Miller Backs ARC in Revenue Sharing Debate for Appalachia
In a Sunday editorial from Athens Ohio Miller supports general revenue sharing over a special plan that could scrap the Appalachia Regional Commission. The piece notes the 11 billion special plan would move ARC funds into a rural development pool, potentially ending ARC. It calls for Senate Bill 575 to extend the Appalachian Commission and highlights Miller’s role as ranking minority member of the Appalachian Subcommittee.
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Clarence E. Miller
Appalachian Regional Commission
Miller
Nixon
Appalachia
ARC
Ohio
Apparlachia
ABC
William Saxbe
Robert Taft
John J. Gilligan
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
The
Messenger
Committee of Public Works
House
Immigration shifts since 1920 reshape American life
The article notes policy changes from 1920 to 1965 altering the immigrant mix, with more Italians Greeks Indians Chinese and Filipinos. fewer Germans Irish and British. It cites Census estimates of immigration’s growing share of population growth and projects six million entering by 1985 with about 15 million children, while highlighting motives of seeking work and better living standards despite a tight labor market.
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Dreds
Census Bureau
Greece
Lindsay Sparks Student Enthusiasm Among College Voters
The Gallup Poll shows New York Mayor John Lindsay, a Republican, drawing the strongest favorable rating among 11 political figures, with liberal students more supportive than conservatives. Dems McCarthy Muskie McGovern Kennedy lead among the rest, while Wallace ranks lowest. The survey notes a shift as 4 million college students become eligible to vote in 1972.
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George Gallup
Princeton
N. J
John Lindsay
New York City
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Edmund Muskie
Maine
George McGovern
South Dakota
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lindsay
Wih
Supreme Court
Stapel
Jan Stapel
Netherlands
Gallup
George Wallace
Alabama
McCarthy
Musse
McGovern
Kennedy
Nixon
Reagan
Agnew
Rockefeller
Wallace
Fay
Perfection
Muskie Ware
Kennedy S.secrere
Rockefeller Br
Iumphrey Saan
Toes
Wallace - Eee
Buckley rails at Ifshin over Hanoi radio stunt
The piece lambasts David Ifshin, president of the National Students Association, for a Hanoi radio broadcast to U.S. troops denying the South Vietnamese regime and urging antiwar sentiment. It criticizes his credentials, motives, and purported ignorance, equating his actions with aiding the enemy and questioning his education.
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David Ifshin
National Students Association of the United States
Syracuse University
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Thieu-Ky
Young Ifshin
Hanoi
United States
Sith Vietnam
MacArthur
Tokyo Rose
Ifshin
National Students Association
Communist Party
G.I
Wall Street
Charles Manson
American Boy Scouts
Tishin
Syracuse
Thieuv Ky
U. S
Vietnam
Senator Jackson Moves Into Presidential Picture
Washington senator Henry M. Jackson edges toward a proto candidacy with speeches from Richmond to Los Angeles while denying organized backing. He blends strong Democratic credentials with a focus on national security and cautious Vietnam withdrawal, arguing the party will face decisive security questions in 1972.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Joseph Alsop
Richmond
Schenectady
Los Angeles
Cath
West
Nixon
Vietnam
Indochina
Letters Describe Kennedy Lecture As Wet Noodle
The Messenger letter writer critiques Claude Lightfoot, national committeeman of the American Communist Party, for his Kennedy Lecture remarks at Baker Center. The letter accuses him of soft rhetoric, accuses militants of fading under pressure, and alleges communist influence behind the antiwar movement.
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Af Baker Center
Claude Lightfoot
American Communist Party
Lightfoot
Stokely Carmichal
Eldridge Cleaver
Veterans of Foreign Wars auction for kidney machine fund
Gilham Frank Post 8804 and its auxiliary of New Marshfield thank participants and supporters of the January 29 auction and dinner for the Terry Cunningham Kidney Machine Fund. Officers credit Athens Messenger and WATH Radio for publicity, Col. Bill Brown for conducting the auction, and all donors. A total gift of 316 dollars was presented to Mr. Cunningham despite bad weather.
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Gilham Frank Post 8804
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Marshfield
Terry Cunningham
Readers letters sought on daily issues for public view
The paper invites letters from readers on matters of public interest and will publish concise pieces. Submissions should be one page or less, with editor's edits possible for space and clarity. Names and addresses must be provided for publication.
Round airport proposal by Prof Gibson Winans at NYU Buffalo
Round airports circled by banked runways are proposed to improve safety by granting infinite emergency space. Navy flight tests show no difficulty landing planes banked to match a runway. The concept rests on physics principles.
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J. Gibson Winans
New York University At Buffalo
Navy
Sunday Lilessenger Publication and subscription terms
The Sunday Lilessenger is published daily except Saturdays and is a member of the Associated Press. Rates: daily and Sunday single copies 10 and 20 cents. delivered by carrier. Postal and mail rates listed for Athens Ohio and other U.S. locations with weekly and yearly options. Entitled entry at Athens Post Office as Second Class.
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Lilessenger
Associated Press
D&s
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
Tang Ae
Ae Sa Nal Oo Lessen Shing Co
Union Athens
Ohio
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