We Had No Alternative to Resume Bombing of Vietnam
In a presidential statement the leader asserts no option but renewed bombing after all channels failed to bring Hanoi to halt. Global leaders including Pope Paul VI and Harold Wilson urged restraint, while Hanoi’s stance demanded surrender and troop removal. The piece anticipates increased U.S. power and a broader escalation in coming months.
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Johnson
North Vetnam
North Vietnam
Pope Paul VI
Harold Wilson
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
United States
Arthur Goldberg
Students Test Experimental College at City College NY
About 75 students at City College of New York start an experimental college inside the campus. They will take noncredit seminars led by professors with no fixed teacher role. President Gallagher questions whether students used all curriculum opportunities and labels some proposed texts as destructive to the tax-supported institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City College of New York
Sheldon Sacks
Buell G. Gallagher
America
Latin America
John Murray
New York City
Predictions of radical medical advances by Dr H Bentley Glass
A famed geneticist forecasts a 2000 world free of hunger and disease with life spans to 90 to 100 years, prenatal body repairs, and use of frozen cells to create life. He envisions lab born embryos and warns of fears of experiments and misuse by mad scientists in a provocative Atlantic City talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Bentley Glass
State University of New York At
Stony Brook
American Association of School Adminis
Trators
Atlantic City
Glass
Chou En-lai’s halfway house in China’s cultural upheaval
The analysis argues that Chou En-lai seeks a controlled pause in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. It notes his clashes with Maoist hardliners, efforts to shield administrative stability, and moves toward “normality” while preserving influence. The piece questions whether this halfway house can endure amid mounting political and military pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chou En-lai
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Chen Pota
Chiang Ching
Marshal Lin Piao
Liu Shao-chi
Teng Hsiao-ping Chou
Shanghai
Paris
Lin Piao
Chou
Sierra Club Ads Spark IRS Tax Exemption Battle
A 1966 sequence shows the Sierra Club spending $10,000 on full page ads opposing two Colorado River dams. the IRS then voided tax exemption after charging the club used propaganda to influence legislation. The Interior Department later signaled withdrawal of support for Hualapai and Marble Canyon dams, while Udall touted a revised regional plan. The piece calls for congressional investigation into the Sierra Club’s lengthy history of lobbying.
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Sierra Club
Colorado River
Internal Revenue Service
Sheldon §. Cohen
IRS
89Th Congress
The
Internal Revenue Code
Department of the Interior
Hualapai
Marble Canyon
Stewart Udall
Senators Demand Coast Defense Provisions Rise
The Messenger recalls a 25 year old push by three influential senators for adequate defense provisions for American coastlines against German submarine threats. Pomeroy residents approved a two mill levy to fund street lighting after almost three years without illumination. Police guarded Steubenville saloons as iron workers threatened riots over beer at 6 cents and whiskey at 13 cents. Walter Keegan, famed middleweight wrestler, visits Athens seeking an opponent.
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Pomeroy
Steubenville
Walter Keegan
Athens
Tax Exempt Status and Lobbying Rules for 501c Groups
A critique of Section 501c tax exemptions notes that only educational groups under subsection 3 face limits on political lobbying, while business leagues and similar bodies enjoy broad exemptions. The Sierra Club faced a potential loss due to its Washington lobbyist, yet large groups like the American Legion and AFL-CIO retain exemptions. The piece argues the system is capricious, unequal, and undermines equal justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Club
Business Leagues
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
TRS
IRS
Club
Washington
Bill Zimmerman
DuPont Circle
American Public Power Association
Central Arizona Project Association
American Legion
The
American Medical Association
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
National Council of Churches
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Afl-Cio
American Truckers Association
Sierra Club Fights Grand Canyon Dams in Conservation Skirmish
The Sierra Club for 75 years pushed federal protection from a long list of parks and agencies. Now it faces criticism for opposing proposed Grand Canyon dams and possible dam construction may halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yosemite National Park
Forest Service
The
Park Service
Kings Canyon
Olympic Park
Echo Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Sierra Club
Grand Canyon
Mailbag musings and odd facts from Hal Boyle column
A compact collection of light anecdotes and trivia from Hal Boyle's mailbag. It notes rising licensed drivers in America, cultural signals in the South Seas, psychology terms like absence proneness, and quips from notable figures. It poses a mix of statistics, wit, and curiosities sourced from contemporary mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
South Sea Islands
Riverview Elementary Queried Over Possible Closure
A letter from Cetters Concern to The Messenger urges residents of Reedsville and Long Bottom Ohio to oppose moving Riverview Elementary from Route 124. The writer highlights the school’s modern facilities, 150 students, trained staff, and PTA support, arguing transportation distance and safety justify keeping the school open. Community involvement is urged to contact boards and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Riverview
Reedsville
Long Bottom
Ohio
Chester
Tuppers Plains
PTA
The Messenger newspaper subscription rates and address
The Athens Messenger lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions with mail delivery options in Ohio and nationwide. It notes a 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio postal address and entry as second class matter under the 1918 act.
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Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
Ohio
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Deep Ocean
Pacific
U.S
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Will Rogers
Athens Llessenger
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