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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1963

Page

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See No Respite In Maryland Racial Dispute

In Cambridge Maryland the racial unrest persists despite two peace efforts. National Guard released 14 demonstrators including Gloria Richardson who had been arrested while picketing a drugstore. A human relations committee was appointed, and Gov. Tawes held talks with Negro and white leaders. Demonstrations continue amid guarded hopes for gradual progress.

Cambridge National Guard Gloria Richardson Calvin W. Mowbray Cambridge Non-Violent Action Committee Branche Tawes Collins Easton Bethel Ame Annapolis Gov. Tawes Dorchester County State Police

Teacher Sought In Slaying at Inquest in Cleveland

Cleveland police seek Miss Allene Leonards a Garfield Heights schoolteacher subpoenaed to testify at the inquest into the gangland style killing of Melvin L. Gold. Leonards says she was with racketeer Alex Shondor Birns until 10 30 p m the night Gold was slain Birns has been questioned and is also subpoenaed to appear at Wednesday s inquest and is free on 50000 bond set by the coroner.

Cleveland Garfield Heights Invest Melvin L. Gold Allene Leonards Alex (Shondor) Birns Gold Birns Samuel R. Gerber Miss Leonards

Jake Factor Becomes U S Citizen

John F. Factor known as Jake the Barber becomes a United States citizen before the same judge who once tried him on income tax. Deportation actions were dropped after President Kennedy pardoned him. In December the Immigration Service briefly pursued removal over a 1943 mail fraud conviction. Jackson News. Route 2 crash leaves two dead. Charles Harper and Charles Crigger injured seriously in Point Pleasant vicinity.

Los Angeles John F Jake the Barber Factor United States Immigration Service Kennedy Point Pleasant Charles H. Harper Huntington Charles Crigger Ravenswood Holzer Hospital

Livestock Auction Listing for Ponies and Mares

All have been sold. One stud pony and three brood mares with colts offered as a group. Also two ponies and forty eight with colts, one more pony and fifty one with colt broke to ride, one gelding not broke. Three yearling fillies. Classified ad promotes buying or selling livestock via The Messenger with a 16 word ad for one dollar and a contact phone LY 3 1242.

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Ohio Draft Call Sets August Induction for 1095 Men

Ohio Selective Service announces an August induction call of 1095 men with the youngest eligible at 22 by August 1 unless volunteering. The Messenger area counties list Athens eight, Gallia six, Hocking three, Meigs five, Perry three and Vinton one. Also Dayton report notes a plan to seek Ohio National Guard help to reduce Labor Day traffic crashes.

Columbus Ohio Selective Service Messenger Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Perry Vinton Dayton Warren Nelson Ohio National Guard

Logan Armory Ground Broken in Logan Industrial Park

Ground was broken for a 15000 square foot National Guard Armory in Logan Ohio near Route 33 as the first building in the Industrial Park. The project valued at 210746 includes officials Barton Holl and Harry Armstrong praising community cooperation and planning for a Goodyear plant additional water and sewer extensions. Completion is targeted for March or April 1964 with notable attendees from state and local authorities and trade groups.

Sandy Levenson Logan National Guard Armory Route 33 Barton Holl Ohio Chamber of Commerce Holl National Guard Hall Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Harry Armstrong Righdrd Armstrong Roland Bright Hocking County Bright E. C. Hostetler Ohio Raymond Strasburger Hull H. L. Minton Carl Hoskins Francis Myers Logan Trade Club John E. Goodlive Logan National Guard Burt N Nixon Trade Club Max Davidson Logan Development Corp R. B. Perkins Trade Club ‘Industrial

New Straitsville Water Project Halts Over Funding Delay

Work on Straitsville’s water distribution, financed by a 114000 Housing and Home Finance Agency loan, stopped after the federal government failed to provide an advance for a 30000 contract payment to Cook and Son Construction Co. Bond sales were expected to cover funds, but no approval came by the Monday deadline, suspending maintenance and construction until money arrives.

