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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1961

Page

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U.S. and USSR Move Toward UN Secretary Choice

The United States reportedly agrees with major Soviet plans to pick a temporary UN secretary general with U Thant of Burma favored for the post. Support grows to avoid a Soviet veto and allows the General Assembly to name a temporary leader. Mongi Slim and Frederick H. Boland are cited as favored figures by informants.

United Nations N. Y United States U Thant Burma Security Council Dag Hammarskjold U. S General Assembly Assembly Mongi Slim Tunisia Frederick H. Boland Ireland

Hodges Disputed Statement on Area Development Aid

In Athens Lancaster Democrat Walter H. Moeller criticized Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges for underestimating unemployment in distressed areas. He urged Hodges to use his office to expand loans and aid rather than encourage withdrawal from the Area Redevelopment Administration. The piece also notes a Los Angeles exchange where J. Knight accused J. Howard Edgerton of trying to lure him from the 1962 governor race, a claim Edgerton denies.

Walter H. Moeller Athens Commerce Luther H. Hodges Lancaster Democrat Hodges Washington Commerce Chief Area Redevelopment Administration Moeller the Messenger ARA Los Angeles Goodwin J. Knight J. Howard Edgerton Knight California Edgerton Richard M. Nixon Nixon Supreme Court Virginia Sacramento Paul Mason

Rayburn Illness Shows Signs After Medical Tests

Dallas reports Speaker Sam Rayburn remains in the hospital after three days of intensive medical tests. Doctors planned further analysis today to determine the seriousness of his condition and whether surgery might be required.

Dallas Tex Sam Rayburn

Thurber On Critical List After Emergency Brain Surgery

James Thurber the Ohio born humorist known for My Life and Hard Times and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty showed slight improvement after an emergency brain operation at Doctors Hospital. The 66 year old collapsed in his hotel room after attending Noel Coward’s Sail Away opening and addressing the cast at a party. He rose to fame with The New Yorker stories including The Night The Ghost Got In. He later co wrote The Male Animal with Elliott Nugent which became a film.

Walter Mitty Thurber Noel Coward New Yorker Magazine Columbus Ohio Elliott Nugent

Cuban recall move over Philippines envoy

The Cuban government agreed to recall its charge d affaires in the Philippines on Wednesday night. It rejected Philippine charges that the envoy ran a Communist propaganda center.

Havana Philippines Philippine

Merger Fought by Ohio Cities in Rail Bid Battle

Ohio officials warn a Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio merger without New York Central could damage Mahoning Valley economy. Samuel Fekett testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing where 20 witnesses argued a C and O B and O combination would divert freight from Central and hurt jobs and purchasing power in Youngstown. C and O opposed the regional hearing and presented no witnesses.

Cleveland Youngstown Chesapeake & Ohio Baltimore & Ohio New York Central Mahoning Valley Central Nyc Samuel 5S Fekett Interstate Commerce Commission C&o B&o Ohio

Price-Fixing Suits Filed By Ohioans

In Columbus 12 Ohio rural electric firms sue 22 defendants led by General Electric and Westinghouse alleging Sherman Act violations. The suits claim a nationwide monopoly to fix prices and rig bids on meters transformers capacitors insulators switch gear circuit breakers and lightning arresters. Ohio filers include Buckeye Rural Electric Crative Gallipolis.

Columbus U.S Ohio General Electric Westinghouse Buckeye Rural Electric Crative Gallipolis

Philosopher condemns childishness in American adults

Johns Hopkins philosopher Dr George B Boas told a Duke University symposium that Americans try to remain childlike despite physical growth. He warned against age-denial and artificial youthfulness and urged better support for children as a global commonwealth for world peace.

Associated Press Durham, N.C Johns Hopkins Duke University George B. Boas

Berlin clashes flare as East West border firebreaks spill

West and East Berlin police exchanged gunfire near the border as Communist and West German officers pursued fleeing refugees. A refugee fell 80 feet to his death after shouting freedom, while a Communist was wounded amid reports of multiple shots fired along the divided sidewalk. Five West Berlin police fired 24 shots, escalating tensions in the border confrontation.

Berlin West Berlin

Nelsonville Man Dies in Chauncey Crash

A 26 year old Nelsonville Route 1 man died after being thrown from a car that crashed into a telephone pole inside Chauncey. Martin L. Tripplett died at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. driver Donald E. Fouty 24 was fined for speeding and driving without a license.

Nelsonville Route 1 Chauncey Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens Martin L. Tripplett Donald E. Fouty Fouty Sheltering Arms Chaunecey Gene Devore

U S Seeks Western German View on Berlin Policy

United States seeks a clearer West German stance on Berlin as President Kennedy prepares to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. Secretary Rusk advises Allies, sees potential Soviet willingness to negotiate, while Khrushchev signs a peace treaty with East Germany but unclear Berlin impact.

