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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1962
Page
1
London doctors said Dr. Robert A. Soblen 61 shows signs of exhaustion as he remains unconscious after overdosing to avoid extradition. He lay under guard in a hospital with officials investigating how he obtained barbiturates during 10 weeks of detention.
Portsmouth school board weighs permanent closure of Washington Elementary amid integration controversy. NAACP pickets protest a one year delay in integration as the board considers boundary changes that would spread white students to the school and decide its fate within two weeks.
Algiers deputy premier Ahmed Ben Bella and his political bureau confront pressure from the regular army's militant commander Col Houari Boumedienne after a five day civil war. Boumedienne protests cease fire terms while the guerrillas claim authority in Algiers and central Algeria ahead of September 16 elections.
Police report a homemade bomb found in the River Isar in Munich on Thursday, the second in 48 hours, matching a device that exploded in a telephone booth Tuesday night. The discovery comes two days before a planned visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.
Two veteran Southeastern Ohio lawmakers George Banks and George Meinhart led a five county park tour as a Public Improvements Inspection subcommittee. They praised spending while outlining plans for Burr Oak Lake Hope Lake Dow Lake and Zaleski Youth Camp improvements and new camping facilities.
President Kennedy aims to obtain authority from Congress to mobilize up to 150 000 reservists for as long as 12 months amid Cuba tensions. The plan allows the Defense Secretary to extend service and runs from congressional adjournment to next February. White House aides say the move is in response to the international situation and Castro buildup.
Glouster 72 year old police chief Fulton died at home after a short illness and a recent stroke. Born Bailey Run Dover Two, he was son of John A. and Louella Rutledge Fulton and served as Glouster police chief since 1951. member of Athens Paramythia Lodge F&AM. Congress dissolves in Buenos Aires after military annulment of March 18 vote leaving no quorum.
Geneva reports no real progress after six months of talks. The 17 nation conference began a two month recess with a no progress report to the United Nations Assembly. Co chairmen Dean of the United States and Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union said the proceedings yielded a lengthy preamble and little substantive achievement. Dean urged action to halt the arms race before despair prevails. Kuznetsk warned that sifting speeches and documents reveals scant progress.
In Atlantic City 54 contestants prepare for the semifinals after two opening rounds. Barbara Orr of Maine and Irene Ammons of Idaho express nerves and cautious optimism as the pageant advances toward the semifinal Thursday and final rounds culminating in the crowning Saturday night.
The Pentagon announced a November draft call of 4000 men matching October and 1000 below the July August and September quotas. Temperatures across Southern and Central Ohio will run about five degrees below normal with highs in the 78 to 84 range and lows around 56 to 61. Slow warming tonight into Saturday, then cooler over the weekend with a chance of rain totaling half an inch or more mainly Saturday night and Sunday.
Scientists say NASA detects Soviet planetary probes by noting parking orbit stages before a final push toward Mars or Venus. The method reveals whether a boost culminates in deep space flight or merely yields a failed reentry, with tracking showing engine restarts, tumbling, or breakup in orbit.
Federal investigators examine a 12 by 15 foot wing section recovered from Lake Milton to determine if structural failure caused the twin engine plane crash that killed 13. Skindivers retrieved the fragment about a mile from the crash site while an FBI disaster team assists in body identification at the Cuyahoga County Morgue.
Police Superintendent Giarrusso warned of severe penalties for hoax bomb calls after 15 threats disrupted public and parochial schools amid desegregation efforts. Despite threats and jeers, most campuses opened quietly for the third year of federal desegregation. A small fire touched off by spontaneous combustion occurred at a desegregated public school as 728 pupils were moved outside.
East Germany incident seen as a minor clash as Soviet troops fired about 40 shots at a U S Army liaison car near Potsdam. One hit the car but no injuries were reported as U S officials and the State Department offered cautious accounts. Col Ernest von Pawel may protest to Gen Ivan Yakubovsky over the episode.
Tokyo wires report that Nehru told Parliament India is ready to discuss withdrawal of forces from Ladakh with China. He said direct talks require Red China to pull its troops back first and accused China of demanding unilateral preconditions Beijing would not accept.
Italian doctors in public hospitals launched a 48 hour strike demanding higher pay and better working conditions. About 22 000 doctors were called out after a 24 hour action last week. The stoppage affects facilities nationwide and continues to disrupt patient care.
The Senate Judiciary Committee backed Thurgood Marshall for federal judge by 11 to 4 with Southern Democrats opposing. Paris sources say five arrests were made in the alleged De Gaulle assassination attempt. Ohio Gov DiSalle accepted a $250,000 state office building gift in Jackson on a 12 acre site.
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