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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1953

Page

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Big Three Hold Washington Talks on Delay of Soviet Meeting

Western foreign ministers signal any top level talks with Russia should wait at least until fall. Britain seeks delay to Sept. 6 German elections and discusses Egypt Suez base issues. Dulles Bidault Salisbury review policy papers as secrecy surrounds yesterday’s session.

Washington Russia West Germany Lord Salisbury Dulles Georges Bidault Salisbury Britain Egypt Suez Canal Suez Bidault London Paris Germany Soviet Union

Senate, House Reach $231 Million School Aid Compromise

The Ohio Senate approved House changes to a $231 million school subsidy, clearing a path to adjournment possibly tonight or Wednesday. A second school bill would create $750,000 in teacher scholarships, while a key dispute centers on raising unemployment compensation benefits.

Columbus Ohio Senate House Senate 100Th General Assembly C. Stanley Mechem Athens William Saxbe Champaign Ohio

Point Pleasant approves bonds for water extension

The Point Pleasant City Council passed an ordinance to sell 60000 dollars in bonds to the Nelson Browning Co of Cincinnati to extend city water service to Henderson and the Sand Hill area. The plan calls for repayment over 20 years from water extension revenue. A start date was not announced but the project is expected soon. The council also signed a 10 year contract with Appalachian Electric Power Co for street lighting at previous rates. Complaints about the Jefferson Blvd dairy herd odor were discussed and steps will be taken to address the situation.

Point Pleasant Nelson Browning Co Cincinnati Henderson Sand Hill Appalachian Electric Power Co Jefferson Blvd Roy Taylor

Tiffs Disarming Fort Worth Man Loses Arms in Tavern Clash

Howard Bigham Davis, 29, a Fort Worth ex convict, had his right arm amputated after a shotgun blast in a tavern quarrel Monday night. Six months earlier Davis lost his left arm in a similar shooting.

Fort Worth Tex Howard Bigham Davis Davis

Soviet Transport Machinery Chief Is Replaced

Vyacheslav A. Malyshev, a top Soviet engineer and minister of transport machinery and heavy machine building, is relieved of his post. Ivan Isidorovich Nosenko named his successor amid a government reshuffle reported by Evening Moscow.

Moscow Vyacheslav A. Malyshev Soviet Union Malyshev Ivan Isidorovich Nosenko Evening Moscow Nosenko Laventry P. Beria New York Kremlin Czechoslovakia Council of Ministers Communist Party Stalin

House Rejects Senate Changes on Sec Hospital Bill

Ohio House refused to accept Senate amendments to a 45 percent million dollar capital improvements appropriation from state surplus. The bill includes a one million dollar term for a tuberculosis hospital in Southeastern Ohio likely in Nelsonville per Sen. Tom V. Moorehead. The measure heads to a conference committee after Senate rejection of House land appropriation changes for gas storage.

Columbus Ohio House Senate Ohio Tom V. Moorehead Muskingum Nelsonville House

Missing After Patrol Bomber Crash Off Cape Henry

Norfolk in the Atlantic, four airmen are missing after a Marlin P5M patrol bomber crashed 25 miles east of Cape Henry during antisubmarine training. Eleven crew members aboard. three confirmed dead. Four were rescued by the destroyer McNair using a life raft dropped from a second patrol bomber. The Navy ended air search last night though ships stay aboard pursuing the missing men.

Norfolk Navy Cape Henry Norfolk Naval Air Station McNair Atlantic

Body Found Along Route 33 Near Lancaster

The body of 28 year old Leona Ashball of Jefferson was found along U. S. 33 in Jefferson seven miles north of Lancaster. Coroner Joseph Geer said she apparently was thrown from a moving car. The body was taken to University Hospital in Columbus for an autopsy. A 16 year old youth was held for questioning but not charged.

Lancaster U. S. 33 Jefferson Leona Ashball Joseph Geer University Hospital Columbus

Last of Pen Rebels Quit Lasting Oregon Prison Riot

Salem Oregon reports the last of about 1000 convicts ended a four day uprising. Convicts were returned to cells in groups of 20 from the recreation yard after riot damage halted work. Warden Clarence T. Gladden said the prisoners were now docile and respectful. Repair of $100,000 in damage was to begin.

Clarence T. Gladden

Gun Barrel Pierces Colorado Boy's Head

Fifteen year old Bill Schriver is hospitalized after a homemade gun backfired sending a three foot pipe into his head near the right eye. He walked to his grandfather’s house for help and held the pipe to shield his eye while surgeons removed it.

