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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1961

Page

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Eisenhower Lashes Kennedy Policy and Peace Corps

Former President Eisenhower blasted the Kennedy administration in a New York campaign stop for Lefkowitz. He warned of fluctuating federal policy, deficits, and inflation risks, calling the Peace Corps a juvenile experiment and joking about moon missions.

New York Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower Peace Corps Louis J. Lefkowitz New York City Robert F. Wagner Washington U.S

Moscow raps US boast over nuclear supremacy

A Moscow radio broadcast denounces Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric for claiming the United States could deliver a second nuclear strike equal to the Soviet first. The station calls his remarks hysterical and warns they threaten global security.

London Moscow America Soviet Union Defense United States North America Gilpatric

Navy Recruiter Innocent in Grand Jury Larceny Charge

Eddie White a U S Navy recruiter in Point Pleasant pleaded innocent in Gallia County Common Pleas Court to larceny alleging he stole a steel calf valued at 80 dollars from James M Ballard of Vinton Route 1 around June 10. Bond set at 500 dollars la

Gallipolis Eddie White U. S. Navy Point Pleasant Gallia County White Grand James M. Ballard Vinton

Stevenson Says UN Finances, Secretary General Crises Near Resolve

Adlai E. Stevenson told a San Francisco audience that the United Nations faced two immediate crises, including choosing an interim secretary general and funding. He warned that without member payments the UN cannot survive, stressing finances as a critical urgency.

San Francisco Adlai E. Stevenson United Nations Stevenson U.S

Postmaster Draws Fire From NAACP

Postmaster General J Edward Day reinstated W W Law Georgia NAACP head as a mailman in Savannah but the method he used drew sharp NAACP criticism. Robert L Carter said Day s statement was vicious insulting and misleading and questioned Day s cabinet suitability. Day said he acted with regret and did not want to fuel a publicity campaign to make Law a martyr.

Washington J. Edward Day National Association For the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Robert L. Carter Day W. W. Law Georgia Savannah Law

Midas IV Detects Titan Missile Firing

Cape Canaveral reports the Midas IV spy satellite detected a Titan missile launch during a 6100 mile test flight on Tuesday night. The test aimed to see if infrared sensors could track exhaust and relay data to a ground station while the satellite circled 2100 miles overhead.

Cape Canaveral Fla

Five day forecast calls for cooler week with light showers

Temperatures will average two to three degrees below normal with highs 59 to 66 and lows 38 to 44. Cooler Thursday and minor changes thereafter. Rainfall expected about two to four tenths of an inch in shower activity heading into the weekend.

Iran Moves To Halt 50 Megaton Nuclear Test Appeal

Iran calls on the United Nations General Assembly to suspend general debate on nuclear testing and to take up immediately a proposal urging the Soviet Union to cancel its planned 50 megaton hydrogen bomb explosion. Mehdi Vakil, an Iranian delegate and sponsor, led the move at UN headquarters in New York.

United Nations N.Y. i U.N Soviet Union Mehdi Vakil General Assembly Moscow

Nations Week Founded in San Francisco in 1945

The organization was founded in San Francisco in June 1945 and its charter ratified on October 24 of that year. In a New York news conference Stevenson and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin announced an interim successor to Dag Hammarskjold should be Burma's U Thant. Zorin confirmed the agreement in New York. Prospects improved for a UN Security Council deadlock break with Mauritius and Outer Mongolia members. Nationalist China appeared to abandon its veto.

San Francisco New York Stevenson Valerian A. Zorin Dag Hammarskjold Burma U Thant Security Council Mauritania Outer Mongolia United Nations China

Titan Missile Flight Tests Midas Satellite

Cape Canaveral reports a Titan ICBM completed its ninth test flight as part of a mission tied to the Midas IV spy satellite. The launch aimed to test infrared sensing of the exhaust trail and relay to a ground station, but officials did not disclose whether the satellite detected it.

