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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1962
Page
1
Chaos gripped Oran as explosions and fires hit the city while crowds fled toward France after the July 1 self determination vote. In Algiers peace grew as the European Secret Army Organization’s violence subsided and the Moslem state moved toward independence.
U S warships sped from Japan to reinforce the 7th Fleet Formosa patrol amid reports of a Chinese Communist buildup opposite Quemoy and Matsu. Navy spokesmen described the move as routine and said ships redeployed for operations at sea with confirmation of strengthened patrols in the Formosa Strait.
William H. Martin a 31 year old mathematics expert and former National Security Agency employee defected to the Soviet Union two years ago in protest of U2 spy flights over the USSR He says he does not feel remorse for his decision and acknowledges it was foolhardy.
Seoul observed the 12th anniversary of the 1950 outbreak with no parades or rallies. South Korean and U N authorities reaffirmed resolve to prevent any repeat of the Communist invasion.
Harold Merle, 23, who quit school six years ago but later finished, addressed his class as commencement speaker in Alexander, New York. He urged peers not to quit school, sharing his journey back to graduation.
Top Labor Department officials and federal mediators pressed to resolve the airline labor dispute that shut Eastern Air Lines and risked a Pan Am strike. Eastern furloughed about 18 000 workers as engineers walked out. Pan Am engineers briefly struck but returned under a federal court order.
Philadelphia police planned to question Pat Kobalski 34 known as Pat Lynne after she allegedly took sleeping pills following threats tied to her Senate Investigations subcommittee testimony about B-girls. She was unconscious in critical condition at Graduate Hospital with throat surgery performed to ease breathing.
Duke Hospital in Durham North Carolina announced on Saturday that private patients of all races creeds and origins may now be admitted to private rooms. The move ends the hospital policy of racial segregation for private accommodations and opens private rooms to all patients.
Spec. 4 George F. Fryett Jr. of California, freed after six months in Viet Cong captivity, denied he denounced the United States or cooperated with brainwashing attempts. The Viet Cong had claimed he said he was an accomplice of U S imperialism and the Diem administration.
Laos information minister denounces U.S. troops in Thailand as a threat to Laos neutrality after Prince Souvanna Phouma transfers leadership to his pro-Communist half brother. Premier had called the move routine. U.S. comments pending.
On State Route 56 two miles east of Laurelville two Columbus teenagers and two Chillicothe women died in a Sunday crash. Elisabeth Hafner and Jeanie Lee Wilson, both 60 and 18, respectively, and Jerry E Howard, 17, were dead on arrival or died after transfer to hospitals. Injured were James Hafner, 62, and Robert Hafner, 14. Police attributed loss of control to the Howard vehicle. no charges were filed.
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Lord Home held talks in London to align policies on Europe Asia and Africa Their conference coincided with Western notes to Moscow urging early East West discussions on Berlin Western notes proposed a four power meeting to curb shooting along the Berlin Wall Moscow blamed German Fascist elements backed by the Allies for recent incidents and warned of action unless the West halted provocations Rusk brought tougher proposals for a Berlin settlement amid reports Washington has raised expectations due to a domestic political crisis
Ford Motor Co resumes production today after union members approve an agreement ending an 18 day strike by 3200 UAW Local 420 members at Walton Hills stamping plant. Output halted due to the stoppage affecting 77,000 workers nationwide. 39,000 to return by midnight and the rest by next Monday.
The Supreme Court held that the 22 word daily prayer in New York state public schools violates the U S Constitution. Five parents from New Hyde Park questioned the practice as a breach of church and state separation.
Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker announced a temporary austerity program to improve Canada’s economy after a weak reelection. The plan includes tariff increases and government cost cuts to steady the dollar, with over $1 billion in short term aid, mostly from the United States, already secured.
The Kennedy administration negotiates with House and Senate leaders to push a $277 million stopgap bill to fund exhausted agencies and break the impasse over prestige. A companion tax extension bill would preserve $4 billion in revenue and modify airline and travel levies while a Social Security funded elder care plan rides a welfare bill for relief recipients.
The AP study of NYSE trading shows exchange members sold 91.9 million shares and bought 85.3 million through June 1, a net 6.6 million shares down. Public investors bought 56.2 million shares and sold 349.1 million, adding 7.1 million to their portfolios.
James H. Vance Jr. 18 confessed to bludgeoning two teenage girls to death with a tire wrench in Morristown New Jersey. He called a detective from his cell Sunday morning and led officers to his home nearby for questioning after the admission.
New York actress Lucile Watson died Sunday at age 83 from a stroke. Her career stretched from 1900 stage work to film and television. She married Louis Evan Shipman, who died in 1933. Kennedy returns to Washington after weekend with family at Glenora estate near Middleburg Virginia.
New York financier Jacques Sarlie who worked with Edward M. Gilbert returned from Paris and denies leaving the United States to defraud creditors. He disclaims liability for 754 770 dollars of stock bought for him during Gilbert's proxy contest and rejects charges in a State Supreme Court suit by McDonnell Co. that he fled the country.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber announces a 2.5 million expansion of its research and development facilities in Akron. E. J. Thomas, chairman, outlined the program at the dedication of a 1.5 million wing for the Goodyear research building. Russell DeYoung, president, said the industry has developed much new material but researchers must make current products obsolete.
The Supreme Court ruled California’s narcotics addiction crime statute unconstitutional, placing it with cruel and unusual punishment laws. Justice Stewart delivered a 6 to 2 decision, holding the law violates the state’s penal code.
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle announced the three year term reappointment of Paul C. Copelan of Portsmouth to the Ohio Real Estate Commission.
An 18-year-old youth is in custody after confessing to the slayings of two Mansfield girls, Jean Bertoch age 9 and Connie Lynn Hurrell age 7. The bodies were found near their homes in a shallow creek Saturday night by local boys.
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