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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1962

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Castro and Ben Bella Demand Ouster of Guantanamo Base

In Havana Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and Prime Minister Fidel Castro call for the evacuation of foreign troops and dismantling of bases including Guantanamo. They stress peaceful coexistence and note Algeria’s shift toward a socialist path with Ben Bella planning in Algeria.

Havana Ahmed Ben Bella Algeria Fidel Castro U.S Guantanamo Cuba Inter Castro Ben Bella White House Kennedy New York United States Bella

Nobel Prize For Medicine Is Awarded

Three biochemists, two British and one Harvard professor, win the 1962 Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries on the molecular structure of nucleic acid and its role in heredity. James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins are cited for insights into information transfers in living material.

Stockholm Sweden Harvard James Dewey Watson Harvard University Francis Harry Compton Crick Institute of Molecular Biology Cambridge England Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins King’s College London

Jets Moved to Florida Amid Cuba Tension

The Pentagon quietly shifted a squadron of 12 F4B Phantom 2 fighters to Key West Florida on Oct 6 to counter a Soviet aircraft buildup in Cuba. The move follows George Ball's testimony that Cuba may soon field 25 to 30 modern Soviet jets armed with missiles.

Washington Pentagon Cuba Florida Defense Department Key West George W. Ball Congress

Kennedy Khrush May Confer On Berlin Crisis In November

A Columbus report notes the special grand jury investigating influence ped dling in whisky listings by the State Liquor Department is focusing on Famous Brands Inc of Dayton. Special Counsel Adrian B. Fink Jr. aims to keep politics out of the probe and expects the jury to propose findings. Franklin County Prosecutor Earl W. Allison has slowed plans for a county grand jury amid administrative stalling. The panel will review Famous Brands tax returns and liquor records from the state and county offices.

Columbus State Department Liuor Famous Brands, Inc Dayton Adrian B. Fink, Jr Cleveland Republican Franklin County Earl W. Allison Fink Liquor Department Sales Tax Division

Talks With Gromyko To Precede Meeting

President Kennedy meets with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in a White House session that signals a future Kennedy Khrushchev face to face over Berlin. Khrushchev has urged more talks and may visit the United States for the U N General Assembly.

Washington Kennedy Gerhard Schroeder Left Berlin Schroeder Konrad Adenauer John M. Hightower Andrei A. Gromyko White House Khrushchev Fay Kohler U.S Moscow United States U.N. General Assembly Gromyko Dean Rusk Kohler Khrush

Kennedy Campaigns East And West Amid Cheers And Boos

President Kennedy ventured along a 60 mile route through Democratic districts on a rest day between campaign stops. A Waterbury crowd swelled to about 45 000 while New Haven drew Yale students who jeered including anti moon vote and Castro notes. Kennedy noted Yale affiliation and urged that the Democratic party serves both Yale and the nation as he heads toward Seattle for a three day trip aimed at a November 6 election.

Arthur Edson Washington Kennedy Connecticut Seattle Waterbury New Haven Yale University Yale Castro Harvard Elis Democratic Party

DiSalle Attacks Rhodes Backers Over Teamsters Money

Cincinnati Governor DiSalle rails at Rhodes for accepting Teamsters support and a $5000 campaign donation via a clambake. He cites past clashes with Teamsters officials Hoffa and Presser, calling such backing unfit for Ohio’s governor.

Cincinnati Michael V. DiSalle Teamsters Union Ohio Teamsters William Presser Cleveland North College Hill Presser Teamsters James A. Rhodes DiSalle James R. Hoffa Ohio

Saud Calls Prince Home in Effort to Bolster Saud Regime

In Damascus King Saud of Saudi Arabia summoned his brother Prince Faisal from New York to help form a new government as President Nasser’s United Arab Republic escalates propaganda attacks amid the Yemen revolt aftermath and Saudi support for the toppled Yemen monarchy.

