.

Hamilton U. S Stephen M Young Hamilton County American Legion Council Young Legion Ohio Legion Ohio Columbus Cleveland Eidhth Nelsonville Fourth District Senator Young

Korea to Up CG Strength After Coast Guard Attack

Acting Foreign Minister Choi Kyuh ha calls for strengthening the South Korean Coast Guard after armed Communist Chinese fishing boats attacked a patrol boat. One coastguardsman was killed before dawn and another died later. the captain and another crew member were injured. Choi calls the attack piracy.

Seoul South Korea Choi Kyuhhah Choi

Ohio Five Day Forecast Briefing

Ohio forecast shows temperatures roughly 5 degrees above normal with highs from 35 in the north to 30 in the south and lows near 23. Warmer conditions Tuesday and Wednesday give way to colder air by Saturday. Precipitation totals range from half to one inch in the south as rain. north sees rain or snow late Tuesday into Wednesday and again Friday.

Pollution Board Questions Ohio towns on sewage treatment progress

The Ohio Water Pollution Control Board resumes hearings as Youngstown Middleport Genoa and Yellow Springs must explain delays in building sewage treatment facilities. Board may deny permits risking fines up to 500 dollars daily, with action possible from the attorney general if needed. Yellow Springs eyed a gravity system using Antioch College land to avoid altering a glen.

Columbus Ohio Water Pollution Control Board Youngstown Middleport Genoa Yellow Springs Attorney General's Office Antioch College

Investors Say US Not Firm With Castro

U S business leaders in Havana fear the government will not act decisively to protect their Cuban investments as Fidel Castro intensifies intervention and expropriation. Ambassador Bensal returns from Washington with an unclear policy and hopes for a meeting with acting foreign minister Marcello Fernandez.

Havana U.S United States Fidel Castro Cuba Philip W. Bensal Washington Bensal Marcello Fernandez Castro

Nasser Opens Power Plant Near Aswan in Egypt

President Gamal Abdel Nasser opened an 85 million dollar hydroelectric plant 42 miles above the Aswan dam as crowds cheered. The plant starts at 22 000 kilowatts with expansion to 351 000 kilowatts and most output slated for a nearby fertilizer plant. A French firm began the project but pulled out after the Suez crisis. West German engineers aided the completion.

Aswan Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser Nile Aswan High Dam Nasser Suez Canal Zone United Arab Republic

Firemen Respond At Messenger Plant To Smoke Alarm

City firemen were called to the Messenger plant about 11 a.m. Monday when the electric control panel in the composing room emitted acrid smoke. They located the fault in the master control box and restored power after routing around the damaged switch.

Messenger Lintoype

Soviet rocket tests seen as diplomatic move

The Soviet Union announced rocket tests in the central Pacific that may mark a missile diplomacy drive aimed at impressing Asia and Western powers. The timing brackets U S events including a US Japan security treaty signing and Khrushchev’s Indonesia visit, with broader aims before a May four power summit and Eisenhower’s June visit to the USSR.

Washington Soviet Union Central Pacific United States U.S Moscow Japan White House Nobusuke Kishi Eisenhower Nikita Khrushchev Indonesia Asia South Asia Pacific High Seas

DiSalle Sees Religion Not a Major Factor in Campaign

Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle said religion will not decide the presidential race if John F. Kennedy wins the Democratic nomination. Speaking on CBS Face the Nation, DiSalle, a Catholic, urged Kennedy not to enter the Ohio primary and noted Lausche may run his own slate. He also questioned Nixon's role in the steel strike and accused James Mitchell of politicizing the matter.

Columbus John F. Kennedy Michael V. DiSalle DiSalle Kennedy Massachusetts CBS Ohio Frank J. Lausche Lausche Richard M. Nixon James Mitchell Nixon

Meany warns of voter revolt over government drift at AFL-CIO rally

AFL-CIO President George Meany says to expect a voter revolt in November unless Washington stops the sit-down, do-nothing posture. He accuses the administration and Congress of drift while noting deficits in defense, education, housing, urban renewal, roads, and social programs as 600 union officials rally to push proposed measures.

Washington Afl-Cio George Meany Congress Meany United States

Perry Mason Couldn't Have Done Better

Marysville County store proprietor Stanley Rhodes 50 faced two masked men who robbed his shop in Pharisburg. After they fled and returned with a gun, Rhodes shot and killed Thomas R. Maryse 23 in the head and wounded Tilden R. Watts 26 in the arm, with both victims from Marion. Deputies found Rhodes had nothing more to say.

Marysville Stanley Rhodes Pharisburg Sheriff's Office Rhodes Thomas R. Maryse Tilden R. Watts Marion

Fire Chief Faces First Blaze At Own Home

Fire Chief Wendell Fisher, appointed four days earlier, fought his own house fire Sunday in Groeville New Jersey. No injuries reported as crews battled the flames at the chief’s residence.

