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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1965
Page
1
Moon probe Ranger 9 broadcast first live television close-ups of a cratered lunar surface from 1300 miles out at 5:52 am PST before crashing into Alphonsus. The images, part of a sequence nearing 100 frames, followed Ranger 7 and 8 in returning thousands of pictures.
Louis Armstrong played trumpet and sang to thousands in Leipzig, East Germany, delivering a performance that thrilled fans during a Tuesday night concert in a Communist state.
Grissom and Young, the first U S space flight team, completed three orbits of Earth aboard the Intrepid. Officials study responses to guide Gemini aims including a manned moon landing. The capsule landed in the Atlantic after 4 hours 54 minutes and 81 000 miles traveled.
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee approved a $6 billion health and pension package for the aged. It includes hospitalization for all over 65 and a payroll tax increase to fund Social Security with a one billion dollar Treasury dip. The measure heads to floor debate by early April with final action anticipated. President Johnson welcomed the plan as a major advance for senior citizens.
The Public Utilities Commission will hear challenges from Columbia Gas of Ohio and Ohio Valley Gas Co. to a Jan 26 rate cut for Ohio Power Co affecting 31 all electric school buildings across 53 counties. Hearing likely May or June. companies call the reduction unjust and discriminatory.
Washington faced sharp criticism as officials rejected claims of gas warfare against Communist guerrillas in Vietnam. The White House said President Johnson was not consulted before use, while some defend nonlethal gases to save civilians. British papers weighed in with mixed reactions amid the global debate.
Mae Murray, famed for bee sting lips and a $3 million fortune, died at 75 in the Motion Picture Country Home after a stroke and heart ailment. She married four times and remained a celebrity beyond her talkie era, headlined by The Merry Widow with John Gilbert and directed by Erich von Stroheim.
Civil rights marchers begin the last 20 mile push to the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery with two National Guard roadblocks on the four lane segment. The group plans 14 miles today followed by an overnight stop and six miles to finish at the segregated Capitol. Dr Martin Luther King Jr leaves briefly for a Nobel Peace Prize dinner in Cleveland then plans to rejoin the trek.
Democrats press a plan to place President Johnson on all state ballots and bar white only delegations at the 1968 convention. National Chairman John M. Bailey outlined new qualifications for state parties electors to ensure compliance ahead of the nominating process. The push follows issues in Alabama and Mississippi where nonpledged electors and a white delegation caused disputes requiring Johnson's intervention.
Inside The Messenger area industrialists discuss the necessity of a vocational school. The page notes include readers letters on Athens visit by extremist leaders, plans for Gallipolis 175th celebration, and health care debates among ministers. The layout lists several communities and sections such as obituaries, sports, and comics.
Moscow reports the Central Committee begins a 330 member meeting to address chronic farm troubles and push agriculture toward the high demands facing the Soviet economy. Brezhnev notes shortages after 1963 wheat failure with flour rationing and efforts to boost supply amid sluggish output. A five day forecast predicts colder than normal temperatures and light precipitation into next week.
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