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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1965

Page

12

State Board Proposes Consolidation and Bus Bid Plan

Ohio State Board of Education moves to urge consolidation of small private and parochial schools amid minimum standards questions. It tables a plan for voluntary centralized bus bidding while allocating 6 074010 in federal aid for vocational facilities and creating Moundbuilders Joint Vocational School District in Licking County.

Columbus State Board of Education Paul Walker Seventh Day Adventist Church Wayne Shaffer Bryan 106Th General Assembly Shaffer Franklin County Cleveland Tri-County Athens Hocking Perry Counties Youngstown Lorain Dayton Elyria Akron Moundbuilders Joint Vocational Licking County

Conversion of Hospital Funds Hit

State Auditor reports a Greene Memorial Hospital case involving $1788 converted to private use. Former administrator Leo Reich faced $1567, plus smaller charges against a secretary, director of nurses, and a pharmacy overpayment. All but one item were repaid. record destruction hindered full audit.

Columbus Chester W. Goble Greene County Greene Memorial Hospital Xenia Marshal E. Peterson Goble Leo Reich Reich Jean Foley Evelyn Lauterbach Buck Miss Foley Ralph A. Voelker

Johnson seeks leader for housing department post

President Johnson weighs cabinet pick to head the new Department of Housing and Urban Development and faces opposition from some Negro groups and city mayors. Weaver, 57, leads the Housing and Home Finance Agency and is urged by allies, while critics cite limited experience outside housing and political concerns.

Raymond J. Crowley Washington Johnson Department of Housing and Urban Development Robert C. Weaver Weaver Housing and Home Finance Agency Cabinet Department John F. Kennedy Congress Kennedy Conference of Mayors

Thousands More Will Go To Viet

Washington reports indicate a further US troop buildup in South Vietnam beyond 125000. The remaining 1st Infantry Division brigade may join others already there as the Army plans to train a new division at Fort Riley while dispatching combat, logistics, and aviation elements. Rusk and defense sources note the total will likely exceed the 125000 threshold. The arrival of the 1st Cavalry Division is underway, pushing total forces toward the 125000 mark.

Fred S. Hoffman Washington South Viet Nam Johnson Viet Nam Ft. Riley Kaw Dean Rusk Capitol Hill 1St Cavalry

Ohio State trustees weigh speaker rule at Wooster meeting

Ohio State University trustees gather in Wooster amid debate over the campus speaker rule banning communists and subversives. President Fawcett hints the policy may be discussed as a May session continues at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.

Ohio State James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike Commission Shocknessy

Kidney transplant planned from Ferrer to daughter in Michigan

A 47 year old man, Frank Ferrer, was to donate a kidney to his daughter Patricia Shontz of Rochester Michigan. Patricia, 24, lost a kidney in an accident at age ten and has been awaiting a transplant as her husband James noted. The operation was scheduled at Cleveland Clinic Hospital where she had been preparing for six weeks.

Cleveland Frank Ferrer Patricia Shontz Rochester Mich

Maumee Seen as Possible Chrysler Plant Site

United Auto Workers officials identify Maumee a Toledo suburb as the best potential Ohio location if Chrysler moves its Highland Park machining facilities out of Michigan. Governor Romney promised to oppose any relocation in a letter to union reps dated Monday.

Lansing Mich United Auto Workers Maumee Toledo Ohio Chrysler Corp Highland Park Michigan George Romney Romney

Aberdeen quints drift from public eye on private birthday

Aberdeen South Dakota hosts the Fischer quintuplets birthday at their private 17 room ranch home. The family avoids public events as media interest and tourist attention fade, while annual income from exclusive licensing funds their future and supports the 800 acre cattle ranch.

Aberdeen Fischers Aber Fischer South Dakota Fischer Road Rushmore Andy Fischer

Post Office Reveals Summer Hire Lists After Ban Lifted

Postmaster General John A. Gronouski announces lifting the disclosure ban on summer job hires by the Post Office Department. He says 39 percent were Congress-recommended and 61 percent came via state and local agencies or postmasters, with 8600 total hires and most using earnings for education.

Washington Post Office Department John A. Gronouski Congress Gronouski Albert H. Quie Minnesota H. R. Gross Iowa

Norwegians Vote Out Socialist Government After 30 Years

Oslo reports Norway elected a four party coalition with a 10 seat majority in the 150 member Storting for four years. Voter turnout reached about 85 percent as Socialists were defeated by right and left wing sentiment. No new premier named before reconvening October 1.

Oslo Norway Storting Sweden Denmark Einar Gerhardsen

Student Electrocuted After Car Crash Near City Limits

Charles Robert Wells a 20 year old student at the Jackson Manpower Training Center died in an accidental electrocution after his car struck a utility pole near the northwest city limits. Police said Wells of Love City Guernsey County was alone in the vehicle when he attempted to leave.

Jackson iPi Charles Robert Wells Jackson Manpower Training Center Wells Love City Guernsey County

Judge Corrigan Named Ohio Judicial Conference Chairman

COLUMBUS in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John V. Corrigan is elected the new chairman of the Ohio Judicial Conference. Vice chairmen named by the executive committee include Judge Harold S. Ewing of Flyria and Eugene R. McNeill of Van Wert.

Ahoga County Common Pleas John V. Corrigan Harold S. Ewing Flyria Eugene R. McNeill van Wert

U.S. Aims to Cut Hurricane Betsy Impact

A Johnson administration report outlines steps to detect and track storms earlier, study weather control possibilities, join a world weather watch, and improve national hazard warnings.

Washington Johnson Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor Environmental Science Services Administration Commerce Department U. S

Adenauer narrowly avoids American shell during WWII memoir recount

Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer, age 89, recalls a near miss from an American artillery shell in his garden overlooking the Rhine. He describes seeing the shell 300 meters away and diving as it exploded 12 meters from him, in the opening chapter of his memoirs published in West German papers.

Bonn Germany Konrad Adenaur West Germany Adenauer Gestapo Cologne Rheendorf Rhine the Rhine

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