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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1962

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Kennedy Announces Bid for Senate Seat in Massachusetts

Edward M. Kennedy declares he will seek the U S Senate seat once held by his brother. He faces Massachusetts Attorney General Edward J McCormack Jr in a Democratic bid with a June convention endorsement and a September primary. Republican contenders include George Cabot Lodge and U S Representative Laurence Curtis.

Boston Edward M. Kennedy Kennedy Senate Massachusetts Edward J. McCormack Jr House John W. McCormack Benjamin A. Smith McCormack George Cabot Lodge U. S Laurence Curtis Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge United Nations

Bill Passed What Now Job Training Bill Faces big questions

Washington faces a challenge after Congress approved a 435 million three year manpower training bill. The question remains what kind of training is needed for a growing workforce amid rapid automation changes. In New York the Iron Age argued government pressure could speed a steel wage settlement.

Washington Congress New York The Iron Age

Easy Ad Takers Ready to Help You Sell Fast

Ad takers prepare to place effective ads in the daily paper. Call LY 3-1242 before 9:00 A.M. to have your notice appear that day. Make a list of items to sell and phone it in, then watch the results.

A.M

Gas Increase Rejected By Celebrezze

Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze rejected a scaled-down East Ohio Gas Co rate increase of 20 million dollars yearly. The council hearing heard a proposed rise of about 1.88 dollars per month for the average household. East Ohio offered to drop an escalator clause tying rates to wholesale gas costs.

Cleveland Anthony J. Celebrezze East Ohio Gas Co East Ohio City Council Utilities Committee

Mekong Delta drive traps Viet Cong guerrillas

Saigon reports a two-pronged government push to trap hundreds of Viet Cong in the Mekong River delta is winding down with only partial success.

Saigon South Viet Nam Mekong River

Midwest Winter Looms Large With Snow And Flood Risk

The Midwest endures a grim winter with persistent snow and ice, record sunless months in Chicago, and arctic cold boosting flood danger. Blizzards strand travelers, close schools, and disrupt schedules as subzero temperatures hinder cattle feeding and weight gain.

Chicago Midwest West Rockies Michigan

Jacqueline Kennedy Delivers Portable Art Room to New Delhi Children

In New Delhi Jacqueline Kennedy unveiled a portable octagonal art room for local children. Indira Gandhi accepted the prefabricated classroom while Indian artists and officials watched Mrs Kennedy demonstrate feeding a flower-decorated baby elephant. Gandhi presented dolls and paintings to the visitors as crowds gathered along the route to work.

Jacqueline Kennedy Institute of Medical Science Jacqueline New Delhi India Indira Gandhi Nehru Kennedy Mrs. Kennedy America

Space lab OSO-I sends best signals to date

Washington officials say the orbiting solar observatory OSO-I is sending high quality data about the sun and its wavelengths. Launched from Cape Canaveral on March 7, the satellite completed 90 orbits by Tuesday at 96.15 minutes per orbit, ranging 343 to 370 miles above Earth.

Washington Orbiting Solar Observatory National Aeronautics and Space Administration Cape Canaveral Fla U.S

Winter Snowfall Runs Light in New York City

New York records show 17.9 inches of snow this winter versus 57.3 inches in 1960 61. City spent 1.5 million so far this winter on snow removal, far below the 22.5 million spent last year. Two new snow melters tested in Worcester performed well.

New York Sanitation Department Worcester Mass Weather Bureau Jannuary New York City

Steel Union Talks Resume After 11 Day Layoff

Basic steel industry and United Steelworkers Union reopen contract talks in Pittsburgh after an 11 day break. Both sides remain far from agreement with prior collapse on March 2. Companies may offer 6 to 8 cents an hour, while USW seeks a 12 cent package. President Kennedy pressures for a noninflationary agreement soon.

Pittsburgh Basic United Steelworkers Union USW

Communist party secretary freed on bond in Washington

A New Yorker identified by the government as the organizational secretary of the U S Communist party was ordered freed from jail on bond by Chief Justice Earl Warren. J Sanford Rhoades, county maintenance supervisor for the state road commission, has resigned his position effective Thursday March 15.

