The Messenger History Notes and Staff Lineage
The Athens Ohio newspaper The Messenger lists its long history with The Messenger Publishing Co. details Route 33 N and Johnson Road address. It names Frederick W. Bush as founder and sequence of publishers G. Kenner Bush and Gordon K. Bush plus Fred W. Weber and M. W. McDargh among key staff.
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the Messenger Publishing CO
Johnson Road
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Road plan cuts bypass cost in Athens amid delays
The Appalachian Highway bypass from Stimson to Richland avenues may begin next June, saving Athens about $15,000 on the project. The city has authorized a temporary connection between Hooper Street and Mulligan Road, with plans to remove it when bypass construction reaches the area. Citizens pressed for the link to avoid further delays and wasted funds.
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Athens
Stimson Avenue
Richland Avenue
Hooper Street
Mulligan Road
Wild Men in Athens threaten Eastern Mediterranean stability
Commentary argues the Greek junta led by Brig. Gen. Demetrios Ioannides endangers Cyprus and broad regional security. It cites tensions with Turkey and Yugoslavia, opium policy shifts in Turkey, and calls for U S action to sever ties with the Athens regime to avert enosis and further crisis.
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Mediterranean
Russia
United States
Greece
Cyprus
Demetrios Ioannides
Ioannides
Turkey
Aegean
Bulent Ecevit
Ecevit
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Moscow
Makarios
Nikos Sampson
Athens
Enosis
Ohio Sets Up Debt Pooling for Public Employees
Ohio passes a new law allowing public employees to authorize payroll deductions for debt pooling via nonprofit consumer credit counseling services. The measure lets counties towns and special districts use such plans to apportion payments to creditors. The law aims to help less disciplined debtors repay debts orderly and includes state and local employees.
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Robert E. Miller
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Harry J. Lehman
D-16
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Canton
Park and Conservancy
Legislative Service Commission
James Kilpatrick Examines Joe Rauh and Civil Rights Ironies
The essay profiles Joseph L. Rauh Jr. a Harvard Law veteran and longtime civil rights figure now opposing non-union workers rights. It contrasts his past roles with his current fight to disclose private fund contributors and curb right to work activism.
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Washington
Joe Rauh
National Right To Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Rauh
Harvard Law
Cardozo
Frankfurter
United Auto Workers
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Ohio
Americans For Democratic Action
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Old Joe
Legal Aid Foundation
NAACP
Legal Defense Fund
Right To
Right To Work
Right To Work Legal Foundation
Charles R. Richey
U.S. District Court
Foundation
Richey
Rickey
Commonwealth of Virginia
Supreme Court
Virginia
Goliaths
Nixon tapes reveal a clash between image and reality
Editorial from the Far Eastern Economic Review argues the Nixon persona shown in unbuttoned transcripts exposes a frightened bully who justified payoffs to silence the Watergate plumbers. It claims evidence supports charges of conspiracy to pervert justice and criticizes Congress for delays.
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the Messenger
Far Eastern Economic Review of
Hongkong
Nixon
White House
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Review
University Library
Dereck Davies
John F. Cady
Ohio University
Ohio to allow right turns on red statewide after 1975
Ohio will permit right turns on red at all intersections after January 1 1975 unless a posted sign prohibits it Traffic officials support the uniform change saying cities must adopt ordinances and post signs to except streets The state expects minimal impact on overall operations per DOT deputy director William McKenna
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Ohio
Right Turn on Red Law Sparks Local Traffic Debate
Ohio speakers caution drivers about adopting right turn on red. McKenna notes drivers must yield to vehicles on the left and judge speed before proceeding. McMillen says interstates lack red lights and rural roads will adapt, while Coleman fears urban drivers will resist and honk at the change.
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McKenna
Robert McMillen
DOT
Coleman
Franklin Speech at the Constitutional Convention Inspires Loyalty
As America nears its bicentennial in 1976 the minutes record Benjamin Franklin's June 28 1787 speech to the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention. Though no action followed his proposal the deadlock broke within weeks and the Constitution was adopted for ratification.
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the Messenger
America
Benjamin Franklin
State House
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Franklin
Congress
North America
Today in History highlights of July 22
On this date 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte captured Cairo and in 1812 Wellington defeated the French at Salamanca. Wiley Post flew solo around the world in 1933 and John Dillinger was killed in Chicago in 1934. palermo Sicily fell in 1943 and Leopold III returned to Belgium in 1950. Rose Kennedy Calder Bean birthdays noted.
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Associated Press
Napoleon Bonapaarte
Cairo
Duke of Wellington
Salamanca
Spain
Wiley Post
FBI
Chicago
John Dillinger
US Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Palermo
Sicily
Leopold III
Belgium
Rose Kennedy
Alexander Calder
Orson Bean
The Athens Messenger Publication Rates and Address
Daily and Sunday editions priced per copy and by mail with weekly and yearly options. Carrier delivery routes listed. Office address and post office registration noted for second class matter under 1918 act.
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West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
The
Messenger Publishing Co
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Fred W. Weber
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Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Joseph Kraft
Nuclear Compact
Midwest Nuclear Board
James Kilpatrick
Tovarich
By Perry Smith
John Coleman
Ohio Municipal League
William McKenna
Department of Transportation
Small Society
BricKman
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