Health officials monitor fallout from Soviet nuclear test

Public health authorities in North America rush to detect early fallout from the Soviet Union's Monday nuclear blast. Officials say it is too soon to judge health risk for the coming weeks or spring. A Weather Bureau scientist notes the initial fallout could pass north of the United States.

Washington North America Soviet Union Weather Bureau Continental United States

Atomic blasts spark fallout concerns from Soviet tests

Uppsala University observers report another Soviet atomic test in the Novaya Zemlya area. Officials warn fallout from iodine and strontium could affect health in the coming weeks and months, with uncertain levels and protective standards.

Uppsala Sweden Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya Uppsala University Observatory

Governors Meet for Rail Crisis Warning

A panel of governors heard that Eastern railroads were $122 million in the red as of August 30, a real public crisis. Leaders from five major roads blamed artificial government handicaps and argued for policy changes to avert broader economic damage.

New York Wesley Powell New Hampshire National Governors’ Conference Allen J. Greenough Pennsylvania Railroad Greenough

Mike Ureed To Run Again

Gov. Michael V. DiSalle campaigned in Canton and Uhrichsville urging Ohio voters to back his state needs while attacking Republicans in the General Assembly for not funding approved increases. He wept when Paul M. Perkins asked if he should pursue a 1962 draft DiSalle bid, drawing a standing ovation from about 400 attendees.

Canton Michael V. DiSalle Uhrichsville Ohio General Assembly DiSalle Paul M. Perkins Stark County Democratic Party

Girl 4 Is Killed Family's Second Loss

In Georgetown Ohio Lorraine Amita Highfield four ran under a tree felled for firewood and died an accidental death. The Highfield family of Winchester had already lost Karen Jo Ann 22 months old in a pool near their home last May. They also have a 14 month old daughter.

Georgetown Ohio Lorrie Amita Highfield Harold D. Highfield Winchester Karen Jo Ann Highfields

Army asserts rights then yields ground in Berlin border clash

U S Army officials clash with East German authorities over access to East Berlin as tanks and armored cars mass at the border. Two U S Army sightseeing buses are turned back after initial entry, while civilian movement is restricted. East German police demand passenger lists as forces from UK and France posture nearby.

Berlin East Berlin U.S West Berlin Gesundbrunnen

Ambulance Trip Brings Girl Back To Jailers

Delores Mae Landers nineteen reports being picked up from the Meigs County reformatory after illness forced a trip to Holzer Hospital. The 17 year old, initially taken to Gallia’s Holzer, was found not to have appendicitis and was returned to Meigs County jail in Pomeroy. The incident followed her walk away from Marysville’s juvenile facility and prior transport by Meigs County Sheriff to Marysville.

Gallipolis Meigs County Holzer Hospital Delores Mae Landers Pomeroy Marysville Ernie E. Thompson Thompson Gallia County Oak Hill Oak Hill Hospital

Fire Sweeps ThreeStory Columbus Rooming House

Thick smoke from a three story rooming house in Columbus sent 18 firemen and three residents to hospitals. The fire caused $1500 damage and was confined to the basement but filled the building with smoke as occupants crowded from windows and stairs. Firemen located the blaze in the basement after gropping through the building. cause undetermined. Smoke inhalation forced a halt to firefighting to count personnel.

Columbus

Ohio Nar Cotic Laws Fail To Curb Drug Sales

Rev. Lynn Hageman of New York told a Cleveland workshop that harsh Ohio narcotics laws do not stop good quality narcotics from circulating in the state. He said addicts pass through Ohio to obtain drugs and then leave, because the state is too dangerous.

Lynn Hageman New Ohio

Ohio State Student Wins Tasting Contest

Ohio State University senior David H. Brown 21 of Warren Ohio won top honors in the 27th annual College Students International Contest in Judging Dairy Products. Sixty three students from 21 colleges competed, with Brown receiving a gold watch Tuesday night.

