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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1961

Page

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DiSalle Launches Broad Attacks on Ohio Politicians

Gov Michael V DiSalle announces a statewide tour to attack both parties for blocking his legislative agenda He vows to tell Ohioans the politics behind the issues and will stay out of the Democratic primary He criticizes the Columbus Dispatch and backs claims about Auditor James Rhodes as a GOP challenger noting Mechem's voting record.

Michael V. DiSalle Ohio DiSalle Knox Allen Stark Tuscarawas Columbus Dispatch Dispatch James A. Rhodes Lumbus C. Stanley Mechem Nelsonville Senate Mechem di Salle

Fallout from Soviet nuclear test roils atmosphere

Washington reports the Soviet Union’s massive atmosphere test near Novaya Zemlya may be the 50 megatons Khrushchev cited or 30 megatons per the U S Atomic Energy Commission. Fallout travels south to southeast toward the U S S R and marks the era’s largest man made blast. The day also saw a Soviet underwater test and a first U S Navy launch of an advanced Polaris from a submarine. Tass claimed another long range rocket flight.

Washington Soviet Union U.S. Weather Bureau U.S.S.R Novaya Zemlya U.S. Navy Atlantic Cape Canaveral Fla

Soviet Underwater Test Signals Nuclear Arms Push

AP report indicates the Soviet Union conducted a low yield underwater nuclear test south of Novaya Zemlya and claimed an atmospheric device of 30 to 50 megatons. The articles discuss aims to deter U.S. Polaris submarines and potential anti missile capabilities. Marshal Malinovsky touts rocket defenses as solved.

Packers Sign Security Pact With Unions

The major meat packing firms have agreed on worker security contracts with unions. Agreements include a unique provision called technological adjustment pay for displaced workers with five years or more seniority. Eligible workers receive 65 dollars weekly for 26 to 39 weeks after transfer to another Armour plant.

Chicago

Dancer Alters Account in Newport Hotel Arrest Case

Louisville reports that dancer Juanita Hodges of Houston revised her previous testimony about the May arrest of reform candidate George Ratterman in a Newport hotel room. The Courier Journal says Hodges gave a new statement to the FBI and took a polygraph, though FBI would not confirm the interview.

Louisville George Ratterman Newport Juanita Jean Hodges Houston Tex Louisville Courier-Journal Ratterman

New High Enrollment Reached at Wittenberg University

Springfield report shows Wittenberg University total enrollment for the year at 2798, up 9 percent from 1960, Registrar Helen Haley announced.

Springfield Wittenberg University Helen Haley

Bus Crash in Kapuskasing Kills Driver and Three Children

A US Air Force School bus rear collided with a gravel truck near Kapuskasing on Monday killing the bus driver and three students and wounding 18 others. The crash details include location and casualty figures provided by officials.

Kapuskasing Oni U. S. Air Force Here

Americans defy Berlin wall travel restrictions

East Berlin border guards backed down Monday night as three Americans defied a new Communist travel restriction along the Berlin wall, prompting a tense standoff and prompting authorities to retreat.

Berlin East Berlin Berlin Wall

Laws Start This Week In Ohio Schools And Loans

Ohio begins new laws this week including annual inspections for school buses with more than nine passengers and a state commission to guarantee up to 80 percent of bank loans for students. Loans cap at 1000 dollars per year and 5000 dollars for full college courses, with a maximum interest rate of 542 percent.

Columbus Ohio Department of Education Department of Highway Safety Ohio Highway Patrol

Million Dollar Resort Project Planned for Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant reports a million dollar ultra modern resort motel restaurant and club house with a 160 unit hotel and 1000 seat convention hall on a 31 acre site two miles north on Route 62 facing the Ohio River. The West Virginia Industries Development Corp led by Rolfe Lee and L A Wright plans ten shopping center buildings and extensive landscaping with all West Virginia products including Kaiser Aluminum. The project includes a public restaurant and a $1000 restaurant and club house, with government built utilities already in place from Camp Conley improvements.

Point Pleasant Moose Home West Virginia Industries Development Corporation West Virginia Industries Development Corp Rolfe Lee Gallipolis Ferry L. A Corporation Pleasant Point Resort West Virginia Kaiser Aluminum

Goldberg Honored by Opera Buffs in Bold Met Debut

Arthur Goldberg steered the Metropolitan Opera through a labor dispute keeping the season alive as Leontyne Price starred in La Fanciulla del West. Notables at the Opera Club tribute included Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss, Adlai Stevenson, Ralph Bunche, Mongi Slim, Allen Dulles and Lewis Douglas. Puccini inspired Puccini la Faniculla del West linking traditional Italian opera to the Western tale.

Goldberg Met Leontyne Price Hugh Auchincloss Stephen Smith Adlai E. Stevenson Ralph Bunche Mongi Slim The United Nations CIA Allen W. Dulles London Lewis Douglas Metropolitan David Belasco Puccini

Britain Rejects East German Paper Inspection Claim

London officially dismissed East Germany’s demand to inspect Western officials’ papers crossing into East Berlin. The stance reinforces Cold War tensions as authorities maintain control over border procedures amid ongoing disputes over travel and surveillance.

