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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1968
Page
4
The Messenger reports Athens will open a joint city and school board Teen Center in September. Students already raise funds, Jaycees host benefits, and planners involve youths in rules and operations under city recreation leadership.
The article argues welfare shifted from private charity and local control to a federal model under HEW Secretary Cohen. It notes the $5 to $6 billion annual spend, for and against centralized administration, and the political and social tensions of welfare in cities and states. It questions the Big Brother approach and emphasizes local accountability to taxpayers.
The column argues peace depends on choices in Vietnam and in U S political races. It notes daily talks in Panmunjom contrasted with Paris delays, a slowing war since Tet and the May wave, and North Vietnam weighing whether to seek talks or press a decisive victory. It links peace prospects to the 1968 U S presidential race and Ho Chi Minh's decisions.
The nation confronts a new 10 percent federal income tax surcharge and a $6 billion spending cut as part of inflation control. Fed policy tight money aims to slow growth, risking higher unemployment and social unrest while balancing the dollar’s value and the balance of payments.
Estimates project GNP to grow 12 to 13 billion dollars annually in the third quarter, down from a 19 billion average in the first half, while unemployment may rise from 3.5 percent to as high as 4.5 percent in the latter half. Observers see gradual monetary easing likely despite slow down, contingent on avoiding an international crisis. The timing remains whether to ease now or wait, as surtax reduces spending and citizens seek loosened money.
West German Foreign Secretary Willy Brandt released Soviet fear of force against West Germany even after signing a renunciation while citing so called obsolete UN charter provisions. The exchange, dated July 5, highlights tensions Americans face in negotiations with Moscow.
The piece outlines how Americans hold about 200 million credit cards and spend roughly 50 billion dollars yearly. It traces origins to 1950 Diners Club, explains three card types, and notes revenue from merchant discounts and fees. Critics cite unsolicited card mailings as a concern.
HAL BOYLE ponders modern habits with humor. He notes wives under 40 struggle to mend marital rifts while many youths have never seen a blacksmith. The piece riffs on work hours, Dickens, soap operas, and everyday quirks in a breezy New York column.
A President’s special postal study by Frederick R. Kappel argues the Post Office should operate like a public chartered corporation. It highlights top management failures, limited postmaster authority, and funding by Congress. The piece urges congress to implement the commission’s sensible recommendations.
The report notes the crown prince changes strategy to engage near Soissons and Rheims rather than retreat. Also mentioned are labor strikes idling about 1 000 miners across Sugar Creek mines 209 201 and 211 due to engineers and firemen quitting.
Unemployment rises as many young people fail to secure summer work. The issue is seen as social rather than economic, since most will return to school in six weeks.
Hong Kong uses songs, pop music and stage plays to combat local drug addiction, aiming to transform attitudes rather than frighten youths. The program targets youth habits with cultural performances as an anti narcotics effort in the colony long used as a transit for drug traffic.
The United Nations Statistical Yearbook highlights wide disparities in food production per capita, health access, and technology. It notes 8 percent world food production rise from 1963 to 1966 with only a 2 percent per capita gain, Israel’s doctor ratio, Rwanda’s extreme doctor shortage, 600 million radios and 198 million televisions, and steel use from 1470 pounds per American to 2 pounds per person in Malawi. It underscores inequality between industrial powers and developing nations and calls for greater sharing of blessings.
The Federal Trade Commission orders an in depth investigation into conglomerate mergers and their effects on competition. The probe stems from the 1950 Celler Kefauver Act and aims to determine if mergers lessen competition or create monopoly risk.
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday single-copy prices and mail rates. Delivered by carrier and by mail, with varying weekly and yearly totals. shows address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701 and indicates Associated Press affiliation.
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