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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1972

Page

6

National Court of Appeals Proposed to Ease Supreme Court Load

A Freund committee report recommends creating a National Court of Appeals to intercept most appeals. Seven federal circuit judges would hear three year terms to filter cases before the Supreme Court, with about 400 to 500 reaching the high court and 150 to 175 given final argument and opinion.

Washington Federal Judicial Center National Court of Appeals Supreme Court Congress Paul Freund Harvard William Shakespeare Edward Dyer Freund Committee NCA High Court Douglas Arthur Goldbert Earl Warren

The Messenger History Staff and Leadership

The Sunday Messenger notes its publishing lineage from 1825 with leaders Frederick W. Bush G. Kenner Bush and Gordon K. Bush across years 1896 to 1965. It lists Fred W. Weber as Circulation Director M. W. McDargh as Advertising Director and Charles W. Reamer as Managing Editor with Richard R. Paynter as Assistant to the Publisher.

Fred W. Weber M. W. McDargh Charles W. Reamer Richard R. Paynter

Electors vote largely along party lines in 1972 results

In Athens Ohio on December 31 1972 the Electoral College confirmed Nixon’s election with 11 Republican electors voting for the party candidate. One Virginia elector Roger MacBride defected voting for Libertarian John Hospers and Theodora Nathan as a protest. Reform proposals to abolish or reform the system persist.

Nixon Virginia Roger MacBride Charlottesville John Hospers Theodora Nathan Libertarian Party MacBride Gloria Schaffer Connecticut Minnesota Iowa Senate

Drug Linked to Cancer Through Pregnancy Transplacental Risk

Massachusetts General Hospital doctors trace 99 cases linking a rare vaginal and cervical cancer in young women to stilbestrol taken by mothers during pregnancy to prevent miscarriages. The drug, banned for pregnant women, may affect fetal cell development or genital tract formation, allowing cancer later. Hundreds of thousands of American women may have taken the drug over 25 years.

Massachusetts General Hospital New England Journal of Medicine Arthur T. Herbst

Washington Insight Joseph Kraft on FBI Acting Head Gray

The piece argues for Senate scrutiny of Acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray III amid mid level bureau complaints. It contrasts Gray with Hoover, notes alleged unprofessionalism and political entanglement, and urges senators like John McClellan to investigate the leadership amid morale concerns.

Federal Bureau of Investigation L. Patrick Gray III Gray FBI J. Edgar Hoover Hoover Washington Honolulu Los Angeles John McClellan Arkansas

Nixon top admired woman in Gallup poll results

Mrs Richard Nixon leads the 1972 Gallup poll of the most admired women in America with Golda Meir Indira Gandhi and Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower following. The survey sampled 1 008 adults December 8 to 11 and ranked top ten plus honorable mentions.

Princeton N.J Richard Nixon Nixon Golda Meir Israel Indira Gandhi India Dwight D. Eisenhower Meir Eisenhower Jacqueline (Kennedy) Onassis Onassis U.S Shirley Chisholm Chisholm Queen Elizabeth II Margaret Chase Smith Maine Joseph Rose) Kennedy Martin Luther King Aristotle Onassis Lyndon Johnson John Martha) Mitchell Billy Graham Harry S. Truman Henry Kissinger

Messenger Publishing Co Rates and Mailing Details

The notice lists subscription and delivery terms for The Messenger in Athens Ohio with daily and Sunday editions. It includes per-copy prices, carrier delivery by route, and mail rates for Ohio West Virginia and other U S locations. It states Second Class Matter status and provides the mailing address for the publisher.

D&s Ohio West Virginia U.S. & Possessions Athens The Messenger Publishing Co Johnson Road

Letters to the Editor on Today's Issues

Readers share opinions on current public concerns as letters to the editor. Preference is given to submissions of one page or less for publication consideration.

Criticism Of U S Bombing Reflects Communist Propaganda Strength

William F Buckley argues that antiwar protests and Ralph Abernathy's East German visit reveal the power of communist propaganda. He contrasts Kennedy's Berlin rhetoric with Abernathy's praise for the German Democratic Republic and recalls Cold War imagery, warning of ignominy in American policy.

U.S North Vietnam Nixon Ralph D. Abernathy Martin Luther King Abernathy America East Germany Walter Ulbricht Stalin West Germany Kruschev John F. Kennedy Dr. Abernathy Kennedy West Berlin German Democratic Republic Germany

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James Kilpatrick Court of Appeals Round Committee William O. Douglas Warren Gideon Escobedo Miranda Messenger Publishing Company Frederick W. Bush G. Kenner Bush Gordon K. Bush Joseph Kraft Justice Department Bureau Committee For Public Justice Civil Liberties Walter Pincus New Republic Jeremiah O'Leary Washington Star Navy O’leary Gallup Pearl S. Buck Jane Fonda Robert Kennedy Margaret Mead Bess Myerson Shirley Temple Black Associated Press Small Society Brickman William F. Buckley Ralph Abernathy Anti Defamation League Hitler Rubashov
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