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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1962

Page

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Ohio governor says state not broke despite cash shortfall

Gov. Michael V. DiSalle in Columbus rejected claims Ohio is broke citing available assets and incoming revenue. He noted a February school foundation payment provides relief until May and said the state could last through June without borrowing. DiSalle visited two Columbus families on welfare to assess conditions, each with multiple children and limited funds.

Columbus Ohio Michael V. DiSalle DiSalle

Kennedy to push farm relief and urban affairs cabinet

President Kennedy will send two messages to Congress this week. The first urges broader farm program controls to stabilize commodities. The second proposes a cabinet level department of urban affairs to coordinate transit traffic slums and utilities in metropolitan areas.

Washington Kennedy Congress Department of Urban Affairs Capitol Hill House Rules Committee House Senate Robert C. Weaver The Housing and Home Finance Agency

Congo Premier Calls Soviet Move Unfriendly

Leopoldville premier Cyrille Adoula said the Soviet push for a United Nations Security Council meeting on Congo looks unfriendly to his government. He protested to U Thant that debate would cause confusion as he works to reunify the infant republic amid UN pressure over white mercenaries in Katanga Province.

Leopoldville Congo Cyrille Adoula U. N. Security Council Adoula U. N U Thant African Republic Security Council New York Katanga

Bodies Recovered of Two Boys in Pennsylvania Mine

In Clearfield Pennsylvania bodies of Larry Huster age 10 and Wesley Lowe age 13 were recovered Sunday from an old Morgan Run mine after a two week search following their January 14 entry. Several hundred workers participated in the expedition.

Clearfield Larry Huster Wesley Lowe Morgan Run

Ranger 3 Doomed After Moon Shot Misses Target

Pasadena report: Ranger 3 misses the moon by 22 862 miles after launch from Cape Canaveral. The $7 million craft fails to land, bounce radar signals, or place its seismometer. Only gamma radiation data are being analyzed as it tumbles into solar orbit.

Pasadena Calif Cape Canaveral Fla Moon Ranger 3 Earth Ranger

Two More Die In Algeria

United press report from Algiers notes two Europeans killed and two seriously wounded in daily terrorism outbreaks. In Oran a Muslim terrorist killed a European and another killed a Muslim. Over the weekend seventeen people died, including twelve Muslims and five Europeans. In France Premier Debre linked terrorism and the Secret Army Organization to growing concern, saying agitation would end with an Algerian cease fire.

Algiers Oran France Michel Debre

U S Reds Discuss Exchanges in Paris Meeting

White House secretary Pierre Salinger and Soviet press chief Mikhail Kharlamov met at the Soviet Embassy in Paris amid talks on improving U S Soviet communications. Edward R. Murray of the U S Information Agency attended. No confirmation of Kennedy and Khrushchev television exchanges or a face to face meeting was given.

Paris White House Pierre Salinger Kennedy Khrushchev Salinger Mikhail Kharlamovy Edward R. Murray U.S. Information Agency U.S Kharlamov

Castro Credits Soviet Aid for Cuban Revolution Survival

Fidel Castro told Pravda and Izvestia that Cuba’s revolution could not have survived without Soviet and socialist camp support. Tass reported the interview was granted in Havana January 23 to Pravda chief editor Pavel Satukov and Izvestia editor Alexei Adzhubei.

Moscow Communist Party Pravda Izvestia Fidel Castro Cuba Soviet Union Socialist Camp Castro Tass Havana Pavel Satyukov Alexei Adzhubei Premier Khrushchevy

Princess Margaret Loses Public Favor After Caribbean Visit

London reports show Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon facing new criticism amid a Caribbean vacation and a costly Kensington Palace facelift. The Daily Mirror labeled her occasionally perverse and questioned the couple’s priorities as government spends on the royal residence while some citizens lack housing and wage raises.

London Princess Margaret The Daily Mirror Lord Snowdon David Royal Party Margaret Antigua Kensington Palace the Mirror Princess Tony Mirror Snowdon Sunday Times

Thursday Is Now Orbital Launch Day

Project Mercury officials set a launch window for John H. Glenn Jr. to circle the world no earlier than Thursday. Glenn, 40, rested after a postponement weekend, attended church, and completed countdown rehearsals as the Atlas booster and Friendship 7 underwent final checks.

Cape Canaveral Fla Project Mercury John H. Glenn Jr Glenn Riverside Presbyterian Church Cocoa Beach Charles E. Pfeiffer

Astrologers Warn of Worst Monday Prophesied Worldwide

Planetary alignment near Capricorn and Aquarius spurs doomsday forecasts from astrologers around the world. Astronomers dismiss the doom sayers, noting such groupings occur about once a century.

Capricorn Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Aquarius James S. Pickering Hayden Planetarium New York

Bailey seeks court order for lie detector test in Sheppard case

Boston attorney F Lee Bailey says he will pursue a writ of mandamus to force Ohio Penitentiary warden to permit a lie detector test for Samuel H Sheppard. Governor DiSalle refused permission again, Bailey reports after a 30 minute meeting. Sheppard, convicted of second degree murder in Marilyn Sheppard death, maintains his innocence.

