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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1963
Page
1
Logan's summer recreation program launches Monday with Ed Lendenski as director. The sessions run daily 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for adults from Monday to Friday and include evening periods on Mondays and Thursdays.
Police and troops battled Moslem mobs demanding the shah's overthrow in Tehran. At least 1,000 injured and many killed as rioters torched autos and bazaar sections. Soldiers blocked routes to the royal palace while authorities accused reactionary forces of provoking religious leaders over land reform and women’s rights.
The official New China News Agency reports Chinese organizations express support for American Negroes in their fight against racial discrimination in the United States.
U S Judge Seybourn Lynne issues an injunction barring Governor George Wallace or associates from interfering with court ordered desegregation at the University of Alabama. The order leaves Wallace’s campus access intact while demanding obedience to federal orders and preserving the court’s authority.
President Kennedy, launching a four day Western trip, warned that relying on a nuclear stalemate risks war but told Bee Air Force Academy graduates that humanity and freedom will prevail. He urged reappraisal of doctrine and urged military policy to align with political decisions.
President Kennedy asked 100 business leaders from 25 states and Washington to move faster on desegregation in Southern stores restaurants theaters and motels. While many welcomed voluntary plans some urged patience and warned against forced legislation fearing possible protests and riots.
Anxious families waited for survivors from a Northwest Orient DC 6B crash off British Columbia. Radio reports said no hope of survivors. 101 aboard included 58 servicemen, 22 dependents, 15 civilians, 13 women, and 20 children. Families of Alaska personnel on Elmendorf and the Alaska Command were among the victims.
The Rev Warren H Bright pastor of Glenwood Methodist Church Columbus will give the benediction at American University commencement June 10 in Washington D C. His daughter Sally graduates this class and President John F Kennedy will be the speaker. Mrs Ackers will attend with the Brights.
The Logan Trade Club retail merchants division will hold its monthly luncheon Thursday at the Sportsman banquet room starting at noon. Officers urge all merchants to attend as the July promotion will be discussed.
President Kennedy plans to add a Hawaii stop to his Western tour to attend a mayors conference. He aims to meet U S city leaders gathering there and discuss civil rights era concerns.
Two men robbed a branch of the Second National Bank of Warren today. They took an undetermined amount from three tellers cages as one customer and four employees were inside the bank on US 422 inside the city. A getaway car was found shortly after the holdup. The attackers, described as Negroes, wore white handkerchief masks.
Muhammad Frulla Khan of Pakistan, president of the United Nations General Assembly, departed New York by plane for a 10 day visit to the Soviet Union. He travels at the invitation of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and will also visit Finland and Czechoslovakia.
The Ohio Senate faces a vote on a $250 million education bond backed by Gov. Rhodes. The plan would extend the fifth penny tax without new taxes and direct proceeds statewide. House action includes statewide voter registration and an emergency development bill for 200,000 new jobs.
Dr. Austin R. Whitmore Ohio Methodist leader told the Ohio Annual Conference that despite better facilities and equipment the Toledo District needs more new members. He said emphasis on material gains and reduced spiritual devotion explain shrinking enrollments and urged ministers and laymen to recruit during the state of the church address before 3,000 attendees.
William Oscar Jenkins, aged 85, died Tuesday in Puebla. He arrived in Mexico in 1901 and rose from a 50 cent daily wage to build a fortune estimated at 300 million dollars.
FBI report shows Ohio's eight major cities' crime up 8.38 percent in January to March 1963 versus 1962 across seven categories. Columbus and Akron rise notable while Dayton and Youngstown fall. murders and rapes, thefts, burglaries, and auto thefts trend higher overall.
A Logan jury awarded Irma Jean Holdren $7500 and Franklin Insurance Co. $400 after a September 17, 1960 crash at Furnace and West Hunter streets involving William Beazel. Deliberations lasted about 40 minutes with 12 jurors voting for Mrs. Holdren and 10 for the insurer.
City pool to reopen Thursday at 1 p.m. manager Harry Westfall said repairmen found old breaks in a five inch drain and a five inch inlet pipe. Refilling has begun and repairs will be completed as soon as possible.
Medical staff met with Columbus architect Dan Carmichael to discuss proposed revisions to preliminary plans for a new Hocking County hospital. Carmichael submitted a preliminary design for a one floor facility with 54 beds.
Vatican City AP reports thousands of mourners filled St. Peter's Square and entered the basilica to view Pope John XXIII's body in red pontifical robes. He lay on a red damask catafalque with 16 candles as officials plan a nine day mourning and final burial near Pope Pius XI.
A flash flood from 7.18 inches of rain in 24 hours isolated motorists and flooded U S 4 near Cambridge Ohio. Crooked Creek overflow submerged roads three miles west, with New Concord and Zanesville affected. Cars overturned, homes evacuated, and hundreds marooned as waters receded after dawn.
Stationary thunderstorms in east central Ohio counties Tuesday night dumped heavy rainfall washing out U S 40 west of Cambridge and causing landslides and local flooding. Central and western counties had little rainfall. Temperatures fell to the upper 50s to the 60s.
Temperatures held at 75 degrees by 11 this morning as skies stayed fair for a third straight day of warmer weather. Thursday looked to bring continued mild conditions with clear to partly sunny skies across the county.
Southerly winds will push warm humid air northward over 36 hours lifting afternoon temperatures into the 8s and sparking scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers.
The forecast calls for temperatures about 3 to 6 degrees above normal across southern and central Ohio with highs near 79 to 84 and lows around 56 to 62. Scattered afternoon thundershowers will bring about two tenths of an inch of rain on average.
Typhoon Polly swept across Japan killing 18 people, with one missing and 17 injured. Police warned the missing and injured count could rise as rescue efforts continued.
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