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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1960

Page

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Middleport Man Held In Stabbing Case

Middleport man SIDNEY BURTON, 49, is jailed in Fairfield County on a stabbing charge after allegedly attacking Addison Wagner, 29, of Sugar Grove, as Wagner rode a tractor along Route 33 south of Lancaster on May 6. Burton pleaded no contest and faces a June 3 preliminary hearing after failing to post 5000 bond. He was arrested in Columbus after license identification.

Lancaster Middleport Fairfield County Sugar Grove Sidney Burton Burton Addison Wagner Wagner Columbus

Plan to make secretary of state national security chief

George F. Kennan proposed a plan to appoint the secretary of state as the president’s chief officer for all national security affairs, including overseas military matters. He testified before a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Henry M. Jackson, saying it would better coordinate military policy with national policy and address delays and rigidities in decision making.

Washington Senate George F. Kennan Soviet Union United States Subcommittee On National Policy Machinery Sen Henry M. Jackson Dwash

Belated Tally Shows Democratic Lead in Cuyahoga Primary

The Board of Elections released a belated official tally indicating Democrats defeated Republicans by nearly two to one in Cuyahoga County during the recent primary vote.

Cleveland Cuyahoga County Board of Elections

Rockefeller Offers Self as Reserve Man for GOP Nomination

Albany New York P Governor Nelson Rockefeller floated himself as a reserve candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. He said he would accept a draft if Nixon were rejected, though Nixon remains unchallenged and has Eisenhower’s backing. Rockefeller’s plan hinges on a possible party shift before the convention.

Nelson Rockefeller Republican Party GOP Albany N. Y Self Nelson A. Rockefeller Rockefeller Richard M. Nixon Nixon Eisenhower

Life Brightens for Norfolk Family After Twin News

Mrs. and Mr. Thomas White of Mulberry Ave Norfolk received two messages of relief. Kathy Sue White survived a fall from a second story porch and recovered after surgery at Children’s Hospital Columbus. In a separate event Mrs White gave birth to a daughter at Mason Clinic increasing their family.

Kathy Sue Children's Hospital Columbus

No Relief In Sight From Nature's Upheavers

In southern Chile a fifth day of earthquakes tsunamis avalanches and eruptions left 2829 dead or missing and 2 million homeless about 300 million dollars in property loss. Many communities remain cut off as the toll climbs.

Santiago Chile

Chilean disaster toll climbs amid ash and rain

Officials report 1706 dead and 1123 missing as nature menaces southern Chile. Smoke from volcanoes and clouds hinder aerial rescues while earthquakes, tidal waves, and new lakes reshape the region.

Eisenhower Backs Cooperation in Summit Collapse Probes

President Eisenhower pledged full cooperation with congressional inquiries into the Paris summit collapse after a White House breakfast with party leaders. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and GOP Chief Everett Dirksen praised bipartisan support as Sen. Fulbright outlined plans for the Foreign Relations Committee inquiry starting Friday. Johnson stressed unity and treating mistakes as errors while defending the U2 flight as essential to national security.

Washington Eisenhower White House Senate Lyndon B. Johnson Texas Capitol Paris Ohnson Everett M. Dirksen Illinois Dirksen Sen J. William Fulbright D-Ark Senate Foreign Relations Committee Johnson

Japs Storm Parliament in Massive Tokyo Demonstration

About one hundred thousand protesters besieged the Tokyo Parliament Building delaying sessions and imprisoning Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi as they opposed the U S Japan mutual defense treaty. Demonstrators urged Congress not to ratify the accord and condemned Eisenhower's Japan visit planned for June 19, with the treaty to take effect if approved by the upper house.

Tokyo United States Nobusuke Kishi Kishi America U. S Eisenhower Japan

Soviet Seaman Grateful for U S Medical Care

Atlantic City reports Ivan Baluik a Soviet seaman departs after receiving American medical care that nursed him back to health.

Atlantic City N. J Ivan Baluik

Soviet blasts Eisenhower speech at UN Security Council

Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko condemned President Eisenhower's summit remarks as aggravating the situation and demanded condemnation of the United States over the May 1 U2 flight. He spoke to reporters and opened a one hour address at the UN Security Council, as debate over the U2 incident continued. Lodge prepared a 15 minute reply.

