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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1964

Page

4

Outposts Of Irritation The Vietnam Dilemma

A columnist warns Johnson faces Vietnam and other irritants worldwide as the United States debates withdrawal or escalation. He argues against a full pullout, notes possible government collapse in South Vietnam, and urges halting aid to unpopular regimes to curb unrest and financial drain. He highlights $1.5 million daily spending and calls for a practical, forceful policy shift.

Viet Nam U.S Johnson South Viet Nam Uncle Sam United Nations

Dirksen Urges GOP Drive to Police Civil Rights Act

Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen says Republicans should create a standing enforcement check on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He envisions hiring staff or using volunteers to monitor compliance, with a focus on the Justice Department Civil Rights Division and the FBI, potentially duplicating field operatives to uncover evasions.

Senate Everett McKinley Dirksen Congress Dirksen Justice Department Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI

Committed Generation Mirrors Postwar Student Rebellion

John Chamberlain argues the 1960sCommitted Generation seeks commitment for its own sake, not for tangible causes. He contrasts past rebels who pursued concrete aims with today’s students who label inner emptiness as dedication, citing Mario Savio and Berkeley protests as examples.

Paris Scott Fitzgerald Hemingway John Scott Soviet Russia Walter Reuther Martha Graham Washington Lewis S. Feuer University of California New Leader Magazine Mario Savio Berkeley Savio Mississippi Brotherhood of Man Mario Savios Fidel Castro Cuba

Bolivia's Brink: Chaos Seen Near La Paz

The piece discusses Bolivia's fragile politics despite U.S. aid of about 80 million pesos annually. It notes Paz Estenssoro's overthrow, rising union influence, armed miners, and potential coups under Gen. René Barrientos. It weighs aid limits and possible stability paths amid possible civil strife.

LA Paz Bolivia Washington U.S Chile Argentina Paz Red Air Force Rene Barrientos Barrientos

Our Defective Paradise Could Improve With Simple Resolutions

Hal Boyle presents a satirical checklist for 1965 resolutions. He urges readers to resolve to tell the truth, donate more to charity, avoid bad parking, stop bragging about hardships, read quality novels, help at home, write a Khrushchev recommendation, seek work kindly, limit government denouncements and martinis, refrain from deriding others, sleep more, praise others, and paste the list in their hat. If half are kept, one earns personal immortality as friends honor them.

Khrushchev

Young Expatriates in Asia Create All American Orbit

AP Special Report describes American expatriate children in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and New Delhi who schools, dress, and dream like home but remain culturally marked. They attend American international schools, adapt English fluency, and pursue higher IQ and college prep yet long for home ice cream and returns to Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Orient Tokyo Rawalpindi Pakistan Hong Kong Waterfront New Delhi Connaught Rudyard Kipling Joseph Conrad America Asia Japan Bangkok India Hollywood Bobby Sex Topeka Fort Wayne Michigan Homeland

1001 Best Places To Live When You Retire Directory

The Dartnell Corporation releases 1001 Best Places To Live When You Retire detailing 160 pages of group residences in 50 states. It highlights Methodist Home for the Aged in Birmingham Alabama and Presbyterian Rocky Mountain Manor in Powell Wyoming, both non sectarian and offering varying fees and services. Church sponsorships appear in about half of listed homes with some offering life care requiring entrance fees. Leisure World in Laguna Hills California stands as the largest development with 18000 co op apartments for older residents. A Detroit reader shares a charming anecdote about her granddaughter recognizing her grandfather in a childhood photo in curls.

Dartnell Corporation Methodist Home For Birmingham Ala Rocky Mountain Manor Powell Wyo Leisure World Laguna Hills Calif

Dear Abby neighbors dislike lonely woman's attempts for friends

A reader asks how to handle a middle aged woman who repeatedly invites delivery drivers for drinks and coffee claiming loneliness. The panel counsels not to censure but to pity her and avoid publicly shaming.

Abby

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