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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1972
Page
6
James Kilpatrick notes a widespread malaise with government and media. Harris surveys show confidence plunging in press, TV, advertising, medicine, banking, science, military, religion, education, government, and the Supreme Court, urging leaders to reflect rather than spin PR.
The Athens Messenger issue from December 4 1972 details local Athens Ohio events and notices. Publisher leadership and staff are listed alongside the paper’s established history and office details for Route 33 North at Johnson Road.
A Saigon dispatch notes about 10 000 Defense Department civilians will remain in South Vietnam after the cease fire and troop withdrawal. They will handle roles once done by the military such as operating logistics computers teaching flying and maintaining planes under South Vietnamese authority. The move aims to keep the Air Force supplied and pilots skilled, with Wilfred J Curley recently shifting the Army Procurement Agency to a civilian operation in Saigon. Franklin officials debate reporting lines, and North Vietnam may object, but the civilians would not violate the cease fire in spirit or letter.
The Messenger recalls 50 years ago President Warren G. Harding sent his 1927 budget to Congress with about two million dollars trimmed from the original estimate citing stricter economy in public funds. Twenty five years ago A. B. Roe retired as president of McBee Co after 37 years with the firm. D. R. Zenner succeeded him.
Brig. Gen. (ret.) S. L. A. Marshall notes Itzak Rabin’s view that Israel’s 1947 UN partition vote set legal ground for independence rather than final victory. The piece recounts the Nov 29 1947 decision, its global support, Yishuv jubilation, and the looming Arab challenges to sovereignty.
The article traces GOP margins from Eisenhower to Nixon, noting 18 years of Republican minority risk and how Ike navigated a Democratic Congress. It cites Knowland leadership, Lodge guidance, and shifts in party power through 1950s, asking whether Nixon can mirror Eisenhower’s workaround with a potentially hostile Congress.
A border incident on the Golan Heights ends with a car crash as Syrians fire artillery across the border. The author notes changes in Israeli society including Druze involvement and warns against old peace assumptions. The piece links regional tension to broader shifts in Israeli life and policy.
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