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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1954

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Health proposal ends dispute over Berlin parley site

Big Four experts arrange security and housekeeping for the Berlin foreign ministers conference after a compromise set the opening for next Monday. Deputy commandants from the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union will meet to plan logistics communications and press arrangements for the session on German unity and the Austrian peace treaty.

Berlin Sergei Dengin East Berlin Allied Control Council Germany Austria International Press Corps U. S State Dulles Anthony Eden George Bidault V. M. Molotov

Yugoslavia Expels Dijilas After Tito Attacks Aide

In Belgrade the Yugoslav Communist Central Committee unanimously expelled Vice President Milovan Dijilas after Tito denounced him for trying to liquidate the party and adopt capitalism. Dijilas resigned as chairman of the Yugoslav Parliament and warned he could face further action. The purge marks a major political clash since the war.

Belgrade Yugoslavia Yugoslav Communist Party Milovan Dijilas Marshal Tito Tito Djilas Red Party Dijilas Borba Slovenia Communist Party

Italy's Chief Names Cabinet Amid Political Crisis

Amintore Fanfani, a Christian Democrat, submits a 19 member cabinet to President Einaudi to end Italy's 13 day political crisis. Parliament must approve and the Chamber of Deputies vote on January 26 to hear his program. The cabinet, except for one independent, is all Christian Democrats.

Rome Amintore Fanfani Christian Democrat Luigi Einaudi Italy Einaudi Fanfani Chamber of Deputies

Full Moon Eclipse Visible Tonight Across Eastern Sky

A full lunar eclipse is visible tonight for Eastern observers. The earth’s shadow will darken the moon to copper at 9:17 p.m. EST with a peak about half an hour, while darkening begins 6:40 p.m. and ends around 12:24 a.m. Brightening lasts until 11:14 p.m.

New York

UN and India Clash Over Korean War POW Repatriation Plans

In Panmunjom Indian Lt. Thimayya warns freeing anti Communist prisoners before fate is decided would violate the armistice. The UNC proceeds to release over 22,000 unrepatriated POWs as civilians, while talks for a peace conference stall. Mrs Pandit urges UN General Assembly reconvening to reassess Korea amid new developments.

Panmunjom K. S. Thimayya UNC New Delhi Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit UN Assembly Korea General Assembly

Ohioan Cited As Tax Evader

Poncet Davis, a wealthy Ohio and Alabama industrialist, goes on trial in Federal Court in Cleveland for evading 738 249 in income taxes from 1945 through 1948. He leads Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. and faces up to 20 years. Davis allegedly diverted corporate income for personal use.

Cleveland Poncet Davis Ohio Alabama Akron Robbins Tire & Rubber Co Tuscumbia Ala Davis Washington House Internal Revenue Department Charles Oliphant Bureau Florida Oliphant

Conservation Panel Formed to Coordinate Ohio Plans

Cleveland report notes a state-wide conservation committee formed by specialists in soil water farms and forests. Howard M. Wells of Wilkesville president of the Ohio Forestry Assn heads the effort with E. B. McConnell of Standard Oil Co of Ohio named to lead the new panel coordinating plans for the next decade.

Cleveland Ohio Forestry Assn Howard M. Wells Wilkesville E. B. McConnell Standard Oil Co Ohio

Baby Found Abandoned In Telephone Booth Near Lancaster

A two month old boy found abandoned in a telephone booth near Lancaster remains unidentified. If investigators cannot establish his identity, welfare authorities will take custody of the infant.

Lancaster Ohio

Auto strike kills Perry County man in New Straitsville

Matthew Cox 75 of New Straitsville died Saturday after being struck by a car on Route 216 east of town. Leonard White of New Straitsville drove him to Mount St. Mary Hospital where he died Sunday at 3 p.m. Services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Mills and Brown funeral home with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery, Nelsonville. Cox is survived by a sister and several nieces and nephews.

Matthew Cox New Straitsville Cox Leonard White Perry County White Mount St. Mary Hospital Elizabeth Miller Nelsonville

Police Seek Otto Loel in Fatal Cabin Stabbing

Police alerted in a hunt for Otto Loel a 43 year old Navy construction worker wanted for the fatal stabbing of Elizabeth Henderson in an Oklahoma City tourist cabin. Henderson met Loel in California and planned to travel east with him toward Newark. Authorities said Loel may be in Ohio New York or Oregon as they trace his movements.

