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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1961

Page

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Hurricane Esther Threatens North Carolina Coast

The storm churned up 33 foot waves off Hatteras and forced evacuations along the Virginia Maryland coast. Outer Banks residents were marooned as Manteo and Cherry Point coordinated emergency measures amid rising winds and tidal surges.

Manteo N. C Esther North Carolina Cherry Point Hatteras Weather Bureau Massachusetts Virginia Maryland Atlantic

West's rejection Of Plan Is Firm

In Gallia Ohio the United Nations debate over a temporary secretary-general continues as Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko insists on a three-man secretariat. U S Secretary Rusk and Gromyko planned talks while a missing Gallia County teen Ioida Kay Tabor remains unlocated since Monday afternoon. Gallia Academy High School student vanished after school. authorities seek clues and have checked possible leads including Myra West Virginia. The UN session opened with Hammarskjold tributes as Tunisia's Mongi Slim elected president.

United Nations Soviet Union Dag Hammarskjold U. N Andrei Gromyko Moscow World Organization U. N. General Assembly Hammarskjold Dean Rusk Gromyko Berlin Tunisia Mongi Slim Khrushchev General Assembly U. S Adlai E. Stevenson

Northeastern U S Prepares For Storm Esther

New York City and the tri state area brace for Hurricane Esther with winds and floods likely to hit the densely populated Northeast. Mayor Wagner convened an emergency meeting as civil defense stockpiles and 35 schools are prepared as shelters. Air Force evacuates two New England radar towers and relocates aircraft inland to bases in Ohio.

New York Esther New Jersey Connecticut New York City Robert F. Wagner Texas New England Air Force Wright-Patterson and Lockbourne Air Force Ohio

Katanga Leader Demands Immediate UN Troop Withdrawal

Moise Tshombe declares the immediate withdrawal of United Nations troops from Katanga amid stalled cease fire talks. He leaves a conference center to return to Elisabethville after a lengthy meeting with a UN delegation led by Mahmoud Khiari.

Tshombe Elisabethville U.N Katanga Mahmoud Khiari Congo

Proctorville Post Office Contract Let

A contract for a new post office in Proctorville Ohio was awarded to Lloyd Construction Co of Proctorville The building will be leased by the Post Office Department for ten years with four five year renewal options Rep Walter H Moeller said the department advised him of the award

Washington Proctorville Ohio Walter H. Moeller Post Office Department Lloyd Construction Co

Contract Reached Between GM and UAW on Three Year Deal

Detroit General Motors and the United Auto Workers reached a three year contract covering 350000 hourly workers. Local plant agreements have stalled national bargaining since Sept 11 with craft unions walking out to press local demands. By 7 am today 21 plants remained on strike and 14 closed due to supply line disruptions despite settlement progress.

Detroit General Motors United Auto Workers Union UAW

Congo Premier Blames Capitalists for Hammarskjold Death

In a radio address Cyrille Adoula accused capitalist powers of causing Dag Hammarskjold’s death. He ordered the Congolese army on alert and urged all citizens to prepare to serve in Katanga where U.N. forces clash with separatists to curb rebellion.

Leopoldville The Congo Cyrille Adoula U.N Eral Dag Hammarskjold Adoula Katanga

Government monitors 37 agencies for telephone surveillance

A House subcommittee report finds 33 of 37 federal agencies permit phone monitoring including secretary notes. It notes 21 agencies lack regulations and 17 do not always warn the other party. The study cites 363 transmitter cutoff switches and 240 listening-in circuits at GSA switchboards.

Washington House Government Information Subcommittee Tel

Protestant Merger Faces Crucial Test at Episcopal Convention

At the General Convention in Detroit the House of Bishops prepares a full day of sessions to act on unity with the United Presbyterians Methodists United Church of Christ and possibly the Polish National Catholic Church The plan faces strong Anglo Catholic opposition over sacraments and succession and hinges on Episcopal action while 20 million members are involved.

of the Episcopal Church Henry I. Louttit Orlando Fla House Unity Commission United Presbyterians Methodists United Church of Christ United Presbyterian Church Eugene Carson Blake

Priests Again Incur Wrath In Cuba Conflict

Fidel Castro accused fascist priests of conspiring with the United States to topple Cuba. He claimed clergy worked with the State Department and CIA to foment unrest and propel an international campaign against the revolution. He cited a Sept. 10 antigovernment protest starting outside Havana's Church of Charity.

