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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1954

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Violent Hurricane Hazel Threatens Haiti and Bahamas

Hurricane Hazel roared through southwest Haiti at 115 mph with 125 mile gusts and moved north toward the Bahamas. Navy evacuates civilian personnel from Guantanamo. warnings extend to Cuba and the Bahama Islands as Hazel menaces Haiti, Cuba, and the Windward Passage with destructive winds and heavy rains.

Miami Fla Hazel Republic of Haiti Bahamas Atlantic Guantanamo Cuba Haiti U. S. Navy Bahama Islands Weather Bureau Great Inagua Mayaguana Islands Nassau Florida

Eisenhower to Speak on Farm Program in Indianapolis

President Eisenhower will give a major nonpartisan address Friday night at Butler University field house in Indianapolis on the administration farm program. The talk aims to explain the new flexible price supports and remains nonpartisan despite GOP efforts to broadcast the views widely before the November elections.

Denver Eisenhower Indianapolis Denver White House Congress Murray Snyder Republican Party GOP Snyder Butler University National Institute of Animal Agriculture

Chicago Flood Cleanup Gains as City Rebounds

Chicago weather relief followed by continued flood danger in northern Indiana. Tens of thousands were idle, 15 million dollars in damage, and power plants shut down. Four deaths reported in Chicago with victims in flooded basements and a youth drowned in Oak Lawn.

Chicago Indiana Hammond Little Calumet River South Hammond Highland Munster Whiting Vernon Anderson Oak Lawn

Fathers Await Hearing On School Attendance

Four Amish fathers in New Philadelphia face charges for keeping children out of school. Bond set under 1000 each as Juvenile Judge Ralph Finley arraigned Christ Miller Jo B Hostetler Jonas Kauffman and Eli S Miller from Sugarcreek and Dundee routes. Oldest child involved is 15. Authorities seek hearing date to resolve delinquency charges.

Philadelphia Ralph Finley Christ Miller Jo B. Hostetler Jonas Kauffman Sugarcreek Eli S. Miller Dundee

Son Killed by Car Cincinnati

Kenneth Peetengill Jr. 7 was struck and killed while walking home from school yesterday. His mother and younger brother witnessed the accident.

Cincinnati Kenneth Peetengill Jr

Sheppard Case Assigns Judge Blythin to Murder Trial

Judge Edward Blythin will preside at the first degree murder trial of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, set to begin next Monday. Defense seeks a venue change amid alleged local bias. Blythin also handles bail decisions. Sheppard, 30, from Bay Village, claims an intruder killed his wife on July 4.

Cleveland Edward Blythin Samuel H. Sheppard Common Pleas Criminal Court Sheppard Blythin Cuyahoga County Bay Village

Birth After Flood Rescue Amid Aquatic Race

Mrs Marie Cheney, 36, delivered a baby boy nine hours after an aquatic rescue during a Chicago flood. Her husband Edward a volunteer fire captain in Alsip assisted as Coast Guardsmen ferried her by boat to a truck and ambulance at a nearby highway.

Chicago Marie Cheney Edward Alsip Coast Blue Island

Chiefs End Convention With Officer Elections

SPRINGFIELD The Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police closes its three day 23rd annual convention with officer elections. The group also recommends moving the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation from London Prison Farm to Columbus for better facilities, a suggestion by bureau superintendent Hugh Leggett.

Springfield Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police Ohioureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation London Columbus Hugh Leggett

Russian Evacuation From Port Arthur Signals Strains With China

The Moscow Beijing accord mentions Port Arthur withdrawal by next June, while expanding joint projects and credits. A railway from Alma Ata through Sinkiang to Ulan Bator is planned, easing tensions as China wary of Soviet influence in Sinkiang and Mongolia.

Associated Press Moscow Red China Alma Ata Kazakhstan China Sinkiang Ulan Bator Outer Mongolia Mongolia Peiping Chou Enlai Texas Port Arthur Saletan Soviet Union

Wilsons Bird Dog Remark Sparks Protests in Detroit

Secretary of Defense Wilson faced sharp protests after describing job-seeking youths as bird dogs during a press conference on unemployment in distressed areas. CIO president Walter Reuther urged a public retraction or retirement, while Detroit papers published a transcript of the exchange.

Detroit Wilson Korea Walter Reuther CIO United Auto Workers Eisenhower

U S Plans UN Admission of Disarmament Views

United States to present its stance on disarmament at the United Nations in New York. James J Wadsworth will open with a 30 minute speech outlining American positions while observing the Russian delegate Andrei Vishinsky avoid committing on on the spot inspections of arsenals.

United Nations N. Y United States Kremlin U. S James J. Wadsworth Wadsworth Andrei Vishinsky Britain Selwayn Lloyd Jance Jules Moch Russia

Presbyterian Pastor Praises Ike's Piety

The Rev. Dr Edward L. R. Elson of the National Presbyterian Church lauds President Eisenhower's spirituality. Speaking before an armed forces chaplains conference, he cites inaugural prayer church membership opening Cabinet meetings with prayer and private prayer as boosting religion in the nation.

Boston Edward L. R. Elson National Presbyterian Church Eisenhower Armed Forces Chaplains Conference

Police Seek Robbery Suspects In Ohio Case

Law officers continued a search for two brothers Billy Sparks 21 and Hobart Sparks 35 after they fled a rural home ten miles south of St Marys West Virginia police arrived. They are charged with armed robbery in nearby Washington County Ohio. Billy reportedly fled into woods after police fired.

ST. Marys W. Va P— Law Here Billy Sparks Hobart Washington County Ohio Billy

Flood, 83 Years Late for Fire

A history fan notes Chicago floodwaters arrived three years late to the city’s commemorated fire anniversary. Rain began on the anniversary of the great Chicago fire which started October 8, 1871 and grew into a blaze by October 9.

