Athens Messenger December 27 1968 issue header
The Athens Messenger published in Athens Ohio on Friday December 27 1968 shows staff and ownership listing including Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush G Kenner Bush M W McDargh Fred W Weber and Charles W Reamer. The front matter presents publication details and offices at 43 West Union Street.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
M. W. McDargh
Fred W. Weber
Charles W. Reamer
Nixon to push crime war as first White House aim
The House Republican Task Force on Crime urges President-elect Nixon to make organized crime the top target after January 20. It calls for doubling the 60 attorney units in the federal strike forces and elevating them to a separate Justice Department division, with cities like Buffalo and Detroit already involved. It argues street crime stems from moral decline and urges national leadership, education, and jobs to restore order.
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Nixon
House
Republican Task Force
Ramsey Clark
Department of Justice
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Detroit
Miami
Newark
Philadelphia
Feds
Council On Urban Affairs
Law and
Ten Rules for a Happy Marriage from Peale
Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower were given ten rules for a successful marriage by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. The rules urge emotional growth mutual responsibility unity in all life aspects clear communication teamwork respect politeness nightly prayer together and shared family devotion.
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Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
Norman Vincent Peale
Dr. Peale
Court Curbs Draft Power in Dual Supreme Court Rulings
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, ruled divinity students and clergymen exempt from the draft cannot be reclassified. It also upheld the 1967 law limiting pre-induction court review for others, reversing a ruling in favor of a San Francisco student claimant. The decisions affirm draft boards’ power to reclassify registrants until induction or trial, delineating exemptions from those subject to draft rules.
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Supreme Court
James J. Oisterich
Vietnam
Congress
Charles C. Gabriel
San Francisco College
Ann Arbor
Mich
Viet Cong human base in South Vietnam shrinking
Joseph Alsop argues Washington estimators inflate VC strength while on the ground in Hau Nghia and Quang Tri Thua Thien provinces the evidence shows a depleted human base. He cites Bao Trai records and U.S. 25th Division orders of battle to contrast with higher Washington figures, warning of a dangerous mismatch in assessments.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Hao Nghia
Kuan Tzu
Hau Nghia
Uique
Hanoi
U. S
North Vietnam
Bao Trai
Hai van Pass
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
U. S. Army
Saigon
I Corps
Who Are The Nazis A Morrie Ryskind Column
A Morrie Ryskind column condemns campus violence and liberal hesitation, likening modern student riots to Nazi methods. It cites San Francisco State College turmoil and Hayakawa’s leadership, contrasting police intervention with mob tactics. The piece also links school radicalism to broader anti white and anti Semitic trends, warning of a creeping Nazism in education.
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San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
SFS
Kay
Hitler
Adolf
Germany
Goethe
von Hindenburg
Third Reich
Meir Kahane
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Kahane
Herman B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Whitey
LeRoi Jones
Berlin Palace Bombardment Chronicles Mutiny and Royalist Help
The Messenger reports government troops renewed bombardment of Berlin's Royal Palace where mutinous sailors are entrenched while loyal troops under General von Hindenburg move toward the capital to quell a Bolshevik inspired revolt. Also, a Meigs County official is charged with diverting over 1600 county funds. Approximately 120000 steel workers idle as stoppages spread nationwide amid Roosevelt’s plea for settlement. At least 19 people killed in Ohio during Christmas, with 15 highway deaths and others from fires and exposure.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Meigs
State Auditing Department
Roosevelt
Ohio
Garbage plan to haul Bay Area trash to desert discussed
A plan to haul garbage 375 miles from the San Francisco Bay area to the desert could remove waste without air pollution for centuries and might convert desert alkali into grazing land through leaching. Continued dumping in the bay could turn it into a cesspool.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Desert
Bay
Nixon's Cabinet Viewed As Stabilizing Force For New Era
Washington analysts assess President-elect Nixon's cabinet as a steadying, competent team aimed at restoring calm and bridging gaps with Congress. Moynihan joins Kissinger and McCracken as White House advisers, forming a practical group considered capable though not imaginative.
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Washington
Nixon
Monynihan
Daniel P. Moynihan
Council On Urban Affairs
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Affairs
Paul V. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Totalitarian Threats to the Fifth Amendment Raised
A letter to The Messenger argues that Thomas E. Dewey would abolish the Fifth Amendment. It warns such a move would erode civil rights and lead to a police state, contrasting with McCarthy Wallace, while urging Nixon to uphold democratic law.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Joseph McCarthy
George Wallace
America
So Nice To The Athens Post Office Workers
A reader praises the Athens Post Office staff for their consistent courtesy at the windows amid busy times and challenging public interactions. The writer, though not personally acquainted with individual workers, urges that everyone treat others as well as these workers do.
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Athens
Graphic proof of mangled packages in The Messenger photo
Ken Steinhoff's December 19 photos in The Messenger illustrate damaged Christmas packages. The writer speculates they were run over by a truck or used for basketball by a postman with a strong arm. The piece ends with a lighter nudge about trucks.
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Ken Steinhoff
Messenger
Expansion of Free School Lunch Program Faces Funding Limits
The 1969 federal appropriation of 215 million funds the program with 53 million for needy children and 162 million for regular lunches. Regulations aim to help 20 million beneficiaries, raising the free or reduced rate numbers to 3.5 million, while as many as seven million more could miss out due to insufficient funds.
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Department of Agriculture
Stand-In Proposal For Presidential Handshake Laughable Idea
Stand-In suggested a double act for Eisenhower to ease the workload at a first presidential reception. Bess Abell, later social secretary to Mrs. Johnson, proposed the plan eight years ago. The idea was deemed relief for the President but not acceptable to the public.
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Eisenhower
Bess Abell
Classified newspaper subscription rates and routing note
Daily and Sunday delivery options with prices listed for carrier and mail in Ohio and West Virginia. Rates include weekly and longer-term plans, with different prices for residents elsewhere in the U.S. and various durations. The notice notes Associated Press use and that the paper is published from Union Street, Athens.
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West Virginia
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