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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1965
Page
6
Fire risk rises during the holidays and many deaths involve children. Use fireproof toys and costumes, instruct babysitters on exit plans, place trees away from heat sources and keep water in the stand, inspect lights, avoid candles on trees, skip untreated decorations, and remove the tree outdoors as needles fall.
The public grows confident in space missions as Gemini 7 runs smoothly and Americans accept spaceflight as routine. Observers credit long preparation and the team behind the astronauts for keeping momentum toward a moon landing.
David Sarnoff, chairman of RCA, forecast a near-future communications revolution with instant global voice TV newspapers books magazines and visual telephone services. He urged a one world mass communications concept and a move toward universal language culture and market, claiming peaceful development will raise living standards worldwide.
The column traces Milton Friedman’s negative income tax idea and its shift from liberal to pseudo liberal hands. It notes Sargent Shriver’s support for the plan plus his proposal for socially useful jobs and 90 percent government funding, and cites Irving Kristol’s cautious liberal stance. A Friedman Shriver debate, moderated by Kristol, is proposed as the ideal test.
The article sketches Jesus childhood in Nazareth Galilee with a sturdy father Joseph a devout mother Mary and a bustling kin network. It details daily life work play and faith from woodcraft to Torah study noting humble sustenance and the strong sense of divine presence shaping the boy.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Charles M. Percy, lauded in state polls, is lured into a 1966 Senate race by Bourbon Republicans who fear his progressive views and fear him as governor, a trap meant to deny victory to Goldwater-aligned ideals and redefine Illinois politics.
The Illinois Republican scene pressures Percy to run for Senate against Douglas. Party factions split between pushing Percy toward 1966 and nudging him to 1968 governors race. If he delays, loyalists warn of a doomed future while opponents push a Percy for Senator campaign and fear a clash with Douglas.
On December 23 1965 the date marks the 357th day of the year with eight days remaining and notes the Federal Reserve Act signing by Woodrow Wilson in 1913. It also lists Joseph Smith birth in 1805 and the 1873 start of the women's temperance crusade to abolish the saloon.
HAL BOYLE recalls a Christmas Eve office party from the old days where gin in the water cooler and three hour lunches preceded carols and mistletoe. Wolves and goat-like desk antics sparked chaos before Santa's arrival, ending with questions about truthfulness of grownups.
Dear Abby advises a neighbor to involve a child's teacher to discreetly offer better winter clothes without shaming the boy or his mother. She suggests using a teacher to communicate, preserving dignity for both child and family.
The message provides mailing details for The Messenger Publishing Co located at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio 45701 ready for correspondence. It specifies the Athens Ohio address to send all mail.
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