Grand Junction Colo Bill Schriver

McCarthy Plans CIA Probe Faces Security Objections

Sen. McCarthy seeks a plan to probe the CIA without tipping off secrets while Sen. Monroney warns such scrutiny could reveal information even the Kremlin cannot obtain. Discussions with Allen Dulles were uncertain as the Eisenhower administration weighs approval.

Washington Sen McCarthy R-Wis Central Intelligence Agency Sen. Monroney D-Okla Senate Kremlin CIA Allen Dulles

Heavy Red Onslaught Rips S Korea Line

AP report from Panmunjom notes 39 minute session ends with Reds wary of a limited truce. UN Command cites shelling in the neutral zone and a North Pyongyang air raid claim as talks stall. Red press calls the accord a time bomb while outsiders say talks go nowhere.

Panmunjom Red South Korea Peiping Korea Pyongyang Alan Winnington London Daily Worker Syngman Rhee U. S Walter S. Robertson Seoul

Ike Believes Drive Won't Snarl Truce

President Eisenhower told congressional leaders he sees a truce near in Korea despite a massive Communist offensive. He and military leaders viewed the latest attacks as aimed at straightening a bulge created by the 1951 Allied offensive.

Washington Eisenhower Korea White House Syngman Rhee Eisenhower

Dover couple to take lie detector tests in Akron death case

Bracken County Sheriff Hamer Jett said Dover Kentucky man Woodrow Starrett and his wife would undergo lie detector tests in Cincinnati today. No charges have been filed as authorities question the parents of six about the death of Juanita Bailey of Akron Ohio whose weighted body was found in Turtle Creek Bracken County two years ago.

Maysville Dover Ohio Bracken County Hamer Jett Woodrow Starrett Cincinnati Juanita Bailey Akron Turtle Creek

Tractor Overturns Kill Coshocton Girl

A Coshocton farm girl, 14 year old Patricia Reiss, died when a tractor overturned while traveling with her father to gather fresh wheat. The vehicle plunged from a bridge into Possum Creek, trapping her beneath it. Her father Thomas Reiss was driving another tractor nearby.

Coshocton

Judge McGonagle sentences Slayer to life term

In New Lexington Ohio Judge U S McGonagle on Monday sentenced Rudolph Elfrink employed at St Loysius Academy to life in the Ohio Penitentiary for second degree murder of George Kilbarger a fellow worker. Kilbarger was slain after a quarrel following a shuffleboard game.

New Lexington. O U. S. McGonagle Rudolph Elfrink Stloysius Academy Ohio Penitentiary George Kilbarger Kilbarger

Grim search continues for Transocean plane crash victims

HONOLULU dispatches report 58 aboard the Transocean Airlines DC6B when it vanished 350 miles east of Wake Island. Rescuers pull burned and mutilated bodies from shark infested waters as Barrett recovers 11 bodies and sighted three others. The airliner was en route from Guam to Oakland and likely plunged after a flame or explosion.

Honolulu Wake Island Transocean Airlines Barrett Navy Guam Oakland Calif Wake

Strike Ends Seen at Pike Union Talks Stall

Union and company officials met Monday to settle the truck drivers walkout slowing hauling from Ralph Rogers & Co quarry to the Pike County atom plant. A spokesman said drivers seek a 2 cent hourly raise to 1.80 while union members at the atom plant earn 1.80 and Pike County Cartage Co. trucks remain lower. The strike began July 1.

Pike County Cartage Co

U S May Consider Japanese Security Army

Secretary of State Dulles said the United States has been thinking of an ultimate Japanese security force of about 350 000 men or ten divisions with supporting troops. He noted decisions will be made by the Japanese government through their process and the U S will help equip those forces once decisions are made.

Washington Dulles United States U. S

Car Dealer Named To Aviation Board

Gov. Lausche appoints Zanesville dealer FEF Dutro to the state aviation board for a term to Jan. 31, 1958, succeeding Barnhill. The governor also reappoints Robert N. Gorman of Cincinnati to OSU trusteeship until May 13, 1960 and William Hoyt of Hillsboro to the state medical board through March 18, 1960.

Columbus Frank J. Lausche Fef Dutro Zanesville Auto State Aviation Board Co. D. Barnhill Olmsted Falls Robert N. Gorman Cincinnati Ohio State University William Hoyt Hillsboro State Medical Board

Ohioan Selected New York Shrine Recorders VP

John G. Evans of Akron Ohio was elected third vice president Monday of the Shrine Recorders Association, extending his leadership role within the organization.

Ohioan New York John G. Evans Akron Ohio Shrine Recorders Association

Vessel Sinks After Collision Off San Francisco

The freighter Jacob Luckenbach sank in dense fog about 18 miles southwest of the Golden Gate after a collision with the Hawaiian Pilot. All crewmen from both ships were rescued as Coast Guard boats reached the area. The Luckenbach was en route from the Oakland Army Depot to the Far East when it collided with the Hawaii Pilot bound from Hawaii.

