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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1958

Page

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Goldfine Defends Gifts To Adams Aide in Washington

Bernard Goldfine denied any impropriety in his gift laden ties to presidential aide Sherman Adams. He said his family has received more from the Adams family than it has given and rejected charges that Adams used federal favors for him.

Washington Bernard Goldfine Sherman Adams Adams Boston Aslies Eisenhower Goldfine Gov. Adams House Ling Congress

2 U. S. Consuls Missing in Cuba

U S consuls in Cuba fail to report after entering eastern hills to seek release of kidnaped nationals. Havana warns rebels may hold diplomats as 47 Americans and 3 Canadians were seized. U S vows no intervention or ransom.

Havana Cuba U.S Fidel Castro Park Wollam Santiago Moa Robert Wiecha Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Dulles Washington United States U. S

Heat and humidity grip eastern half of nation

Extended warm humid weather covers most areas east of the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast with no relief in sight. The muggy pattern stems from a steady flow of warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Temperatures at midnight reached 79 in Burlington Vermont and Lebanon New Hampshire, two degrees above normal.

Rockies Atlantic Coast Gulf of Mexico Burlington Lebanon N. H

Electrocuted Toddler John Huntley Dies at Home

Two year old John Robert Huntley died after touching a live electric drill left running on a garage floor. Survived by a seven month brother, paternal grandparents Hiram Huntley of New Plymouth, and maternal grandparents Walter Peters of New Plymouth. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Wrightsel Funeral Home with Rev. Lloyd Evans officiating. Burial in Elk Cemetery.

Wrightsel Lloyd Evans Nelsonville Elk Cemetery

Want Ads Promise Quick Cash For Anything

Classified note urges selling items via a low cost Messenger Want Ad. Call 31242 to speak with an Ad-Taker who helps prepare the ad. The message emphasizes cash sales and ease of placing ads.

West Virginia Weather Warm With Thunder Possible

Fair tonight with a low in the teens east and near 70 in the west. Thursday mostly fair and warm with a chance of afternoon thunder showers in the north. Ohio forecast shows partly cloudy, warm nights, highs around 86 to 90, with a five day outlook of cooler weekend and scattered thundershowers spreading from northern Ohio to the state. Rainfall expected one half to one inch.

West Virginia Ohlo Ohio Albany Atlanta Boston Cleveland Detroit Escae Fort Worth Indianapolis Louisville Milwaukee Oklahoma City Philadelphia Portland St. Louis San Diego Beattie Washington, Clear

Cleveland Rubber Workers Avoid Midnight Strike

An 8 cent hourly pay raise for 33 000 Goodyear and Goodrich rubber workers ended a strike threat hours before the deadline. Effective with the June 30 pay period, Goodyear straight time averages 2.60 per hour and Goodrich 2.59 per hour. Pension and insurance negotiations are deferred until the two year contract ends next April 15.

Cleveland Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co B. F. Goodrich Co Goodyear Goodrich United Rubber Workers International L. S. Buckmaster

Strikers Bound Over in Ohio Plastics Shooting Case

Five Johnson Plastics Co. pickets in Geauga County Ohio were bound over to the grand jury on a charge of shooting at two county sheriff's deputies. Bond stayed at five thousand dollars for each defendant.

Chardon Ohio Johnson Plastics Co Geauga County Grand Jury

Ohio Highway Land Buy pamphlets explain land acquisition

The Ohio Department of Highways is issuing 50 000 pamphlets in brown ink on buff paper outlining why new routes are needed how locations are chosen when project details are announced how compensation is determined and what happens if owner rejects offers The pamphlets endorse Gov William O Neill and describe three appraisers valuing land based on market value for highway relocations.

Columbus Ohio Department of Highways

Eisenhower accuses Soviet bloc of disrupting summit talks

President Eisenhower charges the Soviet Union with breaking up diplomatic preparations for a summit. He sent a letter to Nikita Khrushchev asserting Moscow hindered negotiations, while Britain and France voiced similar messages urging serious East West discussion and noting Khrushchev's June 11 charges. The White House released Eisenhower's letter as Western powers pressed for progress.

