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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1955

Page

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Sabrejets Roar To Formosa In Defense Move

U S Sabre jets from Okinawa and the Philippines moved to Formosa to defend the Tachens and allied outposts against a possible Communist invasion. The 18th Fighter Bomber Wing with F 86 Sabres joins U S naval power near Taipei as carriers arrive in Formosa waters and the evacuation plan for the Tachens is readied.

Taipeh Formosa U.S Okinawa Philippines Ee Ae Ae A Singapore Midway U. S. Navy U. S Essex Yorktown Kearsarge Wasp Taipei Far East Tokyo

Knowland says Ike does not seek preventive war power

Senate Republican Leader Knowland says President Eisenhower does not view the Formosa resolution as authorizing preventive war. He told reporters after a White House meeting that the measure aims to promote peace in the Pacific, with clear limits on any potential retaliation unless attacked.

Ike Knowland Washington Senate Calif White House Eisenhower Formosa Senate Critica China Congress Pacific United States

Kyger Creek OVEC Plant Near Cheshire Opens Power Line

OVEC announces Kyger Creek and Clifty Creek plants now feeding the AEC Pike County project. Kyger Creek's 200,000 kilowatts start on line with a 330,000-volt transmission system near Cincinnati. The $145 million Kyger Creek project, built by Booth & Flinn, reduces delivery time and marks a major regional energy expansion involving 15 utilities and strong contractors.

Jallipolis Kyger Creek Ohio Valley Electric Corp Cheshire OVEC Atomic Energy Commission Pike County Kgger Creek Clifty Creek Madison Ind Ohio River Cincinnati AEC Ohio West Virginia Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Ohio Power Co Appalachian Elec Tric Power Co Philip Sporn Graham W. Va Ohio Valley Deer Creek Gallia Gallia County Messenger J. Samuel Peeps Gertrude Rothgeb Carman S. R Tom) Carman North American Coal Co Cleveland Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal C O Pierce Dearborn Lawrenceburg Booth & Flinn Pittsburgh

Financier Serge Rubinstein Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment

New York AP report says financier and draft dodger Serge Rubinstein was found bound and gagged in his Fifth Avenue luxury flat. Police fear murder or robbery after a ransacked room and a slept-in bed. Rubinstein, once a noted financial figure, had legal troubles including a deportation fight since 1952.

New York Serge Rubinstein Fifth Ave Rubinstein Dmitri Rasputin Moscow St. Petersburg

MacArthur At 75 Urges Global War Abolition

General Douglas MacArthur, veteran of wars from World War II to Korea, marked his 75th birthday in Los Angeles with a vow to outlaw war. He warned against silent patriotic seductions and urged rejection of party loyalties in a Civic Legion banquet and a statue dedication at MacArthur Park. He travels to New York to resume duties as Remington Rand board chairman.

Los Angeles Douglas MacArthur America Japan Far Eastern MacArthur MacArthur Park New York Remington Rand Corp American Legion

Forty Feared Lost On Fishing Ships Off Iceland

Hull England reports forty British seamen feared dead from two trawlers the Rodrigo and Lorella off Iceland. Each ship carried twenty men and sent distress signals during a hurricane and snow storm before going silent after seven minutes of radio chatter.

Hull England Iceland

Youths Take Cigars and Fall Ill After Smoking Them

Dallas police report ten to fourteen year old youths admitted stealing between two thousand and five thousand cigars from a tobac co salesman William Howard. They said each smoked only part of a cigar before becoming violently ill. Howard said the cigars were stale damaged stock kept to return to the factory.

Dallas Tex William Howard Howard

Savings Bond Sales Top $300 Million

Ohio was one of nine states over 100 million dollars in 1954 savings bond sales but did not reach its quota. Earl O. Shreven, director of the Treasury savings bond division, said Ohioans sold bonds totaling $329,761,000, reaching 96 percent of the state quota.

