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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1966

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Republicans Criticize Viet Nam Policy Without Attacking Johnson

House Republicans released a white paper criticizing U S Viet Nam policy as uncertain and changeable while stating they will not tell the President how to run the war The document aims to frame the debate and keep focus on ending the war quickly with limited cost.

Charles E. Goodell New York House Republican Conference Viet Nam South Viet Nam Goodell GOP Committee On New York Republican Melvin R. Laird Gerald R. Ford House

Senate panel hears refinancing plan for St. Lawrence Seaway

Congressional sponsors told a Senate public works sub committee that a possible 10 percent toll hike would scare away traffic as hearings began on bills to ease the seaway's financial burden. A. Toledo.

Washington St. Lawrence Seaway Senate Public Works

Unwanted Horse Kills Wife in Ohio Stall Incident

In Columbus area, Robert Strohm found his wife Lillian Strohm dead at home after returning from the library. She suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries, apparently from being kicked or crushed against a stall by a registered quarter horse stallion Strohm had tried to sell after it had previously injured him.

Columbus Ohio Robert Strohm Grove City Strohm Lillian Strohm

Integrated staff strikes over Harlem model school principal change

An integrated teaching staff protest at a $5 million Harlem model school followed the replacement of the white principal by a Black assistant. The principal stepped aside to placate Black parents who had threatened a boycott that closed the school for a week. Beryl Banfield will take over as principal per Murray Hart.

New York Harlem Beryl Banfield Murray Hart

Athens council orders demolition of fraternity house building

Athens council votes to demolish a building that served as a fraternity house. The action follows city planning and safety considerations for the property, with officials outlining next steps for clearance and site restoration.

Athens Council UI Sois

Surveyor 2 Aims for Moon Soft Landing at Sinus Medius

Cape Kennedy reports Surveyor 2 aboard Atlas Centaur has lifted off on a 63 hour flight toward the Moon. officials expect a near mid target landing in Sinus Medius Centra Bay to photograph a potential Apollo landing site and evaluate terrain for astronauts within three years.

Cape Kennedy Fla America Flight Control Center Surveyor 2 Xuently Sinus Medis

U N General Assembly Opens 21st Session Amid Gloom

The United Nations General Assembly starts its 21st session in a pessimistic climate over East West tensions from the Vietnam War. Indonesia rejoins the UN, Abdul Rahman Pazhwak is elected assembly president, and high level talks including Rusk Gromyko loom on Vietnam and disarmament.

United Nations, N.Y U.N. General Assembly Afghanistan Abdul Rahman Pazhwak Assembly

Dirksen Pushes Prayer Amendment in Senate Fight

Senate debates Sen Everett Dirksen proposed constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayers aiming to reverse Supreme Court rulings. Dirksen expects no two thirds today or Wednesday as Bay counters with a competing sense of Congress resolution for voluntary silent prayers. Meanwhile in Hong Kong Red Guards raid Shanghai home of Sun Yat-sen widow demanding her property.

Washington Senate Everett M. Dirksen Dirksen Johnson Unicef U. N. Children’s Fund Sen Bireh Bay D-Ind Bay Congress Supreme Court Hong Kong Red China Red Shanghai Mme Sun Yat-sen China

Dr King Leads 167 Negro Pupils Toward Grenada Schools

Dr Martin Luther King led 167 Negro pupils on a march toward Grenada Mississippi schools but paused at a police barricade. He watched as pupils passed and signaled potential new civil rights demands while awaiting a city officials response.

Grenada Martin Luther King King Mississippi Ku Klux Klan Dr. King

Stock Market Mixed at Opening in New York

The New York stock market opened mixed in active trading with gains and losses from fractions of a point to about one point. Traders watched early moves in major averages as investors assessed earnings and economic signals.

New York

Ford tests prototype electric car in England next year

Ford Motor Co will test a prototype electric powered car in England next year and later show it in the United States. The company cites a lightweight sodium sulfide battery as a possible cost saver versus gasoline engines. Ford notes no definite range or timetable for commercial readiness.

Detroit Ford Motor Co England United States Ford

FBE Works On Out-Of-State Suspects In Percy Case

Dozens of investigators from the state attorney's office join Kenilworth police and the FBI to probe Valerie Percy's murder. The inquiry follows a stabbing and beating at the Percy home on Chicago's North Shore. A green station wagon sighting is a possible lead as 44 people have been questioned and 100 named for further questioning.

FBE State Attorney’s Office Kenilworth Sheriff's Police Valerie Percy Charles H. Percy FBI Valerie Percy Chicago Lake Michigan North Shore Robert M. Daley Daley Percys Loraine

Tri County Board OKs School Site Near Kimberly

Tri County Joint Vocational School Board approved purchasing 100 acres of Burley Blair farm near Kimberly for the proposed school. The 5-1 vote allowed up to 80 000 for the site with two members abstaining. The Ohio Department of Education endorsed the site citing usable buildings for ag training and storage. A public budget hearing was set for Oct 18 at 7 p.m. at 84 W. Washington St.

Nelsonville Tri-County Joint Vocational School Board Burley Blair Kimberly Ohio Department of Education Washington St

North Vietnam Toll Rises as U S Air Forces Hit Zone

U S Air Force raids the demilitarized zone by day and night while Marines report 53 North Vietnamese killed in a fortified village assault. Leathernecks say 10 more died near The Rockpile as B 52s and fighter bombers target rail lines and missile sites northeast of Hanoi Thanh Hoa.

Saigon South Viet Nam Viet Nam Air Force Hanoi China Eddins Thunderchief Thanh Hoa

Youth Killed In Viet Nam

Chauncey mourns Charles W. Jackson 21 killed in action in Viet Nam Sept 19. He served a year in the Army there, returned about a month ago. Survived by father Charles, stepmother Hazel, brother Dennis, all of Chauncey, mother Leona Wright and half sister Kimberly Sue of Newark, and step-siblings Thomas Redman and Judy White of Millfield. Funeral arrangements incomplete.

Chauncey Charles Jackson Charles W. Jackson Viet Nam Army Charlies Hazel Jackson Dennis Leona Wright Kimberly Sue Newark Thomas Redman Judy White Millfield

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