08 Jul 1960
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1960
Page
1
The first 1960 Hocking County wheat arrived at Keynes Bros. Mill today. Ralph Klinger of Logan Route 2 delivered over 291 bushels. The grain tested at 60 pounds per bushel with 14 percent moisture.
A congressional spokesman for Mexico’s ruling party said the nation backs the Cuban people against the United States, while President Lopez Mateos remained silent on the remark. The PRII leader spoke for the party in Congress, signaling solidarity with Cuba amid US pressure and sugar industry tensions.
In New York, a deadlocked jury halted the conflict of interest trial of Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack. Prosecutors may retry. He faced charges of taking a 4400 remodeling job from real estate operator Sidney Ungar while Ungar was a city client and of conspiring to obstruct justice by fabricating a story that his wife paid from a household allowance.
Police report a break in at the Stage Coach Inn 225 East Main Street last night. Intruders pried open desk drawers and stole 30 dollars in bills and 10 dollars in change after breaking the rear overhead door glass.
Los Angeles AP report notes realistic Kennedy backers doubt a first ballot victory. They plan a second ballot blitz and potential multi-count strategy to win the Democratic nomination with Johnson Symington and Stevenson opponents pressed. Kennedy rooms gain support from California and New York, while Humphrey remain a hurdle. Truman hints at possible convention arrival aiding Johnson if he changes stance. Johnson and Symington aides discussed withdrawing Missouri's senator.
Engle Construction Co. will begin moving in equipment and erecting barricades for the Rt. 180 relocation project on Monday. The McArthur firm won the contract with a low bid of 264648 dollars. Completion is set for November 30 after moving Rt. 33 180 intersection 53 feet east and straightening a two mile segment to improve sight distance. Traffic will be maintained during the upgrade.
In Licking County near Reynoldsburg, 22 year old James Horn of Detroit was shot by farmer Joseph Schmeltzer 66 after a tip about a prospective buyer. Horn died in the car. Schmeltzer and Horn’s companion Harry Jordan both central to the case, Schmeltzer found dead later. Deputies investigate cause of Schmeltzer death as autopsy planned.
AFL-CIO President George Meany told Democratic platform drafters that unemployment will rise a frightening amount in June, nearly one million, the largest May to June jump since World War II. Other sources expect jobless totals to reach about 4.5 million with unemployment around 5.5 percent, as policy debates focus on growth versus stagnation. parallel testimony warned faster Communist spread without pro growth measures. In Columbus, continuing unemployment claims eased to 89,419 while new claims climbed to 18,517 for the week ending July 2.
Official Weather Bureau summary reports fair conditions and below normal temperatures across Ohio. Lows in the 50s with a chilly dawn in the Hocking Valley. 47 degrees early today, 81 by late morning, yesterday's high 80.
A cold spell continues with readings of 53 at Zanesville 56 at Columbus and 57 at Chesapeake while Cleveland records a new low of 48 degrees for the date for the fifth day. Heavy fog at Chesapeake limits visibility to zero as a slow moving high pressure system dominates Ohio through Saturday with no rain expected before Sunday. Temperatures edge higher today and again Saturday.
Rome reports Senate President Cesare Merzagora urging a 15 day truce to halt violence endangering Italy's future. Prime Minister Tambroni pledges full police duty as clashes flare in Palermo and Reggio Emilia injuring hundreds. CGIL calls a 10 hour general strike amid accusations of political motives.
Emil Leroy Thompson twenty from New Straitsville received two concurrent three month terms from Juvenile Judge Rhea Ban gert Brown for furnishing intoxicants to a 16 year old girl on June 6 and to a 17 year old Logan Rt 4 boy and a 16 year old New Straitsville boy on June 29. The Logan youth was placed on probation while the New Straitsville boy’s charges were sent to Perry County Juvenile Court. A Union Furnace boy who was out with the group but did not drink was fined five dollars and costs. It was the youths first offense.
A Thursday night blaze at Eshelman Feed Service in Washington Court House Ohio disrupted traffic on U S 2 and damaged the feed mill. Investigators believe the fire started in the grain drying room with no injuries reported.
Buckeye Trail Association and Hocking County Horsemen plan a Sunday work event to extend and mark several miles of the Buckeye Trail from Lake Logan through Enterprise and Helber's Rocks to Route 64. Volunteers meet at Wildcat Hollow at 9 am for trail work and a postride picnic at the O. E. Brown farm. Grandma Gatewood will miss the event due to a hike in New York state.
Pipeline expected to flow to Burr Oak service area starting Monday barring new difficulties. State health tests at Jacksonville Glouster and Trimble meters were completed with results due Monday. If satisfactory, Shawnee and then additional towns including New Straitsville and Shawnee will receive water, others must upgrade systems. Jacksonville already has water with boiling advised for safety.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said he would not send a message to the U.S. Democratic Party convention in Los Angeles. He called it tactless and an interference in U.S. internal affairs as Americans prepare for their presidential elections.
About two thousand people were turned away from a Soviet Embassy reception in Vienna after fake invitations were mailed to a broad group including hotel porters and prostitutes. Austrian security police investigated the incident as a case of forged invitations created to exclude guests from the event.
A consulting engineer from Indianapolis questioned at a Ohio Utilities Commission hearing over a 2.94 million dollar annual rate request. Separately a Chillicothe hearing was set for July 27 on a Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road complaint about removed trains No 3 and No 4. Other notes cover a blimp crash near Barnegat Inlet New Jersey with crew losses, Miss USA pageant semifinals in Miami Beach, Ohio cigarette sales and taxes in May, an Arizona sect stockpiling food, a Pennsylvania Railroad strike, and a South Philadelphia oil plant explosion.
Chaos in Leopoldville as mutinous soldiers reportedly take control while thousands of whites flee Brazaville across the Congo River. Refugees are sheltered by soldiers and civilians as European communities organize aid and the French Congo government forms a relief committee.
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Christian Herter will discuss the Cuban crisis during a Newport, Rhode Island meeting. Officials did not reveal details of the agenda or potential actions.
Stephen Cheshier son of Mr and Mrs Joe Mason of Gore served in the Navy honor guard that welcomed President Eisenhower at Quonset Point R I as he arrived to begin a summer vacation at the nearby Newport Naval Base Mrs Cheshier is Joyce Hadley formerly of Logan
White House press secretary James C. Hagerty announced a weekend conference at Eisenhower's vacation headquarters. The meeting is planned for Sunday or Monday.
Woodrow Philip Williams of Garner N C was fined 85 dollars plus costs in City Court for driving with improper equipment. An officer observed Williams with a passenger holding brake fluid ready to pour into the master cylinder to aid braking if a stop was needed.
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