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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1956
Page
1
Marine drill sergeant Matthew C. McKeon faces court martial over drownings at boot camp. Gen Randolph McC. Pate says the case raises broader questions about Marines methods in shaping hardened fighting men and whether McKeon followed established customs.
The nationwide steel strike enters its 16th day with no break in sight. A source says the union may accept a 52 month contract that would yield about 17 cents an hour initially. David J. McDonald estimates 14 cents an hour for 650,000 strikers, averaging $2.46 under the old contract. Talks resumed last Thursday after a report to Labor Secretary Mitchell. Federal mediator Joseph F. Finnegan returned to Pittsburgh for resumed negotiations. In a separate matter, a 31-year-old sergeant from Worcester, Mass., faces involuntary manslaughter and other charges after a fatal training incident at a Marine Corps base. Defense seeks elimination of minor alcohol charges. Attorney Emile Berman pressed for a public order promising no reprisal for Marine testimony. Thomas replied with confidence in the Marines.
A new Soviet plan to form a Europewide organization for peaceful atomic use, Euratom, would include both Soviet and Western nations and the United States. The proposal mirrors past Soviet efforts to split Western unity, gain influence over Europe, and render NATO obsolete, while pressuring Germany and Western alliances amid Cold War tensions.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to work at the White House reporting to his office at 8 20 a m for the first time since intestinal ailment on June 8 He meets with staff Lewis W Strauss and plans a session with Secretary Dulles Press secretary Hagerty notes he is not fully recovered and will have lighter afternoon schedules. Spectators greet him on arrival after a campaign style drive from his farm.
A 25 year old doctor, Dr Helen Stein, delivered her own baby in the front seat of a car while her husband drove to a hospital. She said she felt no concern about delivering unassisted and called natural birth the best method. Her two older sons were born in a hospital.
A seven year old boy survived a 4000 volt contact at a fenced San Diego Gas and Electric substation after a short circuit tripped. An American GI group accused of attacks on Germans followed a street incident in Munich where a 21 year old German man was fatally struck in a dispute with a GI. U.S. Army officials opened a military police investigation while Bavarian police reported the beer hall incident.
A $100 reward was announced Monday morning by Mayes family of Henderson seeking information on the whereabouts of a missing relative. Robert Mayes and his father C. C. Mayes urged anyone with details to come forward.
Southern Ohio liquor still operators reportedly use a chemical like activated carbon to mask odors and throw off liquor agents. State Liquor Director William C. Bryant said investigators have heard the gimmick stifling the smell from stills, complicating enforcement efforts.
Congress eyes a drawn out sequence as civil rights legislation opens this week. Senate and House sessions start early and end late with key bills under consideration. House-passed measures include foreign aid, military construction, social security revisions, and flood insurance, while nominees and executive pay await action.
Classified notice advertises an unfurnished five room apartment for rent on Court Street. The ad invites calls to 20012 between 1 and 7 and notes high demand with many inquiries. A second line encourages placing ads via Dial 31242.
One man died and another was in critical condition after a Route 2 crash one mile south of Ravenswood at 1 a.m. Sunday. Robert Robinson, 28, of Parkersburg died later at Parkersburg City Hospital. His brother Carl, 37, was not expected to survive. The car was torn to a mass of metal after speeding into a culvert and plunging into the highway center. Both men were thrown clear, found 20 and 100 feet from the wreck, and appeared to have traveled through a ditch before impact.
Englanders will head the convention platform committees with Rep. John W. McCormack of Massachusetts as platform chairman a role he held in 1952. Selection approved by spokesmen for Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver and Averell Harriman who seek the party nomination. Republicans had designated Sen. Prescott Bush to head their Platform Committee.
Point Pleasant and Mason County authorities hunt for Danny Mayes son of Mr and Mrs Robert Mayes of Henderson after he failed to return from work Friday evening. Several sightings reported near Route 35 about 6 p.m and at a Point Pleasant bowling alley but no definite lead.
A crank call claimed there was dynamite aboard a United Air Lines DC with 63 passengers, forcing an three hour diversion to Elko Nevada before a cautious landing. Captain Nelson jettisoned fuel for the emergency operation. a San Francisco municipal ballot troupe, en route to a tour, were removed and the plane searched with no danger found.
INGOLSTADT Germany Two more Hungarians a young engaged couple join seven anti Communist hijackers who seized a Hungarian airliner and crash landed it Saturday on a NATO air base near here Police said the other six passengers and four crewmen aboard the plane want to return to their Communist ruled homeland.
Soviet foreign minister Dmitri Shepilov urged the United States and Britain to halt all nuclear tests, proposing a three option path including UN framework, a tripartite agreement, or separate state bans. He spoke as the Supreme Soviet urged world parliaments to join in ending the arms race amid Western resistance to a full ban.
Gallia hints at a housing development on a 116 acre tract near Gallipolis to be led by out-of-town interests. Tom Agee reports purchase of Ivan Murray property near Route 11. Hannan is the go-between in the deal. transactions were completed Thursday.
Damascus reports syria shuts border with turkey and bans travel after turkey's silence on releases for 35 syrian peasants detained by turkish border forces since a june 23 border clash.
Five day forecast shows temperatures below normal with normal highs around 87 and lows near 65. Precipitation expected near half an inch with local totals up to two inches and scattered showers tonight Tuesday and again Thursday or Friday. Manila reports Philippine Senate ratified the 1951 San Francisco peace treaty with Japan ending the long wartime state of war between the two nations.
The House enters a marathon debate on civil rights legislation with Southern opposition ready to filibuster. Supporters aim for a Friday vote and seek a bipartisan civil rights commission, a federal rights division, and easier suits for rights violations.
A U S weather expert suggested a baby tornado may have swept the area as a military transport plane crashed into a pine swamp near Fort Dix New Jersey. Seven man Air Force board investigates with 21 survivors from 66 aboard.
An Associated Press survey notes thirteen people killed in Ohio this weekend with ten traffic deaths. Period covered is 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Special medical care was sought for Mrs Emory Shockley, 64, Scottown, after an ambulance rush to a Gallia County facility early Monday.
A weekend blaze destroyed the vacant John Wanamaker department store and disrupted service at Rand Central Terminal. Water from firefighting efforts streamed onto the burning building and into the IRT Lexington Avenue line and BMT tracks. Nearly a dozen riders were startled by the heat as crowds swelled, and 20 hospitalizations followed among firefighters and commuters. Officials suspect an acetylene torch spark may have started the fire.
Navy officers testified that bombers flew 1000 miles into the heartland without radar detection. The subcommittee reported the Jupiter missile system could reach targets in Europe and Asia with high accuracy, including ship and submarine launched options. A censored version of the testimony was released.
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