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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1972
Page
4
Princeton report notes 80 percent of both parties say they are registered for the upcoming presidential election. The study highlights gains among non whites and youth, with potential turnout boosts for McGovern and a shift in registration trends since earlier in 1972.
The report notes 4 567 adults 18 plus interviewed January to March 1972 and 4 149 adults 18 plus interviewed June to August. It adds Gallup registration data often align closely with Census Current Population Survey figures, citing November 1968 as an example within one percentage point.
Democratic officials and old line Democrats cheer Sen George McGovern after selecting Sargent Shriver as his vice presidential candidate. The choice ends a string of six turndowns by Kennedy Humphrey Ribicoff Muskie Nelson and Gov Askew. Muskie weighed the bid in Maine with family council and protection for his wife and five children.
The piece notes Shriver's potential candidacy appeals to McGovern supporters and his Kennedy family ties. It mentions his roles with the Peace Corps, Johnson anti poverty program, and as ambassador to France. Eagleton background concerns are cited alongside relief at Shriver’s selection.
The Messenger recalls a 50 year old C-2 airship journey from Washington to New York as preparation for a coast to coast flight. The piece also records Athens County elections official J B Allen resigning and Emmett Riley succeeding him. Ohio population growth since 1940 listed with rank changes and regional losses due to a damaging storm in southern Athens County.
Hal Boyle reflects on memory as a power to revive the past and moral humaneness. He recalls scenes from past eras, from examples of daily life to wartime upheaval, illustrating memory as a saving, almost divine faculty.
A neighbor recalls the first man who swapped horse and buggy for an automobile and was treated as an idiot for wasting money. He mourns the moment as time erode the couple’s initials in beach sand and the memory fades with the tide.
A brief reminiscence notes a past era of believed purity in America's aims, air, and river waters. The text references a publication by Messenger Publishing Co based in Athens Ohio with mailing details for Ohio and West Virginia.
Ohio and national lawmakers split on key roll calls the week of July 31 to Aug 4. In the House a motion to send a wage bill to conference failed 190 to 198, while a cattle hide export ban rollback amendment passed 177 to 158. A beach access amendment was rejected 191 to 190. Senator Brooke led a plan to withdraw troops within four months, opposed by Taft and Saxbe. McGovern sought a $4 billion defense cut, rejected 33 to 59, with Taft and Saxbe voting against. Taft then backed liberalized SBA disaster aid based on income loss, with Saxbe voting for.
In a column attributed to William F. Buckley, the author argues George McGovern’s rhetoric is indecent and not conciliatory. The piece cites McGovern’s past harsh statements about Goldwater Mundt Jackson Nixon and Thieu, contrasting them with calls for humanity and reason.
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