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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1964
Page
4
The anti poverty bill cleared the Senate 62 to 33 with help from liberal Republicans and Southern Democrats. It creates a job corps for 40 000 youths and a work training plan for 200 000 teens, plus a 340 million federal fund for local poverty programs and a domestic peace corps. Governors gain 30 day veto power over federally financed projects.
Senator John J. Williams accuses the Farmers Home Administration of lending over 1000 an acre to convert crop lands into golf courses and hunting preserves. He cites Clifton Springs Club in New York which received 275 000 for a golf course and 460 for technical assistance. The piece notes a pending 25 year recreation program to fund outdoor facilities with a pay as you go plan and state sharing under congressional oversight.
London teens embrace two hair fashions a Beatle fringe look and a shoulder length leonine style with differing cleanliness. The styles are described as short lived as youthful fashion shifts quickly.
A Pacific Gas and Electric proposal for an atomic power plant at Bodega Head faces public opposition linked to earthquake fault lines and safety concerns. Fishermen and conservationists weigh economic and environmental stakes as experts disagree on quake risk and containment.
Senators faced proposals to disclose outside income and assets, but the Senate resisted most measures. Dirksen proposed a two year study by a commission while avoiding mandatory self disclosure for senators. The Baker affair lingered as a potential issue in the presidential race. In Burma, U Thant says PIO Americans are friendly but not active in foreign affairs.
In two letters Abby addresses a hospital nurse’s offhand cruelty and a divorced client who locks her home and threatens with adhesive tape. The nurse’s remark is judged unfunny while the babysitter is advised to tell her parents and stop sitting for the family.
Colleen M. a two year old learns sight words at home with her Canadian physician father teaching through labeled household items. He later introduces letter recognition using A and B while keeping reading as a game to keep toddlers engaged. Reading is a core driver of education, impacting high school completion and college persistence.
Inside Report notes a covert smear by some New York Democrats against Rep. Samuel Stratton as Republican Sen. Kenneth Keating faces vulnerability. Liberal party leaders and city bosses oppose Stratton, fearing a strong upstate governor could reform the party. A Kennedy-era political sting unfolds amid intra party feuding and national attention.
The National Machine Tool Building Association reports June new orders at 160.9 million, the highest in eight years and more than twice June 1963. First half 1964 orders nearly double 1963, with a growing backlog lengthening delivery times and spurring factory expansions. Overall tool spending for the year pegged at 44 billion dollars.
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