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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1961
Page
1
Eisenhower submits an 80.9 billion farewell budget proposing a 1.5 billion surplus contingent on Congress Kennedy and fate. To fund the surplus he would raise postal rates tax gasoline and establish jet fuel tax while expanding defense space and aid programs.
Baluba warriors attacked a hospital at Luena wounding a Belgian doctor while opening fire on Moroccan UN troops. Moroccans returned fire. no casualties reported. UN reports also note white refugees entering a Goma shelter and six American missionaries seized across the Ruzizi frontier.
In Columbus the Republican legislature will hear the Democratic view on the state budget for the next two years. Gov DiSalle proposes two budgets a hold the line plan and an expanded program with progressive steps. Educational and mental health programs loom large as lawmakers draft a budget through June 30 1963. Hearings on unemployment compensation extending benefits from 26 to 39 weeks are set for Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
In St. Marys West Virginia two workers are missing and presumed dead after an explosion and fire at the Quaker State oil refinery causing about 1 million dollars in damage authorities said no trace of the men has been found despite searches by rescue teams and local crews.
The Civil Rights Commission says the federal government has been a silent partner in creating and perpetuating separate colleges for Negroes, arguing federal action enabled institutional segregation.
The Algerian rebel government in exile suggested the United Nations could help create conditions for a vote on Algeria's future. The proposal signals international involvement in shaping steps toward potential self determination.
Formosa report shows Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang obtaining 746 seats out of 929 on the island's city and county councils after Sundays elections.
Negotiators hammered out a pre dawn settlement ending a 27 hour transit strike in Philadelphia. City officials and transit workers reached terms before dawn to resume service.
In Athens Georgia Charlayne A Hunter and Hamilton E Holmes the first Black students admitted to the University of Georgia under a federal order returned to classes as state troopers stood by Eighty troopers were present to ensure safety and prevent further suspensions after campus riots last week.
Jury selection started today in the first degree murder case of William Lloyd Sparkman, 34, a trucker accused in the June 27 slaying of William Moore, 35, a trucking firm dispatcher.
Two Meigs County men died and a third was seriously injured in a head on crash with a dairy truck on Route 62 near West Columbia West Virginia early today. Orville Clayton Brown 42 of Pomeroy Route 3 and Raymond Spencer about 45 of Pomeroy Route 3 were killed. Spencer's son Charles 21 is in fair condition at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis with external and internal injuries. The three men were en route to work at B and B Coal Co West Columbia when the crash occurred at 541 a.m. The dairy truck driven by Homer Whittington 28 of Point Pleasant Route 2 swerved to avoid rocks on the highway and struck the Brown car which then rolled over and went off an embankment onto a railroad. The Brown car was demolished. The dairy truck contained milk and ice cream. damage to the truck and contents was about 9000. Brown is survived by his wife Dorothy a daughter and multiple relatives. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Ew ing funeral home Pomeroy. Raymond Spencer's funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Amid Cuba’s Escambray Mountains fighting, 10 000 to 15 000 militiamen led by Fidel Castro surround rebel bands. Reports say the operation aims to crush rebellion with shelling and bombardment while evacuees describe heavy military action and arrests in nearby provinces.
President Eisenhower and Kennedy advisers clash over forecasts of budget surpluses. Kennedy task force predicts red ink this year due to recession, while Eisenhower cites a $79 million 1961 surplus and $1.5 billion 1962 surplus unless postal rates rise by April 1 1961. Congress may delay action.
Ohio weather overview shows temperatures averaging 4 to 6 degrees above normal with highs from 36 to 39 and lows around 20. A warmer trend is expected Tuesday and Wednesday, then little change before a colder turn at week’s end. Precipitation averages 0.1 to 0.3 inch, with occasional snow north and rain south toward week’s end.
Joe Moore of Shade Ohio advertised good clover hay and corn in The Messenger. The ad sold the hay and corn in one day prompting the paper to note the quick action of Messenger Want Ads. To place an ad call LY 3-1242.
President Eisenhower outlined in his budget message the plan for manned orbital flights and a lunar probe within the next fiscal year. He noted about one quarter of Civilian Space Agency funds for 1962 would go to the Saturn booster and continued development of communications and weather satellites for global systems.
Belgium's work force returned to jobs today after 28 days of mass strikes. This action followed widespread protests and halted industry as unions pressed for wage and policy concessions. Responses from officials noted restored operations and ongoing talks to resolve disputes.
President Eisenhower faces a sweeping cabinet resignation as every member plans to depart by next Friday. Analysts assess potential replacements and implications for policy direction during the transition.
New data shift location of crime scene in the Edythe Klumpp murder case. Eyeglasses and necklace linked to Louise Bergen set the death at Anderson Two dead end road, while a blood stained child’s clothing and type O blood in tests add complications. Governor DiSalle supports Klumpp account and implicates Bergen’s ex husband. Prosecutor Hover declines to reopen.
Meigs County Commissioners authorized an additional 5000 for highway department operations, about one third of engineer Stanley Blazewicz’s request. Commissioners Avery Nelson and Don Mullen anticipated third commissioner Dan Hartinger’s attendance at a meeting to decide further action, postponing any new concrete steps on highway requests. The 1961 county appropriation resolution remains unsettled.
Manhattan Borough President Hulan E. Jack receives a one year suspended sentence for conspiracy and violation of the city charter in connection with a $4000 apartment remodeling deal.
Ground personnel strike against Eastern Air Lines forces cancellation of all flights in and out of Mexico City on Sunday.
Jakarta reports the Soviet Union signed a contract with Indonesia to construct two atomic reactors, signaling a strategic energy collaboration between the nations. The agreement outlines construction and cooperation terms for the nuclear project.
Britain and the United Arab Republic announced completed arrangements to resume diplomatic relations, signaling a thaw in postwar official contacts and potential embassies reopening.
Wintry weather returned to the north east with snow sleet rain and strong winds. Up to a half foot of snow fell in parts of the storm belt from New England to West Virginia. Connecticut reported 6 to 12 inches. Gale winds and high tides threatened flooding along the northeast coast. Wet weather extended into the Ohio Valley and south toward Tennessee the Carolinas and northern Georgia.
A lifeboat tragedy unfolds as 28 men are missing after an Air Force radar tower collapsed in a storm 80 miles southeast of New York. Wreckage, a mattress, a life preserver and an oil slick signal the disaster at the six story Texas Tower, damaged earlier by hurricane Donna and under repair.
Eisenhower budget for 12 months starting July 1 lists SEO appropriations for flood control, navigation and reclamation. Items include $900,000 for Belleville Locks and Dam on the Ohio River, $20,000 for Hocking River surveys, $500,000 for Ohio River basin review, $29,000 for Tom Jenkins reservoir in Athens County, and $345,000 for Muskingum River reservoirs.
Rebel forces seized the Ta Vieng staging base in Laos, threatening government plans to attack north. Government troops and civilians dug trenches in Vientiane and Luang Prabang as a new Red offensive pressed the capital. Premier Boun Oum used four T6 planes from the United States to strike back, claiming damage on rebel lines, while rumors of capital evacuation sparked denials. China backed Cambodia in proposing a 14 nation parley to end the Laotian conflict with Peiping urging Britain and the Soviet Union to convene soon.
William Wallace Barron took the oath of office as West Virginia’s 26th governor just after midnight in Charleston.
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