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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1963

Page

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Red Chiefs Gather In Kremlin For Economic Unity

Soviet bloc leaders from Poland Czechoslovakia East Germany Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Mongolia meet in the Kremlin for the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Talks with Premier Khrushchev likely to run to the weekend and cover economic synchronization and the rift with Red China.

Moscow Kremlin Poland Czechoslovakia East Germany Romania Bulgaria Hungary Mongolia Council For Mutual Economic Assistance Khrushchev Soviet Union Red China

Lausche Bill Seeks Higher REA Loan Interest

Sen Frank Lausche proposes a bill to raise REA loan interest to market rate, criticizing current low rates used to finance farm electrification. Co sponsored by Sen Wallace Bennett the measure would set loan rates equal to government borrowing costs. The bill targets open market financing for future REA operations and shifts away from 2 percent cooperative loans.

Washington Rural Electrification Administration Frank J. Lausche Dohio Lausche Illinois Wallace F. Bennett Rutah REA

Auditor Holds Up 3 Salary Increases

Charleston W V state auditor Denzil L Gainer will not authorize $2000 a year salary increases for Public Service Commissioners Hillis Townsend and Joseph E Hodgson and Labor Commissioner Lawrence Barker after consulting the attorney general's staff he believes the raises violate constitutional provisions.

Charleston W. Va Denzil L. Gainer Gainer Hillis Townsend Joseph E. Hodgson Lawrence Barker

Police Pressure Claimed In Ward Trial In London

A prosecution witness testified that police threatened to take her sister and baby if she did not provide evidence against Dr Stephen Ward in the vice trial. Margaret Ricardo 22 admitted lying earlier and said she volunteered new statements to avoid remand for her sister Dorothy Richardson 13 and another girl Diana. Marilyn Mandy Rice-Davies 18 admitted naming Douglas Fairbanks Jr to the case but Fairbanks denied the accusation through a New York spokesman.

London Stephen Ward Ward Margaret Ricardo Ing Mervyn Griffith- Jones Dorothy Richardson Diane Miss Ricardo Griffith-Jones Marilyn Mandy) Rice-Davies Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Fairbanks Britain New York

Grand Jury to Consider Two Murders in Fairfield County

Fairfield County grand jury meets next Monday to hear evidence for indictments against Frederick Spears 26 charged with the killings of Mrs. Virginia Wagner last December and Mrs. Mona Eckard last May. Prosecutor E. Raymond Morehart will present evidence from last April. Spears previously confessed to both murders and to assaulting a Fairfield County mother of four on June 13.

Lancaster Fairfield County Frederick Spears E. Raymond Morehart Spears Virginia Wagner Mona Eckard Wagner Eckard

Research Specialist Warns of Pesticides

Washington government expert Dr. W. C. Hoeper of the National Cancer Institute warned a Senate subcommittee that some pesticides sold publicly can cause cancer and death calling them biological dynamite. Columbus unemployment claims rose slightly for the week ended July 20 per a Bureau of Unemployment Compensation report.

Washington Senate W. C. Hoeper National Cancer Institute Columbus Bureau of

Convicted Killer Sought After Logan Prison Escape

Logan and Hocking County law enforcement search for Benjamin Meyer 34 once of Logan. Meyer, life-term for 1954 wife murder Velvia 26, escaped London Correctional Institution with two other convicts. Analysts fear vengeance on officials and possible return to Logan as search broadens.

Logan Hocking County Benjamin Meyer London Meyer Velvia London Institution Frank J. Lausche Lausche Weldy Ave Bremen Rd

Logan plant site surprise as Chris Craft explored

Logan officials expressed surprise at reports that Chris Craft Corp. may consider Logan and Cleveland for a northern plant. The Logan Trade Club has contacted several firms to attract new industry to Hocking County, with no commitments. Governors Conference in Miami Beach prompted initial expansion rumors, and a loan application from an Akron firm for a chlorine venture in southwestern Ohio is under review by the Ohio Financing Commission.

