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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1954

Page

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Detectives Guard Bender Home After Dynamite Find

Private detectives kept 24 hour watch at Congressman George H. Bender's 14 acre Chagrin Falls estate near Cleveland after two dynamite sticks were found in his car. Police said only the detonator cap exploded and burned paper with a strange odor was noticed by Mrs Edna Bender.

John F. Andes George H. Bender Bender Chagrin Falls Senate House Cleveland United States Frank Barnard Edna Bender

Birds Unimpressed By Psychology

Cincinnati resumed shooting starlings after attempts at psychological warfare failed. Shotgun blasts yesterday temporarily dislodged the birds as psychologists’ efforts with tin, owls, can dies, and phonograph records did not deter the flock.

Cincinnati

Cleveland Hit By Severe Snowstorm Strands Power

Ohio utility crews from Akron Canton and Toledo dispatched to Cleveland after a weekend snowstorm snapped lines across the Greater Cleveland area. About 7000 homes lost power with many furnace systems out of service. Bay Village schools closed affecting 2100 pupils as CEI cites over 250000 dollars in damage and labor costs.

Cleveland Ohio Bay Village Cleveland Electriclluminating Co CEI Ohio Edison Co Akron Ohio Power Co Canton Toledo Edison C

Correspondent Feted on 100th Birthday in Maine

Mrs. Julia Chadbourne, a Bridgton News country correspondent for about 40 years, began her second century of life celebrating her 100th birthday with two parties in her winter home of North Bridgton and at her niece’s house in nearby Bridgton.

Paris Maine Julia Chadbourne June Penfold North Bridgton Bridgton

Ex Governor Dies in Kansas City

E Mont Reily age 88 former governor of Puerto Rico under President Harding died Sunday in Kansas City. He served during the Harding era and news confirms his death with limited biographical details available.

Kansas City E. Mont Reily Puerto Rico Harding

Red China claims population of 601 million

Tokyo via AP reports Peiping radio announced a June 1953 census putting Red China’s population at 601,930,000. The figure exceeds prior Reds estimates by about 100 million and dwarfs non Communist estimates, making China nearly twice as large as India, whose 1951 census listed 356,829,485 people.

TOKYO Red China Today Peiping Radio Reds Communist Group of Nations India

Pope Pius XII Crowned Marian Queen in Vatican Ritual

In St. Peter's Basilica Pope Pius XII, 78, crowned an ancient image of the Virgin Mary and proclaimed her queen of heaven and earth. He urged the faithful to seek grace to overcome despondency and lethargy while warning that freedom and truth are under threat worldwide. He expressed confidence that Mary will guide rulers toward concord and charity.

Vatican City Pius XII Heaven St. Peter's Basilica

Naval ships collide during Landflex maneuvers near Norfolk

In heavy seas off Norfolk four vessels sustained extensive damage after a destroyer rammed a submarine and two destroyers collided while pursuing a submarine contact during Operation Landflex. No serious injuries were reported among the more than 200 ships involved.

Norfolk Atlantic Norris Bergal English W. L. Lind

Toledo Express Airport Dedication Amid Circling Aircraft

Jets gliders and old pushers circled over the new Toledo Express Airport during dedication exercises. The $3,747,000 field was financed entirely by local funds.

Toledo

Beaver Falls Murder Hearing For Teen Slaying Suspect

A jobless laborer faces a murder hearing in the slaying of 16 year old Helen Jean Bryant whose body was found covered with leaves on a hillside near her Thompson home. Police say the victim left home after an early evening, and authorities continued investigations into the pre Halloween attack.

Olice Holdaborer Beaver Falls Helen Jean Bryant Thompson Aliquippa Pa High School Matt Zvonar Hippewell lPowns Richard P Steward Beaver Zvonar Helen Jean Lin Core Alli Ratate Cambria Ind Kren Mauk

Officer accused of ordering GI hung from tree limb

The 2nd Lt. Charles C. Anderson, 24, former St Louis, is held at Camp Gordon on charges he ordered recruits to hang a fellow trainee by the feet from a tree limb and to perform harsh humiliating tasks. The Third Army said a pretrial inquiry will decide action up to court martial, while noting no injuries were reported.

