15 Oct 1958
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1958
Page
1
Ohio politics plummets from capstone Republican control as right to work stirs the electorate. Gov ONeill, facing Democratic challenger Michael V DiSalle, clings to a perilous bid for a four year term while Bricker eyes a third Senate term.
Aurora Illinois Mayor Paul Egan was jailed after a chaotic emergency meeting. He criticized Police Chief Donald Curran and refused to quit after being fired. Egan bonded out for disorderly conduct but remained detained several hours. Police dispersed about 400 during the unlawful assembly.
The 10 year old Phil Allen Riley of Athens Route 2 died September 20 at Children's Hospital Columbus from rabies after earlier encephalitis was suspected. A potential dog bite in August emerged from interviews, though no prior treatment or symptoms were noted. Health officials administered rabies shots to hospital staff and sought others exposed to the boy.
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold urged the UN Assembly to establish stand by arrangements to mobilize military forces from member nations quickly for conflict situations. He outlined his proposal in a 24 000 word report on the UNs experience with the UN Emergency Force in Egypt referencing Dulles earlier strand by peace force ideas.
Officials from nine veterans organizations agreed to help expand the Ohio Defense Corps a reserve force that would assume Ohio National Guard duties if mobilized. The meeting with Maj. Gen. Leo M. Kreber included groups such as the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Amvets Disabled American Veterans Jewish War Veterans Catholic War Veterans Military Orders of the Purple Heart Rainbow Division Veterans and Veterans of World War I. The fund raised from pinball machine confiscations now totals 26483.30.
U S Senator Frank J Lausche will tour three Southwestern Ohio inspection spots next week to back Michael V DiSalle in the Ohio governor race. The DiSalle headquarters confirms the appearances. Columbus report notes a state fund holds a sizable but unclear balance.
Dr Leabelle I Ross appointed acting superintendent to replace Dr Roger M Gove who moves to Columbus State School as superintendent.
William Kordron 43 of Marietta Ohio and two companions waived extradition after being held in connection with a $16000 daylight robbery of a finance company in El Paso Texas and were taken to Texas to face charges.
U S Senator John W Bricker declared he will vote for the right to work amendment and said he would not force his view on voters or make it a campaign issue He warned remedial labor legislation is unlikely in the next Congress and urged workers to have option to withdraw from unions when dues go to activities they oppose The remarks came at Stambaugh Auditorium before a large GOP audience in Youngstown Ohio.
President Eisenhower seeks support from independents and Democrats with conservative leanings for Republican candidates. He hints at a sharp appeal to discerning Democrats while warning radical government as the alternative. He leaves Friday for a Western swing to Cedar Rapids Abilene Denver Los Angeles San Francisco and Chicago.
Dayton delegates at the United Lutheran Church in America convention approved a merger plan involving the ULCA and three small bodies the Augustana Lutheran Church the Finnish Lutheran Church and the American Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Robert R. Tufts, 49, professor of engineering administration at Case Institute of Technology and business management expert, died of cancer Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland.
Louis McPherson aged 28 died in Muskegon after a bee sting caused a fatal allergic shock. Hospital officials stated the pollen carried by the stinger triggered the deadly reaction.
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed a bid to permanently halt using Little Rock High Schools as private segregated institutions. Three-judge panel gave no ruling deadline and extended the temporary restraining order against leasing the school buildings to a private corporation.
The Atomic Energy Commission is set to detonate two small weapons at the Nevada test site. The first device will be exploded from a 50 foot wooden tower and the second will be fired from 2700 feet underground in a tunnel.
Washington reports slower recovery last month with gains in industrial production and housing. Despite the softer pace, statistics indicate ongoing improvement across key sectors.
Taiwan reports indicate Nationalists may pull back up to half of the 100000 to 120000 offshore troops to Formosa. Authorities say new weapons could replace manpower while keeping defenses against a Red landing. McElroy predicts modernization and possible troop reductions, amid delicate talks with the Communists. Dulles denies plans to push for immediate Quemoy cuts though talks continue.
