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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1968
Page
4
Athens Ohio newspaper item from February 8 1968 presents local notices and brief items. Names of publishers editors and staff are listed along with the paper’s address and historical tenure. The page reflects standard 1960s community reporting and public notices.
A United Nations survey reports wealth inequality widening while world population growth strains food and other life-sustaining resources. It notes uneven social progress, longer lifespans boosting population, and calls for renewed plans, with possible help from the United States in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Sen John J Williams of Delaware, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, offers a slash and tax package to counter President Johnsons surtax. He would amend automobile and telephone excise tax extensions to fund the plan, raise personal income taxes by 6 percent and corporate taxes by 8 percent, cap nondefense spending, and aim to reduce the 1969 deficit by 14.5 billion, needing party and Democratic support to pass in both chambers.
A Republican member poll across 45 states reveals Nixon as first choice in 30 states with 286 electoral votes, potentially rising to 342 with two split states. Rockefeller leads in nine states with 129 votes, Romney in Michigan and Utah, Reagan in California, but none reach a winning majority.
Washington Insight analyzes Richard Nixon as a cautious yet adaptable figure in the 1968 campaign. He avoids overexposure, maintains solid positions on major issues, and builds a bipartisan, youthful team around a potential bid. He may fail, but if he succeeds, it will be a hard path.
HAL BOYLE offers a compact drill in political double talk for campaigns. Each phrase is paired with a blunt literal translation highlighting how candidates mask positions. Examples cover opponent labels, opinions, funding, loyalty, Vietnam, openness, and poll ethics.
William F Buckley Jr argues unions have disrupted New York City life by shutting newspapers ships schools and transport and cites a holiday jail term for Albert Shanker. He recalls a TV panel setup with Galbraith Rose and Gregory and mocks union power while condemning inaction by John Lindsay.
A reader urges immediate U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, arguing no military victory is possible, Viet Cong strength remains, and Johnson and the administration ignore human rights. The writer links bloodshed to policy errors, questions motives, and calls for stopping further atrocities by exiting.
The Messenger notes that 25 years ago a national war service act granting Roosevelt sweeping power to mobilize manpower was introduced by two Republicans. Mason County school board raised teacher salaries after losing 35 percent since October 1941. President Wilson sent a sympathy letter to Mrs. Roosevelt for Col. Roosevelt’s illness. Douglas Fairbanks in Down To Earth played at the Majestic Theater billed as a whirlwind comedy.
The Florida Supreme Court voted five to two to invalidate the state law banning interracial marriage. The ruling aligns with a U S Supreme Court decision that struck down similar bans in Virginia and signals a nationwide trend toward erasing such prohibitions.
Fidel Castro will not send a delegation to the world Communist parties conference in Budapest. He brands nine party members as traitors for favoring the Soviets over Cuba’s foreign policy, a tactic described as burying opposition.
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday single-copy prices and mail rates for Ohio and West Virginia deliveries. It notes delivery by carrier and mail, with annual subscription options, and provides the office address at 43 W Union St, Athens, Ohio 45701.
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