NEW _ STRAITSVILLE New Straitsville Housing and Home Finance Agency Cook and Son Construction Co Huntington W. Va

Fair Edition Premium List At Athens County Fair

The Messenger includes a Fair Edition Premium list for the 112th Athens County Fair scheduled August 7 to August 10, detailing events, prizes, and schedules for the four day county fair.

The Messenger

Signs Of Hope For Nuclear Test Ban Crisis

Washington reports Democrat leaders and President Kennedy seeking a settlement to avert a railroad strike. The wartime timeframe compels a special board to produce a factual report by Friday and President Kennedy to send legislation to Congress by Monday for swift action before the July 29 deadline.

Washington Kennedy Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz Special Committee Congress Senate House

Rhodes Signs Revised Unemployment Compensation Bill

Gov James A Rhodes signed a revised unemployment compensation measure restricting benefits and raising employer contributions to about 56 million dollars annually. Columbus Construction and Building Trades Unions watched the signing as the Ohio AFL-CIO Council opposed the bill. In Moscow, Harriman and Lord Hailsham met Gromyko amid cautious optimism for a nuclear test ban framework with talks continuing privately. At Vandenberg Air Force Base a Titan ICBM was launched in a routine training flight.

Columbus James A. Rhodes Columbus Construction and Building Trades Unions Ohio Afl-Cio Council Moscow U. S W. Averell Harriman Lord Hailsham Britain Andrei A. Gromyko Valerian A. Zorin Zorin Soviet Union Khrushchev Kremlin Gromyko Groneyko Vandenberg Air Force Base Calif Air Force Vandenberg

China and Russia pause talks in Moscow amid mutual accusations

Chinese and Soviet delegates again recessed in Moscow during "peace talks" as both sides accuse the other of trying to split the Communist world. The exchange follows strained negotiations over unity and alliance.

China Russia Moscow Peking Lenin Hills India Communist Party Pravda Communist Party of China World Socialist Camp International Communist Movement Izvestia Monday Kremlin Red China World Communist Center Izvestia

Hospital Protest Blocks Brooklyn Hospital Job Access

Forty two civil rights demonstrators including 14 Negro clergymen protested at a Brooklyn hospital construction site blocking entry to trucks. They were arrested for disorderly conduct and released without bail pending hearings. They demanded 25 percent of jobs go to Negroes and Puerto Ricans on state and city financed projects. They warned of violence if their demand was ignored.

New York Brooklyn Downstate Medical Center Kennedy Nelson A. Rockefeller Robert F. Wagner New York City

Post Office launches VIM in San Francisco office building

The Post Office Departments pilots VIM vertical mail system in the Crown Zellerbach Building San Francisco to speed service in big offices. A dedicated postman serves the building from a basement station as mail travels via locked conveyor trays to each floor.

Crown Zellerbach San Francisco Post Office Department

Savannah Faces Paradoxical Broadside in Racial Tension

Savannah, Ga. experiences renewed racial unrest as night demonstrations trigger violence amid longdesegregation progress. Leaders blame a small group of militant Black activists while white business leaders call for end to marches and urge calm as desegregation proceeds in city facilities and schools prep for fall.

Don McKee Savannah South Bevel

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Maryland Jake Factor U.S Barton Hall New National Guard Armory U.S. Route 383 Logan Armory Donahey Straitsville News Index Chauncey Editorial Eere Eee Eesers Gallipolis Logan Eeaerenerse Nelsonville Pomeroy Middleport Ose Ewes Mike Mansfield Montana Rhodes U.S. Grant Urban Renewal Administration Martins Ferry Hanover St Congress of Racial Equality General Assembly Post Office By Neil Gilbride J. Edward Day NIMS Atlanta James Bevel Christian Leadership Conference W. W. Law National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Law NAACP Chatham County Crusade For Voters Hosea Williams Arkansas Tulsa Okla James Robison George Robison J. Arnold Hubbard Carrel Hanna J. T. Bonds
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