Augusta Camp Gordon Third Army Charles C. Anderson St Louis A. R Bolling Army

Jury Dilemma Delays Sheppard Case Amid Juror Questions

The Sheppard murder trial pauses over juror James R. Manning who may have concealed a morals conviction. Manning seeks to avoid service as prosecutors press to unseat him, amid questions about his past and potential impact on the trial.

Cleveland Sheppard Yee John J. Mahon Blythin Manning

Rare Disease Victim's Rites Set for 7-Year-Old David Brown

Funeral services are planned Tuesday at 2 p.m. for David Gill Brown, 7, of Athens who died Saturday in Shelter Arms Hospital after a lifelong battle with pancreatic fibrosis and a pneumonia attack. He is survived by his parents Gill and Mrs. Brown, their daughter Carol Lee, and relatives Mabel Brown and others. Friends may visit Jagers Funeral Home. burial at West Union Street Cemetery.

David Gill Brown Athens Shelter Arms Hospital Gill Brown Phoenix Ariz Carol Lee

Political Seer Predicts Burke Victory in Ohio Election

Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent Brady Black forecasts Sen. Thomas A. Burke will win tomorrow by a few thousand to 150000 votes. He also expects Democratic Gov. Frank Lausche to win by what may be a landslide.

Cincinnati Thomas A. Burke Ohio Cincinnati Enquirer Brady Black Frank J. Lausche

Ohio Officials Foresee 2,750,000 Voters in Tuesday Election

Secretary Ted W. Brown maintained a 2,750,000 voter estimate amid rising campaign activity. The race centers on Gov. Lausche against Rhodes, and Burke versus Bender for the U S Senate as both parties push turnout in Ohio.

Columbus Anisenhower Ohio Ted W. Brown G .N Cleveland Thomas A. Burke Senate Frank J. Lausche James A. Rhodes Lausche Rhodes Clintonville Burke Bender Cleve Brown Alican Robert A. Taft

Strong Man Is Unopposed In Cuban Elections

Batista ran unopposed after Ramon Grau San Martin withdrew from the race and urged Cubans to skip the polls. Grau quit after the Superior Electoral Tribunal rejected his delay request. Batista urged turnout while Grau described the election as a farce.

Havana Cuba Fulgencio Batista Ramon Grau San Martin Grau Superior Electoral Tribunal Batista Congress

Worcester man John B. McAuliffe dies at 62

Worcester Massachusetts born John B McAuliffe 62 formerly coached football at Catholic University and later at Lee University according to local obituary records. He is survived by relatives and former players who recall his long career in athletics and teaching.

Worcester Mass John B. McAuliffe Catholic Uniica Jones Lee University

Stevenson and Eisenhower Speak Tonight in Closely Fought Congress Drive

Washington faces a tight test as President Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson rally voters for a crucial election. Republicans seek to defend slender Senate and House majorities amid claims of a decaying farm economy, unemployment anxiety, and fears of a new five percent threshold in congressional corruption and communism oversight.

Washington Congress Eisenhower Adlai E. Stevenson Senate House

Ohio race sees Bender slight edge over Burke

Republican Rep. George H. Bender holds a slightly better than even chance to win the seat from Democratic Sen. Thomas A. Burke as Burke’s gap narrows and campaigns intensify in Ohio.

Ohio George H. Bender Thomas A. Burke Burke

Election night forecast tests campaign momentum

Republicans hoped to sweep several governorships but faced uncertainty over last minute campaigning and red scare charges. President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon were to deliver a televised appeal to voters from the White House, with Nixon speaking from Denver at 9 p.m. to rally support.

Eisenhower White House CBS Mutual ABC Nixon Denver

Meigs Woman Complains About Phone Service

In Meigs County a resident complains that telephone service is poor with hearing issues to neighbors. A public hearing is set for December 7 in the Common Pleas Court at Pomeroy to review the complaint against Meigs United and discuss alternative providers.

