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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1965

Page

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Titan 3C Launch Signals New Space Military Era

CAPE KENNEDY Titan 3C rockets soar in a maiden flight carrying a 21 000 pound dummy satellite to 115 miles. Three stacked boosters provide 2.65 million pounds thrust. The Air Force aims to use Titan 3C for manned and unmanned payloads and a modular space station to test military space tasks. Two unmanned labs follow late next year with potential manned flights in 1967 or 1968.

Cape Kennedy Fila United States Space Air Force

Federal bill sought to retain JFK evidence for public use

Atty Gen Nicholas Katzenbach asked Congress to pass a law letting the federal government keep key evidence from the Kennedy assassination inquiry. The AG would decide within a year which items must be acquired and preserved for national interest.

Washington Nicholas Katzenbach Congress John F. Kennedy United States

Americans Die and MIA Amid Debut of B 67 Bombers

In Saigon and Da Nang, 3 Americans killed and 7 airmen missing as 27 B 52s and other aircraft bomb Viet Cong positions. Two B 67 bombers collide over the South China Sea. an amphibious rescue plane recovers survivors amid stormy seas. Vietnamese forces report clashes and rice burning in the bombed area with limited other results.

Saigon South Viet Nam U. S South China Sea da Nang

Colorado Floods Swell Dam Breaks and Closures

Heavy rains caused rivers to surge across eastern and southern Colorado damaging dams and bridges. Agate Dam failed about 65 miles east of Denver, U S 40 closed from Strasburg to the Kansas line, with Big Sandy Creek and Fountain River breaches reported and Cripple Creek Dam collapse threatening the Arkansas River at Canon City.

State Patrol Agate Denver U. S. 40 Strasburg Kansas Line Big Sandy Creek el Paso Fountain River Pueblo Cripple Creek Arkansas River Canon City

Tax Bill On Johnson Desk Cuts Excise Taxes Nationwide

The big excise tax cut bill moves toward signing by President Johnson in Washington. It eliminates most federal sales taxes from postwar hangovers and offers retroactive first stage cuts on auto excise taxes to May 15 purchases. Purchasers may claim cash refunds as the bill reduces antifelony retail levies on furs jewelry luggage and other items.

Washington President Johnson Johnson

Vice President to Meet De Gaulle in Paris Visit

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey flies to Paris with Gemini astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White to attend the International Air and Space Show. He will meet Charles de Gaulle at the Elysee Palace Sunday afternoon amid talk of possible talks with President Johnson.

Paris U.S Hubert H. Humphrey Charles de Gaulle Humphrey Washington James McDivitt Edward White de Gaulle Elysee Palace Johnson White House Edward White II Hubert Humphrey France

Bamberg Mourns as Nazi Grave Desecration Sparks Outrage

In Bamberg West Germany mourners gather after swastikas and anti Jewish graffiti defile Jewish graves two youths from the local YMCA place a wreath while a mayor condemns the act and recalls the six million Jewish victims of the Nazis The scene underscores lingering resentment two decades after World War II.

Bamberg West Germany Hitler YMCA

Johnson Cabinet Meet To Discuss Peace Prospects

President Johnson and his Cabinet meet to review diplomatic proposals for ending the Vietnam war and consider a British Commonwealth peace mission. Johnson also cited a report that North Vietnam backers are not interested in negotiations and reaffirmed opposition to talks with the Viet Cong. He condemned cease fire violations in the Dominican Republic.

LBJ Washington Johnson Viet Nam United States South Dominican Republic

Two U.S. Soldiers Held In DR Unrest

In Santo Domingo the Dominican Republic. Pfc Larry Leed of Connellsville Pennsylvania and Spec 4 Donald Jones of Pomona California were captured after entering rebel territory near the capital. Rebel leader Caamano demanded the peace force return rebel prisoners before release. Gen Vargas said release arrangements were being made likely today.

Santo Domingo Dominican Republic U.S Larry Leed Conestoga Donald Jones Pomona Calif Revel Inter-American Peace Force Francisco Caamano Deno Telmo Vargas Ecuador OAS Jose A. Mora U. S U. S. 82Nd Airborne Division

Legislators Seek Equal Follow Through for Ravenna Siting

A group of 14 state representatives and a senator from southern Ohio urged Gov. Rhodes to extend to Ravenna the same personal support given to Ravenna in pursuing a federal atom smasher lab. They note Rhodes offered extra inducements to the Atomic Energy Commission for Ravenna Arsenal. Rhodes says Ravenna was the atomic commission’s pick, not his.

Columbus James A. Rhodes Ohio Ravenna Rhodes Atomic Energy Commission Ravenna Arsenal Ohio Atomic Energy Commission

Anonymous author pens dangerous safecracking textbook

Inmates at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary received diplomas for vocational courses but a secret 28 page mimeographed book on breaking into safes surfaced. The manual covers drilling sizes and alarm systems with a boasting note that the pay is good. Prison officials suspect the author but lack proof.

Olympia Wash State Walla Walla Division of Adult Corrections

Monument Bombers Sentenced in Monument Plot Case

Three New York City men and a French Canadian woman faced prison terms after a jury found them guilty of conspiring to blow up the Statue of Liberty the Liberty Bell and the Washington Monument. Judge Herlands delayed maximum terms to allow three months probationary study.

New York William B. Herlands New York City Washington Monument Montreal Robert S. Collier Khaleel S. Sayyed Walter A. Bowe Michelle Duclos

Untitled fragment summary from noisy sports index

A garbled OCR fragment lists sections and numbers for sports lines and notices with unreadable content. The readable bits reference sports and a preact section, but no clear events, people, or outcomes are discernible.

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