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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
4
A Jackson Sun Journal reflection laments the loss of the old Glorious Fourth celebrations. It recalls family a fireworks displays, parades, veterans in big hats, picnics, and simple joys amid summer heat, contrasting with modern TV, canned speeches, and urban fear. It weighs nostalgia against perceived overstatement and social change.
The piece notes a 1920 high of 25.7 million draft horses and mules, a 1960 drop to 3.1 million, and a modern 6 million riding-type horses. It highlights a $4.5 billion industry, average annual upkeep around $700, and shifts from work to recreation in the horse’s role.
Rural physicians, mostly general practitioners, are overworked due to few doctors relative to residents. Most states have established information networks funded by NIH under the Cancer Heart Stroke Act to connect rural doctors with specialists via telephone links. In New Mexico, the Health Sciences Information Center at UNM Medical School provides instant advice, with electrocardiograms transmitted for analysis and computers tracking tumor patients for timely checkups.
Review covers William Dale Smith's Naked in December and Richard Yurick The Bag, noting their gritty depictions of steel towns and welfare culture. It also previews Daniel Keyes The Touch, describing Barney and Karen Stark exposed to radioactive dust and a chilling, realistic collapse of ordinary life under modern stress.
James Kilpatrick notes Dean Acheson criticizing U S policy toward Rhodesia. Acheson says the United States is part of an international conspiracy with Britain and the United Nations to overthrow a harmless government. He likens the charge to Britain's against Americans in 1776.
The Messenger reports a German counter attack on Hamel, taken by Australian and American troops the day before, was repulsed. Jack Pickford and Louis Hoff starred in Mile a-Minute Kendall at the Majestic Theater in Athens, admission 10 and 15 cents. Miners returned to work despite the July 4 holiday that broke the coal strike. Soldiers in Company B of the State Guard in Athens departed for a week of training at Camp Za leski.
President Nguyen Van Thieu signs the first general mobilization law, enabling the drafting of 200000 men by year end and forming a 900000-strong armed force. Ages 18 to 48 join conventional services, 16 to 17 and 44 to 50 into civilian defense units, with allies asked for equipment rather than troops.
A Philadelphia writer contrasts Independence Day nostalgia with U S policy on Rhodesia. He argues historic hypocrisy in denying majority rule while criticizing Rhodesia and urges rethinking U S stance and colonial legacies in light of our own history.
Washington analysis notes radical shift as Georges Pompidou leads a broad Gaullist coalition to victory in France. It highlights voters’ desire for order over turmoil, the party’s regional gains, and the probable move toward decentralization and inclusion while De Gaulle considers stepping down and Pompidou eyeing the presidency.
Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York told Dartmouth graduates that civil disobedience and violent protests fuel a police state and hinder long term reform, erasing any progress. He urged restraint to preserve democratic gains.
The Athens Messenger lists delivery options and rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes carrier delivery in Ohio and West Virginia with weekly and longer-term prices, and mail delivery for nationwide readers, plus address details and post office classification information.
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