Washington Eisenhower Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev Britain France Khrushchev White House Moscow U. S Foreign Office

Lebanon Leader Warns Rebels May Strike Tripoli Again

President Camille Chamoun said Lebanese rebels under Syrian command could launch a strong attack on northern Tripoli at any moment but would collapse if both this strike and a southeast assault on Beirut were beaten. Government jets and artillery repelled the southeast attack toward Beirut International Airport as Druze tribesmen were said to be linking with Saeb Salam’s forces.

Beirut Lebanon Camille Chamoun Tripoli Chamoun Saeb Salam

House Blasted In Georgia

A Negro frame dwelling on the edge of a white area in Columbus Georgia was blasted at 12 30 a m. Five people escaped harm including Mrs Essie Mae Ellison an Army sergeant his wife and their two children. Explosive likely dynamite shattered all windows in the home and nearby residences. Ellison had purchased the house from a white owner in April and moved in a month ago.

Columbus C. R. Adair Essie Mae Ellison

Chairman Appointed to OSVWC by Kentucky Health Chief

Dr. Russell E. Teague, Kentucky state health commissioner, is named the new chair of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, directing regional river health and sanitation efforts.

Cincinnati Russell E. Teague Kentucky Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission

Senate Probes Genovese and Scalish in Apalachin link

Senate investigators summoned New York mobster Vito Genovese and Cleveland businessman John Scalish amid probe of a national crime syndicate conspiracy tied to the Apalachin conference. The Rackets Committee chairman labeled Genovese a top gangster and noted Scalish’s earlier legal trouble. Montana testified he attended by coincidence to seek car repair, accompanied by reputed hoodlum Magadino.

Washington New York Vito Genovese Cleveland John Scalish Senate Upstate John L. McClellan D-Ark Rackets Committee Genovese McEmdaes Robert F. Kennedy Sealish Buckeye Cigarette Co Montana Olay Anthony Magadino Kennedy Mafia Crime Syndicate Senate Rackets Committee Edgar Cresswell

Reluctant Scholar Sails From Bomb Testing Area

pacifist anthropologist Earle L. Reynolds sailed into the prohibited Pacific nuclear test zone aboard the 50 foot yacht Phoenix and was arrested by Coast Guard near Kwajalein for violating Atomic Energy Commission rules. Reynolds and four others aboard faced charges after warnings were ignored.

Honolulu Pacific Coast Guard Planetree Earle L. Reynolds Phoenix mid-Pacific Kwajalein Reynolds Reynold Barbara Jessica Tex Nick Mikami Hiroshima Japan Pacific Military AEC

Ohio Starts 1959 With Uncommitted Cash Balance

Columbus reports Ohio opened its 1959 bookkeeping year with an uncommitted cash balance of 38.16 million dollars, about 1.5 times the 25 million dollar balance Gov. C. William O'Neill had predicted before final figures.

Columbus Ohio

Oldest Marietta College alumnus dies in California

Marietta College mourns the death of 97 year old Douglas Putnam the institution’s oldest alumnus He died at his Pasadena California home Monday night Putnam graduated from the college in 1881 and had been in poor health, friends said

Marietta Marietta College Douglas Putnam Pasadena Calif Putnam

Bus Fire En Route to Ft Hayes Injures No One

A chartered bus carrying 41 Belmont County draftees caught fire Tuesday while traveling from Zanesville to Ft Hayes in Columbus. No injuries were reported and the group continued by other means.

Zanesville Belmont County Ft. Hayes Columbus

Meigs County fair plans forming amid TB tests

Reports from The Messenger indicate developing plans for the Meigs County Fair as TB patient testing and health measures are discussed. Local events and community groups coordinate schedules across Glouster and Chauncey with ongoing meetings in Athens and Nelsonville.

