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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1957

Page

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Ohio Governor’s State-of-the-State Outlines Tax-Free Future

Gov. C. William O’Neill unveils a multi-year program stressing road building, mental health, care for the elderly, education, water resources, and civil rights while noting no state income tax. He promises a balanced two-year budget and efficiency drives in the Finance Department with a new management division. Legislative leaders call the message strong and problem‑focused.

Columbus Ohio C. William O'Neill General Assembly Civil Rights Commission Health Department O’neill Insurance Commerce Department C. Stanley Mechem Nelsonville Roger Cloud DeGraff

UN Mid East talks pause as delegates seek solution

The UN General Assembly plans to pause the Middle East debate for days amid efforts to break the Israeli Egyptian deadlock. Russia and Arab states will push for expanded UNEF duties while the United States backs Hammarskjold's plan to redeploy UNEF along the armistice line from Gaza to the Gulf of Aqaba.

United Nations N.Y UN General Assembly Middle East Russia Neemangs Israel Bet Canada Lester B. Pearson Hammarskjold UNEF Gaza Strip Gulf of Aqaba

Hungarians Deny Access To American Prisoner Roraback

U S diplomats blocked from visiting Richard Roraback a 26 year old American volunteer relief worker jailed Jan 12 near the Austrian border by Hungary s Communist government Premier Janos Kadar indicated the ban remains in place with authorities to be notified if it is lifted.

Budapest U. S Richard Roraback Dobbs Ferry N. Y Washington Roraback Janos Kadar Legation

New Science Station Rising in Antarctic

Navy Seabees will establish a new U S science outpost on a 15 foot thick ice shelf over the Weddell Sea. The site lies about 2000 miles from McMurdo Sound and will host ten scientists during the International Geophysical Year beginning in July.

Mcmurdo Sound Antarctica U. S Weddell Sea

Beck Union Defiant On Testimony

Miami Beach Florida The Teamsters under Dave Beck reject a new AFL-CIO policy requiring unions to oust officials who invoke the Fifth Amendment in racketeering probes Beck says officials will invoke the Bill of Rights without facing disciplinary action and the union will not remove them until an official does so under the policy.

Miami Beach Fla Teamsters Afl-Cio Federation George Meany Aflcio Executive Council Teamsters Union Dave Beck Beck

Seven Killed In Gas Blast In Roselle Illinois

Seven people died and nine were injured when a gas explosion leveled a two story hardware store and adjacent areas in Roselle Illinois. Police blamed a leaking gas main and said most victims were in the store with the blast shaking the town and knocking a woman from a second floor apartment onto a shed roof.

Roselle Illinois Gerald Young Public Service Co. Employes

Danish Government Demands Exit of Soviet Attache

Copenhagen reports the Danish government has asked Soviet Military Attache Anton Rogov to depart amid indications of a developing red spy case.

Copenhagen Anton Rogov

Herter Named Top Policy Coordinator Amid Nixon Debate

Former Massachusetts governor Christian Herter was positioned to become the Eisenhower administration’s chief policy coordinator. Nixon was considered but kept from the Operations Coordinating Board chair due to its detailed workload. Stassen said the GOP might have won Congress last year if Herter had replaced Nixon on the ticket.

Washington Christian Herter Massachusetts Nixon Herter Herbert Hoover Jr Hoover Operations Coordinating Board Harold E. Stassen Eisenhower Congress

Citizens Aid Bomb Victim In Montgomery

Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers, a Montgomery Citizens Council director, collects funds to replace furniture for Allen Robertson and his family after a bombing damaged their rented home. Robertson, 59, a hospital orderly, and his wife and daughter were unharmed. police investigate the incident amid a string of three weeks of bombings.

Montgomery Ala Clyde Sellers Montgomery Citizens’ Council Sellers Allen Robertson Robertson

Ohio Council of Churches Calls End to Gambling and Racing

The Ohio Council of Churches at the Ohio Pastor's Convention in Columbus urged repeal or constitutional testing of the Horse Racing Act and end to gambling in Ohio. The four day Franklin County Veterans Memorial gathering featured addresses by leaders including J Earnest Wilkins and a banquets with Gov. O'Neill and Dr. Louis Evans on the program. The assembly praised Ohio's aid to Hungarian refugees and protested violence against the Koinonia Community near Americus Georgia.

Council of Churches Ohio Columbus Ohio Council of Churches Franklin County Veterans Memorial Assembly of the Ohio Council of Churches Koinonia Americus J. Earnest Wilkins U. S. Secretary of Labor C. William O’neill Louis H. Evans Board of National Missions The Presbyterian Church In the

Landon backs Seaton as GOP 1960 candidate

Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican nominee, proposed Secretary of Interior Fred Seaton as the GOP choice for 1960. Landon called Seaton a capable candidate and future president in a televised interview. Seaton hails from Kansas.

