Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio

Page 1

We have 16,378,606 pages in Ohio

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1962

Page

1

Castro Troops Near Base and Cuban Arms Debate in Congress

Cuban troops number about 5000 to 6000 near Guantanamo Bay as authorities assess threat level. U S. military doubts a serious attack while Soviet equipment, Mig fighters, and trucks are noted but intrusions remain absent. Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees open hearings on Cuba policy ahead of a possible 150 000 reserves call up and Kennedy administration measures.

Guantanamo Naval Base Cuba Fidel Castro U.S Guantanamo Soviet Union Castro U. S Edward J. O’donnell Kennedy O’donnell Washington Senate Dean Rusk Defense Robert S. McNamara Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees Mike Mansfield Montana United States

Rhodes Slams Highway Department in Cincinnati Speech

Republican gubernatorial candidate James A. Rhodes attacked the Ohio Highway Department for lacking a plan since 1959. He charged the DiSalle administration pushed the Cincinnati Circle Freeway for interstate inclusion, noting federal funding covers most costs and accusing no pay was laid in four years. Also reported: American soldiers to build a frontier road in Bad Hersfeld amid fears of East German border police actions.

Cincinnati Ohio James A. Rhodes State Highway Department Rhodes Highway Department Michael V. DiSalle GOP DiSalle Cincinnati Circle Bad Hersfeld Germany East Germany

Solution Sought In Rail Strike

Government officials studied the 19 day Chicago and North Western Railway strike to find a way forward. C&NW board chairman Ben W Heineman walked out after demanding the Order of Railroad Telegraphers accept presidential emergency board recommendations. Union president George Leighty planned to attend O Neill's office.

Washington Chicago & North Western Railway C&nw Ben W. Heineman Afl-Cio Heineman Francis A. O’neill Jr George Leighty O’neill

Biggest Italian Ship Is Launched In Genoa

Genoa Italy Sunday saw the 43 000 ton Michelangelo slide down the ways the largest Italian ocean liner built since World War II The 825 foot vessel carries 1850 passengers and 720 crew It is slated for North American service by summer 1964 Tokyo reports no dangerous radioactivity around Christmas Island from US nuclear tests in the area.

Genoa Italy Michelangelo Tokyo Christmas Johnston Islands United States

McCormick and Kennedy Face Boston Primary Clash

In Massachusetts voters head to the polls to decide between Edward M. Kennedy and Edward J. McCormack for the Senate short term nomination. Republicans George C. Lodge and Laurence Curtis also vie for their party's nomination as the Kennedy dynasty issue looms over the race.

Boston Massachusetts Edward M. Kennedy Kennedy Edward J. McCormack John W. McCormack U.S. Senate George C. Lodge Laurence Curtis Congress

Sabin Oral Polio Sunday administers 6000 doses in Hocking

The first Sabin Oral Polio Sunday in Hocking County saw success with more than 6000 Type I vaccine doses given. Population is 20,000. No Type III vaccine was administered. Over 4000 doses were given at Logan Court House and Carborundum Co. plant, with the remainder at Laurelville, 800.

Hocking Hocking County Logan Carborundum Co Laurelville Rockbridge Murray City Ilesboro Athens County U.S. Public Health Service Washington The Health Service Anthony J. Celebrezze Health, Education and Welfare Department Public Health Service NBC

Pottinger Found In Knoxville A Dayton official located

Dayton city commissioner David Pottinger 26 missing for six weeks found in Knoxville Tennessee with amnesia and minor scalp wounds. wife Martha reported he was in a muddy ditch and taken to University Hospital. Pottinger vanished after a Dayton commissioners meeting August 1, his car found abandoned amid foul play suspicions. Sherry Vanderweil a 17 year old babysitter also missing. mother says no word.

Dayton David Pottinger Knoxville Tenn Richard Grundish Grundish Pottinger Martha University Hospital

Diplomats Expect Thant to Be Named to Full Term

Diplomats from various regions predicted the 17th General Assembly will name U Thant of Burma to a full five year term as United Nations secretary general. Thant, acting secretary general, serves the remainder of Dag Hammarskjold's term ending April 10. U S delegate Charles W Yost indicated the United States expects re election and praised Thants performance.

United Nations N. Y General Assembly U Thant Burma Thant Dag Hammarskjold Hammarskjold Africa U. S Charles W. Yost Yost New York Area American Association For the United Nations Uni

Trade Bill Debate Begins In Senate

The Senate opens debate on a trade expansion bill granting the President broad tariff cutting authority. Leaders aim for rapid passage to win mutual concessions while Kennedy and top officials press for enactment as a priority in the administration plan.

Washington Senate Kennedy Capitol Hill

Franco inaugurates $200 million farming relief plan

In Palencia Spain General Francisco Franco inaugurated a 200 million dollar agricultural program aimed at mitigating drought and flood damage in four northeastern provinces.

