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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1963

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Smith Smith Truthful Test Supports Shooting Verdict

In Muskingum County authorities said Ronald Louis Smith 23 told the truth about accidentally shooting his wife Geraldine Sue 27 at their Zanesville home. Prosecutors noted a lie detector test supported his account that the shotgun discharged by accident while he feared prowlers. He pleaded innocent in Zanesville Municipal Court and was bound to the grand jury under $10 000 bond. Funeral services for Mrs. Smith were held in Chesterhill.

Muskingum County Ronald Louis Smith Geraldine Sue Zanesville Richard Bridwell Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation London Smith Chesterhill

Committee Restores Subsidies For Libraries

A Senate House conference committee restored most of the cut to state and local library subsidies in the two year appropriations bill. The panel restored $71,000 of an $85,000 cut, bringing the library board's two year total to $808,000 from $850,000 requested. Rep G D Tablack said a ban to prevent reductions in library extension service to the blind below the past biennium will be written into the bill. Sen William Deddens said there is no plan to trim the blind program.

Columbus Senate House Conference Committee G. D. Tablack D-Mahoning Tablack Senate House William Deddens R Hamilton Ralph Fisher R Wayne

Cleveland Gets Center for English Teaching Demonstration

Central Junior High in Euclid will host the nations first public secondary school English teaching demonstration center funded by a federal grant. Western Reserve University will administer the $41,710 one year grant and provide a faculty leader for discussions.

Cleveland Euclid Western Reserve University U. S. Office of Education

Kennedy visits West Berlin amid massive crowd reception

President Kennedy flew into West Berlin with Gen. Lucius Clay and spoke to cheering crowds along a 40 mile motorcade route. Soviet MIGs were sighted nearby but did not deter the President, who praised Berliners for their legendary morale and freedom as Adenauer and Brandt stood beside him.

Berlin Kennedy East Germany West Berlin Lucius D. Clay Wiesbaden West Germany Willy Brandt Free World Clay United States Adenauer Brandt

One Dose Produces Immunity for All Polio Types

The government approved Lederle Laboratories' three in one oral polio vaccine combining Sabin strains to confer immunity against all three poliovirus types after the first dose with full protection after a second dose eight weeks later.

Washington Sabin Lederle Laboratories U.S Surgeon General Lederle Albert Sabin University of Cincinnati Herald R. Cox American Cyanamid Co Pearl River N. Y Miami Tampa Fla

Ohio Senate approves tightening unemployment benefits bill

The Ohio Senate narrowly passes a House endorsed unemployment benefits bill 17 to 14 after long debate. It raises employers contributions while keeping benefits fixed, and comes as the fund recovers from a low in recent years.

Columbus Ohio Senate Senate

Blue Cross Extension Bill Killed In Senate

The Ohio Senate Insurance Committee killed a House approved bill to extend Blue Cross hospitalization coverage to private and nursing home care. Two resolutions proposing interim study of hospital insurance rates and laws have been introduced in the Senate.

Columbus Ohio Senate Insurance Committee House Blue Cross Legislative Service Commission Senate

Ashbrook predicts Goldwater announces in sixty four

Rep. John M. Ashbrook of Ohio forecasts Barry Goldwater will declare his Republican presidential bid by February or March. He says the 1964 GOP contest will center on Goldwater versus George Romney, with a stop Goldwater movement backed by Eisenhower Republicans and East Coast Republicans.

Washington John M. Ashbrook Ohio Barry Goldwater Arizona Ashbrook San Francisco Goldwater George Romney Michigan Eisenhow Nelson Rockefeller New York Rockefeller South Midwest

Court Upholds Welfare Regulations Ruling in Ohio

The 10th District Court of Appeals of Ohio upheld a low er court decision voiding the Welfare Department regulations for day care centers and homes. The opinion agrees with Franklin County Common Pleas Court that the 1961 regulations were adopted illegally by the department in social administration division.

