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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1962

Page

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Mechem Senate Seat Battle Heads To High Court

The Ohio apportioning board's plan to split the 9th-14th-15th-16th districts into two senate seats faces another legal challenge. Harry J. Lehman of Cleveland asks the Supreme Court to overturn the board's ruling, arguing only one senator should represent the new district.

Columbus Ohio State Senate Hugh A. Sherer Special Council State Apportioning Board Supreme Court C. Stanley Mechem Athens Senate Robert E. Zellar Muskingum High Court Harry J. Lehman Cleveland Mechem

New Concord Welcomes Astronaut Glenn in Big Village Celebration

New Concord Ohio gears for its largest event as John H. Glenn arrives to a hometown greeting. Officials anticipate 35 000 to 50 000 people in the 2 127 resident village for the welcome on Saturday as the nation honors the Marine lieutenant colonel.

Concord Ohio John H. Glenner New York New Concord

Lost or Found Ad Invites Quick Action

Quick-action lost and found ad urges immediate phone contact LY 3-1242. Ad stresses early posting so finders see it on the first day of publication.

Hospital Contracts Awarded for Meigs Memorial Hospital

The Meigs County Hospital Commission will award contracts totaling about 72 000 dollars next week for equipment and furnishings for the new Meigs Memorial Hospital. Twenty seven bidders underwent evaluation by George C. Smith the hospital consultant and commission members Fred Russell and A C Bradford.

Pomeroy Meigs County Hospital Commission Meigs Memorial Hospital George C. Smith Fred Russell A. C. Bradford State Office Supply Columbus Thomas Ruff Co B. Presser Co Charleston W.va American Hospital Supply the Columbus Hospital Supply Co Rose City Press A. S. Aloe Co St. Louis Medical Arts Supply Co Huntington Hospital and Physicians Supply Mills Hospital Supply Chicago

Kroll Recalled Over Policy Differences With Bonn

Bonn recalls Moscow ambassador Hans Kroll after reports he proposed Western recognition of the Oder Neisse line. This is the second clash in four months following earlierBerlin and German questions proposals.

Bonn Germany Konrad Adenauer Moscow Hans Kroll Oder-Neisse Line Kroll Khrushchev Berlin

Doctor Who Predicted His Own Death

Dr Sedat A Kayar a Turkish born physician aged 41 died Thursday from pancreatic cancer. He had told patients last January he would not long survive and hoped to visit Turkey but did not make the trip.

Highland Sedat A. Kayar Turkey

Kennedy to announce U S atmospheric nuclear tests

President Kennedy is expected to say the United States will resume atmospheric nuclear tests next month unless the Soviet Union quickly agrees to a reliable test ban treaty. He will appeal for Soviet participation, with inspections, and set tests for April while Geneva talks open March 14.

Kennedy United States Soviet Union U. S Voice of America White House

Re-Entry Fragment Identified as Atlas Booster Piece

A 3 by 2 foot metal fragment found on a South African farm is identified as part of the Atlas booster 109D that launched astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. into orbit. General Dynamics Aerospace confirmed the marking and type of fuel tank from Glenn's rocket.

Cape Canaveral Fla John H. Glenn Jr Glenn General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas

East Berlin Bans U.S. General Worst Air Crash Is Mystery

Emergency crews fought icy waters and winds to recover 97 bodies from an American Airlines jet crash in Jamaica Bay. They searched wreckage for a flight recorder globe believed to reveal why the plane nosedived after takeoff. Captain James T W Heist, 56, of California, had logged 18 300 hours in flight. President Kennedy showed personal interest, requesting all possible steps to prevent repetition.

New York American Airlines Jamaica Bay Sky James T. W. Heist Rolling Hills Calif Kennedy

Nixon Attacks Birch Society Leader Welch

In Berkeley California former Vice President Richard Nixon urged California Republicans to quit the John Birch Society led by Robert Welch at a news conference He labeled Welch dictatorial and anti Republican and said he would not endorse any candidate who does not choose between Eisenhower and Welch Nixon cited Welch calling Eisenhower a Communist conspiracy agent.

