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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1957
Page
1
The Supreme Court authorized U S authorities to surrender Army Specialist William S Girard to Japan for trial over the fatal shooting of a Japanese woman at a firing range. Justices studied four hours of arguments with a decision anticipated after a special session.
Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach and the Pomeroy emergency squad rescued 28 year old Robert Fabin from Bailey's Lake after he attempted to kill himself by immersion. Fabin, from Madison West Virginia, was pulled from the water and treated with oxygen before being moved to Meigs General Hospital and then Holzer hospital in Gallipolis.
City jail will hold three roll calls daily after a Saturday night escape by Antonio Reyes 28 who picked a lock. He went undetected until Monday, prompting security changes.
Eisenhower foreign aid bill goes to House Rules as Bow resolution to end foreign trials of GIs looms. Gordon calls to move Bow bill quickly while Vorys doubts action on the measure will come before the aid package. Debate could center on whether to end overseas servicemen trials and affect troop withdrawals.
In Hubbardstown Mass the state patrol covers the town after the police chief and all three officers quit amid alleged friction with hot rodders leaving 1162 residents briefly unprotected.
SOKUEL Calif. An 18 months old baby drowned in 24 inches of water Wednesday. Mrs Virginia Brown said she left her daughter Janice in a high chair while she checked a washing machine. When she returned the baby was face down in the tub.
Rep. Moss cites secrecy as a danger to press freedom calling for action against alleged government overreach. He cites Pentagon study group and Wright commission findings of excessive secrecy and recounts a Washington editor seeking clearance for a critical book review. Moss questions lack of proof for such practices.
Washington announces Operation Alert 1957 a nationwide civil defense drill simulates enemy air attack. A 14 helicopter shuttle will move President Eisenhower to a secret White House shelter, while 7500 government workers spread to 30 relocation centers across several Eastern states to carry out reconstruction and retaliation operations over four days.
John Findley Scott, a 23 year old UC Berkeley graduate student, was rescued by helicopter after a severe fall at Palisade Peak in Kings Canyon National Park. He endured fractures to the wrist ankle foot two ribs a vertebra plus cuts and bruises and remains in surprisingly good condition. The accident occurred Saturday with five friends and rescue teams recovered him Monday from Upper Palisades Lake before air evacuation.
Charles Lash aged 32 was charged with speeding while en route to Municipal Court for a speeding hearing. He was fined 25 dollars for the first violation and will be tried later on the charge.
President Eisenhower and Pakistan Prime Minister Suhrawardy continue a second round of discussions aimed at stabilizing the Middle East amid rising Communist pressure. Suhrawardy urges Muslim unity against Soviet influence while Dulles condemns communism as bringing poverty and chaos.
Paris says France has refused a U S Army bid to custody American soldier DeWayne McOsker charged with murder of an Algerian. The 21 year old Manhasset native faces a preliminary hearing as France retains the right to try him.
Hillsboro Ohio seeks sale of the 92 year old Lincoln school building at auction August 26. The former all Negro school was central in a two year court dispute over segregation of Negro elementary pupils under a U S Supreme Court ruling. The building has stood unused since the 1955 56 term.
A committee of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission will study salt pollution of the river and report back in October. The eight state commission, along with industry representatives, agreed to consider limiting chlorides dumped into the Ohio River and its tributaries, though no specific limit was set.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department expects Ohio burley tobacco production to reach 15,180,000 pounds this year, improving on last year’s 15,066,000 pounds. The department announced the estimate Wednesday.
Lansing sources report inmates in Michigan prisons may receive a pay raise soon, a change described as the first since Herbert Hoover's era. The move would affect work programs inside state facilities and mirror broader parole and labor reforms discussed by state officials.
Senators move to restrict enforcement to voting rights for Negro and minority citizens. Sen. Francis Case drafts an amendment tying enforcement to the 15th Amendment. Administration signals potential compromise as Southern opposition grows and debate resumes on Knowland motion.
In Knoxville defense lawyers in the Clinton segregation trial press for complete access to the FBI files on the 16 defendants. They have seen one signed statement from Robert Crossno and seek summaries of agents reports on violence tied to the high school integration case. The judge has not ruled, while prosecutors urge restraint and cross-examination preparation. Byron Pope testified on Kasper’s arrest as the trial opened.
A presidential order lets Ohio couple Frank J. and Mae T. Burger file claims for their son 1st Lt. George B. Burger who disappeared May 10 1943 near Milo Airfield Sicily and was listed dead May 11 1944. Eisenhower waived statutes of limitations after their prior claim was disallowed for being late.
A Kentucky spokesman said Ohio and Kentucky have agreed to construct an eight million dollar six lane bridge across the Ohio River Linking Covington Kentucky and Cincinnati Ohio. The federal government will fund 90 percent of the cost under the interstate highway program.
Detroit firm General Tire and Rubber Co. announced the development of a polyether based urethane foam named poly foam. The product targets uses ranging from cushioning to thermal insulation and sound absorption.
Khrushchev seeks to show Russians the Stalinist purge era is over by exiling Georgi Malenkov and appointing him to run a hydroelectric station in East Kazakhstan. U.S. observers note the move signals a staged shift toward voluntary reforms, but question Khrushchev’s ability to reshape Soviet politics and system flexibility.
Moscow radio reports deposed Kremlin leaders are not persecuted and that Georgi Malenkov will run a distant hydroelectric station at Ust Kamenogorsk 1800 miles from Moscow. It says the others, V M Molotov Lazar Kaganovich and Dmitri Shepilov, have new unspecified jobs as part of a claimed democratic Soviet system.
Washington reports an 8 percent overall farm employment decline tied to mechanization. Family workers fall about 9.6 percent since the 1952-56 average, while hired workers decline about 1.7 percent. Highest wages reach 1.10 per hour in Washington Oregon California Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut. lowest wages average 0.50 in South Carolina Alabama Mississippi.
Columbus Ohio The state will cut one third of its health care aid for the needy aged. Thomas Weiler head of the Division of Aid for the Aged says county health directors will receive formal notice soon. The reduction comes after a legislature decision to provide less money and rising health costs.
Six persons died at King Salmon Airport when a twin engined Lockheed Electra crashed during takeoff. The CAA said the craft reached about 500 feet before nosediving, crashing and burning.
Czech news agency reports some Czechs who moved to Texas are visiting home and find Communist rule in Texas less appealing, planning to return to live in Czechoslovakia.
U S District Judge Burnita S Matthews declared a mistrial for Hyman I Fischbach in the Hoffa bribery trial due to illness of his counsel Daniel P Maher. The ruling ends temporary jury confusion as the government pressed for the mistrial while Hoffa and Fischbach objected. Cheasty, the key witness, had testified ten days before the halt.
A Washington report says severe weather, crop control steps and the soil bank land retirement program may reduce this year’s crop output by as much as six percent from last year’s record.
The Aga Khan III a wealthy potentate and leader of Ismaili Muslims died in Geneva at 79 after heart failure. He served as League of Nations president and was known for horse racing luxury living and devotion to Islam. His heir apparent Prince Aly Khan 46 and son Prince Sadruddin 24 were at his bedside.
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