Chicago

Court To Arbitrate Milford High School Racial Dispute

In Georgetown Delaware a large crowd attends the court hearing over admitting Negro students to Milford High School. The NAACP seeks reinstatement of 11 integrated students after anti integrationist actions led to school changes and a move to Dover. Bowles and the NAAWP oppose integration amid records dispute with Attorney General Young.

Georgetown Del Milford National Association For the Advancement of Colored People National Association For the Advancement of White People NAAWP Linccoln Joseph M. Danes Bryant Bowles H. Albert Young NAACP Young Rowles U. S. Supreme Court Bowles Ford School Board Dover Stoo Delaware Boycort Liryant W. Bowles

Rhodes To Reveal Charges Against Lausche Promises

James A. Rhodes asserts new evidence on Governor Lausche, threatening to quit as state auditor and withdraw his candidacy if Lausche can disprove two charges. He cites railway federation ties and a liquor scandal amid Ohio political jockeying.

Columbus Frank J. Lausche James A. Rhodes Lausche Federation of Railway Progress Ohio Rhodes Railway Progress Federation Uache Liquor Department Franklin County Anthony A. Rutkowski Cleveland Cuyahoga Lucas Hamilton

Flood Opens Case Shampoos Basement

Chicago floods trap Mrs Mabel Bryan inside her basement where a case of soap flakes ruptured as waters poured in. She says the basement received one of the fanciest shampoos in the city due to the inundation.

Chicago Mabel Bryan

French Ok Of Pact Is Assured

Prime Minister Pierre Mendes France faces a confidence vote in the National Assembly on the London agreement to rearm West Germany. The Socialist executive Council authorized all 104 Socialist deputies to back the plan, ensuring a majority with support from the Radical Socialist moderates and center groups. Most Socialist deputies are expected to follow the council, though past dissent showed for the European Defense Community Treaty.

Paris Pierre Mendes-France National Assembly London West Germany Socialist Party Mendes- France Socialist Moderate Mendes-France

Council Creates Board For Comic Censorship

Columbus city council approved a unanimous resolution to establish a board that will classify moral and immoral comic publications. The council directed contact with publishers to seek removal of disapproved titles from the market.

Council Creates Board For Comic Censorship Coluimbus

Knowland to headline Montgomery County GOP rally Oct 19

Senate Majority Leader Knowland of California will address a Republican rally in Dayton on October 19, as announced by the Montgomery County GOP Executive Committee. The event underscores party mobilization ahead of upcoming elections.

Dayton Senate Knowland Rcalif Montgomery County GOP

Arson Trial Hinges On Motive In Hillsboro Case

In Hillsboro the arson trial of Philip Partridge, a former Highland County engineer, enters a new phase as defense lawyers dispute whether the fire at Lincoln Elementary was malicious and tied to alleged school segregation. Prosecutors call 11 witnesses as Partridge admits setting the blaze after a church sermon.

Hillsboro Philip Partridge Highland County Partridge Hillaboro Lincoln William F. Hopkins Cincinnati Paul App Webster Washington U. S. Court of Appeals Walter Ferfitt Reffitt

Lightning Hit Gas Main Triggers Explosions in Cincinnati

A partially exposed gas main was struck by lightning in Cincinnati last night. The strike set off a chain of explosions causing scattered rocks mud and debris over several hundred yards. Gas was shut off in one district for repairs.

Cincinnati

GOP Leader Demands Clear Employee Risk Policy

Rep Rees chairman of the House Civil Service Committee urged the Eisenhower administration to publish in detail how the security program operates and what actions count as subversive. He set Oct 20 as a deadline for the Civil Service Commission to specify criteria for firing federal workers on security grounds amid new controversy.

Washington Rees R-Kan House Civil Service Committee Civil Service Commission

One Guard Released Two Held in Sioux Falls Prison Riot

Three hundred inmates at the South Dakota State Penitentiary agreed to return to their cells and released one guard Melvin DeYoung while two others George Reid and F E Lamberteon remained held as Mayor Fay Wheeldon offered to lead an impartial investigating committee. The riot began before 6 p.m. and tear gas drove prisoners back to the cell block. The inmates demanded an impartial probe of prison conditions and urged Wheeldon to head the inquiry.

Sioux Falls 8. D South State Penitentiary Fay Wheeldon Wheeldon G. Norton Jameson Melvin de- Young Floyd Lindbergh George Reid FE. F. Lamberteon Maurice Weeman Sowers

Pike Report Ils Political Controversy at Ohio Turnpike

Columbus Ohio Turnpike Commission chairman denounces a state auditor's report as political and says it should not receive a reply. The auditor James A Rhodes, Republican candidate for governor, answered questions about the audit including whether he was a partner in Shacknessy Summers and Denton. The audit cites a Columbus attorney and two firms, Standard Accident Insurance and U S Fidelity Guaranty, as involved in insurance for turnpike contractors.

Columbus Ohio Turnpike Commission James W. Shacknessy Office of State James A. Rhodes Rhodes Shacknessy, Summers and Denton Standard Accident Insurance Co U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co

78 Allied War Dead Are Returned by Reds

The Communists in Panmunjom Korea delivered 78 more Allied war dead recovered through ongoing investigations. The bodies were listed as unknown and marked the first delivery since September 21, with the exchange having begun September 1.

Reds Panmunjom Korea

Five Day Forecast Shifts Warm Trend Into Weekend

The forecast runs Wednesday through Sunday with temperatures average 3 to 4 degrees above normal. Highs reach 63 to 67, lows around 45. Cooler midweek, then a warmup by Saturday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and again tomorrow with rainfall from half an inch to nearly two inches locally.

Associated Press Anne

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