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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1967

Page

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Adoption battle ends for four year old Beth

In Tillson New York Michael and Mary Liuni win a year long fight to adopt Beth the four year old described as the calmest child in the household amid claims welfare officials resisted due to ethnic differences. In Yellow Springs Ohio Horace Champney and seven others plan to sail a yacht with medical supplies to Haiphong North Vietnam aboard the Phoenix owned by Dr Earler Reynolds.

Tillson N. Y Beth Michael Liuni Liunis Joseph Fitzsimmons Yellow Springs Ohio Horace Champney Haiphong North Vietnam Champney San Francisco Phoenix Earler Reynolds Antioch College

Coup Hit Togolese Capital As Army Seizes Civil Powers

In Cotonou, Dahomey, authorities report a second coup in four years in Togo. The army declares all civil powers seized in a broadcast from Lome, led by Lt. Col. Etienne Guassingre Eyadema.

Cotonou Dahomey Togo Lome Etienne Guassingre Eyadema

Randolph plans Negro summit on Powell congressional troubles

Civil rights leader A Philip Randolph says he will call a Negro summit conference to discuss possible action against congressmen linked to Rep. Adam Clayton Powell’s recent woes. Powell was ousted from his House committee chairmanship and temporarily deprived of his seat in the 90th Congress. In Columbus the presidential portrait Lyndon Johnson criticized went on public display amid controversy.

New York A. Philip Randolph Adam Clayton Powell Powell House Committee

Wallace vows to bluff bluff over welfare funds cut

Alabama Governor George C. Wallace asserts he will challenge a proposed $96 million cut in federal welfare funds citing alleged discrimination. He plans to seek a federal injunction after HEW demanded the cutoff by February 28. Senator Stephen M. Young criticizes Job Corps spending for holiday travel.

Montgomery Ala Alabama George C. Wallace Wallace Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Kiesinger Arrives In Paris For Talks With De Gaulle

West German Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger arrived in Paris for his first visit as chancellor to meet President Charles de Gaulle. The trip aims to ease Franco German relations and discuss postwar European security.

Paris Kurt George Kiesinger France West Germany Charles de Gaulle

Actress Jane Asher says she and Paul McCartney in love

London report quotes Jane Asher declaring she plans to marry Paul McCartney this year and have many children before she departs on a U S tour with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company.

London Jane Asher Paul McCartney United States Bristol Old Vic Theater Company

Ohio University President Alden Nigeria to attend dedication

The report notes Alden Nigeria, president of Ohio University, bound to participate in a school dedication ceremony as part of a series of events. Athens, designer visiting, says fashion is a lifestyle. Also mentions Bart Starr's passing prowess favoring Green Bay over Kansas City in Sundays Super Bowl. Mason County delegate co-sponsors a WV Legislature bill seeking election.

Ohio University Alden Cere- ST Osses Aseti New York Athens Bart Starr Green Bay Kansas City C.cercsesesees Mason County West Virginia Osuhad Og Bsortecs

Ground Forces Prepare Movement Into Delta

American support troops have arrived in the Mekong Delta to form a base near My Tho as U S forces begin the long-awaited move into South Vietnam s rice bowl. U S commanders say the delta must be wrested from Viet Cong control for victory, with an infantry division likely to follow. B52 bombers raid Viet Cong camps near the iron triangle as forces report heavy enemy losses and a vast harvest of rice and supplies.

Saigon South Vietnam Mekong U.S William C. Westmoreland My Tho Vietnam Delta Iron Triangle Cedar Falls

Thant Sees China Pressure Halting Viet Nam Bomb Talks

U N Secretary General Thant believes pressure from Red China kept North Vietnam from replying to the US offer to halt the bombing. He said Peking might steer Hanoi to retract any peace move if it occurred. Thant cited private diplomacy and said his remarks at a news conference about Southeast Asia caused Asian envoys to seek clarification. He argued South Vietnam is not vital to Western security and that the Viet Cong front is not a Hanoi stooge.

United. Nations N.Y U.N U Thant Red China North Vietnam U.S Thant Hanoi Peking Arthur J. Goldberg China United Nations United States Southeast Asia Japan Philippines South Korea Laos Malaysia Thailand South Vietnam Viet Cong National Liberation Front

Judges rule no current law bars topless waitresses

A three judge criminal court panel in New York ruled there is nothing in city law to prevent mixing drinks with topless waitresses but urged new legislation to curb this vulgarity. The panel cleared four waitresses and three bosses of 19 violations of the administrative code.

