Athens Messenger July 1 1969 edition header
The Athens Messenger from Athens Ohio dated Tuesday July 1 1969 published by The Messenger Publishing Company at 43 West Union Street. Staff names include Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush G Kenner Bush and Charles W Reamer with Richard R Paynter as assistant to the publisher. Public notice and local news items likely inside the issue.
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the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Athens, Ohio
Senate studies car insurance hurdles and reform plan
The antitrust and monopoly subcommittee of the Senate judiciary committee reviews why older younger and military drivers face insurance barriers. Senator Hart urges broad reform to ensure affordable coverage and prompt fair compensation. Recommendations include group liability and non fault plans. Maryland considers a state run insurer amid industry blacklistings.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Prac
Puerto Rico
Maryland
Hart
Youth Vote Drive Aims To Lower Voting Age Nationwide
The Youth Franchise Coalition directs a nationwide push to lower the voting age to 18 led by 29 year old attorney Ian R Mac Gow an. Four states Georgia Kentucky Alaska Hawaii have already lowered ages and several others consider 18 by 1972. Senate sponsor Birch Bayh backs a nationwide reduction. A house poll shows strong support.
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Youth Franchise Coalition
Ian R. MacGowan
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Montana
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Nevada
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
South Carolina
Oregon
MacGowan
Nixon
Senate
Birch Bayh
House
Municipal bond market freezes as billion dollar offerings are canceled
State and city debt sales totaling about a billion dollars have been canceled since year start. High interest rates price out school, facility, and highway bonds, delaying projects authorized by elections. Optimists like David Kennedy foresee rate moderation, but certainty is lacking as ceilings on interest hinder financing.
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Treasury
David Kennedy
Is Liberalism Dying in Nixon Era Politics
In this column, Joseph Alsop argues American liberalism may be fading, eclipsed by its own militants while President Nixon exploits the crisis. He compares 1969 to 1930s shifts, noting liberals face changing votes in Los Angeles and New York and the perils of militant activism.
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Roosevelt
Unyoung
Unblack
Unpoor
Nixon
New York
Washington
U.S
Academe
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
New Left
Herbert Marcuse
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Walter Lippmann
Arthur Krock
Richard M. Nixon
Ohioans Still Borrow Heavily Despite High Rates
An Associated Press survey shows Ohioans continue to seek both housing and industrial loans despite high rates of 8 percent on home mortgages and 8.5 percent on big business loans. Bankers report mixed effects with some institutions tightening down and others still funding loans, while debates rise over new truth in lending rules and FHA point system impacts.
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Columbus, Ohio
C. E. Anderson
Ohio Bankers Association
Savings and Loan
Cleveland
Joseph Linville
Ohio Savings and Loan League
Linville
Cleveland Trust Co
Ohio
Central National
Ohio National Bank
Columbus
Leland A. Stoner
John C. McCoy
Columbus City National Bank
Dayton
Carl G. Boltz
National First Mortgage Corp
Can You Stand It A Public Fight Over Vietnam Policy
William F Buckley notes the Coalition on National Priorities and Military Policy mobilizes against ABM with protests in Hollywood and New York. He ridicules Mayor John Lindsay and defends Vietnam spending as essential for national security and civil liberties, referencing New York's welfare costs and American rights amid Cold War pressure. Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden takes a TV news job in Copenhagen.
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Coalition
Hollywood
New York
Madison Square Garden
John Lindsay
Eleanor Roosevelt
Vietnam
Berlin
Hiroshima
Hanoi
New York City
United States
Central Park
Lindsay
Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
America
Citi
Zens
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Sweden
Carl Gustaf
I Copenhagen
Protest Over Mill Street Bridge Closure Sparks Frustration
Anne M. Adams of Route Athens letters The Messenger protesting the closing and dismantling of the Mill Street bridge. She warns of four months closed and up to two years for a replacement, urging county commissioners John Cline to reopen or delay demolition to ease southeast access to Athens.
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Mill Street
Athens
Richland Avenue
Washington
Desert
Plains
Canaanville
John Cline
Anne M. Adams
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West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
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