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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1973
Page
6
Listing of key newspaper personnel includes Fred W. Weber as Circulation Director M. W. McDargh as Advertising Director Charles W. Reamer as Managing Editor and Richard R. Paynter as Assistant To The Publisher.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills urged President Nixon to act on wages and prices to show leadership beyond Watergate. Mills warned against paralysis and urged focus on reviving the economy while assuring no changes in investment credits or depreciation rules.
After 52 years in a North Vietnamese prison, Navy Lt. Wayne Goodermore and 566 other POWs plan diverse futures. Some will stay in the military, pursue education, or shift to diplomacy and medicine while reflecting on altered values and renewed patriotism.
Linda Lovelace stars in Deep Throat, shown at Presidio Centre and North Beach venues for 13 weeks. The reviewer decries the film as extreme pornography and calls it a societal abscess, noting 25 thousand production cost, over 5 million gross, and mixed patron reactions among locals, suburban housewives, and touring groups.
The piece argues against two fronts in the Senate Watergate hearings. Presidential loyalists want quick witness testimony while judicial purists urge suspending hearings to aid Archibald Cox. The columnist warns this misses the central role of public opinion and cautions against rushing or overreaching before the full record.
The piece argues Watergate exposes a system placing presidential power above institutions. It notes Haig Ziegler Malek remain from the old team and urges Cox to align with public interest, letting the Ervin committee probe slowly to fix the ongoing harm to government.
In Cleveland the Agnew fundraising dinner drew heavy Secret Service protection. Reporters were kept behind ropes at airports and ballrooms while Agnew met private Ohio Republicans at the Sheraton. Kent B. McGough notes locals focus on Columbus issues ahead of 1974 elections.
Letter to editor argues Watergate exposes flaws in one person rule critiquing feudal like power concentration. Suggests coalition democracy where a small, elected cross party group holds equal votes to represent public needs and provide checks and balances.
Publication pricing details for The Messenger Publishing Co. Athens Ohio provide daily and Sunday single copy rates 15 and 25 cents with carrier and tube delivery options. Mailing rates vary by region and subscription length. Entry indicates second class matter under the 1918 act and lists postal address in Athens Ohio.
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