Groeville N. J Wendell Fisher Fisher

Ballad Singer Wins In Louisiana Runoff

Jimmie Davis wins Louisiana Democratic governor runoff with a 71,000 vote lead over mayor Lesseps Morrison. Davis pledges peace and harmony while proposing a state sovereignty commission to preserve segregation and promising no political machine. He carries 486,095 votes to Morrison's 414,258 with most precincts reporting. Davis, a Baptist farmer and former governor, hails from Jackson Parish as one of 11 children.

Jimmie Davis Davis deLesseps S. Morrison New Orleans Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission Southland Huey P. Long Earl K. Long Huey Morrison Jackson Parish Red Hil

Missing Heiress and Chauffeur Traced to Paris

New York debutante Gamble Benedict and her Romanian-born chauffeur Andre Perumbeanu were traced to Paris after departing New York Dec 31 on the freighter Edga. They arrived in Antwerp Saturday and Benedict boarded an express to Paris Sunday. Police say she left her Upper East Side home voluntarily after a society party on Dec 27.

Antwerp Belgium Gamble Benedict Paris New York Edga Andre Perumbeanu Arde Bulova Miss Benedict Perumbeanu Naples Upper East Side

Private Ventura Belly-Lands Safely After 20 Hours Circling

After circling Port Columbus Airport for more than 20 hours while correcting landing gear trouble, a private two engine Lockheed Ventura belly-landed safely Sunday night. The craft owned by Ebco Manufacturing Co. and piloted by Louis Benua of Columbus carried nine people, none of whom were hurt.

Columbus—.M Port Columbus Ebco Manufacturing Co Louis Benua Columbus

Pope John Appears Recovered From Cold Audience With Vatican Guards

Pope John XXIII today seemed fully recovered from a weekend cold. He held his annual audience to exchange New Year's greetings with the Vatican guards and their families.

Vatican City Pope John XXIII Vatican

Crack NYC Train Derails Near Wellington Tragedy

A 10 car New York Central Southwest Limited derailed at 80 mph near Wellington Ohio injuring many and killing at least four. The crossover derailment caused two cars to split, with wreckage and burning fuel drawing a large emergency response. Notable victims include fireman Phil Lehman and conductor George Rummel.

Wellington Ohio Southwest Limited Nickle Plate Railroad New York City Cleveland W. B. Salter Indianapolis New York Central Salter John Dolan Limited Dolan Paul Kopseh Lorain County Phil J. Lehman George FP. Rummel North Butler Ind Kenneth Hale Rosedale Audrey G. Cox St. Paris Allen Memorial Hospital Oberlin

Hoffa Accuses Kennedy of Ignoring Labor in 1960 Bid

James R. Hoffa leader of the Teamsters denounces Sen John F Kennedy in Buffalo before about 1000 members, calling him a fraud on the American people and alleging Kennedy sacrificed labor to gain Southern bloc support at the Los Angeles convention. He blames Kennedy for amending the Landrum Griffin labor bill.

Buffalo James R. Hoffa Teamsters John F. Kennedy D-Mass Buffalo Joint Council of Teamsters Hoffa Kennedy Massachusetts Los Angeles Landrum-Griffin

Eisenhower to brief Congress on 11 nation good will tour

Congressional leaders from Senate and House join a White House briefing on President Eisenhower's 11 nation trip. Some Democrats doubt the meeting will yield more than a travelogue and fear endorsing a partisan campaign show of personal diplomacy.

Washington White House Eisenhower Senate House Armed Services, Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committee

Police Search for Gunman Near Dayton

Brookville police hunt a gunman who fired at least nine 30 caliber rifled slugs into two parked police cruisers. Chief James Lamb reported the shots struck the vehicles in front of part timer Levi Gordon’s home early Sunday. Gordon heard the shots but found no suspect upon investigation.

Dayton Brookville James Lamb Levi Gordon Gordon

Protests Mounting Against Anti Semitism Across Europe

Youths and religious leaders lead a counter effort to anti semitism with large Paris and West Berlin protests. In Paris a thousand demonstrators including Protestant pastors and priests marched past a memorial for unknown Jewish martyrs toward the city hall shouting Down with the Nazis. Swastikas appeared in Brazil and Michigan. In West Berlin a 1200 crowd attended a showing of a French Nazi concentration camp documentary. In New York two teens were arrested for painting Down with Jews on a municipal building and two younger youths for tagging a synagogue in Brooklyn.

Paris West Berlin Brazil Ypsilanti Mich Konrad Adenauer Christian Democratic Party French Communist Party Representative Council of Jews France New York City Brooklyn

Nelsonville Petes at Point Pleasant clash in standings

Local schedule notes show Nelsonville Petes visiting Point Pleasant as teams vie for position. Other matchups include Athens and Pomeroy Middleport in region play.

TS LL Athens Nelsonville Pomeroy- Middleport Ercotens Television

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