Havana Fidel Castro United States U. S. State Department U. S Intel Ligence Agency Cuba Castro Church of Charity

October Induction Call Issued by Selective Service

Columbus Ohio selective service headquarters issued a partial induction call for 1100 men in October as the first section of the October call. A supplement will list the remaining inductees later. Counties included Athens 10 Hocking 1 Meigs 1.

Columbus Ohio Selective Service Athens Hocking Meigs

Inflation theories clash as wages prices and money expand

The piece surveys three inflation theories wage-push price-pull and monetary inflation. It notes how postwar deficits and credit growth expanded money supply while goods lagged. It contrasts labor and management views on productivity and costs and outlines the heated public debate.

C&O disputes Central loss statements in ICC testimony

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad challenges New York Central claims of losses and says Central earned a net operating income of 5.8 million dollars in 1960 on lines east of Buffalo except the New York district. Walter B. Wright testified as C&O rebuttal in the bid to acquire the Baltimore & Ohio.

Washington—I Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad New York Central Central Buffalo N. Y Walter B. Wright C&o Interstate Commerce Commission New York District Wright Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Cental B&o

Guard Call Takes Towns Only Doctor

Hinsdale Massachusetts town with 1451 residents will lose its only physician Maj. Robert V Locke age 37 who commands the 664th Medical Detachment as it reports for active duty October 15.

Hinsdale Mass Massachusetts Massachusetts National Guard Robert V. Locke

New Nuclear Bomb Report From Soviet Test Series

A Niigata university professor, about 180 miles northwest of Tokyo, said today the Soviet Union may have detonated a new type of nuclear bomb in its current test series.

Tokyo Niigata Soviet Union

Outbreak in Hong Kong Appears Under Control

Hong Kong's five week cholera outbreak seems contained though quarantine rules on travelers and food from Communist China remain in place.

Hong Kong Communist China

Capsule Fails to Eject from Discoverer 3

At Vandenberg Air Force Base the Discoverer XXXI capsule failed to eject during separation. The satellite launched Sunday carried human cells and equipment to measure atmospheric nuclear radiation. A spokesman said trackers would know today if the power plant failed and no new separation attempt was planned.

Vandenberg Air Force Base Calif Air Force

Clear Houses Alone Border Crisis at Berlin Wall

Communist authorities sent trucks and armored cars to clear border apartment blocks in East Berlin as residents continued to flee to West Berlin. Nine jumps were reported Tuesday night with escapees using windows or ropes. the moving men wore white armbands, suggesting a special unit. Escapes have persisted since the border closed on September 13.

Berlin

No Postal Increase Declared by Acting Speaker

Acting House Speaker John W. McCormack announced there will be no postal rate increase bill in this session of Congress. The statement addresses upcoming postal policy amid ongoing legislative considerations in Washington.

Washington House John W. McCormack D-Mass Congress

Five Day Forecast Shows Warm Trend Then Cool Weekend

Temperatures will run near normal to four degrees above with a normal high of 76 and low of 52. A slow warming through Friday gives way to cooler Saturday through Monday. Rainfall totals from showers reach a quarter to three-fourths of an inch, mainly Saturday and Monday.

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Carolina Coast By Noel Yancey Oregon Inlet Outer Banks Mergency Ndola Rhodesia West Gallia Gallipolis County Sheriff's Department Informaton By Tom Hoge Ioida Kay Tabor Frank Tabor Gallia Academy High School Myra W. Va Miss Tabor U.S Ltshombe By Colin Frost Ndola, Northern Rhodesia Moise Vince Khiari SEO News Athens Comics Robert L. Pierson Nelson Rockefeller Jackson Miss Proctorville Post Office Eeeed By Geoffrey Gould Cracy General Services Administration George W. Cornell Associated Presse House OF Bishops By Sam Dawson AP Business News Germany
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