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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1958
Page
1
Warden Ralph W. Alvis investigated a Monday night disturbance at Ohio Penitentiary where 140 dormitory inmates rioted after an alleged careless bed check. Guards, inmates, and police responded as fires were set, windows broken, and tables damaged, with estimated damages under $200. Prisoners later met with the warden.
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba says Communist efforts to influence the newly independent nation are rising. A Dutch ship carries 350 tons of lemons to the Soviet port of Odessa as Tunisia faces a citrus surplus and Moscow signs to buy all available fruit, a move that helps Communist traders gain a foothold while Tunisian exports to France and Britain total about 100 million dollars yearly.
The Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce announced its outstanding young farmers for 1957 at a Buckeye Farmers lunch during Farm and Home Week at Ohio State University. Ralph F. Brause of Sulphur Springs, Crawford County, 32, a married father of five on a 200 acre farm, won the top honor and an all expenses trip to the national competition in Indianapolis April 15 to 17.
About 22 000 employees at North American Aviation plants in Los Angeles and Columbus urged to vote Sunday. Union officials say no new wage offer since March 16 as contract expired March 5 after negotiations started February 3.
The 46th annual Farm and Home Week began on the Ohio State University campus with a speech by Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson.
Virgil R. Roberts, 73, begins a life sentence in Ohio Penitentiary for the Nov 26 shotgun slaying of George Schafer, 54. Convicted of second degree murder, Roberts was sentenced by Judge C W Smith after a denied defense motion for a new trial.
Cloudy with rain tonight in West Virginia, temps 34 to 40. Rain may linger into Wednesday with continued cool, then gradual clearing. Ohio Ohio Ohio Rain ends tonight with a cooler low 35 to 38. Wednesday mostly cloudy with little temperature change, highs about 44 to 47.
A Braniff DC7C plane bound for Panama from Miami crashed seconds after takeoff, exploding and killing nine with 15 injured. Rescue crews faced marshy terrain and brush as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospitals. The crash occurred 40 miles north of Miami International Airport, with survivors found amid wreckage and mud.
Washington reports a rejection of Moscow demand for a quick summit without prior low level talks. Officials say the Soviet note hardens deadlock over a heads of government meeting and would delay or block a summit this fall. Eisenhower insists on solid diplomatic preparation and will not yield on pre summit talks.
Michael Todd 50 and three companions died in a fiery plane crash near Grants New Mexico last Saturday. His remains arrived in Chicago and were laid to rest at Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park near his father Rabbi Chaim Goldhogen. Actress Elizabeth Taylor attended with friends. Mike Todd Jr. joined from New York as funeral times shifted to noon.
Mrs. Lance Hill reads a 20 year old column about her son Robert then one year old with measles. Now 21 and a KU student, Robert enters with the same illness during a home visit.
Negotiators for General Motors and the United Auto Workers begin talks on a new contract for about 350,000 GM workers. UAW President Walter Reuther and GM personnel chief Louis G. Seaton head their teams as GM starts bargaining before Ford and Chrysler. Three-year pacts expire near June 1 with seniority and job classification issues expected to lead early discussions.
Gov C William ONeill urged by unanimous City Council to release supplemental unemployment benefits for workers covered by contracts. The resolution passed Monday seeks to ensure benefits continue as per union agreements.
Three Amish couples with 29 children were freed on $250 bond each after two days in jail for contempt of Ohio school attendance orders. They await a habeas corpus decision as volunteer lawyers argue the six were held illegally. The couples belong to an Amish group opposing sending children beyond the eighth grade.
In Cincinnati, assets of two Bakery Workers Union locals are tied up by court action from an affiliation dispute. Members voted to withdraw from the union and were expelled from AFL-CIO, but employers have not recognized the new union as bargaining agent.
Beverly Hills California actress Susan Hayward is confined to her hotel room with measles. The report notes the illness is causing her to stay in isolation at the hotel.
Four men and two juveniles arrested in a weekend roundup admitted at least 20 break-ins across Greene Fayette Clinton and Highland counties in the past five months. Sheriff Floyd Foote of Greene County reported Monday.
Senator Gore says the highway speed-up bill before the Senate is a major step to put America back to work. He adds the act is a road building measure with immediate economic benefits and long term returns, a sound investment in America's future.
A statewide search ended with the discovery of Sylvanus Daulton shot to death. Officials said Daulton, 53, former Bardon town marshal, apparently killed himself after a weekend visit with a nephew. He had been sought in the kidnap slayings of Florence Hoffer and her daughter Margaret Louise near West Union. The bodies of the two women were found near a vacant farmhouse. Sheriff Eugene Fulton and Sheriff J Arthur Shuman announced the findings.
Lucas County sheriff's deputies drove 37 miles in 31 minutes to transport O negative blood from a local bank to Detwiler Memorial Hospital in Wauseon. The donor blood was used for transfusions to 55 year old Harry Jacobs of Delta in critical condition from ruptured ulcers.
A short promotional note explains how Messenger Classifieds can help locate lost items like dogs wallets or parrots. It urges readers to place an ad to reach more people quickly and include a call back request. The tone is practical and promotional.
U.S. retailers worry about recession as the 1958 Eastern shopping season nears its end. An AP survey of 19 cities shows merchants expect about the same as last year except in industrial areas with weaker employment. They depend on improved weather for a lift.
Retail leaders from New York to the East report mixed Easter optimism while factory layoffs depress sentiment in the Midwest and Far West. Some merchants note the earlier Easter hurts sales, others say the weather will decide demand as recession fears persist.
Dallas reports a Columbus Georgia merchant saying no recession while a Los Angeles executive questions Easter sales. Columbus Ohio store managers note weak overall demand with women skimping on coats and suits. Only children's apparel shows strength as shoppers seek Easter bonnets and outfits.
Retailers in Chicago St Louis Kansas City Detroit Philadelphia and Miami report slower Easter sales than 1957. Stores blame weather and tighter budgets as shoppers restrain free-wheeling spending while seeking durable children’s outfits.
First Lt. Bernard J. Bogoslofski of Tinker Air Force Base parachuted to safety Monday after his F100 jet exploded. A month earlier Bogoslofski, from Del City Oklahoma, and Granby Connecticut, escaped unharmed when his plane crashed into a runway barricade at Tinker AFB.
Secretary of the Treasury Anderson told congressional leaders opposition to a tax cut is rising within the Eisenhower administration. He questioned tax cuts’ effectiveness vs public works and military spending, noting employment and income receipts hold up while defense overtime boosts economy. Nixon urged tax cuts if March figures disappoint, but Anderson disagrees.
AP reporter John Griffin reports that central government troops have halted the spread of the Indonesian civil war in North Sumatra from Medan and Prapat while rebels plan possible guerrilla actions to delay Jakarta forces. Front lines extend past Lake Toba with loyalists occupying a rebel stronghold near Prapat.
Sgt L C Brewer of Jackson Ohio testified at a Yokohama district court in the case of Gregory J Kupski of Detroit. He described a drinking spree on November 17 the night Kazue Eikawa 25 was found strangled in an alley. Kupski pleads not guilty and faces possible death or life penalties.
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