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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1962
Page
1
The Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision bars state authorized prayers in public schools. Justice Black writes the First Amendment forbids government from composing official prayers for any group. Reactions varied with lawmakers and religious leaders warning of broader implications for daily routines and church-state funding.
Dr E E Holt Ohio superintendent says a study is needed to gauge how the U S Supreme Court decision striking a 22 word daily prayer in New York schools will affect Ohio He notes Ohio boards lack authority to mandate a statewide prayer and that local boards set rules and curricula, requiring local action.
Fort Collins Colorado NEA official T M Stinnett warns growing dissatisfaction with working conditions could push teachers toward strikes in the future. He cites politics bureaucracy outdated buildings and rotten equipment as key grievances. He is at the National Commission on Teacher Education conference in Fort Collins.
In Leopoldville Premier Cyrille Adoula and Katanga President Moise Tshombe ended six weeks of unity negotiations in discord. Tshombe departed for Elisabethville as Adoula urged stronger UN action to end Katanga’s secession. Adoula said talks proved futile and Tshombe’s stance hardened toward reunification.
The Justice Department continues its inquiry into April’s on and off steel price raise. Subpoenas were issued to several U.S. Steel Corp. executives in New York seeking expense accounts and telephone records as part of potential collusion findings.
South Vietnamese soldiers and Marines killed eight Communist guerrillas and captured 20 others in the opening phase of a large amphibious operation in the Mekong River delta. One marine drowned and another was wounded.
Army medical scientists pursue skin entering substances that could turn a soldier’s skin into a built in shield against disease bearing insects sun burn and climate stresses. The program targets Southeast Asia and tropical deployments with Dr Marion B Sulzberger leading research under the Medical Research and Development Command.
Senate Democrats after a Kennedy administration medical care proposal move to action in the Senate urged by Sen. Mike Mansfield. Leaders said a decision would come by week’s end after discussions with President Kennedy amid stalled House committee handling. Syria accuses Israel of aggression after border clash.
Washington Republicans press a link between Kennedy policies and a recent stock market decline. The Senate Republican Policy Committee and the GOP lagging body claim Kennedy’s Yale speech remarks about deficits fueled market losses. Sen. Javits urges Congress to pass a business‑friendly tax program with relief for low income taxpayers and top‑bracket reduction to stimulate activity.
The flight engineers union seeks to lift a federal restraining order, risking a renewed Pan Am walkout. If the order ends, Pan Am’s 500 engineers may strike immediately, following a hearing before Judge George Rosling on injunctive action under the National Railway Labor Act.
Senate Foreign Relations committee members prepared to quiz Walt Rostow behind closed doors on his master strategy document. Rostow, 45, is State Department counselor and head of policy planning, seen as a professional idea man with views on communism under debate in this congressional year.
Rep. Laurence Curtis aged 68 announces he will run in the September Republican primary to challenge George Cabot Lodge for the U S Senate nomination. The 1962 state convention endorsed Lodge by a narrow 936 to 848 vote, reversing party will. In other news Benny Goodman’s all star band arrived in Kiev after touring Leningrad.
In Columbus late today, brothers Raymond Smith 15 Kenneth 13 and Albert 12 captured after escaping the Meigs County jail Sunday from the women's section during investigation of grand larceny and breaking and entering. Meigs County and Columbus officials had not decided disposition of the case at noon. Leonid Zamyatin named head of the Soviet Foreign Ministry press dept.
Billie Sol Estes won an immediate trial on one count of felony theft in the sale of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer tanks to Thomas A. Bell, alleging a $162,144 defrauding. Prosecutors said six farmers were bilked in related deals totaling $828,576, with jurors seated for the Reeves County case.
Secretary of State Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Home doubt Red China plans a coastal invasion, viewing buildup near Quemoy and Matsu as pressure on Chiang Kai-shek. Peiping accuses Nationalists of preparing in coordination with the United States for an invasion of the southeast coast. Shelling of Quemoy and Matsu continued with 132 shells on Quemoy and 45 on Matsu.
Covington Ky. six defendants face possible split verdict in the civil rights case against Campbell County Sheriff George Ratterman. Foreman F E Despain announced the nine men three women jury was hopelessly deadlocked as the case entered its fourth week.
Mexico City readies for President Kennedy with tens of thousands of posters. Government ministries print their own placards and 50,000 posters have been produced so far.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon will represent the United States in Denmark's celebration of American Independence Day on July 4. The absence of other U S officials underscores Nixon's diplomatic role in the event staged by Denmark to honor the United States.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Judge Sidney Mize to grant a desegregation injunction, requiring the University of Mississippi to admit James H Meredith as the first Black student. Meredith had been denied transfer on racial grounds, overturning Mize's February ruling.
James Ball 34, convicted of second degree murder for a February 1950 tavern shooting in Cincinnati, will be paroled July 26 from London Correctional Institution per the Pardon and Parole Commission. Ball was convicted after a May 1950 trial.
Edwin J. Taylor dean of Ohio University College of Engineering and Technology is among 43 chosen for the 11th General Motors Conference for Engineering and Science Educators to be held in Warren Michigan July 8 20. He will be on field assignment at Packard Electric Division July 16 19. U S Steel to close National Tube works in McKeesport for 10 days starting July 4.
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