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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1962
Page
1
Ohio University dominates Marshall 32 0 in the Dads Day clash at Peden Stadium. Bob Babbitt directs a sharp passing attack finishing with 140 yards and multiple completions as Ohio extends its conference unbeaten streak.
Premier Ahmed Ben Bella announced during a Havana visit that Algeria will not seek or accept economic aid with political strings. He stressed Algeria seeks friendship with Cuba and will only accept aid that leaves their sovereignty intact. In Saigon, South Viet Nam expelled NBC correspondent James Robinson for violating immigration laws and wartime conduct rules.
Key West amid Cuba crisis tightens guards as tour guides speed past barbed wire barriers and sand bags. Military units including Army Navy Marines and Air Force arrive and order reporters ignored. access to Navy ship base requires disguising as visitors on the dollar tour.
A 25 year old Columbus man Harold Earl Hughes jailed for forgery escaped Gallia County jail by cutting bars and glass blocks. He was in for forgery counts tied to warrants signed by Merola and Ely. Police alerted after the escape. Hughes, 5 foot 11, 155 pounds, wore gray work clothes.
Francis Gary Powers the U2 pilot and former Soviet captive resigns from the Central Intelligence Agency effective October 6. A CIA spokesman said Powers had finished his work with the agency. President Kennedy urged Americans to vote in the upcoming election.
The U S Corps of Engineers announced a $30 000 federal allocation for work at Tom Jenkins Dam north of Glouster as part of the accelerated public works program. The project aims to clear the Sunday Creek channel from the dam to Glouster and employ local labor.
A wave of new federal contracts grants and loans totaling about half a billion dollars was announced in the week leading to the vote. The measures target urban areas rural communities farmers and industry hoping to appeal to a wide voter base.
Unofficial sources report saboteurs set fire to two Mobil Oil and Texas Oil pipelines near Puerto la Cruz and bombed a Mene Grande gasoline line. Fire continued on the oil lines Saturday with significant losses from halted flow.
Report says Chinese forces push near Demchok Ladakh as first U S plane loads of weapons reach Calcutta to aid Indian troops. Ambassador Galbraith warns no quick results. further U S and Canadian arms shipments expected and talks in London consider lend lease coordination.
The office of Senator Frank Lausche denies reports he suffered a heart attack. Naval doctors state he had insufficiency of blood to the heart muscle caused by stress and fatigue, not a heart attack.
Bonn Germany Konrad Adenauer battles a political crisis as the Free Democrats demand the firing of two senior civil servants linked to the Der Spiegel arrest order. With 241 CDU/CSU seats and 67 FDP deputies pledged, coalition stability hangs on Monday decisions. The FDP threaten to quit, risking Adenauer's 13 year tenure as chancellor.
Six Akron school teachers died when their car was crushed by a large truck on Willow Freeway near Cleveland. Five of the victims taught at David Hill Elementary School and had attended the North Eastern Ohio Teachers Association meeting. The women were Lois C. Lewis Mildred Whited Catherine Williamson C Edith Miller Julia Ann Johnson and Frances T. Slocum owner of the car.
In Cleveland at the City Club Forum Governor Michael Y. DiSalle and Republican State Auditor James A. Rhodes tangled in their only campaign debate. They sparred over Ohio's economy mental health funds highway building and education while addressing personal backgrounds and the need to pass legislation with the legislature.
In Chillicothe authorities hunted one of two men who escaped after bullets thwarted a jewelry store burglary at Henn Henn Jewelers. The second man, an ex convict, was shot and killed in the gunfight. The state librarian Walter Thomas Brahm received an Ohio libraries award in Columbus during the 33rd annual Cooper Library Association meeting.
The Franklin County Grand Jury said Saturday night there was no violation of law in its operations while Philadelphia reports note representatives of 10 railroad unions vow to block a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads.
U Thant said the United States agreed to a Soviet proposal for Red Cross inspections on Cuba bound ships to ensure no arms are aboard. Ground inspections were discussed as part of a U.N. supervised plan, with Mikoyan in Havana for talks. U.S. officials pressed for verifiable dismantling of missile bases and removal of rockets. Harlow H. Curtice, 69, former GM president, dies in Flint, Michigan.
Notre Dame defeated Navy 20 to 12 while Penn State edged Maryland 23 to 7. Columbia beat Cornell 25 to 21 and Dartmouth fell to Yale 9 to 0. Pittsburgh won 24 to 6 over Syracuse as Army posted 26 to 0 against Boston. Harvard routed Penn 36 to 0. Buffalo 28 Bucknell 0. Minnesota 28 Michigan State 0. Illinois 14 Purdue 10. Northwestern 26 Indiana 21. Iowa 28 Ohio State 14. Wisconsin 34 Michigan 12. Tulsa 24 Cincinnati 18. Holy Cross 36 Dayton 14. Western Michigan 19 Kent State 6. West Virginia 28 William and Mary 13. Clemson 17 North Carolina 6. Florida 22 Auburn 3. Georgia Tech 20 Duke 9. Tennessee 23 Wake Forest 0. Texas West Texas State 23 Bowling Green 7. Miami 21 Toledo 12.
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