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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1961

Page

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$8 Million Private Resort Planned in Hocking Hills

Columbus firm buys 1000 acres in Hocking and Fairfield counties to build an $8 million year round private resort area. A clubhouse under construction will open May 27, with cottages, lakes, golf course, hunting areas, stables, and winter sports planned over five years. Prices: lots $1800 to $3800. cottages $5000 to $6000.

Columbus Hocking Fairfield Don Donelson Hidea Way Hills Co Ohio Lancaster Logan Athens Donelson Hocking Hill Country

Kennedy Khrushchev to Meet for Two Day Vienna Talks

President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev will hold a two day meeting in Vienna on June 3 and 4 for a general exchange of views on major world issues. The talks aim to preserve U S commitments against communist expansion and to pursue a nuclear test ban through direct diplomacy. Mrs Kennedy will accompany the President.

Washington Kennedy Nikita S. Khrushchev Vienna White House Ford Khrushchev Moscow London Charles de Gaulle Paris Pierre Salinger Geneva United States Britain Soviet Union U.S Cuba Laos

Doctor Says Drups Found In Ratterman

NEWPORT Kentucky Dr Frank Cleveland resumes testimony as defense witness in the George Ratterman trial reform sheriff candidate. Cleveland said chloral hydrate and alcohol were in blood samples from Ratterman the morning after his hotel room arrest with stripper Juanita Hodges. Ratterman says he was drugged and the case is a frame-up.

Newport Frank Cleveland George Ratterman Campbell County Cleveland Ratterman Juanita Jean Hodges

Ohio sheriff Fasula named outstanding by Eagles

Jefferson Ohio Tom Fasula Ashtabula County sheriff has been chosen as Ohio s outstanding sheriff in 1961 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Jefferson, Ohio Tom Fasula Ashtabula County Ohio Fraternal Order of Eagles

JFK To Block Railroad Strike

President Kennedy plans an order to set up an emergency board to resolve the Railroad Yardmasters of America dispute and halt any nationwide strike for up to 60 days under the Railway Labor Act. White House officials said no imminent stoppage threat exists and the case stems from 1959-1960 wage-rule changes with vacation and holiday demands central.

Washington—I Kennedy America Washington Francis A. O'Neill Jr National Mediation Board White House Emergency Board O’neill

South Korean Military Expects U S Support After Coup

Seoul reports President Yun Po Sun re elected as military rule tightens grip after Syngman Rhee ousted. Lt General Chang Do young, junta leader, says U S will back the regime, citing closer armed forces ties. In Washington, Bowles says the U S may recognize the new regime despite displeasure at the constitutional upset.

Seoul South Korea Yun Po-sun Syngman Rhee Yun John M. Chang Chang Do-young U. S Chang

Ohio appoints statewide advisory committee for Hire Now campaign

Donald B. Leach administrator of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation names a statewide advisory employment committee to aid Ohio in the Hire Now campaign. The panel aims to coordinate job placement efforts and promote employment opportunities across the state.

Columbus Donald B. Leach Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Ohio

Hunter Held On Manslaughter Charge In Buckeye Lake Killing

Glen Mitchell, 27, of Buckeye Lake is bound to the September Licking County Grand Jury on a manslaughter charge after a groundhog hunt ended with 13 year old John E. Shelly of Thornville shot in the throat. Authorities say Mitchell fired as they tracked in tall grass.

Newark Glen Mitchell Buckeye Lake Licking County John E. Shelly Thornville Mitchell

Committee To Question Lemnitzer On Cuban Invasion

A Senate subcommittee questions Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer about the Pentagon role in the Cuban invasion fiasco. Chairman Sen. Wayne Morse seeks who ordered military involvement and whether signals were altered after inception. Lemnitzer, JCS chairman, faced closed door questions.

Washington Senate Lyman L. Lemnitzer Pentagon Wayne Morse D-Ore Lemnitzer Joint Chiefs of Staff

Court Delays Sentencing Of Trucker In Manslaughter Case

Parkerburg West Virginia court delays sentencing of Roger Dean Wilson a 19 year old truck driver from Waterford Ohio for the strangulation of Mrs Delight Shepard at a grocery near here March 15. Wilson captured at Gallipolis and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by all male jury after an hour's deliberation. Judge Donald F Black orders presentence evaluation. Wilson did not testify his lawyers call Harold Cook a psychiatric social worker who testified Wilson could not distinguish right from wrong.

