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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
4
Fragmentary notes reference racial topics and election nits with vague hints at candidates and affiliations. Mentions include Nixon and Republicans amid unclear passages about harm, benefit, and indirect effects on voters and parties.
The text discusses government spending, defense costs, and the idea that government must ensure the abundance created by business and industry reaches all citizens. It links revolutions in technology and communication to a broad distribution of prosperity and examines the balance between defense, affordability, and access to the good life.
Discussion argues the elderly suffer most from meager benefits and urges higher minimums of 870 a month for individuals and 105 for couples, noting 5 million people live on too little to survive. It criticizes fund raids and calls welfare support funded by all taxpayers.
NYU launches an expanded urban law program claiming the strongest urban affairs curriculum in the country with nine courses on topics rarely covered elsewhere. The courses use statutes and city documents, stressing social responsibility and preparation for practice in public interest and welfare law.
The piece analyzes Hubert Humphrey’s shaky path to the nomination, Nixon’s likely advantage post convention, and McCarthy backed by antiwar Republicans. It argues Nixon aims to win minority votes and Wallace’s share, while a bold strategy would confront racial prejudice openly in a West Virginia style referendum before November.
A Roy Cohn book recounting the Army McCarthy hearings draws renewed attention. Esquire excerpted large portions with Cohn pictured with a halo, signaling the editors view of the work as revealing and provocative about McCarthy era events.
A Maryland county moves to tax idle land held by speculators to force payment for holding property until prices rise. The measure seeks a statewide law to authorize the policy and asks the legislature to grant the power.
A New York Times reviewer argues Roy Cohn’s biography of McCarthy invites a sober reexamination of McCarthyism. It contends McCarthy was complex yet influential, and that anti-American backlash grew from overreaction to his era, fueling a silent opposition tied to fears of un-Americanism.
The Messenger Said 20 Years Ago recounts Allied progress on two fronts with more than 60 files. Athens County held youth registration after turning 21 since last year's draft. The report notes Kharkov evacuation by Hitler's forces and a 13 mile escape toward the Dnieper. Hocking County War Loan quotas were set by Earl Elberfeld, head of the War Finance Committee.
An Arlington Virginia judge restricted two 17 year olds from leaving their home without a parent's consent after they were found in a friend's basement laboratory producing hallucinogenic drugs.
Hal Boyle surveys the fat fear gripping U. S. dieters as he recalls his own 48 day weight loss and the social pressures of slimming. He laments constant invitations, judgmental friends, and cravings, noting the humor and pain of dieting in modern America.
The five additions to Roosevelt’s four freedoms include the right to a full time job, a decent home, education, freedom from discrimination, and a healthy life with modern medicine. Roosevelt’s four were freedom of speech, worship, from want, and from fear, presented in 1941.
The government tallies over 100,000 summer jobs for students and disadvantaged youths, more than double last year and exceeding the one-for-forty goal in the Federal Government. The surge helped cool summer conditions and was viewed as a positive outcome.
The newspaper lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with carrier and mail options. It notes weekday and Sunday single copy costs, weekly and longer-term rates, and mail delivery to U S and possessions with varying durations. Delivery address is The Messenger Publishing Co., 43 W Union St, Athens Ohio.
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