Columbus Welfare Department 10Th District Court of Appeals of Ohio Franklin County Common Pleas Court Department Division of Social Administration

Rose Gas Chamber Extends Life of Cut Roses

Federal researchers found that cut rose buds doused with ethylene gas remained closed up to 70 hours while untreated roses opened in about 40 hours. The notice ends with a classified ad line promoting ad placement at LY 3-1242 for $1.00.

New 85-Foot Radio Telescope Planned for Green Bank

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory will begin building an 85 foot movable radio telescope this week to listen in on outer space. Dr. Frank Drake said the scope will pair with an existing 85 foot telescope. The project costs about $500,000 and should be completed early next year. The observatory is operated by Associated Universities, Inc.

Green Bank W. Va National Radio Astronomy Observatory Frank Drake Associated Universities, Inc

German Reds Put On Show For K's Visit

East German authorities plan a grand welcome for Soviet Premier Khrushchev in East Berlin to rival Kennedy's West Berlin reception. Berlin officials expect a mixed, wary response as residents are urged to decorate cities with red flags for the visiting leader. In Toronto, singer Rosemary Clooney is released from hospital after food poisoning treatment.

George Boultwood Berlin Khrushchev East Berlin Kennedy West Berlin Toronto Rosemary Clooney

Sweden rocked by major Soviet spy case and pending Khrushchev visit

Sweden exposed a 15 year spy ring with Col Stig Wennerstrom as air attache in Washington. He admits selling secrets to the Kremlin while two alleged Soviet contacts are expelled. NATO investigates possible sharing of NATO secrets. Khrushchev’s planned visit may be canceled amid the scandal.

Stockholm Sweden Khrushchev Soviet Union Washington Stig Erik Wennerstrom United States France Kremlin Wennerstrom North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO

Man Burned At Balloon Festival

Ashland ambulatory patient Don Piccard 37 from Sioux Falls S D was slightly burned when balloon fabric caught fire during inflation at Ashland Balloon Festival He was treated at Ashland Samaritan Hospital for burns to face and head and released Piccard aims for a 17000 foot record ascent and is from the flying family Ashland is noted as a major toy balloon producer.

Ashland Don Piccard Sioux Falls S.D Piccard Ashland Samaritan Hospital Soaring and Diving

Floods Threaten Nebraska As Rain Pours In

The Associated Press reports heavy rains in northeastern Nebraska with 14 inches in 48 hours, triggering renewed flood fears. The warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico surged northward amid a storm belt from Kansas to Wisconsin. Three people were killed and 295 families faced property losses. A tornado was sighted near Waldorf Minnesota with no reported damage.

Associated Press Nebraska Kansas Wisconsin Gulf of Mexico Midwest Waldorf Minn Gulf Coast States Rocky Mountains

300000 To March On Washington Demonstration Planned

Rev. George Lawrence of Brooklyn co chairs the march and says more than 300000 demonstrators will participate on August 28 in Washington. He cites groups from 28 cities including New York Boston Cleveland Chicago Detroit Los Angeles San Francisco Atlanta Birmingham Miami and the capital.

New York Washington George Lawrence Brooklyn Boston Cleveland Chicago Detroit Los Angeles San Francisco Atlanta Birmingham Miami

Kennedy Ancestral Barnyard Transformed in Dunganstown Visit Hopes

In Dunganstown Ireland locals blame Americans for concrete paving and changes around the Ryan homestead linked to President Kennedy while he prepares to visit. The site now includes a concrete yard a tiled toilet and porch with the hut turn storage shed. Mary Ryan Kennedy kin vows a simple Irish welcome tea soda bread.

Dunganstown Ireland Ryan John Patrick Kennedy United States Mary Ryan Kennedy

Steel Market Fallout Looms Not A Collapse Feared

Iron Age warned the steel labor agreement will hit the market hard but not cause a 1962-style collapse. U.S. buyers held 17.35 million tons as a hedge, with about 4 million tons to drain from inventories to restore normalcy. In Moscow a Chinese delegate disrupted a World Congress of Women amid a China India border clash, suspending the meeting.

New York Iron Age Moscow World Congress of Women

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