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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1958
Page
1
Washington AP reports lawmakers push more federal spending to spur jobs. Senate leaders Johnson and Sparkman cite backlog and housing bills to fund projects. Eisenhower speeds up public works, extends jobless benefits, raises highway and water resource budgets with hundreds of millions in new funds.
Akron Akron area report: Frank McLain Knight 30, an executive of Knight Newspapers Inc., died Sunday after emergency brain surgery. Autopsy to determine cause. Son of John S. Knight, editor and publisher, he was ill with influenza earlier in the week and rushed to Akron General Hospital after being found in a coma. Knight had served on Knight Newspapers Inc. board since last August, publisher of the Beacon Journal and owner of several papers.
A burglar stole merchandise valued at $190 from a Dorchester district grocery store and replaced the broken lock with a new one before fleeing. Owner George Gliserman later had to break the second lock to reenter the shop.
Cloudy and cold today through Tuesday with rain or snow likely on Tuesday. Tonight low mid to upper teens, Tuesday highs vary by location. Five day forecast shows temperatures 3-5 degrees below normal with light precipitation possible mainly south and little to none north.
In ONSTED Michigan neighbors rush to donate blood for 11 year old Susan Kurtz facing a five hour heart operation in Cleveland. Doctors plan to use a mechanical heart and lung with donor blood circulating during the procedure as father Lloyd Kurtz says survival hinges on the operation.
Police nabbed 35 year old Willard Ballard Smith in Dayton after pawn shop checks tied him to the Highland Bank holdup in Fort Thomas Kentucky last Friday. FBI trap at a friend's home led to his arrest as he left. Bond set at 25000. Loot not recovered.
The body of 5-year-old deaf mute Lawrence Bearse was found in the Shawsheen River in Billerica Massachusetts ending a 23 hour search by about 1500 persons after he wandered from home on Saturday morning.
About 10,000 people of all ages passed through nine doctors ten nurses and fifty three aides in a major antipolio inoculation effort in Quincy on Sunday.
A telephone cable to the Kyger Creek plant is severed in Gallia County amid the two week old OVEC strike by Utility Workers Union of America members. Deputy Saunders reports no clues as investigators probe the hatchet cut seven poles from the plant, with earlier damage noted about a mile away. No negotiations are set as federal mediator assists. Supervisors run Kyger Creek to supply the AEC uranium plant in Pike County.
Police and fire inspectors seek two boys suspected of arson after five fires damaged the 60 year old McKinley Occupation School. Chief Forrest Lucas noted kerosene soaked rags and vandalized blackboards. Damage estimated at 100000 with rebuild costs up to 350000 plus 50000 equipment. students given the week off.
Secretary of State Dulles lands in Manila for SEATO foreign ministers talks. He avoids commenting on Soviet calls for an Asian atomic free zone and collective security system while ministers discuss linking SEATO with NATO and the Baghdad Pact. Lloyd and Pineau seek private talks on wider summit prospects.
Polk County Sheriff Bud Payne vowed to arrest the ambush slayers of deputies Ouis Wright and R A Rogers near a Copperhill beer tavern on State Highway 68. Wright, 49, and Rogers, 65, father of ten, were killed as they stepped from their patrol car. Mayor Emil Greene suggested politics may have entered the case.
Three boys find the body of Mrs. John R. Hartley 54 of East Liverpool partly submerged in the Ohio River. Coroner C R Meghan says it apparently is a death by own action.
PANMUNJOM Korea North Korea agreed to release Captain Leon Pfeiffer a U S Air Force pilot who parachuted into Communist territory after his Sabre Jet was shot down over the DMZ. The UN Command warned it would shoot down Red planes crossing the truce line and noted the violations were unintentional. Gen Olaf Kyster said Pfeiffer and other American pilots breached the DMZ but by error, and protested the shooting as an unnecessary armed attack.
President Bourguiba reportedly agrees to a first step of a compromise plan allowing French forces to stay at the Bizerte naval base while Tunis demands French withdrawal. Under the plan mediated by Robert Murphy, French troops would retreat to Bizerte and neutrals would guard French airports to prevent Algerian rebels' use.
Hundreds of teens attended six Dana Conference discussions in 14 Chicago area Roman Catholic churches during Lent. The talks covered dating, sex, chores, and marriage with questions about happiness, faults, dreams, and lasting commitment, led by the Rev. Walter Imbiorski.
Thurman A. Whiteside, a Miami lawyer, delays grand jury appearance for further questioning by House investigators on ties to ex FCC Commissioner Richard A Mack. Mack, who voted for Public Service Television Inc for Channel 10, resigned amid probe into lucrative loans and stock from Whiteside. Col George Gordon Moore, Eisenhower in-law, to testify next Monday as hearings suggest Moore aided National Airlines subsidiary.
Centerville school buses show five hydraulic brake lines cut during routine check. Superintendent Hadley Watts cancels all sessions for 1000 pupils as vandals targeted buses parked near the new elementary school site. Police investigate, noting the act appears to require more strength than youths typically possess.
Twelve accidental deaths were recorded in Ohio over the weekend. Harrison County sheriff among the ten traffic victims. Miscellaneous deaths include a Sandusky infant in a house fire and a Lorain County man who accidentally shot himself.
Cincinnati Wilmington College received a Veterans of Foreign Wars citation for four years of free instruction to Paul Huff who earned his degree while bedridden in a tuberculosis ward at Dayton Veterans Administration Hospital. The award was presented to college president Dr. Samuel C. Marble.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Frustrated by a faulty forecast and a crane operator's absence the Navy prepared a new Vanguard launch attempt this week A new firing schedule was discussed by Naval Research Laboratory Martin Co and Air Force missile test center officials If delays weaken the vehicle a postponement is possible The rocket nearly launched Saturday but the umbilical line failed to disconnect and high winds delayed lift off
Senate investigators summoned 40 witnesses to discuss an economic boycott by the United Auto Workers during the Kohler Co strike. The hearing focuses on violence and vandalism, as UAW leaders push for calmer inquiry and avoid political brawl accusations between Walter Reuther and Barry Goldwater.
In Havana police and armed forces on special alert for the sixth anniversary of Batista's coup. Authorities vowed to act decisively against any general strike invoked by Fidel Castro's rebels. Castro threatens a nationwide strike as guerrillas face arm shortages.
The American nuclear powered submarine Skate ended a five day stay at the Portland naval base in England and sailed for Cherbourg France.
Singapore Indonesian central government troops landed at Bengkalis on Sumatra’s east coast clashing with rebels led by Lt. Col. Achmad Hussein. Rebels retreated to the jungle to wage guerrilla fighting near Caltex’s Pakanbaru HQ and near the Siak River mouth. Caltex halted production at Sumatra oil fields and evacuated Du mai terminals.
An oil portrait of President Eisenhower was found slashed in the exclusive Houston Club. A note on the picture read We don t like Ike in Texas. Henry O Barbour the club manager valued the painting at more than 1000 dollars and said it had been in the club 10 days before being sent to the State Capitol in Austin.
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