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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1967
Page
1
Ohio University faces a near emergency as nonacademic employees strike for days. Pickets hinder food and supplies while classes continue with limited services. Alden plans meetings and a radio address as union and board leaders dispute payroll deductions and possible legislative action.
Ohio River floodwaters moved into Pomeroy businesses early today as the crest nears 51 feet. Main Street and area basements filled while schools and offices closed. Meigs County courthouse and police removed parking meter heads amid rising water.
The Associated Press reports cold weather slowed the Ohio River rise and its tributaries on Wednesday, with flood crests forecast for Friday or Saturday. Evacuations were planned for several thousand residents in flood-prone areas including Manchester Adams County and along the river from East Liverpool to Marietta, as towns brace for record or near record crests. Roads closed and schools shut due to rising waters and inaccessibility, while several communities prepared with floodwalls and relocations.
National trucking negotiations for 500000 workers resume with imprisoned Teamsters Union President James R Hoffa absent from talks. Frank Fitzsimmons leads as Hoffa’s stand in, amid a 3 year wage demand and a March 31 strike deadline.
James Meredith will oppose Adam Clayton Powell in the April 11 special congressional election. Harlem leaders greeted the plan coolly, saying Meredith has little chance and may be used, while Powell prepared for court action to reclaim his seat.
Communist guerrillas pierced two U.S. camps in the Mekong Delta before dawn, killing six soldiers and wounding 25 with mortars. At Dong Tam and Rach Kien bases, U.S. and South Vietnamese outposts faced heavy fighting, with four Americans dead, two wounded, and one missing.
Lake Central Airlines executives said there is no link among several incidents in under a week tied to the carrier. A bullet penetrated a plane near Terre Haute, another Lake Central flight faced a bomb hoax in Columbus, and a Convair 580 crashed near Kenton killing 38 aboard. The company serves nine states and D C.
General Motors Fisher Body in Mansfield Ohio reports day shift back to normal with over 1 000 of 1 200 workers on site. UAW Local 21 walkouts previously protested farming out work and shortages, with officers traveling to Detroit to explain the actions to UAW officials. Weather brief notes warmer late week then colder early next week with above normal temperatures and chances of weekend or Monday showers.
Hong Kong papers report more than 1000 opponents of Mao Tse-tung were arrested by Communist troops in Canton on Monday night, many from the August 1st Unit. In Washington, Sen Mundt criticizes USIA film releases as propaganda while Mansfield defends them as truthful outreach.
Three climbers long sought in a major rescue were reportedly descending Mt. McKinley. Pilot Don Sheldon said it was evenly likely they reached the South Peak, the highest North American point at 20 320 feet and previously unclimbed in winter. Senate OK Seen For U S Soviet Consular Pact
In Paris France the leftists finally aligned their forces for the upcoming National Assembly runoff. Communists withdrew at least 15 candidates who led in their districts in the first round to boost moderates with broader appeal.
Clay Shaw defense lawyers seek to quash charges in the John F. Kennedy assassination inquiry. Motions planned in Criminal District Court before a preliminary hearing set for next Tuesday. In Paris, Alice B Toklas died at 89 after a life linked to Gertrude Stein and a circle including Pound Ford Hemingway and Eliot.
CBS reversed reports of Gunsmoke’s demise and renewed the 12 year run Western for next season. The network also cut Gilligan’s Island from renewal and shelved a new comedy Doc, freeing an early Monday hour for the show.
The Hocking County commissioners turned down a bid of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars for an old hospital building. The decision comes as the board awaits further guidance from a pending court ruling in a TRECOUNTY school board suit. Ohio's Jerry McKee earns a second team All-MAC basketball selection.
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