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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1969
Page
4
The Athens Ohio newspaper announces Frea W Weber as Circulation Director M W McDargh as Advertising Director. Charles W Reamer is Managing Editor and Richard R Paynter is Assistant To The Publisher for the August 25 1969 edition.
Senator Harris starts a Democratic Policy Council with Hubert Humphrey to lead and John Stewart as staff chief. Edmund Muskie would sit on the executive committee. McCormack and Mansfield decline, citing congressional policy work. The council aims to present forward looking programs beyond current bills.
Reston, a Washington suburb, uses six chartered express buses to shuttle 180 commuters daily with bus masters serving coffee and doughnuts on morning trips. The Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies credits careful planning and promotion for success and notes underwriting was unnecessary as demand grew.
The island of Corsica marks Napoleon Bonaparte's birthday with a public celebration as soldiers march in Napoleonic uniforms through Ajaccio. The piece notes Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States for fifteen million dollars, shaping westward American expansion.
Washington insight discusses Vietnam policy as generals Big Minh and Tray Van Don maneuver for influence. Civil servants, Buddhist and Cao Dai factions, Ky and Lieng form a loose transitional network to modulate Thieu gains. The piece warns of a slow dispersal of authority and fragile unity amid third force pressures.
The piece argues Clement Haynsworth is highly qualified for the U S Supreme Court and should be confirmed. It contrasts liberal opposition led by Joe Rauh with conservative praise, noting Haynsworth’s Fourteenth Amendment views and distinguished record as a judge.
In Charleston Emanuel AME Church, 400 hospital workers struck for raises amid a 113 day walkout. SCLC joined Local 1199 to push broader civil rights labor ties, with leaders planning national organizing and voter drives as unions push for recognition and dignity.
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