Berkeley Calif Richard M. Nixon California John Birch Society Robert Welch Nixon Welch The Birch Society Dwight Eisenhower Eisenhower

Kennedy Seeks $2 Billion Debt Hike To 300 Billion

The Senate approved a bill to temporarily raise the national debt limit to 300 billion dollars. President Kennedy had requested the increase and plans to ask for an additional eight billion by June 30.

Washington Senate Kennedy Congress

County Clerk Authorized to Issue Warrants in Misdemeanor or Felony

Atty. Gen. Mark McElroy ruled that the clerk of a county court may sign and issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with either a misdemeanor or a felony.

Columbus Mark McElroy

Army Chief Seizes Power In Burma in Bloodless Coup

Burma defense chief Gen. Ne Win toppled Prime Minister U Nu in a second coup, seizing Parliament and key communications with about 10,000 troops and 30 tanks. The move came amid opposition to a nationalization bill and rising leftist influence, officials said.

Burma Rangoon Ne Win U Nu Win

Casbah Battle Crushed By Crack French Troops

French troops fought an hour long assault in Algiers Casbah as crack units stormed narrow byways to quell Moslem riflemen firing from rooftops. Thousands of troops ringed the squalid quarter in efforts to suppress the rebellion.

Algiers Casbah

P&G Agrees To Remove Crest Ads

Procter & Gamble will drop certain Crest toothpaste claims after the Federal Trade Commission demanded changes. The FTC said the ads implied Crest was tested against a regular toothpaste, when the comparator was a noncommercial toothpaste similar except for stannous fluoride. P G chairman Howard Morgens called the settlement the sensible alternative to a prolonged legal dispute over the word regular.

Washington Procter & Gamble Co Cincinnati Federal Trade Commission P&g Trade Commission Howard Morgens Procter & Gamble

Named To Liquor Post In Columbus Ohio

E Norris Ecker a 54 year old Canton businessman was appointed assistant director of the Ohio Department of Liquor Control by Director George P Dick. Also renaming eight Miami University trustees to nine year terms by Gov DiSalle.

Columbus E. Norris Ecker Canton Ohio Department of Liquor Control George P. Dick Michael V. DiSalle Miami University

Congress pushes B70 production amid bomber debate

The House Armed Services Committee urged the Defense Department to continue B70 bomber development and move toward production as a combat aircraft. Secretary McNamara has rejected the plan despite last year’s $500 million appropriation to extend B52 production.

Armed Services Committee Defense Department Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara Congress

Cleveland Engineer Leaves Estate To University Medical School

Alvin E. Williams a 55 year old plant engineer at a Cleveland Transit System substation died leaving about 102000 to the Western Reserve University School of Medicine and 5000 to a Missouri niece.

Cleveland Alvin E. Williams Missouri Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Astronaut Glenn Visits U N And Heads To Ohio

John H. Glenn Jr visits United Nations headquarters with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Adlai E. Stevenson. An estimated four million New Yorkers celebrate his arrival as he tours the U N and attends a Broadway show. He then travels to New Concord Ohio for weekend plans before resuming duties at Langley Air Force Base.

New York John H. Glenn Jr United Nations Glenn Lyndon B. Johnson Adlai E. Stevenson U. S U. N U Thant VU. N Miles Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Empire Room Dolores Gray New Concord Ohio Langley Air Force Base Virginia

U S Commandant Denied Entry to East Berlin by Soviets

In Berlin the United States refused to recognize East German moves banning Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II from the Soviet sector. East Germans cited Soviet requests as the reason, marking retaliation for the U S action against Col. Andrei Solovyev. A U S Army car faced a 40 minute hold by border police, with no official link to the ban.

Berlin U. S Albert Watson II East Berlin Gen. Watson Karlshorst U. S. Army West Berlin Col. Solovyev

West Leads Communists In World Aid

United Nations dispatch reports the Western world far outstrips the Soviet bloc in aid to underdeveloped areas, led by the United States which supplied 1.82 billion of 3.22 billion dollars in 1960. UN agencies distributed 362 million, while Communist bilateral aid trailed.

United Nations N. Y Africa United States

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