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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1973
Page
6
The Messenger Publishing Co serves Athens Ohio from Route 33 N and Johnson Road with a long lineage of editors and officials listed including Frederick W. Bush Gordon K. Bush Te nl ner Bush Fred W. Weber M. W. MecDargh G. Ke Charles W. Reamer Richard R. Paynter.
A July Gallup survey shows the FBI highly favorable rating sliding from 84 percent in 1965 to 52 percent in 1970. CIA scores are 23 percent highly favorable with overall approval near three to one. Local police view is 53 percent highly favorable. The poll involved 1,544 adults in 300 localities from July 6 to 9.
James Kilpatrick discusses the FBI annual crime report 1972 showing declines in property crime and officer deaths but warns of a disturbing rise in youth and female crime, racial disparities, and systemic social failures. He calls for moral leadership from home, school, church, and institutions to address a deepening social sickness.
Ohio guards at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, angry over leniency, training gaps, staff shortages, and a lack of the death penalty, gathered in Lucasville to vent after two officers were killed. They urged restoring capital punishment for law enforcement deaths and criticized the facility’s management and safety.
The Rev. Virgil C. Shingler died July 28 at Springfield Community Hospital. An active Bible teacher and preacher, he held a minister’s license with former Pilgrim Holiness Church and taught at multiple churches and broadcasts. Survived by 25 grandchildren and five great grandchildren, with several siblings and a daughter among those noted. He lived in Springfield for 28 years and was a World War I Army veteran.
The FBI formed in 1908 within the Justice Department to investigate federal crime and aid prosecution, led by J Edgar Hoover from 1924 to 1972 who reorganized the bureau. The CIA was created in 1947 to gather and assess political and military information for U S policy, with secret operations for national security.
The Messenger notes 50 years ago Athens stores closed at noon for a city wide salute to President Warren G. Harding. A memorial service was held at First Methodist Church with Judge Perry Wood and Dean Edwin W. Cobb speaking. Final rites and burial were in Marion.
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday delivery options with prices. Rates include 15 cents for daily single copies and 25 cents for Sunday, plus mailing options across Ohio, West Virginia, and other locations. Subscriptions range 75 cents weekly to 36 dollars yearly, with second class mailing approval.
The article argues Watergate revived Congress and increased its authority, especially on national security. It notes the Aug. 15 cutoff of bombing in Indochina, a House move to cut defense funding by about $1 billion, and Senate and House actions reasserting control over war powers, with leadership in flux and unclear new direction.
Congress tightens limits on presidential impoundment and drafts an education and health spending bill by about one billion more than requested. It rejects three nominees and probes administration actions, while pushing budget reform and desegregation coalition efforts amid shifting leadership and a gradual return to influence.
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