Topeka Kan Alf M. Landon Interior Seaton Fred Seaton Landon Seaton Kansas

How to Make Money in a Hurry via Messenger Classified Ads

Quick guide promoting Messenger Classified Ads as a low cost way to sell extras and buy needed items. Ads cost 15 words for three placements totaling $1.20 with a phone number to call.

Messenger

He Won't Quit Says Dulles Amid Attacks

Secretary of State Dulles shows no plan to resign amid Senate criticism of his foreign policy handling during hearings on the Middle East resolution. Associates say he is surprised by Democratic assaults but confident in Eisenhower's backing and support from top Republicans.

Washington Dulles Senate Eisenhower Middle East Congress Fulbright D-Ark Morse D-Ore Humphrey D-Minn

Saud Arrives to Subdued Welcome in New York

King Saud of Saudi Arabia arrived for a state visit to the United States. New York gave a subdued welcome as Mayor Wagner vetoed the usual city ceremony due to charges of anti Jewish and anti Catholic sentiment and support for slavery. A 21 gun salute occurred as the Constitution entered harbor but no city fireboats or high traffic escort accompanied the king.

New York Saud Saudi Arabia U. S Robert F. Wagner Wagner Manhattan

Stranded Men Await Relief Train at Cumbres Pass

At 10,022 foot Cumbres Pass 23 railroaders wait in a small Alamosa station for a relief train to clear 20 foot snowdrifts that stranded them since Saturday. They earn overtime pay after eight hours from Chama New Mexico while the two engine work train operates on the Colorado New Mexico border. The pass reports 240 inches of snow and a Weather Bureau record.

Alamosa Colo Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Chama N.M Colorado- New Mexico Albuquerque

Loyalty group gets fund for anti Un American Activities

The House approved a 300000 dollar appropriation for the Committee on Un American Activities for the coming year.

Washington House Committee On Un-American Activities

Senate to probe Middle East policy by 1946 review

Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees voted 30 to 0 to conduct a full review of U S policy in the Middle East over the last 11 years. The move, supported by leaders Knowland Wiley, clears path for Eisenhower authorization for force to counter Communism and for up to 200 million dollars in aid.

Washington Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees U.S Middle East Senate Gop Knowland Calif Sen Wiley Wis Senate Foreign Relations Committee White House State Department Senate Eisenhower House Martin (Mass Fulbright D-Ark

Guard Chief Calls Wilson Comment a Dam Lie

Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh, head of the National Guard Association, denounces Defense Secretary Wilson’s remark about draft dodging as a dam lie. He says Guards units served valorously in Korea and no enlistees were draft dodgers because they were underage at enlistment. Senator Johnson and Rep Bennett urge apology and warn of impact on Guard recruiting plans.

Washington National Guard Defense Wilson Wilson Guard Korea Ellard A. Walsh Pentagon Bennett Lyndon B. Johnson Texas Senate

Chou En Lai proposes POW exchange with United States

Indian radio cites Premier Chou En Lai as saying Peiping might swap 100 American prisoners for 33 Chinese held in the United States. He spoke in Kathmandu on his South Asia tour before arriving in Calcutta. Six of the 10 Americans are missionaries and Geneva talks are at deadlock.

New Delhi Red China Chou En-lai Peiping Chou United States Katmandu Nepal Calcutta China Geneva Switzerland

Rock n Roll Slaying Suspect Captured in Cincinnati

Edwin F. Smith 38, an ironworker, was arrested at his home after alighting from a taxi. He was sought since Sunday for the shotgun slaying of his wife Mary Jean 26 who died of a chest wound at her mother's home on January 21.

Cincinnati Edwin F. Smith Smith Mary Jean

Man Falls Through Ceiling at City Hall

Quarter Sessions Judge Charles L. Guer presided when a man named William Gregory, 65, stepped on a defective board on the seventh floor and briefly dangled through the ceiling before coworkers pulled him to safety. He escaped injury.

Philadelphia Charles L. Guerin City Hall William Gregory

ONeill appoints Krueger to Ohio Public Utilities post

Governor C William ONeill named Everett H Krueger Jr as chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a six year term starting February 1 Krueger 37 will be paid 16000 annually plus legislated increases He replaces Democrat Robert L Moulton whose pay is 10000 Krueger previously served as first assistant attorney general and PACO chief counsel Confirmation rests with a Republican controlled Senate Returning the commission to Republican control.

Columbus Ohio William O'Neill Everett H. Krueger Jr Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Krueger Paco Robert L. Moulton Galion Ohio Senate Commission Moulton

Ohio farmers seek larger corn acreage to join soil bank program

An Ohio Farm Bureau Federation official said many farmers in Ohio will not join the governments soil bank program unless allowed to increase their corn acreage under the federal price support plan.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

Lausche Attacks Eisenhower School Aid Plan

Senator Frank Lausche of Ohio assailed the administration’s school construction program as federal encroachment on state functions. He warned the plan would expand costly bureaus in Washington while Ohio can handle its own schools.

Washington Eisenhower Frank J. Lausche Dohio Ohio

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