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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1955

Page

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Dixon Yates contract questioned by AEC head

Lewis L Strauss said there may be a question of the contract’s validity in an Oct 7 letter released by Senator Anderson. The AEC contends the Dixon Yates deal was never binding, while cancellation costs could amount to several million dollars if the contract stands.

Wasmauiun Lewis L. Strauss Atomic Energy Commission Dixon-Yates Anderson D-Nm Dixon Yates Studi Edgar H Eugene A. Yates AEC ABC Eisenhower West Memphis Ark Tennesee Valley ‘Authority TVA Electricity Sed Dixon-Yates Group

Be Ready For Soviets Urges NATO Air Integration

General Alfred Gruenther told NATO defense ministers in Paris to form a unified integrated air force divided into four regions Northern Europe Central Europe Mediterranean and Britain. He said the current air command is archaic and that a single system would speed alerts and deployments in any surprise Soviet attack.

Paris Alfred M. Gruenther Free Nations Europe Russia North Atlantic Treaty Organization Gruenther Eurobe Mediterranean NATO

Two Youths Die in Tavern Brawl

Homicide detectives investigate a fatal shooting in a tavern where Obie Norvell and Jewe Lovetos were involved. Loren Norvell reportedly argued with Vernon Oliver and was fatally shot in the chest while a friend tried to intervene. Police held the youths as the case unfolds.

Jewe Lovetos Obie Norvell Tillett Wibur Robert Harlow Loren

Imogene Coca Gives Up Television Contract

New York reports that Imogene Coca, once a sensational TV star as Sid Caesar’s sidekick, has voluntarily given up a multimillion dollar NBC contract after her own program failed last year. The decision was not officially stated but believed influenced by fears over her mother’s death and her husband’s illness.

Sven’ York Imogene Coca Sid Caesar NBC Miss Coca

Minister Sees Organist Die in Flaming Car

Leavenworth Kansas report says a church organist died in a car fire after attempting to talk to her minister. Coroner Larkin noted gasoline soaked the interior. authorities recalled a prior note of distress. The Rev. Paz Burres and Loren Land witnessed the car explode as it left the road near U S Highway 73.

Leavenworth Kan Charles Larkin Mildred Hitzean Paxl Burres Burres Wesley Methodist Church of Kansas City Loren Land Here U. S. Highway 73

Bantu Veins May Be Key To Heart Health

In a Johannesburg report doctors note Bantu tribesmen in central and southern Africa show immunity to certain heart diseases. They possess smaller deposits of lime salts and fats in their arteries compared with Europeans, suggesting a protective factor in aging blood vessels. Research seeks explanation for this disparity. A separate dispatch from Vincenza, Italy, mentions West German rockets joining American forces to bolster defenses with Honest John rockets designed for atomic warheads.

Johannesburg South Africa Central Vincenza Italy West Germany

Parade Day For Legion in Miami Amid Convention Buzz

Miami parade caps five hours of marching as American Legionnaires pause for the national convention. The 40 and 8 unit clashes over parade protocol with members marching separately after a requested split. Dulles arrives from Miami to meet Eisenhower and reiterate that disarmament depends on others’ actions.

Miami Fla American Legionnaires Ioa Ena Dulles United States Denver Eisenhower U.S

Not Only Tourists But Also Government Attracted by Cotton

A Cuba story notes tourists and government attention on cotton. The Agriculture Department cites a $6.37 fine for illegal planting. Officials estimate a 36 pound yield while the author expresses a desire to grow cotton for visitors. The controversy draws a reply from Secretary Taft and a retrial at the Falcon office.

Cuba Joe B. Killam Department of Agricul Agriculture Department Kian Riculture Exra Taft Jeter Hs Ede Athe Falcoon Ston Onch Lapute Sader

Dentist’s Murder Trial Yields Clouded Testimony

Testimony recounted a night scene near the crime as Cowles Jr testifies about finding a body and a tall man seen in shadows. A witness described a late night encounter, while the prosecution argues over who strangled Mary Moonen and the motive tied to a possible threat to family.

toUss Sue Pteenn Cowles, Jr Mary Somen Axilrod Indonesia Cowles

Eisenhower Wins Fresh Start with Big Four Talks in Sight

President Eisenhower, recovering from a heart attack, rises for a fresh start as he plans a private policy conference with Secretary Dulles ahead of the Geneva talks. He will meet in Denver and at the White House, with new appointments and defense staff moves announced as his convalescence progresses.

Denver Eisenhower Secetary of Dulles Arenes Geneva U.S Dalen Firenont Army Hosptal Beaver White House Lowry Air Force Bate Miami Fin America United States Taro Eisenower Rocky Mountains Charles R. Brown Joint Strategic Survey ‘Committee Atlantic White House Tomor Christopher Columbus

Carnival Worker Admits Beating Girl to Death

Fremont Ohio carnival worker Bam Tannyhill 26 admitted yesterday to beating Shirley Bradford to death with a jack handle last May after robbing a restaurant for $8. He testified as a defense witness in his first degree murder trial, saying he struck to silence her as she threatened to identify him. He claimed he acted after she challenged him and grabbed for a pistol, and that he used a car and a jack to finish the assault. The case unfolds before a common pleas jury of nine women and three men.

