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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1962
Page
1
The Treasury enacted a 1.5 billion tax reduction aimed mainly at business to spur growth. President Kennedy announced the measure citing business pressure, with steel railroads and paper firms among major beneficiaries. The plan uses accelerated depreciation to cut taxes and boost investment, despite market and steel price disruptions earlier in the year.
Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella expected to enter Oran with strong armed support as he presses influence over western Algeria. He travels from the Moroccan frontier via Tlemcen toward Oran and Algiers in a bid to challenge Ben Khedda and shape the fledgling nation. His mobilization draws from the 45000 strong liberation army returning from exile.
Cape Canaveral reports the second Titan II test flight succeeds as the 10 story rocket trips off and hits a target 5000 miles away in the South Atlantic. In Sydney, four Japanese destroyers began a goodwill visit to Australia, the first in 27 years.
Regina crowds gather for a protest demanding a new medical care plan law. Premier Woodrow Lloyd and cabinet hear a 12 member delegation from the keep out doctors committee present the petition as police estimate crowd size ranges widely.
In Columbus, House Speaker Roger Cloud urged the state board to release 270000 in unspent mental health funds to complete staffing at the Technical Institute of Central Ohio. The 3 million facility, with 200 beds, houses youths from the Boys Industrial School.
Washington report shows the Defense Supply Agency handed over military rat and mouse trap buying to the General Services Administration. An inter-agency committee approved the shift with little resistance, reducing trap styles from five to two and centralizing procurement under GSA.
London doctors say Sir Winston Churchill, age 87, has developed a bronchial infection and a fever while recovering from a thigh fracture at Middlesex Hospital. A bulletin notes reduced swelling in the left leg from a blood clot and phlebitis after the recent treatment.
London hosts secret talks between American and British scientists to explore defense strategy and improved seismic detection for a potential East West test ban treaty. Officials say the two day conference may influence demands for international inspections amid Soviet resistance in Geneva.
NASA announces Mercury program veteran Donald K. Slayton is grounded from solo spaceflight due to heart trouble. The 38 year old Air Force major will move to ground duties at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston handling engineering and planning for Mercury Gemini and Apollo programs. Bosses indicate he may later join two man Gemini and three man Apollo flights. The grounding was announced at a NASA news conference by Dr. Robert S. Gilruth.
A U S federal judge in Monroe starts testing 78 Negroes from East Carroll Parish under the 1960 Civil Rights Act. The action marks the first of its kind in the nation as the judge seeks to end a pattern of voter discrimination after 40 years without Black voters in the parish.
The AFL-CIO United Auto Workers rejected North American Aviation Co. proposal for a 30 day extension. Negotiations with Douglas Aircraft Co. had collapsed. A strike date of July 23 was set against 51 major plants, affecting about 125000 aerospace workers. UAW vice president Leonard Woodcock said there are hours left to settle issues.
Wellington reports Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announced the expulsion of two Soviet diplomats on spying charges. V. S. Andreev, commercial counsellor, and N. I. Shtykov, second secretary and cultural officer, were identified as seeking security information by illicit means from the Soviet legation in the capital.
Telstar connected Europe to the United States by relaying a French program live to American homes. A second broadcast came from Goonhilly Downs, England, via the satellite. The event demonstrated near real time transatlantic TV and a future transatlantic telephone call, with Yves Montand and Michele Arnaud appearing on American screens.
NASA calls for two new moon ship types to shuttle between lunar surface and satellite and to ferry two men Earth to Moon and back. Webb aims to award contracts within three months for the first vehicle while the second requires longer study. NASA also studies unmanned follow ups to support lunar crews and landing sites for return to Earth.
France is paying $293.4 million of debts to the United States ahead of schedule and purchasing $112.5 million in American gold. The Treasury disclosed the move in a correspondence between Secretary Douglas Dillon and French Finance Minister Giscard dEstaing. The gold purchase reduces the U S gold stock to $16.3 billion, the lowest in over two decades.
Santa Monica judge grants divorce to actress Janet Leigh after a five minute testimony in which she says Curtis no longer wished to remain married. Leigh states the separation was her decision and cites Curtis’s lack of desire to stay married.
Ohio Director of Highways E. S. Preston announced the Route 50 relocation from the Ross County line to McArthur will be contracted late 1962 or early 1963. The first 4.80 miles, from the Ross-Vinton line to Route 671, will create a new two lane road on a four lane right of way, at an estimated cost of about 1.3 million dollars, within the primary federal aid system.
The FBI reports four major crimes per minute in the United States for last year, an all time high. It cites 1,926,090 crimes including murder, assault, robbery, burglary, larceny and auto theft, a 3 percent rise from 1960. Under 18 offenders up 4 percent. 71 officers killed and 13,190 assaults on police, averaging eight per 100 officers.
A century after Lincoln signed the Medal of Honor into law, 2199 awards span nine wars. Today 176 living recipients include Army Capt Ola L. Mize and Luther Skaggs who adorned the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington. Navy has honored 729 sailors, 278 Marines, and one Coast Guardsman.
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