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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1966
Page
4
The piece describes a New York sleeper provision under federal Medicare allowing a wide untaxed medical relief program. It would cover all ages from unborn to elderly, funded by federal state and city shares, potentially costing up to two billion nationwide as a back door expansion of Medicare through state law.
The article argues air and water pollution is a nationwide issue with local enforcement and weak state laws. It breaks down pollution sources to autos one third and heating and industrial processes another third, and cites blowby devices as reducing auto emissions by about one third. It urges federal and state funding to curb industrial pollution and warns public health will worsen if action stalls.
The Pastoral Care and Human Relations Institute in New York starts a two week summer program training theological students to aid mental health and caregiving. An advisory committee of physicians and psychologists guides the effort to supply clergy support for parishioners facing mental health, aging, addiction, and mental retardation challenges.
The battle centers on labor policy for farm workers amid California crops. Wirtz favors US citizen minimums and limits braceros, while Murphy presses to expand Mexican labor to save strawberries asparagus and tomatoes. The dispute affects housewives and may sway voters in November.
The Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision found Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard did not receive a fair trial and faulted trial Judge Edward Blythin for allowing “bedlam” fueled by sensational media coverage. Clark urged wary courts to curb prejudicial publicity and, if needed, delay trials or move them to limit publicity while preserving press rights.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Balaguer’s election may end Dominica’s five-year turmoil and invite leftist PRD figures into government. The article notes hoped inter-American support for peace-keeping and downplays risk of major Far Left revolt, while predicting continued but controlled disorders without mass violence.
A series of Abby advice letters cover disruptive behavior by a 13-year-old boy living with his mother and father, inviting concern from an aunt and others. The column also addresses hosting etiquette within large families and a Bar Mitzvah funeral-to-party scheduling conflict, urging compassion, fair invites, and balancing duties.
James Marlow reports that the Mississippi ambush of civil rights leader James H. Meredith provokes strong global criticism of American violence. Critics say the attack signals deeper dangers to Black Americans and illustrates a turbulent domestic climate.
On this date in 1861 Tennessee declared independence from the United States. The piece recalls wartime events, political quotes, and calls for civil rights action, highlighting President Johnson’s push for new justice legislation and the dangers of attacks on Negroes seeking equality.
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