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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1959

Page

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Rocks Thrown and Arbitration Rejected in Logan Strike

The 28 day strike at Carborundum Co. in Logan continues after two rocks were thrown at the home of 77 returning worker Christian. Police announce all time off canceled for officers as security tightens. The union proposed federal arbitration with the company but manager Byrnes rejected the plan, urging stockholder responsibility. The union letter urged joint request for an impartial arbitrator to settle all issues, with both sides to abide by the decision.

Logan Carborundum Co Roy Kelch Sam Christian S. Culver St Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union Afl-Ci0-Cio Christian Kelch Civilian Defense Grant Byrnes Byrnes James Auer

Rocket Heads For Sun Juno II Launch Survives Inferno

Cape Canaveral observers watched the Juno II rocket erupt in a flare from the pad as fuel and frost flew outward. The craft reappeared and climbed slowly, fading from view three minutes after liftoff amid cheers and smoky debris.

Juno

Wanted Man Kills Himself in North Carolina Standoff

Douglas Barker 28, sought for the murder of Man nington West Virginia Police Chief Amos Morris, shot himself twice as officers closed in at his sister's home in Leaksville. Barker had been a fugitive across several eastern states since the chief's body was found last Saturday. A runaway girl from Erie Michigan tied to Barker is held at Fairmont Juvenile Detention Home.

Leaksville N. C West Virginia Douglas Barker Amos Morris Mannington W. Va Barker Erie Michigan Fairmont

Veterans radio TV performer Jack McElroy dies

Santa Monica California report says Jack McElroy age 45 radio and television veteran died Monday night after a six month illness from lung cancer.

Santa Monica Calif Jack McElroy

C and S O E Strike Hits Sunnyhill Coal Operations

About 1300 Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co workers are on strike. Sunnyhill Coal reports 225 miners at Glen Ebon not working this week as a coal conveyer belt to Poston plant at Hamley Run remains idle. Power line sabatage near Worthington disrupted service. some striking workers will be paid 39 percent wage increase for resuming duties. Local 1466 and 832 of the IUE led the walkout after wage demand talks collapsed.

Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Sunnyhill Coal Co Sunnyhill Glen Ebon C&soe Poston Hamley Run Worthington Delaware County International Union of Electrical Workers

No New Developments In Death Of Four Year Old Boy

Officials report no new developments in the death of a four year old Cleveland boy. Lawrence Gavin 22 of Middleport is jailed in Meigs County after an incident at Larrys Carry Out Store that left Joseph A Sottosanti 29 of Cleveland injured. An autopsy arranged by Meigs County Coroner Donald Warehime will take three to four days.

Pomeroy Cleveland Gallipolis Holter Hospital Larry Carry Out Middleport Lawrence Gavin Meigs County Gavin Robert Hartenbach Joseph A. Sottosanti Irene Sottosanti Gallipolis Gallia County Donald Warehime University Hospital Columbus Warehime

Bolivian Riots Trigger US Embassy Tensions

In La Paz protesters, furious after Time magazine quoted an unidentified U S Embassy official, riot over U S policy intensifies. President Hernan Siles defends democracy and says American officials deny the article. A 15 year old student was fatally shot amid the unrest. The mob burned the U S flag but no U S injuries reported.

LA Paz Bolivia U. S Hernan Sileg Time Magazine Time U.S Siles

Former Singer and Panel Member Georgiana Carhart Dies at 93

Georgiana P. Carhart, 93, a former concert and opera singer who later built a second career in radio and television after turning 80, died on Monday. She was a regular panelist on the radio and TV show Life Begins at 80 for nine years. She was born in Baltimore.

New York Georgiana P. Carhart Baltimore

Clergyman Signs News For Columbus Deaf Audience

In Columbus a 10 minute local news program featured Rev. Herbert Drachenberg translating the broadcast into sign language while newscaster Hugh DeMoss read the news. The city’s newspapers were off the streets since Friday due to a strike by Web Press Local 15, leaving papers furloughed and negotiations stalled.

Columbus Herbert Drachenberg Holy Cross Lutheran Church For the Deaf Hugh DeMoss Capital Web Pressmen Local 15 Ohio State Journal Dispatch Citizen

Five Women Drown After Auto Plunges From Ferry

Five Mexican nationals drowned in the Rio Grande at Los Ebanos Texas after an automobile veered off a ferry boat into the water Monday. Local authorities investigated the incident and recovered the vehicle.

Los Ebanos Tex Rio Grande

Marshall In Critical Condition At Fort Bragg

General George C. Marshall remained in critical condition at Fort Bragg North Carolina today. Military doctors reported the top U.S. officer was in dangerous shape following a heart ailment and related complications.

Weather update for West Virginia with mixed details

Partly cloudy conditions in West Virginia with overnight lows around 25 to 52. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and cooler with little temperature change. A general weather note mentions fair conditions and similar temperatures across regions.

