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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1969
Page
9
The piece emphasizes the editorials as the home for informed opinion and calls for objective news reporting. It notes growing audience engagement with Letters to the Editor and announces new columns like Others Are Saying and Notes and Quotes as part of 1969 enhancements.
Messenger news staff report on issues shaping Southeastern Ohio life including children home problems town-gown tensions charter commission Sheltering Arms hospital costs flood protection building and road construction county finances regional planning school finances hospital costs and federal program impacts. A four page Silver Bridge Memorial Section recaps the two year old tragedy as a new bridge is dedicated.
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