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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1963

Page

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Triest Seeks Thresher Deep Sea Debris Off Boston

The Trieste bathyscaphe sails to a spot 220 miles off Boston to locate the sunken Thresher. Debris, a large metal sheet, a battery plate, and three magnetic contacts are found near the last Thresher position after a major search guided by a buoy named Bagel II. A Navy court linked Thresher destruction to a ruptured engine room pipe under high pressure.

Fort Snelling Navy Trieste Atlantic Frank A. Andrews Thresher Boston Joseph L. Worzel Lamont Observatory Conrad Washington Andrews

George Trautman Dies at 73 in Columbus

George M. Trautman president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs died at his Columbus home. He was 73.

Columbus George M. Trautman The National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs Moose Bradford Leon Ryan Supreme Governor of the Loyal Order of Moose

Rented After One Day Furnished Two Room Apartment

Short term rental of a private furnished two room apartment with bath and utilities paid. Contact LY 3 117 for details. The Messenger Classified Ads offer fast results with a 16 word ad for $1 and LY 3 1242 to place ads.

Call LY

Ex-Chesterhill Woman Shot Dead In Zanesville Home

Mrs. Geraldine Sue Smith 27 formerly of Chester Hill was fatally shot in the back of the head while in the bathroom of her Railroad Street home in Zanesville early Sunday. Her husband Ronald Louis Smith 23 is detained by police as prosecutors plan to file charges after further investigation.

Geraldine Sue) Smith Chesterhill Zanesville Ronald Louis Smith

Pet bills to land in junk pile in Ohio session

Ohio Legislature moves toward trimming or tossing several high profile pet bills this week. Blue laws fair housing campus subversives and ADCU participation are likely to be rejected as the session winds down.ence

Columbus Ohio

Miller Seeks More Voting in the South

Republican National Chairman William E. Miller asks the Presidents Commission on Registration and Voting Participation to study obstacles to a two party system in the South. He cites Democratic dominance and low turnout in the region and notes a national embarrassment as over one third of eligible voters did not register or vote in 1960, with more than half abstaining in 1962. A British move then follows with a Czechoslovak diplomat ordered out for alleged attempts to obtain state secrets.

Washington William E. Miller Commission On Registration and South Miller Commission Richard M. Scammon London BOMN Kennedy Konrad Adenauer NATO United States Europe Moscow White House Pierre Salinger Adenaur Dean Rusk Gerhard Schroeder Villa Hammerschidt Henrich Luebke Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle Western Europe France U.S Soviet Union Adenauer Wahn

Cockfight raid nets 53 arrests near Murray City

In Newtown near Murray City, a Saturday night cockfight led to 53 arrests by four law enforcement agencies including Hocking and Fairfield counties along with the State Highway Patrol. Four birds died, 35 cases of live birds were seized, and 20 spectators paid bond at the scene.

Sandy Levenson Logan Murray City Hocking County Paul H. Hartman Fairfield County

Evers Murder Suspect Jailed in Mississippi

In Jackson, Mississippi, Ron de La Beckwith, a 42-year-old from Greenwood, is jailed on murder charges in the case of Medgar W. Evers. Federal prosecutors also charged accomplices and staged a fight at a farm in Murray City, with multiple defendants fined and bound for various offenses.

Jackson Miss Byron de la Beckwith Medgar W. Evers Evers Beckwith FBI Greenwood M. B. Pierce Mississippi Oscar Mike) Loper Eldon Loper Murray City Harvey Spencer Vaughn Collins Eldon Lopez Sherm Marcum

Huck Finn Raft Delivers Jaycees to National Convention

Cincinnati Jaycees 17 on a raft named The Huck Finn travel 31 hours on the Ohio River. They get lost in fog for about 11% hours near Carrollton Kentucky and run aground at 4 a.m. Sunday. a beach party follows. They reach Louisville at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Louisville Cincinnati

State Employment Offices Open After Unpaid Strike

Ohio's 66 Bureau of Unemployment Compensation offices operate as usual with volunteers. Willard P. Dudley reported 95 percent of workers will be on the job this week, and 53,800 unemployment checks may be paid. Congress would need a supplementary fund before payroll taxes can cover volunteers.

Columbus Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation BUC Willard P. Dudley James A. Rhodes Dudley Bureau Washington Congress U. S. Department of Labor Department of Labor

Pope Promises Peace Efforts Across Nations

Pope Paul VI pledged to promote international peace based on truth, justice, love and freedom. He urged cordial Vatican relations with every country and addressed greetings to leaders and peoples at a Vatican audience for diplomats.

Vatican City Paul VI Vatican Church

Democrats Pick Site For 1964 Nominating Convention

Democratic convention planners meet in Chicago selecting a site with six cities bidding. Reports say Kennedy may prefer the Midwest venue. Weather outlook calls for a slow warming week with highs near 83 to 87 and little rainfall.

Washington Chicago Republican National Committee San Francisco Kennedy Middle West

1964 Campaign Issues Spotlight Foreign Policy Civil Rights

The article reports on early 1960s party strategists mapping the 1964 presidential race. Miller emphasizes foreign policy as the dominant issue while Bailey urges bipartisan handling of civil rights and argues Cuba should not be a campaign lever. They discuss Cuba policy, civil rights timing, Dirksen, Rockefeller, and Southern voting implications.

John M. Bailey Congress Miller Bailey Cuba Sen. Dirksen

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