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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1967
Page
1
Funeral crowd braved cold mud as Vice President Humphrey joined hundreds to honor former vice president and House Speaker John Nance Garner who died Tuesday days before his 99th birthday.
The U N Security Council sidelined Israel after a Soviet maneuver left them far down the speaker list. The United States supported Israel, while clashing with the Soviet Union over procedure and Middle East deadlock during the Thursday session in New York.
Page 3 summary notes two Ohio University administrators reassigned to reflect duties with updated titles. The rest of the item mentions a Meigs County incident with a man presumed dead after a bridge leap later found alive in a tavern, with paging references to Meigs County on Page 5.
Cape Kennedy witnesses Saturn 5 soar to a 117 mile orbit carrying a 140 ton satellite. The Apollo craft then travels 11 386 miles before splashdown in the Pacific, easing public doubt and signaling continued U S lead in space. President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey applauded the success. Dr. Robert Seamans and Dr. Wernher von Braun hailed the achievement as proof of national capability in space and technology.
Pasadena AP describes Surveyor 6 soft landing on the moon and sending rugged terrain photos after a Saturn V test flight to orbit. Milwitzky calls the double success a major step toward landing men on the moon in 1969 and notes increased landing-site flexibility for the United States.
Former Alabama governor George Wallace faced a noisy turnout in Toledo as hecklers clashed with police during a 15 minute fieldhouse speech at Whitmer High School. Nine demonstrators were arrested amid a predominantly Black group of about 100 seated in front. Wallace received a standing ovation from much of the crowd after the disruption ended.
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation delegates near the end of their 49th annual convention in Columbus debated policy ideas. The Policy Development Committee urged a state income tax on wages and business profits and recommended counties explore four permissive taxes for potential revenue. The panel urged collaboration with county commissioners to promote new taxes as counties seek more funding while noting legislature actions to phase out the property tax on farming over six years.
President Johnson flew to Fort Benning Georgia the home of the infantry to greet Army men and families on Veterans Day weekend. He urged unity in war and said peace in Vietnam will come when freedom’s enemies find no crack in resolve and no encouragement to prolong the war.
Hollywood AP Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Jones was rushed to Mt Sinai Hospital after sheriffs deputies found her near death in the Pacific surf at the foot of a 440 foot cliff. She appeared unconscious and not breathing and may have fallen about 100 feet. A deputy performed mouth to mouth resuscitation for two or three minutes. Her stomach was pumped at Malibu Hospital before transfer. Jones widow of producer David O Selznick was said to have called her personal physician and mentioned taking pills. She was 48 and had won for Song of Bernadette.
Senate Republicans win a floor fight against a proposed 15 percent boost in Social Security benefits pegged to aid Democrats in the 1968 elections. The $3.6 billion measure cleared the Senate Finance Committee on an 11-6 party-line vote. Chairman Russell B. Long predicted quick Senate approval, with benefits slated to rise starting next April before the presidential race.
U S Marines and Army infantry met dug in North Vietnamese troops in two fierce clashes within five miles south of Da Nang. One 26 hour coastal battle left 14 Americans dead and 106 wounded while about 35 enemy fighters were slain.
Hollywood AP Charles Bickford rugged he man actor died at 78 after emphysema attack. He suffered bloodstream infection and pneumonia while hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center. Survivors include widow Beatrice Loring and son Rex and daughter Doris. He starred in The Virginian and earned an Oscar nomination for Johnny Belinda.
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