Damascus Syria Nasser Yemen Saud Saudi Arabia Faisal New York United Arab Republic Desert King

Rhodes Names Jobs as Core Issue in Ohio Campaign

Canton Ohio Governor candidate James A. Rhodes frames jobs and economic development as the central issue. He dismisses opponent claims of personal campaign fund use and influence in a federal loan deal as attempts to cloud the issues. In Utah, a Hercules Powder Co plant explosion kills three and wounds 18.

Canton James A. Rhodes Ohio Michael V. DiSalle Rhodes Bacchus Utah Hercules Powder Co

Hurricane Ella Churns Atlantic From Florida To New Jersey

Hurricane Ella moved through the Atlantic from southern Florida toward New Jersey with gale warnings from Nags Head to Georgetown. The 90 mile center winds were forecast to strengthen as small craft were urged to stay near shore and ships reported 11 foot seas offshore.

Ella Atlantic Florida New Jersey Miami Fla Cape Hatteras N. C Nags Head Georgetown S. C Cape May N. J Carolina

Circleville Pumpkin Show Features 130 Piece Army Band

The 56th Circleville Pumpkin Show opened with a 90 minute concert by the 130 piece U S Army Field Band at 6 30 p m daily and nearly 50 other bands are scheduled during the street festival through Saturday. In Manchester New Hampshire Republican Gov Wesley Powell, defeated for the nomination last month, endorses the Democrat candidate but says he remains a Republican.

Circleville U. S. Army Field Band Manchester N. H Wesley Powell

Minuteman Explodes Over Florida During Off Course Launch

A Minuteman missile veered toward Florida and self-destructed seconds after launch from an underground silo. Debris showered a wide area. a Jupiter missile suffered extensive damage. Photographer Walter Lewis was slightly injured amid the blast and safety actions.

Cape Canaveral Fla.p Florida

Soviets fire multi stage rockets over Pacific reach

Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched multi stage rockets up to 7500 miles with aims near the Marshall Islands. Tass said the test area was temporarily open to ships and planes after initial notices restricted passages northwest of Hawaii from Oct 16 to Nov 30.

Moscow Soviet Union Pacific Marshall Islands Tass Marshalls Hawaiian Islands

NBC Escape Tunnel program stirs Berlin wall controversy

NBC announces a 90 minute Oct. 31 special on an escape tunnel beneath the Berlin wall. Seventeen West Berlin students who dug the tunnel urged NBC not to air the film. John Davis Lodge denounces the Kennedy administration at a Republican rally in East Liverpool, calling U.S. global position deteriorating.

New York National Broadcasting Co Berlin Wall West Berlin NBC HITS East Liverpool Kennedy John Davis Lodge

Ecumenical Council Enters Second Week At Vatican

At the Vatican the Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council enters its second week as 2700 council fathers from around the world debate changes and continuity in the church. Pope John XXIII expressed satisfaction with the proceedings while tensions rise between traditionalists and progressives seeking reform.

Vatican City Ecumenical Council John XXIII

U S Launch Planned for Ranger 5 Moon Mission

The United States readied Ranger 5 to photograph and study the moon with a 231 500 mile 70 hour flight. Officials expected favorable weather during a 2 hour 40 minute launch window at 11 38 a m EST despite Ella storm winds. A Minuteman rupture nearby caused no Ranger 5 impact though a Jupiter missile sustained damage from a burning debris hit. An explosion at Sun Oil refinery in Oregon followed by a fire threatened adjacent fuel tanks.

Ella Moon Earth Toledo Sun Oil Co Oregon

U S Checks Ohio County on Welfare

Ten federal investigators will visit Clermont County next month to review how poorer residents fared after welfare funds were cut. The survey, arranged by the Department of Health Education and Welfare, targets 200 indigent families and the county’s stopping medical care payments.

Batavia Clermont County Department of Health, Education and Welfare Washington Cincinnati Greater County Commission

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