Columbus Ohio Otto Loel Newark Oklahoma City Okla Elizabeth Henderson Henderson Loel California Helen Cole New York Oregon

British hold ex GI son abduction case at London airport

Scotland Yard held a six year old U S born boy and his father Harry Hillers at a London airport amid custody disputes. Hillers seeks to return Jimmy to Brooklyn while German wife Hanna asserts custody rights. Police say no charges yet and will monitor to prevent premature departure pending German authorities’ guidance.

London Scotland Yard U. S Brooklyn Harry Hillers Jimmy New York Hillers Stuttgart Germany Hanna United States Wif

Relief for chronic asthma shown at Baltimore meeting

Dr Leslie N Gay of Johns Hopkins told a regional American College of Physicians assembly that ACTH injections in gelatin form relieved asthma in about five of every hundred cases without hospitalization. He said gelatin slows absorption allowing larger doses and avoiding hospital stays. The method contrasts with earlier crystalline ACTH injections that required hospitalization due to rapid absorption.

Baltimore Leslie N. Gay Johns Hopkins School of Medicine American College of Physicians Gay

Vaccine supply expansion targets 500000 polio trials

The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis stated it hopes to have sufficient trial polio vaccine available for at least 500000 second grade school children before June.

New York National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis

Wrist Phone Era Foreseen in Dick Tracy Style

Cleo F. Craig of AT T predicts in U S News that within 19 years many users will dial long distance directly while full TV phones remain distant. He notes Englewood New Jersey tests show about six percent dialed and four percent via operator. Possible futures include wireless telephone transmission and voice number dialing.

Washington Cleo_ F. Craig American Telephone & Telegraph Co Craig U. S. News and World Report Englewood N. J

Freak Storm Follows Arctic Winds Across the Plains

Bitter arctic air spread from the North Central states toward the east and south with subzero readings along the Canadian border. Temperatures fell from Montana to Maine as a new storm in Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri brought winds up to 60 miles per hour heavy snow and lightning followed by plummeting temperatures. Three people died one from exposure and two in automobile crashes blamed on hazardous driving conditions.

North Central States Canadian Montana Maine North Carolina Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Texas New Mexico Mid-Continent Oklahoma Kansas Missouri

Autos Crash Kills Seven on Highway 66 East of Azusa

Seven people died and three were critically hurt when a car carrying six teens from a high school dance crossed the center line on VA 5 Highway 66 near Azusa. Victims include Harlan L. Lamb 20 driver, and six others from Azusa Glendora and Pasadena.

Azusa Calif VA. 5 Here Harlan L. Lamb K. Roger Frechette Dory MecNiel Peggy Wermes Wilma Elaine Burian Emma Jo Bratton Glendora M. M Caullay Pasadena

Boys Admit Looting Church and Horse Theft in Ohio

Two boys aged 12 and 10 confessed to about a year of crimes including horse theft and stealing from an airplane. They were nabbed exiting a basement window at a metal products firm and linked to looting Pilgrim Baptist Church and other burglaries.

Hamilton Ohio Pilgrim Baptist Church

Civil War Veteran Thomas Evans Riddle Dies

Austin Texas report states Thomas Evans Riddle, 107, one of the last five living Civil War veterans, lay critically ill today from pneumonia.

Austin Tex Thomas Evans Riddle

Pottstown wife faced in fatal shooting after husband staged death

Susan Zayac is held without bail for grand jury as police present her account of a fatal shooting in which her husband George, 38, allegedly directed a reenacted death scene. He instructed her to load a Mauser rifle and fire, dying from a chest wound after the event occurred Saturday following a quarrel.

Pottstown Susan Zayac George Zayac Zaync

Plan Salvage of Jet Plane

British Civil Aviation Minister Alan Lennox-Boyd visited Elba to inspect the Jan 10 crash of a BOAC Comet. Four warships will raise the airliner to determine the cause, under Adm. Lord Mountbatten. Wreckage netted. five $20 checks to Dorothy Beecher Baker of Lima, Ohio. Security investigators were sent to Beirut, Karachi, Bangkok, Singapore.

Rome Alan Lennox-Boyd Elba British Admiralty British Overseas Airways BOAC Adm Lord Mountbatten Mediterranean Dorothy Beecher Baker Lima Ohio Beirut Lebanon Karachi Pakistan Bangkok Thailand Singapore

Ohio Newsman Raps Ousted Red Prober

Cincinnati reporter James H. Ratliff of The Cincinnati Enquirer said the fired chief investigator of the House Un American Activities Committee tried to block his testimony on Communist activities. He cited Louis J. Russell, a 42 year old ex FBI agent, who allegedly told him congressional members were window dressings and staff members were the important keys.

