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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
2
Reports that 12 to 17 Cuban girl athletes renounced their homeland were dismissed by the U S Immigration Service after a seven hour wait for the group in San Juan. The agency found no basis for the mass detachment story amid other international notes from Moscow Santo Domingo Panama and Vatican City.
The Taylor Ridge Church of Christ Vacation Church School saw a 30 percent increase in attendance over last year. The program for parents and friends closed June 11. Teachers included Mrs. Donald Russell Mrs. Paul A Johnson Mrs. William Bartels Miss June Heffkin Mrs. Gene Campbell Mrs. William Albers and Mrs. Ron Smith.
Recent visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Johnson include Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baldy and Mr. and Mrs. Herb Mingus of Columbus. Several families hosted guests over the weekend including Mrs. Fred Crabtree and Barbara in Columbus, with extended visits by Barbara Nathan Thomas Nelsonville and Virgie Kreslin and Cindy of Bessemer. First Lt. Lewis Samuels and family plan a Japan deployment July 1. Other visits include Mrs. Carolyn Merritt and son Greg of Mansfield with Olive Hillen, and gatherings with the Bentleys and Ross of Greens Run and Akron families.
After three days of discussion the Midwestern Governors Conference urged Washington to expand farm income support, highways and urban planning. They backed a larger state voice in grants and urged a new law on apprentices, the atom smasher site, and a $440 monthly income for trainees. The group named Rhodes chair and Kerner vice chair and planned the sixth annual meeting at Lake of the Ozarks.
Rep Walter H Moeller of Ohio rebukes a Republican task force on agriculture as a wrecking crew. He says the group invaded his district to sow dissension among farmers while he met with Agriculture Department officials on positive Ohio programs. He highlights three percent loans from the Farmers Home Administration for fruit and vegetable farmers hurt by May frosts.
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