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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1962
Page
1
Washington reports a proposed 19 percent reduction in foreign aid funds, totaling 1.328 billion dollars, with a recommendation to scale back the aid program while pursuing a German peace treaty.
The Chicago & North Western Railway tentatively accepts President Kennedy's proposal for a three member independent board to rule within 10 days on the Midwest rail strike. The plan would bind both sides to the ruling and limit consideration to applying June 14 recommendations. The Order of Railroad Telegraphers will study the plan after Kennedy wired both sides from Newport Rhode Island.
Moscow warns that due to alleged Franco German collusion a German peace treaty is needed to solve the Berlin problem. The Tass release says if the West refuses a pact the USSR will sign separately with East Germany.
Sources in contact with Cuban underground indicate possible move by Castro government to build a naval base on Cuba s north coast near Banes, about 20 miles from Guantanamo Bay. Reports note Russians and Czechs in eastern Cuba and living in camps near Santiago as Cuban workers report shortages and rising prices.
Cape Canaveral learned the sixth Tiros weather satellite blasted into orbit on a Thor Delta rocket at 3 35 a m. It rose about 400 miles high and began monitoring hurricanes typhoons and storms worldwide NASA reported systems normal and noted readiness for next week’s orbital flight by U S astronaut Walter M Schirra Jr.
A Senate House conference reached a final compromise on a 2.35 billion college education aid bill. The accord, closer to the Senate version than the House plan, extends hope for Kennedy’s education package. Conferees plan to sign the report Wednesday.
Houston Dr Robert R Gilruth head of the Manned Spacecraft Center says John H Glenn Jr and the other original seven astronauts may be too aged for the early Apollo moon flights slated six to eight years ahead. He notes Glenn now ages toward 60 and questions fit for the first lunar shots.
A drought ruins the Hawaii Island sugar harvests for 1962 and 1963. The Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association estimates 1962 losses above 2.5 million dollars and warns 1963 losses will be higher as cane harvest continues before destruction.
In Syracuse NY Robert Morgenthau was chosen unanimously on the second ballot to run against Nelson Rockefeller for governor amid a raucous state convention. The session was billed as one of the party’s most unruly and risks reopening old rifts. A separate report notes Latin American nations backed a U S proposal for informal foreign ministers talks on Communist Cuba likely to convene October 2–3 in Washington.
A bipartisan conference panel hammered out a farm bill compromise amid Republican dissent. The 1963 voluntary wheat and feed grain plan would be replaced by near permanent 1964 programs, with potential costs undisclosed.
An 18 month old Hollister girl died Monday evening after being struck by a car on Route 78, a mile and a half west of Glouster. Hull F. Kittle, a 74 year old Glouster man, was cited for leaving the scene and awaits Athens County Court action. The accident was investigated by the State Highway Patrol and sheriff's department with Glouster police assistance.
Ohio University and the U S Agency for International Development will fund a three year 776 433 teaching program in the Northern Region of Nigeria. The first year receipt totals 302 109 and will be followed by equal year allocations. A team of seven educators will staff a new Kano college for 600 men starting January.
Ed Kennedy competes in Massachusetts party primaries for the Democratic nomination while George Cabot Lodge seeks the Republican nomination. The contest centers on the Sexennial feud between the Kennedy and Lodge families over the same Senate seat once held by Henry Cabot Lodge.
Cuban refugees across Florida may now receive federal welfare grants, previously limited to the Miami area. Eligible individuals can obtain up to 60 dollars per month, or 100 dollars for a family, with the state welfare department administering the program.
Pravda reports hundreds of tons of fruit and vegetables rotting in the Kuban region due to organizational snarls and mismanagement.
Three congressional groups work toward a joint declaration on U.S. stance regarding Cuba's Communist military buildup. Secretary of State Rusk tells Senate committees the resolution would be helpful, aligning with President Kennedy's remarks. Proposals range from a blockade and economic boycott to endorsing Kennedy’s possible actions, including military measures.
A US Air Force pilot, 1st Lt. Charles E. Deeds of Sugar Grove, Ohio, ejected from his F100 jet before it crashed about five miles from Ramstein Air Base, steering away from Landstuhl homes. Deeds, a member of the 417th Tactical Fighter Squadron, parachuted to safety.
Dr. Albert Sabin, arriving from England, calls U S Health Service advice to withhold Type III polio vaccine from adults unwarranted. He says the decision hinges on a few coincidental polio cases and should not hinder community immunization aimed at eradicating polio. The Health Service advises Type III for children but not adults, while continuing Types I and II for all.
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