Washington Ohio Earl O. Shreven The Treasury

Ward County Woman Faces Murder Charge Amended to Manslaughter

In Gallipolis, Sylvia Marie Munde Ward, 35, will have her charge reduced from first degree murder to manslaughter after a press conference in Coroner Warehime's office. Ward is accused of fatally shooting her 37 year old husband Robert Ward last Thursday. The case was bound over to the grand jury without bond. prosecutors may reconvene the grand jury to pursue the amended charge.

Gallipolis George Ehman Sylvia Marie Munde

Reds Stockpile Nuclear Arms

Dayton—Air Force vice chief Gen Thomas D White warned that Russia is stockpiling tremendously destructive nuclear weapons and a bomber fleet capable of striking North America. He said the threat is here today and urged U S leaders to act with urgency.

Dayton Air Force Russia North America Thomas D. White Chamber of Commerce

Genoa to present statue to Columbus in Ohio

Genoa Italy officials plan to gift a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus to Columbus Ohio. The Genoa Chamber of Commerce will raise five million lire roughly seven thousand five hundred dollars for the gift.

Genoa Italy Columbus Ohio City

Pirates Raid Coastal Village Steals 29 Sewing Machines

Reports from Jakarta say 2 pirates raided a remote coastal village and fled with 29 sewing machines and 20 bicycles. No injuries are mentioned and authorities have not released any further details.

Jakarta Indonesia

Correspondents Face Stringent Navy News Blackout Formosa

American correspondents with the U S 7th Fleet off Formosa face near total censorship with Navy rules forbidding reporting on fleet movements size disposition intentions and possible damage. Writers must submit stories for clearance from ship captains to Pearl Harbor and Washington for ultimate release, yielding only minor features.

Taipeh Formosa U. S Navy Pacific Fleet Pearl Harbor Navy Chief of Information Washington

Navy to Launch New All Purpose Destroyer USS Forrest P. Sherman

The Navy unveils its first postwar all purpose destroyer with the christening of USS Forrest P. Sherman in Bath Maine. The vessel will be quickly producible and will exceed 35 knots with aluminum superstructure and improved habitability for 350 crew.

Washington Forrest P. Sherman Admiral Sherman Naval Operations Bath Maine Quincy Mass Bethlehem Steel Corp Navy

Cutter Rescues Plane Crew in Atlantic Ditching

A U S Coast Guard cutter rescued six crewmen and two passengers from a four engine C 54 that ditched in a stormy Atlantic more than 800 miles east of Bermuda after contacting a radar rendezvous with a plane bound from the Azores to Bermuda. All hands were saved as rain and rough seas raged before nightfall.

New York Coast Guard Atlantic Bermuda Military Air Transport Service Azores U. S. Air Force

Clad in Nightie Refuses Rescue in Minneapolis Fire

Mrs. Pearl McKersie, 41, refused assistance from firemen as they raised a ladder to her second floor smoke filled bedroom. Flames spread from the living room but she wore a short nightie and did not want to be embarrassed by climbing down. Firemen battered down the front and quelled the blaze before guiding her down the stairs wrapped in blankets.

Minneapolis Pearl McKersie

Heavily Burned Man Discovered After Three Weeks

Cambridge resident Victory J. Killinay, 69, who lived alone, was found yesterday by a neighbor in his country home. He survived by eating bread after a kerosene stove exploded, leaving him with extensive burns and he was hospitalized at Guernsey Memorial Hospital.

Cambridge Victory J. Killinay Guernsey Memorial Hospital

Bill to Open South East Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital

A bill proposes opening The South East Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital in Nelsonville for Ohio residents with or suspected of TB. It states the facility would provide care and costs would be borne by the state or county authorities.

Ohio Oe County Nelsonville

Proposed Law Seeks Ohio Direct Vote for Governor

Ohio senator David McK Ferguson proposes a censuit amendment creating an Ohio electoral college of 136 members to elect the governor by indirect vote, amid discussions of abolishing the U S electoral college.

