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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1963
Page
1
The commission recommends consolidating two state agencies in Ohio to save over 2.4 million dollars annually. Proposals target the Agriculture and Natural Resources departments with admin consolidations, shared services, and reduced fleet use.
Democratic leaders after a Kennedy briefing said Congress can pass both the tax cut and civil rights bills this session. They warned passage of neither alone is acceptable and linked the effort to avoid delaying enactment amid Republican questions. An administration count suggested the House tax bill may not advance this year.
Joseph Valachi testified to the Senate crime probing subcommittee about a national crime syndicate known as La Cosa Nostra. He described gangland wars for power and vengeance dating back to the 1930s, with police testimony supporting his account as he entered the hearing room guarded by about 15 U.S. marshals.
Hurricane Flora raged in the Caribbean with top winds around 110 mph. Emergency supplies went to Tobago and its 40 000 residents as damage was reported extensive. Forecasters warned Flora would hit land somewhere in the Caribbean before moving on.
Senators Fulbright and Ellender urge President Kennedy to clear the way for wheat sales to the Soviet Union. They say he may discuss the issue with advisers and announce a decision before the week ends, asserting the president has authority to act unilaterally.
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon told IMF World Bank ministers that the United States has begun to curb the widening international payments deficit after a peak in mid 1963. Officials on Capitol Hill discussed potential executive actions and political impacts of a grain deal with the Soviet Union. In New York UN sources said Moscow may buy up to 250 million dollars of U.S. grain, while in Honolulu 15 landing crafts overturned during war games amid rough seas.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy sails for Greece for a two week vacation. The trip includes a cruise in the Aegean and East Mediterranean aboard a yacht owned by Aristotle Onassis.
Units of the Algerian army began joining Col. Mouhane Ou El Hadj’s dissident forces in the Berber region of Kabylie. Ou El Hadj urged officers and men of the 7th Military Region to fight the government of President Ahmed Ben Bella.
Washington reports a historic military pay boost likely to become law by nightfall. If enacted, active service members begin receiving a $1.2 billion annual increase with average raises of 14.4 percent and monthly boosts up to $120. President Kennedy expected to sign upon White House arrival after Senate approval.
In a two hour closed session Gamble Benedict Porumbeanu, 22, asked a Zurich court for a legal separation from her ex-chauffeur husband Andre. The reconciliation attempt failed as the court adjourned without settlement.
Washington and Moscow are quietly negotiating a consular treaty that could ease Cold War tensions and foster U S Soviet trade. Assistant State Department counsel Ward M Cameron leads talks as a Senate ratification would be required for any pact.
U S Supreme Court associate justice William J Brennan Jr granted a stay keeping state tuition grants from private segregated schools in Prince Edward County. The stay will stay until the high court resolves the appeal after the Fourth Circuit reversed rulings on public school closures and tax credits. White parents must fund private schooling during the stay.
Vatican City reports the Ecumenical Council approved for final debate a key schema de ecclesia to redefine the Roman Catholic Church for the modern world. Prelates backed a simpler form to aid Christian unity and urged a more pastoral presentation. In Christchurch New Zealand a U S Navy transport plane completed a first flight from Cape Town over the South Pole to McMurdo Sound.
British Foreign Secretary Lord Home endorsed the Soviet plan for an 18 nation disarmament summit before June 30. He urged clear directives on nondissemination of nuclear information observers to prevent surprise attacks and abolition of nuclear delivery vehicles. He supported preliminary talks to boost chances of results and warned of ideology gaps hindering UN security progress.
Ohio Republican Rep. Oliver P. Bolton of Mentor calls liberal FHA Act terms responsible for poor results. He notes mortgage debt on nonfarm homes has surged 800 percent since World War II and says Congress must review the situation before approving another multi billion housing bill.
Jerry Lewis Borrer age 16 of Henderson faces a mental examination at Weston State Hospital after being indicted for murder in the stabbing death of his sister Mary Louise Rorrer on Sept. 3 Judge James Thompson ordered the exam on the joint request of Borrer's attorney J G F Johnson and Prosecuting Attorney Cecil B Dean The case follows an earlier grand jury indictment and Rorrer will be returned to Circuit Court after the institution finding Court appointed lawyers represent others indicted for criminal assault breaking and entering and a felony plea due Thursday in Oxford enrollment at Miami University reaches 8610 on main campus and 3801 at regional centers including Dayton Hamilton Middletown Norwood and Piqua
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