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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1966
Page
4
The piece highlights 49 000 highway deaths and 48 500 home and public place fatalities last year, totaling over 2 000 weekly. It praises media safety campaigns while urging drivers, parents, and workers to act with care to reduce future deaths.
The piece notes railroads largely abandoned passenger service while highways and airlines surge. It details a 41 000 mile Interstate push by 1972, plans for airline half fares and family discounts, and hints at a forthcoming presidential message to boost mass transit.
The Committee for Economic Development backs a national sales tax and a broad business receipts tax to simplify taxation, but lawmakers and motorists resist. States already levy 2 to 5 percent sales taxes, with gas and city levies adding to the burden. The group argues a federal tax could curb inflation, yet public support appears weak as people seek fewer taxes and see every retail purchase as a tax bite.
The author contrasts George Washington’s entanglement warnings with Charles A. Beard’s isolationist stance. He notes shifts from WWI era naivety to postwar containment, then critiques contemporary calls for disengagement and the erosion of allied support. The piece honors Beard while lamenting current doubts about American power.
Letters to the Editor reveal mixed views on adopting Daylight Saving Time in Athens. Citizens express support citing regional practice and confusion reduction, while opponents cite personal and local implications.
Letters discuss favoring or opposing Daylight Saving Time in Athens. Local residents cite guest arrivals from DST regions, confusion, and motel operations as reasons to adopt the time change, while others warn about past disruptions and question council authority.
England conducts a three month study of TV viewing patterns among juveniles aged 10 to 20 brought before courts for probation. Weekly checks record programs watched, reasons, favorite heroes, and dislikes to identify any behavioral patterns.
Dear Abby weighs a letter from a mother who fears a neighbor has effectively adopted her 14 year old son Kevin by inviting him to spend all his time at the neighbor's home. The writer asks how to cope and whether the neighbor is competing for the boy's affection. Abby cautions self reflection and honest discussion before drastic steps.
Dairy farmer Ralph Wightman and his wife will use the $1 million from Anheuser-Busch Inc. to expand farming and buy more land. The check accompanies plans for a $50 million brewery on 235 acres north of Columbus. The Wightmans’ family has farmed the site since 1920 and they run a 1000 acre dairy operation south of Plain City in Madison County.
HAL BOYLE surveys common husband wife exchanges in New York showing tired lines about daily chores, schedules, finances, and aging. The snippets reflect domestic friction, calendar pressures, and jokes on marriage dynamics.
February 25 marked notable events including George Rogers Clark capturing Vincennes in 1779, Denmark recognizing U S independence in 1783, Samuel Colt patenting the revolver in 1836, and US Steel forming in 1913. Also notes tax amendment in 1913, Soviet party congress in Moscow ten years earlier, Sputnik destruction five years ago, and a Mississippi civil rights murder conspiracy case dismissal a year ago.
ROWLAND EVANS AND ROBERT NOVAK INSIDE REPORT: Sen Robert F Kennedy breaks with Johnson on Vietnam by proposing a Saigon government with Communist participation, a coalition that unsettles supporters. He had aimed to avoid open opposition, faces long term political consequences and rethinks bombings and U S commitment.
The piece notes Kennedy rejects a divided Democratic line and argues a coalition government in South Vietnam would invite Communist control. State Department officials disavow the statement, warning it could harden Communist demands and threaten U.S. policy, while Kennedy faces mixed reactions from Washington insiders.
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