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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1959
Page
1
The 103rd General Assembly faces an uncertain adjournment as two House approved bills clash with Senate delays. Bills on workmen compensation benefits and 52 million dollars in school subsidies stall in the Senate, while other measures progress through conference committees and governorsignature steps.
The Big Four foreign ministers resumed negotiations on a Berlin crisis truce. U.S. Secretary of State Herter, Britain's Selwyn Lloyd, Soviet FM Gromyko, and France's Couve de Murville met at de Murville's villa for a lunch negotiation aimed at an iron clad pledge from the Soviet Union.
Western ministers report progress toward a possible long term Berlin peace, with secret sessions seen as essential. Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko demanded East and West German representation and hinted at amending an 18 month Berlin truce proposal to address Western concerns.
Senator Humphrey demanded rapid congressional action to revise the radio TV equal time rule after CBS canceled his Face the Nation appearance citing his presidential candidate status. He accepted NBC Today invitations and said Lyndon Johnson promised a Senate bill next week.
Sir Alfred Munnings, eighty, dean of British art, died at his home in Dedham England.
Low temperatures tonight around 63 to 72 in West Virginia. Saturday looks mostly cloudy with warmth and humidity and scattered showers and thunderstorms. Ohio sees partly cloudy and warm conditions today tonight and Saturday with a few thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. Highs 89 to 92, lows 64 to 68. Five day forecast: temperatures near normal with little change through Wednesday. normal highs 84, lows 63 to 65. precipitation about one half inch in thundershowers. Additional regional readings show varied conditions from clear to cloudy across major cities with highs in the 70s to 90s and some moisture in the forecast.
Fire believed deliberate destroyed the interior of Charles O'Brien’s eight room Bloomfield home. Estimated damage was 35000 dollars. O'Brien, Teamsters Local 299 business agent, was away with his wife and two children. Police reported fuel oil soaked living room and two bedrooms. O'Brien’s mother claimed union threats prompted the attack.
The Highway Department schedules a public hearing Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Meigs County Courthouse Pomeroy to discuss straightening a half mile of Ohio 338 southeast of Apple Grove. The $210 000 project includes replacing the Johns Run bridge.
Washington C. H. W. A. Smith, city superintendent of schools, resigns to take a similar post at Amherst. He arrived here in 1953 from Pome roy.
Pittsburgh AP reports the weeklong nationwide steel strike has pushed losses toward 100 million dollars as 500000 United Steelworkers remain on picket lines. Federal mediation resumes in New York, while David J. McDonald criticizes talks as unproductive.
About 0.5 million United Steelworkers plus 25 000 allied workers walk off. Federal mediators plan separate talks in New York Monday as production losses near 100 million dollars in day three. Picket lines stay orderly while Union President McDonald tours Bethlehem with officials in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Gov Furcolo and Senator Symington push government fact finding. Union seeks higher wages and benefits. industry resists labor cost increases.
Gov Earl K Long of Louisiana spent the night in Juarez after a shouting tirade in a Juarez night club. He evaded newsmen then returned to his El Paso hotel with cousin Dave Bell. Earlier he disturbed waiters and patrons in the club during a confrontation with photographers.
The 4 month old South Korean infant adopted by the Lowell Brubakers in Bradenton died minutes after arriving at Tampa International Airport. A stewardess held the child at the door then she disappeared inside. A doctor said pneumonia likely caused the death during the 9000 mile journey from Seoul.
A Washington AP report notes Castro’s resignation expected to be revealed. a Senate House conference shapes a 3 billion foreign aid bill tailored to Eisenhower requests. Conferees finalize a two year shift of military aid to the Defense Department budget with authorization of 1.4 billion for the year.
Billie Holiday known as Lady Day dies at Metropolitan Hospital at age 44. Her husband Louis McKay is at her bedside as health declines after years of narcotics and liquor problems and a collapse in her apartment. The immediate cause is congestion of the lungs with heart failure. she was under arrest for possession of heroin at the time of collapse.
In Zanesville Stephen P. Roberts 14 of near Philo was listed in critical condition at Bethesda Hospital after a pistol discharged while he and his brother Sam 10 played with it. Deputies said the weapon a .22 caliber pistol caused the injury.
John T. Duffy former state representative dies Wednesday in Crile Veterans Administration Hospital. Services set for Saturday at Assumption Catholic Church.
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown reports issuing a corporate charter to Canton Times Inc of Canton indicating formal formation and legal recognition for the new newspaper business by the state.
Washington reports a fierce House clash over a labor management controls bill with Rep. Carroll D. Kearns saying Jimmy Hoffa has won his greatest victory. Key issues remain drafting provisions and the report backing the bill, including removal of criminal sanctions in favor of civil injunctions against reprisals.
Hollywood actor Jimmy Stewart will receive the Air Force Reserve brigadier general star after Senate Armed Services Committee approval. Sen Margaret Chase Smith, who blocked his promotion for two years, voted in favor as the committee unanimously advanced the elevation.
ADELAIDE Australia Stanley Yankus who sold a Michigan chicken farm for 30000 dollars and moved his family to Australia works as a 36 dollar a week clerk. He is glad as nothing is complicated and he left the United States to escape government agricultural controls.
Washington reports the Explorer IV satellite could reenter Earth's atmosphere and burn up late this month as it nears the end of its orbital life. The fate of the craft and potential debris is under government monitoring.
Law officers hunted a possible pair across Ohio and western Pennsylvania after a daylight holdup at the Niles Bank Co. where teller Miss Judy Whitney and escort Patrolman Anthony Marsico were bound and robbed of 40000. A 1951 Ford with plate Y 8550, stolen in Newton Falls, is linked to the case.
The National Labor Relations Board schedules July 23 for a union representation election at Chillicothe Paper Co Chillicothe to choose a collective bargaining agent. About 480 production and maintenance employees may be affected with United Papermakers and Paper Workers and District 50 United Mine Workers seeking to represent them.
Naval researchers report that radioactive fallout released into the atmosphere by nuclear blasts is more diluted than previously believed. The finding challenges older estimates of exposure risk and may affect safety precautions and monitoring efforts.
Havana reports Fidel Castro has resigned as prime minister in a move described by Revolucion as a political maneuver to test confidence from government and people. Public explanation promised at a news conference. potential temporary successor discussed includes Raul Roa or Augusto Martinez Sanchez. Foreign charges accuse former Batista officials of planning an invasion with 6000 mercenaries based in the Dominican Republic.
A five year old Columbus Ohio boy Michael Edward Jones drowned at Lake Charlevoix in East Jordan Michigan while wading with his parents during a family visit. The incident occurred as he apparently stepped into water over his head. The boy was with Mr and Mrs John Jones at the time of the tragedy.
New York police raiders seized 30 pigeons believed to be used as narcotics carriers. The narcotics squad found five ounces of heroin and the birds in a Bronx apartment at 1 a.m.
Miss New Mexico Sue Ingersoll 22-year-old defies Archbishop Byrne by entering Miss Universe pageant. Plane with 70 contestants lands in Long Beach as crowd cheers. she supports wearing swimsuits in public pageant despite church ban on Catholic girls.
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