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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1954

Page

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D Day Dawning For Guatemala Revolt In Exile Forces

Reports from Honduras and Guatemala indicate exile resistance groups mass along the frontier and in Guatemala City as Castillo Armas mobilizes from Tegucigalpa. A transport plane carried fighters toward the border while a flotilla moved near Puerto Barrios.

Tegucigalpa Honduras Jacobo Arbenz Guzman Amadeo Chinchilla Guatemala Are Guatemala City la Ceiba Puerto Barrios Castillo Armas Arbens

New Chief Forms Cabinet In France Indochina Settlement Aims

Paris France Premier Pierre Mendes France moves to form a cabinet and may keep Georges Bidault as foreign minister. He plans to Geneva meetings with Communists to push toward an Indochina peace by July 20 or resign. Mendes France, 47, won Assembly approval 419 to 47 with 154 abstentions.

Paris France Pierre Mendes Foreign Ministry Bidault Par Republican Movement MRP Robert Schuman National Assembly Mendes-France Indochina

Five U S Air Force Men Missing Near Tourane

Five American airmen stationed at a French base in Tourane are unaccounted for after leaving the Tourane air base in a French vehicle with no authorization. A Vietnamese peasant reported seeing five Americans among 20 Senegalese prisoners south of Tourane as General John O Daniel orders an inquiry.

Saigon Indochina Tourane U. S John O’daniel

Hide and Seex Plays With 200 Searchers

Nearly 200 searchers combed bush and swamp for two year old Holly Chase who disappeared during hide and seek in Troy New York. Seventy five police, 30 firemen and 25 Boy Scouts joined neighbors in the hunt. Fire crews laid a board walk through the swamp while searchlights scanned the area. Fourteen year old Gail Fitzgerald led rescuers to an upstairs closet where the child was found sleeping three and a half hours after she vanished.

Troy N. Y Holly Chase Gail Fitzgerald Holly

Five Day Forecast Sees Warm Trend Through Wednesday

Five day outlook shows temperatures running three to six degrees above normal with highs around 85 and lows near 60 to 62. A warming trend grows over the weekend and stays steady afterward. Rainfall scattered across the state Monday to Wednesday totals around a half inch locally higher.

Boy Gets New Look For Court Ordered Crew Cut

In Baltimore 16 year old John Powell had his drape style hair cut to a crew cut by court order after being picked up by Patrolman Joseph Engle for a fire escape incident. Magistrate Reuben Caplan dismissed the case after approving the haircut.

Baltimore John Powell Joseph Engle Young Powell Powell Reuben Caplan

Seaford Builder Celebrates Duck Hatch Delays

Home builder Louis Hirsch in Seaford New York handed out cigars after five ducklings hatched delaying a ground clearing job for 25 days. He plans to resume work Monday with a bulldozer and crew, noting a $6000 cost to delay the construction of 49 homes but calling the sacrifice worthwhile.

Seaford N. Y Louis Hirsch Hirsch

Two Daily Mail Deliveries Declared Dead Issue

Charles E. Puskar, secretary of the National Association of Postmasters, says two daily residential deliveries are a dead issue. Puskar, postmaster at Imperial Pennsylvania, spoke in St Louis during the Missouri postmasters meeting. He noted few requests for twice daily service as patrons accept once-a-day delivery.

ST. Louis Charles E. Puskar National Association of Postmasters Puskar Imperial Missouri The Postmaster Association

Puerto Rican Woman Vows to Continue Fight from Jail

Lolita Lebron, convicted with three men for wounding five congressmen, says she will keep campaigning for Puerto Rican independence. From her cell she told reporters that what she thought was the end may be the beginning and hopes no more of her people will have to suffer.

Washington Lolita Lebron

Army Secretary Stevens Says Army Vindicated After McCarthy Fight

Secretary of the Army Stevens states the Army’s integrity is no longer at stake after the McCarthy dispute. He will decline Mundt’s cocktail party invitation and plans to serve as long as useful, insisting the Army is now active in ridding itself of subversives and there will be no abuse of personnel.