New York

North Vietnam airfields blasted in series of raids

U S warplanes knocked out North Vietnam airfields in a little known set of raids that apparently halted last year. Four major jet bases in Hanoi Haiphong area were off limits, with prior strikes in 1965 66 against Dien Bien Phu Vinh Na San and Dong Hoi. Pentagon says bases neutralized as they could have handled military flights.

Washington U.S North Vietnam United States Hanoi-Haiphong Dien Bien Phu Hanoi Vinh Demilitarized Zone Na San Dong Hoi Dmz Phu Tho Red River Valley Pentagon

Mao Plot Cooked Up By Soviets

In Moscow the Soviet press moves to tarnish Mao Tse-tung's image with claims Mao stole Soviet ideas on guerilla warfare and accuses his regime of soft stance toward capitalists. The Kremlin seeks to undermine Mao amid long standing friction and his rising authority in China.

Mao Moscow Soviet Communist Party Mao Tse-tung Kremlin Communist Party China

Workers Pour Into Peking Violence Feared

A Tokyo based AP report cites Yomiuri that more than a million workers have arrived in Peking, with both Mao supporters and opponents present. Violent clashes feared as workers flood the capital, Mao returns to take command, and posters claim stronger security police powers while Lin Piao is cited as Mao’s heir. Parallel reports note protests before the security ministry and Liu Shao-chi’s camp stirring labor action as Red Guard influence wanes. An editorial in People’s Daily denounces wage and condition concerns as counterrevolutionary acts.

Tokyo Peking Mao Tsetung Yomiuri

Aluminum Firms Dety LBJ Raise Prices

Washington AP The four major aluminum producers Olin Mathieson Reynolds Aluminum Corp and Kaiser Aluminum announced price increases effective January 18. The moves echo prices set 14 months earlier and come despite a government appeal to defer action for national interest concerns. Gardner Ackley urged restraint, calling the hikes untimely and unnecessary amid improving industry earnings.

Washington Gardner Ackley Johnson Council of Economic Advisers Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp Reynolds Metals Co Aluminum Corp. of America Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp

Gas Explosion Destroys 20 Homes in Jamaica Queens

A pre-dawn blaze in eight blocks of Jamaica, Queens, was fueled by gas explosions, destroying 20 homes and lighting the sky with vivid flames. Firefighters and police evacuated residents after a gas odor was reported, preventing injuries according to authorities.

James New York Jamaica Queens

War Hero Gen Smith Dead At 84

SAN DIEGO Calif AP Retired Marine Corps Gen Hol land M Howlin Mad Smith died Thursday at age 84 after a heart attack. He led major amphibious assaults in World War II including the Gilberts Marshalls Marianas and Iwo Jima campaigns and is known as the father of amphibious warfare. He served 41 years and earned the DSM.

San Diego Calif Marine Corps Holland M. “Howlin Mad” Smith Balboa Naval Hospital Gilberts Marshalls Marianas Iwo Jima Smith

Seven Senators Deny Baker Vixed Campaign Funds

Washington AP seven senators and a representative sworn as witnesses deny receiving funds from a $66,300 political fund tied to Bobby Baker. The defense sought Kerr connections. judge rules out. Only Mills and Fulbright testified, each saying Baker made no 1962 campaign contributions. Other lawmakers listed include Hayden Smothers Carlson Dirksen Morton Bennett. Ohio forecast notes: temperatures near normal. weekend rain chances.

Washington Bobby Baker Senate Savings and Loan Baker Savings and Loan Industry Robert S. Kerr D-Okla Kerr U.S. Dist Oliver Gasch Carl Hayden D-Ariz George A. Smothers D-Fla Frank Carlson Kan Everett M. Dirksen R-Il Thruston B. Morton R-Ky Wallace F. Bennett Utah

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North Viet Randolph Columbus Lyndon B. Johnson Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts Peter Hurd Young Blasts Job Corps Action Stephen M. Young Kiesinger Comics Ewan li Editorial Middleport Chauncey Nelsonville PT. Pleasant Logan State Street E. State St Eden and Jacobs Streets Logan Federal Savings and Loan Association Ross Cox Doug Geary Liu Shao-chi Liu Red Shanghai Liu Shaochi Kyodo Central Committee Chinese Communist Lin Piao Asahi Security Ministry Hsieh Fu-chih People’s Daily Red Flag Ackley Gen. Smith Solons Deny Baker Congress Rep Wilbur D. Mills Sen J. W. Fulbright D-Ark Edward Bennett Williams
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