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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1957
Page
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Lampasas Texas begins recovery after a Sunday night flood from a Sulphur Creek levee break. Relief workers and engineers clear debris, move houses, and restore streets while Maj. Clyde Villemez of Ft. Hood forecasts about three weeks to reopen the city.
Secretary of State Dulles prepared to reiterate U S opposition to a demilitarized zone across Germany at a news conference. President Eisenhower had referenced a fair disarmament plan, triggering a transatlantic stir amid arms talks in London and speculation ahead of German elections. Sir Anthony Eden had earlier floated a belt through Germany as a step toward disarmament.
Ohio selective service announces a June induction for 661 men the smallest call this year. The youngest eligible is 22 on or before June 1 1957 unless volunteering or delinquent. May call was 833. last June 657. County counts include Athens 6 Gallia 1 Hocking 2 Jackson 1 Meigs 1 Morgan 1 Perry 2 Vinton 1 Washington 1. Richard Hacker Jr. 10 died in the Ohio River drowning. body recovered.
In Columbus the Ohio Senate scuttled a plan to adopt statewide uniform time but efforts to revive the measure continue. Sen. Ed Witmer says he will seek reconsideration of the 17 to 16 defeat, aiming to place the issue on next November’s ballot with potential constitutional backing.
Three U S Air Force pilots flew a 6710 mile nonstop F100C mission of 14 hours 5 minutes from England to the United States to celebrate Jamestown 350th anniversary. The crew Capt Jack Bryant Capt Alan Engle and Lt Theodore Workman praised routine cruise control while Gen Otto Weyland called it a demonstration of TAC global reach. The other three planes landed near Jamestown after the Atlantic hop.
London panel discusses an 840 million dollar 1500 mile pipeline from Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. Egypt considers parallel pipeline to canal while Egypt Israel plan to test ship through Suez sparks war talk. Egypt allied with West in Baghdad Pact. Turkey NATO member.
Waverly Ohio Pike County grand jury hearings open today in the case of two men accused of reckless driving during picketing at the Goodyear atomic energy plant in Piketon. Charles Ratliff of Portsmouth filed charges against Robert Treece of Wakefield and against Fred Shedd of Ohio Valley Electric Corp. The union voted against a company plan to bring in the Presidents Atomic Energy Labor Management Panel to negotiate.
Army engineers and Rep. Henderson Ohio moved to place 11 locks and dams on the Muskingum River in a workable state and transfer control to Ohio. An immediate survey will determine the cost of repairs and upgrades.
Vancouver reports 4 ground parties trying to reach the Mt Slesse summit area near 7 970 feet where wreckage of a Trans Canada Air Lines North Star was found Monday. The plane carried 62 people to their deaths in a Dec 9 snowstorm, the worst Canadian commercial air disaster.
A five member Teamsters committee studied a public relations report urging union president Dave Beck to resign. The plan seeks Beck's replacement as Beck's term nears end while federal and Senate probes unfold. Norman Gessert faces subpoena in Washington amid ongoing investigations.
Chicago police say a 14-year-old neighbor boy confessed to strangling 3-year-old Lise Jorgensen and burying her under a front porch after her body was found. The alleged crime occurred in the basement of the boy’s apartment.
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges announced that its 27 member schools received 785 753 dollars in business gifts during the 1956 57 school year.
A young couple seeks a furnished apartment for next fall with calls and good results noted after cancellation of the ad. Advertisers are urged to reserve a spare room for summer or fall semesters with a seven time rate and cancellation privileges. Dial 31242 now.
President Eisenhower warned Congress he would not assume responsibility for national safety if defense spending for aircraft and missiles is cut. GOP leaders said his appeal to the nation would defend a 71.8 billion dollar budget as lawmakers push for economy while Cold War threats persist.
Senate subcommittees debate two appropriations bills the State Justice and Commerce departments while backing substantial House cuts to the Treasury Post Office measure. Postmaster General Summerfield urged restoring 58 million in cuts and seeking 70 to 90 million above requests, warning of July 1 postal service cuts if denied.
Belmont County authorities believe a human skull found near John Masser’s home may belong to a woman who vanished six years ago. The skull shows heat marks but earlier inquiries ruled cremation at the Massers’ home. Further tests and investigation are planned to identify the skull and confirm the missing woman.
Britain ends gasoline rationing as Power Minister Lord Mills announces relief from the oil shortage caused by the Suez crisis. Rationing began December 17 after the Suez Canal blockage and sabotage of Syrian pipelines slowed Middle East oil deliveries.
The FBI arrested 29 year old Samuel Lynch of Youngstown on a charge of failure to report for induction. Agents surprised him as he slept on a Cincinnati floor. he was due to report for military duty July 26, 1955.
The United States refused to cancel a Nevada atomic test series beginning this week. State Department officials said they would aim to keep fallout as near zero as possible and rejected Japan's demand to call off the tests.
State Sen. Theodore M. Gray told Springfield Rotary Club the bill to remove the state sales tax stamp would die in the Senate. He estimated annual savings of six to seven million after the first year, but warned the Legislature would likely spend the money anyway.
The Committee for Economic Development urges Eisenhower to set a 1959 budget target that balances the budget with lower taxes. The group of 150 business and university leaders notes the administration is drafting the fiscal 1959 plan and Congress debates fiscal 1958. It calls for public willingness to forego less valuable federal expenditures and for national re thinking on tax policy.
Springfield Ohio reports Nancy Bailey of Portsmouth was killed when she fell from a car driven by her brother James A Lane on Ohio 70 south of South Charleston. She grabbed the wheel as she fell causing the vehicle to strike a utility pole. Lane was uninjured.
The British government states Russia now operates the world’s largest submarine fleet with 500 underwater craft surpassing other nations. The claim comes amid ongoing questions about naval power and underwater capabilities.
Dr. Edward E. Holt, longtime Springfield superintendent, was sworn in as state superintendent of public instruction for a five year term at a noon Thursday ceremony in Columbus. He will earn twenty five thousand dollars annually and succeeds Dr. R. M. Eyman, who will remain in the program after stepping down.
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