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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1963

Page

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GOP Top Two Disagree On Several Vital Issues

Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Senator Barry Goldwater diverge on civil rights and healthcare to the elderly while agreeing on opposing withdrawal from Vietnam and wary of Soviet coexistence. They differ on the need for a federal tax cut and the impact of civil rights legislation. Both favor a two front approach against Kennedy in 1964.

Washington Nelson A. Rockefeller Barry Goldwater Kennedy Associated Press New York Arizona Viet Nam Cuba Rockefeller Goldwater South Congress

Border mediation delay as Haile Selassie stays in Rabat

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia delays departure from Rabat to press talks on the Moroccan Algerian border dispute. He plans further discussions with Moroccan officials and possibly a meeting with Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Bouteflika joined him in Rabat Sunday night as they aimed for Paris and then Algiers.

Marrakech Morocco Haile Selassie Ethiopia Abdelaziz Bouteflika Ahmed Balafrej Rabat Hassan II Bouteflika Paris Algiers

Ohio Health Department urged TB hospital closings

The Little Hoover Commission proposed closing nine tuberculosis hospitals in Ohio to save about 3 million dollars yearly. It also recommended shutting district offices in Dayton Bowling Green and Cuyahoga Falls and ending subsidies to small districts to consolidate services from Columbus.

Columbus Ohio Health Department Little Hoover Commission James A. Rhodes Dayton Bowling Green Cuyahoga Falls

Soviet Protest Over NATO Nuclear Force Plans

Moscow via Tass denounces NATO plans for a multilateral nuclear force as dangerous to Soviet safety and to mutual trust. The Tass statement, read on Moscow Radio, warns of adverse effects on East West understanding and stresses compliance with the Moscow Test Ban Treaty.

Moscow Tass West German Soviet Union NATO

Navy Secretary Korth denies resignation at Kennedy request

Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth rejects reports that he resigned his Pentagon post at the Kennedy administration’s urging. He states he was not asked to resign by anyone.

Washington Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth Pentagon Kennedy

Weather outlook shows above normal temperatures this week

Temperatures will run eight to ten degrees above normal with highs near 59 to 68 and lows around 40 to 45. Rainfall remains light, totaling a quarter inch or less in the south and central regions, with scattered showers likely late Tuesday or Wednesday.

Drought Driven Fires Spread Across Ohio Counties

Rain touched Southeast Ohio only lightly as a 39 day drought persisted. Ohio foresters fought fires in Athens and Meigs counties with crews from Athens Washington Meigs and Holmes counties aiding. Guardsmen aided a brush fire near Ashtabula while Bay Village faced a spreading trash fire. Nationwide drought worsened economic strain with wells drying and water rationing reported.

Ohio Athens C. L. Colmer U. S Meigs Washington Athens-Washington Hondell Ashtabula National Cleveland Bay Village Texas

Vietnamese Reds Score Big Victory

South Vietnamese and U S Army officers planned a weekend attack on a Communist guerrilla unit in the Mekong Delta. The battle near Loc Ninh left 40 government dead and 80 wounded, 13 American, with about 30 guerrilla casualties and no prisoners.

Saigon South Viet Nam Mekong Delta U.S Ngo Dinh Diem Loc Ninh

Weekend Road Toll Dips To LO

Ohio traffic weekend deaths totaled at least ten with nine on highways. A Cleveland couple died in a head-on collision in Delaware County on Sunday. Three other accidents raised the toll to thirteen, including two Canton children in a basement explosion and a Southington man killed when a jack slipped.

Associated Press Ohio Cleveland Delaware County Canton Southington

Shape Of Rights Bill In Flux As Genovese Case Sways

Congress debates civil rights legislation with House Judiciary Committee grilling moderate revisions while Senate moves education aid. Supreme Court orders reconsideration of Genovese narcotics conviction, highlighting crime hearings as anxiety grows over policy direction.

Washington Congress House Judiciary Committee Senate Supreme Court Vito Genovese Genovese Italy Costa Nostra Leavenworth Kan Wayne Morse D-Ore House Judiciary Committee

Hurricane Ginny Shrugs Off North Carolina Shore

Hurricane Ginny drifted away from the coast as 90 mph winds churned 40 to 50 foot seas. A Navy picket ship Fogg with nine crew and an officer is missing after tow line failure near Cape Lookout. Rescue planes and Coast Guard cutter search the storm area while Outer Banks telephones fail.

Washington Ginny North Carolina Weather Bureau Cape Hatteras Coast Guard Cape Lookout Navy Outer Banks

Kennedy to tour for Democratic fund raising across nation

President Kennedy returns to Washington after a busy New England weekend and outlines cross country fund raising dinners. White House sources say the series could raise as much as ten million dollars for next year’s campaign.

New England Washington Kennedy Boston White House

Exercise Big Lift Begins At Fort Hood

The 2nd Armored Division with 13 500 troops at Fort Hood Texas begins Exercise Big Lift a three day deployment to West Germany. Maj Gen Edwin H Burba leads the lead C135 with headquarters marking the start late Tuesday night. 16 000 service members and 300 plus planes will reinforce NATO across the Atlantic. Warren Taft Jr. to keynote Ohio Medical Association post graduate assembly here Wednesday night.

FT. Hood Tex 2Nd Armored West Germany Edwin H. Burba U. S Atlantic Texas Military Air Transport Service MATS Ft. Sill Okla Ft. Eustis Ft. Bragg N. C Air Force Loring Air Force Base Maine Westover Air Force Base Mass France Germany Warren Rep Robert Taft Jr Ohio Ohio State Medical Association

Conservative Cabinet reshuffle under Lord Home in 1963 London

Britain’s new prime minister Lord Home forms a Cabinet largely reshuffled from Macmillan. Key figures Iain MacLeod and Enoch Powell refuse posts, while Edward Heath becomes secretary for industry, trade and regional development. Butler becomes foreign secretary. Reginald Maudling remains chancellor.

London Lord Home Britain Home Harold Macmillan Iain MacLeod Enoch Powell John Hare Duchy of Lancaster Daily Sketch Daily Mirror Industry, Trade and Regional Development Edward Heath Butler Lord Hailsham Reginald ,Maudling

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