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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1956

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Suez Canal Users Push for Economic Pressure Conference

London AP report notes US Britain and France plan a long economic squeeze to push Egypt’s Nasser toward terms over the canal. Nations friendly to the Menzies plan gather for talks with Egypt’s response and UN options in view. Capetown ports prepare for shifted traffic as ships seek alternate routes amid the crisis.

London Egypt Suez Canal United States Britain France Nasser Seana

Wheeling Woman Wins Mrs U S Navy Title in California

Beverly Thornburg Ellis, 24, of Wheeling West Virginia, is named Mrs U S Navy after being selected from 31 finalists worldwide. She is wife of petty officer Alfred Ellis 28 from Nutley New Jersey. The couple, married seven years, have two children and are stationed near Norfolk Virginia.

Long Beach Calif U. S. Navy Beverly Thornburg Ellis Norfolk, Va Ia . Ellis Wheel Ing W. Va Alfred Nutley N. J

NAACP Urges Court Ruling to Aid Minds of White Children

Roy Wilkins spoke in Cleveland urging the Supreme Court to end school segregation to emancipate Black youths. He cited a white girl’s remark about preferring stupidity to attend school with Black children and praised Tennessee and Kentucky governors for deploying troops to protect Black students, while criticizing Texas Governor Shivers for blocking integration in Mansfield.

Cleveland South U. S. Supreme Court The National Assn. For Roy Wilkins Cleveland Naacp Clay Allan Shivers Texas Mansfield Tex

States Rights movement votes amid party splinters fight

The national States Rights movement fractured during a three day meeting ending with a vote endorsing 15 point principles and a presidential candidate while a running mate was named Bakersfield Californian Thomas Verdel. A bid to form a third party failed after a heated floor fight with police called to restore order.

Internal Revenue Andrews Thomas H. Verdel Bakersfield Calif John A. Barr New Orleans

Accidents Kill Seventeen in Ohio This Weekend

Seventeen people died in Ohio this weekend with three highway fatalities. Three cousins perished Sunday in a crash on Ohio 106 north of Chillicothe. Other deaths included a man who drowned in a water barrel at home and a Cincinnati infant who drank lighter fluid. The AP survey covers 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.

Ohio Ohio 106 Chillicothe Columbus Cincinnati Associated Press

Lausche to Speak in Nationwide Sept 6 Observance

Gov. Frank J. Lausche will address a nationwide radio audience for the 182nd birth anniversary observance. The speech, to be carried by the Mutual Network at 6:15 p.m. EST, marks the kickoff of the Sept 6 commemoration.

Columbus Frank J. Lausche Mutual

Mrs FDR Attacks Nixon On Communist Claim

Mrs Frank D Roosevelt told Meet the Press that Nixon used a false Communist accusation against Helen Gahagan Douglas to win the California Senate race in 1950. She recalled his tactic and criticized the behavior as dishonest. Nixon later denied making such an accusation in the campaign.

New York Franklin D. Roosevelt Nixon Senate Helen Gahagan Douglas Douglas California House of Representatives Alger Hiss

Russian Seamen Begin Pilot Training in Port Said

Fifteen Russian seamen started pilot training at Port Said Egypt to fill vacancies in Suez Canal piloting. The Soviet government flew them to Egypt last week to help replace Western experts who resigned from jobs on the nationalized waterway.

Port Said Egypt Suez Canal

Five Camelia of Sunken Freighter Fight Stormy Sea

Cleveland report notes research promising cheaper better materials will transform luxury goods into mass market items. Scientist cites broader impact on values and consumer goods alongside advances in electronic and solar technologies.

Cleveland F — Research Hans National Carbon Co Krumhanskh National Carbon Bel

Cattle Run Loose After Truck Train Crash in Middleport

In Middleport 87 calves escaped after a tractor trailer hauling them to market overturned at Hobson crossing when struck by a slow train. Ten calves died. about five remained unaccounted for by dawn as residents and officers rounded up the fearless beeves.

Middleport Hobson Crossing Peta James S. Bogie Mt. Sterling Flemingsburg Pittsburgh Second St Brownell Ave Charles Russell I. R. Neal William Smith Middleport Street Department Ron Miller New York Central NYC A. E. Bewin Ed Riley R. E. Rollins

Classified Ad Promises Quick Sales via Phone Insertion

An inexpensive messenger classified ad offers a simple process to sell items. Call 31242, give the ad to an ad-taker, then wait for buyer calls who arrange payments and pickup. The example notes a freezer sold after the ad, with a net cost of 60e.

