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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1963

Page

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Police Bar Bearded Ones Rowdies From Cuba Hearing

A heavy police guard barred unkempt youths and troublemakers from a House Un-American Activities hearing on illegal travel to Cuba. Phillip A. Luce of New York attacked the committee and labeled Barry Hoff man, a Boston businessman who joined the Cuba trip as an undercover agent, as a creep.

House un-American Activities Committee Cuba Barry Hoffman FBI CIA Hoffman U.S Ilegal Washington House Committee On UN Boston Alfred Luce Capitol Charles Sullivan Student Committee House Communist Party

Legion Head Gets Mandate On Castro

Dan Foley, 41, of Wabasha Minnesota, elected national commander of the American Legion at its convention in Miami Beach. He pledged to press for action to overthrow Fidel Castro and criticized President Kennedy as timorous, calling for unilateral military steps if needed.

Miami Beach Fla Fidel Castro Dan Foley American Legion Foley Legion Castro Kennedy United States

Tragic Point Pleasant Crash Kills Mother and Two Children

Four die in a three car collision near Huntington. Victims from Point Pleasant include Nina Elea nor Eads 25 and her two children Sandra Gail eight months and Edward five. The husband Jack Eads 25 is critically injured. Virgil Smith 46 and William Edwards injured. The crash occurred on Route 2 four miles north of Huntington after Smith’s car crossed the center line in wet conditions. The Eads family was en route to Huntington to visit Mrs. Siders.

Point Pleasant Huntington St. Marys Hospital Nina Eleanor Eads Mt. Vernon Ave Sandra Gail Edward Virgil Smith Jack Eads Smith William Edwards W. Va Virgil Smith, Jr Freeman F. Smith Glenwood Eads Nellie Siders Siders Mobile Robert Spears Siders Minnie Spears Redmond Ridge L. G. Mohr

Athens Bound Student Killed In Auto Wreck

Ohio University freshman James A. Bullock 22 of Cleveland died in a two vehicle crash on Routes 161 and 37 west of Newark. Passenger Jean Molina 20 of Westlake suffered a fractured skull. Bullock and Molina were returning to Athens for the fall semester when Bullock allegedly ran a stop sign into a truck driven by John R. Brick 26 of Urichsville.

Ohio University James A. Bullock Cleveland Newark Bullock John R. Brick Urichsville Jean Molina Westlake Athens

Teens Rally in Alabama Opposing School Integration

In Birmingham area, over 200 teens rallied near a downtown high school to support a boycott of integration. Phillips High School students joined the protest while others went to class. Police dispersed a group at Murphy High where 54 white students had been arrested in a prior demonstration.

Alabama Birmingham Ala Phillips High Phillips Mobile Murphy High Murphy Boys National Guard Kennedy George C. Wallace Army Tuskegee Tuscaloosa Wallace Baltimore Harry D. Hardy Citizens Council

Russians Now Call Shots In Cuba Embarks Refugee Warning

Rafael Rodriguez a 48 year old former Merchant Marine sailor led 89 Cubans including 28 women and 22 children in a five day voyage from Cuba to Cozumel Mexico and claimed Soviets now control Cuba saying the homeland is full of Russians who dictate affairs while ordinary Cubans suffer hunger and deprivation. He cited foreign visitors at hotels yet ordinary people barred from access and observed about 95 percent of Cubans are non Communist.

Cozumel Mexico Cuba Rafael Rodriguez Mexican Rodriguez

Britain chides Cuba over Bahamas raid denial

The Foreign Office said Fidel Castro's government rejected Britain's protest against a Cuban raid on the Bahamas last month.

London Foreign Office Fidel Castro Britain Bahamas

Central Americans in Cuba on private plane land coast town

Six Central Americans are believed to be in Cuba after landing a twin engine private plane at a southern coast town. A Costa Rican official was flying to negotiate their release.

Miami Fla Cuba

Kennedy celebrates 10th wedding anniversary in Newport

President and Mrs. Kennedy held a small 10th anniversary party Thursday night in Newport Rhode Island with close friends and family in attendance.

Newport Kennedy

Rhodes Heads to Denver for Republican Governors Meeting

Governor James A. Rhodes departs Columbus by air for Denver to attend the first meeting of the Republican Governors AssociationSaturday. He will travel alone and return Sunday after the Miami Beach conference formed the group.

Columbus James A. Rhodes Denver Colo Republican Governors Association Miami Beach Fla Rhodes

Airborne radar joins coast defense network

Air Force announces four engine patrol planes from Otis AFB Mass use Airborne Long Range Input to watch eastern approaches. Lt Gen Thatcher says system replaces Texas Tower surveillance and provides ocean based radar beyond shoreline range with extended horizon coverage.

Washington Air Force North America Herbert B. Thatcher Air Defense Command Otis Air Force Base Mass Thatcher Texas Tower New England Texas

Storm disrupts power across counties in Appalachia

An electrical storm knocked out power to 2370 customers in the area. First outage began at 6 10 p m when lightning hit Beale substation Gallipolis Ferry and at 7 50 p m a Salt Creek regulator failed. 859 customers from Route 35 to Buffalo and Route 2 were without power from 7 55 to 8 02 p m, 503 south of the Kanawha River were out from 6 10 to 8 02 p m. The Salt Creek regulator caught fire and the fire department responded.

Point Pleasant Appalachian Power Co Beale Gallipolis Ferry Salt Creek Appalachian Buffalo Route 2 Kanawha River

Draft Call Announced for 1602 Men in Ohio

The Ohio Selective Service headquarters issued an October draft call for 1602 men, the largest monthly call of the year. Included are 11 from Athens County and 6 from Hocking County. In Rawlins Wyoming, warden Leonard Meacham reported wart heaters missing from the penitentiary main cell block.

Columbus Ohio Selective Service Athens Hocking Counties Rawlins Wyo Leonard Meacham Wyoming Penitentiary

Continuation Granted In School Case in Mason County

In Circuit Court Judge James Lee Thompson granted a continuation in the Eunice B. Hesson versus Mason County Board of Education case. Prosecuting Attorney Cecil Dean noted the date for the continuation as Oct. 17 at 9 30 a.m. Hesson had petitioned for a writ of mandamus after disputes over teaching assignments at Point Pleasant Senior High and local junior high. She currently teaches music at the old junior high under an interim arrangement pending court ruling. Overseas grain shipments from Great Lakes ports neared 1962 record levels in the first seven months, per the Great Lakes Commission.

Point Pleasant Cecil Dean James Lee Thompson Circuit Court Eunice B. Hesson Mason County Board of Education Ann Arbor Mich Great Lakes Great Lakes Commission

Man on FBI Top Ten List Arrested in Cleveland

Leroy Ambrosia Frazier 43, once on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list, was captured in Cleveland after posing as Johnny Gray. He built a general contracting business, earned about $16,000 last year, and faced fugitive charges after escaping a Washington hospital in 1962. He previously faced heroin and assault convictions and was arraigned on the fugitive charge.

FBI Cleveland Leroy Ambrosia Frazier Johnny Gray St. Elizabeth Hospital Washington D. C Frazier Lorton

Kennedy outlines pace of racial integration and policy aims

President Kennedy said the nation is moving at the right tempo on racial integration and praised Southern compliance with desegregation. He stressed support for the limited nuclear test ban treaty and outlined U.S. positions on Viet Nam, Nixon, Cuba, and Pakistan in a broad press briefing.

Kennedy Senate United Nations U. S South Viet Nam Ken Nedy Viet Nam Rockefeller Nelson A. Rockefeller New York Goldwater

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