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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1960
Page
1
Report from Hamden Ohio tracks Nixon campaign energy as Republicans anticipate carrying Ohio in November. Party leaders like Ray Bliss and John Bricker project victory, citing polls and debate performances. Voters across Vinton County express support, citing strong stance on Kastro relations and war fears.
Vice President Nixon outlined rapid moves to forge U S alliance confederacies to share aid costs with West Germany France Canada and the U S, aiming to bolster the dollar amid fears of devaluation while criticizing Kennedy as undermining American confidence and urging private enterprise over government waste.
In Leopoldville the United Nations faces a new military challenge as Belgian officers rejoin Congolese units and undermine UN aims. The 19,000 strong force sees risks to public order and world peace, with aims to block Lumumba and safeguard Belgian interests.
News wires report networks urging a direct face to face presidential debate if candidates opt for a fifth encounter. No moderator panel would be used, the proposal centers on cand idates answering questions directly.
Semetonces will average near normal with a normal high around 58 to 62 and low 39 to 41. Little daily change in temperature. Precipitation will average 0.1 to 0.2 inch in showers tonight and again about Saturday.
A 57 year old Mason County woman, Anna Casto Plants of Point Pleasant Route 2, dies from internal injuries after a two car crash seven miles south of Point Pleasant near the Lee Blaine Restaurant. Virgil Plants, 58, wife of the victim, suffers a broken kneecap and minor injuries, listed as in good condition. Byrd Osher Jackson, 56, of Henderson, has chest and internal injuries and a broken jaw, reported in critical condition at Point Clinic.
A gas triggered blast blasted through a crowded Windsor Metropolitan Stores building injuring and trapping shoppers and staff. Seven bodies were recovered with one more dying in hospital and at least 99 treated for injuries as crews worked through near freezing temperatures to reach those buried. Civil defense director Henry Bird said five employees were unaccounted for while about 150 people inside described a sudden blast and darkness.
Saint-John Perse, a French poet and former diplomat who fled France in 1940 after clashes with pro Fascist forces, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He settled in the United States and serves as a Library of Congress consultant in Washington.
Members at all seven major New York City dailies vote to strike next Tuesday if a satisfactory work contract is not reached by then.
Moscow reports Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin of the Soviet rocket forces was killed in an aviation accident. The high ranking commander perished in the crash as officials investigate the incident.
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa charges the United States plans a Cuba invasion and a manufactured provocation at Guantanamo to affect the U S election. The steering committee sent the issue to the political committee by a 12 3 vote with five abstentions, delaying General Assembly action. The United States called the charges a monstrous fabrication while supporting a full UN airing.
G C Sutton of Athens Route 3 recalls William Jennings Bryan visiting Athens and delivering a speech on College Green or East Washington Street. He also remembers hearing Speaker Joseph Cannon at the courthouse.
Vice President Richard Nixon spoke in Athens aiming at Senator Kennedy while recalling his 1952 and 1956 campaigns. He praised Ohio University students and noted his family roots in Southeastern Ohio, framing Washington policy as it affects the people of the home congressional district.
An unidentified military aircraft exploded and crashed six miles west of McArthur near County Road 18 around 11 a.m. Fire crews, Sheriff Steele, and forestry personnel responded. A fatality was reported with number unclear. the plane possibly from Lockbourne AFB.
Senator John F. Kennedy charged the Eisenhower administration hides a government funded survey to bolster Nixon's claim that U.S. prestige is high. He spoke in Chicago and Michigan during a day of campaigning.
Retail industry leaders told President Eisenhower the American economy is robust and only undergoing a little pause. They stressed resilience of demand and urged steady policy support.
The confessed atomic spy David Greenglass is scheduled for release from prison on November 16. He served time related to his role in the espionage cases surrounding the Manhattan Project.
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