British Field Marshal Montgomery says hesitation and strategy disputes kept the Allies from ending World War II in Europe in late 1944 rather than May 1945. A German general agrees the war may have been over about five months earlier if his plan had been used.
OSU enrollment rises to 23,164 for autumn quarter, up 549 from last year. Dr. Donald Thompson notes the gain was tempered by a $15 per quarter tuition increase and stricter entrance requirements, with 16,619 men and 6,545 women enrolled.
Peoria Police Chief Bernard Kennedy ruled out anti Semitism as a motive in the bombing of the city’s oldest Jewish house of worship. He said the attack, early Tuesday, was the work of a mentally deranged person and that investigators, including the FBI, had no clues.
Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris sought a meeting with President Eisenhower as Army missile chiefs oppose yielding Redstone Arsenal and Jet Propulsion Laboratory personnel and facilities to Dr. Keith Glennan and the new civilian space agency.
Atlanta police say they may have cracked a series of anti Jewish bombings. A fifth suspect Wallace H Allen was arrested for the Sunday bombing of The Temple. George Michael Bright 35 is named as a May participant. Detectives found Nazi swastika drawings and anti Semitic literature at Allen's home.
An elderly man walked into a savings and loan office in Austin to borrow 15 cents for a bus ride home. An employee lent the amount from his own pocket. The next day the man repaid the loan in full.
Federal Housing Commissioner Norman P. Mason announced that buyers in Louisville Kentucky will have easier access to loans for new homes starting in November. The policy aims to boost housing activity and reduce upfront costs for buyers.
Charlie Johnston, a 30 year old radiographer from Quincy Mass, recalls a near fatal cobalt exposure at Bethlehem Steel Fore River Shipyard two years ago. He received 45 MB of exposure after a cobalt pellet failed to retract, triggering a rapid inspection by a Massachusetts state inspector with a geiger counter. Despite sleepless nights, his blood counts stayed normal and he continues to work, convinced luck saved him.
The X15 rocket aircraft designed to carry humans to space will be publicly unveiled in Los Angeles with Vice President Nixon attending. The craft is expected to fly for the first time in January and conduct test hops at speeds approaching 4500 miles per hour.
Benjamin Allen 61 a senior vice president of the Curtis Publishing Co was found dead Tuesday in Stone Harbor New Jersey. Police said he died apparently of natural causes and foul play is not suspected. Allen had a long career with Curtis Publishing Co and led major department operations.
Beirut sees peace after formation of a four-man cabinet representing main factions in the civil conflict. Shopkeepers resume business, street barricades are dismantled, and Moslem Christian tensions ease. Premier Rashid Karami remains in place as the rebellion leader shifts to political work.
Lewis B. Niday stands trial for the first degree murder of Florence Cowdry in Marietta after the slaying of her husband George Cowdry outside a tavern on August 23. The defense argues Niday’s low intelligence precludes deliberate planning, while prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty.
East Germany's Central Committee virtually begged hundreds of doctors who fled to the West to return to their practices as reports show a critical shortage of hospital physicians and family doctors across the satellite nation. Vatican City saw only a handful of visitors at St. Peter's Basilica during the fifth of nine daily Requiem Masses for Pope Pius XII. The President spoke out against bombings of places of worship as hoodlums associated with Al Capone and Babyface Nelson type activities were noted.
London reports BOAC employees strike affecting transatlantic service as the jetliner contends with Boeing 707 in the race for Atlantic passenger business.
President Eisenhower today angrily characterized those responsible for the recent crisis, blaming political opponents and urging unity while pledging firm measures. He cited economic strain and foreign tensions as part of the deteriorating situation and called for decisive national action.
Eugene C. Eppley, once a leading hotel operator with a 22 property chain, died Tuesday night after a two year illness. Born in Akron Ohio he began his career in Canton and built a vast hospitality empire later sold to Sheraton in 1956 for 30 million dollars.
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