Meigs Columbus Cannon Swadsey Common Pleas Pomeroy State Utilities Commission Commission Meigs United

President and Mrs Eisenhower attend church services

President and Mrs Eisenhower attended services at St John’s Episcopal Church where a visiting minister prayed for guidance in tomorrow’s election. Dr Charlies W Lowry urged the role of religion in politics education and science to prevent politics from becoming corrupt and idolatrous.

Washington Mra Eisenhower St. John's Episcopal Church Charlies W Lowry

Weather Outlook Warns of Early Winter Tuesday

Forecaster predicts Tuesday will feel like early winter across most of the country. A cold air mass from Canada chills thermometers while sunny skies remain likely. a few flurries possible in northern areas.

Washington US. Weather Bureau Canada

Navy launches wide search for missing Constellation plane

The Navy deployed 200 planes and 25 surface craft in a broad Atlantic search for a Lockheed Super Constellation missing since Saturday. The four engine transport carried 42 aboard including 21 crew and 21 passengers with two women and five children. Last contact was 11 pm Saturday after departing Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

New York Navy Atlantic Maryland Africa Azores England European North Africa United States Great Circle Jersey Weather Bureau Mid-S U. S Patuxent River Naval Air Station

Poverty Ridden Man Returns Lost Money

A year-old New Orleans man, ill and jobless, found 44 dollars on a street and spent hours seeking the owner before returning it to St Marys Church. Bryan Diggs, formerly a bank watchman, refused any reward saying he had three dollars left and that was enough.

New Orleans Bryan Diggs Angelo Calabresi St. Mary's Church Diggs

Jap Students Like Cigarettes To Eat One Man Burns Butts Daily

Tokyo reports university students are creating a strange campus folklore they eat lighted cigarettes. One student reportedly consumes burning butts daily while another claims the real tobacco taste comes from digestion, stating they smoke it to waste.

Tokyo

Fire and Explosion Destroy Suburban Wickliffe Home

A fire and explosion damaged a 106 room residence in Wickliffe near Cleveland last night. Rose Lloyd, 68, and his four grandchildren escaped before the blast. Damage was estimated at 40000 dollars and the cause was not determined immediately.

Cleveland Wickliffe Rose Lloyd Lloyd

Young Boy Placed in Home After Mother’s Murder

Walter Smith Jr. fourteen, who ran away after his mother's murder, is placed in a receiving home in Mansfield. He returned from Findlay where he lived at the county jail after his father failed to pick him up. The mother, Delra Carthon, had remarried and was killed along with herself, and the boy found the bodies.

Mansfield Ohio Walter Smith Jr Galesburg Walter Findlay Delra Carthon Joseph Schwartz George Tors Carson Davis Punky Colliecow

Ballots May Force Cleveland Clerks to Quit

Cleveland clerks fear the upcoming election ballots will drive workers away. They cite 24 inch ballots and heavy packages to polling places as burdensome and say the long tally will push more staff to resign.

Cleveland

Italian Troops Aid Recovery Of Plane Crash Victims

Italian Alpine troopers joined American and Italian teams to recover bodies of 21 men killed when a U S Air Force plane crashed near Entraque on the French Italian border. A storm halted the effort yesterday and eight bodies were taken to San Giacomo Dentraque before transport to a funeral home.

Entraque Italien A ''S. Air Force San Giacomo Dentraque

Antlreed's Death Leaves Chicago Lawyer-Author Memorial Gap

Jeremiah Stokes, 75, noted lawyer author and anti communism lecturer, died Sunday in Chicago. He shaped political discourse through legal writing and public speaking across decades.

Antlreed Chicago Jeremiah Stokes

Cincinnati businessman Gordon F. McKim Jr. dies at home

Gordon F. McKim Jr., executive of Chem Pack Inc, died at his Cincinnati residence yesterday. He was a notable figure in local industry and a leader in the community. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.

Innati Cincinna Gordon F. McKim, Jr Chem-Pack, Inc CincInnati

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