Lodge resigns as ambassador to South Viet Nam
President Johnson announced Lodge will step down as ambassador to South Vietnam and be replaced by General Maxwell D. Taylor. U. Alexis Johnson becomes deputy ambassador as part of a new post, while General Earle G. Wheeler takes over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. McNamara has not yet named Wheeler’s successor as Army chief.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Johnson
U. Alexis Johnson
Foreign Service
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
Army
Robert S. McNamara
Wheeler
Cleveland PR man seeks voiding of Ohio primary results
James Nolan plans to ask a special federal court to nullify last month's Ohio primary nominations for state representatives in 48 counties. The move follows the Supreme Court ordering a reconsideration of appeals challenging the Hanna Amendment and its effect on districting and reapportionment in the Ohio House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
James Nolan
U. S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Cincinnati
Ohio House of Representatives
Nolan
Gardless
House
Ohio Gop To Pass Up Goldwater For First Ballot
Ohio Republicans unanimously agreed to cast all 58 first ballot votes for favorite son Gov. James A. Rhodes at the San Francisco convention. John Ashbrook forecast Goldwater would win 32 to 35 Ohio votes on a possible second ballot with 26 to 23 going elsewhere. Bricker named Ohio delegation chairman. Bliss chosen for national committeeman.
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Columbus
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
San Francisco
John Ashbrook
Arizona
James A. Rhodes
Goldwater - Scranton
U. S
John W. Bricker
Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Ashbrook
Scranton
Ray C. Bliss
Embezzlement Probe Targets NY Stock Exchange Firm
New York authorities seek office manager Jeremiah T. Moran, 61, in an embezzlement case alleging losses may total $700,000 at Burnham and Co, a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange. Moran is named in a warrant as a suspect after two decades with the firm.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Jeremiah T. Moran
Burnham and Co
Post Office Opens Monday in New Athens Facility
The new post office at 9 W. Stimson Ave. will open at 8 30 a m Monday with Postmaster Arthur Cornwell saying a formal dedication occurs Sunday July 26 with Postmaster General John A Gronouski as the main speaker Gronouski once Wisconsin tax commissioner was appointed by the late President Kennedy The Union Street post office will close Saturday noon Athens seeks bids for a contract postal station offering full services except boxes and delivery bids due by 5 p m Monday June 29 Various tools equipment and furnishings were moved to the new post office this week with remaining items to follow after the old facility closes Saturday.
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W. Stimson Ave
Arthur Cornwell
John A. Gronouski
Gronouski
Wisconsin
John F. Kennedy
W. Union St
Cornwell
Athens
Inside The Messenger Objective Ike News Snippet
Editorial notes Republicans reject former president as a news commentator. Jack Osler’s son testifies his father told his mother she would be shot. Willie Mays leads National League All Star voting. Two Belpre firemen battle a blaze near Coolville. Municipalities curb tax duplication. Mason County grand jury probes voting irregularities.
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Jack Osler
Willie Mays
Belpre
Coolville
Obituaries and local notices across several Ohio towns
Obituaries and public notices span Santa Gallipolis Glouster Point Pleasant Pomeroy Nelsonville and Middleport. Local items include sports theater and women sections with scattered dates and listings.
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Aldore
Peieidwoaces
Santa Gallipolis Glouster
Logan
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy
Middleport
Supreme Court Ends Session Overturns Sit-ins and Reapportionment
The Supreme Court reversed eight sit-in convictions and extended one man one vote to nine state legislatures, ruling on reapportionment in Michigan Iowa Illinois Oklahoma Washington Florida Idaho Connecticut and Ohio. It also struck down parts of the Subversive Activities Control Act allowing passports for certain Communist group members and overturned state court rulings on obscenity in Kansas Ohio and Florida.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Oklahoma
Florida
Idaho
Connecticut
Ohio
High Court
Communist Party
U.S. Court of Appeals
Kansas
Berlin Flights Continue Amid Soviet protest over Berlin corridor
A Pan American jet from New York crossed the Berlin air corridor despite a Soviet warning that it could not guarantee safety over East Germany. The plane reached Tegel at 1 27 p.m. after stops in Iceland and Scotland with 77 passengers aboard.
