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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1952

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Iran Oil Crisis Eases Slightly As Mossadegh Opens Door

United States officials saw cautious hope in Premier Mossadegh's note to President Truman and Churchill offering counter proposals on the oil dispute with Britain. He rejected the joint plan, warned of a communist threat, and set a 10 day deadline, leaving Western leaders unsure of Iran's final stance.

Washington United States Mossadegh Britain Truman Churchill State Department Iran

Reds charting giant Soviet peace drive

AP dispatch details a planned Soviet led peace offensive to begin this weekend with delegates from about 30 countries meeting in Peiping to back Moscow Peiping axis aims. The drive peaks December 5 in Vienna with a world congress.

Reds William L. Ryan AP Foreign News United States Asia Canada Latin America Pacific Peiping China World Council of Peace Berlin Vienna

New Twister Perils Coast

An upstart hurricane formed off the Florida coast and moved north at about 10 mph. It was 420 miles east-southeast of Jacksonville at 5 am EST with winds near 85 mph and gusts up to 100 mph. Forecasters saw no immediate danger to Florida and Georgia but would assess potential impacts for the Carolina coast later today.

Miami Fla Florida Jacksonville Weather Bureau Atlantic Georgia Carolina

Tidal Wave Blame Sinking of Kaiyo Maru Near Tokyo

Japanese authorities search for the 210 ton No. 5 Kaiyo Maru missing after vanishing Tuesday 200 miles southeast of Tokyo. Coast Guard boats and U S Air Force planes found no trace of the ship on an inspection tour of the Moeiin reefs with 31 aboard.

Tokyo

Eisenhower attacks defense policy amid Baltimore crowd

Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower swept into Baltimore amid a 12 000 strong crowd to blast Truman era defense policy. He charged unification and duplication had produced triplication and urged restraint on universal military training while Korea persists. He pledged to Richmond later with stops in North Carolina and Virginia.

Jack Bell Eisenhower Special Dwight D. Eisenhower Dixie Baltimore Truman Fth Regiment Eisenhower United States Robert A. Taft Ohio North Carolina Virginia Richmond Charlotte Winston-Salem Roanoke Lynchburg Petersburg James Hagerty Joint Chiefs of Staff

Rent Controls Set for Pike Area in Defense District

The four county Southern Ohio region Jackson Pike Scioto and Ross including Pike County were certified as a critical defense area. The designation allows rent control and enables federal aid to spur housing for workers at the $1 219000000 atomic plant project in Pike County and to support defense-related construction.

Washington Portsmouth - Chillicothe Ohio Sen. Bricker Rep. Bender Jackson Pike Scioto Ross Pike County

Probers Hear Brewers Side In Video Row

Washington hearing on beer advertising investigates objections to TV and radio commercials. Clinton M. Hester testifies for the U S Brewers Foundation at a House interstate subcommittee session reviewing objectionable material on air. Chairman Harris notes many public complaints and a new petition from Eldorado Arkansas opposing liquor advertising.

Washington Clinton M. Hester U. S. Brewers Foundation House Harris D-Ark Eldorado Ark Arkansas

Time Changes Slated Sunday in Ohio

Northeast Ohioans will set clocks back to Standard time at 2 p.m. Sunday as Daylight Saving ends. Those on Daylight Time regain the hour. others do not. TV schedules shift an hour later, while radio remains unaffected.

Columbus

Worker Electrocuted in Urbana Incident

Urbana lineman Kermit Zerkle was killed Thursday after coming into contact with 12,000 volts. The fatal accident occurred at the Urbana site as the worker performed electrical duties.

Urbana Kermit Zerkle

Science Eyes Spare Organs in Transplant Dreams

Report of attempts to transplant spare human kidneys into patients with failing kidneys. Surgeons Dr. David M. Hume Dr. John P. Merrill and Dr. Benjamin F. Miller described six kidney transplants, one lasting 101 days, at the American College of Surgeons convention. The effort aims to pave the way for future organ replacements such as lungs or hearts.

New York Boston American College of Surgeons David M. Hume John P. Merrill Benjamin F. Miller Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Harvard Medical Schoo

Nixon presses Stevenson on private cash fund in Utah

In Salt Lake City Nixon rallied about 6000 as he demanded Stevenson disclose his Illinois private fund. He pledged a tougher anti crime push and announced a future talk in Amarillo after stops in Ogden and Colorado Springs. He urged a certified public accountant to audit the governor’s fund to prove transparency.

Salt Lake City Richard Nixon Adlai Stevenson Stevenson Nixon Wheeling W.va Republican National Committee California Utah Amarillo Tex Ogden Colorado Springs Colo Illinois

OPS Edict Curbs Agency News Information Flow

OPS officials inspect a Thursday inter office memorandum barring a division employee from releasing price regulation information without higher approval. The memo targets publicity on rubber chemical drug and fuel pricing and bypasses the OPS information office which prepares press releases. E. E. Fogle declined comment.

Washington Office of Price Stabilization OPS Truman OPS Office of Public Information E. E. Fogle

Reds Lose 4 More MIGs in Korean Skies

U S Sabre jets shot down four Communist MIG fighters in the first air battles in four days. The September toll of Russian built jets rose to a record 56 destroyed, with six more damaged in exchanges east of Sinuiju and south of the Yaul River. Communist troops probed Allied outposts near the Punchbowl as UN forces pressed under heavy mortar fire.

Seoul U. S Fifth Air Force Sinuiju Yaul River U. S. Eighth Army

Union Worker Seeks Court Stop Over Union Mandate

Theodore F. Otten a 46 year old Staten Island rail maintenance man filed for a federal injunction arguing religious grounds prevent his required union membership. He alleges railroad officials pressured him to join by Sept 29 or face discharge after 26 years on the job.

