The Athens Messenger masthead history notes
The Athens Messenger presents a historic masthead listing The Messenger Publishing Company at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio with founders and 20th century editors and staff roles. It documents the chain of publishers from Frederick W Bush to Gordon K Bush and G Kenner Bush and editors Charles W Reamer and Robert L Powers with circulation and advertising leadership.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Charles W. Reamer
Robert L. Powers
Athens Ohio Area News Briefs for August 26, 1966
Local notes from Athens Ohio dated Friday August 26, 1966 cover community events. Details readable are sparse but indicate civic updates and regional notices relevant to residents.
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Athens
Ohio
Johnson plan aimed at poverty fails to impress critics
The article questions how profits seep into the poverty program and cites Wel fare Secretary John Gardner’s testimony that half the poverty funds go to slumlords. It critiques added political intermediaries and endorses neighborhood and legal centers, urging real poverty reduction over political solutions.
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Johnson
John Gardner
Airlines resume schedules after machinists strike costs rise
Major airlines with 4100 daily flights halted for 43 days due to a machinists strike report 67 000 workers idled 35 400 machinists and a total cost of 330 million dollars. The six week stoppage kept 80 million travelers from flying and hit air terminals travel agents and resorts near one billion in losses. The settlement gives the union a 83 7 million three year contract with wage and benefits rises around five percent per year.
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Gardner Ack
Cost cutting planes in airline settlement clash with union aims
Ley, chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers, notes the 3 year settlement with Eastern, National, Northwest, Trans World and United airlines totals 83.7 million dollars against union demands of 115 to 117 million. Labor Department shows the rejected agreement would average 297 dollars per worker over the contract, while lost wages from the strike average 330 dollars per worker. The deal breaks the 3.2 percent guideline and harms the public by prolonging a costly strike.
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Ley
California as World Tech Center in Morgan's 21st Century Vision
British producer John Morgan envisions California as the hub of future technology. His documentary on life in the 21st century argues 20 000 computers on the Pacific Coast will automate work, splitting life into three 25 year phases schooling work and retirement with six months of work and six months of holiday.
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California
John Morgan
Pacific Coast
Morgan
Ford
Tax Burden and Work Time in a Looming Economic Strain
The piece argues taxes and national debt threaten happiness and cost of living, noting moonlighting as a response. It warns against producers shouldering long hours while non-producers enjoy California style living, urging costs be paid within the established work time.
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Morgan
California
Koreans Rebel Against China in Stand for Independence
North Korea issued a bold statement titled Let Us Defend Independence protesting Communist China. The move marks Korea as openly resisting Beijing while North Viet Nam remains aligned with China.
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China
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Asia
China Turns Fascist By W RYAN A P Special Correspondent
The piece portrays a Mandarin-led purge in Red China with teenage mobs enforcing factional control. It cites Lin Piao as rising power, Maoist rhetoric, and a forecast of reshaped leadership, urging total state subservience and isolation.
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Red
China
Peking
Lin Piao
Mao Tze-tung
Lin
Liberation Army Daily
Mao
Red Guards
Politburo
Liu Shao-chi
How Things Change A Conservative View on Civil Rights
James Kilpatrick notes the drift from a bi racial civil rights movement to a stricter assimilation view. He recalls how NAACP and integration once faced fierce opposition in the South and among moderates. The piece argues shifts in language and approach reflect a topsy turvy era.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Potomac
Bertrand Russell
Alabama
Virginia
NAACP
Down South
Civil rights leaders split on integration and strategy
Six top leaders debated race policy on Meet the Press amid a shift from non-violence to separation. Floyd McKissick and James Meredith critique old methods while Carmichael coordinates something volatile. White moderates are blamed as South growth and Chicago unrest intensify tensions.
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Gray
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Yazoo
NAM
AMA
Baptist Church
Wilkins
Alabama
Mississippi
Dr. King
Chicago
Floyd McKissick
CORE
King
Birmingham
James Farmer
Carmichael
South
Nixon probes 1968 with speeches but avoids committing
Richard M. Nixon, out of office six years, refuses to confirm 1968 presidential ambitions. He has issued broad advice on Viet Nam and Republican strategy, alternating praise and criticism of Johnson and Kennedy. Johnson and Kennedy dismissed his counsel as unhelpful.
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Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Viet Nam
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N. Y
Nixon
California
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Puzzle of a Wife Mystifies Husbands
Hal Boyle notes the wife remains the biggest puzzle to a husband as couples near their 50th anniversary. An informal poll yields witty reasons why wives mystify husbands from shoe kicking at parties to kissing a bald spot while reading.
Messenger Publishing Company Subscription Rates
Published daily except Saturdays. Member of the Associated Press weekdays. Daily and Sunday single copy prices 10 and 15 cents. Delivery by carrier. Mail rates in Ohio and W Va: daily and Sunday one week 50 cents, three months 5.00, six months 9.00, one year 16.00. Elsewhere in U S and Possessions: daily and Sunday one week 50 cents, three months 6.00, six months 10.00, one year 18.00. Entered at Athens Post Office as Second Class matter under Act of 1918. Address The Messenger Publishing Co. 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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U.S. & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
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Athens
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