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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1967

Page

4

Tomorrow's Beauty and the Indolent 21st Century Woman

A New York luncheon of cosmeticians previews future beauty trends. Butterflies hover around a scented hair spray, electronic massage devices shape problem areas, a head in a vending machine styles hair for 50 cents, at home sprays apply makeup, and weave-a-wig machines promise rapid wig changes. Silicones and televised ordering with plastic cards foretell automated cosmetic shopping and personalized care.

New York

Women Now Employed In Every Occupation Census Finds

Mary Dublin Keyserling of the U S Labor Department Women s Bureau reports the census lists 479 occupations for women and notes ongoing participation in business and professional fields. Working wives comprise about 35 of 100, with labor income concentrated in higher earning families and greater education correlating with higher employment.

U.S Mary Dublin Keyserling Women's Bureau U.S. Department of Labor

President revives staged Open Housing bill with phased compliance

President Johnson reintroduces an Open Housing proposal as a three year plan starting with voluntary compliance and moving to partial then full mandatory status. Supporters cite civil rights leadership while opponents recall last year’s backlash and Senate filibuster. Congress won’t be rushed despite perceived righteousness.

Johnson Congress House Senate

The New Gravediggers and Cold War Warning

A reflection on Nikita Khrushchev’s line and China’s rise, noting the Soviet Union and China hardening their borders and preparing for potential conflict. The piece warns against foreign entanglement, arguing historical aid to the USSR did not yield friendship and that involvement would harm the United States as two communist powers threaten each other.

Nikita Khruschev Khruschev China Mao Tse-tung Soviet Union

Police Worlds and Reform: Kraft on the Crime Commission

Washington insight by Joseph Kraft argues the Crime Commission exposes police isolation from community life. It calls for police to engage with courts, expand internal self discipline, and build trust with minority groups while tapping university and private research. Crime is a national issue needing broad reform.

Crime Commission Commission Abaniks Bar Associations Supreme Court

Bombing Of The Innocents And The Tonkin Gulf Debate

William F Buckley Jr reviews North Vietnam bombing from Gulf of Tonkin carriers and LBJ’s 1965 shift to selective bombing. He notes evolving bombable limits, international opinion, and domestic controversy. Buckley argues the campaign’s purpose and morality hinge on defined targets and political restraint.

North Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Lyndon Johnson LBJ Barry Goldwater

Stalin Calls for Complete Victory in War of Liberation

The Messenger reports Premier Joseph Stalin urged a complete victory in a war of liberation against Germany in a speech marking the Red Army's 24th anniversary. Ohio figures also featured with Chief Justice Carl Weygandt speaking on Education on Trial at Ohio University's 138th anniversary events. Marietta College students fired a cannon at 1:20 a.m., waking sleepers who feared Zeppelins. The Rome Township Board of Education approved a bond issue for a new school building. A long, reflective editorial discusses bombing impacts in Vietnam, civilian harm, and ongoing strategic challenges amid a complex war.

Joseph Stalin Germany Red Army Carl Weygandt Ohio Supreme Court Memorial Auditorium Ohio University Marietta College University Terrace Rome Township

Memories of a bygone era and its simple joys

HAL BOYLE recalls a past where memory outshines any footwear. He notes college delays, cash refunds, long skirts, lamented teaching exits, elegant penmanship, tin beer, bull and horse dangers, cautious bankers, courteous clerks, five and dime nostalgia, blond hair commonality, cheap hats and shoeshines, khaki Army leggings, garden seeds from politicians, and the comfort of soon-to-come replacements after heartbreak.

Washington, D. C

Real estate editors respond to university land moves

A letter from several real estate brokers clarifies that only one authorized Ohio University broker can option and purchase land for the university and the Ohio University Fund Foundation. They insist they are not the agents threatening condemnation and note deeds are in the foundation’s name.

the Messenger Sunday Messenger Ohio University University Ohio University Fund Foundation Athens Albany Elmer F. Jones E. L. Nye Joseph Seiple Charles M. Hayes Donald L, Slagle Phil Halbert Emerson Ball Orville Martin Paul M. Hawk ,E. M. Conant Allen E. Locke

Whittaker Advocates Slum Dwellers Return to Rural Areas

Retired Associate Justice Charles Evans Whittaker urges national leaders to move slum residents back to small towns and rural regions to ease civil rights tensions. He argues localizing population would cushion social strife across racial lines.

Charles Evans Whittaker The Supreme Court

Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates

The Athens Messenger is published daily except Saturdays with Sunday edition, priced per copy. Home delivery offered in Ohio and West Virginia, with mail rates for daily and Sunday editions, weekly and yearly options, and subscriptions for elsewhere in the US and possessions. The office is at 43 W. Union St. Athens Ohio 45701.

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