Washington U. S Communist Party Earl Warren Point Pleasant J. Sanford Rhoades State Road Commission

Castro urges youth to embrace Communist spirit in Cuba

Prime Minister Fidel Castro urged Cuban youth to develop a stronger Communist ethos and said they will someday live under communism. He warned against egotism and individualism and noted no date for a socialist state, stressing Marxism Leninism is embraced by the revolution.

Havana Fidel Castro Castro Cuba

Tire Maker Is Criticized for Price Increase

The international president of the United Rubber Workers Union, George Burdon, accuses Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of starting a price-profit spiral by raising tire prices 22 to 25 percent. He says the move conflicts with calls for labor and management to protect the consumer’s interest.

Akron United Rubber Workers Union Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co George Burdon Goodyear

Unemployment claims fall in week ending March 10 in Columbus

New unemployment compensation claims dropped from 15 121 in the week ended March 10. Temperatures will average three degrees below normal with a slow warming trend, then turning colder Monday. Rain is possible Sunday night or Monday with a rare chance of rain in the extreme south Friday.

Columbus Bureau of Unemployment Compensation

Nixon recounts spurned bid for Eisenhower ticket in 1952

Richard M. Nixon says he was advised not to run as Eisenhower's vice president and was urged to resign on air. He recounts a later clash with Eisenhower that led him to draft a resignation telegram, later destroyed. The remarks appear in his book Six Crises and a Life magazine excerpt.

New York Richard M. Nixon Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower Nixon Doubleday & Co Life Magazine

U S Lists Foodstuffs For Cubans

Washington reports the Commerce Department lists foods that could be exported to Cuba such as meat products cheese oatmeal cereals and canned vegetables. The State Department condemns Castro's regime blaming his system for Cuba's shortages.

Washington United States Commerce Department Cuba State Department

Bomb Threats Reported at Binghamton General Hospital

Police said repeated anonymous calls to Binghamton General Hospital were linked to a poisoning scare involving 30 babies, six of whom died. Threats began Tuesday after an earlier call targeting the hospital’s medical director became public.

Binghamton, N.Y Binghamton N. Y Binghamton General Hospital

Brockville Senator Arthur C. Hardy Dies at 89

Brockville Ontario senior senator Arthur C Hardy aged 89 and dean of Canada's upper house died Tuesday. He served for many years in the Senate and was a prominent figure in national public life.

Brockville Ont Arthur C. Hardy Canada Upper House

Driver Cited Posts Bond in Negligent Homicide Case

Doris Jef fers, 27, of Glenwood, waived to the grand jury after arraignment before Justice A M Good win on a negligent homicide charge. He posted bond of 500 dollars. The accusation stems from the death of Billy Dean Dabney, 11, of Apple Grove, struck by Jeffersons' car on State Route 2 Monday night.

Point Pleasant Doris Jeffers Glenwood Justice of Peace A. M. Goodwin Billy Dean Dabney Apple Grove Jeffers Dabney

Talks on disarmament begin with limited hopes in Geneva

Exploratory talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko opened in Geneva ahead of a 17 nation disarmament conference. U S sources say no real path to a test ban treaty now though a possible agreement to curb nuclear spread is seen. Rusk and Home report no progress on Berlin while discussions may pave a path to a spring summit.

Geneva Andrei A. Gromyko U. S Soviet Union Kennedy United States Dean Rusk Lord Home Gromyko Berlin Rusk U Thant Britain

Worst Winter Delays Navigation on Great Lakes

The Lake Carrier Association Ice Committee says upper Great Lakes navigation likely won’t start before April 15 to 20 due to the worst ice and weather conditions in many years, following a Tuesday meeting.

Cleveland Upper Great Lakes Lake Carrier Association Upper Lakes

Kennedy matriarch in progress after surgery at St Elizabeths

In Boston the 71 year old mother of the president shows satisfactory progress following Tuesday operation to relieve a hernia at St Elizabeths Hospital. In Washington the president signs a bill raising the temporary national debt ceiling to 300 billion dollars through June 30 and the House Foreign Affairs Committee approves a bill expanding the Peace Corps to 10 000 volunteers at home and abroad.

Boston Kennedy St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Washington Peace Corps House Foreign Affairs Committee

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