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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1963

Page

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Accident Kills Jackson Nurse in Route 35 Crash

Kathryn Elaine Spencer 22 of Jackson died on arrival at Holzer Hospital after a one car crash on Route 35 seven miles west of Thurman. Dr. Harold B. Young 51 of Jackson was admitted with head and leg injuries. Coroner says Spencer died of multiple injuries including basal skull fracture. Investigation ongoing.

Gallipolis Kathryn Elaine Spencer Jackson Holzer Hospital Route Thurman Donald R. Warehime Gallia County Miss Spencer Plummer Funeral Home Harold B. Young Young Old State St D. O. Kaut Richwood W. Va Route 35

Congress Will Cut and Restore Kennedy Requests

Washington observers note the pattern of the 88th Congress trimming President Kennedy's new appropriation requests and restoring many cuts in the following year. Historical records show about $12.5 billion in reductions and nearly $20 billion in supplemental and deficiency funding over the past five fiscal years, with the heaviest cuts in election years.

Washington Congress Kennedy

Jet air intake kills soldier at Fargo base

An Air National Guardsman, M. Sgt. Gordon Wilde, 43, of Fargo, died Thursday after being sucked into the two foot high oval air intake of a jet fighter while inspecting the F89 engine. In Clemson South Carolina Clemson College announced plans for a last-ditch legal effort to block Harvey Gantt from integrating an all white public school in the state.

Fargo N. D Air National Clemson S. C Clemson College Harvey Gantt

Research Development Urged In Ohio

The Ohio Research and Development Council tells Gov. Rhodes that the state must lead in boosting research and development at educational institutions. It offers to act as an outside agency and aims to increase industry funding, industry education cooperation, and provide public and technical information on research and development.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Research and Development Council James A. Rhodes

Burton Wife Defies Divorce Amid Taylor Rumors

London reports quote Sybil Burton calling the divorce rumors ridiculous and say she will not grant Richard Burton a divorce. She denies any agreement for a $500,000 settlement tied to his marriage plans with Elizabeth Taylor. In another item Columbus notes Donald B. Leach of the unemployment compensation bureau plans to resign after March 1.

London Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor Richard Sybil Burton United States Burton Miss Taylor Columbus Donald B. Leach Bureau of

Cargo Ship Heads For Cuba With More Castro Ransom

The Shirley Lykes sails from Port Everglades toward Havana with 7000 tons of ransom supplies for Fidel Castro. A Pan Am plane will carry 10000 pounds of cargo to Cuba and return with more Cuban Americans, awaiting the ship’s arrival in Miami.

Shirley Lykes Havana Red Cross Cuba Fidel Castro Pan American World Airways Miami Port Everglades Baltimore Castro Florida New Orleans United States

Chinese Red Jeered by German Communists at East Berlin

In East Berlin delegates from 70 Communist parties jeered Wu Hsiuchuan of China during a speech at the East Germany party congress. Khrushchev, absent, spent the morning at a television factory as 2500 delegates stamped and hissed in protest of Wu's attack on Soviet leadership. Briley treated for hepatitis in Toledo Mercy Hospital after losing Senate bid.

Berlin Wu Hsiuchuan Khrushchev East Berlin Cuba Paul Werner Communist Party

Truman Undergoes Hernia Surgery at Research Hospital

Former President Harry S. Truman, 78, underwent routine hernia repair at Research Hospital in Kansas City Missouri. He entered surgery before 8 a.m. and moved to the recovery room at 9 55 a.m. The hospital reported no complications and said he was in satisfactory condition.

Kansas City Harry S. Truman Research Hospital Truman

Republicans Study Ohio in Columbus Chapter Visit

Republican officials from Missouri and Massachusetts visited Columbus to study the operation of the state GOP headquarters and party activities in Ohio. An Indiana group had conducted a similar study earlier this year.

Columbus Missouri Massachusetts GOP Ohio Indiana

Religious Leaders Decry Segregation As Bible Calls It Sin

About 650 clergy and lay leaders from Roman Catholic Protestant and Jewish groups condemned racial discrimination as an insult to God At a four day National Conference on Religion and Race they planned regional conferences in 10 target cities Chicago Detroit San Antonio Atlanta Oakland San Francisco St Louis Pittsburgh Seattle and New Orleans The delegates urged churches to act while noting no binding authority back home They called racism Americas gravest domestic evil and pressed equal rights voting access fair public facilities and equal education and opportunity across society.