Quantico Stevens Senator McCarthy Rwis Army Mundt R-Sd Lthe Washington Yester Stevens Defense Department Armed Forces Newsmen McCarthy United States Francie P. Carr Subcommittee Carr Fpal Special Army Joseph N Welch Radiotelevision Symington DMO Clark Clifford Truman Clifford Ralph W. Zwicker

Ex-Captain Leech Extradition Decision Sent to Justice Dept

The U S prosecutor in Germany recommends the Justice Department decide on extraditing ex Captain James M Leech from Lima to Bavaria to face murder charges from 1946 The file includes arrest warrants affidavits charge sheets and 38 witness statements and was sent from Frankfurt to Washington for evaluation The case concerns the killings of Maj Everett Corran Capt Adrian Wesler and 1st Lt Stanley Rosewater.

BOM Germany U.S U.S. Department of Justice James M. Leech Lima Bavaria Thomas C. Lancian Everett Mass Frankfurt James B. Conant Washington, D. C Adrian L. Wesler New Rochelle N. Y Stanley M. Rosewater Omaha Neb William D. Canfield Hampden Landan Canfield United States Leech Boon Justice Department

Adlai Hits GOP Efforts In Michigan Tour

DETROIT Adlai Stevenson assailed the Republican party during a one day tour through Lower Michigan. He claimed the Republicans are incapable of governing the country while Michigan Democrats, planning for the August 3 primary, sought to avoid intraparty clashes. Stevenson urged Democrats to win the House next fall and said they could also win the Senate, praising farm policy as moving in the right direction.

Detroit Adlai Stevenson Michigan Republican Party Stevenson House of Representatives U. S. Senate Borsiliees Sieg Publican Farm

Champions at Marbles Assemble for Contest

Forty one boys from 33 states gathered in Akron for the Veterans of Foreign Wars marble tournament. Defender Bobby Vigil of Walsenburg Colorado starts as champion as players must lose twice to be eliminated and the event ends tomorrow afternoon. Each match pits boys against each other with elimination by removing seven of thirteen marbles from a ten foot circle.

Akron Bobby Vigil Walsenburg Colo

Liquor Agency Plans Probe After Shakedown Scandals

Columbus reports a state liquor department plan to launch its own probe following a rash of alleged bribe takings across seven counties. An indictment in Cincinnati named Harry D. Thomas, 37, who surrendered and posted 2500 bond after pleading innocent. The probe follows tape recordings released by former agent William Morrison, with counties including Cuyahoga Franklin Richland Trumbull Delaware Lucas and Hamilton involved.

Columbus Liquor Department Anthony A. Rutkowski Edward J. Allen Frank J. Lausch Cincinnati Harry D. Thomas William D. Morrison Cuyahoga Franklin Richland Trumbull Delaware Lucas Hamilton

Attorney General Rebukes McCarthy's Invitation to Informants

Baltimore report quotes Attorney General Brownell condemning Senator McCarthy for inviting informants to disclose information they are sworn to keep secret. He argues the move threatens the separation of powers among Congress the executive and the courts.

Baltimore Brownell McCarthy Congress Executive

Parkersburg and Point Pleasant Plan Alternate Poultry Sales

Parkersburg and Point Pleasant announce an alternating Friday poultry auction plan by the Central Ohio Valley Poultry Association. Opens July 2 at Point Pleasant Moose Club and later at Parkersburg Hickory Street market. About 20 000 birds expected at each first sale with 900 000 birds on feed in the region. Sellers list at designated exchanges by Saturday noon for the following Friday sale. Inspectors and contracts ensure bonafide deals with bids from multiple processors. A $3 per thousand selling and inspection fee applies.

Parkersburg Hickory Street Central Ohio Valley Poultry Association Tri-County Point Pleasant Stiles Moose Club Pt. Pleasant Hickory St Virgil Siders J. B. McLaughlin West Virginia Central Ohio Valley Association

Solons Debate Hearing Lies in Army Controversy

The Senate Investigations subcommittee opens closed hearings over who lied in the McCarthy Army dispute. Senator Potter asserts both sides accused the other of pressure and possible perjury, hinting at firings and grand jury questions while McCarthy defends his aides and plans further probes.

