Notre Dame Drift Toward Firm Stand on Campus Revolts
Father Hesburgh urges a firm, nonviolent response to campus disruptions at Notre Dame. Protesters may be given mediation time. repeat offenses lead to identity card confiscation and expulsion, trespassers treated as such. He warns of outside agitators and a possible revival of fascism if higher education loses autonomy.
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Notre Dame University
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Father Hesburgh
Notre Dame
Hesburgh
End of Frantz Fanon Ties to CIA Revealed in Obscure Memoir
An exposé traces Frantz Fanon's 1961 entry to the United States for leukemia treatment under CIA assistance. It recounts his Washington stay at the Du Pont Plaza Hotel, NIH care as Ibrahim Fanon, and a Tunisian border funeral marred by a CIA photo. The piece ends with a diplomat’s uproar and a covert pullback.
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Che Guevara
CIA
Guevara
Robert F. Kennedy
Frantz Fanon
National Institutes of Health
Fanon
Martinique
Paris
Blida
Tunisia
Uzbekistan
United States
Washington
du Pont Plaza
Ibrahim Fanon
David Haywood
Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco
Dr. Haywood
Africa
Haywood
U. S
Newbold Walmsley
Punitive Jails Rehab Tied to Deterrence in Penal System
Virginia Democrat Rep. John C. Marsh Jr. argues punishment must deter crime while rehab provides skills for reintegration. He rejects humane but nonpunitive prison life and urges hard work as the primary punishment to discourage return to prison.
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John C. Marsh Jr
Virginia
Democrat
Marsh
New York tests welfare work program to keep families united
A study shows only about 1 percent of welfare recipients are immediately employable with potential to work. Functional illiteracy and substance problems reduce available workers. Leaders seek a program to keep families together and lower welfare costs by aiding employable members.
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New York City
New York
Federal Labor Department
Crackdown on Fascists on Campus Demands Order
A conservative column declares the time for tolerating militant students has passed and calls for decisive action. It praises Notre Dame president Hesburgh for enforcing discipline, urges expulsion or arrest of violent demonstrators, and stresses restoring order over negotiating with extortionists.
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Notre Dame
Theodore M. Hesburgh
President Wilson greeted byBoston crowd on return from Europe
The Messenger notes 50 years ago in 1919 President Wilson received a warm ovation in Boston on landing at Commonwealth Pier after his European trip. It cites a fatal blast in France from Hoyt J. Ashton and political shifts as the House overrode a tax bill veto 299 to 95 and Alben Barkley was named to Senate leadership. The item also reports plans for a Logan City Planning Commission including Mayor Weltner and Service Director Loomis with three members to be named by council.
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Wilson
Boston
Commonwealth Pier
Hoyt J. Ashton
Athens
France
House
Alben Barkley
Senate
Logan
D. Denzil Weltner
Roy Loomis
Ted Williams Offered Washington Senators Manager Post
Ted Williams, the lone .400 hitter in 39 years, is courted to manage the Washington Senators in a deal promising profit sharing. The lure mirrors Vince Lombardi's NFL stake and the trend of big-name figures joining sports ventures for financial gains.
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Ted Williams
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Vince Lombardi
Washington Football Redskins
Hope for Parkinson disease patients with L-dopa relief
National Institute of Health reports 28 patients treated with L-dopa show 20 with dramatic or marked improvement and 8 with moderate or modest gains. The drug remains research only but pressure could push it to market within the year.
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National Institute of Health
Up-town Prices Question Center Shopping Disparity
A reader compares prices at up-town stores and an east side shopping center noting items run 30 to 50 cents higher up-town. They cite a post holiday sale item that rose from 15 to 20 dollars to appear as half price.
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the Messenger
East Side
Public schools blamed for lunar achievement critique
Editorial notes that criticism of schools after Sputnik spurred science and math curricular upgrades. It argues lunar orbit success by three astronauts should be credited to education, while noting the long arc from 1957 high school entry to current engineers, from Athens County Schools.
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Ohio School Boards Journal
Earth
Moon
Robert L. Weinfurther
Athens County Schools
Conservation notes from Putnam 4-H Club urge Athens improvements
The Putnam Pioneers 4 H Club calls for more trees and shade at Highland Park and downtown greenery. They urge cleaning up trash at Dow Lake State Park and to restore Sells Park usability while opposing road projects that harm landscape and increase air pollution. They warn Athens could become a miniature Chicago if actions aren’t taken.
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the Messenger
Putnam Pioneers
Athens
Highland Park
Sells Park
Dow Lake State Park
Chicago
Army burns drug Sulfammylon gains prescription approval
The Army Institute of Surgical Research announces Sulfammylon an antibacterial cream approved for prescription use. In four years of clinical use it prevented invasion infection a key killer in burn victims and showed high success rates.
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Army Institute of Surgical Research
Medical corpsmen urged to train as doctors nationwide
Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch backs expanding medical education for Vietnam trained corpsmen. He urges schools to gear up and preserve the large potential of these men as future doctors and para-professionals.
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Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Vietnam
Athens Messenger publication pricing and mailing notice
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday single-copy prices and mail subscriptions. Rates include local delivery 10 to 15 cents per copy, weekly and yearly mail plans across Ohio and the U.S. with varying terms and prices, and the paper’s mailing address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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the Messenger Publishing Co
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