San Francisco Jacob Luckenbach Pacific Ocean Coast Guard Oakland Army Depot Hawaii Golden Gate

Two Meigs Men Sentenced for Robbery

Virgil Markins aged 27 from near Albany and Donald Taylor aged 19 of Darwin were sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Cedric W. Clark to terms ranging from one to 25 years. Both men faced robbery charges related to the theft of $400 from Liberty Hudnall, a 93 year old resident. Markins pleaded guilty to robbery while Taylor was found guilty. Markins also faced a burglary indictment.

Pomeroy Liberty Hudnall Common Pleas Cedric W. Clark Virgil Markins Albany Ohio Penitentiary Donald Taylor Darwin Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield Taylor Clark Markins Hudnall

Red Chinese Forces Overrun Korean Front In Major Assault

Tens of thousands of Chinese troops attacked along a 20 mile front east of Kumbwa to the Pukhan River, forcing withdrawals by ROK units and threatening Allied lines. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor reported heavy casualties and significant ground loss as eight Chinese divisions entered the battle and weather hindered defense.

Sfoul Korea Maxwell D. Taylor 8Th Army ROK Kumbwa Pukhan River U. S U.S Taylor Kumsong Sth Kumsong-Kumbhwa Kumbhwa Lookout Mountain Associated Press Robert Gibson

Ike's Refugee Plan Approved

A House judiciary subcommittee approved legislation to admit 250000 special quota immigrants next year. The measure adds 160000 to the 240000 quota asked by President Eisenhower and includes 2000 Portuguese 2000 Arabs 3000 Chinese and 3000 Japanese plus 125000 escapees from Iron Curtain countries.

Washington House Judiciary United States Senate Judiciary Committee Senate Eisenhower

Firemen Rescue 13 After Boats Crash

Thirteen people were rescued Sunday night after two motorboats collided on Indian Lake. A 28 foot sightseeing boat with seven aboard rammed a 16 foot motorboat after the smaller vessel swerved to avoid a buoy. Fishermen assisted in the rescue near Russell's Point.

Russells Point Indian Lake

Cleveland Policeman Admits Ironton School Burglaries

Edward A. Reinhart a 30 year old patrolman admitted five burglaries linked to four men and a woman. crimes spanned Ironton schools Orwell feed store Ashtabula County Home with loot found in a west side tire shop. Weir named in connection to a whisky hijacking. Authorities consider a police oversight squad.

Cleveland Edward A. Reinhart James E. McArthur Ironton Orwell Ashtabula McArthur West Side Reinhart Kenneth G. Weir

Berliners Rush To Buy Relief Food At West German Market

Hundreds of hungry East Berliners surged across the sector border to buy relief goods at a special rate in Kreuzberg. West Berlin funds and private donations supplied milk and fruit as stocks sold out within three hours, prompting a resumed sale with potatoes replacing milk and fruit. Prime Otto Grotewohl urged the population to aid farmers in harvest efforts nationwide.

Berlin Kreuzberg Willy Kressman East Germany Otto Grotewohl

Eisenhower seeks foreign aid funding from Congress

President Eisenhower began a campaign of personal persuasion to win billions for his foreign aid program. He hosted Senate Appropriations Chairman Bridges at breakfast and planned luncheons with other purse string committee members as Congress moves toward a $5.16 billion authorization bill amid expected funding cuts.

Washington Eisenhower Congress Bridges Rnj Senate Appropriations Committee White House Senators House Senate

1st Jet Ace Going Home

Maj. James Jabara, world first jet ace with nearly 200 combat missions and 14 MIGs downed, plans to return to Korea for a Mig-killing tour before reporting to Hancock Air Force Base in Syracuse, New York, for U S duty as a fighter pilot. He notes MIG pilots are less experienced than on his first tour. The Fifth Air Force says he will leave Korea around July 19 and arrive in Japan July 23.

Seoul James Jahara Japan U. S Hancock Air Force Base Syracuse N. Y

Pennsylvania Enacts 1 Percent Sales Tax

Harrisburg announces a 1 percent sales tax approved by Gov John S Fine. The levy begins September 1 making Pennsylvania the 35th state with a sales tax. Estimated to raise about 125 million dollars in two years, it applies to taxable items costing 11 cents or more.

Harrisburg Pennsylvania John S. Fine

Five Day Forecast Sees Slight Warmth Amid Thunderstorms

The forecast anticipates near normal temperatures with no major swings. Expect normal highs around 85 to 88 degrees and lows about 63. Local thunderstorm chances appear Friday through Sunday with limited rainfall totals.

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