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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1961

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Congress to Review President Kennedy Proposals This Week

Congress faces key votes on Kennedy foreign aid and defense plans this week. The Senate begins debates on an $8.8 billion five year economic development loan program and lawmakers weigh a massive defense appropriation while the House moves swiftly on measures to extend active duty and boost reserves. The foreign aid bill faces cuts from both chambers and concerns rise over funding mechanisms and backdoor borrowing.

Senate Kennedy House Berlin Mike Mansfield Montana Senate Foreign Relations Committee House Foreign Affairs Committee Treasury Congress

Bloc Reluctant To Call Assembly Over Bizerte

The Asia Africa bloc at the United Nations shows division on urging a special General Assembly session over the Bizerte dispute between France and Tunisia. Some hesitate fearing renewed violence, while supporters want to condemn France and push it out of the base.

Bloc Bizerte United Nations N.Y U.N. General Assembly Asia Africa Liberia France Tunisia Mediterranean Turkey Japan Philippines Yugoslavia Cuba Assembly Frederick H. Boland Dublin New York Nathan Barnes Special Assembly Security Council Sahara Tunis

Legislators Return to Debated Budget Override Strategy

Ohio lawmakers return after a two week break to decide whether to seek an override of Governor DiSalle's item by item vetoes on the budget. They face a high vote hurdle requiring three-fifths majorities in both houses and possible delays into late summer or fall as GOP efforts test support among Democrats.

Michael V. DiSalle DiSalle HOUSE Senate Mark McElroy

Blazing Auto Wreck Haunts Troubled Survivor

Hexie Maxie survived a 30 second crash that killed 11 others in eastern Kentucky seven years ago. He left mining for restaurant work and still cannot sleep, haunted by memories of the Pine Mountain wreck near Whitesburg.

Newport Hexie Maxie Kentucky Cumberlain Chain Maxie National Safety Council Maxie le Thomas Brown Maxies Brown Pine Mountain Whitesburg

New Yorker Reported As New CIA Head

New Yorker Fowler Hamilton a Wall Street lawyer and veteran of government service is reported to succeed Allen W. Dulles as CIA director. The Aug 7 Newsweek article says Hamilton, 50, will assume in October after months with Dulles following a meeting with President Kennedy. He joined the Justice Department in 1938 and directed the war fraud unit in 1942.

New York Fowler Hamilton Wall Street Allen W. Dulles Central Intelligence Agency Newsweek Magazine Hamilton Dulles CIA Kennedy Justice Department Department

Ohio State Fair Names Grandstand Attractions

The Ohio State Fair announced its grandstand lineup for August 25 to September 1. Highlights include a wild animal act from Swiss Family Robinson, an aerial act, auto daredevils, a wild west rodeo, and Ohio born TV personality Charlie Weaver Cliff Arquette.

Columbus Ohio State Fair Today Charlie Weaver Cliff Arquette

Portmouth Narrowly Avoids Collision On Bridge

A head on collision between a passenger train and a freight wagon was narrowly averted Sunday near a one way bridge. Both trains faced the bridge with controlled traffic, and authorities reported a close call as they halted to prevent disaster.

Portmouth

Five Family Members Die After I-75 Crash

Five members of a Covington Kentucky family were killed when a truck rear ended their car which was pushing another vehicle on Interstate 75 early today. The crash occurred on the interstate and involved two cars in a chain reaction collision.

Hamilton Covington, Ky

Union Locals to Vote on Two Year A&P Contract

Members of Locals 427 and 590 AFL-CIO Amalgamated Meat Cutters will vote this week on a new two year contract offering 22 percent pay increases for about 6000 A&P employees across four states including Ohio.

Pittsburgh AFL - Cio Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butchers Workmen of North America A&p Ohio

McCloy to brief Rusk on Berlin Khrushchev talks

John J. McCloy, Kennedy disarmament chief, flies from Moscow to Washington to report to Secretary Dean Rusk on the Berlin crisis and Khrushchev’s latest views. He expects to brief the President soon and pursue formal negotiations in coming weeks.

