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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1966
Page
6
Circulation Director Fred W. Weber and Advertising Director M. W. MecDargh are listed for Athens Ohio with the paper dated Wednesday December 14 1966. The notice appears in the Athens edition bearing the city ZIP.
Joseph Alsop notes Kennedy rebukes McKissick over black power while unveiling a Bedford Stuyvesant project aimed at improving the ghetto. He warns polarization threatens justice, urges white Americans to acknowledge past wrongs and support measured progress toward equality.
A conservative column predicts Adam Clayton Powell will face a motion to exclude him as the House organizes. It cites Cannon precedents and Carlisle on prior offenses, noting few exclusions in 50 years and Powell’s criminal contempt case lingering in courts.
The Messenger notes that fifty years ago Balkan nations began receiving U S aid as food and clothing on the ship Caesar. The piece reflects on diplomacy and past political cases including Adams Clayton Powell and recall of historical expulsions to illustrate governance norms.
The Supreme Court is described as the most activist in history shaping civil rights school prayer and reapportionment. It weighed in on Georgia governor dispute by letting the legislature decide the outcome. It also considered the Loving case affecting 16 states laws against interracial marriage and upheld juror tampering and warrantless undercover evidence in other rulings.
The Messenger notes December 10 to 17 as Human Rights Week with focus on past achievements and future improvements. It highlights United Nations efforts and the 175th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and urges citizens to study progress and assist in extending rights globally.
Uruguay voters ended the nine member rotating council and elected General Oscar D Gestido as president for five years starting March 1. Inflation fears and past stability shaped the switch though the country remains a beacon of democracy amid regional military regimes. The Blancos and Colorados, historic parties, vie against the Communists for seats in Congress.
Vice President Humphrey said federal aid to states and cities will rise from 11.0 to 14.6 billion in the current year with a 16.5 billion projection for 1968. He urged regular cabinet level meetings with mayors to improve federal city relations and defended funding priorities amid war and space efforts.
Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith, in six Reith Lectures in London, argues that corporations set prices via planning rather than free market forces. He contends demand is created by firms and that a modern economy is fundamentally planned, with oligopolies and government planning shaping profits and public welfare.
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday editions with pricing for in county and mail delivery. Rates include weekly 35 cents, three months five dollars, six months nine dollars, and one year sixteen dollars for mail within the US, with regional variations for Ohio and West Virginia.
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