Ohio highway costs demand more funds and effort
Ohio devotes roughly a quarter of its budget to highways with half funded by federal aid. By 1972 interstate maintenance looms as a burden while payroll, construction, and upkeep rise.Officials warn Congress may not share future costs, prompting alarms over growing debt and scarce funds.
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John F. Wheeler Lumbus
Ohio
Everybod
Congress
C. L. Emmons
P. E. Masheter
Emmons
Highway Safety Department
The Messenger Staff and Publisher Credits
Athens Ohio based newspaper The Messenger lists Gordon K. Bush as Publisher and G Kenner Bush Jr as Assistant Publisher with M W McDargh as Advertising Director. Frederick W Bush and Fred W Weber are noted as publishers era leaders alongside Charles W Reamer and Robert L Powers as managing and news editors.
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Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush, Jr
M. W. McDargh
the Messenger Publishing CO
W. Union St
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Fred W. Weber
Charles W. Reamer
Robert L. Powers
Kennedy plans to replace State with White House group
Look magazine recounts Kennedy's bafflement with the State Department's insulation and the president's idea of a 30 member secret office to run foreign policy while keeping State as a façade. Schlesinger notes the tension between presidential purpose and diplomacy play.
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Arthur Schlesinger
Kennedy
State Department
Dean Rusk
White House
Defense
Schlesinger
Look Magazine
Bay of Pigs
Berlin
Jacqueline
McGeorge Bundy
State
Washington
Midwest mother asks why war rages in Vietnam
A Midwest mother writes to the president about the Vietnam crisis and her son serving there. She notes her husband served in World War II and expresses confusion and concern about the current war. Her letter reflects civilian distress and questions the nation’s war stance.
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Viet Nam
United States
Midwest
Ironies Of Politics Hit YAF Over U S Romania Policy
The piece mocks Senator Fulbright for attacking Young Americans for Freedom and Goodyear over a Romanian synthetic rubber deal tied to Red China and North Vietnam. It notes bipartisan praise for YAF, compares YAF to AFL-CIO positions, and questions why AFL-CIO faces no similar scrutiny while YAF is targeted.
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J. William Fulbright
Nuisace
Young Americans For Freedom
Barry Goldwater
Mike Mansfield
YAF
Ike Eisenhower
Connecticut
Tom Dodd
Ragrpell
Fulbright
Mighty Mouse
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Romania
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone
Goodyear Company
Lyndon Johnson
Goodyear
Red China
Goodyear and
Peking
Malaysia
Sukarno
Indonesia
South
Viet Nam
State Department
Geroge Ball
Young Americas For Freedom
Goodyear Tire and Rubter
Gods On
Olympus
Americans For Freedom
Afl-Cio
New Guard
Bal Harbour
Florida
Moscow
Yaffers
George Meany
Johnson
Kosygin
Brezhnev
Averell Harriman
LBJ
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Senate Panel Split Over Dominican Crisis Report
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak Inside Report notes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee remains divided over a formal investigation report on the Dominican crisis. Chairman Fulbright opposes a unanimous report while blocs led by Bourke Hickenlooper and Frank Lausche clash with liberals who seek more witnesses and a sharper conclusion.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Foreign Relations Committee
Iowa
Bourke
Dominican Probe and Dodd Criticism in Johnson Era Politics
The piece notes a Dominican policy probe led by White House aide and John Bartlow Martin with Fulbright’s push to end hearings and privately critique. It highlights attacks on Sen. Thomas J. Dodd over gun control and anti communist labels, plus Rep. E. Y. Berry's primary fund drive and Goldwater alignment amid reapportionment pressure. Berry backs United Republicans of America in opposing liberals and moderates.
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White House
Santo Domingo
John Bartlow Martin
Bundy
Thomas Mann
Fulbright
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Kent Courtney
New Orleans
Courtney
Dodd
Sen. Dodd
Robert Welch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dulles Brothers
E. Y. Berry
South Dakota
Berry
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Congress
Washington, D. C
United Republicans of America
Angler Alarm Over Dying Fish In Local Rivers
Harold Dupler of Nelsonville complains that sewage dumping into the Hocking River and Rush Creek is killing fish. He asks why Lake Logan water isn’t released to save more fish and urges action from the fish and game division and local authorities amid suspected acid or salt contamination.
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Hocking River
Rush Creek
Nelsonville
Lake Logan
Fish and Game Division
Ohio Fish and Game Division
Columbus
United States
Harold Dupler
Is Caught In Middle Columnist Faces Accusations Of Favoritism
A reader column section presents letters accusing a columnist of gender bias in reactions to marital finances and domestic behavior. The exchanges include calls for tougher judgments on men, remarks about mothers, dog noise complaints, and a siste r-in-law mail incident with advice to explain openly.
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Department
U.S
William E. Reed
Bureau of Public Roads
the Athens Messenger
John Chamberlain
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Inside Report
the Right
Nist
Dear Abby
Eagles
Abby
Police Department
Sheriff’s Office
J. Y
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