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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1967
Page
4
The President urges Congress to extend federal aid for crime control and prevention. Aims include grants to boost community planning, law enforcement, and prevention programs, starting at 50 million dollars the first year and rising with local matches. Emphasizes education and job prep as root solutions.
Walter Reuther’s break with AFL-CIO head George Meany splits the unions after the CIO AFL merger. Reuther’s resignation signals possible Autoworkers withdrawal and could shift politics and policy, shaping a liberal bloc in domestic and foreign affairs.
If talks with the Soviet Union fail to halt anti missile deployments Washington shifts to a potential national defense. A first phase would place a shield around Minuteman sites costing 4 to 5 billion dollars to protect offensive missiles. A second phase might guard the country against a China launched attack by the mid 1970s.
Washington insight examines how a Paris talk with Etienne Manach led to misread peace hopes, fueled by State Department overreaction, and how U.S. cautious stance fuels third party mediation. The piece argues for an active move toward settlement, highlighting the Tet truce as a rare chance to curb bombing.
William F Buckley Jr presents a letter from a New Zealand student touring China with a delegation. The account details Red Guards posters, mass gatherings in Canton, friendly interactions with locals, and praise for Mao. It contrasts Chinese governance with New Zealand and reflects on revolutionary zeal and anti US imperialism.
James Marlow argues President Johnson, lone long-distance decision maker, bears relentless U S pressure from both domestic sides over Vietnam. He kept aid to South Vietnam, ordered bombing of North Vietnam, while Soviet and Chinese roles add uncertainty. Johnson's future judgment and historical justification remain in question.
More than 1,000 shipyard workers clashed with a 400-man picket of welders at the Tacoma yard, fighting to force the strikers back to work. Glen Hanes named Athens County Schools superintendent. Havana places under martial law amid large rebel uprising over regional election. Clyde Gibson, former Ohio University star, writes his mother he joined the Canadian Army and expects to reach France in two months.
The Messenger invites opinions on subjects of current interest. Letters must be brief, signed, and include the writer’s address and telephone number. Publication requires the writer’s name, and the right to select and condense letters is reserved.
Letter from The Messenger editor thanks Roy Cross for his piece on the use and abuse of emergency rooms in three area hospitals and urges monthly reprints of the article.
Publication offers daily and Sunday editions with carriers. Rates include one week 50 cents, three months 5.00, six months 9.00, and one year 16.00 in Ohio and West Virginia. Delivery by mail available for each edition, with weekday and weekend pricing.
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