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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1965
Page
1
Natchez Mississippi city officials and Negro leaders discussed implementing new civil rights agreements to end racial discord. Mayor John Nesser signed the pact Wednesday night granting most civil rights demands, while Negro leaders pledged to end demonstrations pending further settlements.
City officials unveil concessions including more Black police, hospital desegregation, upgrading Black workers, a biracial committee, and a Black school board member after a City Hall meeting with Nasser and civil rights leaders while Ku Klux Klansmen waited outside.
Charles Evers state field director for the NAACP told a Negro rally in a packed church that the concessions are the first steps toward freedom. He said he believes they are sincere and the audience reacted with surprise and joy as they cried out for freedom.
Evers led 600 Negro demonstrators after rejecting city offers as only words. City agreements include hiring six Negro policemen, desegregation progress at the hospital with two Negro women in maternity, and a pledged end to desegregation by year end. A Negro school board appointment and a biracial grievances committee are planned. 19 area stores have hired Negro clerks and a federal antipoverty program begins. Voter registration urged.
Squalls off Key West hindered exodus as four Cuban refugees were rescued by Titan and turned over to immigration officials in Islamorada. Ten boats carrying over 200 refugees had left Camarioca with one small craft still at sea. Washington and Havana debated terms for a coordinated refugee movement and Castro signaled possible prisoner releases.
Francis S. Morrissey 55 a Kennedy ally and former Boston Municipal Court judge cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee 6 to 3 after a second round of questions. The nomination now faces possible delay as Dirksen Ervin and Scott oppose, while ABA and Boston Bar urge rejection amid a $30 000 annual salary.
President Johnson winds up a week in Bethesda Naval Hospital recuperating but tired. White House aide Bill Moyers said he had less pain and strain, yet Johnson told aides he felt greater fatigue than expected.
In the Mekong delta heavy fighting raged last night as thousands of U.S. troops completed large sweeps north of Saigon and in the central highlands. A Vietnamese ranger battalion faced strong Viet Cong resistance near Can Tho, with U.S. casualties described as light.
Dr. Philip R. Shriver was inaugurated as the 17th president of Miami University in Oxford. The Kent State alumnus pledged to keep the school true to its mission amid change while recognizing the need to adapt traditional guidelines to future educational needs. Ohio University President Vernon R. Alden attended.
Dwight D. Eisenhower marked his 75th birthday with a busy schedule and family time in Phoenixville Pennsylvania while Gettysburg staff processed hundreds of birthday messages daily. Republicans nationwide held fund raising dinners in 19 cities from Juneau Alaska to Atlanta Georgia as 500 birthday telegrams poured in daily.
The U S mint has produced 100 million silverless quarters and production is ahead of schedule. The coins will enter circulation in time for the Christmas buying season with release dates not yet fixed. By year end the mint will begin silverless dimes and half dollars.
Congress reduced the silver content of the half dollar from 90 to 40 percent due to a potential silver shortage. Production of new quarters is being accelerated, with 435 million remaining 214 months after the first 100 million. An estimated 1.9 billion quarters and 1.4 billion dimes are set for the first six months of 1966.
The Vatican Ecumenical Council approved the opening sections of a document on the church’s attitude toward non Christians, including Jews. A 1937 style section urging fraternal dialogue passed 1937 153, while votes on holding all Jews responsible were not announced. Three conservatives urged rejection, arguing the Jews’ treatment was insufficiently strict.
Norton man Leslie H. Bolin 25 was arrested on a warrant after his estranged wife Jeanette Bolin 21 said he forced her at gunpoint to a vacant Akron house and prepared a guillotine blade to decapitate her. He told police he could not go through with the act and case was continued for psychiatric evaluation.
The Senate passed the highway beautification bill limiting billboards along main roads, with compensation for removal. Industry leaders expect voluntary compliance, higher rates, and shifts to commercial zones as Foster and Kleiser and the National Advertising Co plan rapid removal where required.
Orbiting missions and spacewalking plans headline a day of space exploration with OGO 2 in polar orbit designed for 20 experiments to study space environment hazards. An inexact primary guidance tweak shifted its path slightly, while Astronaut David R Scott is slated for a space walk next year to gain daylight and darkness experience outside Gemini 8.
Ohio, led by Gov James A Rhodes and 14 members of Congress, offers 10 million dollars in state funds for an atom smasher site in Ohio. The plan aims to cover access roads for a nuclear experimental plant among 85 U S sites under consideration by the Atomic Energy Commission.
Hollywood actor Cary Grant aged 61 is expecting his first child with his fourth wife actress Dyan Cannon 27 due next May when Grant will be 62. Grant has had three previous childless marriages to Virginia Cherrill Barbara Hutton and Betsy Drake.
About 150000 Army National Guardsmen and reservists will form a first line backup force for the regular Army with roughly double the training next month. The Army said the select force with 976 units will be expanded as the Army Reserve adds about twice as many men as originally projected, while the National Guard remains dominant. The force is drawn from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Salisbury Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith delays independence move amid world pressure. Rhodesia lists 31,000 Army reserves versus 15,000 in McNamara data. National Guard totals 119,000. overall force up about 5,000 from prior estimate. Army officials deny Reserve boost aimed at appeasing critics in Congress.
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