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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1969
Page
4
The Department of Labor redefines a disadvantaged person as a poor person who faces barriers to employment. The Job Corps program aims to reduce poverty by preparing individuals for gainful work, but the new definition raises questions about who qualifies.
The annual basketball tournament bringing teams from Southeastern Ohio and West Virginia opens at Ohio University. Ohio University falls 51-35 to Kentucky in Lexington. The article cites Elbert H. Gary of U S Steel on steel prices and unemployment, and outlines a new poverty income table for nonfarm workers, detailing thresholds from single individuals to large families as a better measure than the old program.
Sen. Edmund Muskie argues for keeping the Selective Service with reforms similar to Kennedy proposals. He contrasts civilian control of the military with a citizen army and warns against ending the draft, noting Nixon's stated aim conflicts with practical defense needs. The piece cites Vietnam implications and political risk.
Apollo 9 astronauts will photograph farms during the next month’s orbit to test if orbital shots reveal drought and disease signs in time to aid farmers. If successful, crops saved would be a notable space dividend.
A AP survey shows Ohio municipalities from Lake Erie to the Ohio River face fiscal stress. Mayors warn of service cuts and layoffs as revenues lag, with cities like Columbus Toledo Akron and Cincinnati tightening budgets and pursuing permissive taxes and fee hikes to balance books.
Washington in Playboy, James Kilpatrick reviews Marshall McLuhan. He critiques his media revolution thesis while noting McLuhan’s brilliance and warning that future electronic dominance could reshape democracy. Fire and natural hazards add $3 billion in losses last year per national insurers.
Reader asks why two reunion photos aired differently. She notes a South Vietnamese father visiting his Ohio University son and daughter contrasted with a Pitts family reunion for a Marine killed in action in South Vietnam. She seeks explanation from The Messenger editors.
The writer argues that youth is fleeting and each generation learns its own lessons as history teaches little. Time moves forward leaving ashes of past foolishness and a cycle of fires rebuilt by each new generation.
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