Washington Ohio State University David H. Brown Warren Ohio

Texan predicts man in orbit by December and moon by 1969

Rep. Olin E. Teague of Texas, a Space Committee member, stated the United States will place a man in orbit by December 5 and land a man on the moon by 1969. He spoke Tuesday in Bryan Texas as part of the Space Committee’s discussion.

Texan Bryan Tex Texas United States Olin E. Teague D-Tex Space Committee Earth

Taylor Encouraged Over South Viet Nam

Gen Maxwell L. Taylor arrived in Bangkok from Saigon after a week in South Viet Nam reporting he is very much encouraged by the pro Western government’s ability to resist Communist guerrilla attacks. He said South Viet Nam has the resources to cope with the threat to its independence.

Bangkok Thailand Maxwell L. Taylor Saigon South Viet Nam Taylor Kennedy

Ohio Study Seeks Causes of School Dropouts

The Ohio Department of Education has sent forms to 370 school systems to report underlying characteristics of dropout cases both individually and for local situations, aiming to understand why youths leave school before graduation.

Columbus Ohio Department of Education

Death Ashes Threaten Japan From Soviet Nuclear Tests

Tokyo government scientists warn of heavy radioactive fallout expected to reach Japan Friday or Saturday from a Arctic range hydrogen bomb test. Meteorological officials urge not to drink rain water and to wash vegetables and fruit before eating as precaution.

Tokyo Soviet Union Japan Arctic Meteorological Agency Earth

Tshombe Accepts Katanga Cease Fire and Prisoner Transfers

In Leopoldville Congo the Katanga leader Moise Tshombe formally accepts ratification of the Katanga UN cease fire and will hand over about 190 Irish and Scandinavian prisoners. The UN says Mahmoud Khiar will regain control of Elisabethville post office and radio station and return 210 Katangan prisoners captured in the fighting.

Leopoldville The Congo Katanga Moise Tshombe Mahmoud Khiar Elisabethville

Forty one fugitives flee Red China to British colony

Forty one fugitives from Red China, captured by British patrols this side of the Chinese Communist border, were questioned by police today in preparation for facing illegal entry charges. They likely will be cautioned by the court, fined nominally or set free, and then reside in the British colony.

Honk Kong Red China

Police raid in Avondale seizes heroin and morphine

Police detained six suspects for questioning after a raid on an Avondale apartment netted an estimated 3500 dollars of heroin and morphine.

Cincinnati Avondale

Rayburn fed through stomach tube for past week

Doctors at Baylor Hospital in Dallas stated on Tuesday that House Speaker Sam Rayburn has been fed through a stomach tube nearly continuously for the past week.

Dallas Tex Baylor Hospital Sam Rayburn

Tax collections rise in Columbus first quarter

Ohio state excise tax receipts for July to September show a $1 million increase over the same quarter last year. The report outlines higher revenue across sectors, with officials citing steady economic activity and improved tax compliance.

Columbus Ohio

Turnabout Is Only Fair Play in Batesville

Batesville photographer Coy Claxton retaliates against a grocery promo by offering six free bags of potato chips to anyone who buys his baby pictures. The bold counteroffer targets the chip brand tied to the retailer’s free photo incentive.

Batesville Ark P— Coy Claxton Claxton

Youngstown Judge Seeks Ohio Office

Youngstown judge Harold Richert of Mahoning County seeks the Democratic nomination for attorney general of Ohio in the 1962 primary. Akron attorney Harold L. Libby, leading Richert support, collected the petitions from Secretary of State Ted W. Brown.

Columbus Youngstown Ohio Harold Richert Mahoning County Harold L. Libby Akron Richert Ted W. Brown

Lost and Found Ad Urges Quick Messenger Help

A classified notice promotes rapid Lost and Found ads in The Messenger. It urges readers to call LY 3-1242 after discovering a loss, claiming the department regularly yields more finders than other media.

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