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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1964

Page

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Roadblock Set Up In Search For Missing Civil Rights Workers

Officials from the Mississippi Highway Patrol and FBI set a roadblock on Highway 21 near the site where the civil rights workers’ station wagon was found. They questioned motorists for information about the disappearance eight days earlier and checked for sightings of two white men near a similar vehicle.

Philadelphia Miss Mississippi Highway Patrol FBI Highway 21

Ku Klux Klan Active In Cincinnati Meeting Report

A WLW TV newsman reported attending a Ku Klux Klan meeting in Hamilton County on Sunday. He described plans for a July 4 Washington march with up to 400,000 participants and possible trips to St Augustine Florida and Mississippi after the event. Police said they had no knowledge of the gathering and the Klan’s recent activity in Cincinnati was minimal.

Cincinnati Hamilton County Washington al Leonard Wlw-Tv St. Augustine Fla Mississippi Leonard Hamilton

Indians Seek New Stadium Contract In Cleveland

Cleveland Indians general manager Gabe Paul announced the club will not exercise the option on Municipal Stadium beyond December 31 and will negotiate a new contract. After a meeting with stadium commissioner Paul Hurd, attendance concerns fueled mov​e rumors, though Paul said no relocation is planned.

Cleveland Gabe Paul Cleveland Indians Municipal Stadium Paul Paul Hurd Indians

Needles and pills not needed for mass immunization

Denver scientist Dr. Gardner Middlebrook of National Jewish Hospital says airborne vaccines could immunize whole populations against tuberculosis polio and measles without injections or pills. He notes fears hinder adoption and stresses developing noncontainment vaccines and ventilation experts to determine doses.

Denver Colo Gardner Middlebrook National Jewish Hospital

Johnson urges readiness to risk war for freedom

President Johnson tells a Minneapolis crowd that the United States must be prepared to risk war to preserve freedom while seeking just compromise for peace. He cites Vietnam support and cautions against imposing interests in East–West differences.

Johnson Washington United States Michigan Minnesota Minneapolis Minne

St Augustine Race Tension Sees Possible Bi racial Peace Effort

In St Augustine Florida a new bi racial committee plan emerges as a possible end to two weeks of intensified race clashes. Leaders warn ground has vanished amid a month long push for integration and resistance. Violent confrontations erupt daily between blacks and whites with a city curfew and a looming court decision.

ST. Augustine Fla Farris Bryant U. S. District Court

India Leader Shastri In General Good Condition

New Delhi India prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri reportedly remained in generally good condition after a mild heart attack Friday night. The Times of India suggested he delegate more duties, noting the need for a full-time foreign minister and Shastri's holding of both foreign affairs and atomic energy portfolios.

New Delhi India V/P Lal Bahadur Shastri Times of India Shastri Nehru

Reds Plan Attack On Muong Soui In Plaine Des Jarres

Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma warns Communists mass 17 battalions about 8000 men with heavy artillery for a three pronged assault on Muong Soui 110 miles north of Vientiane as neutralist forces number about 3000. He cites US aerial photos of North Vietnamese troop movements and notes T28 strikes hampered by weather and visibility.

Vientiane Laos Souvanna Phouma Plaine Des Jarres Souvanna Muong Soui Pathet Lao Kong le U. S Viet Nam

Traffic Death Toll Tops 18 in Ohio Weekend

Ohio records 11 road deaths and 6 drownings in a weekend toll. An industrial accident lifts total to 18. AP counts cover 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. One two fatality crash occurred on U.S. 52 in Brown County near Aberdeen. 1964 highway deaths exceed 321 nationwide so far this year.

Ohio Associated Press U.S. 52 Brown County Aberdeen

Smoking decline noted after health hazard link report

Americans reduced cigarette use by about 16 billion sticks, a 6.5 percent drop from last year, with cigars pipes and roll your own rising about 12 percent. The Agriculture Department projects 507 billion cigarettes consumed in the year to June 30, down 2 percent from the prior year, amid uncertain long term trends. Postal zip code progress and House action on civil rights bill also noted.

Ovid A. Martin Washington Agriculture Department Department United States

Diary reveals Oswald bitter about Russia and life in exile

Dallas Morning News cites Oswald diary and writings showing bitterness toward the Soviet Union. Oswald, 24, after assassinating JFK, was killed in Dallas two days after his arrest. His diary covers Mos cow stay from Oct 1959 to early 1962 and his bid for citizenship.

Oswald Russia Dallas Tex Lee Harvey Oswald John F. Kennedy Soviet Union Dallas Morning News Jack Ruby Ial Warren Commission Moscow

Ohio Old Age Pension Costs Rise in 1964

Ohio state auditor Roger W. Tracy announced the 1964 old age pension program cost 87,487,806 dollars, up 496,250 from 1963. Final year payments were secured by a 94,362 dollar pension transfer for public institution residents. Health care payments totaled 18,724,877 dollars, a new high.

Columbus Roger W. Tracy Ohio Tracy

Camp trailer for sale with gas cooking and water tank

Aluminum camp trailer sleeps and features a 25 gallon water tank and 25 inch ice box. Value to be determined at $250. Earl Hilleary 658 Walnut St Nelsonville. The season is ripe to sell or buy camping equipment. Call LY 3-1242 LY 3-143 for 16 word ad six days for $3.36.

Earl Hilleary Walnut St Nelsonville

Bill Seeks Import Ban

Rep Homer E Pete Abele introduces a bill to protect American industry and labor from injurious foreign imports. He cites beef shoe chemical glassware and pottery sectors and opposes modifications of trade principles in Geneva negotiations. The Treasury seeks 75 percent coin production rise in six months and doubling in a year. French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville doubts the U S can win the war in South Viet Nam.

Washington Homer E Pete) Abele Treasury Department New York Maurice Couve de Murville United States South Viet Nam

Lodge says he will quit ambassador post for Scranton bid

Washington reports that Henry Cabot Lodge announced at a White House news conference he will abandon his role as U S ambassador to South Vietnam to return home and campaign for Gov William Scranton for the Republican presidential nomination He argued the GOP is not on track while the war in Vietnam is and indicated he may seek Eisenhower support for Scranton.

Washington Ph Henry Cabot Lodge William Scranton U. S South Viet Nam White House Johnson Scranton Barry Goldwater Lodge Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower Andrews Air Force Base United States South Viet Nam William W. Scranton

Turks Call Grivas Peace Offer Empty Words

In Nicosia Dr Fazil Kuchuk Turkish vice president calls Gen George Grivas peace proposal empty words. Grivas renews his call for a peaceful coexistence in a free Greek Cyprus and amnesty for Turkish Cypriots amid December's clashes. Kuchuk says Grivas would put Turks at the mercy of Greeks. In Columbus Dr John Wasylik of Sandusky will lead the 55000 Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars in the coming year.

Nicosia Cyprus Fazil Kuchuk George Grivas Britain Grivas Columbus John Wasylik Sandusky Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars

Estes Opens New Import Export Firm in El Paso

Billy Sol Estes, once at the center of a national financial scandal, quietly presided at the opening of a new import export business bearing his name in El Paso. The shop, formerly Rio Loan pawn shop run by Paul Slone, had its sign covered by paper bags and rebranded to Billie Sol Estes Import and Export.

EL Paso Tex Billy Sol Estes Rio Loan Paul Slone Billie Sol Estes

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