Fremont Ohio Bam ‘Tannyhil Shirley Bradford Pic Tannyhills Tani Edward J. Russell Marion LaRue Arthur Tudor Hardin ‘County Tannyhill Hut Mra Bradford Frances “Sunshine” Manning

Gas System Hearing Date Set by Nine Columbia Subsidiaries

A hearing is set for November 7 on a petition by nine subsidiaries of the Columbia Gas System including Ohio Fuel Gas. They argue current commission regulations do not provide for accounting treatment of rapid depreciation of facilities for tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code. Goodyear Bids The Goodyear Synthetic Rubber Co of Akron was among six companies bidding for the government’s big synthetic rubber plant at Institute, W.

Washington Columbia Gas System Ohio Fuel Gas Commission Goodyear Goodyear Synthetic Rubber Co Akron Insitute, W

French Solons Debate Faure's African Plans

Paris reports the National Assembly reopened debate on Edgar Faure's plan to withdraw France from North Africa and potentially leverage UN positions regarding Algeria. The discussion followed a narrow 28-27 vote to consider the issue amid walkouts by Communists and key parties.

Faure Paris North Africa Edgar Faure France UN General Assembly Leace Algeria Afrian Cleveland Tunisia Ing Ise Brook Erritory Notive David E. Kerr Samuel R. Gerber Gerber

Adenauer Seriously Ill After Pneumonia Complication

West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, whose doctors disclosed a feverish bronchitis has been complicated by light bronchial pneumonia, was confined to his Bonn home for five days. Daily penicillin injections are reported as he recovers from a second serious illness this year.

Bonn Vellor Konrad Adenauer Noni Adenauer Christian Democratic Party Luxembourg Edgar Faure Antoine Pinay

Foundry Opens as Troops Patrol New Castle Riot Scene

Perfect Circle Corp reopened its piston ring foundry with troops and five pickets patrolling amid stones and glass from the prior strike riot. About 70 workers entered as guards protected the plant while state police evacuated around 90 nonstrikers last Wednesday after riots wounded eight. Martial law loomed in the city as National Guardsmen maintained order.

New Castle Ind Perfect Circle Corp Cenet Periece Circe Imond

Explosion at refinery injures workers in Traine area

A low-pressure receiving unit at the Oi Gon refinery in Traine exploded Monday. Flames engulfed the unit as 8 to 12 men, mostly supervisors, attempted repairs. At least eight workers were hurt, four critically, and damage spread to nearby homes and stores. A company spokesman cited a bad break in the line as the cause.

Lexpodon Oi Gon Traine Liga Tve Boare-bork Arta

Man Questioned in Parking Lot Death

In Lancaster Veverka was held for questioning after admitting a fight with Albert J. Kelly 39 whose body was found in a parking lot Sunday night. Autopsy planned to determine cause of death.

Lancaster Here Veverka Albert J. Kelly Kelly

Invention May Help Plane Fog Landings

Waldemar Ayers, wartime radar expert, proposes a fog landing method using hollow metal pyramids along runways to create bright radar reflections. Arrays would pulsate to guide pilots with coded messages from airport towers, aiding safe landings in heavy fog.

Cleveland Clevelandity Counel Counci Waldemar 46 Sewing Machine Co Sperry Gyroscape Tinfel Ayers

Press Group Elects Heads in Ohio Daily News Pact

The Ohio Select List of Daily Newspapers names C. E. Beeler publisher of the Chill othe Gazette as president after the annual meeting in Columbus. BD Daubel of Fremont News Messenger becomes vice president and 3.0 Amos of Sidney News is secretary treasurer. Advertising division picks Larry Finch as president and Robert Pifer as first vice president with J R Harris named second vice president.

Columbus W. E. Beeler Chillothe Gazette Ohio BD. F. Daubel Fremont News Messenger Amos Sidney News Businss Ironton Tribune Fed Larry Finch The Troy News Robert Pifer Unrichsville-Dennison Chronicle Second View J. R. Harris Piqua Call

Temperatures Rise Then Drift Cooler Through Week

Forecast calls for 46 degrees with warmth on Wednesday. Cooler trend expected Thursday and through the week with light showers indicated Thursday Saturday and Sunday totaling about 0.1 inch.

No Travel For Nixon

Observers saw no prospect of Vice President Nixon’s Middle East and Africa trip taking place soon. President Eisenhower’s illness, a tense regional situation, and Nixon’s possible role in advance of next year’s campaign cited. Hagerty announced the trip would be postponed while the president recuperates and meetings continue.

Nixon Middle East Africa Eisenhower James C. Hagerty Haem National Seecurity Council

Gas Groups Seek Expansion of Texas Pipeline

Houston based Texas Gas Transmission Co and Midwest Transmission Co filed applications for authority to build a 112 mile 9 million dollar TennesseeMinnesota pipeline to move natural gas from the Texas Louisiana coast and from West to Minnesota Wisconsin Western Michigan and eastern North Dakota. Another Tennessee request seeks a 24 million dollar expansion including 162 miles of parallel line in Kentucky Ohio and Pennsylvania. The additions would add over 108 million cubic feet of natural gas daily during the 1956 57 heating season.

Houston Tex Nence Gas Transmission Co Midwest“Transmission Co Midwest Texas-Louisana West Power Commission Tennessee Minnesota Felthout Natural Wisconsin Michigan North Dakota Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania

Argentina studying returning newspapers seized by Peron

In Zurich the International Press Institute says Argentina will return seized papers to interior and justice ministries. In Mexico City the Trotsky slayer Jacques Mornard, who has served 16 years of a 20 year term, says he has been promised release but no date is fixed.

Hitler Hans Baur Adolph Hitler Friedland Germany Baur Berlin Zurich Switzerland International Press Institute Low Hhardi Peron Interior and Justice Trotsky Mexico City Leon Trotsky Jacques Mornard

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