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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1954

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Eisenhower Receives Honorary Degree at Weston College

President Eisenhower, awarded an honorary doctor of laws at Weston College, defends his legislative program as strengthening national security and peaceful life. He warns against government actions becoming meddlesome as Congress nears adjournment and cites social security, agriculture, tax, and slum clearance as proper spheres for action.

Washington Eisenhower Congress Westonton College Chestertown

Rescue Plane Crashes Off Acapulco Beach

A Mexican ambulance plane carrying an air crash victim to a hospital crashed at sea near Acapulco. Police initially said all aboard were dead, but late last night searchers recovered Teofilo Olea Figueroa and two crewmen alive but badly hurt on a lonely beach. They said they towed the patient through swift currents.

Acapulco Mexico Teofilo Olea Figueroa

Five Day Ohio Forecast Temperatures Rise Above Normal

The Associated Press reports temperatures in Ohio will run 2 to 6 degrees above normal with highs from 77 to 82 and lows from 57 to 59. Warm trend continues Wednesday through Sunday except a brief cooler spell Friday. Scattered thundershowers are likely Wednesday Thursday and Sunday, totaling about 0.04 inches.

Associated Press

Maverick Dies in San Antonio Leader of Texas Democratic Faction

Maury Maverick, 58, former Democratic Congressman, twice mayor of San Antonio, and a prominent party faction leader, died Monday in San Antonio, Texas.

Maverick San Antonio Tex Maury Maverick Democratic

Mental patient questioned on two killings in Ohio

Mount Vernon Ohio police plan to question Cletus Reese 36 a former mental patient about the disappearance of Lester Melnick 58 after Reese allegedly confessed to the death. Reese a Fresno Coshocton County man is charged with the beating death of Clyde Patton 28 and arraignment is delayed as another case proceeds.

Mount Vernon Ohio Cletus Reese Knox County Paul Cochran Cochran Reese Lester Melnick Danville Melnick Coshocton Fresno Clyde Patton Patton Newcastle Township Robert Carton Common Pleas Cambridge State Hospital

Segregation Plan Urged in Highland Park Area

Dallas alderman C. K. Bullard urged dismissal of all Negro servants with children in Higland Park University Park and related Park Cities to keep Negro students out of local schools. He spoke after a private talk with Mayor C Coffee and Dallas Bar Association president Franklin Spafford about the Supreme Court ruling.

Dallas Tex Dallas’ Park Cities C. K. Bullard Higland Park Bullard U. S. Supreme Court C. Coffee University Park Franklin Spafford Dallas Bar Association

End Is Forecast In Army Probe

Senate investigations discussed calling Clark Clifford as a witness in the McCarthy Army hearings. The decision was deferred to special counsel Ray M. Jenkins after a 4-3 vote on a Dirksen substitute, while McCarthy and Cohn indicated willingness to wind up the hearings.

Washington Clark Clifford Ray M. Jenkins Sen. Jackson Senate Investigations Subcommittee Clifford Truman McCarthy Sen Symington D-Mo Stevens Jackson Dirksen R-Ill Jenkins Mundt R-Sd Potter R-Mich Jer Joseph N. Welch Army Cohn Carr

Court Asked For Mercy

Attorneys for Joe Sanzo asked federal court yesterday to reduce his 15 year prison term for his part in a $71 000 bank holdup in Warren Ohio in 1952. Sanzo 25 is to begin serving the sentence after the Supreme Court refused to review the conviction. He and Julius A Petro were convicted of the robbery.

Cleveland aAttorneys Joe Sanzo Warren Ohio Sanzo U. S. Supreme Court Julius A. Petro

Industrialist George T. Christopher Dies in Troy Ohio

George T. Christopher aged 66, former president and general manager of Packard Motor Co, died Monday in Troy Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Indiana, his death marks the end of a notable automotive leadership career.

French Indochina Policy Faces Assembly Clash

Premier Laniel's government confronts renewed attacks in the National Assembly over Indochina policy as Socialist and Communist deputies press for louder dissent. Foreign Minister Bidault, returning from Geneva, is slated to speak as Molotov's conference remarks loom over the debate. Laniel may seek a new vote of confidence to endure the strain.

