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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1961

Page

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Pomeroy Industry Set to Roll at New Midwest Steel Plant

Pomeroy readies 31 machines for a new Midwest Steel Corp fabricating plant on E Main St formerly Parkerburg Rig and Reel. 28 local hires, many former Rig and Reel workers, begin training under Blaine Adkins and Garland Perry. Plant manager Frederick W. Klein says orders will expand staff beyond 28 as operations start Monday.

Frederick W. Klein Pomeroy Parkersburg William R. Barnhart Bob Hoeflich E. Main St Midwest Steel Corp Charleston W. Va Klein Blaine Adkins Huntington Garland Perry William Pollock

Mississippi capital quiet after police disperse sit-in

In Jackson on Wednesday, club wielding police with trained dogs dispersed about 100 Negro demonstrators outside a courthouse as nine Tougaloo College students faced breach of the peace charges for a sit in at a public library. The scene turned tense with clapping, singing, and police action.

Jackson Miss Mississippi Tougaloo Southern Chrisian College

Arms Debate Is Averted At United Nations Session

UN diplomats reported that the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to avert a disarmament debate in the General Assembly. Delegates hoped to finish by April 21 as private talks continue on a new East West arms negotiating committee and the resumption timetable.

United Nations N. Y United States Soviet Union General Assembly Assembly

Jackson Man Killed In Truck Accident

Mansfield police report a truck driver from Jackson Paul A. Higginbotham 37 died when his tractor trailer rear ended another truck on Interstate 7 just south of U S 30. The other driver Clarence L. Smith 42 of Cincinnati sustained minor injuries while his load weighed 38 000 pounds of steel.

Mansfield Paul A. Higginbotham Jackson Route 1 Interstate 7 U. S. 30 Highway Patrol Higginbotham Clarence L. Smith Cincoinnati Smith

Elizabeth Taylor Illness Costs Over Fifty Thousand

Elizabeth Taylor's illness has cost more than $50,000 and medical bills are not yet in. A family spokesman said her near brush with death in London this month occurred outside Great Britain's national health plan.

Hollywood Elizabeth Taylor London Great Britain

Lawrence Benson, former Milwaukee Road police chief, dies

Lawrence Benson 71, once superintendent of the Milwaukee Road police, helped solve the 2 million dollar mail train robbery at Rondout Illinois in 1924. He died Wednesday in Libertyville Illinois.

Libertyville Ill Lawrence Benson Milwaukee Railroad Rondout

Floods Hit Iowa Infra as Cedar River Tops Dollars at Loss

Waterloo volunteers led by city officials helped shield the city as the Cedar River rose to 21.86 feet, with damage estimated at 60 million dollars and water reaching toward Cedar Rapids. Authorities warned of ongoing cleanup and the flood crest moving toward the Mississippi.

Mississippi River Iowa Cedar Rapids Waterloo Carl Fagerlind Ed Jochumsen

Home Rule Next Goal for Capital Voters

Washington residents celebrate the 23rd Amendment granting presidential voting rights but acknowledge it stops short of home rule. President Kennedy hails the vote as a step forward and urges Congress to act on administration proposals to grant the District of Columbia local self-government.

Washington District of Columbia Kennedy Congress

Laos Buildup and Possible Cease Fire Talks

Washington reports indicate the United States continues military buildup in and near Southeast Asia without a Soviet cease fire in Laos. Secretary of State Rusk tells SEATO allies the Kennedy administration will use force if needed to stop a Communist takeover. Officials fear Khrushchev may accept a cease fire.

Washington Laos United States Southeast Asia Dean Rusk U. S Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Kennedy Khrushchev

Kennedy Flies to Florida for Brief Easter Vacation

President Kennedy departed Washington for a short Easter break in Florida today. The trip is described as a routine personal vacation with no stated policy implications.

Washington Kennedy Florida

Lawmakers Review New Frontier Ideas During Easter Recess

Congress departs for an Easter break to gauge public opinion on President Kennedy's New Frontier programs. Major items under debate include federal aid to education and elderly medical care, with only three priority bills resolved so far.

Congress Senate Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development House White House

Eight Expelled At BG and 84 Freed At Lauderdale

Bowling Green officials expelled eight students amid campus demonstrations by about 2000 undergraduates. In Fort Lauderdale 84 collegians were released from jail after rioting charges. 72 got jail terms and 12 were arraigned awaiting trial. One detained student, George T. Dallage, 22, of Mankato State, faced 70 days for inciting a riot and resisting arrest.

Lauderdale Bowling Green Fort Lauderdale Fla George T. Dallage Mankate State College Mankate, Minn

Quadruplets boost Feyre clan to ten in Holyoke birth

In Holyoke Massachusetts Mary Feyre 35 and Raymond Feyre 38 welcomed four healthy babies Tuesday after a prior brood of six. The quads two girls two boys arrived premature but in good health. The family, living in a five room apartment after a February fire, also has twins Christine 14 Kathleen 12 Raymond 8 Mary 8 Thomas 4 and John 2. Raymond earns $120 weekly as an insurance agent and plans to stay home briefly to care for all twelve at home.

Holyoke Mass Providence Hospital Mary Feyre Raymond J. Feyre Feyre Christine Kathleen Raymond Mary Thomas John Feyres

Crime Bill Approved and OU Branch Land OK'd

The Ohio House passed a criminal conspiracy bill without opposition and sent it to the Senate. Separately, Senate approval allows county commissioners in six southeastern counties to sell 40 acres of jointly held sanitarium land at Chillicothe for use by the Ohio University branch as a Chillicothe campus site.

