Athens annexation decision lines up county and city interests
Athens County leaders push forward on a 472 acre annex along Route 50E, backed by Commissioners James Edwards and John Law against rival opposition. The move, tied to McBee Systems, aims to boost industrial sites and regional growth through joint city county action.
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James Edwards
John Law
John Cline
Athens
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Canaan
Canaan Township
Christmas Past And The Afterglow Of Wasted Paper
A reflective piece recalls Christmas joy and renewed contact with friends and relatives while warning of holiday speed deaths. It notes Keep America Beautiful estimates 400 000 tons of discarded litter costing 8 million dollars to clean up and laments wasteful wrapping, urging care as New Year approaches.
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Keep
America Beautiful Inc
A national present: facing hard truths about equality
Joseph Alsop urges Americans to confront racial prejudice and educational deficits in Negro Americans during Christmas, arguing for bold action and vast investment in schools and impoverished neighborhoods. He warns that without change, prejudice will persist and the nation risk becoming like South Africa in its social life.
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Vietnam
United States
America
Supreme Court
South Africa
Belgian Delegate Calls de Gaulle Last Living Minister
A Belgian delegate to the Western European Union labeled President Charles de Gaulle as the last living minister of the Sun King Louis XIV. The remark contrasts de Gaulle with Louis XIV who ruled by divine right and claimed, I am the state, highlighting a paradox in loyalty and power.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Louis XIV
Louis
Near Heroism and Free Speech on Campus
William F Buckley Jr critiques Dow Chemical protests on college campuses, highlighting Harvard's weak response to student disruption and Rochester's Dr. Hazlett who suspended 23 graduate students for sit-ins. The piece argues university governance lies between administrative authority and student power, stressing civil rights and free discussion.
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Dow
Harvard
Forces of Reason
McCrea Hazlett
University of Rochester
Hazlett
Dow Chemical
Dr. Hazlett
Student Council
University of California
National Students Association
Mr. Hazlett
Rochester
Aging The Year 1967 and the signs of growing older
HAL BOYLE reflects on aging with a humorous guide to signs of getting old. He lists indicators such as breathlessness on a hill, self prescribed medicines, meddling grandchildren, and alarm at rising prices. He notes people cling to objects, value character and principle, and ironically find comfort in middle age.
Wrestling Title Bout Set At Pomeroy Opera House
The Messenger notes Thor Olsen of Athens would meet Bull Montana of Pomeroy for the Ohio middleweight championship in a bout at the Pomeroy Opera House. Also reported: a K and M freight train struck by a passenger train in Athens yards, Touhy gang captured in Chicago with two members killed, and rain plus heat threatening Athens County roads per county engineer Harry Dusz.
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Thor Olsen
Athens
Bull Montana
Pomeroy
Ohio
Pomeroy Opera House
Hocking Valley
Roger ‘Terrible’ Touhy
Chicago
FBI
Athens County
Harry Dusz
Pilot recollection fuels U S Air Force Vietnam gains
Col Daniel James Jr., an air force ace, voiced the morale of American pilots saying they know why they are there and are eager to engage the enemy. His remark underscores why U S pilots are scoring many hits on MIGs in Vietnam.
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Black Power Movement
New York City
Daniel James Jr
Air Force
Vietnam
U. S&s
Ironic editorials on bridges and war ethics
The Messenger editor questions the contrast between grief over the Point Pleasant Silver Bridge collapse and欢satisfaction at North Vietnamese bombing. It argues that government steps should prevent further U S bridge failures and calls for action to halt North Vietnamese bridge bombings.
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Point Pleasant Silver
North Vietnam
United States
Turnip-shaped peyote seized at Kennedy Airport
Two suitcases containing peyote, a spinelike turnip shaped plant used by Indians in the West to induce visions during religious celebrations, were seized at Kennedy International Airport as contraband. The substance is reported to produce visions similar to LSD but milder.
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Kennedy International Airport
Athens Messenger Advertising and mailing rates
The Athens Messenger notes it is published daily except Saturdays with Associated Press membership. Rates are listed for daily Sunday single copies, carrier delivery, and mail delivery in Ohio and West Virginia and elsewhere in the US. Address changes and mail to Messenger Publishing Co., 43 W Union St, Athens, Ohio 45701.
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Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
Possessions
Athens
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Small Society
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