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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1959
Page
1
Senate committee tax experts project 75.8 billion dollars in federal receipts for the year starting July 1, well short of the 77.1 billion assumed in the budget. They warn further revisions are likely as administration officials defend current estimates.
A pre Easter storm blasted from the eastern Rockies across the Midwest with violent weather in the plains and Mississippi Valley. The season's worst snow left drifts in Colorado Wyoming and western Nebraska. Nebraska Iowa and Minnesota faced heavy snow warnings while Texas saw tornadoes hail and freezing conditions injuring a person and causing damage. One death was reported in Colorado.
Washington report notes ICA acting director Leonard J. Saccio said political endorsements are not required for U S foreign aid posts. He acknowledged receiving a favorable word from Meade Alcorn, Connecticut Republican leader and former national chairman, when seeking a past agency job.
Washington approves a $2,305,000 loan for construction of a student housing project at Ohio State University in Columbus. The Community Facilities Administration authorized the financing.
Horace Landers, 27, received a 20 to 40 year term in the Ohio Penitentiary after detectives shadowed him for months on a marijuana cigarette trafficking charge. The case, tied to juvenile exposure, marked one of the stiffest penalties in Cincinnati for this offense.
The Cleveland Press announced it will raise its price to 10 cents per copy starting Monday, up from the current 7 cents.
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle faced a stiff setback as the Democratic House Judiciary Committee refused to recommend abolition or modification bills. Separately, lawmakers advanced a school levy bill, lifted a gasoline tax exemption for highway work, and considered tax measures altering corporate franchise tax. Recess follows.
Eisenhower Macmillan and de Gaulle signaled conditional readiness for a summit with Khrushchev on Berlin and related issues. They differed on timing and preconditions though all notes urged flexibility and a foreign ministers meeting in Geneva May 11 to narrow differences and explore a peace treaty and Berlin questions.
Eleven year old Brian Lee Forrest from Detroit refused a routine skin test at Herman Keifer Hospital and ran five miles home. He explained the needle looked like a sword in his mind.
Space cones about the size of future manned capsules were dropped from high-flying planes into the ocean and recovered intact. The tapered cone like capsules weighed over a ton and deployed parachutes to slow their descent. Researchers aim to develop materials to absorb landings on ground.
Indianapolis observers report continued juror impasse in the Minnie B. Nicholis murder case. A second alternate juror could not be agreed upon, delaying testimony as 50 venue special panel exhausted and a 12 juror panel began with one alternate seated.
Defense counsel in the Elizabeth Duncan murder case said today there is startling new evidence that could help win a new trial for the convicted client. The claim centers on undisclosed material that may cast doubt on the verdict.
The U S Supreme Court suspended Columbus lawyer J Harvey Crow of Urbana after he was twice disbarred by Ohio courts.
Fourteen patients at Corey Clinic in Claridon Township fled their beds when a fire broke out in a patient room. No injuries were reported.
Samuel Wilder King, 72, a prominent Hawaii statehood advocate and former governor, died Tuesday from a heart attack in Honolulu. His death ends a pivotal career marked by efforts to secure state status for Hawaii.
A defense motion for dissolution of a restraining order against the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. and IBEW locals 1466 and 832 postponed after Judge Francis D. White granted postponement at the prosecution's request. The case involves alleged mass picketing and obstruction of substations. About 50 union members attended. witnesses were to be ready by 11:30.
A voluntary industry action committee met in Columbus to discuss strategies for combating water pollution and safeguarding local waterways. The meeting focused on practical steps and cooperative efforts among businesses to reduce pollutants entering rivers and streams.
Prose cuting Attorney Raymond Musgrave today started extradition proceedings to return Samuel Lee Bates to Mason County. Bates faces statutory rape charges connected to an assault on a seven year old Point Pleasant girl. He was arrested Tuesday night in a Gallia County nightclub and is jailed there after refusing to waive extradition.
Cincinnati report: Captain D. Walter Wisherd, 85, a veteran river man with over six decades on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, died after a long illness. He built the famed excursion steamer Island Queen which exploded and burned in Pittsburgh in 1947.
150 residents turned out to honor Buckeye League stars during the Achievement Day ceremony. State patrolman McCreedy and John Shaver of Kyger Creek were among notable honorees as local officials and schools celebrated community achievements.
In San Francisco a 9 year old and a 13 year old faced Juvenile Court Judge Melvyn J. Cronin after admitting they tried to rob the Bank of America Mission branch. They said they wanted play money from a bank promotion and blamed television for the idea.
The Grace liner Santa Rosa collided with the empty oil tanker Valdhem off Atlantic City. One tanker crewman was killed and five were injured. No injuries aboard the Santa Rosa, which carried 247 passengers and 265 crew, but a fire erupted in the forward paint room and proved hard to extinguish.
Approval of relocation of U S Route 50 and Ohio Route 7 from Coolville to near Little Hocking was given by Highway Director Everett S Preston after a February 17 public hearing. The 8.5 mile project aims to reduce accidents, remove hazardous curves, and shorten the route by over a mile.
A 3 year old Philadelphia area boy died after eating poison fish. Federal inspectors said the tainted fish was confined to a small Philadelphia area supply. Warnings extended to Gallipolis and Logan Ohio as the case prompted local cautions and store advisories.
Report from Kalimpong says the Dalai Lama fled Lhasa amid the revolt in the Tibetan capital. Tibetan refugees speculate he may join resistance forces in southern Tibet or seek refuge in India as Chinese authorities reportedly regain control of Lhasa.
Weather shows a cool period with showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Friday brings clearing and cooler conditions with a low around 42 and a high near 52. West Virginia reports showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with most lows in 50s and a few in the 40s northeast. Other cities show varied cloudiness and showers with regional temperatures listed.
A barefooted former mental patient was captured with a 12 year old girl he carried away from her home. William Edward Beckworth 26 and Lois Marbut denied kidnapping allegations. He was booked for investigation of kidnaping.
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