New York Theodore F. Otten Staten Island Rapid Transit Corporation

Second Polio Death Reported in Pomeroy

POMEROY Gary Wayne Stivers 11, son of Mr and Mrs John Stivers of Spring Ave, died at 1 am in Children's Hospital Columbus after polio illness. He was a sixth grade Central School pupil. Pomeroy’s second polio death this year followed Thomas Jay Kelton, 15. Funeral Monday 2 pm Federated Church.

Pomeroy Gary Wayne Stivers John Stivers Spring Ave Children’s Hospital Columbus Holzer Hospital Children's Hospital Central School Meigs County Health Department Michael Carleton Syracuse Thomas Jay Kelton Delmar A. Canaday Stivers Gail Homer Cook Middleport Charles Stivers Cleveland Federated Church Harold F. Hess Ewing Funeral Home

Cite Crewmen In Ship Blast

In San Francisco two Boxer crewmen were punished and transferred after the August 6 explosion that ripped a hangar deck during Korean duty. Nine sailors died and sixty jumped overboard, later rescued. A 20 millimeter shell exploded hitting a wing tank causing flames amid planes and ammunition. Captain Marshal Gurney said the two were judged careless. names were withheld.

San Francisco Korea Marshal Gurney

Confederation Blames Police in Religious Persecution Claims

The Evangelical Confederation of Protestant Churches accuses Colombian police of shooting a youth and stabbing two others at a district prayer meeting. They cite 30 alleged religious persecution cases in Colombia from June 21 to Aug. 31.

Bogota Colombia Evangelical Confederation of Protestant Churches

Disbarred Muskingum Lawyer Cleared of Estate Settlement Charge

A Muskingum County jury acquitted disbarred Zanesville attorney Thomas A. Joseph of illegally obtaining $5000 in an estate settlement in 1950. Joseph, 40, was paroled from Ohio Penitentiary last May after serving part of a one to ten year sentence for inducing clients to lie in quickie divorce cases.

Zanesville Muskingum County

Ohio Auditor Orders Return of Unauthorized Campaign Fund

State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson announced the return of 1079 dollars he labeled an unauthorized campaign fund solicited from Ohio road contractors. He blamed his office employees for soliciting donations and denied a contractor’s claim of contribution after a tax audit, demanding a public retraction.

Columbus Joseph T. Ferguson Ohio Ferguson Akron

Taft urges probe of alleged highway contractor shakedown

Charles P. Taft, Republican candidate for governor, urged Governor Lausche to investigate an alleged shakedown of highway contractors by workers in the office of Democratic State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson. Lausche could not be reached for comment.

Columbus Charles P. Taft Frank J. Lausche Joseph T. Ferguson Lausche

Stevenson Promises Details On Illinois Officials Fund

Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson plans to address the controversial fund used to supplement salaries for Illinois officials. The Democratic nominee, touring 11,548 miles in 1 state, has not disclosed fund size or recipients but says naming beneficiaries would breach faith.

Springfield Ill Adlai E. Stevenson Illinois Indiana Dwight D. Eisenhower Hoosier William E. Jenner Wilson Wyatt Stevenson Vne Richard M. Nixon Nixon California Wyatt Midwest

Trygve Lie to quit UN post soon

Secretary-General Trygve Lie will step down from his 40 000 dollar a year UN post on February 1 1954 at the end of a three year extension and retire to Norway He is 56 and hopes someday to be prime minister Lie would receive a 10 000 dollar annual lifetime pension and cannot hold public office for five years after leaving He may oppose a staff reorganization plan that would replace eight assistant secretary generals with three deputy secretaries general

United Nations N. Y Trygve Lie Norway Lie United States Britain France Russia Assembly

Ike Expands State Drive With Ohio Stops

General Eisenhower and Governor Stevenson announced expanded 26 state campaign travel starting Oct 1. Ike plans six Ohio stops October 24 at Youngstown Warren Akron Mansfield Marion and Toledo following a prior swing through the state. Stevenson will begin whistle stop tours in Ohio and Eastern states around October 22 or 23.

Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai E. Stevenson Ohio Youngstown Warren Akron Mansfield Marion Toledo Charleston W. Va Stevenson Springfield Ill

Whittier Democrats Send Ham to Nixon Figuratively

Whittier California directors of the Whittier Democratic Club reacted sharply to Richard M Nixon's report to the party. They announced Thursday they are sending him a ham in a caustic gesture reflecting their mock critique of his campaign stance.

Whittier Calif Whittier Democratic Club Richard M. Nixon

Canadian gold shipment vanishes from Malton Airport

About 848 pounds of gold in six boxes worth roughly 300000 disappeared from a wire cage in an unguarded pallet area at Malton Airport Terminal. Brinks delivered the cargo to TSA handlers who signed for it before it vanished, with police treating it as a possible theft and officials remaining tight lipped.

Toronto Canada Malton Montreal Trans. Canada Air Lines Brinks, Inc

Dundee Public School Closes For Teacher Shortage

Eighteen eight pupils in Dundee upper grades stay home after coach-teacher George Mourouzis is drafted and another part time teacher heads for Army service. Only two full time and one part time remain to cover five positions, leaving classes unsafely managed.

Dover Dundee George Mourouzis Woodrow Gephart

Five Day Forecast for Ohio Turns Warmer After Cooler Spell

The forecast calls for temperatures three to five degrees above normal across Ohio with normal highs 70 north to 74 south and lows around 50. A cool, below normal spell ends by Sunday with above normal readings Monday and Tuesday, then cooler again in the north. Showers possible north Monday, otherwise little rain through Wednesday.

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