West Virginia

Trial Acquittal Provokes Protest in Santiago Cuba

Demonstrators marched through the provincial capital of Santiago staging protests against a military tribunal acquittal of 45 Cuban airmen charged with mass murder in rebel villages in Oriente province. The prosecutor appealed and a new trial was ordered before a different tribunal in several days. The airmen remain jailed as seven convicted war criminals were executed that day, raising the unofficial total to 362.

Santiago Cuba Oriente Antonio Cejas Rilt

Brown Appoints Two To Hocking County Election Board

Secretary of State Ted W. Brown named two Republican members to the Hocking County Election Board to fill resignations. Joe M. Brown of near Logan replaces Rea Harden for a term ending Feb 23, 1960. Erma Myers of Logan replaces Harold W. Larimer for a term ending Feb 28, 1962.

Columbus Ted W. Brown Hocking County Joe M. Brown Near Logan Rea Harden Erma Myers Harold W. Larimer

Typhoon devastates Manuan Islands crops and homes

In Samoa group the Manuan Islands suffered the worst typhoon in 44 years. About 400 homes were destroyed and coconut, breadfruit, and banana crops were knocked out for at least a year.

Honolulu Manuan Islands Samoa

Macmillan Ends Visit To Russia

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan wrapped up talks with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow. They warned that Berlin’s crisis has dangerous implications needing negotiations not force and cited broad aims including nuclear disarmament under international inspection and extended cultural and trade ties.

Moscow Harold Maccmillan Nikita Khrushchev Berlin Macmillan

Soviet Note Eases Berlin Crisis but Hints Limits

Washington reports that the Soviet Union removed some road blocks to a German crisis settlement while opposing a full scale summit. Moscow agreed to a foreign ministers meeting for up to three months in Geneva or Vienna, with reunification left to East and West Germans. May 27 deadline appears de emphasized.

Washington Soviet Union Kremlin Geneva Vienna Nikita Krushchev Moscow Khrushchev East Berlin East Germany

West Virginians Injured In Flight From Patrol

Page 10 reports a patrol incident where West Virginians were injured after a flight, with details on the incident and involved parties.

West

Courteous Bank Robber in Ohio Evades Capture

FBI traced a courteous bank robber to Canton Ohio and Coshocton after a First National Bank branch heisted 25955 dollars in Hamilton. The suspect Frank Lawrene Sprenz 29 of Akron is one of the FBI ten most wanted. A stolen airplane and later a used car linked to him were found abandoned.

Federal Ohio Frank Lprenz FBI Sprenz Hamilton Canton Frank Lawrene Sprenz Akron First National Bank and Trust Co Coshocton Elizabeth Lewis

Dexter Man Awaits Action in Meigs County Shooting

A 51 year old Dexter man faces Meigs County grand jury action today over a Saturday shooting of companion John Broghan 41 of Rutland. Sheriff Hartenbach arrested Carroll Smokey Darst after a shotgun wound to Broghan following a tavern meeting with Darst and his wife.

Pomeroy Dexter Meigs County Grand Jury Carroll (Smokey) Darst Robert Hartenbach John Broghan Rutland Darst Broghan Middleport Brogham

Pioneer IV Blasts Off From Cape Canaveral

The Army launched Pioneer IV from Cape Canaveral just after midnight using a four stage Juno II rocket. By 8 a.m. EST the probe had traveled 66 000 miles at 6748 mph and was en route to pass the moon and enter an orbit around the sun.

Washington Cape Canaveral Fla U. S Moon Earth

Lowell Oliver Indicted for Fatal Shooting in Ohio Area

The 20 year old former Stockport High School basketball player Lowell Oliver is charged with second degree murder in the February 11 shooting of 31 year old Thomas Camden Roach a salesman from South Charleston West Virginia. Oliver allegedly shot Roach during an argument as they drove to a college basketball game near Chesterhill Ohio and later claimed Roach was alive when he left to call an ambulance.

Mcconnellville —i Stockport Lowell Oliver Thomas Camden Roach South Charleston W. V Oliver Roach Athens Chesterhill Here Memorial Hospital Marietta

Signals From Discoverer 1 Indicate Orbit

Air Force reports new radio signals from the Discoverer 1 rocket suggest the California launch has achieved orbit. An Air Force spokesman said signals received by a tracking station in Alaska supported the belief that the satellite is in orbit.

Inglewood Calif Air Force California Alaska

Free Flow Of News Is Path To Peace

World Press Congress speakers in Columbia Missouri urge free news flow to foster peace. Aryeh Dissentshik of Marriv Tel Aviv warns propaganda blocks understanding and fuels enmity. calls for accessible news despite censorship and high cable tolls. The congress coincides with MU School of Journalism anniversary.

Columbia World Press Congress Aryeh Dissentshik Marriv Tel Aviv Israel Middle East University of Missouri School of Adhe

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