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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1962
Page
1
Algiers sees a protest strike by European settlers after French troops opened fire on demonstrators for the Secret Army Organization. Forty one settlers were killed and about 130 wounded with army casualties reported. Public services halted and streets deserted.
In Buenos Aires a military coup against President Arturo Frondizi nears as he refuses resignation urged by mediator Pedro Aramburu. Gen Franklin Rawson calls for nationwide rebellion while the navy backs removal and government security tightens with mounted grenadiers deployed.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said they made some progress in Geneva toward clarifying points of agreement and difference in the Berlin dispute. Rusk flies to Washington to brief Kennedy. they agreed to resume contact and consult with allies via ambassadors in Moscow and Washington.
Officials sift through charred remains of three Oak Hill structures after a downtown fire. Firefighters arrived Monday night to find the businesses engulfed and halted spread. No injuries or loss estimate reported. In Columbus, the state auditor notes 1.102 million dollars in federal NDEA funds distributed in Ohio in late 1961.
A blaze believed to have started in a stoker fed coal furnace damaged a prefabricated home construction plant in Oberlin on Monday. The loss is estimated at more than 200000. No injuries were reported. Local fire crews extinguished the blaze and are investigating the cause.
The Foreign Ministry announced that Soviet biochemist Alexei Golub, who defected last fall and sparked an airport clash, seeks to return to the USSR. Golub is at the Soviet Embassy and has requested his passport as authorities investigate his free will. His wife chose to return to the Soviet Union after a dramatic Amsterdam airport meeting.
Atty. Gen. Gideon Hausner urged that Adolf Eichmann was central to the Nazi plan to exterminate Jews, presenting captured documents linking the accused to wartime murder. In Jerusalem the ongoing case unfolds as Eichmann appeals the death sentence. Elsewhere in Peiping communist China’s rubber-stamp parliament opened its first session in two years.
Fidel Castro denounced old Communist militants led by Anibal Escalante accusing him of creating chaos to advance his own power. The 53 year old former editor of Hoy and recent ORI directorate member was cited as culpable and subject to separation from posts.
The Senate halted a 10 day anti poll tax debate and resumed regular business afterSoutherners call off the talkathon. Leaders expect the antipoll tax amendment to pass this week with broad support as the Hamilton home national monument measure moves forward.
Harry M. Miller, president of the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co., announced the firm earned a net income of 9,896,000 dollars for the 12 months ended February 28, 1962.
Gallipolis city solicitor R William Jenkins at a press conference with City Manager Gary Short listed four dates when missing items were returned. March 12 sewer plans in William Hall's wagon. March 18 papers from Cotton Bailes. March 22 municipal code. March 24 Civil Defense filing cabinet and a short wave receiver. Jenkins outlined the timeline and noted the administration was hampered by missing items. He had sought Commission authorization to investigate city officials with subpoena power.
The Supreme Court decision allowing citizens to challenge state legislative apportionment in federal courts could trigger lawsuits and special sessions across states. Urban voters hope to curb rural domination. experts say the ruling may shift power toward cities and alter state legislative control amid nationwide redistricting debates.
Army captain Cap. Gerald R. MacManus testified he warned Pfc. Bernis Owen that publishing his criticism of a commanding general could bring a court martial. The Seadrift Texas resident faces a special court martial as the trial proceeds in Polk County Louisiana.
Pittsburgh report alleges a basic wage contract for steelworkers has been reached with eight to ten cents per hour non inflationary cost. The Detroit Free Press cites unnamed sources and says announcement will wait for non economic issues to be resolved by 11 steel companies.
Ray C. Bliss state Republican chairman predicted Gov Michael V DiSalle would be the Democrat the GOP candidate would face in November He spoke before the Cuyahoga County Republican Associates urging caution against overconfidence.
Eddie Swann a 14 year old from Jerico Road was missing in woods about three miles from home since 4 pm Monday. A posse including fire department sheriff and state and city police and neighbors found him with his dog at 10 30 pm.
State Sen. Charles Whalen Jr. proposes a four point higher education program funded by a new cigarette tax and a $150 million bond issue. He calls for urban campus expansion and a permanent one cent per package cigarette revision to fund scholarships. A bi partisan nine member State University Council would implement the plan.
Ohio taxpayer James D. Nolan of Cleveland hailed the U S Supreme Court decision allowing federal suits over state legislative apportionment. Nolan, in Atlanta for a convention, said the ruling would bring equal voting rights to all citizens by allowing challenges to representation.
New York reports Phillips-Van Heusen Corp announces the end of its separate collar shirt line after six decades. The move follows a trend toward collar-attached shirts, with production dropping from 24 million annually in 1924 to 18 thousand in 1961. Cluett-Peabody declined comment.
Eight East German sailors aged 21 to 25 jumped ship in Bremen, a North Sea port, and requested political asylum from West German authorities. In Washington, Robert Briscoe the lord mayor of Dublin extended a personal invitation to President Kennedy to visit Ireland.
A government recruiter argues women may provide the key solution to the acute shortage of engineers for aerospace and missile work. The claim highlights the potential of female talent to fill critical technical roles.
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