Harvey Hudson Paris Joseph Laniel Nation Assembly Indochina Laniel Bidault Ing V. M. Molotov Geneva National Assembly

Secretary Says Job Is Rough at West Point

At U S Military Academy commencement Rob ert Stevens says his task as Secretary of the Army has been rough but he has no regrets. He hints at his Senate dispute with McCarthy and recalls WW I and II service, noting the burdens of leadership and the value of interpreters in Formosa speaking engagements.

West Point N.Y Robert T. Stevens Sen. McCarthy R-Wis U. S. Military Academy Senate Formosa Washington

Cleveland Chest Plan Extends to Seven Counties

The Cleveland Commi Chest area grows to include Lake Ashtabula Geauga Portage Medina Summit and Lorain counties. The Welfare Foundation board of trustees voted yesterday to cover residents who work in Cuyahoga County but live outside it or vice versa.

Cleveland Lake Ashtabula Geauga Portage Medina Summit Lorain The Welfare Foundation Cuyahoga County

Oldster on 1926 motorcycle travels cross country

Glen C. Miller, 74, of South Gate California, begins daytime travel across the continent on a 1926 motorcycle. He aims to visit his stepson Harold O. Miller in Niagara Falls New York, having spent a week with another stepson in Kansas City and taking 14 days to reach this point. He resumes the trip after the layover.

Kansas City Glen C. Miller South Gate Calif Isc Harold O. Miller Niagara Falls N. Y California

Shy Peepers Actor Marries Broadway Dancer in Bozman

Wally Cox real life wedding to Marilyn Gennaro a 20 year old red haired Broadway dancer took place in Bozman Maryland in an outdoor ceremony attended by about a dozen friends. Cox had previously denied the reports but confirmed the nuptials after newsmen were shooed away.

Bozman Wally Cox Mr. Peepers Cox Marilyn Gennaro

Guatemala declares emergency suspending constitutional rights

Guatemala’s Communist backed government ordered a 30 day suspension of constitutional guarantees after rising tensions over arms shipments from Poland. The action, taken at an extraordinary cabinet session, curbs freedom of expression and the press. Leaflet planes over Quezaltenango and the capital heightened fears. Foreign Minister Toriello said the planes may be from a neighboring country but no protest will be made without certainty.

Guatemala Jacobo Arbenz Guzman U. S Poland Arbenz Quezaltenango Russia Guillermo Toriello Honduras Nicaragua

Oppenheimer Allowed Written Plea in Security Review

The Atomic Energy Commission accepts written arguments from Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer for his security case. An AEC board previously ruled he is a loyal citizen but a security risk, banning further access to nuclear secrets by a 2-1 vote.

Washington The Atomic Energy Commission J. Robert Opore AEC Oppenheimer

Tragedy in Dayton: Two Children Die in Separate Crashes

In Dayton Ohio yesterday a 9 year old boy, David Rathman, was fatally struck when a car careened onto a sidewalk in the East End. A 20 month old girl, Trudy Jane Frazier, daughter of Air Force Sgt. and Mrs. Robert E. Frazier, died after toddling into the front of her father's trailer and being run over.

Dayton Ohio David Rathman Trudy Jane Frazier Air Force Robert E. Frazier

Companions of Patrolman Testifying in Manslaughter Trial

IRONTON Ohio second of two women who allegedly drank with state highway patrolman Mr Brickles will testify in the second degree manslaughter trial. Brickles resigned from the patrol after being accused of causing the death of Carl ACE a Coal Grove policeman on US 52 near Ironton on March 5. Mrs Sarah Blevins testified she and Mrs Elizabeth Bradley accompanied Brickles on a tavern tour before the accident and that Brickles said to hell with him after the car struck Green and that she saw the man fly over the hood and land beside the road. She said the car sped past another auto before reaching Ashland.

Ironton Ohio Robert Brickles Brickles Carl Ace Coal Grove Lront Sarah Blevins Ashland

Public Relations Leader Edward Howard Dies at 53

Edward Davenport Howard founder and head of the eponymous public relations firm died last night in Cleveland from a heart condition. A former Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter, he worked in PR and advertising since 1928. He was husband to columnist Claire MacMurray and brother of Nathaniel R. Howard, editor of the Cleveland News.

