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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1966

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U Thant Weighs Second Term At United Nations

U Thant said he would seriously consider the Security Council's desire for a second term as UN secretary-general. The council issued a communique noting that if he expresses willingness to serve again, its members would be pleased. Thant declined to set a decision date and his term ends November 3.

United Nations, N.Y U Thant Security Council United Nations Thant General Assembly Council U.N United States Soviet Union

South Viet Nam may hold village elections this year

Informants say Premier Ky's government studies a decree for ballots in thousands of villages and hamlets only where security against Viet Cong is assured. Officials favor voting likely in November or December following the Sept. 11 Constituent Assembly election with strong turnout. B52 raids target North Vietnamese infiltration routes near Dong Ha.

Saigon South Viet Nam Nguyen Cao Ky Constituent Assembly U.S Demilitarized Zone Dong Ha North Viet Nam

Federal mediators enter GE union talks in New York

A three member team from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service arrives in New York to avert a strike risk at General Electric. Contracts with about 100 GE unions expire Sunday midnight as negotiations continue. Leader William Simkin chairs talks with GE negotiators and the AFL CIO IUE, which represents 79,400 workers, joined by 10 other unions.

William Simkin Simkin Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers IUE

Antipoverty War Moves From House To Senate

The antipoverty program shifts to the Senate for debate on a 2.5 billion authorization bill, 750 million above the administration’s budget. The House passed a 1.75 billion- budget bill with tighter spending controls by 210 to 156, aiming to fund Head Start, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and a new neighborhood health centers program, with first-time per-program spending limits set.

House Senate Washington Office of Economic Opportunity

Wallace Campaigns in Birmingham for Lurleen Wallace

Gov George C Wallace campaigns for his wife in Alabama launch of Lurleen Wallace's bid for governor. He vows to keep fighting Johnson, drawing 8 000 to 10 000 supporters in a cool, rallying crowd as weather forecasts predict unseasonably cool days and light rain across the state through Tuesday.

George C. Wallace Wallace Lyndon B. Johnson Lurleen Wallace George Wall Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Washington Johnson

GE unions unify in AFL-CIO CCB front amid talks

General Electric rides a unified front called the AFL-CIO Committee on Collective Bargaining as IVE warns of strikes if no new contract by Sunday midnight. Separate talks with the UE agency seek a 12,500 GE workers amid a 4 percent annual wage rise and a potential extra 1 percent add-on after three years.

Afl-Cio Committee On Collective Bargaining CCB Simken IUE Ge-Iue United Electrical Workers United States

Senate Approves Creation of Transportation Department

The Senate voted 64 to 2 to create a cabinet department of transportation, merging 35 units and about 100,000 workers. It would operate with a $6.3 billion budget, the fifth largest in government, though the final powers differ from the President’s proposal. The House passed similar legislation 336 to 42, and a new secretary is expected.

Senate Department of Transportation House Federal Maritime Administration Department

Violent Winds Wreak Havoc in Cleveland Area

In Cleveland area winds injure at least 20 and damage 38 homes on Garfield Heights street. A Garfield Heights freshman, 14 year old Beryl Thompson, was hurled from her home as the house collapsed. The Weather Bureau did not declare a tornado officially, though witnesses believed it was.

Cleveland Garfield Heights Beryl Thompson Red Cross

Did He Know Them? Suburban massacre probe widens

In Cincinnati authorities ponder if the killer knew the Bricca family. Detectives sent 40 boxes of evidence to the FBI as Lt. Herbert Vogel notes the conceal knife from the carving set found in the Bricca home. the missing mate was located.

Cincinnati Jerry Bricca Linda Jane Debbie FBI

Two Nazis Freed From Spandau Prison Hue

Berlin reports two more wartime criminals are released at midnight Baldur Von Schirach and Albert Speer exit Spandau joining Rudolf Hess leaving one Nazi prisoner. Schirach served 20 years for murder of 50 000 Austrian Jews Speer ran armament plants and served 20 years for slave labor use.

Berlin Rudolf Hess West Berlin Spandau Baldur von Schirach Albert Speer Third Reich

Tempe youth arrested in Bernstein homicide case

An 18 year old Tempe resident was arrested today in the knife slaying of Arizona State University coed Laura E Bernstein 20 of Fair Lawn New Jersey. Police said David Mumbaugh was booked on suspicion of murder.

Tempe, Ariz Tempe Arizona State University Laura E. Bernstein Fair Lawn N. J Worth Farley David Mumbaugh

California Bishop Charged With Heresy in Florida

Auxiliary Bishop James A. Pike of California faces a heresy charge issued by Rt. Rev. Henry I. Louttit, bishop of South Florida, during proceedings in Tampa.

Tampa Fla James A. Pike California Henry I. Louttit South Florida

Inez Hammers Cuba as Haiti Faces Valley of Death

Hurricane Inez battered eastern Cuba with 138 mph winds and set off floods in Haiti’s Valley of Death, with Guantanamo Bay hit hard and a growing death toll feared in the region. In Florida the danger eased while Judge Talty set October 12 for a murder trial hearing in Cleveland.

Miami Fla Inez Cuba Haiti Valley of Death U.S. Navy Guantanamo Bay Oriente Fidel Castro Barahona Tiburon Peninsula Port au-Prince Dunn Guadeloupe Dominican Republic Cleveland Francis J. Talty Samuel H. Sheppard Newsmen Today

Turmoil in San Francisco Eases After Night Patrols

In Hunters Point volunteers in armbands joined police in street patrols to curb racial violence. Police limited the presence to the business thoroughfare while federal authorities assisted. Mayor John Shelley cited unemployment and old labor discrimination as riot causes and urged residents to return home by 10 pm and stay in until 6 am.

San Francisco Hunters Point John Shelley Shelley

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