Cincinnati James H. Ratliff The Cincinnati Enquirer House Un-American Activities Committee Lous J. Russell FBI Keys Velde (Riil Russell

Editorial Cartoonist Ray Evans Sr Dies in Columbus

Ray O. Evans Sr, 66, longtime editorial cartoonist for the Columbus Dispatch, died at home. His 44 year career included 32 years at the Dispatch and his work was widely reprinted by newspapers across the United States.

Columbus Ohio Ray O. Evans The Columbus Dispatch Evans United States

Congressional probe urged into Ohio axle-mile tax

Rep. Ayres of Ohio demanded a congressional investigation into Ohio's year old axle-mile tax on trucks in a House resolution. The move targets the tax policy and its impact on interstate trucking and state finances.

Washington Ohio F.ep. Ayres House

Benson Faces Quiz on Farm Policy Today

Senator Ellender of Louisiana said he will question Secretary Benson on who suggested the Eisenhower farm program and why. The senior Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee invited Benson to provide an outlook for agriculture as debates over flexible supports and pricing continue. Ellender criticized the proposed sliding scale for tobacco and other crops and urged lower planting and marketing controls to avoid surplus and price declines.

Washington Sen Ellender D-La Benson Eisenhower Senate Agriculture Committee Aiken R-Vt

Ike To Request Surplus Crops To Aid Allies

President Eisenhower plans to ask Congress to authorize up to one billion dollars in surplus farm products to bolster allied economies. Secretary Benson disclosed the plan before the Senate Agriculture Committee, detailing a farm program that uses surpluses in addition to two billion dollars already insulated from regular supplies for disaster relief school lunch programs and national emergency stockpiling.

Eisenhower Eisenhowers Congress Washington Secretary of Agriculture Benson Senate Agriculture Committee

Ransom lip Proved Hoax in Greenlease Case

LAS VEGAS reporting that Frank Beninato admitted to the FBI the ransom story about a man taking a suitcase from a police car during the Greenlease kidnapping was a hoax. He says he lied to get even with his wife and a former St. Louis officer. Shoulders and Dolan were indicted for perjury over their handling of the ransom money.

Las Vegas Newv Greenlease St. Louis FBI Frank Beninato Tampa Fla Lewi Shoulders Beninato Elmer Dolan Carl Austin Hall

Military Nabs Leader of Mexican Revolt in Chihuahua

Mexican military authorities Sunday announced the arrest of an alleged ringleader of an unsuccessful revolt in Chihuahua. Gen Antonio Romero commander of operations said tranquility reigns after a raid on a military garrison Friday and the slaying of two rural guards.

Chihuahua Mexico Antonio Romero el Paso Times

Fishermen Rescued After Bear Lake Ice Breaks

Seventy fishermen stranded on Bear Lake rode an ice floe for three hours Sunday after waves from a Lake Michigan tanker split the ice. Police, fire crews and volunteers rescued all to shore in rescue boats with none harmed.

Muskegon Mid Bear Lake Lake Michigan

Fourteen Die In Accidents In Ohio

Fourteen people died in accidents across Ohio from Saturday p.m. to midnight. Names include C. Trippett 57 in Cincinnati from carbon monoxide, Leroy Sanders 6 Akron in a bridge crash, Marvin Moore 29 Elyria after a tree collision, Alberta Wilson 29 Cleveland in a two car crash, Fred Cheek 21 Lockland in a pole collision at West Chester, James Smith 17 Sinking Spring in Highland County from ditching exposure and alcoholism, Robert Lee Campbell 23 Reading after his car struck a railroad engine at St Bernard.

Ohio Fuis C. Trippett Cincinnati Leroy Sanders Akron Marvin Moore Elyria Alberta Wilson Cleveland Fred Cheek Lockland West Chester Butler Coun James Smith Sinking Spring Highland County Bainbridge Ross County Robert Lee Campbell Reading St. Bernard

Train Car Collision Kills Five Of Family

RUSHVILLE Ind. Four five members of one family died in a railroad crossing crash on a country road in southeastern Indiana. The car driven by Harlan Vail ofarksburg hit a New York Central freight train two miles south of Milroy. Vail and his wife Fluth aged 33 perished along with their children Sandra 14 Jerry 8 and Michael 2.

Rushville Ind Indiana Harlan Wail

Wage boosts sought by 250 Pace workers in Ohio

In Lorain and Elyria 250 Pace workers push for wage increases to reduce living costs. A spokesman says it is high time the cost of living began to go downward.

Lorain Ohio Elyria

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