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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 27, 1961

Page

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Miller Trial Opens At Scene Of Crime

Miller 21 of Athens Route 3 faces a second degree murder case after returning to the Bean Hollow Road scene where he allegedly shot his uncle Eddie Bobo 4. The trial began with a viewing of the location as Judge Bolin Rieck er Meyer presided in Athens County Common Pleas Court.

Donald J. Miller Athens Bean Hollow Rd Eddie Bobo Bobo Miller Athens County Common Pleas Court Homer Gall, Jr Harold Shields Sam Buffington John Bolin Athens County Carlos Riecker Morgan Couunty Harley Meyer Hocking County Gall Atty Gordon Gray James Shumaker Shumaker

Air Search Nears End In Jungles

Michael Rockefeller search in Dutch New Guinea nears conclusion as smoke from brush is spotted in the Asmat jungle. Dutch officials call it a wild goose chase while helicopters and ground parties persist for two more weeks. His father Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and sister Mary Strawbridge plan to travel home. natives may shelter Michael if injured.

Merauke Dutch New Guinea Michael Rockefeller New Guinea Michael Nelson A. Rockefeller New York Mary Strawbridge United States

Air Force Probes Cause of Second Million-Dollar Fire

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base opens investigation into Saturday’s fire that destroyed three buildings and damaged a fourth, with damage estimated above $1 million. Officials review arson or sabotage as a routine check while noting no indications of other than ordinary causes and linking both fires to a prior $2 million blaze that killed two firefighters.

Dayton Wright- Patterson Air Force Base Ronald Greene Wright-Patterson Public Information

Kekkonen Says No Secret Deals With Khrushchev

President Urho Kekkonen said there were no secret conditions or agreements with the Soviet Union as he returned from a meeting with Khrushchev. A cheering crowd of about 11,000 welcomed him home from the mission that secured suspension of defense talks.

Helsinki Finland Urho Kekkonen Khrushchev Soviet Union Kekkonen

Central Ohio Kroger strike approval vote

Retail clerks in central Ohio Kroger stores backed a strike vote on a new contract. Members did not set a deadline but said they would strike if no satisfactory agreement is reached by the union committee. The old contract expired October 26.

Columbus Ohio Kroger

Canton Man Harold C. Thomas Dies at 61

Harold C. Thomas, 61, developer of the automobile front seat adjustor invented by his father, died at his home Sunday of a heart attack.

Canton Harold C. Thomas

Terror Rages in Algeria Amid Deaths and Lynching

Amid a violent weekend in Algiers and Oran during the seven year war a surge of anti De Gaulle attacks left 16 dead and 87 injured. European mobs stormed a jail lynching one Algerian woman and beating another as police intervened. In Oran European youths attacked Moslems in retaliation for the killing of Jean Rivas. Three Algerians died and six were wounded. Nearly 60 plastic bombs exploded in Algiers.

Altiers Algiers Oran Jean Rivas

Senior GOP Senator Is Dead At 63

CONCORD New Hampshire Sen Styles Bridges 63 a senior Republican dies Sunday A funeral is set at the state house at noon Wednesday The death prompts a possible leadership contest as Gov Wesley Powell or Bridges widow are named as likely successors The term ends in 1966 with a 1962 election to complete the balance of his term

Concord N.H New Hampshire State House Styles Bridges Senate Bridges Congress New Hampshire Wesley Powell

Loganites Robbery Thwarted by 68 Year Old Punch

Two Logan residents Raymond Rollins 25 and William Henrick 21 attempted a bus station robbery in Lancaster. A 68 year old local woman Cather Sauerbrei punched Rollins in the nose, a shot fired accidentally, and police captured the suspects five hours later at their Logan homes.

Lancaster Raymond Lee Rollins Willian Frederick Henrick Rt. 4 Logan Hocking County Sheriff's Deputies Lake Short System Henrick Rollins Cather Sauerbrei

DiSalle Signs Into Law Land Transfer at Toledo State Hospital

Gov. Michael V. DiSalle approved an act authorizing the sale of 40 acres at Toledo State Hospital to nearby St. Luke's Hospital subject to price appraisal. The measure is one of three enacted by the recently reconvened legislature.

Columbusha Michael V. DiSalle Toledo State Hospital St. Luke’s Hospital

Weather outlook with below normal temperatures and mixed precip

Temperatures will average three to six degrees below normal with a normal high of 43.8 and low of 28. A cold start gives way to warmer Thursday then colder Friday night and Saturday. Two tenths inch of precipitation expected with light snow tonight and rain Thursday night into Friday across the area.

Quarrel Ends in Shooting and Suicide in Shade

In Gallia County near Shade Route 1 a 38 year old probate clerk Helen Dray Harris shot her husband Wayne Harris 54 then killed herself after an all night quarrel. Sheriff ruled death by own action and attempted murder. Wayne Harris survived initial wounds and was treated at University Hospital.

Gallia County State Highway Department Shade Helen Dray Harris White Farm House Shade Route 1 Wayne Harris Jerry Joe Jagers Harris Sheltering Arms Hospital University Hospital

Thanksgiving Death Toll Falls Below Normal in Ohio

The four day Thanksgiving weekend ended with at least 14 deaths on Ohio streets and highways, a toll below normal as the Associated Press notes lower recent year totals. An AP survey counted 432 traffic fatalities nationwide over the period, compared with 442 in the previous year and higher in earlier years.

Ohio Associated Press

Eichmann Trial Resumes December 11 in Jerusalem

The Israeli government announced that the Eichmann trial will continue on December 11 in Jerusalem. The case centers on Adolf Eichmann, a key organizer of the Nazi Holocaust, with proceedings continuing this winter.

Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann

Public cards show varied views on Kennedy policy

White House hosted regional talks with oversize blue post cards for citizens to mail back opinions on socialism communism nuclear tests and Social Security aged care. Early results from 200 cards reveal strong support or opposition across eight cities including Chicago St Louis Nashville Denver Detroit Cleveland New York Philadelphia.

Kennedy White House Congress Chicago St. Louis Nashville Denver Detroit Cleveland New York Philadelphia

Spies Receive Prison Now In Russia

Moscow reports that Russia is imprisoning touring spies rather than expelling them. Since September an American, two Dutchmen, and two Germans have been sent to Soviet prisons. Francis Gary Powers serves 3 years plus time in a labor camp after a 10 year sentence. Dutchmen Lou de Jager and Everet Reydon received 13 years, Germans Peter Sonntag and Walter Naumann 12 years.

Moscow Francis Gary Powers Soviet Union Powers Vladimir Lou de Jager Everet Reydon Peter Sonntag Walter Naumann United States

Paris Officials Deny Espionage Charges as Absurd

French officials rejected in Cairo claims of espionage and subversion as absurd. Reported arrests included four members of a French mission and a woman secretary with four others, amid Egypt’s president Nasr era propaganda theater noted by observers.

Paris Cairo Gamal Abdel Nasser Egypt Syria

No Visitors Riot at Summit County Jail

Twelve prisoners at Summit County jail rioted after Sunday visiting privileges were revoked. They ripped sinks and toilets, broke glass in an outside corridor, and firemen had to restore order. The disturbance followed prisoners refusing to reveal information about hacksaw blades used in a jail break attempt, with two cell bars found hacked Friday.

Akron Summit County William Hoy

Professor Marguerite McLaughlin Dies at 79

Lexington Kentucky funeral notices report that Marguerite McLaughlin 79 longtime University of Kentucky assistant professor of journalism and among the first women to hold such a post died Saturday after battling cancer.

Lexington Marguerite McLaughlin University of Kentucky

Adenauer Improves but Remains Confined at Home

Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is better today but still confined to his Bonn residence with the grippe as his office announced.

Bonn Germany Konrad Adenauer Grippe

Congo clash near Katanga border sparks war talk

Elisabethville reports Katanga and Katangai forces skirmished near the south Kasai border over the weekend. Reliable sources say only a few troops were involved as Congo soldiers raided across the border for food and supplies. President Tshombe told 5000 Africans and a few whites that Katanga must gird for war.

Katanga Kasai Elisabethville Congo Moise Tshombe

Kennedy Shakes Up State and White House Staffs

President Kennedy removes Chester Bowles as undersecretary of state and installs a sweeping reshuffle affecting 10 White House and State Department officials. Changes include George Ball, W Averell Harriman, Walt Rostow, Frederick Dutton, Richard Goodwin, Walter McDonaugh, Brooks Hays, and Timothy Reardon in key national security and policy roles. Bowles is offered a high level roving ambassador and foreign adviser post.

Washington Kennedy Chester Bowles Administration White House State Department Bowles Rusk W. Averell Harriman New York Truman Soviet Union Great Britain Far East Walt W. Rostow Massachusetts Institute of Technology National Se Harriman Brooks Hays Arkansas Congressional Relations Hays Timothy J. Reardon Jr Dutton

Leaders Lack Consensus on Berlin Talks Across West

London reports say Charles de Gaulle and Harold Macmillan had friendly talks that did not settle Berlin negotiations with the Soviet Union. The leaders explored Berlin and Britain's bid to join the European Common Market. Adenauer and Ulbricht kept firm stances, signaling no immediate breakthrough.

London Charles de Gaulle Harold Macmillan Berlin Soviet Union de Gaulle Paris John Russell Foreign Office Macmillan Britain Konrad Adenauer Adenauer Kennedy Washington West Germany United States

14 Injured In Kentucky Bus Wreck

FLORENCE Ky Fourteen persons seven in each vehicle were injured Sunday night when a Greyhound bus and an automobile collided on U S 42 four miles west of here. Several injured were in serious condition. The private car driven by Percy Grisby 46 overturned. The bus ran about 1000 feet after impact and knocked over three trees. Grisby was pinned in his wrecked car for about an hour.

Florence Greyhound U. S. 42 Here Louisville Percy Grisby Grisby

Flood Waters Recede in Sevilla After Weekend Rain

Flood waters dropped six feet in Sevilla as River Tamarguillo and tributaries fell. Officials begin relief work for thousands of homeless residents across low lying districts.

Sevilla Spain Tamarguillo

Inter-American FMs May Delay Cuba Condemnation Meeting

Argentine sources report President Frondizi told Adlai Stevenson the idea of an inter-American foreign ministers meeting to condemn Fidel Castro’s Cuba would be too hasty.

Port OF Spain Trinidad Arturo Frondizi Adlai E. Stevenson Fidel Castro Cuba

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By Robert Myers Air Force Ohio Kroger Co Algeria GOP Carl Albert Oklahoma Richard Bolin Missouri John W. McCormack Massachusetts Sam Rayburn Texas Albert Loganites Sauerbrei DiSalle Rule DeGaulle Mum Ward Cunningham Hyannis Port Mass Nikita Khrushchev Aleksei I. Adzhubei Adzhubei Izvestia Alex Akalovsky U.S. State Department Georgi Bolshikov Ussr THE JFK Douglas B. Cornell Russia News Index Chauncey Gallipolis Nean Nelsonville Pleasant Pomeroy Middleport Sveieenaviwns Elisabethville, Katanga By John M. Hightower Connecticut India Curity Affairs Policy Planning Council Frederick G. Dutton Richard M. Goodwin Walter P. McDonaugh Walter Ulbricht East Germany Ulbricht East Berlin Kentucky
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