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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1968
Page
4
Apathy in the public and Senate undermines civil rights bills as 14th Amendment protections for workers face a Southern compromise. Proponents consider accepting a commerce-based federal protection plan, while arguing turnout and indifference threaten progress and fuel racial tension.
Sen. Charles H. Percy publicly withdraws as a potential candidate, leaving Everett Dirksen unlikely and shifting focus to Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan. With Dirksen aging and Percy out, the race tightens to Nixon and Reagan, as Rockefeller's position weakens after recent disputes.
Dr. Robert M. White announced a GAR program by 130 nations under the World Meteorological Organization to build 256 computers for worldwide weather data. The plan would cost about 100 million dollars more, aiming to produce daily and several weeks ahead forecasts, potentially cheaper if accurate.
Joseph Alsop assesses George Wallace’s decision to run outside the two major parties. He argues Wallace disrupts the Deep South strategy, redraws Democratic and Republican coalitions, and may shape race dynamics into 1972 by appealing to white voters and pressuring moderates.
A humorous vignette features John L. Sullivan the cat, now calling himself Monsieur Sullivan, at Honest Harold's Liquor Store. He ribaldly riffs on U.S. tourist tax proposals, predicting wider travel and stricter forms, and jokes about Charles de Gaulle angering France to retaliate.
Washington insight examines the clash between educated upper income whites and lower income whites near the poverty line in New York. It links Mayor Lindsay's coalition stance to municipal power structures and a growing urban fault line. The piece warns of rising class and race hostility and urges understanding to prevent a national drift toward folk hostility against upper middle class values.
The Athens city council voted 4-2 to retain war time for the municipality. Mayor Woodworth urged an overhaul of the fire fighting apparatus after a state fire marshal letter called the situation serious to the extreme. American warships attacked Japanese positions on Attu Island under fog, and Germany drove a huge western front offensive as a United Press correspondent warned civilization faces a colossal battle.
Price of Congress at $30,000 a year left $23,000 for expenses and campaign costs consume the rest every two years. After seven terms, 43 year old Democrat Kenneth J. Gray from Minnesota concludes his endurance has ends and decides not to seek an eighth term.
The British Labor Government urges consolidations to form giant mergers in steel, cars, electrical gear, shipyards, textiles and banks. The policy aims to strengthen the economy for world competition, while the national policy treats mergers as possible monopolies.
A special Leap Year census reports a population of 7,671,220 in London with 329,080 more women than men yet 100,000 more bachelors than single women. The apparent anomaly arises as widows and divorcees account for many of the unmarried women.
The Athens Messenger details daily and Sunday delivery options by carrier and mail, with regional rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere. It lists weekly, monthly, and yearly prices, circulation notes, and the publisher's mailing address in Athens Ohio.
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