Columbus Boston Ohio Penitentiary Samuel H. Sheppard Cleveland Bailey Common Pleas Court Sheppard Marilyn Bay Village

LeMaster Injured In Benedict Inc Strip Mine Accident

Medford LeMaster of Logan New Plymouth Route 1 was listed in good condition at Hocking Valley Hospital after a Sunday accident at Benedict Inc strip mines in McArthur. He underwent hand surgery Sunday afternoon after catching his hand in a belt and was brought to the hospital by private car.

Logan Medford LeMaster New Plymouth Hocking Valley Vinton County Benedict Inc McArthur

Messenger Want Ads Offer Friendly Low Cost Listings

Readers explore the Want Ads to buy furniture appliances cars houses and trailers. Many buyers offer cash for needed items and sellers can reach friendliest people. To place an ad call LY 3 1242.

Cleveland Schools Implement Bus Lift System Today

Cleveland school system will use a bus lift today to end half day classes in some grade schools. More than 1500 pupils will be moved by chartered bus to less crowded buildings as nine cramped schools send daily classes to five vacancy filled schools.

Cleveland

Welfare chief cites tangled aid paperwork

Secretary Ribicoff told public aid officials that relief efforts are often obstructed by an administrative web of forms and paper. In Palm Beach Kennedy heads back to Washington after four days of work and relaxation.

Washington Secretary of Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff Palm Beach Fla Kennedy

Cleveland Churches To Aid In Airlift

The Cleveland Area Church Federation will participate in an airlift of Cuban refugee families from Miami Florida. A federation spokesman said about 1000 plane loads of Cuban refugees would be airlifted at various times to different parts of the United States for resettlement.

Cleveland Cleveland Area Church Federation Miami Fla United States

Five Day Forecast With Colder Temperatures Ahead

Temperatures remain well below normal for five days with highs around 27 to 47 and lows near 20 to 28. Expect light precipitation under two tenths of an inch with periods of light snow or flurries, mainly in the central area. A colder trend emerges late in the week.

Removal Method Dispute Continues In OAS Cuba Row

In Punta del Este Uruguay Western Hemisphere foreign ministers agree on a final declaration to expose Cuba's regime as incompatible with the American system. A vote to wind up the conference is planned for Tuesday as countries debate suspending or expelling Castro's government from OAS agencies.

Punta del Este Uruguay United States Havana Organization of American States Dean Rusk Cuba Fidel Castro OAS

Drop Death Penalty In Point Pleasant Murder Trial

James Edward Jones waived the death penalty as his first degree murder trial opened in Mason County Circuit Court. Jones admitted shooting his brother-in-law Lewis Dale Bates with a 16 gauge shotgun on June 5 1961 in Hogsett near Point Pleasant. Hannelore Crump testified as the only witness among 19 summoned. jury of eight men and four women impaneled. maximum sentence life imprisonment.

Point Pleasant Cecil Dean James Edward Jones Hogsett Mason County Jones Ohio River Co West Virginia Lewis Dale Buddy) Bates Hannelore Crump C. J. Hyer

Federal Jobs To Be Needed As Automation Grows

Donald N. Michael reports that automation and computer use may require swelling the public works payroll. If automation continues, the government may be forced to support part of the population through public works for the indefinite future.

Washington Donald N. Michael

Ohio sales tax stamps yielded $3.5 billion over 27 years

State Treasurer Joseph T. Ferguson estimates the stamp system collected about 3.5 billion dollars in state revenue during its 27 year period. Ohio printed and sold more than 49 billion stamps in that era.

Columbus Joseph T. Ferguson Ohio

Hemisphere ministers study Cuba ostracism options

At Punta del Este, foreign ministers of American states signaled in principle a suspension of Fidel Castro from hemisphere councils. They favor banning arms trade with Cuba and ousting Castro representatives from the Inter-American Defense Board, while seeking a vigilance committee to curb subversion. Discrepancies remain on how to implement, with no mechanism to expel Cuba under the OAS charter versus the Rio treaty.

Punta del Este Uruguay Fidel Castro Hemisphere Family Councils Cuba Castro Inter-American Defense Board United States Mexico Hemisphere OAS Brazil OAS Council Washington Council

Attack Soon On Mainland

Chiang Kai-shek told visiting American journalists that a counterattack on Communist China mainland by Nationalist forces is near. He said preparations are in full swing during the study mission to India and beyond.

Taipei Formosa Chiang Kai-shek China Study Mission India World

NBC chairman says regulation of networks unnecessary

Robert W. Sarnoff, board chairman of the National Broadcasting Co, argued that government regulation of networks would be unnecessary unwise and unworkable in a statement from Washington.

Washington Robert W. Sarnoff National Broadcasting Co

Southern University Reopens After Boycott Threats

Baton Rouge Louisiana Southern University reopened with hundreds of students returning to classes after earlier threats of classroom boycotts.

Baton Rouge Southern University

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