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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1962

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Senate Bond Briefing On U.N. Fund Purchase Debate

Secretary of State Dean Rusk tests Senate Foreign Relations resolve as he briefs members on U.N. bonds funding Congo and Middle East operations. The plan to buy half of a 200 million dollar issue faces opposition from Sen. Byrd while Sen. Cooper backs the funding but demands full U.N. assessments.

Washington Dean Rusk Capitol Hill Senate Foreign Relations Committee U.S U.N Rusk Congress Kennedy Congo Middle East Harry F. Byrd Virginia John Sherman Cooper Kentucky

Balloon Explodes During Echo Satellite Test Flight

Cape Canaveral reports a large space balloon named Big Shot broke apart hundreds of miles above the Atlantic while inflating after a 6 06 a m Thor lift off. Pieces showered into the sea as technicians review film from the booster and search for a camera ejected into the water.

Cape Canaveral Fla Atlantic Cape Thor National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Agency

Hit Skipper Is Five Year Safe Driver

Akron police said charges will be filed today against truck driver John I Huffman 36 in the hit and skid deaths of two Akron teenagers Ernest A Beltram 16 and Robert Shearer Jr 15 cousins. Huffman admitted driving the car that struck the motorscooter carrying the boys and said he panicked after the accident fearing license revocation. He also noted a recent five year safe driver pin.

Akron Woodrow Meadows John I. Huffman Meadows Huffman

Four Cincinnati Bridges Opened After Severe Traffic Jam

All four bridges from Cincinnati to Northern Kentucky were open again today ending a five day traffic ordeal. Central Bridge between Cincinnati and Newport was reopened Sunday after weather repairs finished a week early. The Wednesday closure had caused the worst Cincinnati traffic jam as Northern Kentucky workers tried to reach Ohio during rush hour.

Cincinnati Kentucky Central Newport Ohio

Easy To Rent Vacancies By Advertising In Classifieds

If you have a vacancy now it will be easy to rent by placing a simple ad with the Classified department. Phone LY 3-1242 and you will be amazed by the response you receive. Do it now to start making the apartment pay for itself.

Viet Nam Receives Helicopters From U S Navy Carrier

Saigon troops receive two large Army helicopters and several observation planes aboard the Breton to aid President Diem against the Viet Cong. The carrier also carried seven jet fighters and a Neptune bomber awaiting transfer to Japan.

Saigon South Viet Nam Ngo Dinh Diem Yokosuka Naval Station Japan U. S U. S. Air Force Republic

Portugal Angolan Debate Clouds U N Ties

At the United Nations General Assembly the Angola debate tests U S Portugal relations as the 16th session resumes. The U S seeks a moderate resolution toward self determination for Angola while Portugal argues the issue is a domestic matter and may boycott.

United Nations N.Y U.N Angola United States Portugal General Assembly U.S Lisbon Assembly

Israeli Editor Sentenced 10 Years for Spy Case

TEL AVIV Israel a top military commentator was sentenced Sunday to ten years in prison for spying for an unnamed foreign power likely the Soviet Union. Israel Beer, convicted after a largely secret trial, said after arrest that he contacted agents because he believed that power would someday conquer the world.

Tel Aviv Israel Soviet Union Israel Beer

Temperatures Fall as Britain Switches to Celsius

Britain marks a switch from Fahrenheit to Celsius causing a steep temperature drop read across the nation. The move ends the traditional scale in favor of the centigrade measurement system across homes and offices.

Britain

Algiers City of Death Becomes Nightly Scene of Fear

In Algiers, sirens and police cars punctuate nightly fear as attacks claim Moslem and European victims. The Albatross radio network tallies daily deaths and curfew hours loom while residents seek normalcy with dances and champagne amidst rising tensions.

Algiers Albatross Chicago

Quiet Rites Set For Ernie Kovacs

Hollywood mourns Ernie Kovacs buried in simple Presbyterian rites at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills after a fatal Saturday crash. Edie Adams arranged the private burial with no eulogy while pallbearers include Jack Lemmon Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Billy Wilder Dick Quine and Joe Mikalos.

