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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1964

Page

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Johnson to Speak in Athens on Appalachian Development Plan

President Lyndon B. Johnson will visit Athens Ohio to discuss Southeastern Ohio development under the Appalachian Plan. He will speak at Ohio University Memorial Auditorium about 12 15 p.m. after arriving via helicopter with a motorcade. He is accompanied by his daughter Lynda Bird and a large White House staff.

Lyndon B. Johnson Athens Southeastern Ohio Johnson White House Lockbourne Air Force Base Ohio University Memorial Auditorium Peden Stadium University Lynda Bird U. S Kennedy Vernon R. Alden Southeastern Ohio Grover Center Alden Washington Sargent Sariver Peace Corps Commerce Luther Hodges W. Willard Wirtz Orville Freeman Robert Weaver Health Education and Welfare Anthony J. Celebrezze William Batt

Anything May Happen at Polls in Ohio Primaries

Ohio voters face a crowded primary day with Senator Henry M. Young seeking renomination amid a celebrity Democratic ballot entry by Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. while Rep. Robert Taft Jr. faces Ted W. Brown in the GOP race Glenn’s illness and inability to campaign loom over voters.

Jack Bell Columbus Ohio Stephen M. Young John H. Glenn Jr Robert Taft Jr Ted W. Brown Robert A. Taft Glenn

Khru Asks End Of Cypriot War

Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged an end to foreign intervention in Cyprus and voiced hope that Greek and Turkish communities could live in peace in an independent Cyprus republic. He told Izvestia the Soviet Union opposes outside attempts to impose solutions.

Moscow Khrushchev Cyprus Izvestia Republic of U.N

Rockets Removed From Castroland

Washington reports strong belief that the Soviet Union may have withdrawn ground to air rockets from Cuba depriving Fidel Castro of means to shoot down U S planes over Cuba. If true, it lessens risk of armed clash over surveillance flights and explains Castro May Day claim Cuba stands alone in its dispute with the United States.

Washington Soviet Union Cuba Fidel Castro Red United States Castro

U S Puts Destroyer Into Saigon Harbor

The U S Destroyer Lyman K Swenson arrived in Saigon for a routine visit amid tensions after the aircraft transport Card was sunk in the Saigon River by terrorists. Captain C C Hartigan Jr commanded the 7th Fleet Destroyer Squadron. salvage crews patched the Card as Saigon remained on high alert with patrols downtown.

Saigon Viet Nam U.S Lyman K. Swenson Navy Swenson C. C. Hartigan Jr 7Th Fleet

Fulbright to Visit Greece and Turkey on Cyprus Talk

President Johnson sends J. W. Fulbright to Greece and Turkey for talks on the Cyprus crisis. Fulbright planned Europe travel but Athens and Ankara added after White House meeting. U.N. mediator proposals will guide the Cyprus settlement.

Turkey Cyprus Fulbright Europe Athens Ankara White House Johnson Congress Arkansas Democrat U.N

Reconciliation Sought Amid Communist Rift in Asia

The North Vietnamese government urged the Soviet Union and China to reconcile their split. It framed the crisis as a grave situation for world communism and called for unity among leading communist parties.

Tokyo Soviet Union China

State Issue No 1 Backed to Speed Ohio Highways

Columbus reports Issue No 1 a $500 million highway bond proposal to cut the state’s construction time from two to three years. Backing comes from the Committee for Highway Progress, with over 120 civic labor and business groups endorsing. If approved it would accelerate 488 miles of freeways expressways and highways.

Columbus Ohio Committee For Highway Progress

Dominican regime imperiled by transport strike unrest

In Santo Domingo police failed to stop Sunday demonstrations sparked by a taxi and bus drivers strike. Unruly crowds burned tires and dumped garbage as military and civilian leaders held separate talks about the crisis. The government called the strike illegal for lack of written notice of date and reasons.

Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

May Block Cleveland Poll Doors

Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown says civil rights demonstrators may block polling place entrances in Cleveland on Tuesday. He urged Cleveland Mayor Ralph Locher the Cuyahoga County sheriff and Gov. James A. Rhodes to protect polling sites and ensure orderly primary election proceedings. Brown did not confirm sources or organizing groups and noted penalties for voting rights interference under Ohio law.

