Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

We found your results!

Page 1

Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio

We have 16,378,606 pages in Ohio

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1963

Page

1

Amplifier Flaw Forcing Cooper to Steer Manually

National Aeronautics and Space Administration reports pinpoint an electrical amplifier fault as the cause of Gordon Cooper's manual re entry. Moisture corroded an Amp Cal connection wiping out automatic controls, with a short in soldering at the Amp Cal disabling re entry electronics and leaving Cooper to pilot manually during his 22 orbit flight.

Howard Benedict Cape Canaveral Fla Earth Cooper National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Pope John XXIII in Grave Condition After Illness

Vatican reports Pope John XXIII, 81, suffers persistent hemorrhaging and a gastric heteroplasia likely a growth in the stomach. Three doctors attend him as doctors consider exploratory surgery. prognosis remains grave amid uncertainty about the growth.

Vatican City John XXIII Vatican L’osservatore Romano

Dems Challenge Rhodes Highway Office Spending

Democrats in both chambers denounce using highway funds for governor branch offices. They cite Ohio constitutional limits and note branch office rents at Terminal Tower Cleveland and Sheraton-Gibson Cincinnati totaling about 7 500 dollars yearly plus 30 700 dollars for personal services and additional costs.

Columbus Senate House James A. Rhodes Frank W. King D-Lucas Richard M. Christiansen D-Richland Ohio King Christiansen Terminal Tower Cleveland Sheraton - Gibson Cincinnati

Coast Guard Inquiry Ends Over Marine Sulphur Queen Disappearance

A 37 day Coast Guard inquiry into the tanker Marine Sulphur Queen disappearance ends without survivors or conclusive proof. The board can only conclude the ship sank in or near the Straits of Florida, with study of evidence continuing. Separately, Donald W. Emerson becomes state deputy of Ohio Knights of Columbus on July 1.

Coast Guard New York Coast Guard Board of Inquiry Florida James D. Craik Board of Inquiry Straits of Florida Columbus Donald W. Emerson Cuyahoga County Ohio Knights of Columbus

Lausche Questions Health Bill in Senate Vote

Sen. Frank Lausche of Ohio questions the administrations mental health bill after a 72 to 1 Senate passage he supports the measure but says states should fund new services themselves. The lone dissenter was Sen. Carl Curtis. Negotiations resume in Cleveland over a new contract for 15 000 Ohio Bell workers.

Washington ULP Frank J. Lausche Dohio Senate Lausche Carl Curtis R-Neb House Cleveland Communication Workers of America Ohio Bell Telephone Co

Soviet Denial of Mass Cosmonaut Deaths

Izvestia editor Alexei Adzhubei dismissed a New York Journal-American report claiming five Soviet cosmonauts died in space launches. He sent an open letter to William Randolph Hearst Jr. denying the claim and criticizing Hearst papers.

Moscow

Ohio Gov Signs Work Relief and Traffic Law Changes

Gov James A Rhodes signed 12 bills into law including a work relief measure for able bodied poor residents and a transfer of traffic violation cases from the attorney general to county prosecutors. The package allows self supported Ohio residents a year to draw relief in any county and limits campaign spending for federal and at large races to 5000 dollars. Additional measures authorize lease of abandoned county homes as rest homes and grant water utilities the right of eminent domain.

Columbus James A. Rhodes Ohio U.S. Senate

Ohio House schedules dozen measures for floor votes

The Ohio House plans 12 measures today including a proposed constitutional amendment to subdivide Cuyahoga County Cleveland into legislative sub districts. Other items seek daily prayer in schools, curbing fuel oil imports, a $20 million capital plan, added Common Pleas seats, and open records.

Columbus Ohio House Cuyahoga County Cleveland Senate House Kennedy Common Pleas Clermont Cuyahoga Lake Licking Lucas Trumbull

Tension Shifts To Jackson Miss

Jackson faces a tense day as racial unrest looms with potential demonstrations and violence feared by both sides. A mass meeting may reveal the next step in efforts to win racial concessions, with details awaited tonight.

