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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1962
Page
1
Police held 40 people after thousands of Flemish protesters clashed with Walloons in Brussels. About 20 were injured as rioters threw eggs tomatoes and sticks, with two hospitalized. The protest stems from long standing language and minority tensions between regions.
Governor DiSalle releasing a 16 point program aimed at juvenile delinquency prevention treatment and control. Campaigning in Cuyahoga County he says the plan drawn from state and national crime bodies offers a least costly long term solution if adopted with early steps.
Rocket-firing U S Army helicopters were used offensively for the first time this weekend. Three turbine-powered machines were seen striking a Viet Cong stronghold 55 miles northeast of Saigon. The copter carries 16 rockets and multiple machineguns, offering greater firepower than World War II fighters.
Boston hosts a $100-a-plate dinner for Dwight D. Eisenhower to boost Massachusetts Republican funds. About 5000 party members are expected at Commonwealth Armory for a 20 minute speech at 9 30 p m. The Mariner 2 mission reports it is 8 029 040 miles from Earth on course to Venus with a planned reach in December.
The storm from San Francisco to British Columbia killed at least 47 and left scores homeless. Oregon suffered the worst impacts with over 150 families needing help, as emergency crews patch lines and restore gas, power, and phones. Losses top $150 million in Oregon. broader regional damage runs into millions across several states and provinces.
Mayor David H. McCloud says the riot by 400 to 500 Negroes had no racial issue. Rock throwers damaged property in the Negro section while a Negro policeman arrested a woman in a nightclub. No rioters were injured in the 90 minute disturbance. A 7 year old girl suffered shock after a car was stoned.
AP reports nine weekend traffic deaths in Ohio seven from loss of control or curved-road crashes and two from intersection collisions. The fatalities highlight driver error and dangerous road conditions.
In Columbus two court actions were set to start on alleged influence peddling in the State Liquor Department but star witnesses may not appear. A grand jury was to convene at 9 a.m with no special counsel named yet. Joseph Mahler of Waterfill & Frazier Distillers reportedly has not appeared.
Unfavorable weather at Johnston Island forced a 24 hour postponement of the United States high altitude nuclear test. Joint Task Force 8 announced the delay three hours before detonation. Heavy cloud and rain squalls over the atoll delayed the test, now scheduled for early Tuesday local time.
The Ohio Selective Service headquarters announced a November draft call of 394, up 91 from October. The figure compares with 1,692 in November 1961. By county the calls are Athens 4, Gallia 1, Hocking 1, Meigs 1, Perry 1, and Vinton 1.
Reliable sources report Vatican II may drop non Catholic pledge requirements for Catholics marrying non Catholics and grant recognition to other denominations. Protestant groups push for changes seen as healing lies between churches. Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey called mixed marriage conditions "very painful" to Anglicans.
In Yemen the republican regime reports crushing royalist forces at Sada and winning control near the fortress of Marib while rival factions dispute the northern front. In a separate note, the U S Atomic Energy Commission says a Soviet low-field nuclear explosion occurred in the Semipalatinsk region of central Siberia.
Florence Italy veteran actress Irma Grmatica died Sunday aged 90. She was one of Italy s best known stage performers of her generation and left a lasting mark on the theatre scene.
Washington reports the United States will maintain civilian and military access to West Berlin amid possible Soviet attempts to isolate the city. West German officials including Gerhard Schroeder and Konrad Adenauer plan talks with Dean Rusk and President Kennedy as Khrushchev may seek a Berlin crisis before year’s end.
Eight East German refugees celebrated a full day of freedom in West Berlin after two friends swam the border and cut through barbed wire to reach a safe home. One woman fainted on arrival and was reunited with her parents. names were withheld for safety.
State Auditor James A. Rhodes reports 39 months of tax revenue totaling $665 million above 1959 levels. The gain largely comes from a two cent gasoline tax increase producing $232 million for highway funding, with cigarette taxes up nearly $120 million and sales tax up over $95 million.
Los Angeles Gov. Edmund G. Brown challenged Richard M. Nixon's assertion that he would not run for president in 1964 saying he does not believe Nixon. Brown spoke on Meet the Press while Nixon told NBC that he would not be a California favorite son candidate or accept a draft under any circumstances.
More than 185,000 people in Lorain Lake and Huron counties on Sunday received Sabin oral polio vaccine. The Messenger begins a new comic strip Dr Kildare by Ken Bald on the front page starting today.
A Monday morning fire gutted a downstairs room and damaged upstairs at a seven room home near the North Y junction of Routes 33 and 50 A. Chauncey Dover and Richland volunteers controlled the blaze by noon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCune occupied the house owned by Fred Landis. No one was home. passersby moved much of the furniture. Cause and damage estimate not reported at press time.
Reports from New Delhi say both sides are moving troops to the northeast frontier after last Wednesday's sharp fighting. Authorities caution that a major offensive still appears unlikely as winter settles over the Himalayas.
President Kennedy plans a two day pause then launches an eight state tour in a renewed push for 1962. He travels from Washington to New York and then through New Jersey Pennsylvania Indiana Louisville and Buffalo to energize turnout for Navy. He notes Eisenhower’s sparring helps mobilize voters and cites a 25 percent Democratic defection on key domestic issues.
VIENNA reports the Hungarian Communist party dismissed Vice President Gyvorgy Marosan, 54, amid ongoing high level purges. Marosan, once jailed in 1950 and later part of Nagy’s 1956 government, claimed responsibility for inviting Soviet troops to crush the revolution. Rutland report notes Willard P. Dexter Jr., 55, longtime Rutland Herald managing editor, died after a heart attack Sunday.
Garnet Bailey, 56, of Love City, faces a first degree murder trial in Cambridge for the June 11 shooting death of Robert Eaton, 42. Bailey pleaded innocent by reason of insanity but was found sane after an exam at Lima State Hospital. Police say Bailey entered a cafe and called out asking for a man in the house before firing a .45 caliber pistol.
The Very Rev. Vladimir Nagosky, 40, was consecrated bishop of New York in a three hour Mass at Holy Virgin Protection Church in Manhattan on Sunday, marking a rare milestone for American clergy in the Russian Orthodox tradition.
The 87th Congress adjourned over the weekend ending a long session. The split vote over Kennedy administration aims continues into the November 6 election with mixed returns on policy. Congress backed foreign policy, most of the Reciprocal Trade Expansion Act, depressed areas aid, retraining, postal and pay raises, and higher minimum wages. Some tax exemption and farm controls were approved only partially.
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