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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1966
Page
4
Fred W. Weber as Circulation Director and M. W. McDargh as Advertising Director are listed in a 1966 Athens Ohio notice. The document identifies these officials and their roles in the local publication.
The airline mechanics strike spurs congressional push for a Department of Transportation and probes into binding arbitration. Lawmakers warn of larger transport shutdowns as Teamsters union backs a nationwide leverage plan. President Johnson faces pressure to enact rail and air transit safeguards to avert further disruption.
William F Buckley Jr argues the GOP Coordinating Committee mockingly attacks the United Nations under Johnson. He notes international deadlock, idealistic proposals, and partisan politics while contrasting East West tensions and de Gaulle's distrust, asserting UN impotence and limited impact on Viet Nam and Europe.
Barry Schweid outlines unanswered questions from a Justice Department filing on the 1963 eavesdropping case. Key issues include when Hoover gained authority to install bugs, whether Kennedy approved ongoing practices, and how broad the FBI’s national security exceptions really are.
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, leader of the Liberal Country Party coalition, argues US action in Southeast Asia is a military necessity and that Washington's stance prevents Communist expansion. He cites Asian awareness, Indonesia’s shift against communism, and overall regional strengthening as outcomes of US commitment.
At a Los Angeles meeting the Governors voted 49 to 1 in support of military defense of South Vietnam with Gov. Mark Hatfield the lone dissenter calling the measure a blank check. Absent were Maryland New York and Tennessee. American Samoa Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands joined the majority.
A statement from 18 Democratic senators opposing widening the war argues that NVA executions of U S prisoners would dampen antiwar voices at home but provoke swift retaliation and deepen suffering, hardening support for an imperiled war policy.
A column surveys a range of trivia from ephelides or freckles to currency value rules, age life expectancy, astrology belief, and social terms for office cleaners. It notes coping with paper money value and aging loneliness among the elderly, referencing air force psychiatrists and crow pest benefits.
Editors defend headlines despite calls to abolish them. The piece notes headlines guide readers, indicate story value, and aid quick locating of articles, while acknowledging space limits time pressure and inevitable simplification. Headlines remain an invaluable newspaper tool.
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