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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1961
Page
1
Laotian pilots using hastily armed US trainer planes bombed and strafed pro Communist rebels in four T6 planes. Western diplomats warned the attack could trigger Soviet or Chinese retaliation as concerns over escalating violence grew in Vientiane.
President Eisenhower told Congress in a farewell State of the Union that the United States has forged ahead in foreign policy and economic strength over eight years while facing grave worldwide Communist dangers. He noted intermittent declines in domestic activity but expressed confidence and wishes for successor Kennedy.
Ohio Republicans in the legislature push hearings on bills to ease recession distress and unemployment. Proposals include diverting about 51 million from the Highway Department to local road funds, funding Highway Safety from gasoline taxes, aligning elder medical care with federal rules, and broader measures reforming government departments and taxes. The package also covers tax exemptions for religious food sales, quail hunting reestablishment, paper ballots for broken voting machines, and term changes for state officials.
Lt. Daniel Wright Jr. 27 of Powell Ohio sits in Grayling Michigan awaiting sentencing after being charged with taking 16400 dollars from a Camp Grayling post exchange warehouse safe on August 26 last year.
Col. Joseph Mobutu ordered reinforcements to North Equator Province following reports pro Lumumba forces concentrate near the Oriental Province border.
PALM BEACH FL A presidential news conference by John F Kennedy will take place in Washington on the evening of January 25 and will be carried nationwide by live television and radio networks.
The 36th annual Ohio Fair Managers convention concluded in Columbus with plans for electing officers and hosting a three-ring annual banquet and floor show as part of the closing events.
William D. Sapulding, a native of Brilliant, has been named vice president in charge of operations for Weirton Steel.
President-elect John F Kennedy announced four top Interior Department appointments. Floyd E Dominy will head the Reclamation Service, James K Carr becomes undersecretary, Kenneth Holum as assistant secretary for water and power, John A Carver Jr as assistant secretary for land resources, and Frank Barry as solicitor. All are Democrats. Kennedy also said the Reclamation commissioner from the Eisenhower era remains in place. He met Gov Terry Sanford and paid visits with Herbert Hoover during a Florida trip.
The Senate debate over a rules change to permit civil rights legislation ends with a 50 46 sidetrack vote. Senator Keating Calls it a devastating blow while Senator Russell hails a victory for dignity and prerogatives. Democratic senators split 32 31 on sidetrack and Republicans 18 15 for the move.
Revolucion drops Yankee invasion forecast and announces 20 000 government homes for workers to be built in Cuba.
The Soviet Union urged the UN Security Council to seek General Assembly action ending Belgian trusteeship over Rwanda Urundi and to convene an emergency session. Valerian Zorin accused Dag Hammarskjold of tolerating Congo attacks from Ruanda Urundi bases. The council was asked to address Mobutu's forces and Lumumba's detention, with calls to disarm Mobutu and release Lumumba.
An officer of the Superior Pilots Association urges raising the $170 service fee for U. S. and Canadian pilots on foreign ships in the Soo area by $35. The higher fee should be paid in advance or secured by bonding.
An air search was ordered for six men reported adrift in the Caribbean following the sinking of the 110 foot Panamanian motorship Pacific Seafarer.
The widowed flower shop operator from San Juan says she and Nathan Leopold, the Chicago thrill killer in 1924, are planning marriage.
The Messenger advises readers to start weekend ads on Friday to maximize reach as people gain two free days Saturday and Sunday. Call LY 3-1242 to place an ad with an ad-taker.
Attorneys rushed to Macon to contest in federal court the suspension of two Negro students from the University of Georgia after campus rioting hours after classes began. An uproar outside the dormitory led to tear gas, fires, rocks, and a KKK newspaper distribution as Gov Vandiver ordered action for safety.
Moscow charged that U S military aircraft buzzed 35 Soviet ships in multiple seas last month. Viktor Bakayev showed a radiogram from the Sergei Kirov reporting a British bomber buzzing a Soviet ship. He warned U S leaders to respect international waters.
The Philippine constabulary says there is no longer hope for 30 people missing after an overloaded motorboat caught fire and sank off southern Luzon.
Fidel Castro presses Cubans to volunteer for cane harvest as sugar output drops due to bad weather and militia mobilization. The National Federation of Sugar Workers reports widespread mobilization and only 35 of 161 mills have begun grinding, marking the first season under full government control.
A Messenger area contest invites votes for the Most Popular Boy to win a trip to Brazil. The winner represents the Messenger in a national Junior Reporter competition with flying trips to South America aboard Varig Air Lines Boeing 707 jets.
Weather odds favor clear Inauguration Day with above freezing temps though Maine's ten huskies may pull a sled on Pennsylvania Avenue if snow falls. Ballrooms, boxes, and seals adorn the National Guard Armory as plans flourish for the three Inaugural Ball sections and visits by the Kennedys and the LBJs.
A Kennedy study committee report urges greater U S space program funding and stronger leadership to beat the Soviet Union in orbital flight. The group warns America's prestige is at stake and calls for more powerful rocket thrust and intensified space exploration efforts.
Washington attorney Ralph L. Miller says industrial development in 12 counties across West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky is seriously handicapped by the difficulty of securing reliable air connections to New York via Pittsburgh.
A fire of undetermined origin early today destroyed the W. T. Grant store at the Plaza Shopping Center in Miamisburg Ohio. There was no immediate estimate of the loss.
Nominations submitted to the Senate by President Eisenhower list Ernest W. Jones of Glouster and Robert G. Stephenson of Wellston among Ohio postmaster candidates.
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