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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1964

Page

1

Goldwater Attacks $962.5 Million Antipoverty Bill

Senate debate opens as Johnson pushes a broad antipoverty measure totaling 962.5 million dollars. The bill backs a job corps for youths, funding for community programs, a Volunteers for America Corps, and loans for low income rural and migrant families. Goldwater and Tower condemn the plan as political manipulation. The Senate Labor Committee approved a minority report criticizing the bill as a hodgepodge of programs.

John Chadwick Washington Senate Johnson Barry Goldwater Volunteers For America Corps Goldwater John G. Tower R-Tex Senate Labor Committee

Exile Marches Target Cuba Action Amid Rioting

Cuban exiles in Washington urged Western Hemisphere ministers to sanction Cuba. The march of more than 5000 protesters sparked clashes with police, injuring several and leading to arrests. Organizers blamed Castro supporters for the disturbance as officials debated next steps.

Washington Dean Rusk United States Pan American Union Miami Washington Monument Lincoln Memorial Cuba

Akron Mud Hole Claims Three Lives in Seepage Disaster

A sewer cave in Akron created a 25 by 40 foot hole on Tallmadge Parkway during a heavy thunderstorm. A 10 year old girl Claudia Shidler a police officer Ronald Rotruck 28 and Hugh ONeil 19 Georgetown University student were missing and presumed drowned. The mother Velma Shidler and neighbor Janet Lewis 13 were rescued and hospitalized.

Akron Tallmadge Parkway Ohio 18 Cuyahoga Claudia Shidler Ronald D. Rotruck Hugh M. O'Neil Georgetown University General Tire and Rubber Co William O'Neil Claudia Velma Shidler Janet Lewis

Aging Cats Inherit $435000 Trust In San Diego Case

In San Diego Superior Court the will of Dr. William W. Grier was approved naming four cats as heirs. Two of the cats Brownie aged 15 and Hellcat 14 receive a $435,000 trust with annual income to be used for their care. Caregiver Avila Horn notes the cats live well on about $10 weekly.

LA Jolla Calif William W. Grier San Diego Superior Court Brownie Hellcat Avila Horn

Intercounty Vocational School Meeting slated in Hocking County

A meeting of superintendents from Athens Perry and Hocking Counties to discuss vocational high school plans across counties will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the office of Hocking County School Supt. James Frey. Attending include Frey Athens Supt T C Porter Logan City Supt Dwight Diller and Perry Supt William Jones.

Athens Perry Hocking Counties Hocking County James Frey Athens County T. C. Porter Frey Logan City Dwight Diller Perry County William Jones

Plans for retirement teased by Hal Boyle

Inside The Messenger, Editorial Page 4, HAL BOYLE outlines his retirement plans. The rest of the page highlights sports and local notices including Yankees vaulting to top, Meigs Farm Bureau urging anti reapportionment, Logan Church expanding classrooms, and New Athens Bank opening Thursday.

Hal Boyle Yanks Meigs Farm Bureau Logan Church NEW Athens Bank

Obituaries and notices span several Ohio towns

Fragmentary obituary items and public notices list multiple towns including Athens Chauncey Comics Editorial Gallipolis Glouster Logan Nelsonville Pomeroy Gal Middleport and Point Pleasant. The scattered text hints at sections 6 7 8 18 22 with page references and incomplete codes.

Athens Chauncey Comics Editorial Gallipolis Glouster Logan Nelsonville Point Pleasant Pomeroy-Gal Middleport

Khrushchev Attacks Platform at Polish Anniversary Event

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev used a Warsaw gathering for Poland’s 20th Communist anniversary to denounce the Republican platform and U S policy. He linked Goldwater to warlike aims and Nazist nostalgia while Gomulka also criticized the Republican candidate's chances.

Warsaw Khrushchev Barry Goldwater Republican Platform Poland U. S U.S Communist Party Wladyslaw Gomulka San Francisco Nuremberg Goldwater White House Gomulka

None Bolts GOP List 12 Senators Hold Off on Goldwater

A dozen Republican politicians including New York’s Senators Javits and Keating say they cannot support Barry Goldwater yet. They may back him if he clarifies views. Rockefeller criticizes his extremism stance. MaHoney says most Republicans will rally to the ticket as the campaign unfolds. Others hold back.