Longon Britain East Berlin

Tshombe to decide on U.N. cease-fire ratification

U.N. chief negotiator Mahmoud Khiari delivered the ratification and attached terms to Katanga leader Moise Tshombe in Elisabethville. The officials seek the exchange of about 190 U.N. troops captured last month while observers doubt Tshombe will accept the conditions aimed at balancing support between Katanga’s secessionist regime and the central Congo government.

Elisabethville Katanga The Congo U.N Command Moise Tshombe U.N. Secretariat Mahmoud Khiari U.N Tshombe Khiari

Springfield Bans Tropic of Cancer in Seventh City

Springfield becomes at least the seventh Ohio city to remove Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer from newsstands and bookstores after distributors agreed to voluntarily pull the book, police inspector Isaac Hollowell said Monday.

Springfield Ohio Henry Miller Isaac Hollowell

Cuba Chares U S With Killing Cuban Worker at Guantanamo

Havana accuses the United States of killing Ruben Lopez Sabaniego at Guantanamo Naval Base and calls for American officers to be handed to Cuban authorities for trial. U S reports say Lopez body was found inside the base amid an investigation into his suspected leanings toward Fidel Castro.

Cially United States Guantanamo Naval Base Ruben Lopez Sabaniego Guantanamo Fidel Castro U.S Lopez

Luthuli Seeks Sweden Visit to Accept Nobel Peace Prize

Albert John Luthuli plans to apply to South Africa for permission to travel to Sweden to receive the Nobel Peace Prize won for opposing racial policy. Interior Minister Jan de Klerk refused to say if Luthuli would be released. The prize money totals 43744 dollars, to be added to Luthuli's estate. Luthuli has been detained since 1952 amid anti apartheid actions.

Johannesburg South Africa Albert John Luthuli Sweden Jan de Klerk de Klerk Luthuli Dag Hammarskjold African National Congress Congress

Viet Nam Now Seeks U.S. Troop Deployment

In Saigon Gen Maxwell D Taylor outlined to President Kennedy broad action plans against the Communist threat in South Viet Nam. Diem and Taylor reviewed proposals before Taylor returns to Washington. Earlier the Socialist Union urged sending American troops to South Viet Nam, signaling possible alignment with Diem’s stance.

Saigon South Viet Nam Maxwell D. Taylor Kennedy U.S Save Socialist Union Group The National Assembly Diem

Chou En Lai Flies to Peiping for Mao Talks

Premier Chou En-lai left the party congress for Peiping to confer with Mao Tze tung amid the rift between the Kremlin and Red China over Albania. He sharply criticized Khrushchev for denouncing the Albania Communist command during the session.

Moscow Chou En-lai Peiping Mao Tzetung Kremlin Red China Albania Chou Khrushchev

War Against Stamps Spreads to Middletown Gas Stations

The Middletown Retail Gasoline Dealers Association plans a meeting on November 2 to discuss the campaign against trading stamps and invites dealers from Hamilton and Lebanon to attend.

Middletown Middletown Retail Gasoline Dealers Association Hamilton Lebanon

Funeral services for Rev. Dr. Edmund D. Soper in Evanston

Funeral services will be conducted here Thursday for Rev. Dr. Edmund Davison Soper 85 longtime president of Ohio Wesleyan University from 1928 to 1938. He died Monday.

Evanston Edmund Davison Soper Ohio Wesleyan University

Adenauer Outlines Berlin Position To Kennedy

West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer sent a message to President Kennedy detailing Bonn’s stance on the Berlin crisis. The note clarifies West Germany’s approach amid tensions over the divided city and related security concerns.

Lucius Clay Kennedy Berlin Wolfang Foster Heinz Koester U.S Carla Washington Konrad Adenauer West Germany

Thailand closes border with Cambodia over diplomatic rupture

Bangkok suspends entry and exit as Cambodia cuts diplomatic ties, signaling a swift regional rift. Government says border closures are temporary and aimed at maintaining security and public order.

Prisoners End However Strike In New York

Stormville New York The 1966 inmates at Green Haven State Prison ended a three day change strike and resumed regular meals after Warden Edward Fay and the state corrections commissioner promised to review grievances. The issues cited include parole board actions and medical treatment, while the solitary confinement incident that sparked the strike was not part of the dispute.

Stormville N. Y Green Haven State Prison State Commissioner of Correction Edward Fay State Parole Board Fay

Discoverer 33 Fails to Orbit at Vandenberg

Discoverer XXXIII failed to reach orbit as the second stage Agena engine shut off prematurely. The Air Force said the setback delays a program intended to perfect a space recovery method, with only eight capsules recovered in three years.

Vandenberg Air Force Base Calif Air Force

Worldwide Protest Against Big Bomb Expands Globally

Protests spread through the non Communist world today against the Soviet detonation of a giant hydrogen bomb. Government leaders scientists and newspapers especially in Western Europe and Japan express shock at the 30 to 50 megaton blast set off in the Arctic Monday.

London Europe Japan

Castro says plot to assassinate him thwarted

Fidel Castro announced his police thwarted a new assassination plot against him. The statement did not reveal details or any suspects.

Havana Fidel Castro

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