Ernie Hollywood Edie Adams Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Jack Lemmon Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Billy Wilder Dick Quine Joe Mikalos

Vandals Ransack Cleveland School

Classes were cancelled at Assumption School after vandals damaged 10 of 12 classrooms over the weekend. They overturned desks damaged equipment broke windows and splashed mimeograph ink on supplies. The incident prompted closures and an on site review by authorities.

Cleveland Assumption School

Reopen N W Merger Talks In Capitol

A hearing resumes today before ICC examiner Lester R Conley on the Norfolk and Western Railway merger plan. Since December the ACW&Y join has been added with other railroads Nickel Plate Wabash and Sandusky line of Pennsylvania. The AC&W stockholders must accept the purchase offer with 80 percent support.

Washington Norfolk & Western Railway Lester R. Conley Interstate Commerce Commission Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Co Nickel Plate Wabash Sandusky Pennsylvania Railroad N&w Ac&w ICC Ac&y Ac&y Board of Directors

New York Group Backs Study for Lake Erie to Ohio River Canal

A Youngstown hearing opened on a proposed 104 mile canal linking Lake Erie to the Ohio River. The New York State Waterways Association urged a coordinated study arguing the two water systems would work together if the canal from Ashtabula to near Rochester, Pennsylvania, is built.

New York Lake Erie Ohio River Youngstown New York State Waterways Association Ashtabula Rochester

DiSalle Plans Self-Financed Re election Campaign

Gov. Michael V. DiSalle said he will run his own reelection campaign without funds or help from state or county Democratic committees. He added he has no “flower fund” and did not seek jobs in return for contributions, admitting he may stumble through.

Columbus Michael V. DiSalle

U S and Common Market to sign big tariff cut pact

The United States and the six nation Common Market plan a 20 percent tariff reduction on hundreds of industrial goods with an accord likely to be signed in Brussels by Howard Peterson and Jean Rey. French objections on some chemicals noted but negotiations continue.

Brussels Belgium United States Howard Peterson Kennedy Jean Rey European Economic Community EEC U.S State Department

Gizenga censured by Congo Parliament after exile

In Leopoldville the Congo Parliament censured Antoine Gizenga by 67 votes to 1 with one abstention for defiance of the central government. Gizenga agreed to end his exile and return by Saturday after his bodyguard surrendered as Congolese troops closed in Stanleyville.

Leopoldville The Congo Antoine Gizenga U. N Stanleyville Gizenga Chamber of Deputies Cyrille Adoula Moise Tshombe Katanga

Excursion Ends In Tragedy At Haunted House

An 18 year old Cincinnati freshman Jack W. Langhorst was killed by a shotgun blast fired by the owner Harry Demoret 82 at his home after a group visited a reputed haunted house. Langhorst died from neck and back wounds in Butler County. Deputies report no charges against Demoret.

Hamilton Butler County Sheriff's Deputies Jack W. Langhorst Cincinnati Harry Demoret Langhorst Demoret

Catholic Bishop Opposes Federal Aid to Public Schools

Auxiliary Bishop John J. Whealon told over 1400 members at the Cleveland Diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies convention that federal funds for public schools would create a serious discrepancy in educational standards. He urged safeguarding the 5.3 million Catholic school children from a second-rate education.

Cleveland John J. Whealon Cleveland Diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies

GOP Tightens Lines Ahead of 1964 Budget Battles

Washington reports Republicans tighten election year stance as President Kennedy faces Republican opposition on fiscal policy and farm control. Senate leader Mansfield notes GOP help on Kennedy bills, while Kuchel predicts solid GOP unity on fundamentals and opposition to tax cuts. Goldwater urges clearer party separation from Democrats.

Kennedy Senate Mike Mansfield Montana Mansfield Congress Thomas H. Kuchel Calif Kuchel Agriculture Department Callifornia Barry Goldwater Goldwater Republican National Committee Oklahoma City

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