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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1967
Page
1
Seven of nine inmates squeezed through a small window and escaped the Cincinnati Workhouse. Hundreds of police flooded downtown Cincinnati as the search focused along I-75 for seven fugitives, many serving sentences for driving violations. Two escapees were captured in the massive manhunt.
The Athens High School introduced this year a World of Work course for ninth grade students with threefold aims. In Nelsonville, Boy Scouts earned honors during a Court of Honor ceremony.
The Associated Press reports Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller is pushed to run for the Republican presidential nomination. NYC Mayor John Lindsay backs him as good for party and country while Richard Nixon notes Rockefeller as a top possible candidate. Young Democrats convene in Hollywood to debate Vietnam policy and peace talks.
President Johnson faced a blunt church remark in Bruton Parish Williamsburg as Rev Dr Cotesworth Pinckney Lewis urged public accounting of U S aims in Vietnam. The clash followed a weekend of base appearances and a Sigma Delta Chi critique of administration public information policies.
More than 100 people filled the Junior Fair Building as county commissioners heard testimony on annexing 472 acres east of Athens to the city. No decision was made, with officials opting for more study. Joseph Vanity Jr spoke for 14 of 22 area freeholders, citing editorials and assurances about the plant site. Leaders of opposing districts were criticized for stance on the annexation.
U S forces repelled a two hour heavy clash with North Vietnamese regulars six miles southwest of Dak To in the central highlands. U S casualties rose to 92 killed and 500 wounded in 10 days of fighting. nine U S soldiers died in the latest action and 25 were wounded. North Vietnamese losses not yet known. Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade were rushed in to drive back breaches as U S helicopter gunships pounded the area with 105 mm howitzers and rockets. The action occurred after a day of light skirmishing as intelligence suggested reinforcements were arriving to help bolster the NVA forces.
UNITED NATIONS N Y AP Israel and Jordan faced a likely stalemate in the U N Security Council as Abba Eban urged direct negotiations and Abdul Monem Rifai pressed for Israeli troop withdrawals from occupied territories before talks. Skirmishing across the Jordan River continued with no reported casualties and both sides traded shelling claims.
Byron Bartlett 63 of South Canaan Road died in a crash when his car collided with a UPS truck driven by James Burke 23 at the Route 50 intersection with South Canaan Road. Bartlett was pronounced dead at the scene from a basilar skull fracture. Burke was treated for head injuries. his condition was unknown. The incident remains under investigation. Bartlett was the 11th highway fatality in Athens County this year. Hughes Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
Washington AP House supporters of the administration antipoverty program push to win the full 2.06 billion requested amid Republican calls to cut 660 million. Johnson denounces standpatters while Democrats debate concessions as Senate already backs 2.2 billion and a possible 1.8 billion compromise looms.
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