Columbus Ohio House Senate House Chillicothe Ohio University

WJR Authorized to Acquire WSAZ Stations in Huntington

The Communications Commission has authorized WJR of Detroit to acquire sole ownership of WSAZ AM and TV in Huntington West Virginia, including the Good Will Station Inc. in Detroit as the acquiring party.

Washington the Communications Commission WJR Good Will Station, Inc Detroit WSAZ Huntington W. Va

Patton Sees Upturn in Republic Steel Corp Output

In his annual stockholders report T F Patton president of Republic Steel Corp predicts a business upturn soon.

Cleveland T. F. Patton Republic Steel Corp

Chillingworth Case Placed In Jury Hands

In Fort Pierce Florida the fate of Joseph A Peel Jr the alleged mastermind of the Chillingworth murders was given to a 12 man jury Circuit Court Judge D C Smith urged the jurors to deliberate calmly and fairly about whether Peel was the accessory before the fact to the 1955 slayings of Judge C E Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie.

Chillingworth Fort Pierce Fla Joseph A. Peel Jr Circuit Court D. C. Smith Peel C. E. Chillingworth Marjorie

Fire kills four in Cleveland apartment blaze

A three story East Side apartment building was ravaged by fire early today. Four people are confirmed dead and four remain missing while at least ten are injured. Fire crews battled the flames through the night as the city investigates a possible cause.

Cleveland

Units At Ciney Toledo Among Those To Close

The Defense Department announced the closing or curtailment of activities at 52 bases in the United States as part of a White House plan to cut obsolete installations. The move could save up to 220 million annually, though savings accrue over 12 to 36 months and affect about 15 000 domestic personnel and 19 000 overseas. The list includes the Louisville Medical Depot and Rossford Army Ordnance Depot Toledo with plans to inactivate or dispose within three years.

Washington Defense Department United States Robert S. McNamara White House McNamara Kentucky — Army Louisville GSA

Sugar Act Extended for Fifteen Months to 1962

Congress approved a 15 month extension of the Sugar Act to June 30 1962 preserving the Cuban sugar quota cut to zero and permitting denial to the Dominican Republic of any Cuban quota. The act continues market division between domestic and foreign producers with potential windfall for the Republic of 888000 tons over a year.

Washington Congress Senate House U. S Senate House Dominican Republic Republic

Highway Map Mix Up Sends Hell and Paradise On a Wild Ride

Michigan highway officials misplaced Paradise and placed Hell on the state map causing confusion. The map showed Hell in southern Michigan while Paradise sits in Luce County in the Upper Peninsula, triggering jokes about routing and map errors.

Paradise Mich Michigan John C. Markie Hell Mackie Upper Peninsula Luce County Chippewa County Highway Department

Executives Dismissed From General Electric

New York report says all 15 General Electric Co executives sentenced last month for antitrust violations have left the firm, per a company statement.

New York General Electric Co

Kent State reports record fall enrollment

Kent State University announces a record total of 7596 full time students, up 18 percent from last year, reflecting a strong growth in admissions and campus enrollment.

KENT Kent State University

Corbett Convicted in Millionaire Adolph Coors Murder

Golden Colorado jury finds Joseph Corbett Jr. guilty of first degree murder in the 1960 killing of Adolph Coors III. State argued it ended a half million dollar kidnapping plot. Corbett faces life at Colorado Penitentiary.

Golden Colo Joseph Corbett, Jr Corbett Colorado Adolph Coors III

Five Miami Students Fined In Lauderdale Riots

Five Miami of Ohio students were fined in Lauderdale on Wednesday for participation in recent riots. The group includes Thomas G. Cullem 19 from Shaker Heights Jack C. Lane 20 Wickliffe Samuel H. McGoun 21 Glenview Illinois Kenneth L. Taylor 19 Cincinnati and Paul B. Kruke 18 Cincinnati.

Miami Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale Miami of Ohio Thomas G. Cullem Shaker Heights Jack C. Lane Wickliffe Samuel H. McGoun Glenview Ill Kenneth L. Taylor Cincinnati Paul B. Kruke

Shell money and ads in one line

History of shell currency traces to Africa and the East Indies. The piece nudges readers to use Messenger Want Ads to buy sell or find items with minimal cost and includes a contact Dia LY 3 1242.

Africa East Indies

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Midwest Steel Melvin R. Smith Albn Sinclair Edward Hoeflich Ernie Ray Davis Lewis E. Harris Edward Bowen Ross Junior Stewart John D. Doyle Delbert A. Milam Edgar E. Mitch Alfred White Morris Snyder Joseph H. Grueser Harold A. Hood W. E. Curtis Daniel B. O’dell Aaron Hysell William E. Snouffer Liz SEO News Athens Chauncey Siem Ertie Gallipolis Ane Glouster Logan Nelsonville See Point Pleasant Pomeroy Cee Middleport McArthur Sports U.S Cedar River Bernard Phillips Jane Ann Los Angeles North Hollywood Ocean Highway Dad By James Calogero OU Branch Land Ok’d Ciney Toledo Fabian Sinatra Mitchum Butterfield Harvard Lampoon Eddie Fisher Frank Sinatra Robert Mitchum the Lampoon Harvard Dia LY
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