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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1965
Page
10
The steel sector reassesses eight months of negotiations reporting higher production costs and a drop in new orders as customers use up inventories. Foreseen competition from cheaper foreign steel and potential shifts to copper plastics and other substitutes loom while modernization aims to raise productivity and profits.
Marie Tippit widow of Dallas officer J. D. Tippit, who questioned Lee Harvey Oswald after Kennedy's shooting, has used gifts of 647,579 dollars to support her three children Curtis 6 Brenda 9 and Allen 15. She plans to raise them with thrift and responsibility while remaining in their modest pink brick home near the crime scene.
Book feature reviews discuss mass market titles on General Science Made Easy Chemistry Made Easy and a Dell paperback of Help. Also noted are Eva Defago The Deep Freeze Girls Roald Dahl Some One Like You Oscar Barek A History of the United States Since 1945 Peter Matthiessen Raditzer Faith Baldwin American Family Frank Kane Esprit de Corpse with prices from 45 to 95 cents.
Chauncey area residents hosted guests from Kentucky Maryland and Florida. Walter of Ft Knox and Dr Dewey Hunter hosted visitors while Oscar Simpson and Doris Harmon extended weeks of hospitality. Wahama High set October 8 for homecoming with a football game against Ripley.
In Melbourne, Robert Ansett aged 31 and his family settled after emigrating from California following Barry Goldwater's 1964 defeat. The son of Reginald Ansett now runs a major car rental firm, lifting it from a one city outfit to a national operation while balancing Republican roots with an Australian outlook.
In Wood River Linda Turner, 14, sat in James Walters' car when she started the engine in gear. The car lurched forward, mowing shrubs in two yards and crashing into a porch as she said she tried to brake. The incident prompted police reports and an unclear outcome.
The annual Mason County Singing Convention will be held Sunday at 1 30 p m in the old junior high school auditorium on Mason Street Point Pleasant. Groups invited include the Gospel Four Boys Quartet from Rutland Ohio the Reynolds Family from Milton the Harmonettes Trio Ravenswood the Key Notes Point Pleasant and a group from Midkiff West Virginia.
In 1961 Stewart Fraser of Cessnock received a 2 pence dividend from Newcastle Co operative Building Society. He keeps the check and four auditor letters asking why it was not presented, drawing local curiosity.
The U S Weather Bureau reports September rainfall in Connecticut above average with 2.6 inches recorded in the Hartford area through the 19th day, the wettest period since April 1964.
Officials planned to honor the two millionth motorist crossing the St. Marys International Bridge in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan but delays occurred as the first three milestones included a bridge employee, a maintenance truck, and a black Texas plated car whose driver mocked rain and cold. Officials will aim to honor the three millionth crossing next year.
In Trenton New Jersey starting January drivers with retake licenses can regain permits sooner via a driver improvement school. The two hours a week for a month long course retrains drivers in defensive driving and safe habits and compliance with traffic laws, potentially shortening suspension by up to two months.
The Public Health Service will study over 330,000 New York cancer deaths in 25 years to assess pesticide links, plus 120,000 living cancer patients diagnosed in the last five years. Health Service, Inc. of Albany will conduct the investigation at $103,744. Also noted are baseball park openings in St. Louis Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Atlanta NL squad plans and Braves move.
California Senator Thomas Kuchel says he will not seek the governorship. He attacks a neo fascist faction in the state GOP and urges Republicans to unite behind a single reasonable candidate while preserving his Senate seniority and role as assistant Republican floor leader.
A book compiling speeches and statements by George M. Humphrey, key Treasury secretary 1953 57, has been published by the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland. Also notes Seaman Gerald D. Hogue son of Mrs Dora B Hogue Gloucester returns to San Diego aboard the USS Canberra after a Western Pacific deployment with the Seventh Fleet.
Visiting in Glouster were Mrs. Doug las Brown and daughter and Mrs. Steve Brown of Toledo and Mrs. John Gross and baby of Florida. Ernest Jones and wife from Lake Wales Fla spent days at Burr Oak Lake and stay with son Richard Jones in Columbus before returning south. Cassie Vaughhan's Braun Street home hosts aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Laurent of Lansing for several days.
The Jacksonville Methodist Church combined choirs will practice Tuesday at 7 00 p m. The Rothwell Club meets Thursday at Hotel Gordon with Mrs E H Taylor hosting and Mrs Edward Ley and Mrs Earl Morris directing the program. The Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ postpones September meeting to Sept 30. The area Churches of Christ Men’s Fellowship will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the local church with Phil Ling of Columbus as guest speaker and refreshments to follow. NEW DELHI Despite a push to build new classrooms the Municipal Corporation reports 13 tents still used as classrooms.
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