12 Jul 1953
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1953
Page
1
Salem Oregon reports a sit down strike by 2100 penitentiary inmates turning into open rebellion Friday night. Warden Gladden says the situation is out of control as older convicts led protests for better conditions. younger inmates seized control and continued the revolt while guards and state police guarded the exterior.
Western officials believe Red Army tanks and soldiers helped arrest Lavrenty Beria on June 27 near Moscow. Diplomats say the episode near the Kremlin and Beria’s absence from a Bolshoi Theatre performance raised fears of a purge.
In Columbus the Ohio House approved a Senate bill to empower gas firms to condemn land for underground storage while an amendment may halt future acquisitions. Utility officials warn the change could threaten current storage programs and future fields, as Rep. David J. Lewis argues against storage within 5000 feet of underground mines or mineable coal seams.
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co says a Friday House amendment threatens its new underground storage project. The measure would ban gas storage within 5000 feet of underground coal mines or seams suitable for mining, a change the utility warns could jeopardize expansion plans.
President Eisenhower ordered a stop to draft deferments for fatherhood effective Aug. 25 unless extreme hardship is shown. The move aims to end double deferments from student or farm work statuses while allowing older reservists and those facing hardship to stay exempt. Local boards resisted occupational pauses if fatherhood risked permanent avoidance of service.
In Berlin a wave of anti-Communist protest follows Beria's fall as workers at Hennigsdorf Steel Works demand the jailing of Beria protege William Zaisser. The event marks the first Kremlin purge repercussion amid martial law in East Berlin, as East German leaders await Moscow's next move.
Washington report says corn, the top U.S. grain, may total 3.336 billion bushels with 80 million in reserve creating a surplus. It could force rigid marketing quotas for the 1954 crop to curb production, mirroring actions already used on wheat and possibly cotton.
London and Moscow escalate propaganda as Western leaders weigh the Beria purge's impact on a possible Big Four summit. The Daily Worker argues Beria's removal clears the path to peace while Izvestia promotes a top level Kremlin conference.
Gen Alfred Gruenther assumed the role of supreme Allied commander Europe succeeding Gen Matthew Ridgway. Gruenther warned against wishful thinking amid Berlin riots and Kremlin turmoil, stressing that war is often the desperate solution of tyranny. Ridgway retired to become U S Army chief of staff in Washington.
A three year old blonde girl found with Bernard L. Aldrich, 29, at a local home sparked police efforts to identify her. Aldrich, held on burglary charges across colleges and high schools, claimed the child was given to him and his wife by a woman in New Orleans who could not care for her.
U S troops abandoned Porkchop Hill on the Western Front on orders ending a five day clash with Chinese forces. Artillery pounded the hill as Sabre pilots claimed two MiG kills in air battles. Maj. John F. Bolt became the seventh jet ace of the war with two confirmed kills. Front line reports noted heavy shelling, while fighting subsided across Arrowhead Ridge.
Washington report: Senators Symington McClellan and Jackson refuse to serve on Senator McCarthy's investigations panel. McCarthy says he will accept their resignations as staff director J B Matthews remains at the center of the dispute citing his claim of Protestant church support for Communists.
Washington observers expect a personal appeal by President Eisenhower to Congress to authorize five billion dollars for foreign aid. Senator H Alexander Smith notes both the President and Secretary Dulles will defend the aid against proposed cuts, while Senator Russell says General Gruenther arriving as NATO commander should strengthen the administration's line.
Two Marines Sgt Robert Tibbs and Pfc Thurlow Huntington went missing while en route from Morrowhead North Carolina to Columbus. They crash landed on restricted grounds at the Pike County Atomic Energy Commission plant and were uninjured. Local agencies lit fields with car headlights and radio alerts spread across seven counties before the craft landed near Wellston, with security guards surrounding the scene.
Armed troops patrolled Fresno as police hunted a firebug blamed for 12 simultaneous fires that sparked panic. A 32 block zone was cleared, Mayor Gordon Dunn declared an emergency, and Governor Paul Warren authorized National Guard volunteers to guard hospitals schools and public buildings through the night.
CHICAGO UP I 5 A Dodge of Detroit was elected president of the International Association of Lions Clubs at the 36th annual convention. Eight directors from the United States and its territories were also chosen. The list of winners included Dr. Dan J. V. Martin of Greensville.
Adlai E. Stevenson and seven companions were held up for about 20 minutes by East Berlin forces while filming ruins near Wilhemstrasse. A Russian tommy gun was aimed and a guard warned You move and I shoot as police and soldiers blocked exits and confiscated the footage before the tour continued.
A 29-year-old sailor died in Ohio Penitentiary’s electric chair after being convicted of killing Mrs. Laura Grimshaw at Port Columbus Naval Base. Robert H. Gemmell, a former Vinton County resident and father of four, maintained silence about an alleged second slaying and had been baptized in prison.
A B-29 bomber missing from Hunter Air Force Base with 10 aboard was sighted in muddy marsh along Rork Fish Creek near Savannah. No survivors found. Navy units led a large search mission. The aircraft was on a training flight and did not return Friday night. Lieutenant Wilburt Glantz of Cleveland was among the crew.
Archie Young, 30, of Mingo Junction drowned while fishing near Cadiz as the Ohio General Assembly approved a 231 million dollar school subsidy package. The bill adds 3 per year for each elementary and high school pupil and 1.50 more per year for each kindergarten pupil. weak districts receive more based on local funding ability.
The Senate ends a rugged session by applying all add ons from the House to needy districts and setting the school subsidy at 231 million dollars. The compromise aligns Senate and House figures across 13 rural districts and city schools, with final adjournment planned for the 100th legislative day.
South Korea President Syngman Rhee reportedly gave assurances of cooperation in the Korean armistice. Assistant Secretary Walter Robertson said the joint statement reflected Rhee’s collaboration though the text offered few specifics. A mutual defense pact with the United States was discussed as negotiations progress with little detail disclosed.
Ohio's Civil Defense Corps joined Operation Tailwind on Saturday in a six state mock bombing exercise. Strategic Air Command aircraft attempted targets across Ohio Illinois Indiana Michigan Kentucky and Wisconsin. Ground observers were activated as air defenses tried to stop the mock attacks.
Ronnie Dale Roudebush 1% was killed in a tunnel collapse dug by children at the rear of his home near Hack Tison. His sitter Nancy Ji had crawled through the tunnel minutes earlier. Harrison life squad recovered the boy’s body after more than 45 minutes.
Washington AP report says the Big Three foreign ministers weighed new German policy moves amid unrest in the Communist world. They postponed firm decisions until Monday to gauge possible Soviet repercussions after Beria's purge. Dulles planned talks with Bohlen in Moscow while Eisenhower joined a White House briefing with the foreign ministers.
The United States proposes immediate delivery of 15 million dollars in food to East Germany’s Soviet controlled zone in a direct offer to Moscow bypassing the East German government. The move seeks to pressure the Kremlin as Lavrenty Beria shakes up the Soviet security leadership during rising unrest among Moscow aligned peoples.
AMARILLO Tex The drought burned Southwest faces a promise from President Eisenhower that the government will mobilize its assets to help cattlemen. Governors pledge aid to small farmers matching cattlemen measures as ranchers seek relief after years of drought across Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arkansas and Colorado.
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