Meigs County Fair Glouster Kiwanis Lorain OU Board OF Trustees Athens Glouster Oen Point Pi Chauncey Logan Teen Ae — MO Ouoee Os Ans O'S Tt Gallipolis Nelsonville

George Gross Acquitted After Manslaughter Trial

George Gross a 42 year old of Albany Route 2 was acquitted today by a three judge panel in the first degree manslaughter case over the February 14 shooting of Eugene Hayes 32 of Columbus. Gross testified in his own defense after taking the stand yesterday. The incident occurred on a township road south of Athens.

George Gross Albany Eugene Hayes Columbus

Atomic experts meet for second session on detecting nuclear tests

Geneva hosts the eight nation conference as scientists from both blocs continue technical talks on detecting nuclear explosions. Dr. James Fisk and Yevgeniy Fedorov lead teams and aim to review methods and plan a worldwide warning network.

Geneva United States Soviet Union James B. Fisk Yevgeniy K. Fedorov Fisk Fedorov

Eisenhower Snell Locks Dedication Marks Seaway Milestone

Massena New York dedicates the Eisenhower and Snell Locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The locks end the Long Sault Canal and allow ship passage past the Long Sault Dam. The project, a US Canada venture, links the Atlantic to the Great Lakes via Toledo Ohio. Rep. Clarence E. Kilburn notes Snell introduced the first Seaway bill in 1917.

St. Lawrence River Massena N.Y St. Lawrence N. Y St. Lawrence Seaway Eisenhower House Bertrand H. Snell Snell Long Sault Canal St. Lawrence Power Project Long Sault Dam United States Canada Atlantic Great Lakes Toledo Ohio Clarence E. Kilburn RNY Snell Lock Potsdam

Picket Lines Beset Kroger Markets in Cincinnati Strike

Picket lines are to surround Kroger Co. 77 markets in Greater Cincinnati as 909 members of the International Association of Machinists strike. The walkout began Tuesday after wage talks stalled. no new negotiations are scheduled.

Cincinnati Kroger Co International Association of Machinists

Trade Unions Reach 3-Year, 37-Cent Package in Cleveland

The major building trades unions agree to a three year contract at 37 cents per hour, ending a seven week work stoppage in Cleveland construction. The settlement followed months of bargaining and covers key craft unions in the area.

Cleveland

Hawaii Statehood Hopes Rise After Alaska Action

Congressional observers see Hawaii statehood possible next year but not this session. Senate Democrats tie further action to House passage, while House leaders expect a July 9 vote at latest. Delegate Burns remains cautiously optimistic about timing.

Washington Hawai Statehood Congress Alaska Senate Hawaii Mike Mansfield Dmont House Leo O'Brien Tories House Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs O’brien John A. Burns Dhagan

Eisenhower blasts House cut of foreign aid as risky

President Eisenhower accused the House Appropriations Committee of endangering national security by cutting nearly 600 million dollars from foreign aid. He urged Congress to restore mutual security funding, warning reductions would threaten freedom worldwide and bolster Communist imperialists. He urged cooperation with allies and pledged to defend American security.

Washington Eisenhower House Appropriations Committee Free World Congress

Solons Aim At Aug 2

Washington Senator Styles Bridges said Republicans would like Congress to wind up and go home by August 2. Senator Mike Mansfield warned it may close then unless major legislation clears. The Senate has yet to take up reciprocal trade, reorganization, defense, foreign aid, housing, and farm bills. the House still must act on replacing the omnibus farm measure.

Washington Styles Bridges Congress Mike Mansfield Montana Senate Bridges Republican Policy Committee House

Sleepy Guard Fired At Marion Institution

Otis W. Britton, guard at the Marion Correctional Institution, was fired after sleeping on duty. He was suspended 10 days on June 1 and 30 days on June 21 for the same offense, before discharge on June 28. Lamoyne Green, superintendent, reported to the State Civil Service Commission on Tuesday.

Columbus Otis W. Britton Marion Correctional Institution Lamoyne Green State Civil Service Commission Britton

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The Associated Press Cleveland Co Georgia G. Milton Kelly Apalachin Scalish John Charles Montana Buffalo, N. Y Teae Sree Snell Locks Chance Marion Institution Rockefeller Rockefeller Plaza Nelson A. Rockefeller New York State
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