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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1952
Page
1
Washington reports the Fed and HHFA ease credit rules by lifting Regulation X after housing starts neared 1.2 million for the year. Regulation X set down payments from 5 percent on homes under 7 000 to 40 percent on 25 000 plus and banned second mortgages.
Massachusetts holds its primary amid a legislative pension reform controversy that drew attention from 2,480,000 voters. Unopposed leaders Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge and John F. Kennedy face no rivals. Gov. Paul Dever and Christian Herter also run unopposed. Democratic contests exist in eight of fourteen districts.
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, Republican nominee for governor, criticized Gov. Lausche’s six years in office. He cited unsatisfactory school aid, weak department records, and a failing welfare program. Taft projected labor support and said he would appeal to CIO voters.
The United States Britain and France completed a note rejecting Russia terms for a four power conference on Germany. The draft went to Bonn for the Allied high commissioners to present to Chancellor Adenauer and then to other Atlantic Pact members. It is expected to be delivered in Moscow by month’s end.
Russell Becere, 47, of Columbus, will be arraigned in Municipal Court today on a first degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of his 46 year old wife. Police said Becere admitted shooting his wife four times following a quarrel in a car.
Pomeroy imposes a 6 p.m. curfew for anyone under 18 to curb polio risk. The town previously closed theaters and churches and liquor sales until 6 p.m. daily through Sept. 24. A high school junior died of polio in Columbus. another senior remains in an iron lung.
Ohio Public Utilities Commission chairman Robert L. Moulton predicts partial relaxation of the winter gas freeze to allow more natural gas heating. A decision on modify by Oct. 1 is expected after a hearing on supply and four utilities seek about 32,000 new customers.
Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois head of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee announces a series of Ohio talks. He will address a Lima luncheon on Sept. 19 and a Marion evening event, followed by Oct. 13 luncheons in Lorain and Fremont dinners and Toledo evening meetings. The next day he plans to speak at Akron lunch and Canton evening event.
In Tucson Arizona two prisoners fatally shot Deputy U S Marshal Edmund L Schweppe during a downtown escape. He was taken to a dentist's office on the seventh floor of the Valley National Bank Building for treatment and was killed when shot in the back with his own revolver after removal of handcuffs. The escapees were recaptured about thirty minutes later.
Gov. Adlai Stevenson broadens to win independent voters and appeal to Republican progressives after Eisenhower Taft talks. Campaign strategists note Taft's strong GOP organization and see potential shifts as Stevenson refines his approach and targets new supporters.
Cyrus S. Ching will resign as director of the Federal Mediation Service effective Sept. 30. David L. Cole of Patterson New Jersey, a lawyer, will succeed him. President Truman announced the changes including appointing Charles C. Killingsworth to a public member and vice chairman role on the Wage Stabilization Board.
In Long Beach California a young mother Edna Schon 20 was jailed after police investigated a report that she sold her baby girl Linda Kay. Co defendants Elizabeth Brittain 35 and Kathryn Lincoln 37 were booked for infringement of personal liberty a felony. Lincoln received 450 dollars kept 50 and paid 400 to Schon who claimed she needed money and expected adoption of the child.
A near sighted shooter mistook a horse named Old Grover for a squirrel on J. A. Mawhor farm southeast of Lima. The animal was struck twice by No 6 shot and collapsed, though it remains standing and eating hay today.
Rep Polk of Ohio asks the federal government to finance a 21 mile highway from Bainbridge to Piketon to relieve congestion around the U 235 plant site. He seeks action through the public roads commissioner and presidential help for a Pike County hospital and Southern Ohio schools.
John L. Lewis warned of a possible 300,000 Eastern soft coal miners strike as contracts for Northern and Southern soft coal expire, but said no national emergency would arise. Western and Midwestern mines would stay operating, and a Pennsylvania hard coal pact also awaited agreement this week.
President Truman denounced opponents of compulsory medical insurance as pullbacks who seek a return to old days. He urged a nationwide health program as American enterprise and said affordable care requires a funding method, while avoiding direct political naming of Eisenhower. The clash with the AMA over the plan has persisted for seven years.
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin declared the Taft-Hartley Law means slow death for the labor movement as he spoke at the AFL's 71st annual convention. He joined Averell Harriman and Oscar R. Ewing in urging repeal citing Democratic gains.
Butler County Auditor R H Smith asks Franklin County Court to rule on constitutionality of the state board of tax appeals order requiring auditors to raise property valuations to 50 percent of market price. He contests the board's sampling basis from 1947 to 1949 and argues it may not reflect true values across his county.
In Torrance California a small one man HX26 helicopter from American Helicopter Co. made its first public flight. The 300 pound craft uses pulse jets at rotor tips and is designed for military reconnaissance. Secretary Pace Jr. watched the demonstration along with other spectators.
Actress Audrey Totter aged 29 and Dr. Leo Fred a 42 year old West Los Angeles physician plan to wed in California next week. The couple announced the engagement in Santa Monica California.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower drew massive audiences in Illinois and Indiana as he pressed his presidential bid. Republican officials said about a quarter of a million people witnessed his speeches and the tour included stops from Chicago south to Joliet Wheaton and Ottawa. Eisenhower planned a stop in New York to address the AF of L before resuming the campaign trail.
Former Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert will head the state advisory committee of Citizens for Eisenhower Nixon OCEN organization. Robert A. Weaver of Cleveland is Ohio chairman. Summers named Southeast Region vice chairman. Miller named Franklin County chairman.
Dayton Daily News endorses Michael V. DiSalle of Toledo, Democrat, for U.S. senator in a Monday editorial.
SEOUL Korea U S Sabre jet pilots destroyed four Red MiG 15s lifting September total to 46 warplanes in one month, a record for the Fifth Air Force. They flew cover near the Manchurian border as 55 MiGs attacked, with five air battles and two Sabres damaged. Ground fighting quieted along the 155 mile front after a string of clashes.
The Marine Corps announced six Panther jet pilots from the Able Eagles squadron were killed when their aircraft crashed into a hillside in bad weather near a Korean landing field during a return from a combat mission. None of the victims were from Ohio.
Aboard USS Wasp a carrier group leads a 160 ship fleet with 80 000 sailors in a NATO exercise aimed at testing operations against a fast raider represented by Canada s Quebec. Roosevelt Midway and Eagle take part as weather threatens actions in the North Sea near Norway Denmark and beyond.
A 140 mph Typhoon tore through Wake Island 2300 miles west of Honolulu flattening the Pan American Hotel and several maintenance shacks. Communications with the isolated base were cut off though a maintenance man using a grounded plane radio briefed Honolulu. No casualties reported as all personnel sheltered in three concrete buildings designed to withstand severe winds.
The forecast shows cooler western regions and near normal eastern areas. Normal highs range from 74 to 78 and lows from 53 to 55. Expect above normal temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday, cooler conditions Friday and Saturday, then a slight warmup Sunday.
About 300 AFL pipefitters staged a walkout Monday at the Fernald Atomic Energy Commission plant. The protest disrupted work at the facility and drew attention to labor demands.
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