Logan Chris Craft Corp Logan Trade Club Cleveland Chris Craft Trade Club Hocking County Ohio Department of Development Akron Ohio Financing Commission

Ohio Development Financing Commission to Act Soon

Columbus report says the Ohio Development Financing Commission will be ready to take its first action on a loan application in about a month. The Department of Development forecasts a rapid start for the new agency's lending duties.

Columbus Department of Development Ohio Development Financing Commission

Construction walkout ends as 55 return to site

Fifty five men who walked off the $11.5 million expansion project at public auditorium returned to the site today but did not resume work immediately. The walkout followed two Negro plumbers reporting for work on the project.

Cleveland Public Auditorium

Cincinnati Elections Board Extends Hours for Registration Drive

The Hamilton County Board of Elections will adopt longer hours next month to support a voter registration drive focused on African American residents. The extension was granted at the request of the Advancement of Colored People.

Cincinnati Hamilton County Board of Elections National Association For the Advancement of Colored People

RacialDemonstrators Return to Brooklyn Hospital Site

Reduced force of demonstrators returned to a Brooklyn hospital construction project and pressed for more Negro and Puerto Rican workers in city building trades. Police had arrested over 140 sit down pickets at two New York construction sites.

New York Brooklyn Hospital

Mob clashes with police at white-only pool

In Baton Rouge six officers fought to keep an unruly mob of African Americans from forcing entry to a public pool restricted to whites. The clash unfolded Tuesday and left authorities grappling with public order in the segregated town.

Baton Rouge

Charleston Merchants Agreement Desegregation Plan

Sixty two Charleston merchants say they will implement desegregation in their stores. Negro leaders demand complete citywide integration and threaten intensified demonstrations if goals are not met.

Charleston S. C

Churchmen Across Faiths Denounce Segregation to Congress

Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders told Congress that segregation is immoral and racism is a blasphemy against God, urging action to end discrimination.

Washington Congress

Moscow talks aim at partial nuclear test ban

Western diplomats hope for a signed partial ban on nuclear tests after a morning session in Moscow with Soviet, American, and British experts. Negotiators caution that the draft is not yet final and a signing date may slip. U S officials say Khrushchev likely to defer a nonaggression pact.

Moscow United States Britain Soviet Union U.S Washington Khrushchev U. S W. Averell Harriman Stalin Dear Rusk Rusk Congressiona Senate

Convicted Counterfeit Ring Ties Three Men in Ohio

Three Youngstown area men Vincent P. Serman Lennie Strollo and Nick Zappia were found guilty by a federal jury in Cleveland of possessing and passing counterfeit ten dollar bills in Mahoning County last winter. Zappia faced jail while Serman and Strollo remained free on bond. authorities say the ring circulated about sixty thousand dollars in fake currency. A second item reports a fatal collision near Harrison with 28 injuries on a Port Authority Trans Hudson line train.

Cleveland Youngstown Mahoning County U. S. District Court Vincent P. Serman Lennie Strollo Campbell Nick Zappia James J. Carroll Serman Strollo Zappia Cuyahoga County Ohio

Spacecraft launch postponed for Syncom 2 due to technical problems

Cape Canaveral reports indefinite postponement of the Syncom 2 communications satellite launch. Technical problems halted the mission that aimed to place the satellite into a 22,300 mile high orbit and hover over a fixed area.

Cape Canaveral Fla

Congress Pressed to Act as Rail Strike Threat Grows

Congress faces mounting pressure from both parties to pass Kennedy rail bill before a nationwide strike. Dirksen drafted a resolution to keep trains running, while unions threaten a massive walkout if new work rules go into effect. Railroad officials back Kennedy plan to put dispute in ICC, and hearings resume with Wirtz testifying on three virtues of the administration bill.

Washington Senate Everett M. Dirksen Congress Senate Commerce Committee Kennedy Wirtz

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