Changing South shifts politics away from racial appeals
The South reshapes its political scene as George Wallace fades in influence and Mississippi holds a gubernatorial primary dominated by William Winter with John Bell Williams and Ross Barnett in a race shaping policy over law and order. Negro registration surges and manufacturing overtakes farming, signaling a new urban South by 1980. North Carolina mirrors this shift with Republican gains, rallying Democrats behind Robert W. Scott to counter Republican strength. The era of racial posture wanes as lawfulness and industry attraction take center stage.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Mississippi
Jackson
William Winter
John Bell Williams
Ross Barnett
Old South
Williams
Barnett
Gulf Coast
North Carolina
Robert W. Scott
W. Kerr Scott
U. S
State Assembly
Wallace
South
New South
Hunger in Mississippi Triggers Senate Hunger Probe
A Senate Subcommittee on Employment Manpower and Poverty hears charges of hunger and malnutrition in Mississippi and across the United States. Sen Javits demands a nationwide Public Health Service survey to measure scope, while critics urge feeding Americans before aiding abroad. Dr. Stewart concedes limited knowledge of domestic hunger. The dispute follows testimony by private doctors and a rebuke of administrative wheat shipments to India.
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Mississippi
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
New York Republican
Orville L. Freeman
U. S. Public Health Service
William H. Stewart
United States
Dr. Stewart
John Stennis
James O. Eastland
Javits
George Murphy
California
Winston L. Prouty
Vermont
India
U.S. Public Health Service
Strikes By Computer Strengthens Labor Use of Data in Bargaining
The AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department has, in just over two years, digitized essential union history and corporate data. It holds on tape the full record of NLRB union representation elections since 1960, details on the 900 largest companies, and analyses of major unfair labor practice charges. The system aims to empower union negotiators and organizers with in-depth facts for bargaining and campaigns.
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Industrial Union Department
Afl-Cio
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Decline of Congress and the Negro Education Crisis
Joseph Alsop surveys the era’s erosion of congressional prestige since the Dodd affair and the Court packing clash. He argues the causes run deeper than scandals, pointing to the expanded government, costly campaigns, and the failure to educate 400,000 black youths reaching 18 this year. He laments the absence of leaders with lasting legislative monuments.
Landmark FTC ruling on Rodale Press fuels freedom fears
A June 30 FTC decision against Rodale Press, publishers of health books, is described as a landmark condemnation of bureaucratic outrages. The piece decries the ruling and calls it a blow to freedom, urging readers to view the decision as enduring and adverse.
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Federal Trade Commission
Rodale Press
Federal agency clamps down on Rodale Press ad claims
The FTC charged Rodale Press with misleading advertising for The Health Finder brochure while clearing the book itself. Jerome Rodale and son Robert fought the action, arguing freedom to publish and promote ideas, amid a years long legal battle in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
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Jerome I. Rodale
Robert C. Rodale
Emmaus
American Medical Association
Rodale Press
Rodales
FTC
Philip Elman
Parachute search near Roosevelt estate sparks theory of festival balloons
The Messenger recalls a 25 year old report of six parachutes seen descending near Franklin D Roosevelt's Hyde Park home. The piece notes a theory they were festival balloons rather than a real fall.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Hyde Park
John W
Monk) Montgomery
Ohio University
Nelsonville High School
Doctors at national convention accept Medicare status
At last week’s national doctors convention, physicians did not call for repealing Medicare. They indicated acceptance of government influence in medicine and acknowledged they cannot revert to prior conditions.
Fat and relationships and other city musings
Fat may be unhealthy yet can grant enduring marriages as fatter spouses forgive more and seek fewer divorces. People read newspapers backward to delay front-page bad news, two intellectuals play chess on a train, beatniks seek mini boards, and doctors stock National Geographic for patient-safe reading. Cornbread satisfies more than caviar while inflation makes people spend carelessly and a $5 bill often ends with change for a $1. A man with a bald spot awkwardly hides it, the first party-heel wearer leaves last, and “Baggage Handler” hints at shallow husbands in show business. Reformers may smoke long cigars, a draft-card burner risks no heroic blaze, and women’s spite can flare in a supermarket. A man with an unlisted number expects you to dial, raises are easier from dotted-bow-tie execs with bourbon, and lonely single women gaze at engagement rings while insomnia-inducing credit cards lure.
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Greenwich Village
National Geographic Magazine
B.H
Winston Churchill
Kennedy Plan Aims Private Jobs for Ghettos
Senator Robert F. Kennedy proposes a private enterprise driven program to create 100000 ghetto jobs at about 180 million dollars total. Tax incentives would lure new plants into poverty areas with wage and depreciation breaks, job quotas for residents, and a 10 year commitment. The bill has 20 sponsors including five Republicans, signaling broad bipartisan support.
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Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Democrat
Treasury
Kennedy
The Messenger publishing fees and mailing details
Daily newspaper notice lists pricing for single copies and subscriptions. Rates vary by region, with Ohio and West Virginia deliveries, and a note about second class matter status at Athens Post Office.
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Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
Ohio
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