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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1966
Page
4
A First National City Bank study of 60 plants that left New York finds 14 left for lack of space and 20 cite space as a primary reason. The report urges cities to create land for industry, even via landfills and repurposed streets, and to offer good living and working conditions to attract and hold plants.
A public letter exchanges reveals Barry Goldwater criticizing George Romney for party split in 1964. Romney's refusal to back Goldwater complicates his 1968 bid as polls show GOP delegates split between Romney and Nixon, with Goldwater loyalists pressuring unity.
Three thousand officials scientists and industrialists gathered in Washington over three days to press for national air quality and emission standards. Dr Morris Neiburger cited Los Angeles smog crossing the Rockies and reaching New York as proof of a nationwide problem. Austin Heller warned Thanksgiving smog signals a growing crisis and urged uniform guidelines to protect health property and the air.
Joseph Alsop argues John A. McCone embodies practical conservatism. He praises McCone’s call for drastic education reform and targeted per-child funding to improve inner city schools while warning desegregation without quality fails. He cites proposed U S budget figures and urges adopting McCone’s plan to avert urban decline.
A conservative stance critiques Justice Douglas for misapplying privacy concerns in Osborn Jr. and Duke Lewis cases. The piece echoes fears of a surveillance society, citing wiretaps, bugging, peepholes, polygraphs, and computer profiling, and notes lawmakers like Senators Long and Ervin and Representative Daniels rally around protecting individual privacy.
Commentary defends recent court rulings on narcotics and obscenity cases, citing Osborn and Lewis to argue tape recorders and decoys aid law enforcement. It contends rights of privacy are tempered by societal protection and decries overly strict privacy doctrine.
James Marlow reports that despite U S efforts led by Arthur Goldberg and U Thant to push for negotiations toward a cease fire in Vietnam the lack of North Vietnamese interest and past bombing pauses argue against imminent peace The piece notes recent truces and Pope Paul VI appeals while warning of the Communists’ sustained will to dominate Vietnam.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy warns that Europe loses talent to the United States and Canada while advanced nations draw skilled workers from the developing world. He argues the issue tests freedom of movement and global responsibility, noting the personal nature of migration decisions and defending individual choice.
Publication details The Messenger Publishing Co based at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio lists subscription rates and mail delivery options. It notes daily and Sunday editions with varying prices for Ohio West Virginia and other US destinations. It also states mailing address and post office entry as a second class matter under act of 1918.
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