Cleveland Ted W. Brown Brown Ralph Locher Cuyahoga County James A. Rhodes Secretary of State Ohio

Seven Primaries Slated Tomorrow

Seven primaries in Indiana Ohio Oklahoma Alabama Florida New Mexico and Washington DC plus state conventions in Delaware Michigan Alaska Nevada and Wyoming set the stage for presidential nominating votes. Delegates 139 Republican 202 Democratic. Voters choose governors senators and House members and decide issues from unpledged electors to a right to work law. Indiana draws attention as George Wallace challenges the Johnson civil rights bill with opponent Indiana Gov. Matthew Welsh.

Washington Indiana Ohio Oklahoma Alabama Florida New Mexico District of Columbia Delaware Michigan Alaska Nevada Wyoming George C. Wallace Matthew E. Welsh

Three Suspects Held In Break-In At Nelsonville Service Station

Three Lorain residents Kenny Ray Chutes 27 Georgia 20 and Junior Chutes 30 were held on suspicion of breaking and entering after a 3:15 a.m. burglary at Shafer's Service Station Nelsonville. Police recovered a car with loot and are probing linked break-ins at Mender's garage and Route 56 station. The trio, reportedly cousins to a Nelsonville family, await arraignment with a baby placed in foster care.

Nelsonville Shafer Kenny Ray Chutes Georgia Junior Chutes Lorain Max Valkinburg Ptl Louis Seipel U. S. Forest Service Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital William Blake Valkinburg Mender Ing Shafer’s Mender’s

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Conscientious Objection Case

The Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling that conscientious objectors need not hold belief in a supreme being to be exempt from military service. The Circuit Court in New York held exemptions may rest on deeply rooted beliefs, not religious doctrine, and the court also considered a separate desegregation case from Duval County Florida.

Washington Supreme Court U. S. Court of Appeals New York Circuit Court U. S. Circuit Court New Orleans Board of Public Instruction Duval County Fila Jacksonville

U.S. Pledges Full Effort In Tariff Talks

President Johnson pledged full U S help to push the Kennedy round of tariff negotiations toward a fruitful conclusion. Dr Herter delivered the message at the opening session as GATT begins a marathon two year effort with 75 nations. Hard bargaining on tariff cuts cannot start before Sept 10. Damascus Syria reports a provisional Iraqi Egyptian union aim in a socialist constitution.

Geneva Johnson United States Christian A. Herter

Rorrer Pleads Innocent in Sister’s Murder

In Mason Circuit Court at Point Pleasant a 16 year old Henderson youth, Jerry Lewis Rorrer, entered an innocent plea to the charge of murdering his sister Mary Louise last year. He denied the fatal stabbing at the parental home and has been under mental evaluation for months. Attorneys J. G. F. Johnson and John Anderson represented him in court.

Point Pleasant Henderson Mason Jerry Lewis Rorrer Mary Louise George Rorrer Rorrer J. G. F. Johnson John Anderson Winfield

CORE Sets Up Protest In Capital

CORE plans nonviolent demonstrations in Washington to press for the civil rights bill. James Farmer says CORE will target delegates from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City to substitute its own delegates. The group will hold rallies and mass picketing at both party conventions.

Philadelphia Congress of Racial Equality National Action Council Washington James Farmer CORE Civil Rights Organization Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Atlantic City Farmer

Ex Shawnee Woman Killed In Parking Lot

Blanche Grimley 81 former Shawnee resident died from injuries after a Columbus church parking lot crash. Mary Hanesworth drove into the lot at Christ the King Church striking Grimley, who died at St. Anthony Hospital. Requiem High Mass is in Shawnee with burial at Shawnee Cemetery.

Grimley Columbus St. Mary’s Catholic Church Shawnee Humphrey Funeral Home

Ohio Five Day Forecast With Mild Temperatures

Ohio forecasters call for highs generally between 66 and 75 degrees with average temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal. A few scattered thundershowers are expected mainly later in the week, bringing about a half to one inch of rainfall.

Ohio

GM Offices Target Of Picketing

Civil rights demonstrators plan to picket GM national headquarters in Detroit from noon to 6 p.m. to protest a lily white personnel policy. GM denies discrimination and cites broad employment of nonwhites across levels. Arthur Johnson of the Detroit NAACP says the demonstration is part of a national effort to push GM to change practices.

Detroit General Motors Corp GM National General Motors Arthur Johnson National Association For the Advancement of Colored People

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