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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1964
Page
1
Washington report says 45 top businessmen, many GOP supporters, backed President Johnson. The group met at the White House to form the National Independent Committee to urge a four year term for Johnson and Son with Hubert Humphrey as running mate.
Senate approves health care provisions in a Social Security bill but the House has no plan. A conference committee will reconcile the two chambers with Rep. Mills likely to lead a group aligned against a Social Security financed program.
The Ohio Council for Education filed its proposal to raise the 3 percent retail sales tax to 4 percent with Secretary of State Ted W. Brown.Petitions for circulation require 93,500 valid signatures from half of Ohio’s 88 counties to place the measure before the 1965 General Assembly, with a second 93,500 names if needed to appear on the November 1965 ballot.
Malaysia announced a state of emergency as rioting flared in Singapore and across the federation. Police patrolled streets after reports of Indonesian paratroopers landing in Johore, with casualties among Malays and Chinese. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman pledged measures and sought UN Security Council action while Indonesia denied the aerial drop claim.
Congress man William E. Miller of New York will deliver the keynote at the Ohio GOP state convention in Columbus. The address will be shown on a 12 station TV network starting at 8 30 p m on Sept 17. Ray C Bliss announced Miller's first Ohio appearance since nomination.
Washington lawmakers met for a fleeting two seconds before adjourning to start the Labor Day weekend, prompting quick business and holiday break.
Washington notes say the House Committee on Un American Activities refused to eject three Nazis amid protests during hearings on Cuban visits by U S students. Ira led the protest and spoke out against the action.
Chilean voters head to polls amid a tight race between Salvador Allende of the socialist left and Eduardo Frei of the Christian Democrat party. Corvalan signaled possible nationalization of copper firms with compensation to US companies seen as secondary.
Warren Ohio reports former Ohio Supreme Court chief justice Carl V. Weygandt died in his sleep at 76 while visiting in Kinsman. He led the court from 1933 to 1962, earlier served in the Ohio House, a Cleveland common pleas judge, and the Eighth District Court of Appeals. He studied at Wooster and Western Reserve University.
New York fireman Richard Gregory Shaw, 34, off duty for coffee, discovers he is heir to 250000 left by Bushnell Dimond, a writer who died last June. Shaw and Dimond shared years of art and world culture talks, last meeting in 1951. Shaw plans a belated Hawaii honeymoon and a home in New Jersey, and quits his taxi driving job.
Cape Kennedy Fla. The launching of the OGO scientific satellite, hindered by ground support trouble, is moved to tonight. The Atlas Agena booster rocket is set for a 45 minute window beginning at 8 23 p.m.
Representatives of Bridgwater Machine Co and United Auto Workers Local 324 continued contract negotiations in Cleveland Friday after a five hour session Thursday. The local union has been on strike since April 11.
The forecast shows average temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal with a cooler weekend and a warming start to next week followed by a midweek cooldown. Rain accumulation expected around a half inch in showers early next week.
Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh announced he has received and accepted the resignations of all cabinet ministers and secretaries of state who are army officers, including his own, but they will stay on for now. The three general triumpvirate will continue as a steering committee under a new name. Gen. Khiem remains on the committee but resigns his government post.
Forester Vern Honchell says a very high fire hazard exists in Southeast Ohio as woods remain awfully dry. He urges extra caution during the last summer weekend after a ten acre fire near Redtown was quickly extinguished. Fire danger readings have varied from four to twelve as the season nears October 1, with towers and spotter planes to be used if danger persists.
Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley described Thomas M. Novak of Livonia as a man who earned about 85 000 posing as a physician for four years. Novak lacked a medical degree and faked attendance at several medical schools while prescribing drugs using a false registration number. No injuries or surgeries were reported.
Fragmentary OCR lists sections for Athens Chauncey Gallipolis Glouster Logan Nelsonville Point Pleasant Pomeroy Middleport and McArthur with notes on markets sports television and obituaries. No readable event details or names beyond place references are present.
Inside The Messenger notes city and county teachers will assemble Tuesday in Athens. The item appears on Page 2 and reflects local education discussions.
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