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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1968
Page
4
Athens Ohio newspaper dated Tuesday August 6 1968 features local news notes including community events, city updates, and notices from Athens area organizations. Readers see brief items and public notices reflecting local civic life and upcoming schedules.
Hiram Milton argues for a broad shift to block grants totaling 150 million dollars to universities to spread federal science funding beyond elite institutes. He urges including private industry in a National Institutional Science Council, while critics warn changes could slow national defense oriented research and risk widening regional tech gaps.
A two year extension of college aid is approved with a mandatory denial for students involved in campus uprisings or crimes tied to protests. The House backed the cut, Senate favored longer funding but smaller total, conference likely settle near five billion.
A three judge panel upholds the Interstate Commerce Commission order to abandon W and O D railroad operations after 113 years. The 48 mile line between Alexandria and Purcellville will sell 30.5 miles of right of way to the Virginia Highway Department for 3.5 million dollars and the rest to Virginia Electric and Power Company.
President Johnson signed three bills expanding veteran benefits. Visabled veterans may receive part time vocational rehabilitation. Federal payments for hospital care rise to 3.50 a day and nursing home care to 5.00. Community nursing home payments increase to 40 percent of costs. The changes shift more costs to federal and state governments while aiding a large share of the population.
Washington Insight argues the 1968 GOP shifts from Goldwater era sectarianism to a centrist, broad based party capable of governing. It notes Nixon and Rockefeller emphasize law and order and peace in Vietnam, presenting a calm, pragmatic campaign and orderly convention without intraparty squabbles.
A provocative column from Miami Beach critiques the Republican Platform Committee. Kilpatrick argues the 1968 platform should be brief, clear, and firm, avoiding vagueness while outlining core aims from war policy to law and order, cities, and conservatism’s legacy.
Reminiscences describe memory as a master magician recreating vanished worlds and comforting, nostalgic visits. The piece recalls midcentury life details from bread aromas to prohibition scofflaws, social mores, and Yankee lore, celebrating simpler pleasures and shared pasts.
The Messenger notes heavy fighting as World War I rages. B C Franklin of Murray City is listed among wounded. A Sutton West Virginia flood leaves fifteen dead and six missing with at least two million dollars in property loss. Homer Baird of The McBee Co becomes a second lieutenant in the Naval Reserve and must report to Babson Institute for induction.
Strict Security Chicago outlines a massive security plan for the Democratic National Convention. About 5 000 police, 1 000 federal agents, and 5 500 Illinois guardsmen will cover the event with rooftop deployments and helicopter transport for candidates and officials. The measures are framed as a somber judgment on the democratic process.
A Vietnamese committee of solidarity with the American people has been established in North Vietnam to strengthen friendly relations between the two nations, described as Hanoi propaganda aimed at the weary public.
The piece notes Canada’s postal strike halting cross border mail, with private carriers delivering at a price while US posts refuse foreign mail. It questions whether federal protections against strikes would apply if the postal service became a public corporation and urges sustained uninterrupted service.
State Department approves a plan to stop hijacking by using empty planes to fly Cuban refugees to Miami. The scheme would return Cubans home free on flights branded as good riddance, as a solution to refugee movement.
Publication notice states daily and Sunday editions with prices for local delivery via carrier and mail across Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere. Rates include weekly, monthly, and yearly options with postal classification and address The Athens News, 43 W Union St, Athens.
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