United Nations N. Y Andrei A. Gromyko Eisenhower UN Security Council Gromyko United States Soviet Union Council Kremlin Lodge

Planes Forcing Landings and Cold War Encounters

Six Soviet Mig jets forced a U S Air Force C47 to land in East Germany last Friday. Capt James Lundy of Findlay Ohio said Russian interrogators mentioned the U2 incident but offered hospitality and treated the crew well. The flight from Copenhagen to Hamburg strayed into East Germany but weather allowed return to Wiesbaden after Soviet officials released the crew on Tuesday.

U. S. Air Force East Germany James Lundy Findlay Ohio Lundy

Red China Bombards Quemoy Islands With Heavy Shelling

TAIPEI Formosa The Chinese Communists Wednesday subjected the Quemoy Islands to the heaviest shelling in three months firing 172 rounds. It was the roughest day for the Nationalist-held offshore islands since January 25 when 242 rounds were fired.

Taipei Formosa Quemoy Islands

Saint Gregorio Cardinal Barbarigo Canonized by Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII proclaims the sainthood of Gregorio Cardinal Barbarigo, 17th century Italian bishop of Bergamo and Padua known for reorganizing ecclesiastical studies and seminaries.

Rome John XXIII Gregorio Cardinal Barbarigo Bergamo Padua

Wellston Man Killed in Route 75 Wreck Near Logan

A Wellston route 3 man, Robert Kisor, 37, died in a 2:55 am crash when a truck skidded on wet pavement and struck a bridge abutment on Route 75, eight miles south of Logan. Driver William Sharp, 32, of Wellston, was in fair condition at Hocking Valley Hospital. Sharp and Kisor were en route to a Delaware Ohio highway project when the vehicle slid, hit the bridge, and turned over.

Wellston William V. Sharp New York Ave Hocking Valley Hospital Athens Post State Highway Patrol Sharp Tresboro Hill Kisor Rogers Funeral Home Henry and Eliza Copas Kisor Delaware Ohio

Arab Planes Clashed Over Israeli-Egyptian Border

Israeli fighters shot down an Egyptian army plane near the border after four MIGs from Sinai crossed into Israeli airspace. Two Israeli jets intercepted them and opened fire. one MIG was hit and seen breaking apart as the Egyptian planes penetrated nearly two miles into the southern Negev.

Tel Aviv Israel Sinai Negev Desert

Marble Column Set On Capitol East Front

The first of 24 new marble columns was to be set today on the Capitol’s revamped east front, marking the start of a major restoration effort.

Washington Capitol

Messenger Brings Vacation Booking Offer to Readers

Over eighty million travelers are on the roads this summer so The Messenger urges readers to prepare. Check tires brakes and engine before departing and arrange Old Vacation Pak to hold saved comics sports and society news for two weeks.

the Messenger

Eisenhower urges Soviets to pursue peace in broad radio appeal

President Eisenhower called on the Soviet Union to resume peaceful talks and cooperate in East West disarmament efforts. Translations of the White House address were broadcast in 22 languages to the USSR. He pledged continued intelligence gathering by all means while preferring United Nations oversight and noted new surveillance techniques.

U.S Henry Cabot Lodge United Nations New York Argentina Mario Amadeo United States Soviet Union Eisenhower White House Voice of America United State Geneva

Involuntary Confessions Highlight Hargrove Murder Trial

Defense attorneys quote the record of Floyd E. Hargrove saying the police interrogation produced involuntary confessions under duress. The case centers on first degree murder charges and ongoing trial proceedings in Painesville.

Floyd E. Hargrove

Providence College to Honor Warden Sacks for Distinction

Columbus Ohio warden Beryle C. Sacks will be honored by Providence College as the graduate who showed the greatest distinction in his field over the past year. In Marietta an asphalt tank exploded injuring three workers on a 2500 barrel load. Cincinnati reports a window washer, only five days on the job, fell eight floors to his death. Warren County's GOP gains a new chair as Bud Nelson of the Lebanon Western Star becomes chair. A coal fire near Fremont required Clyde fire crews to fight burning coal spilled from fourteen derailed rail cars.

Columbus Ohio Beryle C. Sacks Providence Rhode Island College Cincinnati Robert A. Carpenter Fremont Clyde

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