Chicago United States Detroit San Antonio Atlanta Oakland San Francisco St. Louis Pittsburgh Seattle New Orleans

Guard Change Being Studied

Officials of the State Adjutant General's Department study a reorganization directive affecting Ohio Army National Guard units outside the 37th Infantry Division. The National Guard Bureau in Washington issued the latest authorization, while reorganization of the 37th Division was announced a week earlier. Ohio's Democratic senators Lausche and Young back a bill to exempt Amish and others with religious scruples from Social Security taxes and benefits.

Columbus State Adjutant General’s Department Ohio Washington Frank J. Lausche Stephen M. Young

Ohio Democrats split over party leadership and 1964 plans

Senator Stephen Young and Senator Lausche claim top Ohio Democratic party influence while former Gov. DiSalle is out. Young praised Coleman but hinted at changes after last November’s Republican landslide. He dodged a 1964 candidacy, citing filing deadlines, and offered regional chair ideas. In Korea a coastal ferry capsized off the southwest coast, 80 to 100 Koreans aboard, one rescued.

Michael V. DiSalle Young Ohio Ohio Fair Managers Association Lausche William L. Coleman Coleman The Fair Managers Kennedy Democrats Grant Keys Elyria Seoul Korea

Permission Granted For 37 Rehirings At Ohio State Hospitals

Thirty seven workers who lost jobs due to Gov Rhodes payroll cutback were rehired Thursday after Athens State Hospital supervisors approved reinstatement for posts deemed critical. A spokesman said 37 were contacted and reported back on duty, including seven registered nurses, as overall layoffs affected 176 at Athens and hundreds more across Ohio institutions.

Athens State Hospital James A. Rhodes Athens Hospital Athens Ohio University Gallipolis Institute Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital Nelsonville Gallipolis State Institute George R. Roberts State Hospital Bureau of Unemployment Compensation BUC Ohio Rhodes Richard Krabach Krabach Department of Finance

Brandt Declines Khrushchev Berlin Meeting Invitation

West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt refused Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s invitation to cross the Berlin Wall for a talk on the city’s future. Brandt cited pressure from coalition partners the Christian Democrats and said the move would not proceed for the moment. The refusal follows debates over Cold War diplomacy in a city under Allied control.

Berlin Nikita Khrushchev Willy Brandt West Berlin Brandt Christian Democrats Berlin Wall Konrad Adenauer Khrushchev

Racine Dam Foundation Bids Opened

A bid of 5131 0.68 submitted by Sprague and Hinewood Inc Scranton Pa was apparently low on a Corps of Engineers project at the Racine Locks and Dam on the Ohio River. Four firms bid for foundation investigation estimated at 61560 by the corps. The site is four miles upstream from Racine and two miles downstream from Letart.

Racine Sprague and Hinewood, Inc Scranton Corps of Engineers Racine Locks Ohio River Corps Letart

Lancasterite Named Buyer Chief at State Highway Department

Homer Helser, 60, of Lancaster, was named chief of the purchasing section of the state highway department. John D. Cole of Mansfield was designated by Attorney General William B. Saxbe to represent the state before the Board of Liquor Control. In Washington, Rep. Robert T. Secrest of Ohio, a freshman Democrat, was assigned to the Veterans Affairs Committee.

Columbus Homer Helser Lancaster State Highway Department John D. Cole Mansfield William B. Saxbe Board of Liquor Control Washington Robert T. Secrest Ohio House Veterans Affairs Committee

Religious migration rocks Iola Kansas as Bethel Baptists relocate

About 30 Bethel Baptist Church members from Hutchinson move to Iola 160 miles away led by Pastor Don Kindhart. Families unload from a truck at Madison Avenue Church while others from Oklahoma Missouri and Illinois are to follow. Mayor McDonald hopes they find work as Allen County faces a heavy relief burden.

Iola Kan Kansas Jim Hoss Hutchinson Bethel Baptist Church Tola Madison Avenue Church Oklahoma Missouri Illinois Don Kindhart First Baptist Church of D. A. McDonald Jr Allen County

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New York Wayne Morse Thomas Gleason International Longshoremen’s Association Amintore Fanfani Fanfani U.S J. M. Briley Toledo John Marshall Briley U.S. Senate Mercy Hospital USS Ohio Democratic Party Dayton Robert Wayne Lee Henry Lee Khru E. Berlin Racine Dam Foundation Lancasterite Secrest Robert L. White Kent State University George Bowman Bowman News Index Chauncey Ll Editorial Glouster Pleasant Pomeroy Middleport
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