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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1963

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South Viet Nam Crackdown Targets Ngo Dinh Nhu

President Kennedy's hard line against the South Vietnamese government centers on pressuring Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of Ngo Dinh Diem. If Diem fails to act, the United States may review aid with possible reductions and consider further measures.

John M. Hightower Washington Kennedy South Viet Nam Ngo Dinh Diem Diem Ngo Dinh Nhu U. S Viet Nam

Congress Still Has Big Battles Ahead

Congress enters the ninth month with major fights looming over a tax cut foreign aid spending the limited nuclear test ban treaty and civil rights. The Senate aimed to broaden the Manpower Training Act while states lag on funding. Kennedy warned against halting aid to Viet Nam but urged action short of full withdrawal as Saigon faced Buddhist-led protests and military resistance.

Washington Congress Senate House Kennedy Connecticut Kansas Montana Tennessee U.S

Dr Sam Sheppard to Get U S Court Hearing in Ohio

Dr Sam Sheppard a former Cleveland area osteopath is to receive a new hearing in U S District Court Columbus possibly late next month He is serving a life sentence in Ohio Penitentiary for the 1954 murder of his wife Marilyn The hearing will review his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a state official warned he could be rearrested for trial if released on bond or court order

Columbus Sam Sheppard U.S. District Court Sheppard Cleveland Bay Village Ohio Penitentiary Marilyn Mel G. Underwood U. S. District Court State Attorney General’s Office Ohio

Counties Enjoy Record Funds For Road Programs In Ohio

Ohio counties received the largest share of a record $138.2 million in street and highway funds for the 1963 fiscal year. Disbursements from gasoline taxes and motor vehicle license fees allocated $78,874,406 to counties, $44,096,244 to cities and villages, and $14,230,581 to townships.

Columbus Ohio Roger W. Tracy

Soviet urges China to act on Hong Kong crisis

Izvestia accuses Chinese leaders of hypocrisy over imperialism noting their rhetoric about oppression abroad contrasts with indifference to Hong Kong’s plight. The article frames Hong Kong as a doorstep issue for China and calls Beijing to respond.

Moscow Soviet Union

Motorcyclist Killed In Zanesville Race

A charity race at the Muskin Gum County Fairgrounds in Zanesville ended with the death of 31 year old John Hinkle of Covington Kentucky after he struck a crashed motorcycle on the track and slammed into a wooden fence authorities said.

Zanesville Muskingum County Fairgrounds John Hinkle Covington

Road Work Closes Bridge At Belpre

The Belpre Parkersburg bridge on U S 50 over the Ohio River will be closed to traffic Wednesday and Thursday for resurfacing. Traffic will detour over the Memorial Toll Bridge about a mile and a half north.

Belpre Belpre - Parkersburg U. S. 50 Ohio River Memorial Toll Bridge Ohio

Ohio Traffic Toll for Labor Day Weekend

The 78 hour Labor Day period in Ohio ended with 16 traffic deaths and 5 other accidental fatalities, below officials' 24 death forecast. Two drownings on the Ohio River and a boat incident pushed the weekend toll to 23, with three traffic deaths on Labor Day. Nationally, 543 traffic deaths marked a holiday record.

Associated Press Ohio Ohio River

U S Report Predicts Fall in Milk Cow Numbers

The Agriculture Department forecasts a continued drop in milk cows through fall and winter. The largest percentage decline since June 1959 occurred in the first half of the year, falling from 17.1 million to 16.6 million, a 28 percent drop. Reasons cited include rising costs and a strong market for cull cows, with milk production expected at under 125.5 million pounds in 1963 versus 125.9 million in 1962.

Washington Agriculture Department

Two Jets Are Lost In Atlantic Wreckage Identified

Homestead Air Force Base officials say an Air Force board will study wreckage from two KC135S strato tankers missing since August 28 about midway between Bermuda and Nassau. The jets carried 11 men. search for survivors has been abandoned.

Homestead Air Force Base Fla Air Force Board of Atlantic Bermuda Nassau

Kennedy Concedes Popularity Slippage Over Civil Rights

President Kennedy in a nationwide TV interview says his civil rights stance costs him support in the South and possibly the North. He cites the 1960 loss of Southern states and hints at further losses in 1964 while stressing no magic fix for unemployment and urging strong support for a limited nuclear test ban treaty.

Hyannisport, Mass Kennedy South Washington White House Cape Cod Hyannis Port Alabama Senate

Wallace Uses Force To Close Tuskegee School

Governor Wallace fronts a federal desegregation order by closing the Tuskegee Public School with 215 troopers and mounted deputies. Principal Wadsworth and teachers are kept from the building as Wallace postpones the fall term citing violence threats. the Macon County board says the school is open. No federal action was announced.

Tuskegee Ala George Wallace Consolidated Macon County Board of Education Col al Lingo E. W. Wadsworth Lingo Jim Clark Justice Department

Negro Student Weds White Boy Secretly at University

NEW YORK reports Charlayne Hunter the University of Georgia’s first Negro student secretly married Walter Stovall a 25 year old from Douglas Georgia. They disclosed the marriage and a December child plan saying they wed last spring while both attended the university.

New York Charlayne Hunter University of Georgia Walter Stovall Douglas George Stovall Atlanta Journal North Atlanta C. S. H. Hunter Jr Tampa, Fla New Yorker Magazine

Soviet tell China pact stands despite rifts

Moscow Radio said under the friendship and mutual aid treaty China need not build an atom bomb as Soviet nuclear might would back it. The broadcast reiterated the treaty remains in effect despite Chinese Soviet differences.

Tokyo Soviet Union China Moscow Radio

Vatican Pope Paul VI Prepares First Encyclical

Vatican circles report Pope Paul VI is drafting his first encyclical which could set the tone for his papacy. The move recalls Pope John XXIII’s approach in 1959 with his inaugural letter.

Vatican City Vatican Paul VI John XXIII

Hope For Louis Bova Abandoned In Mine Rescue Fails

In Hazleton Pennsylvania state officials abandon hope of finding Louis Bova alive after a coal mine collapse on August thirteenth.Bova entombed over 300 feet underground as rescuers drilled multiple shafts with no access forthcoming.The incident left brothers David Fellin and Henry Throne homeward bound after a week in hospital.

Hazleton David Fellin Henry Throne Louis Bova Fellin Throne Bova Antonio Bova Sheppton Dan Tony John

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