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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1967
Page
1
In New York a Powell attorney says federal court action may be taken to seat the Harlem congressman in the House. Lawyers will meet with Powell to decide how to challenge his exclusion from the House.
The New China News Agency reports Premier Chou En-lai has received sign of expanded military authority from Mao Zedong. Chou spoke at a Red Guard rally February 22 on behalf of Mao, Lin Piao, and the Communist Party military affairs commission, the supreme military body.
Carson City reports the Nevada State Prison will abolish its prison casino replacing legal gambling with a quiet hobby program including rawhide braiding beadwork knit ting crocheting and painting. Warden Carl Hocker announces the change.
Two Athens County men were sent to the penitentiary while two others received probation. The report notes scope and outcomes of local cases with names and charges.
Two delta-wing jets struck Lang Vei near the Laotian border killing 83 villagers and wounding about 200. U.S. officials debated whether the raid was American or South Vietnamese or possibly a Communist ruse. The attack devastated about 100 houses along a 400 yard stretch.
Defense officials report U S combat fatalities up 40 to 50 percent over three months while Communist losses surge. Saigon sources say about 35 000 North Vietnamese troops may form an invasion force along the 17th parallel near the DMZ with three divisions active near the border.
President Johnson rejects Senator Kennedy's call for a pause in bombing North Vietnam while officials in the White House and Defense Department voice skepticism. Secretary Rusk and General Westmoreland insist a halt will not advance peace and could prolong the war. Johnson contends air attacks are necessary until Hanoi shows a serious move toward peace.
Two 14 year old cousins Wayne Mullendere and Ronald Johnson were executed in Rockford Illinois. Police said they were forced to kneel against a pavilion wall then shot at close range. An anonymous tip led deputies to the crime scene.
A foursome of former inmates recalled life at the White House during six Johnson receptions for Congress. Margaret Truman Barbara Eisenhower and others shared memories spanning six decades of presidential family life.
Samuel I. Newhouse purchases the Cleveland Plain Dealer for about 50 million, expanding his group to 22 newspapers with a combined circulation near 3.3 million. The Plain Dealer is Ohio’s largest morning paper, with weekday circulation around 377,089 and Sunday 526,401. The report notes Newhouse’s media holdings and family background. Weather outlook through Wednesday calls for below normal temperatures, highs 35 to 45, lows 20 to 25, with a weekend turning colder and precipitation likely as rain or snow.
New Orleans DA James Garrison identifies Clay Bertrand as an alias used by Clay Shaw in a widening probe into President Kennedy's assassination. Shaw, free on bond, denies knowing the name while authorities cite a September 1963 meeting involving Shaw, Lee Harvey Oswald, Ferrie and others to kill Kennedy. Ferrie died recently. coroner says natural causes, Garrison cites possible self harm.
The 44 page highway safety bill is introduced in both houses as lawmakers end their busy week. The measure aims to create an Ohio Bond Commission and set permanent legislative districts with a statewide vote planned by May 2, though critics say the date is illegal.
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