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Berlin
Pan American World Airways
New York
Soviet Union
East Germany
United States
New York-Berlin
Pan Am
Tegel
Iceland
Scotland
Speeding Pays Off in Speedometer Fix
Harlan Weaver claims speed pays after a radar trap caught him speeding at 41 while his car’s speedometer stuck at 80. A garageman quoted a $20 repair so Weaver expects a $10 fine for the error, but the radar corrected the magnetic fault and the speedometer now works, allowing him to save $10.
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Albany
N.Y
Harlan Weaver
Weaver
Meigs Jury Views Photo Evidence in Oiler Killing Trial
In Meigs County Court, four slides of victim Anna Margaret Oiler aged 33 were entered as evidence in the murder trial of her husband Jack L. Oiler age 34 of Middleport. The defense objected claiming photos may inflame jurors while witnesses testified no fingerprints were found on the shotgun and it appeared fired from at least eight feet.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Kenneth Grover
William Maxey
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
Three Civil Rights Volunteers Vanish in Mississippi
Three young volunteers in the Freedom Summer project disappear after a stop for a speeding fine in Philadelphia Mississippi. Andy Goodman 20 Mickey Schwerner 24 both New York City and James Cheney 22 a Meridian CORE member, were last heard Sunday night as FBI and Mississippi Highway Patrol search for them. They had arrived for voter registration drives and civil rights outreach following a week of orientation in Oxford Ohio.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
FBI
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
New York City
James Cheney
Congress of Racial Equality
Meridian
Mississippi “Freedom
Oxford
Ohio
Cheney
New York
James Farmer
Meridian Naval Air Station
Council of Federated Organizations
Washington
Edwin O. Guthman
Justice Department
Plot To Kidnap Khrushchev Smashed In Sweden
Swedish police disrupted a plan to kidnap Nikita Khrushchev during his five day state visit. A 30 year old foreigner arrested near Haga Castle confessed that attackers aimed to crash the gates in a truck. Hungarian involvement is suspected. Ustashi links are reported but unconfirmed.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Khrushchev
Haga Castle
Aftonbladet
Ustashi
Must Stop Red China Is View
Washington lawmakers weigh risking war with Red China to save Southeast Asia. Sen. George Aiken says administration may expand the war with Russia’s tacit stand as Gen. Paul Harkins backs risking war to defend South Vietnam while Rep. Clement Zablocki urges testifying on options.
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Washington
Congress
Red China
Southeast Asia
George D. Aiken
R.vt
Aiken
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Viet Nam
Laos
Asia
Capitol Hill
Paul D. Harkins
U. S
South Viet Nam
Peking
Harkins
Drownings in Ohio River Claim Two Mason County Men
Two Mason County men Owens Eugene Stephens and Clayton Lee Casey McDade 30 both of Leon Route 2 drowned Saturday night in the Ohio River. McDade was found near Syracuse and Stephens in a brush pile downstream from Letart landing after last being seen by Richard Jacks Jr. of Minersville. State Police and local crews recovered the bodies Monday with officials noting swift current and possible aid-seeking confusion. McDade had lost a nephew in a tractor accident two weeks earlier.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Ohio River
Letart
W. Va
Syracuse
Owens Eugene Stephens
Clayton Lee
Casey) McDade
Leon Route 2
West Virginia
Stephens
Vanadium Corp
America
Graham Station
Richard Jacks, Jr
Minersville
Letart Landing
McDade
A. V. Criss
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Henry Ewing
George Johnson
Archie Whitt Jr
Bragg
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By Reed Smith
Clarence J. Brown
Mason County Grand Jury
Aekaie
U.S
Maryland
South Carolina
North Carolina
William O. Douglas
Hugo L. Black
John Marshall Harlan
Byron R. White
Meigs
Neshoba County
Khru
Expressen
China
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Richard McDade
Kenneth Joe Brown
Baltimore and Ohio
Brown
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