Palencia Spain Pgen Francisco Franco

Johnson Will Speak at Alfred E. Smith Dinner in New York

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson will be a principal speaker at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner, 100 dollars a plate, on October 6, alongside Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mayor Robert F. Wagner. London gasoline shortage affects thousands. strikes by tank truck crews over wage demands.

New York London

Wife reveals secret life of undercover husband

Lois Flink, 24, says she knew her husband Richard Flink, 27, spied for the FBI as a counterspy and fed information to two Soviet UN workers for a $3000 payoff. She supported him during their romance and marriage in 1960 before his undercover work was disclosed by the Justice Department.

New York FBI Lois Flink Newsmen Flink New York State Justice Department Queens, N. Y United Nations Department

NASA Names Nine New Astronauts to Space Team

NASA announced nine new astronauts bringing total to 16 for manned spaceflight under Kennedy moon-landing goals. Civilians Neil Armstrong and Elliott Lee Jr. join Air Force officers Frank Borman James McDivitt Thomas Stafford Edward White and Navy officers Charles Conrad James Lovell John Young.

Houston Tex John F. Kennedy Robert R. Gilruth Centrmall Cullen Auditorium University of Houston Gilruth Air Force Navy Neil A. Armstrong Wapakoneta National Aeronautics and Space Administration Edwards Air Force Base Calif Elliott M. Lee Jr Dallas General Electric Co Frank Borman Gary Ind Aerospace Research Pilot School Edwards Afb James A. McDivitt Chicago Thomas P. Stafford Weatherford Okla Edward H. White I San Antonio Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Charles Conrad Jr

DiSalle Proposes 100 Million Ohio Research Institute

Governor Michael V. DiSalle unveiled a 10 year plan to create an Ohio research and development institute tying six state universities to a space age program. He said funding would come from retirement of World War II bonus bonds, about 10 million dollars annually, starting after December 31 1963.

Columbus Michael V. DiSalle Ohio DiSalle

Celebrezze Reports Fallout Not At Dangerous Level

Secretary Celebrezze said the Federal Radiation Council found radioactive fallout not at dangerous levels in the United States. The group would not recommend preventive countermeasures despite counts spiking in some areas. The council issued its report after a meeting last week.

United States Federal Radiation Council Celebrezze

College Will Be In Series

Marietta Ohio television project uses Cordella community scenes for NBCs Its A Mans World. Four young men on a houseboat live near Cordella College with initial campus footage shot in Marietta and additional sequences drawn from past films of the area.

Nbcs Ohio River Cordella Cordella College Marietta Yeager

Violence Reported At Westinghouse Strike Scene

At Westinghouse Corp plant in Columbus West Side pickets and guards clashed with both sides claiming violence. About 250 of 3200 Local 746 members stayed at four entrances while the factory reported broken windows at gates and a photographer assaulted with camera thrown into a field. The union said shots were fired into the air and a picket was struck by a car.

Columbus Westinghouse Corp West Side International Union of Electrical Workers Afl-Cio Union

Weekend traffic toll in Ohio tops eighteen deaths

The Associated Press reports Ohio’s weekend death toll reached 18, with at least 18 killed in highway incidents over a 54 hour span. The year’s first 47 weekends averaged 11 deaths, plus three additional nonhighway fatalities from falls and a hunting accident.

Associated Press Ohio

Huntington Man Found In Ohio Creek

The body of a Huntington man, identified as Ernest M. Coleman, about 45, was found in Symmes Creek in Chesapeake. Police say the death appears accidental drowning and the body had been in the water three to five days. Meanwhile Philadelphia notes former President Truman joining officials to observe the 175th anniversary of the Constitution.

Chesapeake Symmes Creek Ernest M. Coleman Philadelphia Harry S. Truman U.S

Soviets Report 12th Atmospheric Nuclear Test

The Soviet Union conducted another atmospheric nuclear test over Novaia Zemlya, with an explosive force of several million tons of TNT. The test, announced by the U S Atomic Energy Commission, follows a prior Saturday shot in the same area.

Washington Soviet Union Novaya Zemlya U. S. Atomic Energy Commission AEC ABC

Search Made For Children Missing Near Camp LeJeune

A Marine search party near Jacksonville North Carolina was cut to 250 men as hope dimmed for the safe return of Diane Yoli seven and Mark Yoli three. The siblings, children of Cpl Ronald Yoli of Columbus, were last seen Thursday evening near their Midway Park housing complex across the post gate.

Jacksonville N. C Camp LeJeune Midway Park Diane Yoli Mark Yoli Ronald Yoli Columbus

Also Mentioned on This Page

McCormick TWA Kansas City Sabin Johnson NASA College Marietta College Public Works Athens Gallia Meigs Vinton Huntington Ohio Creek Harry Soviets News Index Gallipolis Glouster Nelsonville Point Pleasant Pomeroy
Search Courier

Search the Athens Messenger Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Athens Messenger?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication