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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1967
Page
4
Advertising Director M. W. McDargh and Managing Editor Charles W. Reamer anchor the Athens Ohio newspaper staff dated Tuesday December 26 1967. The note situates top editorial roles within the Athens publication.
Beginning May 1 a 150000 man select force with 119000 guardsmen and 31000 reserve troops will switch to 40 drills annually and a new 150000 man unit will start an extra two year drill program. Together a 300000 man reserve force will be ready on eight weeks notice, with the second contingent largely trained for support and one combat brigade, the 157th Infantry. Secretary McNamara policy aims to field more Vietnam forces via regulars and drafts. future staffing depends on policy.
The AMA's new president Dr Milford O Rouse calls health care a right not a privilege and the association sponsors a national conference to study better care for the poor. Critics note cost manpower and facilities as barriers while Medicare and Medicaid push tentative steps. private medicine remains dominant for those who can pay and demand for redistribution of medical manpower grows.
Eastman Kodak Company outlines a program to train and finance ghetto residents in Rochester New York to start crafts and light manufacturing. The plan includes pallet making camera repair and microfilming services to create jobs, develop skills, and foster private investment with no taxpayer cost. If successful it could serve as a model for other cities.
Joseph Kraft analyzes recent diplomatic activity in Vietnam noting meager facts that neither confirm imminent collapse nor imminent peace talks. He cites Hanoi’s poor use of UN and non aligned blocs, and the National Liberation Front’s inconsistent role, then points to a Labor Day shift with a pro peace neutrality tilt and wider Soviet approval from Kosygin and Brezhnev.
The Front nominates a Moscow representative Dang Quang Minh and presents to the UN with Romania as a non aligned wildcard. China recognizes the Peking Front envoy as sole representative of Vietnamese people. The moves aim to broaden propaganda against Washington and Saigon while signaling no imminent peace talks. College grads entering business rise to 26,880 with higher salaries as defenses wane.
Joseph Alsop analyzes Rockefeller's use of segashuation to shape the 1968 GOP race. He argues Rockefeller positions himself as a winner acceptable to conservatives, with Vietnam policy aligned to Johnson's while critiquing Nixon and Wallace. Illinois’ Tribune backing could shift Nixon country toward Rockefeller at the convention.
HAL BOYLE explains the columnist life as 24 years in the field with daily ideas to avoid mental bankruptcy and money to support family. He debunks myths of glamour, notes invites to many functions, and says true measure is restraint and focus while staring at a silent typewriter.
The Messenger recalls a 25 year old push to force self service bread and curb living costs. Southeast Ohio League scorer Tommy Robinson led with 36 points in two games while Pomeroy and Athens tops with 20 records. State Auto Registrar McCurdy notes one auto per three families. Auto licenses rose from 254k to 350k in 1917. D. W. Griffiths Birth of a Nation opens at Athens Opera House costing 500000 with 5000 scenes 18000 people and 3000 horses.
Surgeon General William H. Stewart declares private medicine welfare medicine and public health have failed to serve urban core dwellers and others, warning of a national crisis of survival for all Americans.
Side by side in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico's progress shows capitalism boosted by the United States while Cuba's economy suffers under communism aided by the Soviet Union. The contrast highlights divergent political and economic paths in the region.
An editor from The Messenger calls for preserving a controversial boot used to pressure Athens County officials to oust the long serving Schoonover. The artifact should be archived by Ohio University with a black edged ribbon label marking it as the county’s lowest form of political skulduggery. G. C. Sutton Athens Route 3.
Sen Philip A Hart of Michigan proposes two tax changes to deter antitrust violations. A rule would bar deducting triple-damages court penalties from income tax and another would tax free status for penalty payments to victims. The move could significantly affect monopolists.
The Athens Messenger lists publication details and pricing for daily and Sunday editions. It notes delivery options by carrier and mail, with rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and other US addresses, and provides mailing address at 43 W Union St Ath ens Ohio 45701.
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