Athens Messenger August 18 1967 front page note
Athens Messenger from Athens Ohio dated Friday August 18 1967 lists publishers and staff including Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush and G Kenner Bush with M W McDargh advertising and Charles W Reamer managing editor. The page reflects the newspaper’s long history since 1828 and prints contact and editorial roles.
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the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
M. W. McDargh
Fred W Weber
Charles W. Reamer
Year of Decision and the Vietnam War Policy Shift
President Johnson indicates a decisive year ahead to widen targets in North Vietnam and pursue a swift victory despite congressional pressure. Eisenhower backs a winning war, while LeMay urges broader bombing to seal Haiphong and cut North Vietnamese supply lines. The plan risks Soviet and Chinese involvement but aims to end the war this year.
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Johnson
North Vietnam
Moscow
Peking
China
Eisenhower
Korea
Curtis LeMay
Haiphong
Soviet Union
One Seventh Of The Nation In The New Deal Era
The article notes a 1950 to 1966 decline in poverty from 22 percent to 15 percent nationally, with whites dropping from 28 million to 20 million poor and nonwhites from about 11 million to 10 million. It argues for civil conservation corps style work programs to aid the unemployed, especially older workers from farms, and to ease urban relief burdens while providing self respect through skilled, outdoor labor.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau
Civil Conservation Corps
Farmers Turn to Collective Bargaining Amid Price Pressures
Farmers facing a 10 percent income drop from a 16.4 billion prior year seek new leverage as Secretary Freeman endorses collective bargaining. At the Soil Conservation Society of America meeting in Des Moines, farmers express distrust of political remedies and favor market-driven solutions.
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Middle West
Department of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Soil Conservation Society of America
Des Moines
Office of Scripted Power and Elite Struggles Across Nations
Max Lerner discusses army officers and civilian control, noting that modern colonels resemble Israel’s forces and stress a civil role beyond military tech. He contrasts Soviet elites with China’s ongoing civil war dynamic, highlighting technocrats, intellectuals, and politicians as power centers shaping society.
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Joseph Alsop
Carlisle
Army War College
British Empire
France
Nasser
Greece
Israel
Air Force
Soviet Union
China
United States
Elites and the clash of technocrats and thinkers
The piece contrasts ideological drift in the Soviet Union with China’s anti cultural campaign led by Mao and Lin and then turns to America. It notes elite tensions among party bureaucracy scientists and writers and the role of intellectuals in shaping national mood. It argues China faces mass violence while the United States shows a Brain Trust dynamic and prevailing elite mood.
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Svetlana
Andrei Voznesensky
Writers Union
China
Lin
Mao
Liu
America
United States
Hang The Archaeologists James Kilpatrick Debate Atlantis
A conservative column mocks archaeologists and scientists who doubt Plato’s Atlantis. Kilpatrick laments modern skepticism as he recalls Atlantean detail from Plato via Solon, then rails against Cretan digs and Minoan finds, ending with a hawkish fantasy of a submerged temple resurfacing once more.
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Plato
Solon
Wise Solon
Boston Museum
Wellesley
Hackensack
Atlantis
Camelot
Troy
Mt. Ararat
Marines Win Toehold In Solomon Islands First Pacific Offensive
The Messenger notes the U S Marines secured a firm foothold in the Solomons marking the initial Allied push in the Pacific. Wayne T. Matthews named superintendent of Chauncey Dover School District, serving six years as principal at Athens East Side School. In Malmo, Sweden, 50,000 protested food shortages. Boy Scout Paul Hall sustained a severe hand wound as Athens troop hiked 12 miles to join Nelsonville Scouts at Canaanville.
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U. S. Marines
Solomon Islands
Pacific
Wayne T. Matthews
Athens East Side School
Chauncey Dover
Malmo
Sweden
Paul Hall
Athens
Canaanville
Nelsonville
Hoover Warns on New Left Ties and Communist Cadres
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warns that a small leftist current could harbor a new conspiracy with Communists deeply embedded. The danger lies in a disciplined revolutionary group infiltrating the chaotic new left and recruiting youths into cadres.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Rubber bumper promises dent resistant Pontiac models
A new rubberized front bumper that absorbs dents and rebounds quickly is slated for 100,000 Pontiacs in the upcoming model year and potentially across all cars within a year or two. If it cuts small repair costs, it could become standard for all vehicles in time.
The World Today: James Marlow on Hugo Black’s Supreme Court tenure
A compact portrait of Hugo Black’s career and stances. The article traces his shifting views and controversial past, including Klan ties, liberal advocacy, and evolving First Amendment interpretations. It notes major cases on free speech, legal aid, and civil rights, framing Black as a complex, influential figure.
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Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Black
Ku Klux Klan
Daniel Berman
al Smith
Roosevelt
Congress
U.S
Gold Medal Honors Purdue Leader Dr Hovde as Rhodes Scholar
Dr Frederick Lawson Hovde, 21 years president of Purdue University, will receive the Gold Medal of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame on December 5. The salute recalls his youth as a University of Minnesota star quarterback and an Oxford rugby Rhodes scholar, highlighting education gained through sport.
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Frederick Lawson Hovde
Purdue University
National Football Foundation
Hall of Fame
University of Minnesota
Oxford
Hartke Calls for High School Education as National Standard
Indiana Democrat Senator Vance Hartke urged Congress to set high school graduation as a national minimum education requirement. He argued it is more vital than free higher education to equip the youth with mass skills needed in the near future.
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Vance Hartke
Indiana
Congress
Newspaper Postal Rates and Office Address in Athens Ohio
Daily and Sunday delivery rates listed by the Messenger Publishing Co. include one week 50 cents, three months 6 dollars, six months 10 dollars, one year 18 dollars. Delivery by mall across Ohio, W Va, and elsewhere in the U.S. Details note second class mail entry in Athens, address 43 W Union St, Athens Ohio 45701.
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Ohio
W.va
U.S . Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
Ohie
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