Associated Press New York Barry Goldwater Johnson Arizona Jacob K. Javits Kenneth B. Keating Nelson A. Rockefeller Keating Rockefeller GOP Goldwater Senate Walter J. Mahoney Goldwater- Miller John H. Reed Maine Silvio O. Conte Massachusetts William E. Ozzard New Jersey J. Glenn Beall Maryland Theodore R. McKeldin Baltimore James G. Fulton Pennsylvania

Sam Sheppard's Federal Hearing On Release Stay

Akron reports the 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a bid to stay or undo the writ of habeas corpus that freed Sam Sheppard after nearly nine years in prison for the 1954 bludgeon death of his pregnant wife Marilyn. The panel includes Judge Lester L Cecil and Akron attorney Paul Weick, with Clifford O Sullivan of Port Huron. The motion seeks to cancel the bond and potentially set a new trial.

Akron Sam Sheppard 6Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Slayer Cleveland New York Sheppard Bailey Cincinnati U.S. Appeals Court Lester L. Cecil Dayton Paul C. Weick Clifford O'Sullivan Port Huron Mich Cecil U.S. District Court Carl A. Weinman Weinman Marilyn Cuyahoga County John T. Corrigan Corrigan

State Opens Bids On Four Area Road Jobs

Bids opened Tuesday at the Department of Highways Columbus for four highway projects totaling 311 108. L P Cavett Co Lockland bid 32241 for 7 8 miles Route 681 Meigs County below official 39300. Hall and Barber Inc Cambridge bid 102251 for 28 96 miles Route 356 401 678 555 671 in Hocking Morgan Vinton. Hall and Barber also bid 86359 for 7 74 miles Route 141 Gallia 6 miles Route 790 Gallia 2 97 miles Route 684 Meigs 0 57 miles Route 790 Lawrence. Shelley and Sands Zanesville bid 90257 for 11 04 miles Routes 70A 375 676 and US 21 50 Meigs Washington. Official estimates given.

Department of Highways Columbus Messenger Meigs County L. P. Cavett Co Lockland Hocking Morgan and Vinton Hall and Barber, Inc Cambridge Gallia County Lawrence County Shelley and Sands Zanesville Meigs Washington

Viet Cong Victorious In Skirmish Near Saigon

Viet Cong forces destroyed 75 percent of a government battalion and captured an American sergeant after ambushing a government truck convoy near Saigon. At least 26 government troops were killed and 135 missing or captured. one U.S. Army captain was wounded and treated in Saigon. The 1st Battalion 31st Infantry suffered the heaviest losses.

Saigon Viet Nam 31St Infantry

Talks Ended With No Progress in Bridgwater Strike

Contract talks between Bridgwater Machine representatives and United Auto Workers Local 324 in Cleveland ended Tuesday night without any significant progress. A spokesman said the federal mediator dismissed both parties about 9 p.m. and set no date for a new meeting to end the strike now in its 103rd day.

Bridgwater Machine United Auto Workers Local 324 Cleveland

Day Curfew in Singapore After Riots

Singapore imposes a daytime curfew enforced by over 6000 troops and police after racial riots between Malays and Chinese. 8 killed and 341 injured with 157 arrested. curfew to stay until further notice, brief lift for food Thursday morning.

Singapore Tun Abdul Razak Kuala Lumpur Razak

Communists Blamed for Harlem Violence Signals FBI Probe

The FBI began examining possible Communist influence in New York City race riots that continued in Brooklyn and left two Black residents wounded by police. Acting Mayor Screvane cited fringe groups including the Communist party as agitators and said the FBI would probe funding for rallies.

New York FBI Brooklyn Paul R. Screvane Harlem Communist Party Johnson Bedford Stuyvesant Robert F. Wagner Wagner National Guard

African Leaders Dismiss Tshombe at Unity Meeting

At the Cairo summit the Organization of African Unity leaders denounced Congo Premier Tshombe as undesirable triggering Kasavubu’s boycott. The talks left the final communique vague while stressing unity against Portugal's Angola rule and Angola Mozambican export routes.

Lynn Heinzerling Cairo Africa Moise Tshombe Congo Angola Organization of African Unity Tshombe Kwame Katanga Mozambique Kasavubu

Medicare Hopes Face House Action On Social Security Boost

The House Rules Committee cleared for floor debate a bill to raise Social Security benefits and extend coverage to about 500 000 more retirees. If Senate action follows, it could revive Johnson era plans for a health care program funded by Social Security taxes. The Ways and Means Committee rejected the health plan but approved a 5 percent across the board Social Security increase and relaxed eligibility for those with shorter work histories.

House Rules Committee House Washington Senate Johnson Ways and Means

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