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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1965
Page
4
The Treasury confirms a big rise in cash revenues despite last year tax cuts. The economy grows the gross national product, with $125.5 billion in government coffers, $1.5 billion above forecast. Inflation risks if demand outpaces supply. prudent use of idle manpower and machinery keeps the goose laying.
Mrs. T. Leroy Bidelman of Johnstown, head of 75,000 Legion Auxiliary members, warned that Americans grow complacent as long as personal comfort remains. Speaking at the Ohio state convention she urged greater citizen duty, praising youth and stressing patriotism as the basis of the nation while noting comforts depend on sacrifice.
The Ripon Society newsletter charges the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee with bad faith in using booster club money raised at $1000 per year. It says funds meant for the 1966 election were diverted to Southern districts unlikely to elect Republicans. Dr John Salona of MIT leads the group and sits on the Council of Republican Organizations. The piece argues moderates have lost ground while the radial right and Goldwater factions gain, with the 1966 contest shaping future bids for 1968 nomination.
The column recalls Adlai Stevenson’s UN tenure and rising realism, noting his shift from idealism to challenging hypocrisy in Soviet and Afro Asian positions. It ponders successors like Nixon or Judd as future UN ambassadors to advance Stevenson’s defined neo aggression concept and broaden U S action at the United Nations.
James Marlow profiles Arthur J. Goldberg selected by President Johnson to succeed Adlai Stevenson as ambassador to the United Nations. The piece notes Goldberg's labor and negotiation background, immigrant roots, and Johnson and Kennedy era EEOC work, highlighting his lack of foreign affairs experience yet perceived ability to handle international issues and diplomacy.
ROWLAND EVANS AND ROBERT NOVAK report Johnson's anti poverty push in New York stalls between two dogmas. Local control favored by Shriver and Humphrey clashes with the aim to empower the poor. Tension grows as city hall distrusts and poor residents oppose pre school training in the slums.
The piece critiques Mayor Wagner and City Hall for controlling poverty programs in public schools and Harlem, citing clashes with the poor, racial tensions, and political maneuvering with Powell and Washington. It argues for tighter federal guidance to resolve citywide class and race conflicts.
A veteran returns from three months covering the war in South Viet Nam praising American water quality and the simple joy of safe water. He recalls Saigon beggar, money changers, and the mixed reactions of locals, plus lingering tension from bombing incidents and nightly air-dropped flares.
A reader questions parental pressure for good grades and cites a tragic example. Abby cautions against pushing emotionally unstable youths and urges tailored, specific guidance rather than general rules. Additional letters discuss courtesy toward visiting relatives and marital counseling advice.
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