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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1961
Page
1
President Kennedy signs into law a two year extension of the impacted areas education aid and the National Defense Education Act amid reluctance. The measure funds about 550 million annually for school districts with children of federal personnel and for college loans and science and language teaching programs.
Dayton executive Clayton W. Brooks of NCR told 200 department store officials in Harrisburg that the U S population will rise from 180 million to about 230 million by 1976. He forecast a booming retail market as demand for appliances soft goods food and services grows.
Mrs. Ruth Parks of Washington president of the National Federation of Republican Women will deliver the keynote at 11 30 a m regional meeting in Columbus. Rep Donald C Bruce of Indiana former U S Sen John W Bricker and GOP State Chairman Ray C Bliss will speak at a banquet at 6 30 p m.
Rescue workers crawled through a treacherous mountain cave to surface Ronnie Reese a 15 year old boy trapped overnight at Rising Fawn Georgia He did not appear to be in serious condition and was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.
Syracuse N Y ten suburban families will start building a community fallout shelter next week. The 20 by 30 foot shelter will house 11 families with 11 cubicles along the walls and a central area for group activities each family contributing 300 dollars to the project.
Las Vegas reports the long rumored marriage of singer Keely Smith and bandleader Louis Prima has concluded in divorce. The couple had been repeatedly linked by gossip and public appearances amid their entertainment careers.
Dr Leo Wom an, 71, a retired Columbia University economist and former National Labor Relations Board member, died Monday in New York.
Thieves burglarized Rutland Elementary School in Meigs County stealing between 400 and 500 dollars from the office of Executive Head George Dallas and about 30 dollars from teachers’ desks. Fifteen rooms were ransacked over three to four hours as suspects are sought with help from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.
Pravda reports a virtual crop failure in Kazakhstan and the virgin lands with officials voicing unease before the 22nd Congress. D A Kunayev warns the task of grain production is unsatisfactorily met, amid prior disastrous harvests and leadership changes.
A Senate subcommittee faulted delays and deficiencies in M14 production. The panel noted the weapon conceived 16 years ago but not issued to U.S. Berlin troops until last month. It called the situation disappointing for front line forces amid a global crisis. The M14 fires 750 rounds per minute and outclasses three Soviet models.
The film industry broadened its five year code to allow sex deviation topics with care and discretion. The Motion Picture Association warned treatment must conform to the code in all aspects.
Typhoon Tilda battered the Chinese mainland with 92 mph winds and struck 138 miles south of Shanghai, endangering economic planners already strained by floods and droughts. The U S Air Force reported the destructive storm as it moved inland.
Berkeley chemist Wells Alan Webb argues Mars canals resemble a manmade rail network and imply prior civilization. He suggests unmanned probes first, then signaling experiments, and plans for a joint manned mission to test for intelligent life and establish potential two way communication.
Sam Rayburn stayed on the serious list at Baylor Hospital in Dallas as doctors led by Dr. Robert F. Short conducted tests. Officials said it would take 36 to 48 hours to gauge the full severity of the 79 year old speaker's condition after heavy sedation and limited visitors.
In Nashville a boy asks if his mother can be arrested for spanking him after a school whipping. Police clerk Fred Stromatt responds that a mother can spank him at home for the same misdeed.
Governor DiSalle announced the pending resignation of Ohio State Penitentiary Warden Beryle C. Sacks for health reasons. The $15,000-a-year post will be vacant effective November 1, with Sacks having served under two years.
Temperatures run four to eight degrees below normal with a slow warming trend starting Thursday and a return to cooler conditions by weekend. Little precipitation expected, though light scattered showers possible north of the Ohio River late Friday or Saturday.
Soviet rocket expert Dr. Vladimir Dobronravov hinted on Moscow radio that new and more powerful multi stage rockets are succeeding in tests. He suggested the world will soon witness notable Soviet achievements in interplanetary space exploration.
Cincinnati NLRB regional director John Getreu ordered an election among 2200 dairy drivers and 4000 rebelling Teamsters locals to decide if they will quit the union. The move ends Teamsters delaying tactics in the Cincinnati dispute.
Mira Frances Oensel 10 returns to Japan with her Japanese mother and Dr. Hugh F. Sisson after a U S Air Force mercy flight from Augusta Georgia. Mira unable to see or hear since brain tumor surgery in 1960. Father Frank M. Oensel 72, a businessman and former Army officer, awaits in Tokyo as doctors say she may have little time left. The family had been visiting Georgia when the child fainted and fell ill.
LOS ANGELES Goodwin J Goodie Knight plans to prove at a news conference that Richard M Nixon tried to lure him from the Republican race for governor. The 64 year old former governor pledged to name the who what and where to back up his charge.
U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson was recalled to Washington today over Berlin and German questions and other East West issues. He will depart Thursday.
Bulletin reports the Soviet Union fired a large nuclear explosion today. The Atomic Energy Commission called it on the order of several megatons, with one megaton equaling a million tons of TNT.
Lewis William Murphy, 11, grandson of Bill and Mrs. Gaskins of 1518 Kanawha St Pleasants, has been missing since leaving for Central Grade School at 8:30 a.m. Monday. He wore gray pants and sweater with a white shirt. His mother Mary Brooks lives in Tampa, Florida, but the family doubts a voluntary disappearance. He had about 30 cents with him. about $5 was left at home.
In Columbus, Striking Transport Workers Union representatives and Columbus Transit Co officials returned to the bargaining table to resolve 19 issues, with wages as the main sticking point, in an effort to restore public transportation disrupted since Sunday.
A train in Melbourne struck and killed a three ton elephant named Topsy that ran onto railway tracks after bolting from a circus. The locomotive sustained minor damage.
President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will confer Friday on the Berlin situation. The meeting follows New York talks between Gromyko and Secretary of State Rusk to gauge prospects for East-West negotiations. NATO Chief Norstad reported strengthened allied forces as talks loom.
The FBI arrested 31 year old Louis F. Raucci in Wilkinsburg on a Cleveland filed warrant for the $490000 bank messenger holdup July 16 1959 in Niles Ohio.
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Sidele Fashions, Inc. must provide jobs for its Philadelphia workers either at the old site or at the new Ware Shoals plant in South Carolina after a labor contract dispute.
Reported optimism for a quick agreement on an acting UN secretary-general with a plan for five deputies. The proposed lineup would include two from the Soviet Union and the United States, plus deputies from Latin America, Asia and Africa. The Soviets indicate the General Assembly route could be unacceptable, while a Security Council screening remains a condition for any temporary leader.
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