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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1961
Page
1
The Senate approved the emergency unemployment benefits bill 84 to 4 after a narrow two vote margin over a Byrd amendment. The measure moves to a House Senate conference with White House goal mid next week.
Democratic Governor Michael V. DiSalle hints at a possible compromise on the Ohio jobless benefits extender now awaiting his signature. Republican leaders deny knowledge of any negotiated settlement while Congress weighs a 50 percent hike in charges to employers for a federal extension. DiSalle counts on industrial leaders pressuring GOP lawmakers as he has 10 days to decide on a GOP bill to trigger benefits when unemployment stays above 6 percent for three straight months.
New York arrests in a college basketball betting scandal involve Aaron Wagman and Joseph Hacken. They face charges of conspiracy to bribe a basketball player connected to the Colgate at Connecticut game and the Seton Hall to Dayton game. Wagman also is charged with attempting to bribe a detective.
The Commerce Department reports personal income fell $700 million to an annual rate of $405.90 billion in February. The drop follows higher January wages and salaries and contrasts with other February reports on retail sales, home building, and steel production, as well as a leveling of overall industrial output after six months of decline.
In Windfall Indiana Jimmy Rainey a 7 year old was barred from school after his mother tinted his hair green for St Patrick’s Day. Principal Harold Wright fears the trend could spread to the entire student body and requires the green dye to fade before Jimmy can return.
William S. Ginn, 45, GE vice president and general manager of the turbine division, resigned Thursday following a jail sentence tied to an antitrust case involving GE and other electrical firms.
Temperatures will average near normal with highs 56 to 60 and lows 30 to 40. A mild start gives way to cooler conditions by midweek. Rain is expected Friday night and Saturday, then again Tuesday night and Wednesday with total precipitation around half to one inch.
Gallipolis report: Roger Dean Wilson age 19 of Watertown Ohio was arrested by Gallipolis police on a tip from Mrs Jean Barr owner of the Third and Vine Grocery. Wilson was the prime suspect in the slaying of 37 year old Parkersburg WV woman Delight Lee Sheppard whose body was found Wednesday. He offered no resistance when taken a block from the Barr store. Prosecutors and state police questioned Wilson Thursday night.
In Columbus, Ohio, 43-year-old Elmer Schwind shot his 17-year-old son with a pistol, wounded his estranged wife with a shotgun, then killed himself at Beverly Manor on the East side. Police confirmed the sequence of events and method.
A want ad advertises a large cage for a parakeet. The 32 inch by 56 inch wrought iron and brass cage with treated limbs is offered for $7. The seller invites calls to LY 2071 and notes the cage has been sold.
Rescuers battled debris to free William McCoy 31 after a four story wrecking crew building collapsed. Fourteen others injured, five seriously. Robert Walker 31 presumed dead and Alfred Mack 59 of St Anne heard cries before dying. Twenty eight workers were present. cause linked to demolition.
A Cleveland common pleas court jury of eight women and four men was seated for the first degree murder trial of attorney John Max Ladutko Jr. charged in the shotgun slayings of his estranged wife Nancy and Charles D. Johnson. The panel visited the scene before the judge recessed until Monday.
Thirteen occupants of a Pillsbury Co. executive plane escaped injury in a midair collision that killed two men from Pompano Beach. Jack Fountain, 30, a boat builder, and Daniel Nichols, 27, an electrician, died when their craft crashed about 75 feet above the airport.
In Vientiane a reliable source says the United States has increased military aid to the pro Western Laotian government army to confront the Pathet Lao rebels aided by Soviet supplies.
Thirty missionaries held by Congolese soldiers at Ka songo in Kivu Province were freed with U N. help. They traveled to the Kindu base under U N protection and await evacuation to Leopoldville. Twenty three were reported American though nationality was later considered unclear.
New York reports a 2.5 mile parade up Fifth Avenue with 120000 marchers and 86 bands celebrating St Patrick’s Day. Grand Marshal John T. Pat Clancy leads the Ancient Order of Hibernians event with dignitaries including Cardinal Spellman and West Berlin’s Willy Brandt observing from St Patrick’s Cathedral.
Douglas William Johnson found 240000 dollars on a street last week and returned it to Brink's Inc. The grateful company offered a 90 a week guard job and a college scholarship for his eldest son. Johnson says he will decide next Monday.
Arlene Cutaiar aged 24 of Malvern gave birth to quadruplets at Delaware County Memorial Hospital. An attending nurse said the newborns are in fine condition and healthy.
Belief grows that the United States and the Soviet Union near agreement on a committee to resume disarmament negotiations. U S Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko may meet again today for their fourth exchange in 11 days on the arms issue.
King Saud's sudden move ends U S air base rights at Dhahran on the Persian Gulf, effective April 1962. State Department notes continued friendly ties with Saudi Arabia while acknowledging the strategic loss for U S military operations and air-sea rescue capabilities.
The Kennedy administration proposes a one cent raise for letters postcards and airmail with boosts for other mail classes. Assistant Postmaster General Ralph W. Nicholson says the across the board rise would be sought soon to raise about 231 million dollars annually.
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