22 Jul 1963
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1963
Page
1
Moscow and Peiping announce plans to hold another meeting later to resume Sino Soviet talks. Khrushchev hosts farewell dinner for the Chinese delegation, while Suslov and Teng Hsiao-ping exchange views on world developments.
AFL-CIO announces a major nationwide drive to end racial discrimination in unions, employment, housing, voting, public accommodations, services and schools. George Meany will lead with a four-member committee and notify President Kennedy of the plan, with Lane Kirkland coordinating the effort.
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes asked the Agriculture Department to declare 20 counties drought areas. The move would allow grazing on soil bank lands and harvesting soil banks to address the drought crisis, with Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs and Perry among the listed counties.
Classified ad offers a living room suite and bed end springs for sale. Contact LY 2 5445 or LY 3 1242 to place or respond to the ad. The Messenger promotes a 16 word ad for one dollar and directs readers to its classifieds.
CHICAGO Pi Avco Corp and Minneapolis Moline Inc clash over acquiring a multi purpose farm tractor line for New Idea Division. New Idea, a leading corn harvester maker, likely to take over Uni-Tractor and Uni-Equipment marketing. The Uni group offers implements mounted on a custom tractor.
Kennedy weighs a call for compulsory arbitration to avert a nationwide rail strike set to begin at 12:01 a.m. next Tuesday. J E Wolfe represents railroad management and says legislation is essential to halt work rule changes aimed at eliminating so called feather bedding.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Senator Barry Goldwater clashed over civil rights at the Governors Conference in Miami Beach. A Goldwater aide claimed Democrats fear his rising popularity, while Rockefeller aimed to distinguish himself on civil rights. Absent were Romney and Scranton.
Miss Marilyn Miller twenty of Mansfield remained in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after a three car crash on Route 35 near here Saturday. Her parents Howard and Helen Miller both in fair condition. Earl Parsons of Nitro West Virginia was released from the hospital Sunday.
The body of Howard Straley, 51, of Lancaster, who drowned on a Canadian fishing trip, was found Saturday near Whitefish Bay on Lake Huron. His companion James Purcell, 55, also of Lancaster, perished in the same incident. Purcell’s body and the boat were recovered two days after the mishap.
The American Society of Newspaper Editors told President Kennedy it fears obstacles to reporting in South Viet Nam. The letter cites reported assaults on AP reporters Malcolm Browne and Peter Arnett and urges press freedom without intimidation or censorship.
Scientists aboard a DC8 jet tracked a total solar eclipse for 42.4 seconds longer than ground observers as the moon shadow crossed Japan Alaska Canada and Maine. Aboard were astronomers researchers cameramen and astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter. The event aims to study solar flares and faint distant lights hidden by the sun. Plane makers expect supersonic transport ready for eclipses in 1973 and 1979 to chase the moon’s shadow.
A fire of undetermined origin caused about 37500 damage to several stores in a building at 10th street and Madison Avenue in Toledo on Sunday. Fire crews battled the flames as damage assessment began and investigators searched for the cause.
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