John M. Hightower Washington John J. McCloy Kennedy Dean Rusk Berlin Khrushchev McCloy Moscow Black Sea

Dayton Girl Captures Ohio Beauty Title

Darlene Théresa DiPasquale 18,Miss Greater Dayton, will represent Ohio in Miss America Pageant at Atlantic City Labor Day weekend. The University of Dayton sophomore earned the Miss Ohio crown after beating 20 contenders in Mansfield, amid sleepless hours following the win.

Dayton Atlantic City Darlene Théresa DiPasquale New Jersey Labor Day Mansfield Buckeye Darlene

Marietta College Plans Shelby Chemistry Building

Marietta College announced the forthcoming Shelby Chemistry building a $673000 facility to expand science facilities and classrooms on campus.

Marietta Marietta College Today Shelby Chemistry

Weekend Death Toll in Ohio Rises With Multiple Collisions

Two Oberlin brothers died when their motor scooter collided with a car near home. Two women died in separate car crashes at an in county intersection. A head on crash near Canton killed the car driver and injured 28 aboard a chartered bus. A freight train collision near Zanesville killed a brakeman and injured five crewmen. Two drownings were also reported in the AP tabulation.

Ohio Oberlin Brothers Fairfield County Canton Zanesville Associated Press

Escapee Clyde Radcliff Eludes Lawmen In Meigs County Hunt

An armed convict sought in Ohio since Thursday after escaping Roseville Branch Prison has been missing since Saturday. Deputies from three counties, aided by volunteers, searched Rutland Wolfpen and nearby hills after two berry-pickers identified him. Last seen in Meigs County wearing blue shirt and blue trousers, 155 pounds with a rifle possibly.

Bob Hoeflich Pomeroy Rutland-Wolfpen Meigs County Clyde Radcliff Roseville Branch Zanesville Radcliff Gallia County Cheshire Rutland Happy Hollow Rutland Marshall C. F. Lyons Robert Hartenbach Meigs Jack Owens Gallia Grant Long Vinton Harold Steele Hartenbach Marshall Lyons David Cumings Wolfpen Middleport Herbert Gilkey Jed Webster

Britain Applies for Common Market Entry

Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced in the House of Commons that Britain will apply to join the European Common Market. Entry will depend on securing arrangements to protect Commonwealth partners' interests.

London Harold Macmillan Britain House of Commons

Garrison Alerts in Berlin During Morning Drill

British and French garrisons in West Berlin conducted an early morning alert to defend the threatened city. Loudspeaker trucks woke married troops at 4 30 A M as 11 000 Allied personnel and families reported to duty posts for the all clear. About 2000 refugees from East Germany entered West Berlin in the past day, a new daily record since June 1953 unrest.

Berlin West Berlin East Germany

FBI Will Investigate Youngstown Bombs

Gov. Michael V. DiSalle said federal agents will probe about 76 unsolved bombings in northeast Ohio. He planned to discuss the cases with Attorney General Robert Kennedy in Washington and indicated a preliminary probe could lead to a federal grand jury inquiry.

Columbus Ohio Michael V. DiSallé Mahoning-Stark- Trumbull County Robert Kennedy Washington DiSalle

East Ohio Gas to seek rate rise in 108 Ohio communities

The East Ohio Gas Company announced a rate increase request to take effect January 31 in 108 northeastern Ohio communities. The filing highlights higher supply and distribution costs and seeks approval from regulatory authorities.

Cleveland East Ohio Gas Co North Ohio

West Hopeful at Rejection of War

The Soviet Communist party pledges a 1970s era of free housing public transit and six hour workdays while promoting peace with the West. Western Europe reacts with mixed hope and skepticism as the 45,000 word manifesto touts coexistence and a high standard of living for Soviet citizens.

West Munist Party Soviet Union Europe Svenska -Dagbladet Khrushchev United States Lenin

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