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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy a Navy veteran led the nation in its 10th Veterans Day ceremony by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery honoring hundreds of thousands of war dead and more than 22 million living veterans.
The Vatican Ecumenical Council resumes debate on bishops' role in central administration. Conservatives fear power shifts from the Curia to bishops, while progressives push for reform to internationalize the church bureaucracy. Pope Paul VI has signaled support for reform.
Congress paused for Veterans Day as Senate leaders prepare to push a trimmed foreign aid authorization bill to passage this week. The measure stands at 3.7 billion dollars from Kennedy’s 4.5 billion request. President Kennedy’s Peace Corps continuation and a coffee price stabilizing agreement follow, with inquiry into Billy Sol Estes and his Agriculture Department dealings.
Heavy mourning marked Omuta mine explosion that killed 449 with about 450 injured and 7 unaccounted. a parallel train wreck killed 162 near Hiroshima. Leftist critics blame government policy for worker safety while premier Ikeda faces pressure amid election campaign.
Senators Dirksen and Smathers expect the economy to stay strong with no tax cut until 1964. They caution against expecting immediate effects from a House tax cut and address spending limits, appropriations, and the potential impact on the budget.
At Metropolitan General Hospital doctors began a hip cancer surgery for 14 year old Christine Simko. The operation may take hours and could result in amputation of the right leg. Christine is a ward of the Juvenile Court after multiple runaways from a girls industrial school.
In about three weeks Senator Stephen M. Young is expected to announce a second term. Rep. Robert Taft Jr. likely to announce for Young's seat, followed by Rep. Oliver Bolton for the Taft at large seat. President Kennedy met Ohio editors and signaled Glenn stay in space program and Young's re election.
Berkeley area students Dave Guidici and Kelly MacDonald say their 4 stage solid fuel rocket launched from a 35 foot helium balloon reached 90 000 feet and a 70 mile nose cone before a 444 minute flight in Nevada. They envision private satellite launch in six months with support from NASA UC Berkeley and the Navy.
Police report a 15 year old Ringwood youth Harry Van Dynk fell into an abandoned 100 foot mine shaft after an earth slide caused by rain. Two friends, Arron and Randall Milligan, escaped unharmed as rescuers work to recover the body buried under 200 tons of muck.
London report says nine House members and five staff visited NATO Parliament events in Paris and London. The party defends bringing waiter Ernest Petin, chosen by Rep. Wayne Hays, saying he worked on expenses and no drinks were served. Crown Prince Namgyal of Sikkim reportedly says his wife Hope Cooke is expecting a child next February or March in New Delhi.
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation opens a three day meeting in Columbus with possible wheat sales to Russia as a major topic. About 1500 Ohio farmers will discuss federal programs and policy proposals from the State Policy Development Committee with open hearings and delegate revisions. The proposals vote is set for Wednesday afternoon.
A 24 year old Portland Route 1 man Clement Eugene Cooper was killed at 1 54 am Monday in Parkersburg on Garfield Ave a one way street. A passenger William Cornell was admitted to City Hospital. Cooper body at Arbaugh funeral home. Len Clifford P Case says he would be a favorite son candidate for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination if urged.
Dr. Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress, told 500 attendees in Cleveland that the Soviet Union runs an official campaign of humiliation and deprivation against its three million Jews. He urged world opinion or action by governments to reverse policy and save Jewish life and culture.
A burned car in a wooded area 14 miles southwest of Toledo held the bodies of Edward Mitchell 19 of Liberty Township and Mary Callawell 17 of Toledo. Detectives search motive as signs of a bloody struggle and gasoline evidence are noted at the scene.
The Associated Press reports at least 15 Ohioans died in accidents over the weekend. Seven were youths, with thirteen deaths from traffic crashes. A fire and other mishaps killed two more, including a Cleveland nursing home fire victim and a four year old in Shaker Heights from a neighbor’s sliding board incident. In Belgium, Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak received the American Legion golden medal with crown.
A New York real estate man and wife reported jewelry worth about $200000 stolen from a Manhattan East Side apartment over the weekend. The haul includes a 24 carat diamond ring valued at $35000 and is believed insured. Police seek a precise figure for the larger 3 million dollar gem robbery.
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