Negro Students Withdraw From Clay School Fight Amid Board Denial

Four African American students left Clay Consolidated School after the Webster County school board denied admittance. Adjunct Gen. J J B Williams and Mrs Irene Powell witnessed the proceeding as about 150 white students returned to class. The Gordons and Copelands announced plans for possible federal action while some white parents urged continued boycotts at nearby Sturgis.

Assvannm Clay Consolidated School Adj J. J. B. Williams Irene Powell Clay Powell Gordon James Theresa Copeland Brothers Bobbie Carl Samuel Lee Webster County James Gordon Rosenwald Catherine Copeland Providence Williams National Guards Owensboro Federal District Court James Crum Louisville The National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People Sturgis National Guard W. W. Waller, Jr Union County Kentucky Citizens Council Morganfield Washington Seg Sen. Sparkman D-Ala Mobile Ala Dorothy D. Daponte Carrie Mae McCants

Farm Income Seen Rising. Voters Eye Agriculture at Polls

The Agriculture Department projects net farm income around 12 billion annually for July through September, about 9 percent higher than last year. The outlook could sway farmer voting in November as candidates debate farm welfare and price support, with Eisenhower and Stevenson both targeting farming regions.

Washington Agriculture Department Bil Senhower

Reserve Draft Being Eyed

Washington reports a sharp lag in voluntary enlistments may force a draft for military reserve duty. The National Security Training Commission notes only 40,000 of 100,000 sought joined last year and urges doubling or tripling volunteer rate or a fundamental program revision.

Washington —i Congress National Security Training Commission Commission

State Representative Found Dead in Field in Kentucky

William Manahan, 86, Republican from Defiance, disappeared Saturday while squirrel hunting and was found Sunday in a cornfield in southern Hardin County. State police said he apparently suffered a heart attack after separating from his two brothers during the hunt. A search was organized after he failed to return.

Kenton Rme Voay Tep William Manahan R-Defi Ince Hardin County State Highway Patrol Manhan I Manahan

92 Dresses Disappear at Kansas City Airport

Pauline Trigere reports the loss of 92 chic fall dresses valued at about 250000 dollars. The cartons, weighing 283 pounds, were loaded at a dock and received a receipt, but later found missing from the airport cart. Trigere holds about 26000 dollars in insurance.

Kansas City Pauline ‘Trigere New York Municipal Air

Five Day Forecast and Temperature Outlook

The forecast projects temperatures averaging 5 to 1 degrees below normal with highs around 75 to 79 and lows near 54 to 56. Cooler through Tuesday, warmer Wednesday, then turning cooler again Thursday and Friday. Rainfall expected around no tenth of an inch in scattered showers on Wednesday or Saturday.

Bodoe Norway Harstad Nor Narvik Baltimore van- Tain John Matandos Houston Tex Greece Columbus Ohio Ohio Academy of General Athens Chauncey Ce Gallipeus Nelsonville Point Pleasant Pomeroy-Middleport

Beaming Empire State Beacon Dimmed For Bird Flight Risk

New York reports that a bright beacon atop the Empire State Building will remain dark until November 1 to prevent thousands of night migrating birds from being drawn off course and colliding with the skyscraper or each other. Building management announced the decision on Sunday.

Empire State New York Empire State Building

Nations gather for world atoms for peace meeting at U N

Francis W. Carpenter reports from the United Nations on President Eisenhower’s atoms for peace program. About 80 nations are expected for the first world political meeting in the U N assembly hall. Key obstacles include calls from the Soviet bloc and India for changes to the proposed international atomic energy agency constitution. Red China remains outside the invitation list and will press for amendments at the conference. The plan envisions an international body to serve mankind’s needs and aims for a signing ceremony by late October or early 1957, with U S Senate ratification pending.

U.S Eisenhower Sen. Hickenlooper Iowa Newton Adlai Stevenson Washington Nixon Sen Estes Kefauver Wisconsin Cleveland U.N India China Francis W. Carpenter United Nations James J Wadsworth Wads-non U. S. Senate Bisem Hower United States Soviet Union Atomic Energy Agency Red Sians Speck Red China

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