Parkersburg W. Va Roger Dean Wilson Waterford Ohio Delight Shepard Here Wilson Gallipolis Donald F. Black Harold Cook

State Orders Road Study and Cost Sharing Review

Ohio Highway Department to re examine the construction program and its cost sharing with local governments. Director Everett S Preston says the state may curb liberal cost sharing after a bill cuts highway funding by 15 million dollars from motor vehicle license fees.

Columbus Ohio Highway Department Everett S. Preston Preston

Churchill Recovers From Indisposition, Cancels Commitments

London reports Sir Winston Churchill is recovering from a slight indisposition. He canceled several engagements as he returns to normal health, with officials noting his condition improving.

London Winston Churchill

Stevenson to Tour Latin America for UN goodwill mission

President Kennedy plans to appoint Adlai E Stevenson as ambassador to the United Nations and send him on a goodwill tour of Latin America next month, aiming to bolster U S relations before the new year.

Auto Safety Checks To Be Held Sunday

Voluntary auto safety checks will be held in Athens County Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The county safety council will hold checks at the Athens fair grounds, Buchtel Front and Church streets, Chauncey Stadium, Glouster waterworks, Trimble Jacksonville New Marshfield firehouses.

Athens County County Safety Council Athens Fairgrounds Buchtel On Front Church Sts Chauncey Stadium Glouster Waterworks Trimble Jacksonville New Marshfield

Disalle Signs Acts Tax Permits Cigaret Tax Savings

Governor DiSalle signed 13 acts including a cigaret tax revision that lets smokers deduct the tax on federal returns if they itemize. The measure shifts tax collection to consumers and could save a couple in annual federal tax, based on state tax and 20 percent federal rates.

Columbus U.S Michael V. DiSalle Ohio State University Board of Trustees Superintendent of Public Instruction

Soviets Agree to Aid Laos Peacekeeping Equipment

At Geneva a 14 Nation conference, Canada relayed the urgent need for planes, helicopters, trucks and communications gear to supply the Laos control commission. Andrey Gromyko agreed to study the request, pleasing U S and Canadian delegates as a first concrete near-term achievement. France plans to present a broader plan to remove North Vietnamese influence and bolster the peacemaking framework in Laos.

Geneva Canada Soviet Union Control Commission Laos Howard C. Green Andrey A. Gromyko Gromyko Green U. S Dean Rusk

Misguided missile destroyed in flight

A Minuteman missile veered off course and was destroyed by the range safety officer about 90 seconds after liftoff on its second test flight. The explosion occurred as the rocket streaked across the sky and pieces fell into the Atlantic.

Cape Canaveral Fla Atlantic

Man Dies After Knife Remains Embedded For Thirty Years

Detroit detective notes Joseph Fields lived 30 years with a knife blade in his chest. He died at 52 last Monday and his death was ruled a homicide though no prosecution will follow. An autopsy cited long embedded blade from a fight about 30 years earlier and preexisting diabetes and heart illness.

Detroit Mich Joseph Fields Michigan Theodore S. Rosen

Cuba Held Americans Headed Home From Havana

A plane load of Americans is due in Miami late today from Cuba where many had been held as prisoners or detainees. The Swiss Embassy, representing the United States in Cuba, is expediting their exit amid the U S diplomatic break with Castro's government.

Miami Fla Cuba Fidel Castro Havana United States U. S Castro

Five Day Weather Outlook for District

Temperatures tonight through Wednesday stay near normal with highs 71 to 78 and lows 49 to 59. Expect mild conditions Saturday and Sunday, cooler Monday and Tuesday, warmer Wednesday. Precipitation averages half to one inch mainly from rain Sunday or Monday.

South Africa bans public meetings for six weeks

Cape Town CAPE TOWN South Africa banned all public gatherings for six weeks except church services and one other specially permitted event nationwide and in South West Africa. Government order restricts assemblies to maintain order amid unrest.

Cape Town South Africa South West Africa

Grieves for Dead Son First Youngster Killed In Little League

Temple City California mourns Barry J. Babcock a 9 year old Little League player who died after being struck in the chest by a pitched ball. His father Jack Babcock recalls his son as a tiger who gave his all and says the league should continue. An autopsy failed to reveal a cause of death.

Temple City Calif Jack B. Babcock Carolyn Barry Tiger Babcock

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Hocking Hills Drups Lyndon Johnson Jean Kennedy Smith Presidential India Nehru New Delhi Johnson JFK Chester Bowles Hunter Chicago Hal Emmons Kathy Dolores Kathry Churchill de Gaulle West France SEO Chauncey Chew Gallipolis Sewer Glouster Eee Barry J. Babcock
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