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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1961
Page
1
Government troops pressed into a rebel stronghold southwest of Saigon and killed about 200 Viet Cong in a three hour fight near the Plaine des Jones Plain of Reeds. Government losses were 12 dead and about 60 wounded. Indications point to a major victory with rebels fleeing toward Cambodia.
Marlene Schmidt of Germany was named Miss Universe 1961 at the Miami Beach coronation ball. The 24 year old Stuttgart native will promote the title over the next year after meeting contest officials to plan appearances and promotions.
Mount Vernon reports Carroll Wears, 23, accused of fatally shooting Sam Cline, 24, after escaping Knox County jail by bludgeoning turnkey Roy Weeks. Wears was found on the roof of the First Baptist Church after a three hour manhunt. jailer hospitalized with possible skull fracture.
NEWARK Ohio. An early morning fire in downtown Courthouse Square caused an estimated quarter million dollars in damage to three stores. No injuries were reported. The blaze gutted the second floors of Andersons sporting goods Huths children's clothing center and Mitchells mens clothing store.
Over 20000 entries eligible for a $100000 prize pool in the Dogs Are Funny contest in the Family Weekly. Submissions open in The Messenger Sunday July 23 edition with details on how to enter.
Secretary Freeman rebutted criticism from William T. Smith of Big Flats New York a Cadillac driving farmer who praised corn allotments and non planting subsidies. Freeman said Smith is an outlier and that the program targets farmers with low incomes while acknowledging some wealthy beneficiaries exist within broad policy.
Luther Harris Jr. 30, father of three, was gravely injured at Vanadium's Graham Station when molten slag coated 90 percent of his body. He was directing the ladle operation and remained in critical condition at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Harris lives at 2215 Jefferson Ave.
Five French tourists were burned when Mount Etna suddenly exploded while they watched a fissure in the northeast crater. The eruption, the first recorded victims from a year of heightened activity, sent ash and dust over the area.
Virgil I. Grissom 35, from Mitchell Indiana, named to lead America’s next space penetration aboard Liberty Bell 7 after NASA announcement three days prior to launch. Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr. contests for the post, while Yuri Gagarin’s earlier orbital flight and Shepard’s May 5 suborbital forerunner frame the mission. The crew and 75 scientists await lift off from Cape Canaveral as the Redstone missile powers the 78,000 pound capsule into a high arc voyage.
Eleven white youths arrested by a 250 member police task force at Rainbow Beach during a second weekend of Wade-Ins. Nine charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly. two juveniles released to parents. A 19 year old who went unconscious after a skirmish claimed epilepsy.
Arlington Virginia reports a 13 year old Jewish boy says he was threatened by Nazi troopers, handcuffed and quizzed about his religion at their headquarters. Two troopers from George Lincoln Rockwell’s American Nazi party were jailed on felonious assault charges awaiting trial. The boy’s parents received a skull and crossbones cloth with a German word Judaen in the mail after the incident near a high school. Rickey Farber, the boy, described being taken to a Nazi house, pushed onto a couch and asked if he is Jewish as police prepared warrants for Richard R Braun and Robert F Gerter.
The United States handed Kennedy's reply to Khrushchev on Germany and Berlin to Soviet leaders, with France and Britain following with notes of their own. The three Western powers insist on rights in West Berlin, while Khrushchev warned of a separate East German treaty. Western garrisons in Berlin total 11,000 men.
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt urged Chancellor Adenauer to hold bipartisan talks among all parliamentary parties to safeguard Berlin. Brandt, a Socialist, seeks to replace Adenauer in the Sept 17 West German election and calls for joint action on securing self determination and disarmament debate. A flood of refugees—about 4000—arrived in West Berlin over the weekend, signaling urgency.
Rep James Roosevelt warns Khrushchev may try to oust the West from West Berlin if he thinks the US is bluffing about defending Allied rights. He says Khrushchev is an expert poker player and calls for full military mobilization to be ready.
In Jerusalem the Nazi official Adolf Eichmann testified he attended a January 30, 1940 gathering with Heydrich and others that approved the systematic removal ofPoles Jews Roma and Slovenes. He said the transport plan was ordered by Himmler, but he resisted admitting he initiated any order.
Youngstown police say Vince DiNiro a top rackets figure was killed when a bomb exploded ripping apart his car as he turned the ignition. Firemen pulled him from the wreck while he was alive after the blast described as the equivalent of 10 sticks of dynamite.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower starts a weeks long fishing trip and a reunion with his three brothers at a lodge in Watersmeet Michigan.
President Ayub Khan told Meet the Press that Communist China should be admitted to the United Nations and that Pakistan would vote for admission if raised in the General Assembly. He argued for a rational view despite American opposition.
Sen Styles Bridges and House Speaker Sam Rayburn declare Republicans and Democrats will back President Kennedy if he adopts a firm position on defending West Berlin. Bridges expects Kennedy to press Khrushchev and request more defense funds while Mansfield signals Senate Democratic support for a strong Berlin policy.
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