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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1969
Page
4
March of Dimes Urges Support For Birth Defects Campaign
The March of Dimes calls for greater support for its January fund drive as birth defects afflict 250000 children yearly. Scientists report progress including vaccines for Rh disease and rubella, with more research needed to combat hundreds of defects across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
Confrontation politics and the 1968 balance sheet
Freedom House chair Paul Douglas surveys 1968, noting shocks to open and closed societies from student protests and political upheaval. Despite turmoil, the report says free societies maintained faith, while Apollo missions and collective effort showed constructive outcomes amid unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Affairs Committee
Freedom House
Freedom
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Johnson
de Gaulle
France
Italy
Mexico
Ayub Kahn
Pakistan
West Germany
Thailand
South Africa
Egypt
Czechoslovakia
England
Japan
Spain
Labor Reconsiders Losses After Humphrey Campaign
Organized labor convened in Piney Point Maryland for an anatomy of the election with Hubert Humphrey present. The meeting reviewed a $5 million campaign and the impact on Wallace votes, aiming to improve results in 1972. Nixon aides also analyzed the close race to sharpen their strategy as incumbents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert H. Humphrey
Organized Labor
Piney Point
Humphrey
George Meany
Labor Movement
Labor
George C. Wallace
Richard M. Nixon
Rehabilitation of the Disabled in the United States
The article states about four million Americans have disabilities needing rehabilitation. In 1968 about 208,000 were restored to work, with each $1,000 spent yielding $35,000 in lifetime earnings per person. It argues rehabilitation reduces public dependence and welfare rolls but calls for faster progress to keep pace with new cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nixon era policy shift hinted by Finch while HEW tenure looms
The article surveys Robert Finch, future HEW secretary, saying he doubted black voters gave Nixon the election while promising end to permissiveness. It notes potential crackdown on armed groups, links poverty programs to political risk, and urges practical aid to Black Americans amid white liberal resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Finch
James Farmer
CORE
HEW
Nixon
Stokely Carmichael
Eldridge Cleaver
Scientology
Ron Hubbard
Humphrey
Black Panthers
Revolutionary Action Movement
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Boston
A Conservative View James Kilpatrick Pays Tribute to Lady Bird
Kilpatrick honors Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson noting her tireless travel and warm public image. He contrasts her with Eleanor Roosevelt and praises her restraint, grace, and public service while acknowledging missteps in beautification projects and a forthcoming commemorative postage stamp.
Rural towns resist urbanization in Berkshire County plan
Berkshire Panel for the Public Environment weighs five tools to save open lands as countryside communities contend with road growth and wealth, including tax shifts, rural zoning, land subsidies, public easements, and a private land mutual. South Vietnam president Thieu warns of assault on Saigon and cities, urging serious negotiations and signaling distrust of DMZ claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Berkshire Panel
Berkshire
South Vietnam
Thieu
North Vietnam
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Election Year Ends In Nixon Victory After Close Race
The 1968 election produced a 302 to 191 electoral split for Nixon over Humphrey with Nixon 499,704 votes ahead. Wallace carried five Southern states to win 45 electoral votes. Voter turnout was high but about 40 percent stayed home amid dissatisfaction and youth disaffection with the Democratic choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Illinois
California
Nixon
Humphrey
Roosevelt Dies in Sleep at 4 15 AM
The Messenger reports Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep at 4 15 in the morning with only a valet present in the room. Athens and nearby areas endure a harsh cold snap from New Year’s Day, with sub zero temperatures and a gradual warm up into the 20s. President Roosevelt releases a total lend lease aid figure of about 18.5 billion dollars since the war began, saying the program strengthens Allied offensives. Ohio milk cooperatives warn of a shortage severe enough to force milk rationing in cities by July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
Saigon
Thieu
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Athens
Vicinity
America
Ohio
Close Elections Question Nixon Victory Sparks Debate
Commentator cites Nixon win as among the three closest in this century. Lindsay says the President elect carried no major city and failed to form key national coalitions. Compares 1916 Wilson over Hughes and 1960 Kennedy over Nixon as close races, and 1968 Nixon over Humphrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nixon
John V. Lindsay
New York
Wilson
Hughes
Kenndy
Nixon
Humphrey
Kennedy
Humphrey Plans Free-Wheeling Talks After Office Duties
Hubert H. Humphrey told students in the Twin Cities that once free to engage in open thinking he will teach and lecture about his bottled up ideas. He said office burdens and the need for a working majority have restrained his discussions, but he plans to continue in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert H. Humphrey
Twin Cities
The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Messenger Publishing Co. in Athens Ohio lists publication days and pricing for daily and Sunday editions. Rates cover single copies, delivery by carrier, and mail options within Ohio West Virginia and nationwide with varied durations and prices.
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Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
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