Moon Landing Next The Apollo program pace quickens
General Samuel C Philips outlines plans for a July or August lunar landing after testing the tuna module and completing Apollo 9 maneuvers. Apollo 10 could skip LM flight and go directly to landing if successful. Paine envisions nuclear rockets enabling a wider solar system tour in the 1970s and 80s.
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Samuel C Philips
Agency Wall
Ape Kennedy
Codames
David R Scott
Russell L Swerekari
Earth
Orbat
Apollo
Phillips
Thomas O. Paine
Space Agency
Wally
Ural
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Moon
Mars
Borman
Lovel
Anders
Failure Of Poverty War And A New Urban Policy
Daniel Moynihan argues the war on poverty failed as Johnson centered on community action over employment. He will lead Nixon’s Council on Urban Affairs to craft a strategy reducing urban pressures and turning ghettos into self supporting citizens. Dr. Mead warns hunger affects nearly a million Americans, urging policy focus on nourishment and people, not just food production.
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Daniel P. Moraihan
Johnson
Moynihan
Great Society
Nixon
Margaret Mead
Senate
United
Mead
United States
Humphrey's Minnesota comeback stirs 1970 political race
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey helped found Minnesota's Democrat Farmer Labor Party and now his return to state politics energizes the party. Republicans led by George Thiss warn his teaching post could spark a Senate bid while Gov LeVander doubts the timing. If Eugene McCarthy runs independently, Minnesota politics may shift substantially.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party
Minnesota
Minneapolis
United States Senate
Ciaarray
Democrat Farmer-Labor Party
George Thiss
Sity
Humphrey
Senate
Harold LeVander
Eugene McCarthy
Marriage Salvaging Game For Troubled Couples
A New York psychiatrist Dr Robert A Ravich has patented a model railroad game to salvage collision prone marriages. Couples operate separate toy trains behind a partition and record moves to reveal real life patterns. Therapists use results to diagnose conflicts and prescribe treatment to avert crashes.
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Robert A. Ravich
New York
Ravich
Turo
Backward Glance at a Changed Year in Washington
Joseph Kraft reflects on 1968 made fragile by Kennedy and King assassinations and Vietnam. He notes Apollo 8 unity, Humphrey’s resurgence, Nixon cabinet competence, and a sober shift toward realistic goals. The piece foresees a restrained but potentially hopeful 1969 as U.S. policy adjusts to new realities.
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Agnew
Guy Lombardo
Destiny
Tose
Vietnam
Robert Kennedy
Middle America
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
Melville
Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Far Pacific
Saigon
Puebla
Japan
Lesson Of The Pueblo And Anthony Grey Critique
Buckley condemns the Pueblo episode and Anthony Grey case as grim tests of power. He argues Bucher acted loyally while the U S government and Britain yielded to pressure, calling leaders and their methods sadistic. The piece laments diplomatic failures and questions Nixon’s awareness.
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Bucher
Thas
United States
Havana
Anthony Chey Wat
Mr Grey
Hong Kong
Teft
Anthony Grey
Buchenwald
Trenton Penitentary
Whitehall
Peking
Washington
Commander Bucher
China
Bucher Et al
Gawd
Nixon
Eisenhower Tops Gallup Most Admired List Again
The Gallup poll lists the ten most admired Americans with Eisenhower first, followed by Johnson, Edward M. Kennedy, Billy Graham, Nixon, Humphrey, George Wallace, Pope Paul VI, Truman, and Eugene J. McCarthy. Johnson rises to second as he nears retirement.
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Gallup
Eisenhower
Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
Billy Graham
Nixon
Humphrey
George ©. Wallace
Pope Paul VI
Truman
Eugene J. McCarthy
Steps Down Luis Munoz Marm Reduces Puerto Rico Leadership
Luis Munoz Marm announces stepping down after decades dominating Puerto Rican politics. He resigns all party leadership roles while remaining a senator. His party held power from 1940 until the recent election in November.
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Luis Munoz Marm
Mailbag musings on home dangers and social truths
A column sketches daily life hazards at home versus work, cites nationwide home accident rates, argues poverty thresholds, notes historic working hours, and contrasts past and present earnings. It also covers eye socket weakness, denture health risks, aging disorders, crime prevention via cameras, inflation jokes, and Mark Twain quotes.
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McCarthy DeMere
Memphis
Leon Keyserling
U.S
National Center For Health Statistics
Mark Twain
Regular air service planned between Pars and London before spring
The Messenger reports that regular airplane passenger runs would begin between Pars and London before spring. The Athens County clerk notes a record 552 hunting licenses issued in 1918. Allied planes smash Japanese positions across the Pacific, signaling possible future landing assaults. Ohio mine safety record improves with only 3 fatalities among 30,000 miners in 193.
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Pars
London
Athens County
Pacific
Ohio
Portugal’s African Possessions Gain New Western Value
Portugal argues that its African possessions including Cape Verde San Tome Principe Portuguese Guinea Ango la and Mozambique now hold strategic value for the Western world. They offset Soviet influence in the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal closure while securing the Cape of Good Hope sea route.
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Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
San Tome Principe
Portuguese Guinea
Angola
Mozambique
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Finnish Scientist Hints Earth Ring Above Planet
Arme Niini concludes from Apollo photo analysis that a ring 200 to 450 miles above Earth may exist, similar to Saturns ring. The ring would be made of tiny dust particles visible only in space pictures with the sun behind the camera.
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Arme Niini
Earth
Apollo’ S
Saturn
Decline of Species Spurs Smithsonian Alarm
The Smithsonian Institution reports that over 325 species of birds and mammals have vanished, along with about 100 subspecies or varieties. The finding prompts the view that many human achievements may be seen as exploiting the natural world.
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Smithsonian Institution
Sunday Messenger Rates and Mail Addresses
The Messenger Publishing Co announces daily except Saturdays and Sunday editions. Rates list one week, three weeks, six months, and yearly mail and carrier delivery options for Ohio, West Virginia, and other territories. Address: 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45703.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Daly & Sunne
Athens Post
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
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