Washington United States Berlin Kennedy Andrei A. Gromyko Kennedy Gromyko Dean Rusk West Germany Rusk Wilhelm Grewe U. S Bonn Walter Dowling New York Kremlin Germany Khruschevv East Germany U.S Gromyko Khrushchev

Kennedy Guests Honor Shakespeare at White House

President and Mrs. Kennedy hosted a half hour Shakespeare performance in the East Ballroom for visiting Sudanese President Ferik Ibrahim Abboud. Seven actors from the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre of Stratford performed scenes from Macbeth Troilus and Cressida Henry V As You Like It and The Tempest for 90 guests including a saddle of lamb dinner.

Washington White House East Ballroom Kennedy Ferik Ibrahim Abboud Sudan American Shakespeare Festival Theater Stratford Abboud Duncan

Atlas Missile Flight Succeeds In Cape Canaveral Test

The Atlas missile flew nearly 9000 miles from Cape Canaveral to the Indian Ocean to test nose cone reentry with a 59 minute over water flight. It traveled east of Brazil and south of Africa ending near 700 miles southeast of Cape Town. The Air Force announced the successful test.

Cape Canaveral Fla Indian Ocean Capetown South Africa Air Force

British Treasury Cuts Interest Rate

The British Treasury cut the Bank of England rate from 7 percent to 6 percent. The move signals belief in government circles that a mild easing of credit is in order and will influence loan interest patterns across Britain.

London Bank of England Britain

Lands Safely After Hydraulic Trouble On DC7 Flight

In Jacksonville Florida an Eastern Air Lines DC7 faced hydraulic system trouble but landed safely on Wednesday. The incident caused a stir among passengers but no injuries were reported.

Jacksonville Fla Eastern Air Lines

Coast Guard Searches Sandusky Bay for Columbus Banker

The Coast Guard resumed a search for Bernard B. Templeton 39 a Main Federal Savings and Loan official missing and feared drowned after going out alone in a borrowed boat near noon Wednesday in Sandusky Bay Erie County deputies reported the boat found empty about 5 p.m. shoreline witnesses alerted authorities.

Sandusky Coast Guard Columbus Savings and Loan Sandusky Bay Bernard B. Templeton Federal Savings and Loan Association Erie County Sheriff's Deputies

Iran's Shah Gives Estate To Public Property Decree

The Shah of Iran formally surrendered all rights to his personal property valued at about 133 million dollars. A decree transforms it into public property to be administered by the Pahlevi Foundation. Funds will support education religious and social welfare programs.

Tehran Iran Pahlevi Foundation

Ford To Seek Settlements At Each Plant

Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers plan to restore production by early next week by prioritizing settlements on plant level working conditions. UAW President Walter P Reuther and Ford labor chief Malcolm L Denise agreed to direct phone contacts with plants to resolve local disputes, postponing further national talks until Friday.

Ford Detroit Ford Motor Co United Auto Workers Union UAW Walter P. Reuther Malcolm L. Denise Denise Reuther

Negroes Arrested After City Hall Demonstration in McComb

A civil rights protest on the City Hall steps in McComb Mississippi led to 145 arrests including 144 Negro students and one white man. The youths were protesting expulsions of four Negro students from a chain-store sit-in earlier Wednesday.

BG Enrollment Up at Bowling Green University

Bowling Green University reports fall enrollment at 7 659 students on campus and at extension centers in Northwest Ohio, an eight percent rise from last fall across BG campus branches.

Bowling Green Bowling Green University Ohio

Ten year old saves bus and children after driver collapse

In West Springfield Massachusetts a school bus driver Isaac Martin collapsed while driving home from King's Highway Elementary School. Ten year old Steven Eicker pulled the emergency brake and stopped the bus, saving 35 children aged 6 to 11 aboard before the driver died en route to Providence Hospital Holyoke.

West Springfield Mass Steven Eicker King's Highway Isaac Martin Elm Street King’s Highway Providence Hospital Holyoke

Harvard Dean Named Ohio University President

Dr Vernon Roger Alden associate dean of faculty at Harvard Business School has been named the fifteenth president of Ohio University. The board of trustees announced he will assume duties after arrangements to relieve him from current Harvard responsibilities, with Baker remaining until then. Alden, born 1923 in Chicago, is a Brown and Harvard MBA graduate, co founder of the Institute for College and University Administrators, and veteran of the Navy.

Vernon R. Alden Ohio University Vernon Roger Alden Harvard Graduate School of Fred H. Johnson Columbus Baker Johnson Dean Alden William Henry Scott Chicago Brown University Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Emerson College Brown Northwestern University Harvard Harvard Business School Fund Institute For College and University Administrators Carnegie Institute of New York Harvard Business Review Lobe Sarah Lawrence College Boston Longy School of Music Cambridge Alden Ohio U University Harvard University Harvard Graduate School of Business

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