Columbus U. S Ohio David McK. Ferguson Guernsey Hay

Bus with 40 to 45 children collides with auto in ditch

In Prescott Michigan a school bus carrying forty to forty five children struck a car and slid into a ditch. Three teachers in the car were injured and three children sustained minor injuries but were treated and released.

Prescott Mich

Old Bombs Exploded Shaking Desert Area

A tremendous explosion at Dugway Proving Ground Utah released a black smoke cloud after the detonation of half a million pounds of obsolete bombs. Army and Air Force personnel set off the munitions in the desert test.

Dugway Proving Ground Utah Air Force

Cold Air Mass Moves Toward Ohio Tonight

Ohio endures the coldest winter weather as a northwest air mass sweeps in from Iowa. Sub zero temperatures are expected across the state with Columbus and Cleveland recording lows near three degrees and Akron and Youngstown hit by more snow. Forecasters warn of another low pressure area from Saskatchewan bringing more snow late Friday.

Ohio Columbus Weather Bureau Iowa Cleveland Youngstown Akron Cincinnati Toledo Wro Dayton State Highway Patrol Saskatchewan Way

House Studies GI Schooling Plan as Early Veterans Bill

House leaders move to quick action on a limited GI schooling bill granting about 1 400 000 armed forces members the right to postservice education beyond January 31. Eisenhower’s order set the cutoff and canceled some Korea War veterans benefits for men entering service afterward.

Washington House Congress Eisenhower

Cyclist Loses Wheel in Fatal Mt Healthy Crash

Magdalena Lutkehaus, 6, died after an accident involving a bicycle in Mt Healthy. Dennis Gates told police the front wheel came off as he braked after seeing the girl crowing the street and he was thrown over the handlebars against the woman.

Magdalena Lutkehaus Dennis Gates

Fight Counties Named Best in Conservation Effort

The Ohio Federation of Soil Conservation Districts honored eight Ohio counties for exemplary work in soil and water conservation. Officials cited strong local programs and community engagement across the districts recognized.

Ohio Federation of Sail Conservation Districts Ohio Aes Eeer

Pride of the 7th Fleet Commands Waters Around Formosa

Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride, 57, bald grandfather and former Navy test pilot, leads the U.S. 7th Fleet guarding Formosa. Joined Navy 37 years ago as an enlisted man and is praised as fair, steady, and deeply respected by his subordinates.

Taipeh Formosa U. S.S Annapolis U.S. 7Th Fleet Alfred M. Pride Navy Pride 7Th Fleet

Kin Press for Visit Kin Press for Visit

Relatives of two captive American airmen pressed the State Department for clearance to visit their kin in Chinese communist prisons. Mr and Mrs Harold Fischer Sr of Swea City telegraphed Secretary of State Dulles expressing willingness to take risks to see their son, Capt Harold Fischer Jr. He has been imprisoned since April 1962 after being shot down over Korea.

Swea City Lowe State Department Trig Harold Fischer Dulles Capt Harold Fischer, Jr Korea

Chiang Kai-shek will not veto UN cease-fire plan

The New York Herald Tribune reports the U.S. government has assurances from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek that his government will not veto or oppose any reasonable cease-fire resolution in the United Nations Security Council. The claim appeared as Senate debated a resolution authorizing force to defend Formosa and the Pescatores.

New York New York Herald Tribune U. S Chiang Kai-shek United Nations Security Council Washington Dispatch Senate Eisenhower Formosa Pescatores

Bank of England Raises Interest Rate Today

The Bank of England raised its interest rate from 3 percent to 3 percent. As the central clearing house for British banking, its action influences all financial institutions and the cost of borrowing in the country.

Bank of England London Bank of E Bank of England i Great Britain

Genuine Polish Sausage The Real McCoy Sign

A downtown Baltimore storefront displays a sign reading Genuine Polish Sausage The Real McCoy, celebrating a regional specialty and branding. The wording highlights authenticity and local flavor for shoppers.

Celtic Delight Baltimore

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