Jackson, Miss Jackson

Tornado Strikes Darke and Preble Counties in Ohio

A Monday night tornado touched down in Darke County and caused a two hour power outage with no injuries. It damaged Art Evans' six room house and two barns, uprooted poles and trees, and damaged two more farms. Nearby Carmel Ross saw the funnel cut a half mile wide path. In Preble County Lowell Dean King reported minor home damage on Eaton New Paris Road. Three tunnels were sighted north of Eaton but did not touch down.

Art Evans Here Carmel Ross Coletown Preble County Lowell Dean King Eaton- New Paris Road Eaton

Gary teachers strike disrupts Gary public schools

The 1200-member Gary teachers union walked out affecting 42 schools while 300 teachers crossed picket lines to keep classes running for shortened sessions. The strike followed the failure to win recognition as bargaining agent by the school board. The report also notes a Huntington convention of the American Legion scheduled for August 2-4.

Gary Ind Alden Blankenship

Rhodes Delays Decision on $250 Million Bond Proposal

Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes postpones a policy choice on a proposed 250 million dollar bond issue to fund state universities school buildings water projects and parks with details awaited. He notes potential separate Highway bond plans and says both would be analyzed step by step. The plan would retire via a penny per pack cigarette tax dating from 1956.

Lynne Columbus James A. Rhodes Rhodes

River Group Receives Civil Engineering Award

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission earned the ASCE top award for outstanding civil engineering achievement. Ed mind Friedman presented Bern Wright of Orlanco the honor as the eight‑state valley expands sewage treatment. The commission, founded in 1948 by eight states, notes most communities now have or are building treatment plants.

Cincinnati Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Great River American Society of Civil Engineers Edmund Friedman Bern Wright West Virginia Orlanco Illinois Indiana Kentucky New York Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia

Metal Rings May Be Part Of Thresher

NORFOLK Va Fif teen small boxes of metal rings repair parts carried aboard many U S Navy ships have been recovered from the ocean floor by a ship searching for the lost submarine Thresher Atlantic Fleet Headquarters reported today The parts called O Rings were recovered by the Lamont laboratory ship Conrad Monday as she worked with drag lines in the area of prime interest a fleet spokesman said The nuclear sub Thresher went down April 10 during a test dive with 129 men aboard 220 miles off Boston.

Norfolk U. S. Navy Thresher Atlantic Fleet Headquarters Lamont Laboratory Conrad Monday Boston

Kennedy to Ask Congress for Farm Program Funds

The Kennedy administration will seek congressional funds soon to run the 1964 feed grain program. The bill extending the program two years required budget approval, with critics noting previous administrative costs totaled 101 million dollars. The plan involves farm by farm planting bases, participation agreements, and acreage checks for compliance.

Washington Kennedy Congress Agriculture Department Department Commodity Credit Corporation Robert H. Michel R-Ill Treasury Michel

Pearson Says Letter Is Forged

In Ottawa Gordon Churchill accused U S Ambassador W Walton Butterworth of sending a letter to Lester B Pearson pledging support before the April election Butterworth denied writing the letter and Pearson called it a forgery Butterworth and Pearson urged the letter was fake. In Chicago 11630 traffic deaths occurred in the first four months of the year a NSC record toll. In Columbus Governor Rhodes to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at Youngstown University tonight.

Ottawa U.S W. Walton Butterworth Lester B. Pearson Gordon Churchill Defense and Veterans John G. Diefenbaker House of Commons Butterworth Pearson Chicago National Safety Council Columbus James A. Rhodes Youngstown University

Also Mentioned on This Page

New Jersey Turnpike Pope John Prof Antonio Gasbarrini Rome Pope Dems KOFC Dinah Shore Maurice F. Smith Palm Springs Washington —(P Chillicothe Birmingham Ala Seybourn H. Lynne University of Alabama White House Greenville Darke County Labor Department Huntington W.va State Convention of the American Legion Huntington Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Agriculture Spessard L. Holland D-Fla News Index Athens
Search Courier

Search the Athens Messenger Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Athens Messenger?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication