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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1964

Page

6

Athens Cleaner Downtown Face Needs Merchants Backing

A Messenger report notes Athens downtown streets and sidewalks often dirty. City officials say a street cleaner operates at Court Street in early hours, but debris remains after sweeping. The Athens Retail Merchants Association calls for a year round campaign and cooperation to improve cleanliness downtown.

Athens Messenger Court Street Ohio University Athens Retail Merchants Association Merchants Association

McNamara outlines first hour nuclear casualties and command duty

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara warns that in a full scale nuclear exchange almost 100 million Americans would die in the first hour, with similar losses for the Soviet side. He stresses the President alone should control such power and defends a balanced, flexible defense posture amid Cold War threats including Viet Cong and terrorism.

Secretary of Robert S. McNamara McNamara Barry Goldwater North Atlantic Treaty Organization Europe Hiroshima Gulf of Tonkin South Viet Nam America Latin America Bay of Pigs Cuba

Decisive Backlash in Six States Swings Voters

A six state poll shows cross-partisan voting in the fall. Samuel Lubell reports one Democrat voter in seven may back Barry Goldwater due to riots, while Johnson gains one in five Republicans from four years ago. States polled include New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois. Johnson’s rise offsets Goldwater’s losses.

Samuel Lubell Barry Goldwater Johnson New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Goldwater

Barry Goldwater’s circle linked to Hiss case history

The piece recalls Ed Nellor, Barry Goldwater’s aide, as the journalist who helped expose the Alger Hiss case in 1948. It notes Nellor’s Washington connections and mentions Harold P Green of George Washington University and the AEC debates on security clearances, linking past subversion fights to Goldwater’s current entourage.

Barry Goldwater Ed Neller Ed Nellor Washington New York Sun Alger Hiss Whittaker Chambers Isaac Don Levine Adolf Berle State Department Chambers Berle Roosevelt Stalin House UN- American Activities Committee Time Magazine the Sun Ae Seemisney Earthing Nellor Maas America Harold P. Green George Washington University Atomic Energy Commission Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Green AEC Eisenhower - Dulles Lebanon Quemoy Matsu Ed Nelson

Murals Tell of Japanese Persecution and Secret Faith

In Cuernavaca a cathedral renovation uncovers murals depicting the 16th century martyrdom of Japanese Christians. The scene shows crucifixion and beheading near Nagasaki's Martyr’s Mount as edicts forced Christians to renounce their faith, many choosing death. A hidden legacy survived two centuries until Western contact revived church presence.

Hal Boyle Cuernavaca Mexico Japan Nagasaki Spain

Dear Abby and the magazine dilemma at the drugstore

A teen reader asks why a drugstore owner calls certain magazines trash and unsuitable while selling them. Abby suggests questioning the store, while another reader shares a thriftier marriage lesson about furniture and debt, noting snobbery in discarding usable cast-offs.

Abby

Agenda Plan For Housework From Dr Crane Advice

The piece explains using a nightly Agenda Plan to break chores into small steps. It urges listing tasks from breakfast dishes to laundry, breaking big chores into bite sized items, and posting the list above the kitchen sink to streamline daily work. It emphasizes crossing off completed tasks to boost motivation.

Lorna G Dr. Crane

Percy Cancels Javits Visit in Illinois Race

Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Charles Percy, the Illinois GOP nominee, canceled an invitation for Sen. Jacob Javits to campaign in Illinois. The move follows pressure from Goldwater supporters and a hostile Chicago Tribune editorial, risking Percy's appeal to Negro and Jewish voters and broad GOP outreach.

Illinois Charles Percy Jacob Javits New York Chicago Percy Long Goldwater Barry Goldwater Jack Javits Chase Manhattan Bank Rockefeller Sen Javits San Francisco Chicago Tribune the Tribune Tribune John Henry Altorfer

First International Conference on Preventive Cardiology Opens

The Vermont event from August 24 to 28 gathers preventive cardiology specialists from ten countries at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Dr. Wilhelm Raab notes the field’s low public interest despite cardiovascular diseases killing nearly a million Americans annually.

University of Vermont Burlington Wilhelm

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