Cleveland Edward Davenport Howard Cleveland Plain Dealer Plain Dealer Claire MacMurray Nathaniel R. Howard Cleveland News

Dulles Criticizes Communists on Geneva Talks Indochina Push

Secretary of State Dulles said the communists stall Geneva discussions while widening their Indochina war effort. He outlined a possible Western trip, denied plans for unilateral Southeast Asia intervention, and noted defections from the Soviet Union. He also cited progress with Italy and Yugoslavia over Trieste and urged a meeting of American republics on Guatemala.

Washington Dulles Geneva Indochina Congress Southeast Asia Eisenhower United States Soviet Union Italy Yugoslavia Trieste London Europe

French Destroy Two Vietminh Bases Near Hanoi

French air and ground forces claim 100 percent destruction of two Vietminh bases about seven miles east of Hanoi. In B26s Corsairs and Privateers the attackers pulverized straw-thatched villages near Senho and Ha Noi Haiphong railway. Tanks and infantry followed, driving rebels from underground hiding spots and killing about 110.

Hanoi Indochina Senho Haiphong High Command

New Jobless Claims Rise in Ohio Week

Columbus report shows 12,029 newly unemployed claims for week ended June 5 up from 11,522 the prior week and 12,799 and 13,367 in earlier weeks. Unemployed one week or more totaled 101,842 for May 22 and 109,103 for May 15 across metropolitan areas with declines in many cities and small rises in several others.

Columbus Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation BUC Chillicothe Findlay Ironton Manafield Marion Middletown Mount Vernon Portsmouth Salem Steubenville Washington Court House Liverpool Elyria Remont Hamilton Lancaster Logan Marietta Newark Springfield Warren and Zanesville

Senator Burke Attacks Opponent Over Seaway Support

In Cleveland Senator Thomas A Burke criticizes Republican challenger Bender for shifting stance on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Burke accuses Bender of late support and political double talk while citing a Columbus event where Bender aligned with President Eisenhower on the project.

Cleveland Bender St. Lawrence Seaway Burke Seaway Columbus Eisenhower

California Voters Decide On Roosevelt Son In Primary

California primaries center on James Roosevelt bid for Congress in the Democratic 26th District of Los Angeles. The race tests the former president’s son’s pull and his estranged wife’s adultery charges. Cross filing means a win in both parties could secure election. In Iowa Hoegh led the GOP governor race. South Carolina voters choose Byrnes successor and Maybank faces no opposition in the Democratic primary.

Associated Press California South Carolina James Roosevelt Congress Roosevelt Los Angeles Iowa Leo A. Hoegh GOP Hoegh James F. Byrnes Iton Bur R. Maybank

Escapee Recaptured as Two Remain At Large

Columbus reports a Newark murderer, Robert L. Jamison, escaped from Ohio Penitentiary and was recaptured after six hours. Two other Roseville penitentiary escapees are still at large. Jamison, 29, fled from the prison dormitory and later rode in a Lancaster taxi with police detailing his money and travels. Jamison was convicted of second degree murder in the 1951 strangling of Mrs. Mary Lowendick in Newark.

Columbus Ohio Newark Roseville Penitentiar Roseville Park Robert L. Jamison Etentiary Lancaster Lemison Ralph W. Alvin Jamison Mary Lowendick

UN Debates Preferred To War Say mediator

Lafayette Ind UN mediator Dr. Frank P. Graham told the closing session of the National Council of Presbyterian Women Organizations that UN debates are preferable to world wars. He said the UN is not a propaganda outlet but a forum where ideas face study cross examination and votes of 60 nations.

Lafayette Ind United Nations National Council of Presbyterian Womens Frank P. Graham Aganda

Candymakers Debate Fate of Nickel Bar

Chicago reports that cocoa bean prices rising above 5 cents per pound threaten 5 cent candy bars. NCA president Philip P. Gott says makers may cut chocolate content or raise prices to cope with higher costs.

Chicago National Confectioners’ Association Philip P. Gott

Man 93 Marries 75-Year-Old Love in Eureka

Eureka California Henry Steen age 93 wed June bride Lillian McLean 75 yesterday. Steen said he married the woman who loves him and noted he has many great grandchildren.

Eureka Calif Henry Steen Lillian McLean Steen

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