20 Jun 1966
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1966
Page
1
FBI figures show overall crime up 6 percent from a year earlier with rapes up 14 percent. North central states rise 22 percent in rape and suburbs up 9 percent, while rural and big city crime climb 8 and 4 percent respectively. Violent and property crimes together up about 7 percent.
Surges reported by 5034 law enforcement agencies represent more than 143 million of the population.
FBI data show increases in forcible rape robbery larceny under 50 and auto thefts in Ohio's major cities during the first three months of the year compared with the same period last year, mirroring a national trend.
Ohio’s eight major cities show increases in forcible rape and robbery with mixed murder trends. Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Toledo rise. Youngstown and others vary. Canton 1966 figures listed with no 1965 figures.
Cincinnati bound Candy Newman 21, a longtime 50-50 Club cast member, died Sunday night on a liner during a European trip. She grew up with Ruth Lyons and was the daughter of Ruth Lyons and Dr. Herman Newman. The 50-50 Club has aired since 1948 with origins in a radio program from the 1930s.
Lynda Bird Johnson spent a quiet weekend in Kanab Utah with film star George Hamilton during a Civil War movie shoot. They were seen strolling a stream dining at a drive in and sharing a whispered moment. Also with them were Glenn Ford Inger Stevens and friends at a motel restaurant.
At Cincinnati the fifth annual fifth annual session of the Midwestern Governors Conference opened with a reception at the Sheraton Gibson Hotel. Harold F Wise warned the federal government will wedge local government structures through planning aid requirements.
In The Messenger edition readers glimpse a column by Evans and Novak on forming a liberal party as Mississippi Democrats consider a final political option. Editorial content also notes Athens fishing derby coverage and SEC golf standings with Bobby Littler highlighted.
The Senate ethics committee opens closed hearings into charges against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. The case centers on Dodd's relations with Julius Klein, Chicago PR firm owner and West German interests advocate, amid allegations from Pearson and Anderson.
Sen Robert F Kennedy states he supports President Johnson for 1968 and plans only to run for the Senate in 1970. Returning from Africa and Europe he notes concern about U.S. Viet Nam policy and discusses the Vatican meeting with Pope Paul VI. He highlights church leaders aiding racial equality in Africa while some clergymen uphold apartheid. His trip included Africa, Athens, and Rome with wife Ethel.
President Charles de Gaulle arrives in Moscow for an 11 day trip to foster East West cooperation. He is greeted by Podgorny and Kosygin and will visit Novosibirsk Leningrad Kiev and Stalingrad. Discussions focus on European security issues notably the German question and potential cultural and technical agreements.
France's Charles de Gaulle visits Moscow intensifying Cold War tensions as Senate debates Europe policy amid shifting alliances and Republican friction. The trip underscores strains over strategy toward the Soviet bloc and NATO.
Ohio will see temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal for five days. Representative highs and lows include Cleveland 80/58, Columbus 85/61, and Cincinnati 86/65. Little daily change with warm weather continuing. precipitation remains light at about one tenth inch, with isolated afternoon and evening thunder showers most days.
The House is set to approve the freedom of information measure that would make government records public unless secrecy is justified. If approved, the bill moves to the White House for President Johnson’s signature.
Mississippi civil rights marchers prepare a march and rally in Philadelphia to protest church burnings and the slayings of James Cheney and the two white New Yorkers, Schwerner and Goodman. Robert Green of SCLC says participants will drive 85 miles from Belzoni for tonight’s church rally as part of a broader two‑city action with Floyd McKissick and possibly Martin Luther King Jr. attending. Nearly 1000 local Negroes welcomed marchers on Route 7 north of Belzoni.
The Supreme Court ruled civil rights prosecutions may be removed from state to federal courts only in limited circumstances. In a 5-4 decision by Justice Potter Stewart the court held 29 defendants in LeFlore County Mississippi cannot transfer trials from state to federal court. Douglas dissented joined by Warren Brennan Fortas, arguing federal protection against local bias.
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's troops seal Hue hospital room where monk Thich Tri Quang fasts on day 13. Ky promises civilian elections on Sept 11 with a 108 seat assembly to draft a constitution. U S forces battle near Tuy Hoa as Viet Cong attacks hit Hue and Chu Lai area.
Ten days from today about fifty marchers set out from Cleveland with family members. The group seeks Gov. Rhodes to call a special session to tap Ohio’s $28 million surplus for higher welfare payments. In Tokyo, Red China rejected a U.S. pledge not to launch a nuclear attack tied to a limited test ban.
Congressional testimony confirms Secretary McNamara rejected the Joint Chiefs of Staffs recommendation to call up Army reserves for duty in Vietnam. In Meridian Mississippi federal prosecutors will try 17 men for the slaying of three civil rights workers in U S District Court on September 26. Judge Harold Cox will hear the case under two century-old laws.
The Messenger launches a new comic page with Peanuts Dennis the Menace and Little People’s Puzzle. A new Sunday comic section will debut next month after a readership survey last March drew 3300 participants.
The high court agreed to hear pacifist Julian Bond in his bid to be seated in the Georgia House of Representatives. The court also barred retroactive application of new rules limiting trial use of confessions.
Hollywood mourns Ed Wynn longtime comedian actor who died in his sleep after a year of declining health. His son Keenan Wynn recalled his father performing 11 shows in two days for charity in March and watching the Dodgers with his grandsons as cancer ended his career.
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