Washington Senate Investigations Subcommittee Potter R-Mich Michigan McCarthy Rwis Army Stevens Justice Department

Step Son Tells Life Story At His Trial

In Newark Ohio Carl Robinson 35 describes his life up to the months before his stepfather William Monroe 68 was shot and killed on Monroe farm near Johnstown April 6. He recounts his first wife death a troubled second marriage a nervous streak from military service and two car accidents. His mother testifies Monroe molested his sister and later her son corroborates.

Newark Ohio Carl Robinson William Monroe Monroe Johnstown Robinson

Auto Drops Fifty Feet Driver Dies

Reedsville Claude O Simers age 53 of Hockingport was fatally injured when his southbound car dropped 50 feet into a creek bed near here after hitting a Route 124 guardrail. He died at Memorial Hospital Parkersburg from an internal cranial hemorrhage.

Reedsville Claude O. Simers Hockingport Mc Glad Jater Memorial Hospital Parkersburg Gallipolis Simers

Four Convicts Escape from Ohio Penitentiary Break

Four armed inmates escaped from the Roseville branch of the Ohio Penitentiary during recreation. A search by posse members and penal authorities continues in hilly wooded country near Roseville at the Muskingum Perry county line. Tips have come in but no solid lead is found. The escape involved disarming a guard of his rifle and shotgun with a pistol used in the incident.

Zanesville Roseville Ohio Thompson Muskingum Perry County Tyson

Red's Candidacy Faces Ballot Challenge in Detroit

William Allan, columnist for the Communist Daily Worker, faces a legal hurdle in his bid for a Detroit City Council post after a Smith Act conviction. He is free on bond pending appeal while Michigan's Trucks Act, which bars subversives from office, awaits court ruling. The City Election Commission seeks guidance on placing his name on the ballot.

Detroit William Allan Allan Daily Worker Michigan City Election Commission

1300 Workers Return To Atom Plant Job

About 1300 carpenters on strike for higher wages returned to work at the Portsmouth area Atomic Energy Plant site in Pike County Ohio. Some 350 cement finishers were still idle as the plant's contractor Peter Kiewit Co. announced. The AEC labor-management panel had urged a return before considering the wage dispute.

Waverly Ohio Portsmouth Area Pike County Peter Kiewit Co Atomic Energy Commission

Winds and rain damage 19 light planes at Price Field

Strong winds and heavy rain yesterday damaged 19 light planes at Price Field in Columbus. One plane blew across the field and burned, others tangled on high tension wires and crashed.

Columbus Price Field

Postman Sentenced for Speeding in Alliance Ohio

Municipal Judge Harry Wykoff ordered Willard Brion a mail carrier to jail for speeding after a five day period during which another mail carrier handles letters in Alliance Ohio. Brion received a lengthy jail term for the offense.

Alliance Ohio Harry Wykoff Willard Brion

Woman Jailed For Killing

In Cleveland Mrs Edna Mae Aaron was sentenced to one to twenty years after a jury found her guilty on a reduced charge of murder in the death of her husband James Aaron, shot at point blank with a .22 caliber pistol in February. She testified she killed in self defense, saying her husband frequently beat and threatened her.

Cleveland Edna Mae Aaron Common Pleas Harry A. Hanna James Aaron Pelite Will

Ore Carrier George M. Humphrey Launched at Lorain

The 710 foot ore carrier George M. Humphrey named for the Treasury Secretary will be floated from American Ship Building Co in Lorain Ohio. It measures 75 feet beam and carries more than 21000 tons at 24 foot draft. Formal christening and trial run are planned later in the year with A Hanna Co operating for National Steel Corp.

Lorain Ohio George M. Humphrey Treasury A. Hanna Co National Steel Corp

Guests Make Rear Exit Leaving Phone Bill

Two guests at the Senator Hotel checked out through a rear window after defaulting on an $8 room bill. Night Manager William Holved said the unpaid $55 bill for a 1000 mile overseas call to Nassau in the British West Indies rankled and police were notified.

Atlantic City N. J Senator Hotel William Nassau British West Indies

Hillary Returns After Pneumonia Recovery

Sir Edmund Hillary, once laid low by pneumonia on a Himalayan glacier, arrived in Calcutta Indiana and appeared hale and hearty after the difficult illness. Local officials and observers noted his strong recovery and return to civilization.

Hillary Calcutta Inda Everest Sir Edmund Hillary

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